Ruth Miller began teaching in the early 1940s and taught kindergarten at PS 79 in Whitestone, Queens, from the beginning of the 1950s until her retirement in 1987.

Norman Pape began teaching in 1962 at PS 99 in Manhattan and retired from Manhattan’s Academy of Environmental Science in 1996.

Richard Paris was a physical education teacher by trade and a UFT member for 40 years, working at McKinley JHS 259 and Shallow IS 227, both in Brooklyn.

Leo Benardo began his career as a teacher of foreign languages in the New York City public school system in 1947.

Edith Packer-Greenberg taught 6th grade and gifted children at PS 42 in Arverne, Queens for many years.

Kinereth Louise Stubbs taught at PS 192 in West Harlem for 34 years. Teaching was her passion.

Mildred Lucille Gersh was a teacher at PS 78 in the Bronx and subsequently a reading coordinator for District 11 in the Bronx.

Sylvia Kuller taught English at IS 246 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and later became a guidance counselor at the school.

Louis Taglione was the beloved longtime teacher, assistant principal and then principal of PS 23 in Richmondtown, Staten Island from 1964 to 1996.

Bruce Samuel Davidson, a former high school teacher, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2016 in New York City.