Joan Mondale

Joan Adams Mondale ( born August 8, 1930 in Eugene, Oregon, † February 3, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the wife of Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States.

Her father was a Presbyterian preacher. After visiting public schools, she went to college. There they took the main compartment as well as art history and French. After graduating, she worked for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

In 1955 she married Walter Mondale, who had already taken at this time a political career in the Democratic Party. She brought two sons and a daughter. After her husband was elected Vice-President, President Jimmy Carter made ​​her art Officer. In addition, Joan Mondale worked for various art organizations. When her husband from 1993 to 1996 the U.S. ambassador to Japan was, she worked intensively with Japanese art. She also likes to töpferte.

In her later years she served on the board of the National Portrait Gallery and other art organizations and the Macalester College graduate whose it was.