A black and white portrait of a young boy. The boy is wearing a black one-piece outfit with a black bow and a white handkerchief in his left pocket. He is wearing white socks and black shoes with white shoestrings. He has light hair and dark eyes. He is sitting on a fur blanket. The background is blurry. His left leg is dangling over the side of what he is sitting on.

Photographs donated by Mae Counelis from her mother, Koula Lazou Counelis' estate.

Mae H. Counelis, of Berwyn, IL, was on born Feb. 10, 1931, to the late Koula and Anthony Counelis. She was raised in Chicago Heights, IL, and graduated from Bloom High School. Mae received a bachelor of science degree from George Washington University, Washington, DC. She worked in the research department of the U of I, Chicago. Later, she worked in cancer research at Schering Corp. in NJ where she developed a patent for helping to cure cervical cancer.

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