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Neuman, Nancy Adams Mosshammer was born on July 24, 1936 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Alden Smith and Margaret (Mevis) Mosshammer.
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Neuman, Nancy Adams Mosshammer was born on July 24, 1936 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Alden Smith and Margaret (Mevis) Mosshammer.
Bachelor, Pomona College, 1957, Doctor of Laws, 1983. Master of Arts, University of California at Berkeley, 1961. Doctor of Humane Letters, Westminster College, 1987.
William A. Johnson Distinguished lecturer American government.Pomona College, 1990. Distinguished visiting professor Washington and Jefferson College, 1991, 94, Bucknell University, 1992. President, Lewisburg (Pennsylvania) area League Women Voters, 1967-1970.
Board directors League of Women Voters Pennsylvania, 1970-1977, president, 1975-1977.
Board of directors League of Women Voters United States, 1977-1990, Second vice president, 1978-1980, 1st vice president, 1982-1984, president,1986-1990. Member Pennsylvania Governor"s Commision on Mortgage and Interest Rates, 1973, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Child Development Committee, 1974-1975, National Commision on Public Svc., 1987-1990.
Board directors Housing Assistance Council, Incorporated., Washington, 1974, president, 1978-1980. Board directors National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor, 1974-1979, National Rural Housing Coalition, 1975-1995, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, 1975-1980, Judicial Inquiry and Review Board Pennsylvania, 1989-1993.
Disciplinary Board.Supreme Court Pennsylvania, 1980-1985.
Member Pennsylvania Governor"s Task Force on Voter Registration, 1975-1976, National Task Force for Implementation Equal Rights Amendment, 1975-1977. Member of advisory committee Pennsylvania Governor"s Interdepartmental Council on Seasonal Farmworkers, 1975-1977. Member Appellate Court Nominating Commn.Pa., 1976-1979.
Member Federal Judicial Nominating Commission Pennsylvania, 1977-1985, chairman, 1978-1981, 82-83.
Member Pennsylvania Governor"s Study Commision on Public Employee Relations, 1976-1978. Delegate International Women"s Year Conference, 1977.
Board directors ERAmerica, Incorporated., 1st vice president, 1977-1979, National Low Income Housing Coalition, 1979-1982. Rural American, 1979-1981, Federal Home Loan Bank Pittsburgh, 1979-1982.
Member National Advisory Committee for Women, 1978-1979.
Member of national advising committee Pennsylvania NeighborhoodPreservation Support System, 1976-1977. Board directors Pennsylvania Women"s CampaignFund, 1984-1986, 92, president, 1992-1996, Rural Coalition, Washington, 1984-1990, Committee on the Constitutional System, 1988-1990, American Judicature Society, 1989-1993. Executive Committee Leadership Conference Civil Rights, 1986-1990.
Board directors Pennsylvanians for Modern Court Justices, 1986 trustee Citizen"s Research Foundation, 1989.
Member middle district Pennsylvania advising committee judicial and United States atty nominations, 1993-1994. Board directors Pathmakers, 1993-1997, president, 1993-1995.
Board directors Capital Concerts, 1997. Editor: A Voice of Our Own: Leading American Women Celebrate the Right to Vote, 1996, True to Ourselves: A Celebration of Women Making a Difference, 1998.
Virginia Travis lectureship Bucknell University, 1982.
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President Lewisburg (Pennsylvania) League of Women Voters, 1967-1970. Board directors League of Women Voters Pennsylvania, 1970-1977, president, 1975-1977. Board directors League of Women Voters United States, 1977-1990, 2nd vice president, 1978-1980, 1st vice president, 1982-1984, president, 1986-1990.
Member Pennsylvania Governor's Commission on Mortgage and Interest Rates, 1973, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Child Development committee, 1974-1975, National Commission on Public Service, 1987-1990. Board directors Housing Assistance Council, Inc., Washington, 1974—2003, president, 1978-1980. Board directors National Council Agricultural Life and Labor, 1974-1979, National Rural Housing Coalition, 1975-1995, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, 1975-1980, Judicial Inquiry and Review Board Pennsylvania, 1989-1993.
Disciplinary board Supreme Court Pennsylvania, 1980-1985. Member Pennsylvania Governor's Task Force on Voter Registration, 1975-1976, National Task Force for Implementation Equal Rights Amendment, 1975-1977. Member advisory committee Pennsylvania Governor's Interdepartmental Council on Seasonal Farmworkers, 1975-1977.
Member Appellate Court Nominating Commission Pennsylvania, 1976-1979. Member Federal Judicial Nominating Commission Pennsylvania, 1977-1985, chairman, 1978-1981, 82-83. Member Pennsylvania Governor's Study Commission on Public Employee relations, 1976-1978.
Delegate International Women's Year Conference, 1977. Board directors ERAmerica, Inc., 1st vice president, 1977-1979, National Low Income Housing Coalition, 1979-1982. Rural American, 1979-1981, Federal Home Loan Bank Pittsburgh, 1979-1982.
Member National advisory Committee Women, 1978-1979. Member national advisory committee Pennsylvania Neighborhood Preservation Support Systems, 1976-1977. Board directors Pennsylvania Women's Campaign fund, 1984-1986, 92-2002, president, 1992-1996, 2001-2002, Rural coalition, Washington, 1984-1990, Committee on the Constitutional Systems, 1988-1990, American Judicature Society, 1989-1993.
Executive committee Leadership Conference Civil Rights, 1986-1990. Board directors Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, since 1986. Trustee Citizen's Research Foundation, 1989-1999.
Member middle district Pennsylvania advisory committee judicial and United States attorney nominations, 1993-1994. Board directors Pathmakers, 1993-1997, president 1993-1995. Board directors Capital Concerts, since 1997.
Member American Bar Association (committee election law and voter participation 1986-1990, accreditation committee 1990-1996, council section legal education 1997-1903), Distinguished Daughters Pennsylvania (president 2005-2007),Lewisburg Cemetry Association(board directors, since 1998), Cosmos Club.
Married Mark Donald Neuman, December 23, 1958. Children: Deborah Neuman Metzler, JenniferFuller, Jeffrey Abbott.