Monday, February 18, 2013
Drexel University creates a scholarship honoring Dorcas Reilly, the inventor of the green bean casserole.
Almost 60 years after Dorcas Reilly and her team at the Campbell’s Test Kitchen created the iconic green bean casserole, Drexel University honored her with an annual scholarship and award. "Surprised" is how Haddonfield resident Reilly describes the moment when she heard her alma mater, Drexel University, named an annual $1,000 scholarship in her honor as well as honored her with the inaugural Cultural Contribution Award on Jan. 30. Long before Martha Stewart or Rachael Ray became domestic divas, Reilly began a career in home economics that was considered revolutionary for a woman in 1947. After graduating from the home economics program at Drexel, Reilly became an instructor with Philadelphia Electric. She taught homemakers how to cook on…
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
High school students get a jump on college courses through the agreement with Drexel University.
A Haddonfield Memorial High School partnership with Drexel University has grown in its first two years. The program, which allows high school students to take college classes in Philadelphia, has nearly tripled its enrollees to 25 this year. The students receive a transcript from both Drexel and Haddonfield upon graduation from high school. “Part of Drexel’s charter is to expand education beyond the college and university setting, and they’re looking to make an aggressive move toward meeting that part of their charter,” said Central School principal Chuck Klaus, who oversaw the program as a high school assistant principal. “They teamed up with us not only because of our reputation but because we have a lot of successful kids at Drexel,” he…
Monday, April 11, 2011
Renee Weiss Chase is a fashion designer who raised her children in Haddonfield. Her work has been displayed across the country, including the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
Step into a bright, sunlit studio and you are greeted by more than a hundred gorgeous figures in couture gowns forged by fire and earth. A peaceful, collected, gentle person stands by a work in progress and the connection between artist and art is undeniable. Renée Weiss Chase is the artist. She recently welcomed a reporter to her Collingswood studio to talk about her latest undertaking, called www.cloth2clay.com. Chase makes clay replicas of bridal gowns. In two to three solid days of work, she can create a 14-inch clay replica of a gown from a sampling of six to eight photographs of a bride. She counts buttons and recreates lace bodices. “I start counting all the buttons…It is as exact a replica as I can get, the lacework, the beading…” …
Maryann Campling
5:40 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Mrs. Reilly....I have a sign on my wall that says "I only have a kitchen because it came with the house." I learned to make your casserole when I was a young bride....and when my friends invite me to dinner, they ask me to bring your dish....or ice. Thanks for inventing a great item that even a moron like me can make! more ›