Susan Lee Pentlin

Background

Pentlin, Susan Lee was born on February 9, 1947 in Warrensburg, Missouri, United States. Daughter of James Arnold and Jean Marie Riddle.

Education

Bachelor, Center Missouri State, 1968; Master of Arts, U. Missouri, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1977.

Career

Teaching assistant, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1969-1970; professor, Center Missouri State University, Warrensburg, since 1970; acting director honors program, Center Missouri State University, Warrensburg, 1987-1989; exchange teacher, Dom Gymnasium, Freising, Federal Republic Germany, 1973-1974; assistant instructor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1974; research associate, Max Kade German-American Document Center, Lawrence, 1975. Member Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust.

Achievements

• Susan Lee Pentlin has been listed as a noteworthy Educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Missouri Folklore Society, 1980, president, 1982, vice president, 1993. Member steering committee Women's Equity Action League, Missouri, since 1984. Active Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, since 1981, Johnson County Democratic Committee, People for the American Way.

Member American Association Teachers of German, German Studies Association, History of Education Society, National Association Holocaust Educators, Fulbright Alumni Association.

Interests

• Avocations: book collecting, gardening, traveling, cats.

Connections

Married Floyd Clark Pentlin, June 12, 1971.

Father:

James Arnold Riddle

Mother:

Jean Marie Riddle

Spouse:

Floyd Clark Pentlin