I imagine that after PAW published its engaging tribute to University secretaries you received many letters offering up the reader’s urgent request to consider their candidate. As earnest as these correspondents no doubt are, I think it would be hard to top Ann (DeMarchi) Corwin for a claim to a prominent place in PAW’s next installment.
Ann went to work in 1974 for SPIA’s Office of Career Services, supporting then-director Jay Bleiman. In those early office technology-starved days, Ann became the indispensable heart of the office. She did everything from setting up interview days for prospective employers and annually recreating the school’s alumni directory to typing résumés for fumble-fingered grad students.
As the years passed, and grateful students who found jobs turned into potential employers, Ann established an invaluable network of people who trusted her and respected her judgement. Small wonder then that after Jay retired, Ann eventually succeeded him as director of SPIA’s Office of Graduate Career Services and Alumni Relations. (How many secretaries can say they succeeded their boss?)
By the time of her retirement in 2016, Ann had helped thousands of SPIA students to find jobs in federal, state, and local governments, international organizations, as well the nonprofit and private sectors. The multiple celebrations in her honor, both in Princeton and Washington, D.C., were jammed by those who knew her, loved her, and respected her accomplishments over that 42-year span. Thank you for giving us a chance to add her story to those deserving women you honored.
I imagine that after PAW published its engaging tribute to University secretaries you received many letters offering up the reader’s urgent request to consider their candidate. As earnest as these correspondents no doubt are, I think it would be hard to top Ann (DeMarchi) Corwin for a claim to a prominent place in PAW’s next installment.
Ann went to work in 1974 for SPIA’s Office of Career Services, supporting then-director Jay Bleiman. In those early office technology-starved days, Ann became the indispensable heart of the office. She did everything from setting up interview days for prospective employers and annually recreating the school’s alumni directory to typing résumés for fumble-fingered grad students.
As the years passed, and grateful students who found jobs turned into potential employers, Ann established an invaluable network of people who trusted her and respected her judgement. Small wonder then that after Jay retired, Ann eventually succeeded him as director of SPIA’s Office of Graduate Career Services and Alumni Relations. (How many secretaries can say they succeeded their boss?)
By the time of her retirement in 2016, Ann had helped thousands of SPIA students to find jobs in federal, state, and local governments, international organizations, as well the nonprofit and private sectors. The multiple celebrations in her honor, both in Princeton and Washington, D.C., were jammed by those who knew her, loved her, and respected her accomplishments over that 42-year span. Thank you for giving us a chance to add her story to those deserving women you honored.