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{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
{{Infobox Playboy Playmate <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Playboy Playmate/doc]] -->
| name = Gloria Root
| name = Gloria Root
| issue = December 1969
| issue = December 1969
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = Chicago [[Illinois]], United States
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], United States
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|5|28|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|5|28|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|1|8|1948|5|28|mf=y}}<ref name=wekinglypigs />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|1|8|1948|5|28|mf=y}}<ref name=wekinglypigs />
| death_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States
| death_place = [[San Francisco, California]], United States
| bust = 34"<ref name=wekinglypigs />
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}<ref name=wekinglypigs />
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| preceded = [[Claudia Jennings]]
| waist = 23"
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| succeeded = [[Jill Taylor (model)|Jill Taylor]]
| hips = 34"
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}<ref name=wekinglypigs />
| weight = {{convert|105|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
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| preceded = [[Claudia Jennings]]
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| succeeded = [[Jill Taylor (model)|Jill Taylor]]
}}
}}


'''Gloria Root''' (May 28, 1948 in Chicago &ndash; January 8, 2006 in [[San Francisco]])<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=root%2C+gloria&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref> was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for the December 1969 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].<ref name=wekinglypigs />
'''Gloria Root''' (May 28, 1948 &ndash; January 8, 2006)<ref name=wekinglypigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=root%2C+gloria&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref> was ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine's [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate of the Month]] for the December 1969 issue. Her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Pompeo Posar]].<ref name=wekinglypigs />


==Biography==
==Biography==
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===Career===
===Career===
In 1980, she opened her own planning firm, Planning Analysis and Development, in San Francisco. She headed the firm until 1998, when she relocated to New York. While in New York, Root headed the strategic planning services division of [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]]. She returned to San Francisco in 2002 to a job as a project manager for Auberge Resorts. She later took a senior position with RBF Consulting.<ref name=sanfranchron />
In 1980, she opened her own planning firm, Planning Analysis and Development, in San Francisco. She headed the firm until 1998, when she relocated to New York. While in New York, Root headed the strategic planning services division of [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]]. She returned to San Francisco in 2002 to a job as a project manager for Auberge Resorts. She later took a senior position with RBF Consulting.<ref name=sanfranchron /> From 1990 to 1998, Root was a board member of San Francisco Urban Planning + Research Association, a public-policy think-tank promoting good government and sustainable urban planning.<ref name=sanfranchron />

From 1990 to 1998, Root was a board member of San Francisco Urban Planning + Research Association, a public-policy think-tank promoting good government and sustainable urban planning.<ref name=sanfranchron />


===Private life===
===Private life===
In 1970 she was arrested in Greece, convicted of [[smuggling]] 38 pounds (17 Kilos) of [[hashish]] across the border from Turkey, and received a prison sentence of 10 months.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904284-2,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427043221/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904284-2,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 27, 2010 | work=Time | title=Americans Abroad: The Jail Scene | date=April 13, 1970}}</ref>
In 1970 she was arrested in Greece, convicted of [[smuggling]] 38 pounds (17 Kilos) of [[hashish]] across the border from Turkey, and received a prison sentence of 10 months.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904284-2,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427043221/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904284-2,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 27, 2010 | work=Time | title=Americans Abroad: The Jail Scene | date=April 13, 1970}}</ref> She was married to Richard Dodson in 1984; they were divorced at the time of her death. Her daughter, Francesca, was born in 1986.<ref name=sanfranchron /> Root died from cancer in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=gloria-m-root&pid=16408416|title = Gloria M. Root Obituary (2006) San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>

She was married to Richard Dodson in 1984; they were divorced at the time of her death. Her daughter, Francesca, was born in 1986.<ref name=sanfranchron />

Root died from cancer in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=gloria-m-root&pid=16408416|title = Gloria M. Root Obituary (2006) San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:17, 23 September 2021

Gloria Root
Playboy centerfold appearance
December 1969
Preceded byClaudia Jennings
Succeeded byJill Taylor
Personal details
Born(1948-05-28)May 28, 1948
Chicago, Illinois, United States
DiedJanuary 8, 2006(2006-01-08) (aged 57)[1]
San Francisco, California, United States
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1]

Gloria Root (May 28, 1948 – January 8, 2006)[1] was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for the December 1969 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar.[1]

Biography

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Root started her higher education at the University of Illinois, but later transferred to Northwestern University, to major in political science. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with degrees in fine arts and architecture. She then took a Master's Degree in City Planning and a Master's of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Career

In 1980, she opened her own planning firm, Planning Analysis and Development, in San Francisco. She headed the firm until 1998, when she relocated to New York. While in New York, Root headed the strategic planning services division of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. She returned to San Francisco in 2002 to a job as a project manager for Auberge Resorts. She later took a senior position with RBF Consulting.[2] From 1990 to 1998, Root was a board member of San Francisco Urban Planning + Research Association, a public-policy think-tank promoting good government and sustainable urban planning.[2]

Private life

In 1970 she was arrested in Greece, convicted of smuggling 38 pounds (17 Kilos) of hashish across the border from Turkey, and received a prison sentence of 10 months.[3] She was married to Richard Dodson in 1984; they were divorced at the time of her death. Her daughter, Francesca, was born in 1986.[2] Root died from cancer in 2006.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Playmate data". Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gloria M. Root". San Francisco Chronicle. 2006-01-22. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
  3. ^ "Americans Abroad: The Jail Scene". Time. April 13, 1970. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010.
  4. ^ "Gloria M. Root Obituary (2006) San Francisco Chronicle".
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