Background
Muka, Betty Loraine Oakes was born on January 30, 1929 in McAlester, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Herbert La Fern and Loraine Lillian (Coppedge) Oakes.
Muka, Betty Loraine Oakes was born on January 30, 1929 in McAlester, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Herbert La Fern and Loraine Lillian (Coppedge) Oakes.
Student, Monticello College, 1946—1947. Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma University, 1950. Master of Science, Cornell University, 1953.
Master of Business Administration, Cornell University, 1970. Juris Doctor, Syracuse University, 1980.
Manager dining room Anna Maude's Cafeteria, Oklahoma City, 1950—1951. Faculty dining room manager V.P.I., Blacksburg, Virginia, 1955—1956. Owner, manager The Cottage Restaurant, 1959—1960.
Lecturer, laboratory instructor foods and organic chemistry Cornell University, 1961, owner, manager student housing, 1965—1968. Junior accountant Maxfield, Randolph & Carpenter, Certified Public Accountant's, Ithaca, New York, 1970—1971. Income tax consultant H & R Block Block, 1971—1973.
Attorney pro se, since 1972. Hostess-bookkeeper Holiday Inn, Ithaca, 1972—1973. With sales department Investors Diversified Services, 1972—1973, National Association Security Dealers, 1973.
Agent Inventory Control Company, 1975—1978, law clerk, 1978—1979. Sole practice Providence, 1983—1985. Lecturer in finance Tompkins Cortland Community College.
Leader various youth groups, Ithaca, 1964—1971.
Member of American Association For Justice, American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Mortar Board Delta Delta Delta (alumnae chapter president 1974, secretary-treasurer 1989-1992, Alpha Beta House Corporation board directors secretary 1990-1991, president 1991-1993), Rhode Island Law Institute, Rhode Island Trial Lawyer's Association, Rhode Island Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Toastmasters International (area governor 1992-1993, 1996-1997, division governor 1993-1994, district executive committee since 1992), Sigma Delta Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi (board directors 1980, J. Mark McCarthy award 1980).
Married Arthur Allen Muka, September 6, 1952. Children: Diane Loraine Duthie, Stephen Arthur, Christopher Herbert, Martha Ann Ives, Deborah Susan Wilcox.