Background
Vance, Verne Widney was born on March 10, 1932 in Omaha. Son of Verne Widney and June Caroline (Henckler) Vance.
Vance, Verne Widney was born on March 10, 1932 in Omaha. Son of Verne Widney and June Caroline (Henckler) Vance.
Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1954). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1957). Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1955-1957.
Lecturer on Law, Boston University Law School, 1964-1966. Law Clerk to Judge Bailey Aldrich, United States. District Court for Massachusetts, 1957-1958.
Attorney, Agency for International Development, 1961-1963. Member, 1969-1975 and Chairman, 1975, Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education. Alderman, City of Newton, since 1982.
President, Board of Alderman.
Law clerk United States District Judge, Massachusetts, 1957-1958. Associate Covington & Burling, Washington, 1958-1960. Attorney advisory Development Loan Fund, 1960-1961.
Legal counsel United States Agency for International Development, 1961-1963. Associate Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP, Boston, 1963-1967, partner, 1967-2000. Retired, 2001
Lecturer law Boston University, 1964-1966.
Corporation clerk S.S. Pierce Company, 1971-1972. President United Nations Association Greater Boston, 1964-1966, 77-78, treasurer, 1974-1977. Member Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education, 1969-1975, chairman, 1975.
Member Democratic City Committee, Newton, Massachusetts, since 1972, Governor's Local Government Advisory Commission, 1986-1990. Alderman City of Newton, 1982-1991, 2004-2009. President Newton Board of Aldermen, 1988-1991.
President, emeritus Newton Board Aldermen, 2004-2009. Member Newton School Committee, 1994-2001, chair 2000-2001. Trustee Judge Baker Children's Center, since 1994, clerk, since 2002.
Trustee Massachusetts Bay Community College, 1987-1998, vice chairman, 1989-1991, chairman 1991-1997. President Massachusetts Community College Association, 1996-1997.
Contributor articles to professional journals.
Board directors Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce, Boston Architectural Center.
Politics, art, reading, cooking, travel.
Married Anita Paine, June 27, 1970. Children: Lisa J. Castleton, Charles Hebard Paine, Virginia Caroline.