Dates

• Existence: 1931-

Biography

E. Marie Hawkins, educator, was born November 19, 1931. She has served as a teacher or an administrator in elementary schools in Iowa City, Iowa since 1967. Her husband, Dr. Benny Hawkins, is an associate professor of periodontics in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. From 1992 to 1993, Marie Hawkins was assistant principal of Longfellow Elementary School. Since 1993, she has been a special-education teacher at Weber Elementary School. Hawkins specializes in working with students who are in need of academic help and building students' self-esteem.

Marie Hawkins is the author of an article and co-author of two instruction manuals for teachers. In 1996, she received the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. She received an Excellence in Education grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust in 1997.

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