Lackey, Ina Ruth Hillis, 1909-1999

• 1909: Born in Ardmore, Oklahoma
• 1928: A.B. cum laude Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, major in Spanish, minor in education
• 1936 - 1942 : Director of Social Work, Peoples' Central Institute, Methodist Board of Missions, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 1936: M.A. Scarritt College, Nashville, Tennessee, religious education and social work
• 1942 - 1943 : Postgraduate studies, Union Seminary and Teachers' College, Columbia University
• 1943 - 1945 : Regional Supervisor, USO, Recife and environs, Brazil
• 1946 - 1958 : Advisory Secretary, YWCA, Recife, Brazil
• 1958: Associate Executive Director, YWCA, Akron, Ohio
• 1959 - 1964 : Executive Director, YWCA, Corpus Christi, Texas
• 1964 - 1968 : Consultant, YWCA, Recife, Brazil, developing a social center; consultant, Governor of Pernambuco State, Brazil, opening day nurseries; assistant to the Director, Catholic Relief Services, northeast Brazil
• 1968 - 1972 : Executive Director, YWCA, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• 1972 - 1975 : Executive Director, YWCA, Racine, Wisconsin
• 1975 - : Various retirement activities, Niagara Falls, New York, Maceio, Brazil, and Albuquerque, including chairman, Task Force on Aging, New Mexico Conference of Churches (1984-85)
• 1999: Died March 1st

From the guide to the Ina Ruth Hillis Lackey Papers MS 292., 1909-1988, 1909-1988, (Sophia Smith Collection)