Harriet E. Fealy Foley

Retired School Librarian

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1935

Born to Milo A. Fealy and Nora Lucile (Babb) Fealy in Franklin, OH.

1957

Earns a Bachelor of Arts in education from the College of Mount St. Joseph.

1957

Serves Carlisle Public Schools as a fifth grade teacher, secondary French teacher and librarian until retiring in 1982.

1961

Achieves a Master of Science in Library Science from the University of Kentucky.

1962

Is a trustee and secretary of the Carlisle Federal Credit Union until 2008.

1965

Attends Kent State University for postgraduate studies.

1969

Marries Thomas R. Foley.

1970

Serves as treasurer and secretary of the Ohio Association of School Libraries until 1975.

1975

Becomes a member and treasurer of her local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, continuing in the roles today.

1982

Serves the Warren County Genealogical Society as Heir Lines editor until 2015, president in 1991 and is the current treasurer.

1986

Serves the Franklin Area Historical Society as newsletter editor until 2015, treasurer until 2018 and is a lifetime member.

1990

Is a member of various committees for the Otterbein-Lebanon Retirement Community until 1998.

1994

Publishes “Foleys from County Clare, Ireland” as a co-author.

2003

Is an inductee of the Franklin High School Hall of Fame.

2007

Is named Citizen of the Year in Franklin, OH.

2016

Becomes a trustee of the Conover Health Center and continues today as secretary.

2021

Continues to hold lifetime membership with the Ohio Retired Teachers Association.

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