# Barbara Snelling

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**Barbara Tuttle Snelling** (; March 22, 1928 – November 2, 2015) was an American politician who served as the [78th lieutenant governor of Vermont](/source/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont) from 1993 to 1997. She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 1996 while campaigning for governor. She was elected to the [Vermont State Senate](/source/Vermont_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](/source/Fall_River,_Massachusetts), the daughter of Hazel (née Russell) and The Reverend F. Taylor Weil.[1][2] She attended [Smith College](/source/Smith_College) for two years before transferring to [Radcliffe College](/source/Radcliffe_College), from which she received her [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree *[Magna Cum Laude](/source/Latin_honors#magna_cum_laude)* in 1950.[3][4]

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](/source/Vermont_State_Board_of_Education); President of the Vermont State School Boards Association; Vermont Commission on Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation; Chair of the [Chittenden County](/source/Chittenden_County,_Vermont) United Way.

She was a founding trustee of the Vermont Community Foundation; a trustee of [Champlain College](/source/Champlain_College) and [Radcliffe College](/source/Radcliffe_College). She was a trustee of the [Shelburne Museum](/source/Shelburne_Museum).[5]

She was Vice President of the [University of Vermont](/source/University_of_Vermont) and later was President of Snelling and Kolb, a national fundraising consulting firm focused of development work for educational institutions.

On June 14, 1947, at age 19, she married 20-year-old [Richard A. Snelling](/source/Richard_A._Snelling), who would later served four full terms as governor of Vermont and died in office during his fifth term on August 13, 1991. Their children included Jacqueline, Mark, Andrew, and [Diane](/source/Diane_B._Snelling), who was appointed to Snelling's seat in the State Senate.

Snelling died at her home in [South Burlington, Vermont](/source/South_Burlington,_Vermont) on November 2, 2015.[6]

## See also

- [List of female lieutenant governors in the United States](/source/List_of_female_lieutenant_governors_in_the_United_States)

## Notes

1. ["Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual"](https://books.google.com/books?id=XuYmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Barbara+Weil+Snelling%22+AND+%221928%22). January 19, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

1. ["Former Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling dies at 87"](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2015/11/02/barbara-snelling-dies-87/75045546/). *Burlington Free Press*. Retrieved 2018-03-13.

1. [*Annual Report 2012: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study*](https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044718/https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/field-pdf-version/publication/annualreport2012.pdf). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University. 2012. p. 49. Archived from [the original](https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/field-pdf-version/publication/annualreport2012.pdf) on June 14, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

1. ["Celebration of Barbara Snelling's life is Nov. 13 at Statehouse"](https://vtdigger.org/2015/11/05/celebration-of-barbara-snellings-life-is-nov-13-at-statehouse/). *Vermont Seven Days*. November 5, 2015.

1. [\[1\]](http://www.scsvt.org/EDSummit/apdx3.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080828074342/http://www.scsvt.org/EDSummit/apdx3.htm) August 28, 2008 at the Wayback Machine

1. Gram, Dave (November 2, 2015). ["Former Lt. Gov. Barbara Snelling dies at 87"](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2015/11/02/barbara-snelling-dies-87/75045546/). Burlingtonfreepress.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

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