October 17, 1996
Contact: Ann Marie Deer Owens, (615) 322-2706
Susan Gray School taps Farran as new director
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Dale Farran has been appointed the new director
of the Susan Gray School for Children at the John F. Kennedy Center. Farran
also has been named an associate director of the Kennedy Center and a professor
of education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt's
Peabody College.
"To have the opportunity to work at Peabody College, which is on the
cutting edge of new thinking about child development, and to be able to
put that into practice at the Susan Gray School is very exciting,"
Farran said.
Farran came from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she
was a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.
She chaired the department from 1987-1994.
In other news, new officers of the Friends of the Susan Gray School have
been elected for 1996-1997. They are: Ann Marie Deer Owens, president; Doug
Knall, vice president; Janis Gaudette, treasurer; and Anneke Thompson, secretary.
The Susan Gray School serves up to 90 children from birth to age 4 who are
at risk because of developmental disabilities. It is part of the John F.
Kennedy Center at Vanderbilt, a leading national research center for children
with special needs.
-VU-
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