Lorraine Borba Scatena

Background

Scatena, Lorraine Borba was born on February 18, 1924 in San Rafael, California, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Eugenia (Simas) de Borba.

Education

Bachelor, Dominican College, San Rafael, 1945; postgraduate, California School Fine Arts, 1948; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1956-1957.

Career

Teacher Dominican College, 1946. Teacher of mentally handicapped San Anselmo (California) School District, 1946. Teacher Fairfax (California) Public Elementary School, 1946—1953.

Assistant to mayor Fairfax (California) City Recreation, 1948—1953. Teacher, library United States Dependent Schools, Mainz am Rhine, Germany, 1953—1956. Translator Portugal Travel Tours, Lisbon, 1954.

Bonding secretary American Fore Insurance Group, San Francisco, 1958—1960. Rancher, farmer Yerington, Nevada, 1960—1998. Hostess committee Caldecott and Newbury Authors' Awards, San Francisco, 1959.

Member Nevada State Legislation Commission, 1975. Coordinator Nevadans for Equal Rights Amendment, 1975-1978, rural areas representative, 1976-1978. Testifier Nevada State Senate and Assembly, 1975, 77.

Member advisory committee Fleischmann College Agriculture University Nevada, 1977-1980, 81-84. Speaker Grants and Research Projects, Bishop, California, 1977, Choices for Tomorrow's Women, Fallon, Nevada, 1989.

Achievements

• Lorraine Borba Scatena has been listed as a noteworthy Rancher, women"s rights advocate by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Wassuk College, Hawthorne, Nevada, 1984-1987. Member Lyon County Friends of Library., Yerington, since 1971, Lyon County Museum Society, since 1978. Secretary, public information chairman Lyon County Republican Women, 1968-1973, program vice president, 1973-1975.

Member Lyon County Republican Central Com, 1973-1974, Marin County Society Artists, San Anselmo, California, 1948-1953. Charter member Eleanor Roosevelt Education Fund for Women and Girls, 1990, sustaining member, since 1992. Nevada representative 1st White House Conference Rural American Women, Washington, 1980.

Participant international reception, Washington, 1980. Member public panel individual presentation Shakespeare's Treatment of Women Characters, Nevada Theatre for the Arts, Ashland, Oregon, Shakespearean Actors local performance, 1977. Member Nevada Women's History Project, University Nevada, since 1996.

Member president's circle Dominican University California, since 1997. Member Bancroft Library.'s council University California, Berkeley, since 2002. Member American Association of University Women (life member national branch since 1975, Leaders Circle since 1998), Lyon County Retired Teachers Association (unit president 1979-1980, 84-86, vice president 1986-1988, Nevada State Outstanding Service award 1981, state convention general chairman 1985), Rural American Women Inc., American Association of University Women (branch president 1972-1974, 74-76, chair education foundation programs since 1983, state convention general chairman 1976, 87, state secretary 1970-1972, state legislation program chairman 1976-1977, state chairman international relations 1979-1981, state president 1981-1983, branch travelship, discovering women in the United States history Radcliffe College 1981, State Humanities award 1975, Future Fund National award 1983, Lorraine Scatena endowment gift named in her honor for significant contributions to American Association of University Women Educational Foundation 1997), Mason Valley Country Club, Italian Catholic Federation (president 1986-1988), Uniao Portuguesa Estado da California, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington) (charter member, 1987, associate, member museum council since 2000).

Interests

• Writing, photography, travel, history.

Connections

Married Louis G. Scatena, February 14, 1960, deceased November 1995. Children: Louis Vincent, Eugenia Gayle.