Helen H. Herzog

Helen H. Herzog, age 66, died on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at Morningside Manor Nursing Home, following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. Ms. Herzog was born on August ---5, 1936, in Dallas, Texas, to the late Helen Grace Solliday and Walter Max Herzog. She subsequently lived in Chicago and Cincinnati, graduating from Hillsdale School in 1954. Ms. Herzog moved to the Boston area to attend Wellesley College, from which she received a BA in 1958. In 1959, she received a certificate in Business Administration from Radcliffe College, and she was then employed in an administrative capacity in the health care field until 1961. Beginning in 1961, when she was appointed an Assistant Dean of Simmons College, Ms. Herzog embarked on a distinguished career in education. After nine years at Simmons, she turned her focus to elementary education. She received a graduate teaching degree from Simmons College in 1970, and then became a teacher at Angier Elementary School in Newton, Massachusetts. She went on to serve as principal of the Runkle School in Brookline from 1975 to 1979 and then returned to Angier as principal in 1979. In 1988, Ms. Herzog was appointed Headmistress of the Lower School of Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, and she retired from this position in 1994. Ms. Herzog also was a lecturer at The Principals' Center at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and was affiliated with numerous professional groups, including the Northeast Coalition of Educational Leaders, for which she served as Massachusetts Director to the Executive Board from 1980 to 1984. In 1999, Ms. Herzog moved to San Antonio. Ms. Herzog is survived by her nieces, Leilah Powell and Laura Powell, both of San Antonio, and a half-sister, Barbara Rotte of Chautauqua, New York. In addition to her parents, Ms. Herzog was preceded in death by her sister, Catherine Powell of San Antonio, and her dear friend Marjorie Pond. The family would like to thank the staffs of Morningside Manor and the Adult Behavioral Health Unit at St. Luke's Hospital, as well as Dr. Eileen Smith for all of their loving care and support.The Rev. Clifford S. Waller officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be made to the Eden Fund at Morningside Minitries.