Full Name:
Alma Weaver Byrd
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Wallace
Birth Place:
Aiken, SC
Home City:
Columbia, SC
PhD, University of South Carolina, 1978
MA, Columbia University, 1960
AB, Benedict College, 1944
Representative, SC State House, District 74, 1991-1998
Richland County School District One, (Vice-Chair 1984, 1989-1991), 1980-1991
Board of Directors, South Carolina School Board Association, 1986-1991
Basic Skills Advisory Committee, 1978-1991
Southern Regional National School Board Black Caucus, 1984-1987
No caucus information on file.
Professor of French/English, Benedict College, 1960-present
Adult Education Instructor, 1987-1995
Voorhees College, 1968-1970
European Study Tour, 1969
Educator, Public Schools, 1944-1961
Experience, AAUP
Experience, AAUW
Experience, Alpha Chi Honor Society
Experience, American Legion Post 212
Experience, Cancer Foundation
Order of the Palmetto-Highest Citizen State Award, Elks Lodge
Experience, Gamma Nu Omega Sorority
Experience, League of Women Voters
Experience, NAUW
National Board, NCNW
Experience, NCTE
Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Experience, National Council of Negro Women
Experience, Palmetto Elks Lodge
Experience, Phi Delta Kappa
Experience, Phi Sigma Iota International Honor Society
Experience, Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
Experience, South Carolina Foreign Languages Association
Experience, South Carolina Trooper Coalition
Experience, Toastmasters
Experience, United Black Fund
Experience, YWCA