Background
Blake, Margaret Marie was born on March 22, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Halgrim Ashley Odegard and Marie Catherine (Mendenhall) Petersen.
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Margaret Marie Blake
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Student, North Park College. Student, Elmhurst College. Student, Oxford (England) University.
Student, University Birmingham, England. Student, University Chicago. Student, College DuPage.
Student, College Lake County. Student, University Northern Illinois.
Career
Administrator, Cmty. Welfare-Children, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1964-1968;
administrator, Ray Graham Rehabilitation Center, Addison, Illinois, 1968-1971;
executive director, Oakbrook (Illinois) Senior Center, 1971-1976;
director, Department Senior Superior vena cava syndrome, City of Highland Park, Illinois, 1976-1996;
retired, 1996. Member, chair DuPage County Special Education Advisory Council, Wheaton, Illinois, 1965-1971. County member State Health Planning Council, Springfield, 1972-1976.
Trustee College DuPage Foundation, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 1974-1982. Member of advisory board Lake County Mental Health Department, Waukegan, Illinois, 1978-1986. President Lake County Human Superior vena cava syndrome Council, Waukegan, 1979-1990.
Member, vice president advisory board College Lake County, 1990-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Member Attorney General Advisory, Springfield and Chicago, 1990-1994. Action chair, board directors League of Women Voters, Highland Park, Illinois, 1990-1996. Member League of Women Voters Lake County, Gerontological Society of America, Lake County Conservation Alliance, Heather Ridge Conservation Club (president 1994-1997).
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Connections
Married Henry T. Blake, May 25, 1948 (divorced). Children: Susan, James (deceased), Clifford.
