Background
Bok, Joan Toland was born on December 31, 1929 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Don Prentiss Weaver and Mary Emily (Anderson) T.
Bok, Joan Toland was born on December 31, 1929 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Don Prentiss Weaver and Mary Emily (Anderson) T.
AB, Radcliffe College, 1951; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1955.
Associate, Ropes & Gray, Boston, 1955-1961; private practice, Boston, 1961-1968; attorney, New England Electric Sys., Westborough, Massachusetts, 1968-1973; assistant to president, New England Electric Sys., Westborough, Massachusetts, 1973-1977; vice president, secretary, New England Electric Sys., Westborough, Massachusetts, 1977-1979; vice chairman, New England Electric Sys., Westborough, Massachusetts, 1979-1984; president, Chief Executive Officer, New England Electric Sys., Westborough, Massachusetts, 1988-1989; chairman, New England Electric Sys., Westborough, Massachusetts, 1984-1998; chairman emeritus, New England Electric Sys., Westborough, Massachusetts, since 1998. Board directors Avery Denison Corporation, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Solutia, Incorporated, New York England Elec.
Board of directors National Osteoporosis Foundation. Trustee Library. of Boston Athenaeum, Urban Institute, Worcester Foundation for biomedical Research, Woods Hole (Massachusetts)Oceanog. Institution; past president of the board overseers Harvard University.
Member corporation Massachusetts General Hospital. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member Boston Bar Association, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married John Fairfield Bok, July 15, 1955. Children: Alexander Toland, Geoffrey Robbins.