Barbara Tucker

Background

Tucker, Barbara was born in 1912 in Des Moines. Daughter of Louis John and Harriett (Shilke) Muehle.

Education

Student, Drake University Music School, Center Creative Studies, Detroit. Student, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association. Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University.

Career

Fashion writer W.T. Grant, New York City, 1946—1947, Kresge Newark, Newark, 1947—1950, Best & Company, New York City, 1950—1951. Millinery designer Chez Nous, Detroit, 1954—1957. Instructor fashion design Detroit Board Education, 1960—1963.

Fashion lecturer John Robert Powers School, Detroit, 1965—1968. Fashion coordinator Armo Company New York, 1968—1972, Hoechst Fibers, 1972—1985. Vice president Richard Tucker & Company, Detroit, since 1969.

President Barbara Tucker Associate, since 1967. Member Metropolitan Opera Committee, Detroit, since 1962. Charter member American Symphony Orchestra League Volunteer Council, national president, 1971—1973, instructor volunteer management, since 1975.

President Detroit Symphony League, since 1957. Honorary member Womens Association Detroit Symphony Orchestra, since 1960, president, 1963. Board directors Detroit Symphony, since 1969, Womens committee American Lung Association, 1967, Womens Committee Project Hope, 1966.

Trustee National Guild Community Schools Arts, 1976. Member national womens board Northwood Institute, since 1972. Board directors American Symphony Orchestra League, 1971—1973, since 1984, national conference chairman, 1986.

Board directors Michigan Orchestra Association, 1976, state president, 77. Board directors Oakland County Cultural Council, Arts Foundation Michigan, Orchestra Hall, Concerned Citizens Arts Michigan.

Achievements

• Barbara Tucker has been listed as a noteworthy arts patron, fashion consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of International Platform Association, Fashion Group Detroit (secretary 1973), Founders Society Detroit Institute Arts, Michigan Watercolor Society, Michigan Home Economic Association, American Home Economic Association, Alpha Gamma Delta.

Connections

Married Richard Walter Tucker. 1 child Pamela Helen.

Father:

Louis John Muehle

Mother:

Harriett (Shilke) Muehle

Spouse:

Richard Walter Tucker

child:

Pamela Helen Tucker