Background
Swanton, Virginia Lee was born on February 6, 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Milton Wesley and Eleanor Louise (Linnell) Swanton.
Swanton, Virginia Lee was born on February 6, 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Milton Wesley and Eleanor Louise (Linnell) Swanton.
Bachelor, Lake Forest College, Illinois, 1954. Master of Arts in English Literature, Northwestern University, 1955. Certified in accounting, College of Lake County, Illinois, 1984.
Editorial assistant Publications Office, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1955-1958. Reporter Lake Forester, Lake Forest, 1959. Editor Scott, Foresman & Company, Glenview, Illinois, 1959-1984.
Copy editor, travel coordinator McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, Evanston, 1985-1994. Senior bookseller B. Dalton Bookseller, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1985—2004. Author, public poetry books, reference works Gold Star Publication Services, from 1994.
Former secretary board directors, newsletter editor Career Resource Center, Inc., Lake Forest. Volunteer Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Senior Center. Member board deacons First Presbyterian Church Lake Forest.
Member of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff History Society (volunteer), Chicago Women in Public.