Background
Bishop, Virginia Wakeman was born on December 28, 1927 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Andrew Virgil and Letha Evangeline (Ward) Wakeman.
librarian and humanities educator
Bishop, Virginia Wakeman was born on December 28, 1927 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Andrew Virgil and Letha Evangeline (Ward) Wakeman.
Bachelor, Baptist Missionary Training School, Chicago, 1949; Bachelor, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 1952; Master of Education, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 1953; Master of Arts in Librarianship, U. Washington, 1968.
Church worker University Baptist Church, Seattle, 1954—1956, 1959—1961, teacher parent coop preschool, 1965—1966. Library Northwest College, Kirkland, 1968—1969. Undergraduate library University Washington, Seattle, 1970.
Library, instructor Seattle Central Community College, 1970—1991. Co-owner small business Seaside, Oregon, 1972—2004.
Leader Totem council Girl Scouts United States, 1962-1965. President Wedgwood School Parent-Teachers Association, Seattle, 1964-1965. Chair 46th District Democratic Organization, Seattle, 1972-1973.
Precinct committee officer Democratic Party, 1968-1988, 96-2000. Candidate Washington State Legislature, Seattle, 1974, 80. Board directors University Baptist Children's Center, 1989-1995, chair, 1990-1995.
Volunteer Partners in Public Education, 1992-1996. Member American Association of University Women Seaside, League of Women Voters Seattle (Second vice president 1994-1996), University Washington Graduate School Library and Information Science Alumni Association (1st vice president 1986-1987, president 1987-1988).
Married Clarence Edmund Bishop, August 23, 1953. Children: Jean Marie Bishop Johnson, Marilyn Joyce.