Background
Robertson, Patricia R. was born on August 4, 1935 in Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Walter O'Dell and Lela Mae (Odom) Calloway.
educator language professional English
Robertson, Patricia R. was born on August 4, 1935 in Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Walter O'Dell and Lela Mae (Odom) Calloway.
Bachelor, Western Carolina College, 1964. Master of Arts in English, University North Carolina, 1969. Postgraduate, Louisiana State University, 1975.
Nurse, Shipman Nursing Home, Weston, Ohio., 1951-1959;
nurse, St. Joseph's Hospital, Asheville, 1960-1962;
nurse, Aston Park Hospital, Asheville, 1961-1962;
dental assistant, receptionist, Doctor C.A. Pless Junior, Asheville, North Carolina, 1959-1960;
secretary School Public Health, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1964-1965;
secretary Louis Round Wilson Library. U. North Carolina, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1966-1967;
teacher English, Guy B. Phillips Junior High School, Chapel Hill, 1965-1966;
assistant Professor of English, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, since 1968. Real estate salesperson Lafayette (Louisiana) Realty, 1969-1983.
Member U. Southwestern Louisiana Faculty Senate, since 1972, Louisiana National Teachers Examination Validation Panel, Baton Rouge, 1982. Session chair Sentence Combining Conference, Miami, Ohio, 1983, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, 1990, Popular Culture Conference, San Antonio, 1991.
Active Citizens Advisory Panel American Institute Cancer Research, since 1985. Judge Louisiana Junior Beta Club Creative Writing Contest, Lafayette, 1989-1994. Model for Winds of Change Benefit for Children's Shelter, 1989.
Alternate pianist Kitchens Creek Baptist Church, Ball, Louisiana, since 1985. Member American Association of University Professors (president University Southwestern Louisiana chapter 1979, treasurer since 1988, editor of Bulletin 1973-1978), South Central Modern Language Association, Arkansas Philological Association, Philo. Association Louisiana, Popular Culture Association, American Culture Association, Alpha Phi Sigma.
Married Clarence Ray Smothermon, September 3, 1950 (divorced November 1954). 1 child, Michael O'Dell. Married John Vernon Robinson, February 3, 1959 (divorced March 1964).
Married Gordon Robertson Junior, April 17, 1964.