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33 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Marjorie (Missy) Foy <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Marjorie (Missy) Foy <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 1106 Lakeview Drive <br /> Cedar Grove NC 27231 <br /> Phone (Day): 919-644-1122 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919-644-1122 <br /> Phone (Cell): 919-302-0474 <br /> Email: missyfoy @hotmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: UNC-Greensboro <br /> Job Title: Professor <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1987 <br /> Township of Residence: Cedar Grove <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> American Diabetes Association, International Diabetes Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes <br /> Research Foundation, American Association for the History of Medicine, Holy Family <br /> Catholic Church, outreach for families of children newly diagnosed with diabetes (through <br /> Duke Hospital, JDRF, and IDF), host family for Olympic athletes (have hosted American <br /> athletes as well as Canadian, Australian, Irish, Kenyan, and Mexican). <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> none <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Orange County Firearms Safety Committee <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I have lived in Orange County for almost thirty years, nine years in the Schley community and <br /> twenty years in Cedar Grove. I grew up in a family that hunted, went target shooting, and <br /> participated in shooting competitions. I worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons for several <br /> years before returning to school to earn my Ph.D. with concentrations in both History of Medicine <br /> and in Southern U.S. History. I have taught at the high school level, the college level, and the <br /> graduate level; I have also taught at a historically black college (St. Augustine s); an ivy league <br /> school (during a fellowship year at Harvard); and at a mid-level institution (UNCG). I grew up in <br /> a lower income family and worked incredibly hard to use education to improve my and my family <br /> s lives. In short, I am very, very familiar with a wide range of Orange County residents. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> Even though I feel strongly about second amendment rights, I have experienced the negative <br /> impact that comes with the lack of any ordinances on the use of firearms in non-incorporated <br /> areas of Orange County. I believe that my mixed background on this issue can help committee <br /> members distinguish between those factors that apply to the convenience they want to maintain <br /> with regard to gun ownership and the safety issues that need to be addressed regarding the use <br />