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Barbara Margolis : ウィキペディア英語版 | Barbara Margolis
Barbara Ann "Bobbie" Margolis (October 4, 1929 – July 3, 2009) was an American prisoners' rights advocate who served as the official greeter of New York City under the administration of Mayor of New York City Ed Koch. She established Fresh Start, a program under which inmates at Rikers Island receive culinary training from professional chefs. ==Early life and education== She was born as Barbara Ann Schneider in Malden, Massachusetts on October 4, 1929, and attended Boston's Simmons College, where she was awarded a bachelor's degree in retailing.〔Fox, Margalit. ("Barbara Margolis, Prisoners’ Advocate, Dies at 79" ), ''The New York Times'', July 12, 2009. Accessed July 21, 2009.〕 While working as a security officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958, she met David Margolis. They married six months later, and moved to New York City in 1959.〔 While a volunteer at Rikers Island, she and her husband met future mayor Ed Koch when they were all seated at the same table while attending a 1967 dinner honoring a prison warden.〔Purnick, Joyce. ("Koch Right-Hand Man: Outsider With an 'In'; Influence in a Wide Way Parallel Role to Rohatyn Key Koch Aide Is Outsider With an 'In' Problem to Labor Chiefs The Power of Labor in New York" ), ''The New York Times'', April 15, 1980. Accessed July 22, 2009.〕 Koch was sworn into office as mayor on December 31, 1977 at the Margolis home at 30 East 72nd Street.〔〔Staff. ("Koch Is Sworn In as City's 105th Mayor; Oath Is Administered At Home of Friend on East 72d Street Koch Feels 'Pretty Calm'" ) (subscription needed to read full article), ''The New York Times'', January 1, 1978. Accessed July 22, 2009.〕 In 1979, she was named official greeter of New York City — officially the vice chairman of the City Commission for Distinguished Guests — the first woman to hold the honorary post which paid a salary of $1 per year.〔Klemesrud, Judy. ("New York City's New Greeter; Barbara Ann Margolis Woman in the News An Elegant-Looking Woman Met Koch 12 Years Ago" ), ''The New York Times'', September 7, 1979. Accessed July 22, 2009.〕 As greeter, she welcomed individuals such as Diana, Princess of Wales and Pope John Paul II.〔
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