Who's Who in America: *Bombeck, Erma Louise* (*Bombeck, Mrs. William*) OCCUPATION(S): author; columnist BORN: Feb. 21, 1927 Dayton, Ohio PARENTS: Cassius Edwin Fiste and Erma (Fiste) Harris SEX: Female FAMILY: married William Lawrence Bombeck, Aug. 13, 1949; children: Betsy, Andrew, Matthew. EDUCATION: holder 15 hon. degrees BA, U. Dayton, 1949 CAREER: columnist, Universal Press Syndicate, Kansas City, Mo., 1988- columnist, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1985-88 columnist, Pubs.-Hall Syndicate (now N.Am. Syndicate), 1970-85 columnist, Newsday Syndicate, 1965-70 CAREER RELATED: contbg. editor: Good Housekeeping mag., 1969-74. CREATIVE WORKS: Author: At Wit's End, 1967, Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own, 1971, I Lost Everything In The Post-Natal Depression, 1974, The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank, 1976, If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, 1978, Aunt Erma's Cope Book, 1979, Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, 1983, Family: The Ties That Bind... and Gag!, 1987, I Want To Grow Hair, I Want To Grow Up, I Want To Go To Boise, 1989, When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time To Go Home, 1991, A Marriage Made in Heaven... or Too Tired for an Affair, 1993. MEMBERSHIPS: Mem. Am. Acad. Humor Columnists, Theta Sigma Phi (Headliner award 1969). Mailing Address:. Office: Universal Press Syndicate 4900 Main St Kansas City MO 64112-2644 - end of display -