Background
Potter, Blair Burns was born on March 11, 1946 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Daughter of Leonard Hill and Nancy Milner (Vaughan) Burns.
Potter, Blair Burns was born on March 11, 1946 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Daughter of Leonard Hill and Nancy Milner (Vaughan) Burns.
Bachelor, Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia, 1968; Master of Arts, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971.
Editorial assistant, Professional Engineer, Washington, 1968-1969; manuscript editor, Science, Washington, 1970-1974; freelance editor, 1974-1985; associate editor, Health Administration Press/University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985-1987; freelance editor, NAS, Institute Medicine, Office Technology Assessment, Washington, 1987-1992; associate editor, Science News, Washington, 1992; managing editor, Science News, Washington, 1992-1998; director, Urban Institute Press, Washington, since 1998. Editorial consultant White House Task Force on Infant Mortality, Washington, 1990, National Commision on Orphan Diseases, Washington, 1988-1989, National Comm.on Children, Washington, 1992-1993. Lay member protocol committee National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1973.
Member National Press Club, American Society Magazine Editors.
Married Robert Arthur Potter, May 24, 1974. Children: Lillian Howard, Gordon Leonard.
