Darlene G. Davies

Bio

Darlene G. Davies, M.A., Ed.S., served as Chair of the speech-language division of Children Hospital and Healthcare Center, and as founding clinical director of the Speech and Hearing Clinic at Balboa Naval Hospital, which was staffed by SDSU graduate Speech and Hearing Clinic students and supervised by tenured SDSU faculty. She served on the SLHS faculty for 18 years full time and for many years part time. In 1962, Darlene was the first Graduate Teaching Assistant in the SDSU department, a position she filled from 1962 until 1965. For three years, she was Associate Book Review Editor for ASHA magazine, and authored or co-authored professional articles in speech, language, and hearing publications. On November 14, 2006, Darlene Davies Day was declared by the City and the County of San Diego and a Resolution of Commendation was introduced into the records of the California State Senate. Darlene received an SDSU Distinguished Alumni Award in 2008, and was the College of Health and Human Services 2009 commencement speaker. She is the author of the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing’s history, all three sections of which appear on the SLHS website. Additionally, she wrote MORTAR BOARD, a book which traces the history of SDSU’s Jane K. Smith Cap and Gown chapter from 1932 until 2018. She was the recipient of the national honor society’s Distinguished Mortar Board Member Award in 2017. In the same year, Darlene was a 2017 San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame inductee.