Jeannie Baliles: Difference between revisions

Jeannie McPherson Patterson Baliles was born in [[North Carolina]] and raised near [[Baltimore]]. She took her undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from [[Washington College]] (1962), and taught history until the birth of her first child. Ms. Baliles went on to earn a M.A.T. in history from [[Wesleyan University]]. She was inducted into the [[Delta Kappa Gamma]] honor society (education). Baliles is the founder and chairman of the Virginia Literary Foundation and served as the Chairman of the [[Virginia Opera]]. She has served as a trustee on the Virginia Environmental Endowment, the Community Foundation of Central Virginia, and the Jenkins Foundation. She has also served on the board of [[Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts|Wolf Trap]], the [[Nature Conservancy]], the Jamestown-Yorktown Trust, [[YMCA]], the [[Historic Richmond Foundation]], and on the Board of Trustees of [[Virginia Union University]]<ref>http://1962.washcoll.edu/jeanniepattersonbaliles/ Washington College: Jeannie Patterson Baliles</ref> and the Richmond Ballet.<ref>{{cite web|last=Baliles |first=Jeannie |title=Richmond Ballet |url=http://www.richmondballet.com/aboutrb/board.aspx |accessdate=4 September 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324153837/http://www.richmondballet.com/aboutrb/board.aspx |archivedate=24 March 2012 |df= }}</ref> In 2008, Richmond Mayor [[L. Douglas Wilder]] appointed her to a charter-study commission to review the City Charter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilder Announces Charter Study Appointees |url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2008/sep/30/char01_20080930-211527-ar-125415/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130204123754/http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2008/sep/30/char01_20080930-211527-ar-125415/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=4 February 2013 |accessdate=25 October 2011 |newspaper=Richmond Times Dispatch }}</ref> Ms. Baliles, who was divorced from Governor Baliles in 1996,<ref>{{cite web|title=Richmond Magazine|url=http://www.richmondmagazine.com/?articleID=227a31e5977785993a3d3ad95c0820b7|accessdate= 29 October 2011}}</ref> has two children from the marriage, Laura and Jonathan.