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Journal News, The
(Westchester County, NY)
November 12, 2004
OBITUARY
Author: Randi Weiner; Staff
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Reiner, retired Pearl River
science teacher, dies at 69
Colleagues recall educator as a legend in the district
Randi Weiner
The Journal News
Longtime Pearl River science educator Marilyn Reiner died yesterday at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Suffern from septic shock brought on by an attack of
E. coli bacteria, family members said. She was 69.
Reiner was remembered by co-workers and friends yesterday as a legend in the
school district, lauded for creating the Advanced Placement biology course,
overseeing the science research course and bringing NASA scientists and
Nobel Prize winners to Pearl River through a science lecture series.
"Her great love was AP biology, which she really taught with tremendous
passion," said Pearl River Superintendent of Schools Frank Auriemma. "She
really will be missed."
Reiner was born in Brooklyn on July 10, 1935, married Jerry Reiner in 1955
and moved to Rockland in 1962. S! he received a bachelor's in biology in
1955 and a master's in science education in 1957, both from Queens College.
She received a master's in clinical psychology in 1984 from the New School
for Social Research.
She taught in New York City schools from 1955 to 1962 and at Kakiak Junior
High School from 1962 to 1964, and she spent from 1964 until her retirement
in 2000 at Pearl River High School.
Reiner received numerous professional honors and awards, including the
National Association of Biology Teachers Outstanding Teacher award, the New
York State Senate Achievement Award and the New York State Outstanding
Biology Teacher Award, all in 1984.
In 1991, she was named the Presidential Award-winner for New York state. She
was a Fellow of the Science Teachers Association of New York State and was
an adjunct biology professor at Syracuse University. She was a contender for
a Board of Regents seat in 2000.
Reiner was president of the Alpha Eta chapter ! of Delta Kappa Gamma, the
state science honor society; chair of the We stchester Section of the
Science Teachers Association and chair of the board of governors of Delta
Kappa Gamma.
"Science education in New York State will certainly miss her," said Uriel
Goldsmith, former Ramapo High School science chair and former local, state
and national science organizations officer.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Harrison Reiner of Los Angeles and
Brian Reiner of Suffern; and a daughter, Melinda Reiner of Eugene, Ore.
Services will be held at 9 a.m. today at Hellman Funeral Chapels in Spring
Valley.
Reach Randi Weiner at rweiner@thejournalnews.com or 845-578-2468.
Copyright (c) The Journal News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the
permission of Gannett Co., Inc. by NewsBank, inc.
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