Rosemary Jeanetta Menninger

Background

Menninger, Rosemary Jeanetta was born on February 2, 1948 in New York City. Daughter of Karl Augustus and Jeanetta (Lyle) Menninger.

Education

Bachelor, Washburn University, 1983. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Washburn University, 1984.

Career

Research specialist, grant writer Navajo Tribe, Navajo Community College, Many Farms, Arizona, 1969, 71; administrative assistant, counselor, San Francisco Drug Treatment Program, 1972-1973; executive director, Institute Applied Ecology, San Francisco, 1973-1980; coordinator California Community Gardening program, Governor' General’ s Office State of California, Sacramento, 1976-1980; editor, Whole Earth Catalogs and CoEvolution Quarterly, Sausilito, California, 1973-1980; editor, research specialist Department Agriculture Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1981-1982; instructor, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, 1982-1986, 90-; art teacher, Topeka Public Schools, since 1985.

Achievements

• Rosemary Jeanetta Menninger has been listed as a notable art educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member San Francisco Parks and Recreation Open Space Commission, 1975-1978. Member master plan task force California State Fair, Sacramento, 1978-1980. Commissioner Governor's Commission on Children and Families, Topeka, 1988-1989.

Board directors The Villages, Inc., since 1989.

Interests

• Avocations: painting, gardening, swimming.

Connections

Father:

Karl Augustus Menninger

Mother:

Jeanetta (Lyle) Menninger