Shirley Neil Pettis was a United States. Representative from California, wife of her predecessor, Jerry Pettis.
Education
Born Shirley Neil McCumber on July 12, 1924 in Mountain View, California, Pettis attended elementary schools in Berkeley, California from 1931 to 1932, and Berrien Springs, Michigan from 1933 to 1937. She graduated from Andrews University Academy in 1942. She attended Andrews University from 1942 to 1943, and the University of California, Berkeley from 1944 to 1945.
Career
Early Life and career
Pettis served as vice president of the Republican Congressional Wives Club, 1975. Political career
She was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. While a Member of Congress she served first on the House Interior Committee and then the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
She secured passage of her late husband"s California Desert Protection Acting and the Joshua Tree Wilderness Acting legislation.
She served as vice president, Women"s Research and Education Institute, Washington, District of Columbia from 1980 to 1981.
Membership
She served as member of the Arms Control and Disarmament Commission from 1981 to 1983, and the Commission on Presidential Scholars from 1990 to 1992. She served as member of the board of directors, Kemper National Insurance Companies from 1979 to 1997.