Background
Lesher, Margaret was born on May 4, 1932 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Elmo Lisco and Dovie Deona (Maynard) Lisco Welch.
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Margaret Lesher
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Margaret Lesher, American Born: San Antonio, May 4, 1932
Newspaper publisher, songwriter ( committee media)
newspaper publisher, songwriter. Recipient Special Merit award State of California, 1982, Charles E. Scripps award Outstanding Contribution in the Promotion of Literacy, 1988, 2 International Silver Angel awards, 1st place for literature program California Newspaper Public"s Association, 1988; named California Assembly Woman of Year.
Education
Director community services Contra Costa Times Newspaper, Walnut Creek, California, 1973-1994. Chairman of the Board Lesher Commander, Incorporated., Walnut Creek, 1974. President, ceo, Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation Composer, lyricist gospel song Margaret Lesher Album, 1976 (Southern California Motion Picture Council Bronze Halo award 1982).
Author 14 published poems.
Regent Holy Names College, Oakland, California, 1979-1986. Chief of protocol Contra Costa County, 1980.
Director.Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, San Francisco, 1982. Board overseers University of California, San Francisco, 1983-1990.
Board directors Yosemite Fund.
Member San Francisco Host Committee, 1983, International Host Committee of California, 1983-1986, National Reading Initiative Coordinating Council, 1988. Director emeritus Alameda-Contra Costa Regional Parks Foundation. Developed Contra Costa County Citizen Recognition Awards Program with County Police Chiefs Association.
Founded Contra Costa Literacy Alliance.
Commissioner Portuguese of Richmond, California,1983-1986. Chairman advisory board Crisis Nursery of Bay Area, Concord, 1983-1986.
Advisory board Oakland A"s Baseball Team, 1984-1985, (Battered Women"s) Alternatives, 1983. President of the board directors Mount Diablo Hospital Foundation, 1980-1981.
Board directors Contra Costa Council, 1984-1990.
Member of advisory board Las Trampas School Mentally Retarded, chairman, 1984-1990. Trustee Oakland Symphony Orchestra, 1985-1986. Host Informed Viewer public service program Station KFCB-television
Career
Director community services Contra Costa Times Newspaper, Walnut Creek, California, 1973—1994. Chairman board Lesher Communications, Inc., 1974. President Chief Executive Officer Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation.
Member San Francisco Host Committee, 1983, International Host Committee of California, 1983—1986, National Reading Initiative Coordinating Council, 1988. Director emeritus Alameda-Contra Costa Regional Parks Foundation. President board directors Mount Diablo Hospital Foundation, 1980—1981.
Board overseers University California, San Francisco, 1983—1990. Commissioner Port Richmond, California, 1983—1986. Advisory board Oakland A's Baseball Team, 1984—1985, Battered Women's Alternatives, 1983.
Member advisory board Las Trampas School Mentally Retarded, chairman, 1984—1990. Trustee Oakland Symphony Orchestra, 1985—1986. Host Informed Viewer Public Service Program Station KFCB-television.
Developer Contra Costa County Citizen Recognition Awards Program with County Police Chiefs Association. Founder Contra Costa Literacy Alliance.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Contra Costa Council, 1984—1990. Chairman advisory board Crisis Nursery of Bay Area, Concord, 1983—1986. Board directors Yosemite Fund.
Trustee Oakland Symphony Orchestra, 1985—1986. Member of American Society of Composers, Cancer Prostate Cure, California Cattlemen's Association, National television Academy Arts & Sciences, Gospel Music Association, American Newspaper Public Association (educational services committee 1988), Walnut Creek Rotary.
Interests
Connections
Married William Jarvis Ryan (deceased). Children: Patricia Ryan Simmonds, Wendi Ryan Alves, Jill Ryan Heidt, Roxanne Ryan Gibson. Married Dean Stanley Lesher, Senior (deceased April 2, 1973).
Married Collin T.C. Thorstenson, November 7, 1996.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Republican
Career
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1973 - 1994
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1974
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1988
Awards
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Named California Assembly Woman of Year. Recipient Special Merit award State of California, 1982, Charles E. Scripps award Outstanding Contribution in the Promotion of Literacy, 1988, 2 International Silver Angel awards, First Place for Literature Program, California Newspaper Public's Association, 1988.Named California Assembly Woman of Year. Recipient Special Merit award State of California, 1982, Charles E. Scripps award Outstanding Contribution in the Promotion of Literacy, 1988, 2 International Silver Angel awards, First Place for Literature Program, California Newspaper Public's Association, 1988.