• Dover
• Georgetown
• Stanton
• Wilmington

2003 Distinguished Alumni

Charles M. Betts

“When I first came to Delaware Tech as a student, I only planned on taking a couple of courses. I would never have guessed that I had come to stay.”

EDUCATION
1977 • Delaware Technical & Community College, associate degree, accounting
1978 • Passed the Certified Public Accountant’s exam
1979 • Delaware State University, bachelor of science, accounting
1985 • Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
1985-currently • Various courses at numerous institutions

EXPERIENCE
1979-present • Instructor, accounting, Delaware Technical & Community College, Terry Campus
1978-present • Self-employed, small business consultant and tax advisor
1978-1979 • Staff accountant, Vernon Kerr CPA

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• Former member, Institute of Management Accountants and American Accounting Association
• Member, Accounting Education using Computers and Macromedia

HONORS
• Inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Hall of Honor
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• Delaware Tech’s Excellence in Teaching Award
• Who’s Who in the East
• Presenter at national and regional levels for numerous accounting and education conferences
• Recognized in several accounting textbooks for his contributions

COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Past member, Kiwanis Club
• Past member, Milford Historical Society
• Charter member of Board of Directors and treasurer for Friends of Milford Museum
• Former assistant scoutmaster and scoutmaster
• Member and living history guide for Furnacetown Foundation in Snow Hill, Maryland

HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE TO DELAWARE TECH
• Past member of the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors
• Presenter for Alumni Professional Days
• Member of the original committee to organize the Distinguished Alumni program
• Supports the annual alumni phone-a-thon
• Member of the Teaching Resource Center Board
• Reviews and recommends educational software and publications for the faculty
• Member of the Alumni Association

FAMILY
Wife: Nancy
Their children: Keith, Kathy, Lisa, Courtney, and Sutton
Their grandchildren: Jennifer, Laura, Joshua, Sibyl, Milagra, Jeffrey, Jamie, and Dalton

Norma Taylor Collins

“Delaware Tech developed my tenacity. Most that I have accomplished in my career, professionally and artistically, has roots based in the encouragement and training that I received while schooled there.”

EDUCATION
1978 • Delaware Technical & Community College, associate degree, executive secretarial
1969 • University of Virginia, associate degree, general studies
1987-present • Numerous art classes and workshops

EXPERIENCE
1979-present • USDA Farm Service Agency (started as a GS-3 part-time clerk and currently a
GS-12 farm loan specialist)

1987-present • Folk artist and owner of Taylornook art business—currently, 21 limited edition prints in publication (Note: “Norma doesn’t get as much publicity as N. Taylor does, but we’re one
and the same.”)

HONORS
• Dover Art League, first place, 1992; second place, 1993; honorable mention, 1996, 2003
• National League of American Pen Women, professional leadership recognition, 2000
• Featured in many publications and newspaper articles
• Selected by the Poet Laureate of Delaware for a retreat in 2002

MEMBERSHIPS
• Delaware Agricultural Museum, life member
• National League of American Pen Women, national board, life member
• Artists’ Colony of Dover, charter member
• Newcomer’s Club of Dover, member
• Dover Art League, member

COMMUNITY SERVICE
• Newcomer’s Club of Dover (donates sketches of homes on Candlelight Tour)
• Dover Art League, past director of education
• National League of American Pen Women, Protocol & Headquarters chair
• National League of American Pen Women, vice president, Holly Branch
• Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, judge
• Donates art pieces for fundraisers to numerous charitable organizations, such as The American Red Cross, American Cancer Society, The American Heart Association, Kent Community School, and The Charlton School
• Part of a reading presented by Poet Laureate Brown during Old Dover Days, 2003

HIGHLIGHTS OF SERVICE TO DELAWARE TECH
• Office Administration Technology Advisory Board, from graduation to present
• Supporter of the annual alumni phone-a-thon
• Member of the Alumni Association

FAMILY
Husband: John
Children: David and wife, Christina
Kelly

Charles W. Spiering

“Education is like everything else in life; the more you put into it, the more you get out of it.”