Education

 Nan's love of reading transcended to her children, grand children and now great grand children.The list below signifies the extent she went to for encouragement to reach for the stars. Stretch your imagination as far as it will go and then go further, her words to us. She was May Queen in 8th grade at St. Francis of Assisi grade school. She was president of her senior class in High School. The next day she entered nursing school at Bryn Mawr Hospital. She was at the top of her class when she discovered she was pregnant and not married. She tried to hide her larger breasts and her stomach bump. Two weeks before she was due to graduate with her Registered Nurse degree she was dismissed from the program. They did not tolerate pregnant women in the program. This was 1944 with unwed mothers being bad news to the program. She was heartbroken.

Nan - Bryn Mawr Nursing School - Bryn Mawr, PA.

Her Children not in any order or date and not by name.

Drexel University - Electrical Engineering Degree - Philadelphia

Schoolcraft University - no degree - Livonia, Michigan

Gwynedd Mery University - Associates Degree - Business - Gwnedd Valley, PA

Hahnemann University Hospital - Registered Nursing degree - Philadelphia

DeSales University - Masters degree in Nursing - Center Valley, PA

Her Grandchildren not in any order or date not by name

University of Washington - Psychology Degree - Seattle, WA

University of Michigan - Business and Psychology Degrees - Ann Arbor, MI

Madonna University - Masters degree in Psychology - Livonia, MI

Fielding University - Ph. D. Neuropsychology - Santa Barbara, CA

East Stroudsburg University - Bachelors of Science - East Stroudsburg, PA

East Stroudsburg University - Masters Education 4.0 - East Stroudsburg, PA

DeSales University - Degree in Social Work - Center Valley, PA

Webster University - Degree Human Resource Development - Webster Groves, MO

North Carolina University at Pembroke - Masters Social Work - Pembroke, NC

University of Michigan - Chemical Engineering Degree - Ann Arbor, MI

Estern Michigan University - Masters Degree Education - Ypsilanti, MI

American University - Degree Education - Washington, DC

University of Pennsylvania - Master Degree Economics - Philadelphia, PA

University of California Berkley - Masters Degree English - Berkley, CA

Harvard University - Ph. D. English - Cambridge, MA

West Chester University - Degree Finance/Economics - West Chester, PA

Her Great Grand Children just beginning and ongoing

Eastern Ohio University - ongoing curriculum - Brookville, OH

San Diego Community College - Transfer to Ohio - San Diego, CA

United States Army - Ranger Advanced Training - Somewhere in Georgia


The impressive list above honors the determination of the student and the family that supports their efforts through the years of hard work and futuristic endeavors. May the legacy continue for generations.


Open a Book - Open a Mind!



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