Revalidation of Betty Weissman (RUS/USA)
Betty Florence Levinson moved to the USA from what was then Dvinsk, Russian Empire, with her family around the age of 12. Dvinsk is now Daugavpils, Latvia. Betty married three times – firstly to Jack Kahn, with whom she had…
Naomi Whitehead, 114, recognized as the Oldest Living Person in the USA
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is pleased to announce that Mrs. Naomi Whitehead of Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA, (born September 26, 1910, aged 114) has been recognized as the OLDEST LIVING PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES The supercentenarian case of Naomi…
Winnie Felps, Texas’ second-oldest living person, celebrated her 113th birthday
The Gerontology Research Group is pleased to announce that Mrs. Winnie Felps, the second-oldest living person in the U.S. state of Texas, celebrated her 113th birthday on 10 October 2024. Winnie Felps was born in Coryell County, Texas, USA on…
GRG present at the “Map of Longevity in Romania” conference 2024
On 9 October 2024, Director of the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), Wacław Jan Kroczek was present in Bucharest, Romania, where at the Academia Română the conference was held to present the project of Longevity Map of Romania. The top of the longest-lived…
Naomi Whitehead, Pennsylvania’s oldest living person, celebrated her 114th birthday
The Gerontology Research Group is pleased to announce that Mrs. Naomi Whitehead, the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-oldest living person in the United States, celebrated her 114th birthday in Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA on…