Simon, Betty Ann (Goodman) - 1989 - Tape 1, Side 1
Description
[T1S1] her children and grandchildren; their education and careers; her mother's background; her maternal grandfather's employment as a shoe salesman at Kaufmann's Department Store; Respondent's father's, Bernard Goodman, background; paternal grandfather's emigration from Russia and settlement in Connellsville, PA; father's law practice; his death in 1987; her husband's family background; his degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University; his career as an industrial water consultant; his service as program chairman, Water Conference 1989, held in Pittsburgh; her education at Wellesley College and the University of Pittsburgh; home life in Squirrel Hill; courtship and marriage to David Simon; mother's volunteer activities with the National Council of Jewish Women in Pittsburgh; her activities with Councilettes; confirmation at Rodef Shalom Temple; experiences of anti-Semitism in early education at Winchester-Thurston School; father's activities with Jewish Home for the Aged, his service as president of Riverview, board member of Montefiore Hospital and Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, and involvement with Rodef Shalom Temple Men's Club; his second marriage to Eleanor Dreyfus Blum in 1948; cultural interests in the family; friends and activities; her education at Wellesley; mother's death.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.432_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.432
"Simon, Betty Ann (Goodman) - May 18, 1989" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Simon, Betty Ann (Goodman) - May 18, 1989
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Betty Ann Simon, an award-winning professional volunteer; her service includes national board member and midwest regional director for National Call for Action, founder of the Dollar Energy Fund, president of the Whale's Tale, the Steering Committee for t
Contributor
Simon, Betty Ann (Goodman) (interviewee), Menlowe, Mildred;Winer, Ruth (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1989-05-18
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.432
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