Genevieve Shreffler (Gripkey)
Civic leader, author
Born Jul. 27,1925, Kansas City (KS), U.S.; daughter of Raymond and Genevieve (0'Brien); married S. Gordon Shreffler; children: Steven, Rebekah, Deborah.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in political science), Central State University, Edmond (OK), 1978; graduate studies, University of Central Oklahoma, 1992-94.
Career: designer and manufacturer of Braille dress patterns for state schools for the blind, Colorado Springs, 1966-69; public relations director, Oklahoma Women's Political Caucus, 1971-72; legislative intern, Oklahoma State Legislature, 1976-77; realtor - associate member, Oklahoma State Metropolitan Board of Realtors, 1979-82; freelance journalist, author, 1980's; business development counselor, Williams and Jelks Engineering, 1992-94; Central and Eastern European specialist, International Trade Service, 1992-95.
Author: At the Edge (presently marked).
Member of: European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities; American Association of University Women (AAUW); American Business Women's Association; National Federation of Press Women; board member, United Nations (UN) Oklahoma City chapter; vice president, Central European Resettlement & Education Committee; past president, Pollish - American Refugee Resettlement & Education Committee; Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge; Oklahoma Friends of Ukraine.
Honors, i.a.: Alpha Chi; appointed honorary consul of Oklahoma, 1984, and honorary minister plenipotentiary of Oklahoma, 1985; Gold Cross of Merit, 1984, Officers Cross - Polonia Restituta, 1985, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom); Service Award, Rotary International Club, 1984; National Medal of Honor, Daughter's of the American Revolution, 1991; Communicator of Achievement for Oklahoma chapter, National Federation of Press Women, 1994; board member, Mayor's Steering Committee, International Sister Cities Program, 1994; listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1996.
Languages: English, Spanish.
Hobbies: painting.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.