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Mary Lou Skinner- Brief Biographical Sketch
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Mary Lou Heaton Skinner
Health Services Officer (Commissioned)
Birth: December 22, 1909
Place of Birth: Dalhart, Texas
Mother's Maiden Name: Hazel Conger
Father's Name: Roy Henry Heaton
Marital Status: Divorced
Retired from Service: January 31, 1974
Married to C. Phillip Ross February 28, 1973
Education:
- B.B. in Education, University of North Dakota 1935
- Dietetic Internship, 12 months, Grasslands Hospital, Westchester Co., New York
- MPH in Health Education, University of California, School of Public Health, Berkeley, California 1947
Previous:
- Special "Health Behavior Study in Indian Health," Shoshone-Bannock Tribe, Fort Hall, Idaho, Public Health Service 1955-58
- Consultant in Health Education, Region I and II, PHS, New York 1953-55 and Region I, Boston 1952-53
- Lecturer in Health Education, Department of Public Health, Yale University 1953-55
- Health Educator, Department of Dental Public Health, USPHS 1949-52 University of California at Berkeley 1947-49
- Consultant, California TB and Health Association 1945-46
- Substitute Teacher, Tulane County Schools, California 1944-45
- Field Advisor on local work, New York State Committee on TB and Public Health Association 1938-41
- Health Education Secretary, Yonkers N.Y. TB and Health Association 1937-38
- Dietitian in charge of Therapeutic Diets, N.Y. Infirmary for women and children 1936-37
Professional Organizations:
- Chairman, Program Committee, Public Health Education Section, APHA, 1967 Annual Meeting
- Section Representative, APHA Eligibility Committee 1954-56
- Served as Secretary pro-tem in absence of Section Secretary 1955
- Co-Chairman, 1950 Research and Evaluation Committee, and Chairman of the Committee 1951
Other:
- Supervision Seminar for PHS Health Educators, Miss Helen Doyle, Psychiatric Social Worker and Charles Wilkinson, M.D., Psychiatric for the Greater Kansas City Mental Health Foundation, March 7-11, 1960
- USPHS-CDC-Seminar on Administration in Public Health at Emory University, September 1959
- Chairman, Health Education Section, Southern Branch, The American Public Health Association 1966
- Public Health Association 1967
- NTL Affiliate and Member, Advisory Committee to the National Training Laboratories Community Leadership Development, N.T.L., N.E.A.
- Fellow - The American Public Health Association
- Fellow - Society of Public Health Educators
Memberships:
- Society for the psychological Study of Social Issues
- The International Society for General Semantics
- Society for Applied Anthropology
Publications:
- The Journal of Medical Education Vol. 34 No. 5 pp 529-39 May 1959
- Hospitals Vol. 29 No. 6 pp. 69-70 June 1955
- California Medicine, Part II of Vol. 65 No. 2 pp. 19-20 August 1946
- The International Journal of Health Education Vol. IX No. 2, 1966
Special Studies:
- McKeaver, Nell, Skinner, Mary Lou, and Conrath, Cecilia, Stimulating Improved Heal Practices Among Selected Indian Groups. A Report of Explorations into the Application of Behavioral Research in Practical Public Health Programs, December 1958 (mimeographed) 82 pp.
- Skinner, Mary Lou - Some Educational Factors in Health Program Planning for Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. An account of the Health Behavior Study, Fort Hall, Idaho February 1956 - June 1958 (typed) 276 pp.