Virginia Budd Harrison

Background

Harrison, Virginia Budd was born on January 13, 1927 in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Daughter of Josiah Taylor Budd and Florence E. (Wilhoit) Budd Brooks.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Florida State University, 1948; Master of Science in Vocational Education, Florida State University, 1972; Master of Social Work, Florida State University, 1980.

Career

Caseworker, Florida Department Public Welfare, Panama City, 1960-1961; caseworker, Colorado Department Public Welfare/Child Welfare, Colorado Springs, 1965; school social worker, Ozark (Alabama) City School Board, 1966-1967; teacher, James S. Rickards High School, Tallahassee, 1967-1971; associate professor, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical U., Tallahassee, since 1971. Speaker, consultant in field.

Achievements

• Virginia Budd Harrison has been listed as a noteworthy therapy and social work educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member curriculum committee Florida State Department Education, 1980. Member advisory board Health and Rehabilitation Services, since 1984, Walter Scott Criswell Foundation, 1985. Member nursers board State of Florida, 1991.

Member Daughters of the American Revolution and United Daughters of the Confederacy, American Criminal Justice Association (various awards), Springtime Tallahassee, Tiger Bay Club, Junior Women's Club (president), Alpha Gamma Delta (treasurer since 1989), Lambda Alpha Epsilon, Pi Gamma.

Interests

• Avocations: bridge, reading, sailing.

Connections

Married Paul Eugene Williams, July 10, 1948 (divorced October 1959). Children: Paul Graves, Taylor Budd, Leslee Williams Walker. Married Howard W. Harrison, Jan.1, 1962 (divorced 1969).

Father:

Josiah Taylor Budd Brooks

Mother:

Florence E. (Wilhoit) Budd Brooks

Spouse:

Howard W. Harrison

Spouse:

Paul Eugene Williams

child:

Leslee Williams Walker Harrison

child:

Paul Graves Harrison

child:

Taylor Budd Harrison