Ryerson, Marjorie 1943–

PERSONAL: Born March 28, 1943, in Germantown, PA; daughter of William Newton (an engineer) and Jean (Hamilton) Ryerson; children: Nicholas Grant Jones, Emily Ryerson Jones. Ethnicity: "White." Education: Beloit College, B.A., 1965; University of Iowa, M.F.A., 1976. Politics: Democrat.

ADDRESSES: Home—P.O. Box 44, Randolph, VT 05060. Office—Leavenworth Hall, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT 05735. E-mail—wtrmusic@sover. net.

CAREER: White River Valley Herald, associate editor, 1981–85; Country Courier (weekly magazine), editor-in-chief, 1986–90; Castleton State College, Castleton, VT, professor, 1991–. Middlebury College, member of poetry faculty for New England Young Writers' Conference at Bread Loaf, 1990–; Water Music Project, executive director. Vermont Network of Community Newspapers, director. Randolph Community Development Corp., member of board of directors, 1993–96; Randolph Select Board, member, 1995–96.

MEMBER: Authors Guild, Author's League of America, Physicians for Social Responsibility.

AWARDS, HONORS: Vermont State Colleges' faculty fellow, 2000–01; Paul Keough Award for leadership in the water environment, 2004.

WRITINGS:

(And photographer) Water Music: Sixty-six Renowned Musicians from around the World Celebrate Water in Words and Music, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2003.

Companions for the Passage: Stories of the Intimate Privilege of Accompanying the Dying, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2005.

Contributor of more than 100 feature and news stories to periodicals.