From the memoirs of Joseph Batory My father died in 1980 without ever knowing that his son would become a Superintendent of Schools. I am sure that the very idea would have delighted him, but he never got to see it happen. Early in 1984, I was the newly appointed and at the time, the […]
Read more "The lessons of a father!!!!"From the memoirs of Joseph Batory By Joseph Batory Way back in June of 1960, when I finished high school, I saw three future choices: One was to attend Philadelphia’s La Salle College (not then a university), which had accepted me for admission as a member of its Class of 1964 (beginning in September of […]
Read more "Joey goes to college!!!!"When you’re poor, you know it and escaping poverty is not easy!!!!!!!! It is tragic that 70+ years beyond my days of growing up poor in Philadelphia, that the latest U.S. Census has revealed that 43 million Americans still live in poverty. It is much too easy for each of us to ignore those less […]
Read more "From the memoirs of Joseph Batory"Published in the American Association of School Administrators 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 […]
Read more "About Those Endless School Administrator Meetings"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"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!!!!"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!"
