Claricie Visser Collins

Background

Collins, Claricie Visser was born on February 22, 1927 in Hurley, South Dakota, United States. Daughter of Leonard and Leta (Thompson) Visser.

Education

Bachelor, University South Dakota, 1949.

Career

Hostess Mid-Continent Airlines, Minneapolis, 1949—1950. Co-owner, operator Coyote Motel, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1951—1962. Executive secretary University South Dakota Alumni Association, Vermillion, since 1967.

Director alumni public information services University South Dakota, Vermillion, since 1983. Editor University South Dakota, 1967—1982, South Dakotan, since 1967. Board directors United Fund, Vermillion, 1963, Dakota Hospital Association, Vermillion, since 1984.

Vice-chairwoman Clay County Republican Central Committee, Vermillion, 1963—1966, chairman, 1968—1971.

Achievements

• Claricie Visser Collins has been listed as a noteworthy university administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of South Dakota Council Advancement & Support Education (Distinguished Service award 1985), Council Advancement & Support Education, Philanthropic and Educational Organization Sisterhood (president Vermillion 1963), Kappa Alpha Theta.

Connections

Married Gerald Morris Collins Collins, September 17, 1950 (divorced January 1981). Children: Lowell Louise, Kimberly, G. Leonard, Alex, Andrea.

Father:

Leonard Visser

Mother:

Leta (Thompson) Visser

Spouse:

Gerald Morris Collins Collins

child:

Alex Collins

child:

Kimberly Collins

child:

Lowell Louise Collins

child:

Andrea Collins

child:

G. Leonard Collins