Ivy ruckman biography

PERSONAL: Born May 25, , in Hastings, NE; daughter of Joy Uberto (a teacher and tree surgeon) and Lena Chloe Myers; married Edgar Baldwin Heylmun, December 17, (divorced, ); married Stuart Allan Ruckman (a dentist), June 6, (died, ); children: Kimberly Sue, William Bret, Stuart Andrew.

Ethnicity: "American Caucasian." Education: Hastings College, B.A., ; graduate study at University of Utah,

ADDRESSES: Home— Golden Hills Ave., Salt Lake City, UT ; (winters) Coyote Gulch Cir., Ivins, UT

CAREER: High school English teacher in Casper, WY, –57; Skyline High School, Salt Lake City, UT, English teacher, –65, creative writing instructor, –72; writer, –.

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, , for What's an Average Kid like Me Doing Way up Here?; Outstanding Alumni Award, Hastings College, ; Literary Contribut