Background
King, Rheta Baron was born on December 15, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Albert James and Marietta (Malcomson) Baron.
Disability management consultant
King, Rheta Baron was born on December 15, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Albert James and Marietta (Malcomson) Baron.
AB cum laude, Occidental College, 1957; postgraduate, California State University, Los Angeles, 1960-1968; postgraduate, California State University, Long Beach, 1963-1964.
Counselor, California Department Rehabilitation, Burbank, 1972-1974;
coordinator staff development, Los Angeles, 1974;
program supervisor, Los Angeles, 1975-1978;
national director staff development, Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Arcadia, California, 1978-1980;
director comprehensive rehabilitation center, Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Inglewood, California, 1981-1983;
director vocational programs, Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital, Inglewood, California, 1984-1986;
private practice rehabilitation consultant, Pasadena, California, since 1981. Technical advisor Development Disabilities Area Board, Los Angeles, 1978. Consultant Social Security Office Hearings and Appeals, Pasadena and Los Angeles, since 1981, American College Neurology, 1986, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, since 1986, California Applicants' Attorneys Association, International Pers.
Management Association Assessment Council, California State University, Los Angeles. Research scientist Human Interaction Research Institute, Los Angeles, since 1986.
Member executive board California Governor's Committee for People With Disabilities, 1983-1994, California Health Care Plan Advisory Committee, 1990-1991. Member Los Angeles Long-Term Care Task Force, 1987. Advisor, counselor education program California State University.A., since 1989.
Member vestry Episcopalian Church of the Ascension, Sierra Madre, 1994-1997. Commissioner Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission, since 1992. Member American Association of University Women, American Counseling Association, Governor's Women Appointees Council, National Association Rehabilitation Professionals in Private Sector, American Rehabilitation Counseling Association, Occidental College Alumni Association (board governors 1983-1986).
Married Stuart Alan Walling, June, 11, 1956 (divorced July 1968). Children: S. Alan, Lynne Heather. Married Kenneth Bruce King, October 11, 1968 (divorced April 1983).