Nancy McDonald
Music has always been a part of Nancy McDonald’s life.
Her
father, Paul McDonald, worked as an engineer for the Scranton Electric
Company, later PPL. As a young man, he worked in theaters as an
electrician under the chief stage electrician, Terence Carden.
His
uncle, Michael McDonald was a state senator and lawyer for Arthur
Frothingham, who built Scranton's Frothingham Theater. As a young man,
...Paul McDonald saw many of the famous performers mentioned in
If You Can Play Scranton. His stories prompted the research for this project.
From
an early age, Nancy McDonald studied music and its history. Her great
aunt taught piano and her cousin taught violin at the Scranton
Conservatory of Music. Both were two of the original members of the
Scranton Singers Guild.
She is a summa cum laude graduate of
Marywood University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in
Education. She majored in history and minored in drama. She was
certified to teach history, drama and English. She received an M. A. in
European History from Marywood University. She was inducted into Phi
Alpha Theta, the history honor society while in graduate school. After
she completed her master's, she took graduate credits in voice at
Marywood.
She taught at West Scranton Senior High School until
her retirement in 1999. She is a career-long member of the Scranton
Federation of Teachers. She also represented the Pennsylvania Federation
of Teachers for five years on the Pennsylvania Professional Standards
and Practices Commission. In 1983 she was one of ten finalists for the
Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year.
Email:
nancy@tribute-books.com