From: "Vicky and Del Kuhn" Date: January 9, 2011 8:12:14 AM PST To: "Paul Liles" Subject: Add to Feb. bio newsletter Hi Paul, Please add this highlighted part to Jean's bio.  I had to ask her if it was OK first and she says OK. Vicky From: Vicky and Del Kuhn Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:03 PM To: Paul Liles Subject: Feb. bio newsletter Jean actually wrote this and I just fixed some itty bitty errors. I'm trying to get a photo of Jean 'back in the day' in her nurse's uniform. Vicky       Salvatore (Sal) Mazzella and Jean Engedal   Sal immigrated from Ponza, Italy, a small island just off the coast of Rome.  He was only 5 years old when he arrived in the United States.  On September 30, 1924 there was “no room at the inn” so Sal was actually born in a cave.  Actually most of the homes on this small island are caves as the island is one big rock.  Just a few years ago Sal and Jean returned to the island and stayed in the same cave in which Sal was born.  By this time the cave was quite different, it was thoroughly modern, air conditioned and with all modern conveniences.  Isn’t that amazing!   Sal moved to New York City in 1929.  He began his career with the Pennsylvania Railroad as a brakeman.  In 1964 he worked his way and advanced into the Computer Age as a hardware specialist.  This was in the early days when the computer wasn’t even talked about.   Sal continued in this profession until his retirement at the age of 62.  Sal married Gia Conda in 1947 and had 3 sons.  When Gia passed away in 2000 they had been married 53 years.   Jean was born in the rural farming town of Chester in South Dakota on December 12, 1920.  While in South Dakota, Jean received her college education and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1951.  As soon as she graduated she left the country for the 'big city' and never returned except to visit.    Jean married Svend Husted Engedal in 1956 and they had 3 sons.  After Jean and Svend divorced, Jean raised the boys along with the help her mother and continued with her nursing career. While raising her boys was a big job, she worked her way into the Vice Presidency of a nursing services corporation and traveled extensively for many years.    Jean’s early years involved all aspects of clinical nursing but later on she ventured into the administrative arena of the medical profession.  She received her Master Degree in Business.  One of her assignments was a 6 month stay Saudi Arabia where she developed a patient education system.  During the big change in health care administration she made many trips to Hawaii assisting the nursing directors in meeting the new strict staffing guidelines.  Her education as a Registered Nurse provided many varied and interesting experiences to include her assignment as the Private Duty Nurse for John F. Kennedy who was then the Senator of Massachusetts.  "Jean smiled and in reminiscing, she this reporter that JFK was charming, charismatic and lit up the room when he entered. Quite a ladies man."  She was honored to meet the entire Kennedy Clan.   Sal and Jean met in Long Beach through mutual friends of his son.  For 1 year they had a long distance relationship between Long Beach and New York.   Sal chose to move to Long Beach and share their lives together.   They are happy, healthy, enjoying life together traveling, cruising and enjoying Topper’s Dance Club!