Background
Senders, Virginia Loftus was born on April 21, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Frank Richardson and Ruth (Russell) Loftus.
Senders, Virginia Loftus was born on April 21, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Frank Richardson and Ruth (Russell) Loftus.
AB magna cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1943. AM, HArvard University, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, HArvard University, 1947.
Teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1944-1947;
instructor psychology, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 1947-1950;
director aviation psychology project, associate professor psychology, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio., 1950-1956;
lecturer psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1957-1962;
co-founder, co-director, coordinator Women's Continuing Education Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1960-1962;
associate director, New England Board Higher Education, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1963-1966;
director career planning and counseling center, professor, Simmons College, Boston, 1966-1968;
postdoctoral fellow, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1968-1971;
private practice psychology, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1982-1986;
professor, Framingham State College, 1971-1984;
professor emeritus, since 1984;
private practice psychology, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, 1986-1993. Visiting professor U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1973-1974. Member field faculty human studies Goddard College, Plainfield, New Jersey, 1976-1978.
Academic county monitorBeacon College, Boston, 1975-1981. Consultant on women's education 1960-1967. Director Wainwright House, Rye, New York, 1985-1989, Temenos, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, 1987-1991.
Member education committee President Kennedy's Commission on Status of Women, 1962-1963. Active various charitable orgsn., political organizations. Fellow American Psychological Association, Massachusetts Psychological Association.
Member New England Psychological Association (president 1974-1975), Association for Humanistic Psychology, Guild for Spiritual Guidance, Interhelp, Inc. (council since 1992).
Married John W. Senders, February 26, 1920 (divorced 1976). Children: Warren Russell, Stefan John.