GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN EDUCATION
1999
LOUISE MCBEE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Sally Rountree Klein is an Instructor and Facilitator of Continuous Quality Improvement at Savannah Technical Institute, and recently served Savannah Tech as Interim Director of Instruction. Sally will use the Louise McBee Scholarship for an experience which relates closely to the purpose of the award -- she will attend the International Conference of the Center for Application of Psychological Type in July 1999, and plans to use the information in the classroom and in staff development workshops for the faculty.
Sally received a B.S. degree from East Tennessee State University and a Master of Education from Armstrong Atlantic State University in 1985. She later completed her Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership from Georgia Southern University.
Before joining the faculty of Savannah Tech. Sally was a science and mathematics teacher, an assistant principal, an acting principal, and later a curriculum specialist with the Savannah-Chatham Public Schools. When you meet her, there is no question as to why Sally was named Chatham County Teacher of the year, Georgia Middle School Science Teacher of the Year, and was a Georgia nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teacher.
Linda D. Tomlinson is a lecturer in History at Clark Atlanta University, and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Humanities (African and African-American Studies) at the same institution. She has complete all course work toward the degree, and is writing her dissertation on civil rights activism in East Texas from 1960-1970. The Louise McBee scholarship will pay for a portion of Linda's travel to conduct interviews for this interesting research.
Linda first attended a two-year college near her home, El Centro College, and alter earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Arts (Public Relations) from Southern Methodist University. As an adult learner, she continued her education by earning a Master of Liberal Arts degree with a History concentration from Southern Methodist in 1993, and now Linda is completing her doctoral work at Clark Atlanta.
Linda is a contributing author to two history readers, and is a member of Phi Alpha Theta, International History Honors Society. She also received the 1992 Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Academic Achievement from Southern Methodist University. Linda makes a home with her husband and two sons in Decatur, Georgia, where she is President of the women's group at her local church.
Sara Lynne Crockett
Sara Lynne Crockett is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Botany at the University of Georgia, where she also teachers lab classes through a Graduate Laboratory Assistantship. During her first two years at the University of Georgia, Sara has assumed a leadership role in Phi Sigma Biological Honors Society, and she currently serves as Vice President of the Botany Student Association. Before coming to Georgia, Sara earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Botany from University of Idaho.
Even as a high school student, Sara's work was impressive. She was a Regional, State and National award winner in the Botany division of National Science Fairs.
Sara's doctoral work is a very timely analysis of a portion of the genus Hypericum, which is the source of the popular herbal tranquilizer, "St. Johnswort." The selection committee members were especially impressed by her commitment to education and encourage young women in her lab courses. Because of her research topic, she will likely have a variety of employment opportunities; but Sara is currently interested in pursuing a dual teaching and research position at a small college.