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Remembering Marjorie Grene: A Legacy of Family, Wisdom, and Generations

Explore the remarkable life of Marjorie Grene from her beginnings in Milwaukee to her influential career in academia, along with cherished moments with her extended family. Discover her impactful sayings and the enduring legacy she left.

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Remembering Marjorie Grene: A Legacy of Family, Wisdom, and Generations

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  1. December 13, 1910 - March 16th, 2009 Marjorie Grene Survivors Nicholas and Eleanor: son and daughter-in-law Ruth: daughter Sophia: granddaughter Hannah: granddaughter Jessie: granddaughter Clement: grandson Nick: grandson Lucy: granddaughter Nazyia: great-granddaughter

  2. Beginnings: Milwaukee, 1911

  3. En Route to Study in Germany,1932

  4. Jacket of Dreadful Freedom, 1948

  5. The Grene Family Lemont, IL 1950 MG Nicky RG David Grene Rose Grene: grandmother

  6. Nicky1950

  7. Wicklow Mid1950s RG

  8. Queen’s, Belfast, 1960A Real Job!!!(Jacket of Portrait of Aristotle, 1963)

  9. Colleagues, Belfast

  10. An Even Better Job People “talked to each other a lot”. UC Davis, 1968

  11. View from the farm Wicklow 1960s MG spent summers at the Irish farm (1968-2008)

  12. Farm Buildings Pre-1980 Future Site of the “Granny Flat” Nicky and Eleanor built the Granny Flat on the site of a farm building.

  13. The “Granny Flat” The Granny Flat was architect- designed and brought up the tone of the whole place.

  14. … it has a lovely view of the village… From the Granny Flat Window

  15. Granny, Jessie and Hannah, Wicklow, ca.1983

  16. Four Irish Grandchildren, 1988. L to R: Clement, Jessie, Hannah, Sophia

  17. Daniel Grene (1972-1978) Son of Nicky and Eleanor

  18. Granny, Blacksburg, ca.1991. Nick and Lucy Nick and Lucy

  19. Grenes,1989? Blacksburg

  20. VT 1990s Who is this?

  21. Great-Granny and Nazyia, 2007

  22. Four Generations in Blacksburg: 2007-2009 Thanksgiving, 2008

  23. Some MG Sayings • “At least I can’t die prematurely.” • “I guess I’m going to perish, but not for lack of publishing.” • “Food makes everything better. When I was young and had a ‘broken heart’, I would always discover then that I had forgotten to eat.”

  24. Let’s each remember her • Thanks to you all for remembering our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother with us. • The Grene Family

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