Background
Groth, Betty was born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Herman A. and Bertha L. (Luepke) Groth.
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Groth, Betty was born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Herman A. and Bertha L. (Luepke) Groth.
Graduate, Vassar College, 1932.
Secretary Oak Park Young Men’s Christian Association, 1935—1942, Illinois Commission for Handicapped Children, 1943—1946. Private secretary Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, 1947—1953, Chicago Heart Association, 1953—1975. Member Save-The-Dunes Council, North Central Audubon Council.
Secretary, director Natural Resources Council Illinois, 1967—1971, vice president, 1969—1971. Vice president, director Du Page County Clean Streams, 1967—1969. Founder, chairman Northern Conservation Cabinet, 1971—1975.
Landscape gardener Audubon Sanctuary, Wayne, Illinois, 1977—1979, color film nature lecturer.
Member of American Bald Eagle Club, Sarasota Jungle Gardens, Morton Arboretum, Conservation Explorers Club (president 1975-1976), National Wildlife Federation, Du Page Audubon Society, Big Bluestem Audubon Society (director, secretary), Illinois Audubon Society (vice president conservation, director 1962-1973, secretary board directors 1973-1974), National Audubon Society, Wisconsin Vassar.