William Penn Life, 2006 (41. évfolyam, 2-12. szám)
2006-09-01 / 9. szám
Branching Out with Endre Csornán Experience Profiles A look at some of the people who make our Hungarian Heritage Experience a truly wonderful experience OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL issues, we will be publishingprofiles of some of the members who attended the Hungarian Heritage Experience at Penn Scenic View this August. We hope you will enjoy reading about their lives as much as we enjoyed their presence and participation. MIMI VERES TAYLOR In 1907, Mimi's maternal grandparents came to America. Her mother was born in the USA the same year. Her paternal grandparents came in 1912. Her parents were married in 1925 and they had eight children. Mimi's parents knew education was important, so all the children graduated from high school and college or trade school. Mimi graduated from Newark State Teachers College (now called Kean University) with a bachelor's degree in elementary education and teacher of the mentally handicapped. For the first five years of her career, Mimi taught kindergarten. After that, she spent the next 47 years teaching every classification of handicapped children. She retired in 2004. She received many honors for her work with handicapped children. In 1970 Mimi introduced Special Olympics and swim programs for handicapped children in Morris County, N.J. In 1980 she was elected state president for the New Jersey chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international sorority for outstanding female educators. In 1983, she was named the oustanding volunteer in the USA by the J. P. Kennedy Special Olympics Foundation. The following year she was voted as outstanding alumnus of Kean University. In 2003, Mimi was honored by the Parsippany-Troy Hill School District for her 52 years of service as a teacher in school system. In 1956, Mimi served as a volunteer to help process Hungarian refugees in Camp Kilmer, N.J. Over the years, Mimi has travelled to more than 30 countries on five continents, including several visits to Hungary. She is a longtime member of the WPA and has attended the Hungarian Language Camp and the Hungarian Heritage Experience for 14 years. Mimi, we are proud to count you as an outstanding educator, remarkable Hungarian and valued member of the William Penn Association. A jó Isten áldását életedre! The students, teachers and staff of the Hungarian Heritage Experience 2006. (Photo by Alex Patho) William Penn Life, September 2006 3
