About Lou Brownholtz

Lou was born and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia and attended St.Vincent’s Elementary School, Roosevelt Junior High and Germantown High.

After high school he joined the army and upon completing his tour of duty enrolled at Temple University receiving a soccer scholarship and making the All-American team in his senior year. With a B.A. in math Lou set out on a mission to bring the beauty and discipline of mathematics to fertile young minds, first in Miami, Florida. Returning to Philadelphia he continued this quixotic endeavor at Roosevelt Junior High, his former alma mater. No windmills were felled and the quest was abandoned.

With an arsenal of advanced mathematics at his disposal, Lou was attracted to technology and spent several years programming mainframe computers. With the downturn of the economy in the 70s he was unemployed and started renovating houses with his brother Bob and did this until the Y2K computer problem surfaced in the late 90s. After a brief retraining period he reentered private industry and worked on Y2K-related problems through the year 2002; then he returned to school full time doing stints at Penn State and Chubb acquiring certificates from both.

He works in a variety of computer environments and languages, does historical research at the Germantown Historical Society, and writes fiction and articles of historical interest.

About Dennis McGlinchey

Dennis McGlinchey grew up on the 900 block of E. Price Street, attended Immaculate Conception Elementary School and then graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High School in 1974. Upon graduation, he attended an electronics school and a broadcasting school, in an effort to break into the field of broadcast technology. Though he had all the necessary licenses, certificates and education, this proved to be a tough nut to crack because of strong affirmative action at the time. Finding the door closed there, in time, he enrolled at Philadelphia University (then Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science) to pursue an entirely different career in Accounting and Finance. Pursuing his education on a part-time basis, he graduated in 1986 with a BS degree in Accounting and a minor in Finance. He has been in the employment of Independence Blue Cross since graduation, having worked in various capacities, from accountant, to underwriter to financial analyst, the latter being his position today. Dennis also was a licensed real estate agent for 11 years, having escrowed his license in 2006. Initially, this was to be a career move that he quickly realized it was best to keep as a part-time side interest. Among his sales was the grand old Osborne Funeral Home at Wayne and Coulter in West Germantown.

Dennis lives in Plymouth Township with his wife, Debbie, a Roxborough native, and two children, Colin and Lauren. Both being away in college, he is sort of an empty nester, but still with the financial responsibilities!

As with most who lived and grew up in Germantown, Dennis has many fond memories of that great old neighborhood. He has a keen interest in all things Germantown and still goes back there often enough for volunteer work, events/homecomings/reunions at Immaculate Conception Church, etc. He is on the Immaculate Conception Parish Reunion committee and is instrumental in organizing the, what is now, annual Parish Reunion.

A recent member of the Germantown Historical Society, Dennis produced two articles that will be published in an upcoming edition of “The Germantown Crier”, the member publication for the Society.

To any who may belong to Classmates.com, check out Immaculate Conceptions’ webpage there. There is a discussion board there that had some great discussions on growing up in Germantown and Immaculate. While the discussion board is now relatively inactive and in need of new life, all the old postings are there to peruse at your leisure. Likewise, there are many photo albums out there on that webpage of Germantown and Immaculate, yesterday and today. Dennis contributed much to both the discussion board and to the photo albums. Lots of memories there!

About Maureen Kelly Bowers

Maureen Kelly Bowers was born in East Germantown and lived on Rittenhouse St. and Price St in the Immaculate Conception Parish where many P&M members attended. Over the strenuous objections of family and friends she married charming and erudite Jerry Bowers from St. Vincent’s Parish and Maplewood Avenue fame. Jerry became a U.S. Foreign Service Officer and Maureen joined the State Department both serving their country admirably through most of their busy and fascinating careers. They spent a good deal of their lives in exotic places such as Pakistan, Thailand, Morocco, Bolivia, Mexico and Haiti but despite the long absences from the states she never lost her love for and interest in Germantown and continues to do research projects and genealogical studies.

 

 

About Dr. Stan Sandler

So who is Stan Sandler? Due to limited space considerations of our website I can only give you a brief description here of his considerable notoriety and many achievements but refer you to a link that provides an endless array of impressive professional credentials and personal achievements.

Stan was born and raised on the other side of the tracks on the 4900 block of Baynton Street between Wister Street and Wakefield Street just a stone’s throw from the old Fisher Station. He attended Germantown High and was inspired by some of the many fine teachers we had there and ultimately went on to earn many academic honors including a Ph.D. in history.

Though long gone from the neighborhood Stan has graced our pages with a short piece about his unforgettable memories of growing up in Germantown. As he recounts his youth it sounds very much like my story or yours. It’s rich with images of places and things about the neighborhood and the city that no longer exits but are still cherished and talked about whenever we get together.

Stan has a talk radio show that is broadcast from Durham, North Carolina. Checkout his website and listen to a slice of his show from this tape that Stan sent me. (Tape Not Yet Available - Under Construction 6/22/07)