Marion remains in my thoughts on a regular basis. She was a great friend and inspiration to all who met her. My favorite memory was her wedding and the fun we had at her receoption afterwards.
Around the time of her wedding Marion had just transferred from the Justice Dept to INS Dept and helped to author a new immigration law which created the I4 form. When we arrived at the restaurant for her wedding reception, they had set us up on the second floor which was difficult due to Marion was in a wheelchair at the time and could only walk short distances on level surfaces. As a result, they took us through the kitchen so we could ride the elevator up to our tables. Marion pulled out her INS card and yelled INS inspection as a joke especially when the "inspector" was wearing a beautiful wedding dress. We were laughing but I noticed a few employees "disappeared" as we walked towards the elevator.
I frequently think of Marion. I believe that our mothers were in labor together at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville. I mostly knew Marion through Girl Scouts and classes at ORHS. She was an inspiration to me. I'm glad we got to reconnect a few time at Girl Scout events and earlier ORHS reunions.
I sooo miss Marion! A shining caring person who left us too soon. She was one of my best friends through high school and we kept in frequent touch until she passed away in 1999. A proud member of Girl Scout troop 69, blessed with skills in music, acting, and very good at doing her job in Washington DC. I often wonder what she'd think of our current immigration troubles. She showed me in my early teens how to treat and help people with handicaps, though I never considered that her physical weaknesses kept her from doing ANYTHING she wanted to do.!
We did Cinderella. Often the step-sisters are portrayed as people with some kind of physcial difference. Marion suggested that is hurtful and we should make it about bad manners or bad behaviors. A wonderful opportunity to learn to respect differences in abilities.
I really miss Marion! She was a wonderful friend. She was so welcoming to this Oak Ridge High newcomer and then through the years into our adult years. I particularly remember visiting her in the DC area with some other friends and Marion took us monument viewing at night... and driving right up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial if I recall correctly. Lots of fun!
Marion was a great friend. We used to discuss government, politics, art music, everything. And we would go on for hours. She and her husband visited us once in Connecticut and they seemed so happy together. It was such a shock when she died so young.
Marion Ruth Metcalf, 44, who joined the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1987 and was a project manager in the deputy commissioner's office since 1998, died Dec. 11 at Arlington Hospital after a heart attack. She lived in Arlington.
Ms. Metcalf led the Integrated Card Production Management Team, which in November won the Commissioner's Challenge Award for immigration services. Among the other awards she received were the INS's Superior Accomplishment Award in 1992 for improving the quality and clarity of written projects and the Commissioner's Challenge Award in 1996.
She was the principal author and oversaw the "Handbook for Employers" distributed in the late 1980s to more than 8 million employers. The book explained the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 that established the I-9 employee-verification form to restrict the hiring of illegal immigrants.
In the 1990s, Ms. Metcalf was a member of the National Performance Review overseen by the vice president's office.
She was born in Knoxville, Tenn., and graduated from Brown University in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in political science and history. She received a master's degree in city and regional planning from Harvard University in 1980.
In the 1970s, she was a staff assistant and caseworker for Rep. Marilyn Lloyd (D-Tenn.) and a program analyst at the Transportation Department's transportation systems center in Cambridge, Mass.
She was a policy analyst at the Justice Department's criminal division from 1980 to 1986 and also worked in 1986 as a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Ms. Metcalf was president of the Capitol Hill Choral Society.
Survivors include her husband of nine years, Alfred S. Gilman, of Arlington; two stepdaughters, Nancy L. Bigler Gilman of Nahant, Mass., and Anne T. Gilman of Cambridge, Mass.; her mother, Margaret H. Metcalf of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and two brothers, Lawrence M. Metcalf and Dr. Thomas H. Metcalf, both of Oak Ridge.
Marion was a dear friend. She hosted my family and me with Al on our trek from Memphis to Long Island around snow storms. She was so enthusiastic in the ORHS band. I think I still have a track of her leading the band in "Let's Roll Wildcats Roll". And she made sure I was good holding a baby (one of her brothers) at a get-together at her house. Lots of memories.
Jane Lovvorn (Morse)
Marion remains in my thoughts on a regular basis. She was a great friend and inspiration to all who met her. My favorite memory was her wedding and the fun we had at her receoption afterwards.
Around the time of her wedding Marion had just transferred from the Justice Dept to INS Dept and helped to author a new immigration law which created the I4 form. When we arrived at the restaurant for her wedding reception, they had set us up on the second floor which was difficult due to Marion was in a wheelchair at the time and could only walk short distances on level surfaces. As a result, they took us through the kitchen so we could ride the elevator up to our tables. Marion pulled out her INS card and yelled INS inspection as a joke especially when the "inspector" was wearing a beautiful wedding dress. We were laughing but I noticed a few employees "disappeared" as we walked towards the elevator.
Linda Halperin
I frequently think of Marion. I believe that our mothers were in labor together at Baptist Hospital in Knoxville. I mostly knew Marion through Girl Scouts and classes at ORHS. She was an inspiration to me. I'm glad we got to reconnect a few time at Girl Scout events and earlier ORHS reunions.
Carol Holt (Woody)
I sooo miss Marion! A shining caring person who left us too soon. She was one of my best friends through high school and we kept in frequent touch until she passed away in 1999. A proud member of Girl Scout troop 69, blessed with skills in music, acting, and very good at doing her job in Washington DC. I often wonder what she'd think of our current immigration troubles. She showed me in my early teens how to treat and help people with handicaps, though I never considered that her physical weaknesses kept her from doing ANYTHING she wanted to do.!Kathryn Hall (Hall)
I did not know Marion well but do remember her radiant smile.
Scott Muir (Muir)
We did Cinderella. Often the step-sisters are portrayed as people with some kind of physcial difference. Marion suggested that is hurtful and we should make it about bad manners or bad behaviors. A wonderful opportunity to learn to respect differences in abilities.
Terry Copeland (Pfeiffer)
I really miss Marion! She was a wonderful friend. She was so welcoming to this Oak Ridge High newcomer and then through the years into our adult years. I particularly remember visiting her in the DC area with some other friends and Marion took us monument viewing at night... and driving right up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial if I recall correctly. Lots of fun!
Richard Korsmeyer
Marion was a great friend. We used to discuss government, politics, art music, everything. And we would go on for hours. She and her husband visited us once in Connecticut and they seemed so happy together. It was such a shock when she died so young.
Terry Copeland (Pfeiffer)
Here is the link to Marion's obiturary in Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/12/16/obituaries/620c3435-7c74-444f-97c9-928e74e323c6/
Text from the Washingon Post 12/16/1999
Marion Ruth Metcalf
INS Project Manager
Marion Ruth Metcalf, 44, who joined the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1987 and was a project manager in the deputy commissioner's office since 1998, died Dec. 11 at Arlington Hospital after a heart attack. She lived in Arlington.
Ms. Metcalf led the Integrated Card Production Management Team, which in November won the Commissioner's Challenge Award for immigration services. Among the other awards she received were the INS's Superior Accomplishment Award in 1992 for improving the quality and clarity of written projects and the Commissioner's Challenge Award in 1996.
She was the principal author and oversaw the "Handbook for Employers" distributed in the late 1980s to more than 8 million employers. The book explained the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 that established the I-9 employee-verification form to restrict the hiring of illegal immigrants.
In the 1990s, Ms. Metcalf was a member of the National Performance Review overseen by the vice president's office.
She was born in Knoxville, Tenn., and graduated from Brown University in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in political science and history. She received a master's degree in city and regional planning from Harvard University in 1980.
In the 1970s, she was a staff assistant and caseworker for Rep. Marilyn Lloyd (D-Tenn.) and a program analyst at the Transportation Department's transportation systems center in Cambridge, Mass.
She was a policy analyst at the Justice Department's criminal division from 1980 to 1986 and also worked in 1986 as a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
Ms. Metcalf was president of the Capitol Hill Choral Society.
Survivors include her husband of nine years, Alfred S. Gilman, of Arlington; two stepdaughters, Nancy L. Bigler Gilman of Nahant, Mass., and Anne T. Gilman of Cambridge, Mass.; her mother, Margaret H. Metcalf of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; and two brothers, Lawrence M. Metcalf and Dr. Thomas H. Metcalf, both of Oak Ridge.
Mike Ledgerwood
Marion was a dear friend. She hosted my family and me with Al on our trek from Memphis to Long Island around snow storms. She was so enthusiastic in the ORHS band. I think I still have a track of her leading the band in "Let's Roll Wildcats Roll". And she made sure I was good holding a baby (one of her brothers) at a get-together at her house. Lots of memories.