Background
Roberts, Betty was born on February 5, 1923 in Arkansas City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of David Murray and Mary Pearl (Higgins) Cantrell.
associate justice state supreme court
Roberts, Betty was born on February 5, 1923 in Arkansas City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of David Murray and Mary Pearl (Higgins) Cantrell.
Bachelor of Science, Portland State University, 1958. Master of Science, University Oregon, 1962. Juris Doctor, Lewis and Clark College, 1966.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lewis and Clark College, 1985.
Member faculty, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, Oregon, 1967-1976; member, Oregon Senate, 1969-1977; member, Oregon House of Representatives, 1965-1969; partner, Skelton & Roberts, Portland, Oregon, 1968-1977; judge, Oregon Court Appeals, Salem, 1977-1982; associate justice, Oregon Supreme Court, Salem, since 1982.
Board visitors University Oregon Law School, Eugene, since 1985. Member McCall Leadership Commission, Oregon State University, Corvallis, since 1984. Member Governor's Committee on Child Support Enforcement, since 1985.
Member Oregon Criminal Justice Council, since 1985. Candidate for governor of Oregon, 1974, for United States Senate, 1974. State chairman Carter for President, 1976.
State co-chairman McGovern for President, 1972. Member American Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association, National Association Women Judges, League of Women Voters, Oregon Women's Forum.
Married John W. Rice, September 25, 1942 (divorced February 1960). Children— S. Dian Rice Odell, John W., Jo R., Randall G. Married Keith D. Skelton, June 15, 1968.