Blanche Frenning Strater

Background

Strater, Blanche Frenning was born on August 20, 1929 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Alfred Bass and Blanche Butler (Bordern) Frenning.

Education

Student, Barnard College, 1949. AB magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, 1951. Postgraduate, Radcliffe College, 1952.

Career

President Frenning & Strater Designers, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1973. Assistant vice president Bank of Boston, 1973-1979. Management real estate BKM Enterprises, Inc., East Hartford, Connecticut, since 1980.

Achievements

• Blanche Frenning Strater has been listed as a noteworthy real estate sales executive, interior designer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Elected Coventry (Connecticut) Town Council, 1983-1985, 87, chairman finance committee, 1983-1985, secretary, 1984-1985. Chairman Republican Town Committee, since 1988. Planning and Zoning and Inland Wetlands Commissioner, since 1988.

Member American Society Interior Designers (fellow, national board directors, chapter board directors, past president, past treasurer, past regional vice president, president' award), Leadership Greater Hartford. Clubs: Harvard University Business School (secretary since 1982), Harvard University-Radcliffe College (president 1986-1987).

Connections

Married Edward Pendleton Strater, August 7, 1954. Children: Sarah Milton, Susan Strater Cameron, William Edward World War II.

Father:

Alfred Bass Frenning

Mother:

Blanche Butler (Bordern) Frenning

Spouse:

Edward Pendleton Strater

child:

Susan Strater Cameron Strater

child:

Sarah Milton Strater

child:

William Edward World War II Strater