Barbara Snelling

Barbara W. Snelling
77th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office 1993–1997
Governor	Howard Dean
Preceded by	Howard Dean
Succeeded by	Doug Racine
Member of the Vermont State Senate from the Chittenden district
In office 1998–2002
Succeeded by	Diane B. Snelling
First Lady of Vermont
In office January 10, 1991 – August 13, 1991
Governor	Richard A. Snelling
Preceded by	Arthur Kunin
Succeeded by	Judith Steinberg Dean
In office January 6, 1977 – January 10, 1985
Governor	Richard A. Snelling
Preceded by	Madge Salmon
Succeeded by	Arthur Kunin
Personal details
Born	Barbara Tuttle Weil March 22, 1928 Fall River, Massachusetts
Died	November 2, 2015 (aged 87) South Burlington, Vermont
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Richard A. Snelling (m.1947–1991; his death)
Children	Diane B. Snelling, Jacqueline Snelling, Mark Snelling, Andrew Snelling

Barbara Tuttle Weil Snelling (March 22, 1928 – November 2, 2015) was elected the 77th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1992 and served two terms (1993–1997), suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in 1996 while campaigning for governor. She was elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1998, where she served until she retired in 2002.

Life and career

Snelling was born Barbara Tuttle Weil in 1928 in Fall River, Massachusetts, the daughter of Hazel (Russell) and The Reverend F. Taylor Weil.^[1][2] She served as chair of the Shelburne School Board; as Founding Chair of Champlain Valley Union High School Board. She was member of the State Board of Education; President of the Vermont State School Boards Association; Vermont Commission on Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation; Chair of the Chittenden County United Way. She was a founding trustee of the Vermont Community Foundation; a trustee of Champlain College and Radcliffe College. She was a trustee of the Shelburne Museum.^[3]

She was Vice President of the University of Vermont and later was President of Snelling and Kolb, a national fundraising consulting firm focused of development work for educational institutions.

She was married to Richard Snelling, a long-serving governor of Vermont, and mother of Diane B. Snelling, who currently holds her former seat in the State Senate. Snelling died at her home in South Burlington, Vermont on November 2, 2015.^[4]

Notes

1. "Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual". Books.google.ca. January 19, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
2. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2015/11/02/barbara-snelling-dies-87/75045546/
3. Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Gram, Dave (November 2, 2015). "Former Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling dies at 87". Burlingtonfreepress.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.