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Portrait of Marta Engdahl

Honor Society® member

Marta Engdahl

(Senior) Attorney at Social Security Administration

  • University of Virginia
  • Religious Studies
  • Class of 2017
  • Charlottesville, VA

Member since December 2014

Education

  • VCU

    Rehabilitation Counseling, M.S.

    2004 – 2013

  • Hahnemann University

    Group Process & Family Therapy, M.S.

    1989 – 1993

  • Widener University Law School

    Law, J.D.

    1981 – 1985

  • Grinnell College, B. A.

    English and American Literature

    1959 – 1963

Honors and awards

  • Numerous state and federal government employment awards

Goals and interests

Career goal

NGO or church related position

Graduate school interests

Religious studies

Outside the classroom

Classical Piano, English (horseback) riding, cello

Experience

  • (Senior) Attorney

    Social Security Administration

    Jul 1994 – Dec 2011

  • Private (general) attorney

    Various organizations, Phila., PA

    Nov 1988 – Dec 1994

  • Special Assistant Attorney, (Civil)

    U. S. Attorney's Office, Phila., PA

    Nov 1987 – Nov 1988

  • Trust Officer, and Claims Representative

    Bank of Ann Arbor, and SocialSecurity Administration, Michigan

    Feb 1967 – Dec 1971

  • Paralegal Specialist

    Various law firms in Phila., PA and Tulsa, Okla

    Jun 1963 – Nov 1988

Volunteering

  • Children's Choir (continuing)

    St. Paul's, Ivy, VA

    Sep 2014 – Dec 2014

  • Various church-related activities including Chair of (diocesan) Mental Health Commitee

    Diocese of Virginia

    Apr 2006 – Jan 2012

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • French (France) Beginner