| Elaine M. Langerman |
2009
Elaine L. Shalowitz, 80, an instructor of office training and education with the Central Intelligence Agency from 1985 until 1999, died April 5
at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly of congestive heart failure.
From 1972 to 1984, Dr. Shalowitz taught reading and literature to National Institutes of Health employees as part of a satellite program of
the University of the District of Columbia. In 1983, she received the NIH Director's Award for her work. Earlier in her career, she was a
teacher in the gifted and talented program for Montgomery County schools.
Elaine Mildred Langerman, a native Washingtonian, graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1946. She received a bachelor's degree in
education from George Washington University in 1950, a master's degree in educational psychology from American University in 1964 and
a doctorate in education from the University of Maryland in 1979.
From 1963 to 1991, she was taught Jewish history, Jewish mysticism and the Holocaust at the Sunday school for Congregation Beth El in
Bethesda. Before that, she taught at Temple Sinai and Adas Israel, both in the District.
She was a Bethesda resident from 1952 until she moved to Silver Spring in 2002.
She was a member of Hadassah, a Zionist organization for women, and was a past vice president in charge of education for its Henrietta
Szold chapter in the District.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Erwin E. Shalowitz of Silver Spring; three children, Ann Dieffenbach of Bethesda, Aliza Murrieta
of Los Angeles and Jonathan Shalowitz of Menlo Park, Calif.; a brother, Samuel Langerman of Washington; and six grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman
Elaine L. Shalowitz, 80, an instructor of office training and education with the Central Intelligence Agency from 1985 until 1999, died April 5
at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly of congestive heart failure.
From 1972 to 1984, Dr. Shalowitz taught reading and literature to National Institutes of Health employees as part of a satellite program of
the University of the District of Columbia. In 1983, she received the NIH Director's Award for her work. Earlier in her career, she was a
teacher in the gifted and talented program for Montgomery County schools.
Elaine Mildred Langerman, a native Washingtonian, graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1946. She received a bachelor's degree in
education from George Washington University in 1950, a master's degree in educational psychology from American University in 1964 and
a doctorate in education from the University of Maryland in 1979.
From 1963 to 1991, she was taught Jewish history, Jewish mysticism and the Holocaust at the Sunday school for Congregation Beth El in
Bethesda. Before that, she taught at Temple Sinai and Adas Israel, both in the District.
She was a Bethesda resident from 1952 until she moved to Silver Spring in 2002.
She was a member of Hadassah, a Zionist organization for women, and was a past vice president in charge of education for its Henrietta
Szold chapter in the District.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Erwin E. Shalowitz of Silver Spring; three children, Ann Dieffenbach of Bethesda, Aliza Murrieta
of Los Angeles and Jonathan Shalowitz of Menlo Park, Calif.; a brother, Samuel Langerman of Washington; and six grandchildren.
-- Lauren Wiseman
