[T1S1] Respondent provides background information: born in Liberty, NY, move to Fairfield, CT; gives names of parents: Leonard and Edith Launer, provides names of 3 brothers; gives detailed information on maternal and paternal grandparents; explains grandparents settling in Liberty, NY. Respondent notes parents both teachers; describes warm relationship with grandparents and large Passover celebrations with paternal grandparents and extended family; explains grandmother waitress at Grossinger's resort in Catskill Mountains. Respondent reflects on choosing Chatham College in Pittsburgh: women's colleges in vogue, attended 1959 to 1963, graduated with degree in Political Science; received masters degree in urban studies at the Maxwell School, University of Syracuse, 1965. Respondent recalls meeting Harry Palkovitz, their marriage, 1965; discusses early years in Fairfield, CT, attendance at Orthodox Hebrew School, Bridgeport, CT, touches on high school years, explains parents college degrees after World War II: teaching positions in Fairfield, CT, notes father taught Respondent geometry in high school.
