Background
Glaser, Vera Romans was born on April 21, 1916 in St. Louis. Daughter of Aaron L. and Mollie (Romans).
Glaser, Vera Romans was born on April 21, 1916 in St. Louis. Daughter of Aaron L. and Mollie (Romans).
Student, Washington University, St. Louis. Student, George Washington University. Student, American University, 1940.
Reporter-writer, National Aero. magazine, 1943-1944; reporter, Washington Times Herald, 1944-1946; public relations specialist, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Association, 1950-1951; promotion specialist, writer, Congressional Quarterly News Features, 1951-1954; writer-commentator radio station, WGMS, Washington, 1954-1955; member Washington bureau, New York Herald Tribune, 1955-1956; press officer, United States Senator Charles E. Potter, 1956-1959; director public relations, women's division, Republican National Committee, 1959-1962; press officer, United States Senator Kenneth B. Keating, 1962-1963; Washington correspondent, North America Newspaper Alliance, 1963-1969; bureau chief, North America Newspaper Alliance, 1965-1969; columnist, national correspondent, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc., 1969-1981; associate editor, Washingtonian Magazine, 1981-1988; contributing editor, Washingtonian Magazine, since 1988; columnist, Maturity News Svc., 1988-1994. Member President's Commision on White House Fellows, 1969, President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities, 1970. Judge 1981 Robert Kennedy Journalism Awards.
Member national board Medical College Pennsylvania, 1977-1988. Board directors Washington Press Club Foundation, 1986-1988. Board directors International Women's Media Foundation, 1990-1998.
Member White House Corrs. Association, National Press Club (Board of Governors 1988, 89), Washington Press Club (president 1971-1972), Cosmos Club.
Married Herbert R. Glaser, April 16, 1939 (deceased 1992). 1 daughter, Carol Jane Barriger.