286 Beverly Pimsleur's: A Love Affair with Language and Life
- 286 Beverly Pimsleur's: A Love Affair with Language and Life Gail Zelitzky and Catherine Marienau 29:29
Joy has always been a part of Beverly Pimsleur’s life. Her extended family in Louisville KY loved to be together, to dance, sing and have fun.
She recognized the importance of language from a young age and started learning French in high school. She met her husband, a French professor, on a blind date in her twenties and changed her plans about living in France in order to marry him, anticipating they would someday live there together — which they
did.
She became fluent in 4 different languages and believes in the importance of teaching English as a 2nd language.
Paul was the creator of the Pimsleur Language Program. When he died at 48, Beverly, alone with two young children, returned to New York and, with a colleague of her late husband, continued to develop the business. Simon & Schuster eventually purchased the company.
Life with her 2nd husband, Peter, was quite different. They moved to Nice for 12 years, where he died of a genetic disease. Beverly turned to tango as a release for her Grief and dance became an obsession. With her children married, she traveled the world, dancing until she was 82. Her passions are multi-faceted and include cooking, traveling, writing and publishing.
“I’m afraid I’m not going to have enough time for all the things I want to do.”
