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| Affiliation | Republican |
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2003-01-01 |
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| Name | Joan L. Specter |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 01, 1934
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| Died | June 26, 2024
(90 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Aug 21, 2024 02:04am |
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| Info | Philadelphia City Council 1980-1996
National Council on the Arts 1998-
Ms. Joan Specter, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has balanced successful careers in both business and public service. Initially, she founded three cooking schools, became a Food Columnist and Radio Consumer Reporter. She then started and built a wholesale frozen pie company, with distributors in thirty states that supplied pies to a major restaurant chain. Ms. Specter also served as Philadelphia City Councilwoman At-Large for sixteen years. While with the City Council, she was on the Finance Committee, initiated a major program on "Art In City Hall", and was a major supporter of turning South Broad Street into the "Avenue of the Arts". Ms. Specter was also deeply involved in community health and education issues. Ms. Specter serves on the boards of the Jefferson Bank, Chestnut Hill College, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She is a former member of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Ms. Specter is married to Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
The National Council on the Arts advises the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts on policies, programs, and procedures for carrying out the agency's functions, duties, and responsibilities. Council members are chosen for their widely recognized knowledge of the arts or their expertise or profound interest in the arts.
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