Background
Forsythe, Velma Brown was born on April 27, 1928 in California, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Ernest and Anne Leyland Brown.
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Forsythe, Velma Brown was born on April 27, 1928 in California, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Ernest and Anne Leyland Brown.
Bachelor of Science in Business Education, Indiana University, Pennsylvania, 1950. Student various university and colleges, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, 1996.
High school teacher business education, Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1954-1958. Vice president, tax preparer Kincaid Tax Service, Akron, Ohio, 1968-1974. Public accountant Pittsburgh and Akron, 1974-1982.
Controller Holiday Inn, Dubois, Pennsylvania, 1982-1986. Assistant controller Radisson Hotel, Lexington, Kentucky, 1986-1987. Assistant to president Petrolec Inc.-Jadel Inc., Clearfield, Pennsylvania, 1987-1988.
Accountant, consultant Forsythe Business Services, Dubois, since 1982. Teacher ELI Ulaanbartar, Mongolia, since 1999.
Volunteer International Executive Service Corps., Egypt, Ghana, Slovak Republic, Stanford, Connecticut, since 1992. Lay missionary finance and education United Methodist Church Uganda, Mozambique, since 1991. Missionary ambassador to Indonesia, 1998.
Volunteer executive Citizens Democracy Corps, Republic of Georgia, spring, 2000, Russia, summer and fall, 2000. Active Velma Scholarships, 97 children and adults, Uganda, since 1992. Member American Association of University Women (program chair 1997-1999, Woman of Year award 1998), Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Sigma Epsilon.
Married Forrest Evans Forsythe, August 6, 1950 (deceased October 1982). Children: Leslie Ann, Lynn Allyson.