World Polio Day on Saturday, October 24, commemorates a medical achievement of the highest level. The polio epidemic was occurring here in the USA and around the world during the latter half of the 20th century. How bad was it? Well, in the 1980s, there were 1,000 new cases of this crippling disease every day […]
Read more "Rotary’s Remarkable War on Polio"Rowan University Graduate Level Scholarships —–2025 – Joan Batory Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Studies —–2025 Joseph Batory Ed Leadership Scholarship —–2026 Joseph Batory Ed Leadership Scholarship —–2026 Joan Batory Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Studies Rowan University Undergraduate Scholarships —–2026 College of Education —–2026 College of Education —–2026 College of Education Drexel University Graduate Level Scholarship […]
Read more "Joseph Batory Personally Funded Scholarship Awards"Joseph Batory’s (MA, ’70) was honored with the 2026 Lifetime Service Award from Rowan University’s Alumni Association representing well over 100,000 graduates of Rowan University (formerly Glassboro State College) at an on-campus ceremony Friday evening, May 1. This award to Joseph Batory will also be highlighted at Rowan’s Golden Profs luncheon on campus on Saturday, […]
Read more "Joseph Batory celebrated for his lifetime of achievements by Rowan University"The first annual Joseph Batory Scholarship has been awarded to Tamicha Adams, an outstanding Educational Leadership Ed.D. student at Rowan University. Tamicha is a doctoral student with a perfect 4.0 GPA. She is a dedicated higher education professional currently serving as a Senior Academic Advisor in the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)Martin Tuchman School […]
Read more "First Annual Joseph Batory Scholarship Awarded at Rowan University"Published nationally in the School Administrator Magazine January 2022 By Joseph Batory When I finished high school in June of 1960, as someone off the streets of Philadelphia, I saw two future choices.My top option was to pursue a blue-collar job along side my father at the huge General Electric plant located in my Southwest […]
Read more "Mentoring Matters Even From A Guido!!!!"Published in the School Administrator Magazine February 2025 By Joseph P. Batory Back in 1984, I became the superintendent of schools in Upper Darby, located just outside of Philadelphia. This was hardly planned.Within a span of four years, two formidable superintendents in Upper Darby had succumbed to heart attacks because of the extreme pressures of […]
Read more "About Those Endless Administrative Meetings!!!!!"By Joseph Batory “He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.”― George Bernard Shaw Our political system of course involves partisanship. Those elected with party endorsements are expected to generally support his/her party platform and its objectives. But this does not mean that each of these politicians must […]
Read more "Amoral Politics Ruling the USA!!!"By Joseph Batory During my years as Upper Darby Superintendent of Schools )1984-1999), I collected a great many memories that I cherish to this day. And here is a very delightful one. I had met and become familiar with two Baptist ministers in Drexel Hill, PA (where my wife and I lived) who happened to […]
Read more "From my memory book…the Duprees, Baptist Ministers, and ME!"By Joseph Batory Looking at the picture of economic inequality across the USA is uncomfortable for any caring person. That’s because in the richest country in the world somewhere around 37 million Americans live at or below the poverty line. Too many of our nation’s children (around 11 million) live in poverty which is the […]
Read more "Reality Check: Too Much Economic Inequality in the USA"From the memoirs of Joseph Batory July 19, 2024 Upper Darby High School’s Mendenhall-Tyson Scholarship, named for two former Upper Darby School District superintendents (Hendrickson Mendenhall and John Tyson) dates back to 1928. As Upper Darby’s Superintendent of Schools, I became a member of the Mendenhall-Tyson Scholarship Foundation Board in 1984. During the late […]
Read more "Of course, I believe in angels!!!"
