Rosemary Klineberg Coffey

Background

Coffey, Rosemary Klineberg was born on January 5, 1937 in New York City. Daughter of Otto and Selma Ruth (Gintzler) Klineberg.

Education

Bachelor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1953-1957; Master of Arts, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1958-1959.

Career

Clerk typist, United Nations Secretariat, New York City, 1956, 1957; assistant editor, associate editor, World Peace Foundation, Boston, 1959-1961; research assistant, associate, Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington, District of Columbia, 1961-1963; researcher, Center for Research on Conflict Resol, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1963-1964; teacher, Pittsburgh Board Public Education, 1975-1978; teacher, editor, Pittsburgh Board Public Education, 1979-1991; researcher, writer, Brandegee Associations, Pittsburgh, 1978-1979; senior editor, Coalition to Improve Management in State and Local Government, 1991-1993. Co-chair joint Board Union Coms. on Professional Education, Pittsburgh, 1987, 1989.

Achievements

• Rosemary Klineberg Coffey has been listed as a noteworthy Educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Committee chair, officer Pittsburgh Friends Meeting, since 1978, secretary Renaissance and Baroque Society, 1983-1985, Renaissance City Wind Music Society, Pittsburgh, 1987-1990, class president Vassar College, Class, 1957, Poughkeepsie, 1987-1992. Member Pittsburgh Vassar Club (treasurer, newsletter editor), World FederalistAssn. of Pittsburgh (board directors since 1990).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, writing, attending cultural events, community service.

Connections

Married Joseph I. Coffey, June 28, 1963 (divorced 1977). Children: Megan Forbes, Susan Fox, James Odell. Married Zigmund L. Dermer, April 7, 1990.

Father:

Otto Klineberg

Mother:

Selma Ruth (Gintzler) Klineberg

Spouse:

Joseph I. Coffey

Spouse:

Zigmund L. Dermer

child:

Susan Fox Coffey

child:

Megan Forbes Coffey

child:

James Odell Coffey