Difference between revisions of "Marvin Grosswirth"

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Marvin was a prolific author.  A stout fellow, he took special pride in being fat.  See references to his works in [http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLB,GGLB:1969-53,GGLB:en&q=%22Marvin+Grosswirth%22 Google].
 
Marvin was a prolific author.  A stout fellow, he took special pride in being fat.  See references to his works in [http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLB,GGLB:1969-53,GGLB:en&q=%22Marvin+Grosswirth%22 Google].
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[[Sander Rubin]] Comments on Marvin:
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"Marvin was good natured and generous. As a skilled writer, he served s Mensa's Public Relations Officer (PRO)in my administration. Mensa needed his talents to expand its membership to obtain economies of scale and enrich its diversity.  I persuaded him to run for AmC chairman during a trip to Londod where I described the pleasures of the office.
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"Marvin did not have a taste, however, for the political games a few members were playing and felt uncomfortable in office. He declined to run for a second term. In a self-consoling mood, he commented to [[Margot Seitelman]], 'It's only a club.' Margot took that phrase and changed the context from a personal observation to a definition of Mensa in many chats with many members.  In effect, she diminished the constitutional scope of Mensa. The eventual consequences is a tale for a later time."
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Revision as of 21:41, 7 November 2005

Marvin Grossworth was a chairman of American Mensa in the mid-1970s.

Marvin was a prolific author. A stout fellow, he took special pride in being fat. See references to his works in Google.

Sander Rubin Comments on Marvin: "Marvin was good natured and generous. As a skilled writer, he served s Mensa's Public Relations Officer (PRO)in my administration. Mensa needed his talents to expand its membership to obtain economies of scale and enrich its diversity. I persuaded him to run for AmC chairman during a trip to Londod where I described the pleasures of the office.

"Marvin did not have a taste, however, for the political games a few members were playing and felt uncomfortable in office. He declined to run for a second term. In a self-consoling mood, he commented to Margot Seitelman, 'It's only a club.' Margot took that phrase and changed the context from a personal observation to a definition of Mensa in many chats with many members. In effect, she diminished the constitutional scope of Mensa. The eventual consequences is a tale for a later time."



Preceded by:
Sander Rubin
Chairman of American Mensa
1973-1975
Succeeded by:
Charles Fallon