{"id":3122367,"date":"2024-01-01T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/elizabeth-sonny-meng\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T03:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:02:09","slug":"elizabeth-sonny-meng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/elizabeth-sonny-meng\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth \u201cSonny\u201d Meng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meng<\/strong>\u2014<em>Elizabeth \u201cSonny\u201d Meng<\/em>, de 90 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 3 de mayo de 2022, tras una breve estancia en la residencia de ancianos Pines Nursing Home en Poughkeepsie, Nueva York. Sonny naci\u00f3 el 8 de junio de 1931 en Brooklyn, Nueva York, hija de Albert W. y Dorothy M. (de soltera Walsh) Metz. Tuvo dos hermanos, Dorothy y Bill. Sonny creci\u00f3 en la unida comunidad de Gerritsen Beach y hablaba a menudo de su feliz infancia all\u00ed. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonny conoci\u00f3 a Heinz Meng mientras asist\u00eda a la Universidad Estatal de Nueva York en New Paltz. Se casaron el 20 de junio de 1953 y pasaron la mayor parte de sus 63 a\u00f1os juntos viviendo en una casa que Heinz construy\u00f3 en New Paltz. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonny ense\u00f1\u00f3 y form\u00f3 parte de la administraci\u00f3n de la Campus School, la escuela laboratorio del departamento de educaci\u00f3n de SUNY New Paltz, donde tambi\u00e9n imparti\u00f3 clases en los departamentos de biolog\u00eda y educaci\u00f3n. Obtuvo su doctorado y, hasta su jubilaci\u00f3n en 2001, fue profesora en el Teachers College de la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York. No era raro que estudiantes de muchos a\u00f1os atr\u00e1s detuvieran a Sonny para decirle lo mucho que hab\u00eda significado para ellos.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sonny se uni\u00f3 al reci\u00e9n formado New Paltz Meeting. Era un Meeting sin edificio de Meeting todav\u00eda, pero un Meeting lleno de mentes j\u00f3venes a las que ense\u00f1ar los valores cu\u00e1queros. Ense\u00f1\u00f3 en la escuela del Primer D\u00eda durante muchos a\u00f1os, incluso durante el apogeo de la guerra de Vietnam.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tras su jubilaci\u00f3n, dedic\u00f3 mucho tiempo a la pintura, asistiendo a la Woodstock School of Art, adem\u00e1s de disfrutar del tiempo con sus amigos. 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