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others, and for many years have here and then a book writer. GHS
been the New York correspondent for opened my mind to a bigger world.
The Bookseller, which is the British And I should also say that Dr. L. Ruth
equivalent of Publishers Weekly. One Murray Klein was also an inspirational
of the pieces I am most proud of figure. "We are happily waiting for
having written was about my father, the publication of Gayle's book on
and it was published for Father’s Day Bennett Cerf!
in The Philadelphia Inquirer some
years back. I published a breast Patricia (Pat) Buchholz Guth
cancer memoir, You Don’t Have to Be (June 1977) has had a life and a
Your Mother, in 1994, and a study of
prize winners and best sellers, The career filled with
Best and Worst of Times: The music. She was
Changing Business of Trade Books, in happy at GHS.
2003. " She wrote: "I
Gayle reported on her most recent loved music theory
accomplishment: "I've just been with Mr. Kauriga
awarded a National Endowment for and, as an avid
the Humanities Public Scholar reader, loved my
fellowship, one of only 30 scholars English classes.
from across the country to be Mr. Kauriga was
awarded the grant. This is the second one of the largest
year that the NEH has funded these influences in my musical life. His
awards. I will use it to finish work on enthusiasm for teaching and his
a long-term project, a biography of determination to produce GREAT
Random House co-founder Bennett music with high school students
Cerf. The book is under contract to made me realize I wanted to do the
Random House, and publication will same thing. I also loved Ms.
likely take place in fall/winter of Johnson’s English class because she
2018-19." assigned wonderful books to read.
Gayle wrote warmly about her GHS Physics was a favorite too. (I believe
education, noting that, "The the teacher’s name was Mrs.
education it provided was so very Steiner). I was in band and
good—the cultural literacy. There was orchestra for four years, drama club
everything from going to the in freshman year, and I wrote for the
Philadelphia Orchestra concerts in Iris for all four years. I was the Band
music class to learning about Manager and was also chosen as the
Shakespeare from Miss O’Neill and Iris editor for senior year but felt like
Miss Kahler, and going to see the I had to choose one or the other.
Shakespeare films playing at the Since music was going to be my
local cinema with classmates, to career, I chose Band Manager. I
discovering Albert Camus and so graduated Summa Cum Laude and
much else. It was at GHS that I received the Instrumental Music
learned the fundamentals of the Award for Band.
English language that have stood me
in good stead as I went on to Penn Pat wrote, "I believe that GHS
and Cambridge, as I edited books in allowed me to recognize that women
London, as I became a journalist could do anything, so I’ve always set
my goals high as a result. I think
that had I been at a co-ed school, I
