Background
Kallweit, Viola Esther was born on November 26, 1919 in Murdock, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Jonas D. and Barbara Ellen (Saner) Base.
Kallweit, Viola Esther was born on November 26, 1919 in Murdock, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Jonas D. and Barbara Ellen (Saner) Base.
Associate of Arts, Pomona Junior College, 1939; Bachelor of Arts in Religious Education, Tufts College, 1942; Master of Science in Library. Science, University of Southern California, 1963; student, California State University, 1963-1975.
Assistant director, Christ Church & Barnard Memorial school, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1939-1941; youth coordinator, Army and Navy Young Men’s Christian Association, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1940-1942; social group worker, All Nations Foundation, Los Angeles, 1944-1946; free-lance writer, since 1948; public relations library, Pomona (California) Public Library., 1951-1962; library, Chaffey High school, Ontario, California, 1963-1981; reformed library, instructor library technical, Chaffey College Extension, Alta Loma, California, 1970-1972; curator, Chaffey Community Art Association, Ontario, 1981-1982.
Member Chaffey College Library. Technology Committee, 1969-1973. Board directors SIRCULS Library.
Network, 1974-1979; board directors San Bernardino County Arts League, 1981-1982, Chaffey Community Art Association, Ontario, 1969-1987, trustee, 1987-1991. Various offices Pilgrim Congressional Church, Pomona, since 1980, member long range planning committee, 1990-1992. Community liaison Clinebell Institute (Claremont School Theology-Pomona Valley Churches pastoral counseling), since 1991.
Member American Association of University Women (president branch 1970-1973, California state nominating committee 1973-1974, California State communication committee 1974-1976, Education Foundation named grant honoree 1977), Institute Noetic Sciences (associate), National Education Association, California Teachers Association, CMLEA, Retired California Teachers Association, Shakespeare Club (president 1988-1991, director since 1992), Trojan League Foothills (various officers since 1990), Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) (various offices since 1990), Alpha Gamma Sigma, Pi Lambda Theta, Kappa Kappa Iota (various state and local offices 1967-1980).
Married Sulo Adrian Haapanen, January 12, 1943 (divorced 1959). 1 child, Gretchen Olga Haapanen. Married William Frederic Kallweit, 1962.