About ivy ruckman biography
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About ivy ruckman biography
Ruckman, Ivy 1931–
PERSONAL: Born May 25, 1931, in Hastings, NE; daughter of Joy Uberto (a teacher and tree surgeon) and Lena Chloe Myers; married Edgar Baldwin Heylmun, December 17, 1955 (divorced, 1963); married Stuart Allan Ruckman (a dentist), June 6, 1965 (died, 1983); children: Kimberly Sue, William Bret, Stuart Andrew.
Ethnicity: "American Caucasian." Education: Hastings College, B.A., 1953; graduate study at University of Utah, 1963.
ADDRESSES: Home—3698 Golden Hills Ave., Salt Lake City, UT 84121; (winters) 1165 Coyote Gulch Cir., Ivins, UT 84738.
CAREER: High school English teacher in Casper, WY, 1953–57; Skyline High School, Salt Lake City, UT, English teacher, 1962–65, creative writing instructor, 1970–72; writer, 1974–.
Member of Hastings College Alumni Foundation, Willa Cather Memorial Foundation, and Xetava Gardens.
MEMBER: Nature Conservancy.
AWARDS, HONORS: First place in Utah Fine Arts Contest, 1982, for What's an Average Kid like Me Doing Way