Background
Snelling, Barbara W. was born on March 22, 1928 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Frank Taylor and Hazel (Mitchell) Weil.
Snelling, Barbara W. was born on March 22, 1928 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Frank Taylor and Hazel (Mitchell) Weil.
AB magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, Harvard, 1950. Doctor of Public Service (honorary), Norwich University, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Middlebury College, 1997.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Michaels College, 2002.
She was elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1998, where she served until she retired in 2002. She served as chair of the Shelburne School Board. As Founding Chair of Champlain Valley Union High School Board.
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.
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. Snelling died at her home in South Burlington, Vermont on November 2, 2015.
Member board school directors Champlain Valley Union High School, 1962—1969, chairman, 1962—1968, others. Member Vermont Education Advisory Council, 1968—1971, New England Teacher Education Advisory Committee, 1968—1970, Shelburne School Board, 1958—1973, Vermont Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation, 1970—1973, Vermont State Board Education, 1971—1977, Vermont Educational Partnerships, 1992—2000, New. England Board Dollars for Scholars, 1997—2002, Champlain Valley Area Health Education Council, 1997—2002.
Board directors Vermont Community Foundation, 1986—1994, Shelburne Museum, 1988—1998, Vermont Program Quality, 1997—2002. Trustee Champlain College, 1971—1974, Radcliffe College, 1990—1995. Vice president development and external affairs University Vermont, 1974—1982.
Married Richard Arkwright Snelling, June 14, 1947 (deceased August 1991). Children: Jacqueline, Mark, Diane, Andrew.