Notes & Asides.(Gertrude Vogt dead at 99)(Brief Article)

National Review | July 15, 2002| | Copyright

-- Old-timers in and around National Review (1955-1968) will have knknown Gertrude Vogt. She was my secretary and office manager and, like her successor, ran the shop, with her quiet, feral will. Her passion was books, and she had worked under the legendary Isabel Paterson at the New York Herald Tribune Book Review. She married, was widowed, and lived with, and cared for, her mother, with her characteristic, efficient affection. Exercising her custodial concern for her employer, she gave a two-year notice of her departure, and arranged for her successor to cohabit at the ...

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