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ORLIE A. H. PELL<br />
Dr. Orlie Pell's civic contributions touched both <strong>Hunterdon</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> and the international scene. Born in Paris in 1901, she was<br />
an alumna of Bryn Mawr College and received her Ph.D. from<br />
Columbia University in 1930.<br />
A staunch worker for world peace, she joined the <strong>Women</strong>'s<br />
International League for Peace and Freedom in 1948, serving on its<br />
executive committee for six years and as its president from 1957 to<br />
1961. She organized an international conference with Russian<br />
women in 1961 at Bryn Mawr with the goal of promoting world<br />
peace. This led to her attendance in 1964 at an exchange<br />
conference in Moscow to promote better understanding between the<br />
two countries.<br />
Dr. Pell moved to Flemington in 1961 and became president of<br />
the <strong>Hunterdon</strong> <strong>County</strong> League of <strong>Women</strong> Voters in 1966. After her<br />
death in 1975, she was remembered by Edgar Van Zandt, of the<br />
Citizens' Housing Council of Raritan Township, as "one of the most public-spirited and<br />
concerned people I've ever met. She espoused many causes, some of which did not<br />
make her popular with all the people. But she believed in what she was doing and<br />
never became discouraged."<br />
The Dr. Orlie Pell Fund was formed in her memory in 1976 to continue her legacy of<br />
community spirit. By agreement with the Fund, the Division of Social Services<br />
determines the eligibility of persons in need; it relies on tax-deductible donations from<br />
individuals, service groups, businesses and churches in the county.<br />
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