Sylvia Ganz Margolis

Background

Margolis, Sylvia Ganz was born on August 6, 1910 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Morris Louis and Pauline (Buch) Margolius.

Education

AB, College William and Mary, 1932. Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles. Postgraduate, California State University, Fresno.

Postgraduate, University California, Long Beach. Postgraduate, Sorbonne, Paris.

Career

English teacher, Young Women’s Christian Association, Richmond, Virginia, 1937-1940; substitute teacher, American Dependents' Schools, Germany, 1946-1949; teacher, Fresno City Schools, 1951-1953; teacher, Kern County Schools, Richland, California, 1953-1966; teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1966-1976. Member State Committee, Sacramento, 1964-1965. Delegate National Education Association to World Conference of Educators, West Berlin, 1975.

Lecturer numerous organizations.

Achievements

• Sylvia Ganz Margolis has been listed as a noteworthy secondary education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member Young Women’s Christian Association, Bay City, Michigan, 1943-1946. Chair United Nations Day, Bakersfield, California, 1960. Board member Jewish Federation Council Los Angeles, 1968-1974.

Volunteer teacher at local Community College, Northridge, California, 1980-1981. Member committee Judaic studies at College William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1983-1987. Member American Association of University Women (education representative 1978-1980, San Fernando Valley branch board member 1979-1984, delegate to United Nations Conference on Women in Copenhagen 1980), Anti-Defamation League, Hadassah (board member 1978-1985), Bridges for Peace (American), College William and Mary Alumni Association (member commission on Judaic studies 1980s), B'nai Brith Women, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, writing poetry, participating in study and discussion groups, traveling.

Connections

Married Irving H. Ganz, February 23, 1941 (deceased September 1969). 1 child, Marshall Louis. Married Morris D. Margolis, March 30, 1974 (deceased May 1977).

Father:

Morris Louis Margolius

Mother:

Pauline (Buch) Margolius

Spouse:

Morris D. Margolis

Spouse:

Irving H. Ganz

child:

Marshall Louis Margolis