Ruth Imler Langhinrichs

Background

Langhinrichs, Ruth Imler was born on October 30, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Roy Franklin Imler and Susan Martha Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1944.

Career

Research assistant LOOK Magazine, New York City, 1944—1946. Assistant editor Science Illustrated, 1946—1949. Assistant feature editor Scholastic Magazine, 1949—1951.

Associate editor Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, 1951—1958. Faculty Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1966—1976. Instructor Channing School for Girls, London, 1974—1975.

Writer Fort Wayne Fine Arts Foundation, Indiana, 1977—1979. Public relations Park Center, 1979—1984. Writing consultant Indiana-Purdue University a, since 1998.

Facilitator: memoir writing workshops Friends of the Library., Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1998.

Achievements

• Ruth Imler Langhinrichs has been listed as a notable playwright, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Charter member Fort Wayne Civic Youtheatre, Indiana, 1973—1977. Board member Martin Luther King Montessori School, 1975—1978. Founding member Cinema Center, 1976—1980.

Board member Citizen's Cable, 1981—1984. President Aging and In Home Services of Northeast Indiana, 1976—2001. Board member Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, 1991—1997, Northeast Indiana Council of Teachers of English, Fort Wayne, 1969—1973.

Member of International Association of Business Communicators (charter member 1978-1979), Zonta Club International (vice president 2003), Fortnightly Club, Delta Delta Delta (life).

Interests

• Gardener, artist, commissioned clown.

Connections

Married Richard Alan Langhinrichs, May 31, 1958 (deceased July 31, 1990). Children: Julia Marie Lewis-Langhinrichs, Jennifer Florence Langhinrichsen-Rohling.

Father:

Roy Franklin Imler

Mother:

Susan Martha Smith

Spouse:

Richard Alan Langhinrichs

child:

Julia Marie Lewis-Langhinrichs

child:

Jennifer Florence Langhinrichsen-Rohling Langhinrichs