Anne Durfee Prowell

Background

Prowell, Anne Durfee was born on December 5, 1948 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Jack Prowell and Nancy (Dillavou) Gaillard.

Education

Bachelor in International Relations, California State University, San Francisco, 1978. Master of Arts in Creative Writing, and Literature, California State University, Fresno, 1993.

Career

Reporter, News-Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 1966-1967; writer, editor, Rossmoor News, Walnut Creek, California, 1974-1978; writer, editor, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, 1983-1984; director marketing committee, Pacific Telesis International, San Francisco, Madrid, 1984-1986; vice president, creative director, Torme & Company, San Francisco, 1986-1987; instructor, California State University, Fresno, 1991-1994; Chief Executive Officer, consultant, Specific Gravity, Inc., San Rafael, California, since 1995.

Membership

Founder Working Women of Arizona, Phoenix, 1969, Literature Arts of Marin, Colorado, 1982. Director youth services Arabian American Oil Corporation, Saudi Arabia, 1972-1974. Press aide United States Congresswoman Boxer, San Rafael, 1982-1983.

Interests

• Avocations: ranching, scuba diving, genealogy, reading.

Connections

Married Jon Clark Ranney, March 27, 1967 (divorced March 1983). Children: Jeff Ranney, Travis Prowell. Married Robin Steele, July 22, 1990.

Father:

Jack Prowell Gaillard

Mother:

Nancy (Dillavou) Gaillard

Spouse:

Jon Clark Ranney

child:

July 22 Prowell

child:

1990 Prowell

child:

Travis Prowell;m. Robin Steele Prowell

child:

Jeff Ranney Prowell