Background
Dodd, Violet M. was born on November 9, 1918 in Zenda, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Jacob Polyock and Sarah McNeil.
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Dodd, Violet M. was born on November 9, 1918 in Zenda, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Jacob Polyock and Sarah McNeil.
Registered Nurse, Mercy School Nursing, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1940. Bachelor of Science in Biology, De Paul University, 1948. Master of Arts in Education, De Paul University, 1952.
Master of Arts in Human Development, University Chicago, 1972. Master of Arts in Dance/Movement Therapy, Columbia University Chicago, 1990.
Head nurse, Second lieutenant Army Nurse Corps, Orlando, Florida, 1942—1944. Clinical instructor St. Xavier College, Chicago, 1950—1952, director education, 1952—1966. Instructor psychiatric nursing South Suburban College, South Holland, 1966—1987.
Therapist dance/movement Charter Peachford Hospital, Atlanta, 1990—1993, Emory Eastside Medical Center, Snellville, 1996—2009. Adjudicator National Dance Council American, since 1966.
President Welcome Wagon Atlanta, 1990—1991. Member of United States Terpsichore Association, National Association Dance Therapy, Imperial Society Teachers Dance, Freedom Alliance, Sigma Theta Tau.
Married Jasper Messmore III, December 17, 1943 (deceased August 1944). 1 child Jasper Messmore IV. Married Ronald Frank Dodd, June 11, 1955.