Biography mary ann mcdonald

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Mary Anne McDonald, American folklorist, photographer. University North Carolina Smith Fund grantee, 1982, North Carolina Arts Council grantee, 1992. Member Mission Council, Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill, since 1991. Member American Association of University Women, North Carolina Folklore Society (vice president 1991-1995, W. Amos Abrams Essay prize 1982), American Folklore Society.

Background

McDonald, Mary Anne was born on August 18, 1955 in Dallas, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Keith Dooley and Sarah Anne (Miles) McDonald.

Education

Bachelor in American Studies, University Virginia, 1978. Master of Arts in Folklore, University North Carolina, 1985.

Career

Research assistant Southern Oral History Program, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1981-1982; curator, Folk Music Archives U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1982-1983; historian, Mid-Atlantic Archaeol. Research, Newark, Delaware, 1983; folklorist, Indiana Arts Council, Richmond, 1983; folklorist, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, 1984; folklorist, Florida Folklife Programs, White Springs, 1985; folklorist, Hiddenite (North Carolina) Center, 1985; folklife specialist/director North Carolina African-American Folk Heritage Tour, North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, 1985-1991; ethnography coordinator, School Public Health U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1992.

Achievements

• Mary Anne McDonald has been listed as a noteworthy Folklorist, photographer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Mission Council, Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill, since 1991. Member American Association of University Women, North Carolina Folklore Society (vice president 1991-1995, W. Amos Abrams Essay prize 1982), American Folklore Society.

Connections

Married Dana Paul Loomis, July 14, 1984. Children: Paul Webb, Martin McDonald.

Father:

Keith Dooley McDonald

Mother:

Sarah Anne (Miles) McDonald

Spouse:

Dana Paul Loomis

child:

Paul Webb McDonald

child:

Martin McDonald