Background
Askine, Ruth Parse was born on August 27, 1936 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of John Edward and Mattie Lee (Scales) Parse.
Askine, Ruth Parse was born on August 27, 1936 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of John Edward and Mattie Lee (Scales) Parse.
Bachelor, Rice U., 1958; Master of Science, U. Houston-Clear Lake, 1981; Master of Arts, U. Houston-Clear Lake, 1989.
Elementary teacher, Bailey Elementary School, Pasadena, Texas, 1958-1960;
elementary teacher, Berkeley County Schools, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1967-1969;
elementary teacher, Laurel (Delaware) Middle School, 1970-1977;
elementary teacher science, Texas Military Institute, San Antonio, 1977-1978;
elementary teacher, South Houston Elementary, Pasadena, 1978-1981;
elementary teacher, Young Elementary, Pasadena, 1981-1984;
teacher United States history, Beverly Hills Intermediate School, Pasadena Indiana School District, Houston, 1984-1990;
teacher world history and economics, South Houston High School, 1990-1992;
teacher honors economics, world geography, Sam Rayburn High School, Pasadena, Texas, since 1992. President Southeast Council for Social Studies, Texas, 1989-1990. Coach academic pentathlon team, grades 7, 8, Beverly Hills Intermediate School, Houston, 1988-909.
Coach academic decathlon team, grades 11, 12, South HoustonHigh School, 1990-1991.
Elder First Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, 1983-1986. Member Texas Council for the Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies, Association Texas Professional Educators, American Association of University Women (secretary 1982-1984), Epsilon Rho (1st vice president, Delta Kappa Gamma chapter 1986-1988, scholar 1986, 87), Phi Delta Kappa. F C.
Married David James Askine, June 16, 1960. Children: Rebecca Ellen Askine Brown, John Irvin Askine.