Background
Meyerson, Margy Ellin was born on February 25, 1923 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Arthur and Frieda (Langer) Lazarus.
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Margy Ellin Meyerson
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Margy Ellin Meyerson, American urbanist, civic volunteer. Recipient Susan B. Anthony prize Bryn Mawr College, 1953, annual award for best paper National Hwy Research Board, 1953; named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, 1982; Martin and Margy Meyerson Professorship named in their honor University Pennsylvania, 1995, Martin and Margy Meyerson chair foreign affairs named in their honor Philippine Women's University, Manila.
Education
Bachelor, University Chicago, 1943. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1948. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania, 1956.
Master of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1953. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1993.
Career
Assistant to general counsel Pennsylvania Postwar Planning Commission, 1944-1945. Associate Philadelphia Housing Association and Citizens Council on City Planning, 1945. Management staff Chicago Housing Authority, 1946.
Consultant Illinois Postwar Planning Commission, 1948. Associate Committee on National Policy, Yale University, 1948-1949. Lecturer social science Drexel University, 1956-1957, city and regional planning University California, Berkeley, 1965-1966.
Board directors, executive committee Philadelphia Housing Association, 1952-1957. Vice president, treasurer Community Devel Company, Inc., 1957-1963. Board directors, executive committee Niagara Frontier Housing Development, 1967-1970.
Co-chairman Cathedral Park Development, Buffalo, 1968-1970. Commissioner Philadelphia City Planning Commission, 1971-1981. Board directors Tensiodyne, Inc., Girard Bank.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Oakland (California) Museum, 1965-1966. Trustee Rosenbach Foundation, Rosenbach Museum and Library, since 1975, chairman 1979-1992. Trustee Presby.-U. Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1983-1995, executive committee 1985-1995.
Trustee Lewis Stevens Community Trust, 197785, vice president 197985. Member Pennsylvania Humanities Council, 1981-1986. Advisory council Hampshire College, since 1981.
Board directors World Affairs Council, American College in Paris Foundation, 1982-1987. Trustee Presbyterian Foundation Philadelphia, since 1995, New Courtland Elder Services, since 1985. Overseer University Pennsylvania Library., since 1990, co-chairman Friends of the Library., since 1990.
Member Prytanean Society, Martin Margy Meyerson Conference Center, Cosmopolitan Club (Philadelphia).
Connections
Married Martin Meyerson, December 31, 1945. Children: Adam, Laura (deceased), Matthew.
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Nationality
American
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1943
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1948
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1956
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1953
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1993
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1944 - 1945
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1945
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1946
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Recipient Susan B. Anthony prize Bryn Mawr College, 1953, annual award for best paper National Hwy Research Board, 1953. Named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, 1982. Martin and Margy Meyerson Professorship named in their honor University Pennsylvania, 1995, Martin and Margy Meyerson chair foreign affairs named in their honor Philippine Women's University, Manila.Recipient Susan B. Anthony prize Bryn Mawr College, 1953, annual award for best paper National Hwy Research Board, 1953. Named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania, 1982. Martin and Margy Meyerson Professorship named in their honor University Pennsylvania, 1995, Martin and Margy Meyerson chair foreign affairs named in their honor Philippine Women's University, Manila.