Background
Zachert, Virginia was born on March 1, 1920 in Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. Daughter of R.E. and Cora H. (Massee) Zachert.
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Virginia Zachert
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Student, Norman Junior College, 1937. AB, Georgia State Woman's College, 1940. Master of Arts, Emory University, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1949.
Career
Statistician, Davison-Paxon Company, Atlanta, 1941-1944;
research psychologist, Military Contracts
research psychologist, Auburn Research Foundation
research psychologist, Alabama Polytechnic Institute
industrial and research psychologist, Sturm & O'Brien (consultant engineers), 1958-1959;
research project director, Western Design, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1960-1961;
self-employed consultant psychologist, Norman Park, Georgia, 1961-1971;
self-employed consultant psychologist, Good Hope, Georgia, since 1971. Research associate medical education Medical College Georgia, Augusta, 1963-1965, associate professor, 1965-1970, research professor, 1970-1984, research professor emeritus, since 1984, chief learning materials division, 1973-1984, faculty senate, 1976-1984, academic county, 1976-1982, president academic county, 1983, secretary, 1978. Member Georgia Board Examiners Psychologists, 1974-1979, vice president, 1977, president 1978.
Advisory board Commander General air traffic controllers United States Air Force, 1967-1970. Consultant Georgia Silver Haired Legislature, 1980-1986, senator, 1987-1993, president protem, 1987-1988, president, 1989-1993, representative, speaker protem, 1993-1996, speaker, 1997-1998, National Silver-Haired Congress representative, since 1995, speaker since 1997. Governors appointee White House Conference on Aging, 1971, 96, Georgia Council on Aging, 1988-1996.
United States Senate member Federal Council on the Aging, 1990-1993. Senator appointee White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Ga.Health Decision's appointee to Georgia Coalition for Health, 1996-1998.
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Delaware White House Conference on Aging, 1981, 95. Served as aerologist United States Navy, 1944-1946. Aviation psychologist, Lackland Air Force, San Antonio, United States Air Force, 1949-1955.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Association. Member American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1977-1980), Sigma Xi. (chapter president 1980-1981).
