Background
Wheeler, Katherine Wells was born on February 8, 1940 in St. Louis. Daughter of Benjamin Harris and Katherine (Gladney) Wells.
Wheeler, Katherine Wells was born on February 8, 1940 in St. Louis. Daughter of Benjamin Harris and Katherine (Gladney) Wells.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1961; Master of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1966.
Founder auction, N.H. Public television, Durham, 1973-1976; public member, N.H. Public Broadcasting Council, Durham, 1975-1980; founding member of the Board of Governors, N.H. Public television, 1980-1988; elected, N.H. House of Representatives, Concord, 1988, 90, 92,94; member, N.H. Senate, 1996-1998, 98-; vice president operations, chairman insurance, vice-chairman health & human services committees, N.H. Senate. Coordinator international visitors program New Jersey Council World Affairs, 1981-1995. Board directors The Clinic.
Board directors Planned Parenthood Northern New England, 1989-1995, Great Bay Services, Newington, New Hampshire, 1989-1997, Behavioral Health and Development Services Strafford County, Inc., since 1991. Vice chairperson Strafford County Legislation Delaware, 1993-1994. Active Commission on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs New Hampshire House of Representatives, Concord, 1988-1996.
Board directors New Hampshire Public Health Association, since 1996, president, since 2003. Board directors National Alliance On Mental Illness New Hampshire, since 2002, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League New Hampshire Foundation, since 1998. Member American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters, American Association Retired Persons, Order of Women Legislators, New Hampshire Smith College Club (vice president 1974-1976, president 1976-1978, vice president class of 1961, 1991-1996), New Hampshire Association Social Workers (Legislator of Year 1993), New Hampshire Psychological Organization Inc.
(Distinguished Contribution award 1994).
Married Douglas Lanphier Wheeler, June l3, l964. Children: Katherine Gladney, Lucille Lanphier.