Phyllis Frishberg was a UFT member for 20 years, most recently as a school secretary in Brooklyn.

Tore Haugeto was a teacher of social studies at New Dorp HS on Staten Island all his life.

Olive Archer came to teaching as a second career and became an early childhood literacy expert in the Bronx.

Rosemary Tunney was an educator and social worker at District 11 in the Bronx and supervised and mentored many of her colleagues over the span of her career from the 1980s to the 2000s.

Doris Iskaros began her teaching career over 30 years ago at a school in East New York, Brooklyn.

Gloria Eady’s 83 years on this earth took her from Pineville, South Carolina to Queens, New York.

Jacqueline Sills was a UFT member for 41 years, most recently as the dean at PS 721 in Brooklyn working with special needs students.

Beth Segal Sussman was a UFT member for 45 years and most recently taught at PS 196 in Queens.

Peter Lerner was a UFT member for 55 years, most recently as a social studies teacher at Harry Truman HS in the Bronx.

John Gillen worked for many years as a history teacher at New Dorp HS in Staten Island, retiring in 1977.