Background
Hackler, Ruth Ann was born on February 2, 1924 in Rogers, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Ezekiel Burton and Effie Lena (Paschal) Ruddick.
Hackler, Ruth Ann was born on February 2, 1924 in Rogers, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Ezekiel Burton and Effie Lena (Paschal) Ruddick.
Bachelor, Washburn University, 1946.
Assistant registrar, Washburn U., Topeka, 1947-1949;
teacher business, Washburn Rural High School, Topeka, 1949-1950;
teacher business, Olathe (Kansas) High School, 1950-1952;
member board education, Olathe Public Schools, 1969-1991;
state representative, Kansas House of Representatives, Topeka, 1991-1992;
part-time legal secretary, Hackler Law Firm, Olathe, 1949-1990;
retired. Member Governor's Education Cabinet, 1983-1984. Appointed to Kansas. Interagy.
Coord.Coun. on Early Childhood Development Superior vena cava syndrome.
Member Olathe Public School Board, 1969-1991, president, vice president. Member youth advisory board Johnson County Community Corrections. Former director, member foundation board Johnson County Community College.
Member research advisory committee League Kansas Municipalities, since 1988. Treasurer, member church council St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Olathe. Board directors Cedar House, Inc., 1969—2002.
Board directors Metropolitan Kansas City United Community Services, Inc. Organizer Olathe Children Initiatives, 1992. Board directors, secretary, vice president Olathe Public Library.
Member advisory council Olathe and Metro Parents as Teachers. Board member Kansas Association School Boards, 1978-1985, president, 1984. Treasurer St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1993-1994, president, 1995-1997.
Member Metropolitan Council on Child Care, National School Boards Association (delegate federal relations network, alternate national assembly delegate 1982, delegate 1983, 84, 85, Distinguished Service award 1984), Kansas Association of School Boards (board directors 1977-1982, chairman sex education/human sexuality/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome statewide committee, chair state conference on human sexuality/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome education 1988, past chairman education PAC, president 1984), Olathe Chamber of Commerce (legislation committee), Chrysantas (past president), Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Eugene T. Hackler, December 27, 1946. Children: Amy E., Susan Hackler Fetsch, Nancy Hackler Beaver.
