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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF
SHIRLEY M. ROBINSON-WILLIAMS
PERSONAL
DATA
Born (an only child) in
Taylor
,
Texas
, to the late Reverend Willie V. R-Robinson of
Brownwood
,
Texas
and the late Missionary Bernice M. (Jefferson) Lyons of Taylor. Following my
parents' divorce, I attended Hardin Elementary/High School and Marie Sapenter's
School
of
Music
. Graduated from
Brownwood
High School
in May of 1957. In the fall ot1957 1 was accepted at
Huston-Tillotson
College
,
Austin
,
Texas
. Major studies were music (piano) and English. Became engaged while in college,
later married and moved to
Kansas City
, where my maternal family then resided. Two years after my daughter's birth, I
entered the workplace. Current status: Single. Accomplishments: Business
Administration (degree); Retiree, with twenty three years of governmental
service which includes, certifications in accident/tort claims investigations
and labor relations; Realtor (licensed in State of
Missouri
); Church musician/director. Additionally, I am the proud parent of two
children; Angela M. Lacey (mezzo soprano) of
Atlanta
, GA, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams, Jr. (high school basketball/track
coach)
Raytown
, MO; Four grandsons; Two great grandsons and Two great granddaughters.
EDUCATIONAL
DATA
Little
Red
School
House,
Taylor
,
TX
Hardin Elementary/High
School,
Brownwood
,
TX
Brownwood
High School
,
Brownwood
,
TX
Huston-Tillotson
College
,
Austin
TX
Penn Valley Community College
,
Kansas
City, MO
Career Education Systems,
Kansas City
,
MO
Real Estate Board of Greater
Kansas City
,
Kansas City
,
MO
William
Bolger
Management
Academy
,
Oakbrook
,
IL
American Management Association,
Beverly Hills
,
CA
SPECIAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Officer-In-Charge
(Postmaster),
U. S.
Postal Service (USPS),
Faucett
,
MO
Regional Coordinator Growth Management
Programs, USPS,
Kansas City
,
MO
District Coordinator Accident Investigation
Program, Law Dept, USPS,
Kansas City
MO
District Coordinator Tort Claims Program,
Law Dept, USPS,
Kansas City
,
MO
District Labor
Representative, Law Dept, USPS,
Kansas City
,
MO
Recipient Special
Achievement Award, USPS,
Kansas City
,
MO
Recipient Outstanding Merit Ratings (six
years, consecutively), USPS,
Kansas City
,
MO
Recipient
Chicago
Music Guild Award,
Chicago
IL
Minority Employment Pioneer, CPC
International,
North Kansas City
,
MO
Minority Employment Pioneer, FSC
Headquarters,
Kansas City
,
MO
Dean's Honor Roll, Pen"
Valley Community College
,
Kansas
City, MO
Dean's Honor Roll,
Huston
Tillotson
College
,
Austin
,
TX
All-School Queen, Hardin
Elementary/High School,
Brownwood
,
TX
Student Honor Rolls Hardin Elementary and
Brownwood
High Schools
Letter Recipient- Acapella
Choir,
Brownwood
High School
Lettered
Recipient-Basketball, Hardin Elementary/High School
Entrepreneurial Recognition "Top
Twenty Sales/Recruiting" SASCO,
Dallas
,
TX
OTHER
Lead Soloist "The Messiah" with
Kansas City
Philharmonic/ FBC
Kansas City
,
MO
Lead Roles "Sleeping Beauty and
Cinderella operettas,
Hardin
Elementary School
Member Square Dance Club,
Brownwood
High School
,
Brownwood
,
TX
Member Dramatics Clubs,
Huston-Tillotson
College
,
Austin
,
TX
Member Dramatics and Mission
Ministries, FBC,
Kansas
,
City
MO
Church Musician/Director/
Workshop Facilitator, FBC, SMBC,
Kansas
,
City
MO
Exhibit Coordinator, The
Home Show, Municipal Auditorium,
Kansas
, City, MO
Former member of the
following organizations:
American Business Women’s'
Association (ABWA); Urban
League; National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP);
National Conference of Catholic Charities; American
Management Association
(AMA); National Association of Postmasters/Supervisors;
Gospel Music Workshops of
America
.
HOBBIES
Interior decorating/design;
creative writing; gourmet cooking; sewing; playing
whisk/bridge; bicycling;
sports (especially basketball); dancing; entertaining
friends/family. Most favorite types of
secular music are: Opera and jazz.
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