Background
Bates, Marion Virginia was born on August 1, 1919 in Iowa City. Daughter of William Herbert and Alice Cecil (Wilkinson) Bates.
Bates, Marion Virginia was born on August 1, 1919 in Iowa City. Daughter of William Herbert and Alice Cecil (Wilkinson) Bates.
Bachelor, University Iowa, 1941. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1942. Postgraduate, University Iowa, 1966.
Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1973.
Senior legal editor, Commerce Clearing House, Inc., Chicago, 1944-1950; research associate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1951-1952; textbook editor, Follett Public Company, Chicago, 1958-1961; managing editor, Grolier, Inc., New York City, 1961-1965; teacher, high school, Des Moines, 1967-1968; teacher, high school, Davenport, Iowa., 1968-1970; associate director, Wisconsin Development Disabilities Council, Madison, 1975-1990; consultant, Wisconsin Development Disabilities Council, Madison, since 1990.
Member Iowa Governor's Commission on Handicapped, 1973-1975, Wisconsin Council on Continuing Education, 1978-1980, Wisconsin Council on Visually Impaired, 1984-1989, Wisconsin Council on Hearing Impaired, 1987-1989, Wisconsin Mental Health Council, 1986-1989, Wisconsin Governor's Planning Commission for White House Conference on Handicapped. Member American Association of University Women (board directors Madison branch since 1976, past co-president, named grant scholarship 1986), American Political Science Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married James Edward Bonham, November 6, 1942 (divorced August 1948).