CECILY SELBY

I just saw Cecily Selby on an old 1972-1973 episode of To Tell The Truth which showed on t.v. on channel 2-4 BUZZR over the air in the early hours of Monday, June 9, 2025 in the South Bay of San Francisco. The four panelists were Bert Convey, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle. That show has two imposters and the real person all say they were Cecily Selby, the National Executive Director of the Girl Scouts of America. The panelists asked questions and tried to figure out who was the...

Back in 1972, I met Dr. Selby as a hopeful applicant at The Lenox School. We had a special meeting because while I was the type of student they wanted at Lenox with glowing reports from my teachers, my standardized test scores were pitiful and didn´t reflect the same student that I was. I had to assure her as she asked me to- that I would not be a failure at Lenox. She admired my interest in my school projects and also the way I modestly stood up for myself at age 13. She also told me how...

Cecily was a "renaissance" woman, also sincerely friendly and with great curiosity for people and learning. She had a true warmth that was felt immediately. On the occasion I met her in British Columbia, she´d travelled to my son´s wedding because she was related distantly to my ex husband and was well acquainted with the groom (my son) and the bride while they lived in New York. We had a happy conversation as we shared teaching, family and oceanic science interests. Her work and life...

Cecily was nothing less than a giant, and a cherished friend and mentor to my late mom, Ellen Wahl z"l, who passed in December 2022. Both were fierce, lifelong advocates for women in science. We very much hope to attend the gathering in NY this Fall. May her memory be a blessing to all.