有这么一个不寻常的美国人,今年整一百岁。她把一生中的近70个春秋献给了中国人民、特别是中国的妇女儿童事业,定居上海也已经40多年了。她就是已故国家名誉主席宋庆龄的老战友、中国福利会的长期顾问塔利莎·戈拉克(Talitha Gerlach)女士,给自己取了个十分典雅的中国名字——耿丽淑。在庆祝她95岁寿辰的盛会上,中国人民对外友好协会授予耿丽淑“人民友 There is such an unusual American who is a hundred years old this year. She devoted nearly 70 years of her life to the Chinese people, especially the women and children in China, and settled in Shanghai for more than 40 years. She was the old comrade of Soong Ching Ling, the late honorary chairman of the nation, Talitha Gerlach, long-time adviser to the China Welfare Society, and gave her a very elegant Chinese name, Geng Li-shu. At a grand celebration of her 95th birthday, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries awarded Geng Lishu