Background
O'Donnell, V. Ruth Hensley was born on August 23, 1920 in Mount Selman, Texas, United States. Daughter of Tom Morris and Velma Elvada (Warren) Hensley.
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V. Ruth Hensley O'Donnell
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Bachelor, Stephen F. Austin University, 1941. Master of Arts, Memphis State University, 1959. Postgraduate, University Tennessee, 1979.
Postgraduate, American Management Association Leadership Tng, 1981.
Career
Teacher elementary, Kilgore, Texas, 1941-1945;
teacher elementary, Alameda (California) City Schools, 1945;
teacher elementary, East High School, Memphis, 1951-1958;
supervisor of instruction, Memphis City Schools, 1958-1979;
coordinator of instruction, Memphis City Schools, 1979-1982;
retired, 1982. Consultant American School, Guatemala City, 1966, 88. Coordinator Teacher Exch. with Am.Sch.
Guatemala and Memphis, 1966-1979.
Achievements
Membership
Key woman for Germantown Methodist Church to Methodist Hospital Auxiliary, Memphis, 1984-1986, United Methodist Church to Church Women United, Memphis, 1987-1991. Member Tennessee Retired Teachers Association, Memphis and Shelby County Retired Teachers Association, Daughters of the American Revolution (historian 1986-1991), Colonial Dames XVII Century (national defense chairman since 1983), American Association of University Women, Pegasus Society of Germantown, Dames of the Court of Honor (Tennessee Society).
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Connections
Married Edward Baxter O'Donnell, June 16, 1945. 1 child, Edward Baxter Junior.
