Sandra Hope Skeen Savage

Background

Savage, Sandra Hope Skeen was born on April 4, 1938 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Raymond and Freda (Burgess) Skeen.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education Math and English, Bob Jones U., 1960; Master of Science in Mathematics, Illinois Institute Technology, 1966; Doctor of Education in Mathematics Education, Columbia University, 1976.

Career

Mathematics teacher, S. Charleston Junior High School, 1960-1961; mathematics teacher, Citrus Grove Junior High School, Miami, Florida, 1961-1962; mathematics teacher, Skiles Junior High School, Evanston, Illinois, 1962-1965; mathematics teacher, Evanston Township High School, 1965-1967; mathematics teacher, White Plains (New York) High School, 1967-1968; chairman mathematics department, The Scarborough School, Scarborough-on-Hudson, New York, 1968-1971; mathematics teacher, Alexander Ramsey High School, Roseville, Minnesota, 1971-1972; mathematics teacher, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, 1971-1972; lecturer mathematics, Pace U., Westchester County, New York, 1972-1973; team leader, mathematics teacher, Fox Lane Middle School, Bedford, New York, 1973-1974; professor mathematics, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, since 1977. Lecturer mathematics education North Park College, Chicago, 1965. Judge Odyssey of theMind Competition, 1995.

Mathematics media consultant Annenberg Foundation, Washington, 1991. Cons Business Link, Costa Mesa, since 1990.

Achievements

• Sandra Hope Skeen Savage has been listed as a notable Mathematics educator, curriculum writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Speaker Expanding Your Horizons Women's Conference, Irvine, California, 1984-1987. Guild member Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa, 1985-1987. Assistant troop leader Girl Scouts American, Laguna Niguel, California, 1985-1987;active Geneva Presbyterian Church, Laguna Hills, California, since 1983.

Fellow National Science Foundation (grantee 1983). Member American Association of University Women, American Mathematics Association Two Year Colls., Mathematics Association American, Association for Women in Science, California Mathematics Council, OrangeCounty Mathematics Association (secretary 1982-1983), Phi Delta Kappa (president Trabuco chapter 1986-1987, 95-96).

Interests

• Avocations: music, computer graphics, multimedia/Civil Defense-ROM design, poetry.

Connections

Married Steven William Savage, August 17, 1963. 1 child, Samantha.

Father:

Raymond Skeen

Mother:

Freda (Burgess) Skeen

Spouse:

Steven William Savage

child:

Samantha Savage