Governor Howard Dean Governor Richard A. Snelling Party Republican Party Succeeded by Diane B. Snelling Education Radcliffe College | Succeeded by Doug Racine Name Barbara Snelling Preceded by Howard Dean Preceded by Arthur Kunin Children Diane B. Snelling | |
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Died November 2, 2015, South Burlington, Vermont, United States Spouse Richard A. Snelling (m. 1947) | ||
Barbara Tuttle Snelling (née Weil; 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 suffered a second stroke; she resigned in 2002.
Life and career
Snelling was born Barbara Tuttle Weil in 1928 in Fall River, Massachusetts, the daughter of Hazel (née Russell) and The Reverend F. Taylor Weil. 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.
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. Their children included Jacqueline, Mark, Andrew, and Diane. Diane B. Snelling, who was appointed to her seat in the State Senate.
Snelling died at her home in South Burlington, Vermont on November 2, 2015.