Background
Lane, Joan Fletcher was born on May 7, 1928 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Howard French and Kathryn Elizabeth (Kraft) Fletcher.
Lane, Joan Fletcher was born on May 7, 1928 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Howard French and Kathryn Elizabeth (Kraft) Fletcher.
AB, Smith College, 1949.
Staff, World Affairs Council Northern California, San Francisco, 1949-1951; staff, Institute International Education, Stanford, California, 1952; special assistant, dean School H&S, Stanford University, 1982-1993; special assistant board of trustees, Stanford University, since 1993. Board directors McClatchy Newspapers, Sacramento, The James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco.
Trustee San Francisco Foundation, 1984-1992. Trustee Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1978-1985, chairman of the board of trustees, 1982-1985, vice president alumnae association, 1975-1978. Board directors International House, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-1980.
President, associate county Mills College, Oakland, California, 1974-1978.
Married Melvin Bell Lane, February 15, 1953. Children: Whitney Lane-Miller, Julie Lane-Gay.