Helen Bratney Diliberto

Background

Diliberto, Helen Bratney was born on June 9, 1920 in Newark. Daughter of Leon and Julia (Spilchak) Bratney.

Education

Bachelor, New Jersey College for Women, 1943; Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1961.

Career

Library, League of Nations, Princeton, New Jersey, 1943-1945; teacher elementary grades, Berkeley (California) Unified School District, 1961-1965; library, media specialist, Berkeley (California) Unified School District, 1965-1972; library, media specialist, United States Overseas Dependency Schools, Yokosuka, Japan, 1980-1982; now retired. Chairman Berkeley Library. Advisory Committee, 1969-1970.

Board directors Berkeley Educator's Association, 1974-1975. Member Berkeley Superintendent's Edition and Grade Committee, 1974-1975;member membership committee Overseas Educators Association, Yokosuka, 1981. Developer playwriting and puppetry program for children, 1972-1976.

Consultant onaudio-visual and book materials.

Achievements

• Helen Bratney Diliberto has been listed as a noteworthy Librarian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Actress, Oregon Barnstormers, Grants Pass, 1979, Yokosuka Drama Group, 1980-1982. Docent Oakland (California) Museum, 1988-1991. Member choir Unitarian Universalist Church, Berkeley, since 1977.

Member League of Women Voters, National Education Association, American Association of University Women, El Cerrito History Society, Grey Panthers.

Interests

• Avocations: dramatics, singing, gardening, stamp collecting, traveling.

Connections

Married Stephen Peter Diliberto, June 29, 1943 (divorced 1972). Children: Nina Diliberto Marlowe, Stephen Paul, Michael Lucio, James J.

Father:

Leon Bratney

Mother:

Julia (Spilchak) Bratney

Spouse:

Stephen Peter Diliberto

child:

James J. Diliberto

child:

Michael Lucio Diliberto

child:

Nina Diliberto Marlowe Diliberto

child:

Stephen Paul Diliberto