Susan Sweeney Kirby

Background

Kirby, Susan Sweeney was born on March 5, 1946 in Buffalo. Daughter of John Francis and Ethel Catherine (Valentine) Sweeney.

Education

Bachelor in English/Secondary Education, Eastern Connecticut State University, 1976; Master of Arts in Speech Comm., West Virginia University, 1983; postgraduate, George Mason U., 1994.

Career

Committee teacher, Parish Hill High School, Chaplin, Connecticut, 1976-1979; alternative school teacher, Eastern Panhandle Mental Health, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1979-1980; English teacher, Berkeley County Schools, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1980-1985; correctional educator, Maryland. State Department Education, Baltimore, 1985-1991; English as Second Language professor, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland., since 1991.

Achievements

• Susan Sweeney Kirby has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Literacy Volunteer of America, Martinsburg, since 1991, workshop leader, 1992, president, 1992-1993, newsletter contributor, 1992-1993. Member Teachers English to Speakers of Other Languages, Alpha Delta Kappa (treasurer 1986-1990).

Interests

• Avocations: bicycling, cooking, gardening, writing.

Connections

Married William Edwin Clark, November 24, 1971 (divorced (January 1980). Children: Ona C., JordanP. Married Charles Frederick Kirby, April 21, 1984.

Father:

John Francis Sweeney

Mother:

Ethel Catherine (Valentine) Sweeney

Spouse:

William Edwin Clark

Spouse:

Charles Frederick Kirby

child:

JordanP Kirby

child:

Ona C. Kirby