Jolynn Boster | |
State House: | Ohio |
State: | Ohio |
District: | 94th |
Term: | January 3, 1983 – April 24, 1989 |
Preceded: | Claire Ball |
Succeeded: | Mary Abel |
Party: | Democrat |
Jolynn Boster (born March 21, 1951) is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[1] She was the second woman ever elected to serve Gallia County in the Ohio General Assembly.[2] From 1978-1980 she was an assistant Gallipolis city solicitor and she then served four consecutive terms as a state representative. During her service, she continued to work at the law firm Cowles & Boster C., LPA.[3]
Boster received both her Bachelor of Science (1973) and Juris Doctor (1976) from Ohio State University.[4]
In 1983, she received the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club Woman of the Year award; Boster was also the recipient of the Ohio Association of County Boards of MR/DD Legislator of the Year and the Leadership Award from the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.[5]