Delores Ann Richburg Greene
Delores Ann Richburg Greene | |
|---|---|
 Delores Richburg (later Greene), from the 1953 yearbook of Peabody High School | |
| Born | January 29, 1936 Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | April 11, 2022 (age 86) |
| Occupation(s) | College administrator, educator |
Delores Ann Richburg Greene (January 29, 1936 – April 11, 2022) was an American educator based in Virginia. She was a dean of two colleges of education, at Virginia Union University and at Virginia State University.
Early life and education
[edit]Richburg was born in Petersburg, Virginia,[1] the daughter of Robert Richburg and Mildred Mercille Wynn Richburg.[2] She graduated from Peabody High School in 1953. She earned a bachelor's degree in music education and a master's degree in elementary education at Virginia State University, with a 1965 master's thesis on the SRA Reading Laboratory.[3] She completed an Ed.D. at the University of Virginia in 1977, with a doctoral dissertation on curriculum plans.[4][5]
Career
[edit]Greene taught music in Virginia schools early in her career.[6] She was assistant superintendent for elementary education in Richmond Public Schools.[7][8] After she retired from schoolwork in 1993, she was Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Education at Virginia Union University. In 2004, she became dean of Professional Education in the College of Education at her alma mater, Virginia State University. She retired a second time in 2014.[4]
Greene was a member of Delta Sigma Theta and Pi Lambda Theta. She served on the boards of the Virginia Center for Educational Leadership and the Richmond Children’s Museum, among other advisory positions, and co-founded the African American Critical Issues Network. She was named YWCA Woman of the Year in Education in 2000, and was honored by the United Negro College Fund, Kappa Delta Pi,[1] and the Martha Mason Hill Memorial Foundation.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Delores Richburg married fellow educator Robert Taylor Greene in 1960.[10][11] They had a son, Robert Jr., and a daughter, Michele. Her husband died in 1996,[12] and Greene died in 2022, at the age of 86.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lazarus, Jeremy M. (April 21, 2022). "Dr. Delores R. Greene, longtime educator and former VUU and VSU dean, dies at 86". Richmond Free Press. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ "Richburg (death notice)". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1978-05-23. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-02-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Greene, D. R. (1965). A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of the Science Research Associates Reading for Understanding Laboratory as a Means of Improving the Reading Comprehension of an Upper Elementary Nongraded Class, Westmoreland County, Virginia (Doctoral dissertation, Virginia State College).
- ^ a b c "In Memoriam: Delores Ann Richburg Greene, 1935-2022". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ Greene, D. R. (1977). The relationship of selected variables to the use of curriculum plans by secondary classroom teachers in planning the instructional program (Doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia).
- ^ "Peabody High School News". Petersburg Progress Index. October 18, 1961. p. 27. Retrieved February 3, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Perkins Submits Resignation". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1985-07-18. p. 20. Retrieved 2023-02-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dr. Greene Featured". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1978-02-22. p. 27. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ "2011 MMHMF Honoree Dr. Delores R. Greene". Martha Mason Hill Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ "Miss Richburg Weds Robert Greene". The Progress-Index. 1960-09-04. p. 22. Retrieved 2023-02-03 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Delores Richburg is bride of Robert T. Greene". Baltimore Afro American. October 4, 1960. p. 20. Retrieved February 3, 2023 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ WIlliams, Michael Paul (1996-11-24). "Campus Provost Dies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-02-03 – via Newspapers.com.