» A BIOGRAPHICAL MRS. JESSIE SKETCH ~ WHALEY MAXWELL BORN IN MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA, DAUGHTER OF REV. & MRS. J. H. WHALEY, GRAND DAUGHTER OF REV. & MRS. J. M. CARTER, MARRIED TO MR. HULLETT A. MAXWELL, - DRUGGIST AND REAL ESTATE PROPRIETER — FIRST SUCCESSFUL OWNER OF A NEGRO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. EDUCATION: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE FROM BISHOP COLLEGE, MARSHALL, TEXAS —- NOW OF DALLAS, TEXAS, BACHELOR OF MUSIC, LAMONT SCHOOL OF MUSIC, DENVER, COLORADO, MASTER OF ARTS, DENVER UNIVERSITY, DENVER, COLORADO POST GRADUATE STUDIES: HAS COMPLETED REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION AT DENVER UNIVERSITY, STUDIED AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. MEMBER OF THE ZION BAPTIST CHURCH AND DIRECTOR OF CHOIR FOR 15 YEARS, CHAIRMAN OF WOMEN'S DAY ACTIVITIES, GUEST SPEAKER AT ZION, CENTRAL, MACEDONIA, NEW HOPE, AND SHORTER A.M.E. CHURCHES, DIRECTOR OF THE PRE-MUSICAL AT THE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION IN DENVER 1958, BISHOP COLLEGE WOMEN'S DAY, ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TULSA Y.W.C.A. RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING AWARD IN LEADERSHIP IN CHRISTIAN SERVICE FROM ZION CHURCH, OUTSTANDING AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION FROM THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, P. T. A. LIFE MEMBERSHIP FROM WHITTIER SCHOOL & PRINCIPAL FOR OVER A DECADE, CITIZEN OF THE YEAR FROM THE OMBEGAS, AND A HOST OF OTHERS. NOW PRINCIPAL OF COLUMBINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,