Background
Finberg, Barbara Denning was born on February 26, 1929 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Rufus Raymond and Velma Aileen (Hopper) Denning.
Finberg, Barbara Denning was born on February 26, 1929 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Rufus Raymond and Velma Aileen (Hopper) Denning.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1949. Master of Arts, American University Beirut, Lebanon, 1951.
Intern, unites states department State, Washington, 1949-1950; foreign affairs officer, Tech Cooperative Administration, unites states department State, Washington, 1952-1953; program specialist, area chief, Institute International Education, New York City, 1953-1959; editorial associate, program officer, Carnegie Corporation New York, New York City, 1959-1980; vice president program, Carnegie Corporation New York, New York City, 1980-1988; executive vice president, Carnegie Corporation New York, New York City, 1988-1997; vice president, Master of Engineering Management Associations, Inc., since 1997. Visiting fellow Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, since 1998.
Board directors Parent Child Home Program, 2002—2005, National Council Research on Women, 2003—2005. Trustee Stanford University, 1976—1986, vice president board directors, 1981—1985, visiting committee Stanford University Libraries, 1984—1990, 1993—1996, chairman, 1986—1988. Trustee New York Foundation, 1979—1991, vice chairman board directors, 1983—1985, chairman, 1985—1989.
Board directors Bard Musical Festival, 1995—2005, vice chair, 2003—2005. Board directors Educational Equity Concepts., 2003—2005, University Cape Town (South Africa) Fund, 1997—2005, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, 1998—2005, vice chair, 2003—2004. Member advisory committee to governmental studies program Brookings Institution, 1996—2000.
Board governors New School University, Eugene Lang College, 1997—2001. Board directors Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Fund, 1987—2004, Fund for Peace, 2005. National advisory panel Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University, from 1991, Humanities and Sciences Council, Stanford University, 1996—2005, chair, 2002—2005.
National advisory committee Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, 2001—2005. Member Stanford in Washington Council, 1998—2005, chairman, 2002—2005. Member of Council Foreign Relations, Society Research Child Development, Century Association, Cosmopolitan Club New York.
Married Alan R. Finberg, June 21, 1953 (deceased 1995).