Patricia Egan
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Patricia Jane Egan was born August 7, 1951, to James Egan and Vera Ethel Miller Egan, in San Francisco, California. She was raised in the San Francisco Peninsula community of San Mateo, graduated from Aragon High School with an award for leadership. She earned her bachelor's degree in dramatic art/dance from the University of California, Berkeley, subsequently selected for an arts management fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, with placement in the Budget Office. She moved to New York City where she worked at The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Columbia Business School, New York Botanical Garden, and New York City Partnership as a fund raising professional. During these years, she earned her credential as a Certified Fund Raising Executive, with CFRE (ret.) designation. Subsequently, she earned graduate degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technology (MS), Mills College Lokey School of Business and Public Policy (MBA), and Trinity College Dublin (M.Phil). In 2010-2011, she held a Capital Fellowship in Judicial Administration, Judicial Council of California, with placement in the Research and Planning Bureau, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda. Upon retirement, she received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who's Who.
At an early age, Pat engaged in voluntary and philanthropic service with charities including the San Francisco Early Music Society, Dance Films Association, Riverside Church, Dance Perspectives Foundation, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Shakespeare for Kids, Gugulethu Ballet Project, and Junior Leagues of New York City, Montclair-Newark, San Francisco, and Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula.
She learned Esperanto as part of a study in language learning, conducted by Lavina Parsons Atkinson, Sunnybrae Elementary School, San Mateo, Caifornia. She credits her studies and involvement in the Esperanto community with international travel, cultural appreciation, and many friendships. Her subsequent teachers included Catherine and William Schulze, Doris Vallon-Wheeler, Margaret Barkeley, Gigi Harabagiu, and Trio Williger (Stanford Esperanto Group). Among the original board members of the nongovernmental organization, Universal Esperanto Association of New York, affiliated with the United Nations, she continues as a member of the advisory council, Esperantic Studies Foundation, and working group in language equality.
Her parents and sister, Sally Eileen Egan Hugg, are deceased.
Patricia Jane Egan was born August 7, 1951, to James Egan and Vera Ethel Miller Egan, in San Francisco, California. She was raised in the San Francisco Peninsula community of San Mateo, graduated from Aragon High School with an award for leadership. She earned her bachelor's degree in dramatic art/dance from the University of California, Berkeley, subsequently selected for an arts management fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, with placement in the Budget Office. She moved to New York City where she worked at The Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Columbia Business School, New York Botanical Garden, and New York City Partnership as a fund raising professional. During these years, she earned her credential as a Certified Fund Raising Executive, with CFRE (ret.) designation. Subsequently, she earned graduate degrees from New Jersey Institute of Technology (MS), Mills College Lokey School of Business and Public Policy (MBA), and Trinity College Dublin (M.Phil). In 2010-2011, she held a Capital Fellowship in Judicial Administration, Judicial Council of California, with placement in the Research and Planning Bureau, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda. Upon retirement, she received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who's Who.
At an early age, Pat engaged in voluntary and philanthropic service with charities including the San Francisco Early Music Society, Dance Films Association, Riverside Church, Dance Perspectives Foundation, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Shakespeare for Kids, Gugulethu Ballet Project, and Junior Leagues of New York City, Montclair-Newark, San Francisco, and Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula.
She learned Esperanto as part of a study in language learning, conducted by Lavina Parsons Atkinson, Sunnybrae Elementary School, San Mateo, Caifornia. She credits her studies and involvement in the Esperanto community with international travel, cultural appreciation, and many friendships. Her subsequent teachers included Catherine and William Schulze, Doris Vallon-Wheeler, Margaret Barkeley, Gigi Harabagiu, and Trio Williger (Stanford Esperanto Group). Among the original board members of the nongovernmental organization, Universal Esperanto Association of New York, affiliated with the United Nations, she continues as a member of the advisory council, Esperantic Studies Foundation, and working group in language equality.
Her parents and sister, Sally Eileen Egan Hugg, are deceased.
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