Sunday, August 16, 2020
During my freshman year at Bloomsburg University, Ms. Cortes - Hwang was my professor for Spanish. I continued my studies in Spanish following a great experience in high school. We were just a few weeks into the semester (probably around Feb. 1981), when we discovered she was in an automobile accident on Interstate 80 near Hazleton. Since I lived in Hazleton and commuted to Bloomsburg, I was able to visit her in the hospital. I am glad I did. She did not return to Bloomsburg. The reason this comes up almost 40 years later is that I was speaking to my partner about this. Unfortunately, I am not one to keep in touch very well, but after I told this story, I decided to look up her name. In fact, I am hard - pressed to remember more than two or three names of professors from that time. This shows what a great impression this great lady left on a young man who really made few connections at school due to the fact that he drove in and out, held a job, and continued to work hard and graduate. I am currently a teacher in Philadelphia. God Bless Mrs. Cortes - Hwang.
