Betty Preat Wetzel

Background

Wetzel, Betty Preat was born on November 7, 1915 in Roundup, Montana, United States. Daughter of Alfred William and Rachel Preat (Johnston) Eiselein.

Education

Bachelor in Journalism, University Montana, 1937.

Career

Columnist, reporter Roundup (Montana) Recording-Tribume, 1938-1946. Secretary Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Cholera Research Laboratory and Hospital, Dacca, Bangladesh, 1965-1967. Administrative assistant to vice president Wellesley (Massachusetts) University, 1969-1973.

Director public relations Oxfam-American, Boston, 1973-1977. Book review editor Montana Magazine, Helena, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Betty Preat Wetzel has been listed as a notable Writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • After You, Mark Twain: A Modern Journey Around the Equator

    ( A contemporary journey retracing Mark Twain's 1895-1896...)

  • Missoula the Town and the People

    (Book by Wetzel, Betty)

Membership

Board of directors Flathead Lake Biological Station, Bigfork, Montana, 1980-1986.

Interests

• Avocations: mountain hiking, tennis, reading, politics, family.

Connections

Married Winston Warren Wetzel, June 5, 1940. Children: Susan Hinman, Kurt, Gretchen Grafin von Rittberg, Rebecca.

Father:

Alfred William Eiselein

Mother:

Rachel Preat (Johnston) Eiselein

Spouse:

Winston Warren Wetzel

child:

Gretchen Grafin von Rittberg Wetzel

child:

Rebecca Wetzel

child:

Susan Hinman Wetzel

child:

Kurt Wetzel