Background
Hemphill, Norma Jo was born on November 25, 1930 in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Wyatt Warren and Wanda Markes (Parker) Stout.
special event planning and tour company executive
Hemphill, Norma Jo was born on November 25, 1930 in Enid, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Wyatt Warren and Wanda Markes (Parker) Stout.
Student, Oklahoma State University Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, l955.
Former accountant Better Business Bookkeeping, Lafayette, California. Teacher, Head Start teacher Chino (California) Elementary School, 1966-1968. President, founder California Carousel and Carousel Tours, Lafayette, from 1972.
Speaker in field; consultant, director various organizations.
Past board directors Parent-Teachers Association, Moraga, California, Lafayette. Board directors Children's Home Society, Upland, California, 1965-1969. Past demonstation teacher Presbyteryof Bay Area, San Francisco.
Past superintendent 1st Presbyterian Church, Oakland, California, elder, since 1977, trustee, 1980. Member honorary advising committee Festival of Lake, Oakland, 1982. Board of Governors Goodwill Industries, 1978-1979.
Founder, chairman Joint Svc. Clubs Foster Children's Annual Christmas Party. Member of advisory committee for William Penn Mott Junior Visitors Center, Presidio of San Francisco National Park, since 1995.
Member Lake Merritt Breakfast Club (Oakland, special events committee, Board of Governors, named Citizen of Community 1992), Lake Merritt Institute (honorary), Soroptomist (very important women honor roll Diablo Valley 1990, keynote speaker 1991), Pi Beta Phi (board directors, special events committee Contra Costa County chapter, Founder's Day speaker at University of California-Berkeley, 1993).
Married Benjamin Robert Hemphill, June 21, 1952. Children: Susan Colleen, Robert Gary.