Thomas A. Gorman

Peg O’Hagan grew up in Ireland before immigrating to America. She was married to Mick for over fifty years. They had four children together. After Mick’s passing, she felt comfortable enough to share her story with others. She was interviewed for this memoir by her son-in-law. As Peg’s story was retold and recorded, Dr. Gorman transcribed the notes and authored the memoir. Mary, Peg’s daughter who was given up for adoption, was also interviewed and her story was captured in the memoir.

Dr. Tom Gorman, superintendent of schools in a northeast New Jersey school district, has worked in public education as a social studies teacher and administrator for over 25 years. He earned a B.A. from Muhlenberg College, a M.A. from Montclair State University, and an Ed.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He has been a participant on education discussion panels and authored several professional articles. Dr. Gorman is married to Maggie, who is a daughter of Peg. Together they have three children.

Mary (Maggie) Boler has a B.S. in Education from Illinois State University. She has been in education as both an elementary and middle school Language Arts teacher for 27 years until she retired in 2019. Maggie has been married to her husband, Tom, for over 40 years and presently lives in Illinois. Together they have two children and four grandchildren.