Biography

02/21/1939 - 05/21/2018

WHITTLESEY, Faith Ryan, a Representative from Delaware County; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, February 21, 1939; graduated, Williamsville Central High School, 1956; B.A., history, Wells College, 1960; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1963; Ford Foundation Grant to attend Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands; honorary doctorates, Boston University, Widener University and King's College; English teacher; research analyst, Pennsylvania Banking Revision Project; law clerk; attorney, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare; Assistant United States Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; special assistant, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1973 and 1975 terms; resigned from the House, December 31, 1975; elected, commissioner, Delaware County (1976-1984); Pennsylvania co-chair, Ronald Regan for President (1980); presidential appointee, United States Ambassador to Switzerland (1981-1983 and 1985-1988); assistant for Public Liaison in the White House (1983-1985); president and chair, American Swiss Foundation (1989-2006); contributor, New York Times (1995-2001), Washington Times (1995, 2002), Wall Street Journal (1996), Financial Times (2009); featured as herself, “With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America” (1996); president and CEO, Maybrook Associates (1998-2018); United States delegate, United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons (2001); official advisor to John Bolton, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, United Nations Conference on Small Arms and Light Weapons (2006); died, May 21, 2018 in Washington, District of Columbia.