Marilyn Golman
Marilyn Golman was born in 1932 in Dallas, Texas. After a brief time living in Cincinnati, Marilyn’s family moved back to Dallas. Marilyn went all through the Highland Park school system and graduated in 1949 from Highland Park High School. She had the interesting opportunity to do her practice teaching at the same school that she had attended as a child, Bradfield Elementary School. Growing up, Marilyn and her husband, Bob’s, families knew one other, and they married in 1961. Following that, Marilyn was hired in 1954 to work as a teacher at a private school called The Lamplighter School, the first Montessori school in Dallas. As a mother of two, a grandmother, teacher, and role model, Marilyn has influenced many.
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Al Golman was born in 1932 in Dallas, TX. His father was in the wholesale baking business in Dallas and his mother was a homemaker. Al went to Woodrow Wilson High School and has since chaired the 60th anniversary reunion of his high school class. He attended college at Texas A&M where he served in the Air Force ROTC. That choice allowed him to receive his commission and five months later, Al entered the Air Force for two years, serving stateside in base communications as a cryptosecurity officer. Al then worked at his family’s bakery for 14 years. Bob has known his wife, Marilyn, since he was 12, and after marrying, they settled together in Dallas, where Bob got into the food brokers business. Al and Marilyn have two children.
Sharan Goldstein was born in 1937 in New York City. Her family moved to Dallas during the middle of her sophomore year in high school in 1951, at which time she entered Highland Park High School. After spending one year at the University of Texas, Sharan transferred to Mills College in Oakland, California. Sharan initially met her husband in Dallas when he was graduating from Texas A&M, and they have been blessed with four children together, all of whom were born in Dallas. Sharan has been involved in the Dallas Jewish Community since her return one year after college. Her first involvement was with the Sisterhood of Temple Emanu-El, specifically with the Peace and World Relations Study Group. She also has been very involved in the National Council of Jewish Women, having started the docent program for the opening of the Downtown Library in 1983 and then being asked to do the same for the opening of the Meyerson Symphony Center. Sharan concerns herself with issues like hunger, poverty, health, and fitness and has been involved with many programs that address such issues.
Lois Goldberg was born in 1928 in Corsicana, Texas, and raised in Fort Worth. Her dad was a traveling businessman who served in World War I and was stationed in South Texas. Lois attended elementary school in Dallas followed by Forest Avenue High School. She recalls being in Boston at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Lois went to the University of Texas and married her husband, Bob, at the age of 18 after Bob returned from the Navy. Lois has always been involved with various youth groups in the community, specifically working as an advisor to B’nai B’rith Youth in her later years. Lois and Bob raised one daughter and two sons, all of whom followed their parents’ example of community involvement.
Bob Goldberg was born in 1927 in Dallas, Texas. He attended grammar school in South Dallas, followed by Forest Avenue High School. Then, he went to University of Texas for a semester and a half before enlisting in the military at the age of 17. He was stationed in San Francisco as a radio operator, sending out messages into the Pacific Ocean. After his service, Bob came back to Dallas and married his wife, Lois, a few months later, in 1946. Bob studied business marketing at SMU and ultimately ended up working for a large metal recycling company for 32 years. Together Lois and Bob have one daughter and two sons, all of whom have been very active in the Dallas Jewish community. Their sons opened up a scrapyard under their father’s training. Bob has been an important member of the Dallas Jewish community, serving his time on the board of the Jewish Community Center and with other organizations.
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