Mary Catherine Donahoe Neville, of Austin, TX, died Apr 30, 2005, in Austin.
She was born Apr 16, 1920, in Sedalia, a daughter of Michael and Mary Donahoe.
Ms Neville lived in Chevy Chase, MD, for more than 20 years. She retired after two decades of public service with the Agency for International Development of the U.S. Department of State. She had recently moved to Austin to be with her daughter.
She received a degree in mathematics from Mount St Scholastica College in Atchison, KS, in 1940 , a master of science degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1946 and a doctorate in curriculum and supervision from American University in Washington, DC, in 1972.
Her college years were distinguished by leadership in the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, presidency of the Student Council and selection to be class valedictorian.
Serving on the faculty of Eastern Michigan University during the 1950s, she taught mathematics, participated in curriculum development and served as a consultant to the school systems of Michigan. She was state president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics when she decided to join the U.S. government.
As an official of the Agency for International Development (AID) of the U.S. Department of State, Ms Neville served 11 years in Africa, five years in Asia and three years in the Middle East. In her last assignment, she was deputy director of the U.S. AID mission to the Yemen Arab Republic. The AID program in Yemen at that time provided assistance in agriculture, food and nutrition, health and education to a country of then about six million predominantly rural people.
In 1977, she was sworn in at the state department as deputy mission director of AID in Yemen. She was one of only two women serving at the director or deputy director level of AID overseas.
For the competence and dedication of her professional life in the educational field and her involvement with the Agency for International Development, Benedictine College conferred on her its highest alumna award -- the Offeramus Medal .
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Helen Neville, and her husband, Philippe Dambournet of Austin; a niece and three nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph M Donahoe.
She was born Apr 16, 1920, in Sedalia, a daughter of Michael and Mary Donahoe.
Ms Neville lived in Chevy Chase, MD, for more than 20 years. She retired after two decades of public service with the Agency for International Development of the U.S. Department of State. She had recently moved to Austin to be with her daughter.
She received a degree in mathematics from Mount St Scholastica College in Atchison, KS, in 1940 , a master of science degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1946 and a doctorate in curriculum and supervision from American University in Washington, DC, in 1972.
Her college years were distinguished by leadership in the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, presidency of the Student Council and selection to be class valedictorian.
Serving on the faculty of Eastern Michigan University during the 1950s, she taught mathematics, participated in curriculum development and served as a consultant to the school systems of Michigan. She was state president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics when she decided to join the U.S. government.
As an official of the Agency for International Development (AID) of the U.S. Department of State, Ms Neville served 11 years in Africa, five years in Asia and three years in the Middle East. In her last assignment, she was deputy director of the U.S. AID mission to the Yemen Arab Republic. The AID program in Yemen at that time provided assistance in agriculture, food and nutrition, health and education to a country of then about six million predominantly rural people.
In 1977, she was sworn in at the state department as deputy mission director of AID in Yemen. She was one of only two women serving at the director or deputy director level of AID overseas.
For the competence and dedication of her professional life in the educational field and her involvement with the Agency for International Development, Benedictine College conferred on her its highest alumna award -- the Offeramus Medal .
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Helen Neville, and her husband, Philippe Dambournet of Austin; a niece and three nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph M Donahoe.
Mary Catherine Donahoe Neville, of Austin, TX, died Apr 30, 2005, in Austin.
She was born Apr 16, 1920, in Sedalia, a daughter of Michael and Mary Donahoe.
Ms Neville lived in Chevy Chase, MD, for more than 20 years. She retired after two decades of public service with the Agency for International Development of the U.S. Department of State. She had recently moved to Austin to be with her daughter.
She received a degree in mathematics from Mount St Scholastica College in Atchison, KS, in 1940 , a master of science degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1946 and a doctorate in curriculum and supervision from American University in Washington, DC, in 1972.
Her college years were distinguished by leadership in the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, presidency of the Student Council and selection to be class valedictorian.
Serving on the faculty of Eastern Michigan University during the 1950s, she taught mathematics, participated in curriculum development and served as a consultant to the school systems of Michigan. She was state president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics when she decided to join the U.S. government.
As an official of the Agency for International Development (AID) of the U.S. Department of State, Ms Neville served 11 years in Africa, five years in Asia and three years in the Middle East. In her last assignment, she was deputy director of the U.S. AID mission to the Yemen Arab Republic. The AID program in Yemen at that time provided assistance in agriculture, food and nutrition, health and education to a country of then about six million predominantly rural people.
In 1977, she was sworn in at the state department as deputy mission director of AID in Yemen. She was one of only two women serving at the director or deputy director level of AID overseas.
For the competence and dedication of her professional life in the educational field and her involvement with the Agency for International Development, Benedictine College conferred on her its highest alumna award -- the Offeramus Medal .
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Helen Neville, and her husband, Philippe Dambournet of Austin; a niece and three nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph M Donahoe.
She was born Apr 16, 1920, in Sedalia, a daughter of Michael and Mary Donahoe.
Ms Neville lived in Chevy Chase, MD, for more than 20 years. She retired after two decades of public service with the Agency for International Development of the U.S. Department of State. She had recently moved to Austin to be with her daughter.
She received a degree in mathematics from Mount St Scholastica College in Atchison, KS, in 1940 , a master of science degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1946 and a doctorate in curriculum and supervision from American University in Washington, DC, in 1972.
Her college years were distinguished by leadership in the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, presidency of the Student Council and selection to be class valedictorian.
Serving on the faculty of Eastern Michigan University during the 1950s, she taught mathematics, participated in curriculum development and served as a consultant to the school systems of Michigan. She was state president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics when she decided to join the U.S. government.
As an official of the Agency for International Development (AID) of the U.S. Department of State, Ms Neville served 11 years in Africa, five years in Asia and three years in the Middle East. In her last assignment, she was deputy director of the U.S. AID mission to the Yemen Arab Republic. The AID program in Yemen at that time provided assistance in agriculture, food and nutrition, health and education to a country of then about six million predominantly rural people.
In 1977, she was sworn in at the state department as deputy mission director of AID in Yemen. She was one of only two women serving at the director or deputy director level of AID overseas.
For the competence and dedication of her professional life in the educational field and her involvement with the Agency for International Development, Benedictine College conferred on her its highest alumna award -- the Offeramus Medal .
Surviving are a daughter, Mary Helen Neville, and her husband, Philippe Dambournet of Austin; a niece and three nephews.
She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph M Donahoe.
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