Margaret Mary O'Connell Selinger was born June 28, 1926 in Mineola, New York, the only girl in her family of four children.  She grew up in Rockville Centre on Long Island, N.Y. where she attended South Side High School.  Her high school yearbook described her as cute with a personality and loquaciousness that made her very popular with both boys and girls.

      From high school, "M M" went on to Mount St. Vincent College where she was graduated in 1948 with a degree in Economics.  Her most noted employment was as an Administrative Assistant to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Trygve Lei.

     Margaret Mary married her one and only husband, Joseph Jerome Selinger, "Jerry", in 1951.  After a brief stay in New York City, she and Jerry moved with their two sons to Connecticut where another son and daughter soon joined the family.

     While living in Wilton, Connecticut, Margaret Mary was very active in the YGOP and was a delegate to their convention in support of Barry Goldwater.  She was also active in her church, Our Lady of Fatima, and served as president of the Rosary Society.

     After 43 years in Connecticut, her husband retired from Merrill Lynch.   With their four children well established, the Selingers moved to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1988 where their daughter, Mary Beth Wagner and son, Tom Selinger, resided along with six of their eleven grandchildren. "M M" quickly became active in local organizations including Newcomers, Women's Club of Charlottesville, Shelter for Help in Emergency, volunteer activities at St Thomas Aquinas Church and, of course, ACRWL.

     Margaret Mary's past attributes still exist in that she is a lover, wife, mother and grandmother in the highest degree.