Background
Follendore, Joan Stearns was born on January 29, 1936 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Stanley Rolfe and Alice Mae (Kolstad) Stearns.
Follendore, Joan Stearns was born on January 29, 1936 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Stanley Rolfe and Alice Mae (Kolstad) Stearns.
Student, University of California at Los Angeles, Westwood, 1953-1955; student, University California, Berkeley, 1955.
Owner, manager, Joan's Sample Shop, Sherman Oaks, California, 1955-1957; distributor, Holiday Magic Cosmetics, Malibu, California, 1966-1968; director development, Palisades Preparatory Schools, Pacific Palisades, California, 1981-1984; writing consultant,, Los Angeles, since 1985. Instructor writing Pierce College, Tarzana, California, 1980-1982, West Los Angeles College, 1982-1987, Santa Monica College, 1982-1987, University of California at Los Angeles, 1987.
Active Children's Home Society Auxs., local Parent-Teachers Association's, Lutheran church groups. Republican precinct chairman, LaCanada, California, 1960. Local chairman Goldwater for president, LaCanada and Flintridge, 1964.
Member California State Republican Center Committee, 1964-1966. Member campaign staff Jud Leetham for California Attorney General, Redondo Beach, California, 1965-1966. Member Friends of Marina del Ray (California) Library (board directors 1987-1988), Book Publicists of Southern California (moderator 1986).
Clubs: Marina City (Marina del Ray), Westlake Yacht (Westlake Village, California), Braemar Country (Woodland Hills, California).
Married William Austin Rosenblum, June 6, 1956 (divorced 1965). Children: Bruce Stanley, Camille Rosenblum Burks. Married Lee L. Follendore, October 28 1966 (divorced 1980).
Married Herschel Katchen, February 14, 1988.