Background
White, Virginia Joycelyn was born on April 25, 1924 in Des Moines. Daughter of William Wood and Alwilda (Denning) White.
White, Virginia Joycelyn was born on April 25, 1924 in Des Moines. Daughter of William Wood and Alwilda (Denning) White.
Student, Art Institute Chicago, 1941—1943. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Choinard School Art, 1947. Postgraduate, Woodbury College Design, 1947—1948.
Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948—1952. Postgraduate, Southwestern University Law, 1954—1958.
Designer Martin Young Furniture Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, 1947—1952. Owner, designer Virginia White Interiors Company, 1952—1957, Studio City, 1966—1980, Palm Desert, from 1980. Director design General Fireproofing Company, Los Angeles, 1957—1963, Barker Brothers Company, Los Angeles, 1963—1966.
Instructor design Woman's Workshop, Northridge, California, 1973—1979. Consultant, furniture manufacturers.
Board directors Spastic Children's Fund, Los Angeles, 1952—1956. Member of American Society Interior Designers (certified 1959), California Federation Business & Professional Women (charter president Los Angeles chapter 1957-1958), Church Religious Science, Sigma Tau Psi (chapter president 1945-1946, national president 1952-1954).