Background
Balester, Vivian Shelton was born on December 10, 1931 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Marvin W. and Mary Lena (Burke) Shelton.
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Balester, Vivian Shelton was born on December 10, 1931 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Marvin W. and Mary Lena (Burke) Shelton.
1 child, Walter Eric. Bachelor cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1955. Master of Library Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1972, Juris Doctor, 1975.
Bar: Ohio 1975, United States District Court (northern district) Ohio 1975. Indiana bibliographic and legal research consultant, Cleveland, Washington, Nashville, 1959. Head law library Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, 1975-1986.
Ohio delegate White House Conference Libraries/Information Superior vena cava syndrome, 1979.
Speaker Law Libraries National Conference, 1978, 80, 82. Member of advisory commission on professional ethics Case Western Reserve University, 1982-1985.
Lay reader Saint Alban"s Episcopalian Church, 1978, member vestry, 1977-1979, 84-86, 98, warden, 1979, 84. Member county Diocese of Ohio, 1980-1982, chairman racial justice committee, 1980-1986, chairman nominating committee, 1982, delegate National Conferences on Faith Public Policy, Racism, 1982.
Deputy general Convention of Episcopalian Church in the United States, 1985.
Member Women"s Political Caucus, 1978-1986. Founder and co-chairman Greater Cleveland Annual Martin Luther King Celebration, 1980-1986. Convener Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Interfaith Coalition of Greater Cleveland, 1987-1994.
Member County Commissioners advising committee on handicapped,1980-1984.
Chairman adolescent health coalition Federation Community Planning,1979-1981, member health concerns commission, 1981-1996, vice chairperson, 1986-1996. Regional chairman alumni education Vanderbilt University, 1982-1983.
Member community advising committee Cleveland Orchestra, 1983-1995. Board directors Hospice Council Northern Ohio, 1979-1981, volunteer attorney, 1982-1985.
Board directors Interch.
Council Greater Cleveland, 1978-1984, 86-88, 92, secretary board 1993-1997, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Housing Council, 1987-1994, Health Issues Task Force, 1988-1994, Stopping Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is My Mission, 1993-1996;member Ohio Committee National Security, 1983. Board directors WomenSpace, 1979-1983.
Member of advisory committee Member vestry, 1977-1979, 84-86, 98, warden, 1979, 84. Member coun; member Women"s Political Caucus, 1978-1986.
Member County Commissioners
Member health concerns commission Member cmty; member Ohio Committee National Security, 1983.
Married James Beverly Standerfer, August, 1951 (deceased. Married Raymond James Balester, October 19, 1956. 1 child, Walter Eric.