Chronology: Ruth Silverman Lilienthal

Along with the usual dates, including birth, marriage, and death, this chart traces RSL's travels with Charles. Her description of their far-ranging ventures recur frequently in postcards and letters. Traveling is an enthusiasm we gladly shared.

December 5, 1908	Birth of Ruth Silverman
1928	A.B. degree, Hunter College, and later M. A.
February 8, 1930	First appointed to teach Biology at HCHS, after temporary work at the high school and a Fellowship at Hunter College during 1928 and 1929
January 28, 1935	Married Charles Lilienthal
July 1941	Hospitalized for surgery
August 1941	Travel to Caribbean Islands
Summer 1949	Again hospitalized for surgery to remove an ovarian tumor
Summer 1949	South American trip to Columbia and Panama
1962	Retired from teaching at Hunter
January 1963	Travel to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Bombay, Suez Canal, Europe
1968	Travel to Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Russia
April 1970	Travel to Aruba, Curacao, Caracas, Trinidad
1974	Travel to Portugal and Spain
1978	Writes to me in Athens about her memories of travels to the Greek Islands and to Ephesus in Turkey
January 1986	Charles Lilienthal died
July 14, 1997	Death, after years of suffering with Parkinson’s Disease
October 4, 1997	Memorial Service at Dai Bosatsu Zendo in the Catskills. At her request her ashes were buried there in Sangha Meadow.
This poem is engraved on her stone: Bamboo shadows sweep the stairs Yet not even a speck of dust is swept Moonlight penetrates to the bottom of the pool Yet in the water no trace is left

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