Background
Strobel, Shirley Holcomb was born on May 8, 1929 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Dent Z. and Helen (Spriegel) Holcomb.
educator magazine editor writer
Strobel, Shirley Holcomb was born on May 8, 1929 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Dent Z. and Helen (Spriegel) Holcomb.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1951. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1953.
English teacher Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1952-1953. Teacher Durham city schools, 1954-1955, Durham County schools, 1967-1990. Editor Church Teachers magazine National Teachers Education Project, Durham, 1986-1989.
Editor Church Teachers, Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1990-1993. Part-time instructor Program in Education Duke University, Durham, 1991-1993, 98. Instructor Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement, from 1994.
Chairman department English Jordan High School, Durham, 1967-1975. Reader National Council Teachers English, 1969-1971. Member accreditation team Duke University Education Program, 1985.
Judge magazine competition for Episcopal Communicators Conference, 1992-1994.
(Seventy-Fifth Anniversary 1923-1998)
Founder, president Threshold Clubhouse for Mentally Ill, Durham, 1985-1986, chairman capital campaign, 1988-1991, chairman ways and means committee, 1992-1996. Active Area Board Mental Health, Durham, 1990-1992. Member state board National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-North Carolina, since 1994, president, 1998-1999, secretary State President's Advisory Council, 1998-1999, member Housing Works Board, since 1997, vice president, 1997-1999, president, since 2000, president Durham, since 2000.
Member advisory board Club Nova Clubhouse for Mentally Ill, since 1997.
Married Howard Austin Strobel, August 26, 1953. Children: Paul Austin, Gary Dent, Linda Susan Strobel Helgeson.