Theresa Obermeyer
Theresa Nangle Obermeyer (born July 25, 1945), is a former Anchorage, Alaska school board member, having served 2 two-year terms from 1990 to 1994. Obermeyer made an unsuccessful run against Republican Ted Stevens for the United States Senate in 1996.[1]
Obermeyer is known in Alaska for her public advocacy on behalf of her husband, Tom Obermeyer.[2] In 1996 Obermeyer served a thirty-day jail term for disorderly conduct in a federal judge's chambers during a discussion regarding her husband's bar examinations.[2]
Life and career
Obermeyer was born Theresa Nangle in 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri.[3] After studying at Villa Duchesne High School from 1959 until 1963,[3] she received a BA in Political Science from the Maryville University in St. Louis in 1967, and a Master of Education in 1970 from the same university. In 1975 she earned her Ph.D in Education as well.[4]
On December 23, 1977 she married Thomas Obermeyer, an attorney in Missouri; they have four children.[4]
She worked in different jobs in education at different colleges in Missouri and Maryland before working as Assistant Director for student activities at St. Louis Community College–Florissant Valley from 1973 until 1978. She then moved to Alaska where she became the Director of Student Services at the Anchorage Community College of University of Alaska Anchorage. Between 1981 and 1993, she was an instructor at Chapman University, and between 1984 and 1990 a teacher at the McLaughlin Youth Center.[4]
From 1990 until 1994 she sat on the board of the Anchorage School District, and in 1993 she was the treasurer of the board.[4][5]
Since 1979, she also worked as a real estate broker.[4][5]
10/19/13 Theresa Nangle Obermeyer, Ph.D. received a B.A. from Maryville University in 1967 with a Major in Political Science and Minors in English, History, and Education. She received a Master of Education from St. Louis University in 1970 and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Education in 1975. She was awarded a National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Title VC Scholarship at St. Louis University 1968-1970. Her dissertation was "St. Louis Comprehensive Drug Treatment Center:A Case Study, 1974" which was an analysis of the Multimodality Drug Treatment approach.
(She worked in different jobs in education at different colleges in Missouri and Maryland) She has been a college administrator at four colleges in three states including Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri, Loyola University, Baltimore, Maryland, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, and Anchorage Community College of University of Alaska.
At the bottom of the biography. She has been a licensed Alaska Real Estate Broker since 1979.
References
- ^ Associated Press. "Election Highlights from coast to coast". The Union Democrat. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ a b Ruskin, Liz. "Judge jails Obermeyer for 30 days: Ex-school board member's probation revoked for courthouse altercations". Anchorage Daily News June 12, 1996.
- ^ a b "Theresa Nangle Obermeyer, Democrat". Alaska Division of Elections.
- ^ a b c d e "Theresa Nangle Obermeyer". The Obermeyer Website. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b Schoenfeld, Ed (21 August 2002). "Democrats allege Stevens conspiracy". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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