Background
Wingate, Constance Blandy was born on March 7, 1935 in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John Chase and Josephine Spond (Black) Blandy.
Wingate, Constance Blandy was born on March 7, 1935 in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John Chase and Josephine Spond (Black) Blandy.
Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, 1956. Master of Arts, University Denver, 1957.
Adult consultant Onondaga Library System, Syracuse, 1965-1966. Assistant director Mount Vernon (New York ) Public Library, 1966-1975. Deputy director Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, New York, 1975-1979, director, 1980-1994.
Retired, 1994
Founder president Literacy Volunteers Mount Vernon, 1972-1974.
Trustee METRO, 1980-1991, vice president, 1985-1988, president, 1988-1991. Member New York State Library. Services and Construction Act Advisory Council, 1982-1988, chairman, 1986-1987.
Board directors Queens Council on the Arts, 1988-1994, vice president, 1989-1993. Board directors Queens Museum of Art, 1988-1998, vice president, 1994-1996, president 1996-1998. Board directors Queens Library.
Foundation, 1996-2003. Member of American Library Association, Circumnavigators Club (international secretary 2002-2006, international board governors 2006-2008).
Married Len B. Cooke Junior, 1978 (divorced 1987). Married John B. Wingate, March 12, 1999.