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Deena M. Mistri (May 21, 1925 - January 27, 2011, Karachi〔(Deena Mistri dies ) Express Tribune 28 January 2011〕) was an educationalist from Pakistan. ==Early life and family== Mrs. Mistri was a member of the Zoroastrian Community. Born in Hyderabad Sind on 21 May 1925 to Dhunmai & Seth Pestonjee Jamshedji Soparivala. She was married to Minoo Mistri, an architect, for 57 years.〔(Deena Mistri passes Away ) Dawn. 28 January 2011〕 Mrs. Mistri finished her Bachelor of Arts from the Bombay University in 1945. It is after completing her B.A. that she started visiting the B.V.S. and helping students with elocution competitions and started tutoring English to those that needed extra help. She was only 20 years young when she decided to go into teaching. She started teaching English to the secondary classes at the B.V.S. in 1951. She was the first lady teacher to teach the secondary classes during those days. She completed her B.Ed. with Honors in 1958 from the University of Karachi. While she was teaching at the B.V.S. she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship from the US in 1961, where she completed her Diploma in Education. In America she taught at the University of Athens - Ohio and at the University of Austin - Texas as a visiting professor. She and her colleagues were invited to the White House Rose Garden, where President John F. Kennedy gave a short welcome speech and greeted them. She was given Honorary Citizenship to Texas from Governor Price Daniel in 1962 for teaching at a local high school in Austin and as a visiting Professor at UT Austin. On her way back from the States she was invited by the British Council to observe the British teaching system in London. Mrs. Deena M. Mistri served the Bai Virbaijee Soparivala Parsi High School for 55 years. The same school that was founded by her great grand father Seth Shapurji Hormusji Soparivala - in 1859. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deena M. Mistri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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