Barbara Snelling
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| 78th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
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| Governor | Howard Dean |
| Preceded by | Howard Dean |
| Succeeded by | Doug Racine |
| Member of the Vermont State Senate from the Chittenden district | |
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| Succeeded by | Diane B. Snelling |
| First Lady of Vermont | |
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| Governor | Richard A. Snelling |
| Preceded by | Arthur Kunin (as First Gentleman) |
| Succeeded by | Judith Steinberg Dean |
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| Governor | Richard A. Snelling |
| Preceded by | Madge Salmon |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Kunin (as First Gentleman) |
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| Party | Republican |
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| Children | 4, including Diane |
| Education | Smith College Radcliffe College |
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Barbara Tuttle Snelling (née Weil; March 22, 1928 – November 2, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 78th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1993 to 1997. She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1996 while campaigning for governor. She was elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1998, where she served until she suffered a second stroke; she resigned in 2002.
Life and career
Snelling was born Barbara Tuttle Weil in 1928 in Fall River, Massachusetts, the daughter of Hazel (née Russell) and The Reverend F. Taylor Weil.[1][2] She attended Smith College for two years before transferring to Radcliffe College, from which she received her Bachelor of Arts degree Magna Cum Laude in 1950.[3][4]
She served as chair of the Shelburne School Board; as Founding Chair of Champlain Valley Union High School Board. She was member of the State Board of Education; President of the Vermont State School Boards Association; Vermont Commission on Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation; Chair of the Chittenden County United Way.
She was a founding trustee of the Vermont Community Foundation; a trustee of Champlain College and Radcliffe College. She was a trustee of the Shelburne Museum.[5]
She was Vice President of the University of Vermont and later was President of Snelling and Kolb, a national fundraising consulting firm focused of development work for educational institutions.
On June 14, 1947, at age 19, she married 20-year-old Richard A. Snelling, who would later served four full terms as governor of Vermont and died in office during his fifth term on August 13, 1991. Their children included Jacqueline, Mark, Andrew, and Diane, who was appointed to Snelling's seat in the State Senate.
Snelling died at her home in South Burlington, Vermont on November 2, 2015.[6]
See also
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual". January 19, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling dies at 87". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Annual Report 2012: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (PDF). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. 2012. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Celebration of Barbara Snelling's life is Nov. 13 at Statehouse". Vermont Seven Days. Burlington, VT. November 5, 2015.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gram, Dave (November 2, 2015). "Former Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling dies at 87". Burlingtonfreepress.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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