Background
Rainwater, Roberta Ione was born on March 10, 1948 in Honolulu. Daughter of Donald Arthur and E. Muriel (Strandberg) Compton.
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Roberta Ione Rainwater
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Education
Grad high school, Metairie, Louisiana, 1966; diploma in writing to sell non-fiction, Writer's Digest School, 1991.
Career
Various positions, New Orleans, 1970-1985;
contributing writer, columnist, New Orleans Times-Picayune, 1988-1994;
editorial consultant, DuPont Pontchartrain Works, LaPlace, Louisiana, 1989-1993;
owner, manager, Sun River Art Gallery, LaPlace, 1993-1994;
tour guide, manager gift shop, Laura Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana, 1994-1996;
editorial consultant, Bayou Steel Corporation, LaPlace, since 1997. Freelance writer, artist Phoenix Graphics, LaPlace, since 1980. Editor, public Inkdancer Review, LaPlace, since 1994.
Panelist Louisiana State Arts Grants, Baton Rouge, 1993, Louisiana Decentralized Arts Grants, Gramercy, 1993-1996.
Membership
Officer public information St. John Civil Defense, LaPlace, since 1992. Past president, founder River Region Arts and Humanities Council, LaPlace, since 1996, Friends of Library., St. John Parish, Louisiana, since 1989. Board directors Godchaux-Reserve House History Society, Reserve, Louisiana, 1996-1998, past secretary.
Member Mississippi Art Colony (member traveling art show 1997), Palladians Study Group of LaPlace (secretary, vice president, president).
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Connections
Married John Gary Rainwater Junior, October 25, 1968.
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Nationality
American