Virginia Jeans Laas

Background

Laas, Virginia Jeans was born on October 1, 1943 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Virgil Edward and Virginia (Kring) Jeans.

Education

Bachelor in History, Kansas State College, 1964; Master of Arts in History, Kansas State College, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in History, U. Arkansas, 1993.

Career

Junior high teacher, Joplin (Missouri) Public Schools, 1964-1965; instructor, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, 1988-1992; assistant professor, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, 1992-1997; associate professor, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, since 1998. Part-time instructor Pittsburgh State University, 1980-1988, Missouri Southern State College, 1984-1988.

Achievements

• Virginia Jeans Laas has been listed as a noteworthy Historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Organisation American Historians, Southern History Association, Missouri History Association, Association for Documentary Editing, Southern Association for Women Historians.

Connections

Married Frederick Hulett Laas, June 22, 1963. Children: Andrew, Matthew, Gilbert.

Father:

Virgil Edward Jeans

Mother:

Virginia (Kring) Jeans

Spouse:

Frederick Hulett Laas

child:

Gilbert Laas

child:

Matthew Laas

child:

Andrew Laas