TheQuadrangleTimes FEBRUARY 2015 ISSUE Written and Produced by Quadrangle Residents OUR FOURTH ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR AND THE AMW MUSIC GROUP PRESENTED MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, AND THE QUADRANGLE AUDIENCE JOINED IN FOR A SPIRITED FINALE, SINGING, “WE SHALL OVERCOME.” NEW RESIDENTS . WELCOME NEW RESIDENT LINDA COHEN Linda grew up in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn College, where she majored in English. She married after college, and as her husband completed graduate work in different cities she attended college programs that interested her. When Linda and her husband lived in Providence, Rhode Island, she completed a master’s degree in teaching at Rhode Island College. Many years later when they lived in Lower Merion, she earned a second master’s degree in library science at Villanova University. For 15 years Linda worked as the librarian in the lower school of Episcopal Academy. She expanded the library’s role to function as a class with projects and report card grades. She developed assembly programs, bringing authors to talk about their books. Many years ago one of Linda’s daughters had a pen pal in Norway. By the time she finished college this friendship had blossomed into marriage. The couple lives south of Oslo, and over the years Linda has made 34 trips there to visit with them and her two grandchildren. Linda has another daughter and one grandchild who live in a Philadelphia suburb. For exercise Linda swims every morning for an hour and water walks for another hour. She has always enjoyed reading. Her particular interest is biographies. — Doris Rosenman WELCOME NEW RESIDENT KATHLEEN (KATHY) MOYER Kathy Moyer’s working career began as a car hop when she was 14 and ended last November, when she retired as organist at Christ Lutheran Church in Upper Darby. Her real work was as a professor of sociology at Holy Family University in northeast Philadelphia, where she taught for 25 years, but her fun “job” was as a volunteer member for 25 years of the Singing City Chorus. Kathy was born in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from Albright College. She received her master’s degree in sociology from Penn State, and her Ph.D. in sociology from Bryn Mawr College. She was married to a minister, Ivan Moyer Jr., in 1957 and was divorced in 1994. They had two children, a daughter who lives in Havertown, and a son who, unfortunately, died in 2008. As a member of Singing City Choir (which still performs), Kathy went on several “wonderful, exciting trips” — to Israel and Jordan in the early ‘70s, to Israel and Egypt in the mid-‘80s, and finally, to Russia in ‘90-‘91. They were invited to Tel Aviv by Zubin Mehta, and there they gave the first performance of “The Messiah” ever done in Israel. Their performance of Mozart’s “Requiem” in Leningrad was the first that was sung there since the 1917 Revolution. At the end of her academic career, Kathy won a Lindback Award for excellence in teaching and was named an emeritus professor. She hears from many of her former students, and she still loves to make music. — Janet Graff WELCOME NEW RESIDENT JOHN ROBINSON Jack grew up in the town of Seaford in the southwest corner of Delaware. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Delaware, and at the start of World War II he left college to join the U.S. Navy. With the rank of Captain, he commanded a mine sweeper in the South Pacific. After the war Jack earned a degree in business at the University of Delaware. He worked for the Atlantic Refining Company, where he was the assistant sales manager. He later became vice-president of a subsidiary of Atlantic Refining. When plastics were developed as an important manufacturing material, Jack began his own business of selling plastic pallets, which replaced wooden ones. They were new to the market and available in all sizes and colors. His business expanded to include plastic containers of all sizes. He dealt with Union Carbide and then Monsanto for his products. Jack moved to the Quadrangle from Rosemont, where he lived for 60 years. He has one son who is a pilot for United Air Lines. He enjoys playing bridge, chess, and golf. Jack’s wife, who died last year, was a girlhood friend of Grace Kelly’s. One of the many interesting stories Jack tells is about their dinner invitation to the palace in Monaco before the Grand Prix. — Doris Rosenman WELCOME NEW RESIDENT SAMUEL ROSEN Although he is a new resident, Sam has taken the initiative to form an investment group at the Quadrangle He says he is interested in discussing how retirees can mitigate loss and increase growth to have their money last for their lifetimes. If you would like to join the group, contact him for more information. Except for the years when he was working on his doctorate, Sam has always lived and worked in Philadelphia. After graduating from Northeast High School, he majored in chemistry at Temple University and earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. At the University of Delaware he earned his doctorate in the field of organic chemistry. Sam worked for 32 years as a chemist and toxicologist in the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office. Poison control was also part of that office, and several times he testified in court cases about his findings. He retired as Assistant Chief Toxicologist. After his wife’s death last year, Sam’s children urged him to move from his home in northeast Philadelphia to the Quadrangle. He has a daughter who lives nearby, a son, and two young grandchildren. Sam is a sports fan and a strong supporter of the Phillies and the Eagles. He is also interested in reading and discussing current events. After many years, he has begun to play chess again. — Doris Rosenman WELCOME NEW RESIDENT THERESA LEE If you need an extra incentive to visit Fibber McGee and Molly’s Closet, you might find it in the virtual art gallery that adorns the walls along that hallway. The art is the work of Theresa Lee, who lives just across the hall from Fibber and who excels in both painting of many styles and needlework. Theresa, who was born in Nanjing, China, and later lived in Taiwan — her father was a general under Chiang Kai-shek — is an acclaimed needlework designer who has designed rugs for the likes of Barbra Streisand and the DuPonts. From 1974 to 2008, she owned and operated Lee’s Needle Art in Pennsauken, New Jersey. After graduating from Taiwan Normal University, Theresa won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania, where she received an M.F.A. degree. She is married to Ying K. Lee, now a resident of Oak. He sustained a severe fall, after which he required much rehab. Tired of commuting from Center City to visit him here, Theresa decided to move to a large apartment at The Quadrangle in the hope that her husband can eventually join her. The Lees have a son in Knoxville, Tennessee, and two daughters in this area, plus five grandchildren. Ying Lee was with the DuPont Company for 35 years. He was the chief scientist in automotive products for the company in Philadelphia. — Janet Graff WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS CAROLYN WOOD AND NEIL KAUFMAN Carolyn Wood was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, and came to the U.S. in 1968 to work at the British Consulate in Philadelphia. She met her husband, Neil Kaufman, on a blind date, and the two were married in 1976. They moved here from Narberth, where they had lived for 30 years. Carolyn received a B.A. with honors from Manchester University. She majored in American Studies, and, of course, she wanted to come to America. After a year at the consulate (which closed), she took a job as secretary to Harold Rosenbluth of the Rosenbluth Travel Agency. This started a career of jobs in the travel field — including Lufthansa Airlines, Gil Travel, and Friendly Planet — ending in 2012. Carolyn said she enjoyed her work very much; she felt she was helping people make their dreams come true. Neil was born in Philadelphia and received a B.S. in chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s in physics from the University of Pennsylvania. Torn between physics and chemistry, he got his Ph.D. in chemical physics from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, now part of NYU. Neil taught physics, chemistry, and math in the Philadelphia Public Schools from 1975 to 1984, then taught math for three years at Episcopal Academy. He then took a job as a physicist at the U.S. Naval Air Development Center at Warminster, Pennsylvania. When the facility closed, he returned to the Philadelphia Public Schools, teaching at Girls’ High and Central High from 1997 to 2002, when he retired. He said he enjoyed teaching challenging subjects to enthusiastic students. Neil is a classic movie buff and a football and baseball fan, and he is playing chess here. Carolyn still enjoys cooking and is a gardener. — Janet Graff LIBRARY NEWS We love to have our residents borrow books, but when you do, PLEASE check them out properly. Always remove the card inside the pocket of the book, write today’s date on the card (there is a calendar on the desk to help you), sign your name and apartment number and drop the card into the slotted box. The ivory and red slips are for your convenience, to remind you of the date the book will be due.