Background
Pence, Frances Benedict was born on January 2, 1926 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Ivan Howland and Hilda Frances (Pratt) Benedict.
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Frances Benedict Pence
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Bachelor, Vassar College, 1947; Master of Science, U. N.H., 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1956.
Career
Curator assistant, New York State Museum, Albany, 1951-1952; laboratory assistant, University of California at Los Angeles, 1957; instructor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1957-1958; assistant professor medical expert, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1964; assistant professor, California State University, Fresno, 1958-1960,; assistant professor, California State University, Los Angeles, 1961-1963, 68-73.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee school board Paradise (California) Unified School District, 1976-1981, president, 1977-1978;trustee Butte County Board Education, Oroville, California, since 1982, president 1986-1988. President board of directors Meals on Wheels, Paradise, since 1984. President administrative board Paradise United Methodist Church, since 1986.
Advisory board extended opportunity program and services Butte Community College, Oroville, since 1986. Observer chairman League of Women Voters, Butte County, 1985-1987. Active Council on Aging, Paradise, since 1986.
Board directors California County Bds. Education, since 1987, Education Congress California, 1987-1989, EdSource, 1987-1989. Member American Association of University Women (president Paradise branch 1983-1985, education and legislation representative, education chair California division 1987-1989), California Elected Women's Association for Edition and Research, California School Bds.
Association (member delegate assembly since 1987).
Connections
Married Roy James Pence, June 20, 1959. Childrn: Jennifer Pence McManus, Robert, Richard, Roger.
