For many who knew the first lady-elect, 69, the honor didnât come as a surprise.
âIt couldnât happen to a better person,â said Liz Leonard, a former classmate of Biden at Upper Moreland High School. âSheâs just so giving, and sheâs a hard worker ⦠and when she sets out to get something done she does it.â
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The soon-to-be first lady was born Jill Tracy Jacobs on June 3, 1951 in Hammonton, N.J. to parents Donald Jacobs and Bonny Jean Godfrey.
Biden is the eldest of five sisters, according to a profile in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The family of seven later moved to Montgomery County first to Hatboro, and then to Willow Grove where she later attended Upper Moreland High School.
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Philadelphia s Board of City Trusts elects first black president in 151 year history
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PHILADELPHIA - The Board of Directors of City Trusts, the agency charged with overseeing charitable trusts bequeathed to the City of Philadelphia, announced the unanimous election of prominent city attorney Bernard W. Smalley as its President.
The election makes Smalley the first African-American ever to lead the Board in its 151-year history.
In the past, Smalley served as the Board ss Vice President and Chair of the Girard College since 2012.
As president, Smalley will lead a Board that administers 119 public charitable trusts, including Girard College, the historic boarding school in North Philadelphia; Wills Eye Hospital, consistently ranked as one of the top eye hospitals in the nation; the John Scott Award, which is bestowed annually in honor of Benjamin Franklin to honor singular achievements in science and medicine; and a series of other trusts dedicated to im