Fall 2009 - Columbia University School of Social Work

Spectrumfall 2009Columbia University School of Social WorkInside This IssueFeature StoryReady forSchool?Not All Children Start onan Equal FootingP.2Labor EconomistTakes onHot-Button IssuesP.4Serving Beyondthe Front LinesP.6In the Field withPaul FiszManP.8

Message from the DeanThis has been an eventful, challenging year for our nation and the world. Astruggling economy with high unemployment rates, the reshuffling of the globalorder, 45 million Americans without health insurance, rapid global warming,turmoil in Afghanistan, an education system in need of transformation, andfears around H1N1 and its possible impact upon particularly younger segments ofour population are just a few of the challenges with which we are confronted.It is particularly in difficult times that professional social workers can demonstratetheir value at all levels of our society. This was nowhere more evident thanwhen I served as a member of the Obama transition team responsible for assessingthe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and offering policy, program, personnel, and managementrecommendations to the new Administration. I was moved and heartened by the comprehensive scope of ourwork and the depth of our discussions. An ambitious HHS policy agenda with a strengthened National Institutes ofHealth will have important ramifications for schools such as ours.Our faculty are renowned experts in a wide range of areas including infant and child development, at-risk youth,family well-being, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, aging, alcohol and substance abuse, immigration, community andsocial development, employment, and administrative processes that can impact service delivery. Groundbreakingresearch and interventions developed at our School in New York City and at sites in Africa, Asia, Latin America, andthe Middle East are improving the lives of people in communities in our own neighborhood and around the world.In this issue of Spectrum, we present the work of some of our faculty and alumni in education, immigration andchildren’s rights. The cover story highlights Dr. Jane Waldfogel’s study of income-related gaps in cognitive and behavioralaspects of school readiness in the U.S. and U.K. With the Obama administration prepared to spend $5 billion on earlychildhood programs and another $5 billion on closing achievement gaps, her research has important implications forinvesting in early childhood initiatives. Spectrum also showcases the fine work of Associate Professor Neeraj Kaushal,a labor economist whose enthusiastically received research focuses on social issues such as immigration and the economiceffects of the recession on immigrants in the U.S. Also included in this issue are stories of Michael Day, whowas motivated by his experience as a Marine sergeant in Iraq to study public policy at the School and of alumnus PaulFiszman, whose work as a child protection specialist for UNICEF in Africa is helping to advance children’s rights.Social workers leave a profound imprint on the lives of the people they serve. The wave of renewed hope andrevitalized commitment to social engagement and community organizing resonates with our profession. We areproud of our alumni and delighted that Vice President Joseph Biden named Jared Bernstein, who is a graduate ofour doctoral program, as his chief economic advisor. Because we prepare professionals to engage in social policyformulation, the design of systems of care, social enterprise administration, the provision of clinical services, socialintervention and policy research, and social development, I am certain that many more of our alumni will appearin leadership roles in government.True to its tradition, the School is preparing the best and brightest to be effective agents of social change.The very best to you,Jeanette C. TakamuraDean

Contents2Features4p.2Ready for School? Not All Children Start on an Equal FootingBy Spectrum Staffp.4Labor Economist Takes on Hot-Button IssuesBy Spectrum Staff6p.6Serving Beyond the Front LinesBy Alex Van Buren8p.8In the Field with Paul FiszmanBy Spectrum StaffDepartmentsp.10DSW to PhD Retroactive Conversion Approvedp.11In Memoriam: Dr. Alfred J. KahnDean: Jeanette C. TakamuraPhoto Credits: Eileen Barroso, Peter M.Fisher, Damon WinterEditor: Ann LevinSpectrum is published twice a year by theColumbia University School of Social Work.Articles may be reprinted with the permission ofthe Office of Communications.p.11$1.3M Gift Enhances Student Aid Fundsp.12Faculty News and Notesp.17Alumni Class NotesPlease send your comments and letters to:Columbia University School of Social Work1255 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 630New York, NY 10027spectrum@columbia.edu

2 SpectrumRonilda Moreira said goodbye to her son Kevin Moreira, 5, beforesending him off on his first day of pre-kindergarten at PS 111 inQueens on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Photo credit: DamonWinter/The New York Times

Spectrum 3Ready for School?Not All Children Start on an Equal Footingby Spectrum StaffWhen Dr. Jane Waldfogel speaks, policymakerslisten. Based on her research,Dr. Waldfogel has urged policymakers toconsider an expansion of early educationprograms such as Head Start and universalprekindergarten, as well as provenhome visiting programs for new parents.These recommendations come out of herstudies, which have found children borninto low-income families at a disadvantagecompared to middle- and high-incomechildren even before they start school.It was good news when the Obamaadministration announced plans touse some of the stimulus package toincrease funding for Head Start, forthe expansion of Early Head Start, andfor other prekindergarten programs.Waldfogel, a professor of social workand public affairs at the School ofSocial Work, said there is growing evidencethat policymakers in Washingtonare recognizing the importance of bothparenting and early childhood educationprograms. Besides the stimulusfunding, Congress recently expandedfunding for evidence-based home visitingprograms for new parents.Waldfogel’s study analyzed dataon 10,000 children born in the U.S.in 2001 and parallel data on about19,000 children born in the U.K.in 2000. The children in both studieswere followed from the age of 9months onward and completed testsin language, literacy and mathematicsskills at ages 3, 4 or 5. Waldfogelconducted the research with ElizabethWashbrook of the Center for Marketand Public Organization at BristolUniversity who spent a year at Columbiaas a post-doctoral fellow at the ColumbiaPopulation Research Center.Waldfogel and Washbrook foundthat children from low-income familieshad substantially lower levels ofschool readiness than their middleincomepeers. Some of this differencereflects low-income families havingfewer financial resources with whichto purchase items such as toys, books,computers and learning-related activities.Another factor is that lowerincomeparents tend to have lowerlevels of education than more affluentparents. But the study also pointed tothe importance of income-related differencesin parental sensitivity and responsivenessto children’s needs. Forlow-income families, concerns abouteconomic survival may be a majorsource of stress, and this stress in turnmay affect parenting.Indeed, the study found that differencesin parenting are the single mostimportant factor accounting for thepoorer school readiness of children inlow-income families in the U.S., accountingfor between a third and a halfof the gap in school readiness betweenlow- and middle-income children.Higher-income mothers interact morepositively with their children when thechildren are as young as 9 months old,suggesting a need for parenting programsthat begin early.The research revealed that thereare sizable gaps in children’s schoolreadiness and that the gaps are ofcomparable magni tude in the U.S.and the U.K. Four-year-olds fromcontinued on page 16

4 SpectrumLabor EconomistTakes on Hot-Button Social Issuesby Spectrum StaffSmall in physical stature, Dr. NeerajKaushal, an associate professor at theSchool of Social Work, is becoming thefemale equivalent of David in the worldof immigration studies. She does not shyaway from controversy. A former journalistfor India’s largest financial daily, shecame to the U.S. to pursue a doctorate ineconomics and has used her considerableresearch expertise to examine hot-buttonissues like welfare reform and immigration.Kaushal is one of a small numberof scholars to examine the effect ofamnesty on undocumented immigrants.She is also one of a handfulof researchers to study the impact ofthe September 11 terrorist attackson the labor market for Arabs andMuslims living in the U.S.Kaushal’s work has been cited inCongressional hearings on immigrationpolicy, and her projects havebeen funded by the National Institutesof Health and U.S. Departmentof Agriculture, among others.So what role does a young andbold scholar of labor economics havein a school whose mission is to traingraduate students for professionalsocial work practice?In her own words, she explains, “Ilook at research questions which aresocially relevant. I look at policy issueswhich may have short-term or longtermconsequences for low-incomefamilies,” she said. “I hone in on thosequestions and look for the best techniquesto try to answer them. Theseare questions that affect the lives ofclients of social workers so the answerscan provide social work professionalswith insights that can better informtheir practice and the development ofboth programs and policies.”Kaushal’s current research is focusedin part on the ripple effects ofthe worst economic crisis since theGreat Depression, with particular emphasison how the current recessionis affecting immigrants. Her examinationof the impact of immigrationin the U.S. takes into considerationthe immigrants’ experience.She builds her research around“natural experiments,” the term sheuses for random changes in eventsor policy that can have an impact onbehavior. Then she waits until shehas accumulated enough data todraw reliable conclusions.The impact of the September 11,2001, terrorist attacks on Arab andMuslim employment in the U.S. wasimmediate. But it wasn’t until 2007that Kaushal and researchers RobertKaestner of the University of Illinois,Chicago, and Cordelia Reimersof Hunter College had enough datato publish a paper in the Journal ofHuman Resources documenting theeffects.“The challenge in that research waswhether it was possible to disentangleall the factors and say for certain thatany change measured was the result ofSeptember 11th and not some othercircum stances,” Kaushal explained.Kaushal and her colleagues concludedthat while there did not appear to be a change in Muslim andArab employment, wages declinedby 10 percent. They also found astrong link between the number ofhate crimes against Arabs and Muslimsin a particular location andthe extent to which their earningssuffered. Their research findingswere pivotal in understanding howpersonal prejudices could induceeconomic harm.Kaushal, who is also a researchassociate at the National Bureauof Economic Research, is currentlystudying the labor market effects ofimmigration on the nursing profession.She seeks to determine whethercompetition from foreign-trainednurses drives down the wages ofU.S.-trained nurses.The findings will be available overthe next several years. Whatever theresults, they are likely to becomepart of the debate over immigrationand they are likely to have significantimplications for the nursing professionand the composition of ourhealth care work force.In another example of researchthat touches on controversial socialissues, Kaushal studied whetherthere is substance to the widely heldbelief that U.S. welfare programsattract low-skilled immigrants. Thisbelief, she suggests, led to the passageof the immigrant provisions inthe 1996 welfare law that deniednew arrivals access to a large numberof safety net programs. Her research,however, found that welfare entitlementshad no significant impact onimmigration patterns.“The majority of immigrants areeconomic migrants,” she said. “Theygo to places where there are jobs. Theygo to places where there are other immigrantsfrom their country of origin.Those are the two main factors that determineimmigrant location choices.”

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Spectrum 7Serving beyond the Front LinesBy Alex Van Buren“Semper Fi,” short for “semper fidelis”or “always faithful,” to country andCorps is the motto of the U.S. MarineCorps. Former Marine Sgt. Michael Day,currently a student in the School ofSocial Work, draws upon his experienceas a veteran in his call for human rights.Former Marine Sgt. Michael Day’spath to the Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work began in Iraq.The 29-year-old son of an Air Forcetechnical sergeant, Day joined theMarines in August 1998 to get aneducation and ended up being partof the U.S. force that invaded Iraq inMarch 2003.Day recalls leading 15 Marines intoand safely out of battle, but it washis work patrolling villages after U.S.bombing runs that truly shocked him.“Doctors would come through distributingsyringes full of medications[for injured civilians],” he said. “ Everywherewe went was absolutely destroyed.I saw damage to infrastructuresand wondered what it wouldtake to rebuild those villages. Therewas no place to put the dirty syringes,so locals would throw all the syringesin a pit and bury them. One time, Isaw kids taking turns jumping overan open pit full of syringes.”Back home in Chicago after beingdischarged in September 2003, Dayworked at a Target store and laterwould break down in tears at home.The man who had led his fellow Marinesinto battle was suffering frompost-traumat ic stress disorder, anxietyand a sudden realization that “I hadto do something better with myself.”Day entered Northwestern Universityto get an undergraduate degreein political science and sociology.He honed in on human rights issuesin strife-torn places like Rwanda andBosnia, asking himself what wouldjustify intervention by foreign powers.In Iraq, Day had watched deeprifts forming among warring factionsof Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. Backat home, he saw parallels betweenIraq and the situations in Bosnia andRwanda, and was not optimistic: “Ourpolitical involvement, occupation, andexit will incite civil war until peopleare willing to lay down the sword,” hesaid. “In that particular region I don’tthink that will happen.”Puzzling over his next step afterNorth western, Day remembers thinking,“If I’m going to help, I want to doit on a larger scale.” He researchedvarious master’s programs, but thecourses offered by Columbia’s socialwork program appealed to him most.He realized he wanted to advocatefor human rights and decided to attendthe School of Social Work, inpart because of the School’s formalaffiliation with the United Nations.During the first semester, Day tooka foundation course in social welfarepolicy with Professor Irv Garfinkel.“The class discussions reaffirmedmy decision in taking the socialpolicy track with a concentration ininternational social welfare.” Theprogram facilitates his interest inworking with “populations that havebeen displaced due to civil warfare,and how to gather informa tion thatwill help people reorganize their livesand communities after it.”The tragic scenes of Iraq lingerin his mind. Having lost friendsoverseas, Day emerged from the experienceof war believing in “soliddiplomacy before bloodshed.” Yethe still feels a strong urge to returnto combat as well as guilt for havingsurvived.Day was featured in a public serviceannouncement about PTSD producedby the Jed Foundation, the BobWoodruff Foundation and mtvU, anoffshoot of MTV Networks broadcaston university campuses. “I chose todo it so I may play a role in educatingother students about the strugglesfacing veterans who are attemptingto lead a `normal’ life,’” he said.Day is currently counseling formerlyincarcerated young people in Brooklyn,trying to help them get back intothe workforce. When he’s not at work,Day is usually on the road. Born intoa military family, he has lived all overthe world and takes up to 15 tripsa year, often to visit friends he metin the military. Back home, Day, whocalls himself a “pretty simple guy”who likes nothing better than to siton a beach in California and eatMexican food, is looking forward tocompleting his MSW in spring 2010in public policy and international socialwelfare.“Having witnessed the destructioncaused by war, I feel like I nowhave an obligation on a global scaleto help those displaced by war,” hesaid. “My legacy will be that of anadvocate for human rights.”

8 SpectrumIn the Field withPaul FiszmanBy Spectrum StaffAlumnus Paul Fiszman ’01 has been working at UNICEF as a child protectionspecialist in the Congo (DRC) and Somalia for more than five years.He shares his work experience in the field and how his education at ColumbiaUniversity inspired him to become an advocate for children’s rights.

Spectrum 9Spectrum: What inspired you tojoin UNICEF as a child protectionspecialist?Paul Fiszman: I first learnedabout UNICEF’s child protectionwork while on a United NationsDevelopment Program assignment inWest Darfur. I had been invited by aUNICEF child protection specialistto assist in human rights training forWest Darfur police officers. As I talkedwith the child protection specialistand learned about UNICEF’s workto prevent and respond to violence,abuse, and exploitation, I realizedthat this was what I wanted to be mylife’s work. Six months later, I joinedUNICEF in Southern Sudan as a childprotection specialist. Within my firstweek on the job, I was participating inhigh-level ceasefire monitoring talksto advocate for the release of childsoldiers.S: How did your professional experiencesshape your call as a humanrights advocate?PF: Before joining UNICEF, I was inclinical social work with marginalizedpopulations, including drugusers and people living with HIVand AIDS. My field placements atColumbia were at a psychiatric daycare facility for children with behavioralproblems (at the Jewish Boardof Family and Children’s Services)and with the United Nations PopulationFund. After graduation, I wenton to Amnesty International and HumanRights Watch and then soughtout international humanitarian work.I did a 6 month paid internship withthe International Organization ofMigration in Cairo, supporting Sudaneserefugees. It was really an amazingexperience. I was exposed tonew issues, and everything felt likea humanitarian gesture. Everything Idid was a source of great pride!S: Tell me your most memorableexperience?PF: I was managing a project inSouthern Sudan for the care andfamily reunification of children whohad been abducted by the Ugandanrebel group, the Lord’s ResistanceArmy (LRA). The LRA is a uniquelybrutal armed group that employstactics of child abduction, extremeviolence, and physical and psychologicaltorture. I remember assistingone particular girl who had been abductedby the LRA and then escapedafter many months in rural Ugandaand Sudan. In spite of all she hadgone through in captivity, she expresseddeep concern for me, beingso far from my home and my family.Her empathy for me was astonishing.After tracing her family, I workedwith UNICEF Uganda to arrange forher repatriation. My eyes still tear upwhen I recall how I felt watching theplane take off. It was an extraordinaryprivilege to have helped her make herlong journey home.S: I would imagine that there arechallenges that you and your teamface when you are working in countriesabroad.PF: Humani tarian aid workersface harassment, death threats,kidnappings, and assassinations incountries like Somalia. And, thereare cultural issues that require carefulnegotiation and sensitivity forexpatriate aid workers, particularlyissues around gender. However, contraryto my preconceptions, the mostoutspoken and courageous people Ihave met in Somalia, for example,have been women. Most girls in Somaliahave undergone female genitalmutilation, although some courageousSomalis are starting to speakout against this practice.S: Tell us about how children fare ina country like Somalia?PF: Many children in particularlysouthern and central Somalia haveonly known war their whole lives.Many have witnessed their relativesbeing killed, their siblings recruited aschild soldiers, their schools occupiedby armed groups, their friends injuredby land mines. Such experiences aresadly very common. Some 3.2 millionpeople in Somalia are currentlyin need of humanitarian assistanceif they are to survive, and 400,000have been displaced from their homesbecause of armed conflict. In the relativelymore stable northern regions ofthe country, children suffer from lackof access to health care, education,and clean water.S: What is the impact of work by anorganization like UNICEF?PF: UNICEF is trying to protect childrenby developing partnerships withgovernment and nongovernmentalorganiza tions. We work at the policylevel on the development of juvenilejustice legislation, for example. Wework at the service delivery level andtry to get psychosocial support tochildren and families in crisis. We areadvocates and are heavily engaged infacilitating public awareness throughcampaigns against the recruitment ofchildren into armed groups. We alsotrain community groups to find theirown solutions to child protection issues.UNICEF focuses simultaneouslyat each of these levels of intervention.Finally, UNICEF has major preventiveand public health role as it pursuesthe immunization and education ofchildren and develops safe water andsanitation systems in the communitiesin which they and their families live.S: How have your education andexperience at Columbia Universityhelped you in your work?PF: My clinical social work trainingand my first-year field placementtaught me communication (includinglistening), relationship building,systems thinking, and, of course,stress management. These skillshave been incred ibly helpful, supportingmy efforts to communicateeffectively with military commanders,build essential relationshipswith government officials, and listento what children are attempting tosay. During my second year at theSchool, I developed an interest ininternational human rights issuesthrough a concentration in internationalsocial welfare, involvementwith the International Social WelfareCaucus, and my field placement atthe UN. Together, these experiencesprepared me to work on criticalrights and welfare issues at aglobal level.S: Is there anyone who particularlyinspired and encouraged you in yourjourney?PF: Moira Curtain, my second-yearfield adviser, believed in me evenwhen I didn’t believe in myself! Inmany ways, international socialwelfare and my field placement atthe UN felt like a departure from myclinical practice comfort zone. Shecoached me through the tough times.S: What advice would you givethose who want to work inchildren’s rights?PF: There are many ways to work onchildren’s rights both domesticallyand internationally. My particularinterest and experience is in children’srights in the context of armedconflict. I would advise anyoneinterested to identify a specific areaof interest within the broad field ofchildren’s rights and then seek outrelevant work experience. Of course,it is not necessary to travel far fromhome: You can make a significantcontribution as a school-basedsocial worker, a child advocate, ora parent. No matter where my worktakes me, I always feel like a socialworker, and am proud of it.

10 SpectrumDSW to PhD Retroactive Conversion ApprovedThe retroactive conversion ofthe DSW to PhD for alumniwho graduated between 1967and 1992 has been approved!Over 50 years ago, Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work (thencalled the New York School of SocialWork) established and conferred theDoctorate in Social Work (DSW) as aresearch degree, following the modelof the social science PhD at ColumbiaUniversity. In 1993, the Schoolreplaced the DSW with the PhD degreewhich is now conferred by theUniversity’s Graduate School of Artsand Sciences (GSAS).Over the last decade, our doctoralalumni have sought the supportand approval of the Schoolto have the DSW degree awardedto pre-1993 doctoral graduatesretroactively converted to the PhDdegree. This has been an ongoingconversation for many years amongthe Alumni Association’s Committeeon doctoral alumni, the Schoolof Social Work, GSAS, and the Provost’sOffice.“The DSW research program wasan intensive educational experiencethat demanded a high level ofunderstanding and the integrationof research design, statistics andreporting,” says Dr. David Ockert,an alumnus serving on the School’sdoctoral committee. “The retroactiveconversion from the DSW to the PhDprovides value and recognition to theexisting DSW research degree.”Several years ago, the Schoolmounted another request for thereview and approval of the retroactiveconversion by the GSASExecutive Committee and the Provost.Recently, alumni Dr. BarbaraSilverstone and Dr. David Ockertworked with Dean Jeanette Takamuraand Jennifer March, AssociateDirector of Alumni Relationsat the School, on the request. Followingthe GSAS Executive Committee’sapproval of the request,Provost Alan Brinkley informed theBoard of Trustees of Columbia Universityin early May that the conversionof the DSW degree wouldbe permitted provisionally.Dean Takamura noted that Drs.Silverstone and Ockert playedtremendously important roles inrepresenting and articulating theinterests of the DSW alumni atseveral key junctures. She also acknowledgedthe fine work of JenniferMarch and expressed appreciationfor the consideration extendedby both Provost Brinkley and DeanPinkham. In turn, Dr. Silverstonesaid, “We are very grateful to theoutstanding leadership providedby Dean Takamura in achievingthis long sought goal. It is wonderfulto know that I soon will have adoctorate that the rest of the worldrecognizes!”Further information and detailsregarding the process, including anApplication Conversion Packet, willbe forwarded to all doctoral alumniwho graduated between 1967 and1992. Alumni from this periodmust submit a formal request alongwith specific documents for reviewby a specially constituted Ad HocConversion Approval Committee.Alumni will be responsible for costsassociated with the processing oftheir request and for the reissuanceof a diploma.The School is continuing to researchand compare the degree requirementsfor pre-1967 DSW recipients.To assist us in this endeavor, weask that any alumni who have SchoolBulletins from 1952-1967 to pleasesend an original copy to the Office ofDevelopment and Alumni Relationsat 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, Suite629, New York, NY 10027. Pleasenote if you would like the bulletin returnedto you.The School extends special thanksto Provost Brinkley, GSAS Dean HenryPinkham, and alumni Drs. Silverstoneand Ockert for their partnershipin this monumental effort.“The DSW research program wasan intensive educational experiencethat demanded a high level ofunderstanding and theintegration of research design,statistics and reporting.”—Dr. David Ockert

Spectrum 11Dr. Alfred J. Kahn: a Giant in ComparativeInternational Social WelfareAlfred J. Kahn, Professor Emeritusat the Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work andworld-renowned social policyscholar and educator, passed awayon February 13th in New Jersey. Hewas 90 years old.Dr. Kahn was the proud recipientof the first social welfare doctorateawarded by the School in 1952.He taught at the Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work for 57years—from 1947 to 2004. Thosewho studied child welfare and familypolicy, poverty and social welfarewill remember the monumental comparativework of Dr. Kahn who, alongwith Professor Sheila Brody Kamerman,shaped the discourse in manyfields for decades. Program and policyrecommendations advanced byDrs. Kahn and Kamerman were embracedby many international NGOsand were brought to life in socialwelfare programs around the world.His ideas also contributed to thedevelopment of graduate socialwork education. His lectures on thehistory of social welfare were rich,widely acclaimed, and informed byexperiences that were drawn fromhis leadership role in the profession.“He was especially committedto the value of comparative policyresearch, and would remind studentsof its importance,” recalls Dr.Kamerman. “He would emphasize tostudents that ‘comparative policy researchis key to understanding one’sown country. If your focus is limitedto your own country, your perspectiveis very limited. It’s like generalizingfrom a sample of one.’”Dr. Kahn was a prolific author,a highly sought after consultant,a much admired educa tor, and afierce advocate for children andfami lies. As an advocate, Dr. Kahnfavored universal social benefits andservices, saying that they ought tobe “good enough for every American,not for the poor alone.” He wasa consultant to federal, state, andlocal agencies, international organizations,and foreign governments.In this role, he shared his expertiseon family policy, cash and serviceprograms, local community serviceplanning and coordination, and issuesof equality and equity. As author,editor, co-author, andco-editor, Dr. Kahn producedmore than 25 booksand 300 articles and chaptersthat have continuingrelevance and a palpableimpact worldwide.Early in his research career,Dr. Kahn served as aconsultant to New York’sCitizens’ Com mittee forChildren (CCC). In this capacity,he provided leadershipto research staff andcommunity lay leaders,and he authored some 15studies of city and stateprograms con cerned withtruancy, youth, police,children’s courts, protectiveservices, and childguidance programs forat-risk youth. The widelypublicized and discussedresults offered blueprints for reformat the local and national levels. Theywere also the foundation for a 1963volume, Planning Community Servicesfor Children in Trouble, witha foreword by Eleanor Roosevelt,CCC board member, who wrote: “Toomany communities have been willingto accept the agency and institutionas the planning unit. Examinationof experience discloses thateffective interven tion is so complexa process that it is doomed to failureunless all agencies are part ofa truly integrated, carefully plannednetwork.”In the early 1980s, Dr. Kahnchaired the influential Committeeon Child Development Researchand Public Policy of the NationalAcademy of Science. He was the recipientof awards and honors fromvarious universities and professionalassociations, including several honorarydegrees, one from the Universityof York in England, awardedjointly to him and Dr. Kamerman inrecognition of their pioneer ing workin cross-national child and familypolicy research.Dr. Kahn will be long rememberedas a social work pioneer, author, consultant,teacher, and advocate. Butfor former student Professor Wen-JuiHan, he will also be remembered forhis kindness. “If I have ever beenkind and gentle, it is because ofProfessor Kahn who has shown mehow much being gentle and kindcan make a person’s day and lifewonderful. I will remember him themost as one who is true to himselfand others around him.”Dr. Kahn is survived by his daughter,Nancy Valerie Kahn, his brotherand sister-in-law, Melvin and EveylnKahn, and his sister, Batya Weissman.In memory of Dr. Kahn, contributionsmay be made to The AlfredJ. Kahn Doctoral Fellowship Fundat Columbia University School ofSocial Work, c/o the Office of Developmentand Alumni Relations, ColumbiaUniversity School of SocialWork, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue,New York, NY 10027.$1.3M GiftEnhancesStudent AidFundsThe Columbia University Schoolof Social Work received a$1.335 million gift from acharitable trust establishedby the late Isadore and Ruth Ginsberg.At a time when the nation isfacing an uncertain economy, giftssuch as these are transformational.The Ginsbergs’ generosity willsignificantly enhance two previouslyestablished student aid funds. Theamount will be allocated in equalshares to the Ida R. and Mitchell I.Ginsberg Social Policy Fund for second-yearmaster’s candidates with astrong interest in social policy, andthe Judith Ginsberg Memorial FellowshipFund for grants for studentsat the end of their first year with aninterest in the disabled.Columbia University’s long traditionof excellence and Ivy-Leaguereputation has always attracted thebest and brightest students. Eachyear, students at the School of SocialWork contribute half a million hoursof community service in 450 agenciesthroughout the New York tristatearea. Our students are trainedby leading-edge scholars to becomeinnovators in practice, policy, education,administration, and research.Our alumni have private clinicalpractices, provide leadership as facultymembers and deans across thecountry, work at Fortune Global 500companies, and head social serviceand government agencies in the U.S.and across the world.“The Ginsbergs were proud supportersof the School and its missionduring their lifetimes,” says DeanJeanette Takamura. “Their gift providesan important example of thepowerful impact of bequests. Manyaspiring social work professionals willbenefit from their generosity.”With nearly 90% of students requiringfinancial aid, scholarshipsenable thousands of future socialwork leaders to attend Columbia andmake an impact on the world. Formore information on how you canprovide scholarship support, contactthe School at 212-851-2368 orsswalumni@columbia.edu.

12 SpectrumFaculty News & NotesInternationalProjectsProfessor Nabila El-Bassel, AssistantProfessor Elwin Wu and Dr. LouisaGilbert from the Social InterventionGroup (SIG) at Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work have partneredwith Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman andthe Center of Excellence for Researchin AIDS (CERIA) at University of Malayaon a study to identify the forcesthat are fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemicamong commercial fishermen fromMalaysia and neighboring countries.Project WAVES aims to examine socialand structural determinants, such asdrug use, social networks, migrationand poverty that are contributing tothe HIV epidemic among fishermen.Findings from this collaborative studywill be used to inform the design of futureprevention strategies and policiesthat may advance harm reduction andtreatment efforts among both the fishermenand migrant workers involved incommercial fisheries.Associate Professor Fred Ssewamalawas invited to Nigeria (Bayelsa State)by the World Bank to consult with theNigerian government on the designof a pilot program for Child DevelopmentAccounts (CDAs). The program,which is facilitated by the World Bank,is the first of its kind in Nigeria andat the state level in Africa. The CDApilot program aims to reduce povertyin Bayelsa by addressing the majorsocial and economic challenges facedby the Nigerian state government. Thethree-year program will introducestructured and incentivized CDAs for1,000 underprivileged children withthe goal of encouraging continuededucation, rewarding skills acquisitionthrough vocational training and/or higher education, rewarding positivesavings behavior, and providing themeans for self-employment opportunities.In addition to his work in Nigeriaand Uganda, Dr. Ssewamala is alsocurrently researching the feasibility ofeconomic empowerment interventionsin poor African immigrant communitiesin the urban U.S.ScholarlyAccomplishmentsProfessor Jane Waldfogel was appointeda Visiting Professor at theCentre for Analysis of Social Exclusion(CASE) at the London School ofEconomics and Political Science. Anexpert in childcare and family policy,Dr. Waldfogel provides consultation tothe UK government and is a memberof the Advisory Committee for the NationalEvaluation of Sure Start and theacademic reference group for the UKCabinet Office social mobility review.Barbara Berkman, Helen Rehr/RuthFizdale Professor of Health and MentalHealth, will receive the Donald P. KentLifetime Achievement Award from theGerontological Society of America forher leadership in research, teaching,service and the translation ofher research into practice. The KentAward was created in 1973 in memoryof Donald P. Kent for his outstandingleadership in translating research findingsinto practical use. Dr. Berkmanis the second social worker to receivethis honor.Assistant Professor Craig Schwalbewas appointed a William T. GrantFoundation Scholar. Dr. Schwalbe wasamong four finalists selected from apool of 70 applicants. He will receivean award of $350,000 over five yearsfor his research entitled, “SocialProcesses in Juvenile Probation.”His research explores the effects ofprobation programs on the resilienceof youthful offenders in the juvenilejustice system.An article written by Associate ProfessorWen-Jui Han, Jane Waldfogel andcolleagues for the June 2008 issueof the Monthly Labor Review entitled“Timing of Mother’s Employment afterChild Birth” was selected as the bestarticle written by authors from outsideof the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS). The article was selected bya group of experts from within andfrom outside of the BLS. The groupis charged with assessing all of thearticles written for the Monthly LaborReview, the principal journal of fact,analysis, and research of the BLS.Another article written by JaneWaldfogel, Associate ProfessorNeeraj Kaushal, and alumna Qin Gao(‘05PhD) entitled “Welfare and FamilyExpenditures: How are Single MothersAdapting to the New Welfare and WorkRegime?” was selected as one of thetwenty best articles of 2008 in the annualRosabeth Moss Kanter Award forExcellence in Work-Family Researchcompetition. The article examined theassociation between welfare reformand expenditure patterns of poorsingle-mother families. A committee ofover 35 leadingscholars from12 countriesexamined over2,000 articlespublished in 74leading Englishlanguagejournalsfrom aroundthe world.Assistant Professor Mark S. Prestonwas named an Advisory Councilmember on the National Child WelfareWorkforce Institute’s LeadershipAcademy for Middle Managers. As anAdvisory Council member, Dr. Prestonjoins other national experts in the fieldof child welfare to oversee curriculumand program development of the LeadershipAcademy.Assistant Professor Victoria Rizzo wasappointed as the Research Directorfor the Jewish Association for Servicesto the Aged Research Institute, whereshe is conducting research focusedon the provision of professional socialwork services to the aged.Training &SymposiumHighlightsAssociate Professor Rogério M. Pintoconducted a symposium at the Schoolin May 2009 featuring researchersfrom social work, biostatisticsand community psychology. EntitledCommunity Collaborative Research:Interdisciplinary Conceptual andMethodological Approaches, the symposiumaddressed issues related to theevaluation of processes and outcomesof Community-Based ParticipatoryResearch (CBPR). The symposiumwas attended by 75 researchers,students, practitioners and communitymembers. The event was co-sponsoredby the Community Collaborative Board(PI: Dr. Pinto/Columbia University DiversityProgram), the Office of the AssociateDean of Research at CUSSW,and the New York State PsychiatricInstitute Division of Biostatistics andData Coordination.Seven faculty fellows attended the2009 Summer Training Institute ofthe HIV Intervention Science TrainingProgram (HISTP) for racial/ethnicminority new investigators. The fellowshailed from various universities acrossthe country, including the University ofTexas at Austin, San Francisco StateUniversity, Howard University, ArizonaState University, and Virginia CommonwealthUniversity. Funded by theNational Institute of Mental Health,HISTP aims to facilitate the growth anddevelopment of racial/ethnic minorityinvestigators whose research focus ison HIV/AIDS and co-occurring mentalhealth disorders. The program is codirectedby Professor Nabila El-Basseland Assistant Professor Elwin Wu.

Spectrum 13Selected GrantsAkabas, S. (Principal Investigator),Career Development and EmploymentServices for Youth in Foster Care,Annie E. Casey Foundation, awarded$75,000, July 2009 – June 2010.Akabas, S. (PI), Start-up NY2 EntrepreneurshipDemonstration Project,Syracuse University/NYS Office ofMental Health, awarded $75,000, July2009 – December 2009.Garfinkel, I. (PI), Columbia UniversityPopulation Center, National Institute ofChild Health and Human Development,awarded $750,000, August 2009 –June 2014.Guilamo-Ramos, V. (PI), Late Adolescenceand Sexual Behavior amongDominican Youths: A Family-BasedPerspective, Columbia UniversityInstitute for Latin America Studies,awarded $2,450, April 2009.Guilamo-Ramos, V. (PI), ParentingSynthesis Series, Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention, awarded$24,500, May 2009 – April 2010.Kaushal, N. (PI), How is FamilyIncome Related to Investment inChildren’s Learning? The Brookings Institution,awarded $14,000, December2008 – August 2009.Lens, V. (PI), Administrative Justicein Public Welfare Bureaucracies,National Science Foundation, awarded$127,000, June 2009 – May 2011.Lizardi, D. (PI), A Model of TreatmentEngagement for Suicidal Individuals: APilot Study, American Foundation forSuicide Prevention, awarded $59,500,July 2008 – September 2010.Mincy, R.B. (PI), Fathers and SonsReplication Project II, Ford Foundation,awarded $200,000, January2009 – December 2011.Mincy, R.B. (PI), Advancing ResponsibleFatherhood, Center for UrbanFamilies, awarded $40,000, December2008 – April 2009.Pinto, R. (PI), Dissemination of HealthResearch in Brazil, Columbia UniversityInstitute for Latin America Studies,awarded $7,300, April 2009.Speaker HighlightsThroughout the year, distinguished scholars are invited to speak at the School. Sponsored by various departmentsand centers, the public lectures aim to foster explorations in interdisciplinary scholarship, policy, and practice andto highlight diverse social justice issues in the social work profession. Among the distinguished speakers the Schoolwelcomed this past Spring were:Dr. Robert Drake, Andrew Thomson Professor of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicineat Dartmouth Medical School and director of the New Hampshire-Dartmouth Psychiatric ResearchCenter, presented at the School on health services research and evidence-based practices. Inaddition to working actively as a clinician in community mental health centers for over 20 years, hehas been developing and evaluating innovative community programs for persons with severe mentaldisorders. His fifteen books and over 400 published papers cover diverse aspects of adjustment andquality of life for people with severe mental disorders and those who support them.Dr. Richard Longabaugh, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Centerfor Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University,conducted a presentation that discussed the conceptual, analytic and empirical complexities ofidentifying mechanisms of change in behavioral treatments for alcohol use disorders. He is apioneer in the study of mechanisms of change in behavioral treatments and has played a majorrole in the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s development of a five-yearplan on behavior mechanisms of change.Dr. William R. Miller, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Psychologyand Psychiatry at the University of New Mexico offered a presentationon motivational interviewing. Dr. Miller, who introduced motivationalinterviewing (MI) as a practice intervention in a 1983 article, traced theevolution of MI from its birth in a barbershop in Norway, to a now widely-practiced evidence-based treatment method. Dr. Miller has served as aconsultant to many organizations including the World Health Organization,the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Institutes of Health. Heis listed by the Institute for Scientific Information as one of the world’s most cited scientists.Dr. April Naturale is the CEO of Psychology Beyond Borders, an international not-for-profitthat is dedicated to addressing the psychology of fear and terror through response, research andpolicy development. Dr. Naturale discussed clinical practice in various cultures with providersand survivors following community trauma. Prior to founding her organization, she was thestatewide director of New York’s mental health response to 9/11 (Project Liberty). Dr. Naturaleprovides disaster training and consultation throughout the U.S. as well as internationally.Cheryl Ross, J.D., M.P.A. is the President of Echoing Green, an organization that discussed thesocial entrepreneur as a change agent and social innovations that are transforming the world in apresentation to faculty.Dr. George Rupp, immediate past President of Columbia University, addressed the faculty anddiscussed his work as CEO of the International Rescue Committee.Lois Whitman ‘53MS, founder and director of the Children’s Rights Divisionat Human Rights Watch, spoke at the Wednesday Series as a Distinguished VisitingAlumna. Ms. Whitman discussed her research and work on human rights abuses, thediscrimination faced by child refugees, orphans, and migrants, and the recruitmentof children as soldiers and laborers. She has conducted human rights investigationsand led missions to countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

14 SpectrumGlobal Leadership: Columbia GlobalCenters Open in Beijing and AmmanColumbia University has recently established Global Centers inBeijing, China and Amman, Jordan. They are the first of whatthe University plans as a network of centers around the worldto promote and facilitate international collaborations, newresearch projects, academic programming and study abroad. InBeijing, launch events included a discussion of perspectiveson the Obama presidency featuring Alan Brinkley, ColumbiaUniversity Provost, Susan Fuhrman, President of TeachersCollege, and Dean Jeanette Takamura.At the invitation of Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan, theSchool of Social Work has established the Jordan Social WorkEducation for Excellence Program (JSWEEP) located at theColumbia Global Center in Amman. Co-Directed by DeanJeanette Takamura and Professor Nabila El-Bassel, the programis designed to promote the establishment of the social workprofession in Jordan and will incorporate several initiatives overthe course of the next five years in coordination with Jordaniangovernmental and non-governmental organizations and localuniversities. One of the first initiatives has been to address theneed for immediate training of line workers and supervisors inbasic skills such as assessment, case-management and evaluation.Queen Rania has identified mental health, child abuse and juvenilejustice as the top priorities for JSWEEP, and Professors RobinGearing, Michael Mackenzie and Craig Schwalbe, each of whombrings their respective expertise in these areas, have joined theJSWEEP teams in key initiatives. Nearly 200 line workers andsupervisors representing fourteen agencies have completed the2-week course since it was inaugurated in March 2009.Rizzo, V. (PI), Evaluation of DiseaseManagement Programs Implementedthrough the 2009-2010 New YorkState Capacity-Building LegislativeAllocation, Arthritis Foundation of NewYork City, awarded $24,600, April2009 – March 2010.Schinke, S. (PI), Mothers andDaughters Together: Preventing DrugAbuse among Adolescent Girls throughComputer-based, Family InvolvementIntervention, National Instituteon Drug Abuse, awarded $448,221,August 2009 – July, 2010.Schinke, S. (PI), Drug Abuse Prevention:A Mother-Daughter Intervention(supplement), National Institute onDrug Abuse, awarded $15,334, June2009 – March 2010.Schinke, S. (PI), Drug Abuse, AdolescentGirls, and Prevention: YMCACommunity, National Institute for DrugAbuse, awarded $425,198, August2009 – July 2011. Funded under theAmerican Recovery and ReinvestmentAct of 2009.Schwalbe, C.S. (PI), Social Processesin Juvenile Probation, William T. GrantFoundation Scholars Program, awarded$350,000, July 2009 – June 2014.Ssewamala, F. (PI), ChildrenDevelopment Accounts in Nigeria,Bayelsa State Government/World Bank,awarded $115,000, May 2009 – May2010.Waldfogel, J. (PI), Improving the Measurementof Poverty, Annie E. CaseyFoundation, awarded $35,000, June2009 – May 2010.Wu, E. (PI), Modeling the Impactof Group Membership Turnover inEcologically Valid Treatment, awarded$110,500, RTI International, August2009 – May 2010.SelectedPublicationsAkabas, S. H., & Gates, L. B. (2009).Connecting trade unions to the community:Promoting employment forindividuals with mental health conditions.Journal of Workplace BehavioralHealth, 24, 61-75.Berkman, B. (in press). Enhancingresearch capacity in gerontologicalsocial work. Educational Gerontology,35, 146-163.Burnette, D. (2009). Grandparentcaregiving in Caribbean Latino families:Correlates of children’s departurefrom care. Journal of IntergenerationalRelationships, 7(2), 331-43.El-Bassel, N., Caldeira, N., Ruglass,L., & Gilbert, L. (in press). Addressingunique needs of African Americanwomen in HIV prevention. AmericanJournal of Public Health.Feldman, R. A. (in press). Criticalinfrastructures for social work practiceresearch: Pondering the past, framingthe future. In A. E. Fortune, P.McCallion, & K. Briar-Lawson (Eds.),Advancing Practice Research in the21st Century. New York: ColumbiaUniversity Press.Garfinkel, I., Smeeding, T., &Rainwater, L. (in press). Wealth andwelfare states: Is America a laggard orleader? Oxford, U.K.: Oxford UniversityPress.Sinkewicz, M., & I. Garfinkel. (2009).Unwed fathers’ ability to pay childsupport: New estimates accounting formultiple-partner fertility. Demography,6(2), 247-264.Gearing, R. E., Mian, I., Sholonsky, A.,Barber, J., et. al. (2009). Developinga risk-model of time to first-relapse forchildren and adolescents diagnosedwith psychotic disorders or mood disorderswith psychotic features. Journal ofNervous and Mental Disease, 197(1),6-14.Gearing, R. E. & Mian, I. (2009). Therole of gender in early and very-earlyonset of psychotic disorders. ClinicalSchizophrenia & Related Psychoses,2(4), 298-306.Soletti, A. B., Guilamo-Ramos, V.,Burnette, D., & Bouris, A. (in press).India-U.S. collaboration to preventadolescent HIV-infection: The feasibilityof a family-based HIV-preventionintervention for rural Indian youth.Journal of the International AIDSSociety.Han, W-J. & Bridglall, B. L. (in press).Assessing school environments for LEPstudents using ECLS-K. Early ChildhoodResearch Quarterly.Han, W-J., & Miller, D. P. (2009). Parentalwork schedules and adolescentdepression. Health Sociology Review,18(1), 37-50.Han, W-J., Ruhm, C., & Waldfogel, J.(2009). Parental leave policies andparents’ employment and leave-taking.Journal of Public Policy Analysis andManagement, 28(1), 29-54.Han, W-J., & Bridglall, B. L. (in press).Assessing school environments for LEPstudents using ECLS-K. Early ChildhoodResearch Quarterly.

Spectrum 15Kamerman, S. B. & Gatenio-Gabel,S. (in press). A global review of newsocial risks and responses for childrenand their families. Asian Social Workand Policy Review, 3(1).Kamerman, S. B. (2009). Familiesand family policy: Developing a holisticpolicy agenda. Hong Kong Journal ofPediatrics, 14, 115-121.Kamerman, S. B. & Moss, P. (2009).The politics of parental leave policies.Bristol, UK: Policy Press.Kamerman, S. B., Phipps, S., & Ben-Arieh, A. (forthcoming). From childwelfare to child well-being. New York:Springer Publishing.Kaushal, N. (forthcoming). Elderlyimmigrants’ labor supply response tosupplemental security income. Journalof Policy Analysis and Management.Kaushal, N. (2009). Adversities ofacculturation? Prevalence of obesityamong immigrants. Health Economics,18(3), 291-303.Lens, V. (in press). Confronting governmentafter welfare reform: Moralists,reformers, and narratives of (ir)responsibilityat administrative fair hearings.Law & Society Review.Lizardi, D., Thompson, R., Keyes, K.,& Hasin, D. (in press). Parental divorce,parental depression, and genderdifferences in adult suicide attemptin offspring. Journal of Nervous andMental Disease.Lizardi D. & Gearing R.E. (2009). Religionand Suicide - Part II. Journal ofReligion and Health, 48(3), 332-341.Mui, A. C. (forthcoming). Productiveageing in China: How to turn silver intogold. China Journal of Social Work.Pinto, R. M., Campbell, A. N. C.,Hien, D., Yu, G., & Gorroochurn, P. (inpress). Retention in the NIDA clinicaltrials network women and traumastudy: Implications for post-trialimplementation. American Journal ofOrthopsychiatry.Pinto, R. M. (in press). Communityperspectives on factors that influencecollaboration in public health research.Health Behavior and Education.Engelhardt, J., Rizzo, V., Della Penna,R., Feigenbaum, P., et. al. (in press).Effectiveness of care coordination andhealth counseling in advancing illness.American Journal of Managed Care.Schwalbe, C. S., & Maschi, T. (inpress). Confronting delinquency:Probations officers use of coercion andclient centered tactics to foster youthcompliance. Crime and Delinquency.Lenze, E. J., Rollman, B. L., Shear, K.,Dew, M. A., et al. (2009). Escitalopramfor older adults with generalizedanxiety disorder: a randomized controlledtrial. Jama, 301(3), 295-303.Zisook, S., & Shear, K. (2009). Griefand bereavement: What psychiatristsneed to know. World Psychiatry, 8(2),67-74.Mancini, A. D., Robinaugh, A. D.,Shear, K., & Bonanno, G. A. (2009).Does attachment avoidance helppeople cope with loss? The moderatingeffects of relationship quality. Journalof Clinical Psychology, 65, 1-10.Ssewamala, F. M., Chang-Keun, H., &Neilands, T. (2009). Asset ownershipand health and mental health functioningamong AIDS-orphaned adolescents:Findings from a randomized clinicaltrial in rural Uganda. Social Scienceand Medicine, 69(2), 191-198.Ssewamala, F. M. & Ismayilova, L. (inpress). Integrating children savingsaccounts in the care and support oforphaned adolescents in rural Uganda.Social Service Review.Ssewamala, F. M., Chang-Keun, H.,Neilands, T., Ismayilova, L., & Sperber,E. (in press). The effect of economicassets on sexual risk taking intentionsamong orphaned adolescents inUganda. American Journal of PublicHealth.Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy,L., & Garfinkel, I. (in press).Effects of welfare participation on marriage.Journal of Marriage and Family.Teitler, J. (forthcoming). The changingfamily and public health. In R. Detels,R. Beaglehole, M. Lansan, & M. Gulliford(Eds.), Oxford Textbook of PublicHealth, 5th Edition.Waldfogel, J. (forthcoming). Britain’swar on poverty. New York: Russell SageFoundation.Witte, S. S., El-Bassel, N., Gilbert,L., Wu, E., & Chang, M. (in press).Lack of awareness of partner HIV/STI risk among heterosexual couples.Perspectives on Sexual and ReproductiveHealth.Zweben, A., Fucito, L. M., O’Malley,S. S. (2009). Effective strategies formaintaining research participation inclinical trials. Drug Information Journal,43, 459-467.SelectedInternationalPresentationsProfessor Sheila Kamerman participatedin an expert meeting on familypolicy sponsored by the Doha InternationalInstitute for Family Studies andDevelopment and the United Nation’sProgram on the Family in the Divisionfor Social Policy and Development(DSPD) in Doha, Qatar.Professor Nabila El-Bassel presented“HIV among Drug Users in Kazakhstan:Driving Forces and Implications forHIV Prevention & Treatment” and “TheSilk Road Study: Migration and HIVamong Market Vendors in Kazakhstan”at the University of Malaya in KualaLumpur, Malaysia.Professor Ada Mui presented “ProductiveAging in China: How to Turn Silverinto Gold” at Shandong University inShandong Province, China.Associate Professor Fred Ssewamalapresented “Using Child DevelopmentAccounts to Divert Exploitive Child LaborParticipation and Increase SchoolAttendance in Developing Countries:Global Leadership: Columbia UniversityGlobal Health Research Center of Central AsiaTwenty health professionals from Kazakhstan participated in theGlobal Health Research Center of Central Asia’s (GHRCCA)Research Science Training on biostatistics and epidemiology atthe Almaty Institute of Public Health in Almaty, Kazakhstan.The training, funded by the Republic of Kazakhstan Ministryof Health, was conducted by Associate Professor Julien Teitler,and faculty from SUNY colleges and staff from the New YorkState Department of Health.Led by Nabila El-Bassel, the Center is the first researchcenter established by a university in Central Asia. GHRCCAdevelops and advances evidence-based, sustainable solutionsto emerging public health and social issues in the Central Asiaregion through rigorous research, education, training andpolicy. By bringing together multidisciplinary experts, localand international partners, government, and universities, theCenter is creating unique partnerships and collaborative effortsto develop and advance cross border, sustainable solutions.

16 SpectrumGlobal Leadership:Columbia Population Research CenterIn keeping with its mission to train the nextgeneration of population researchers, theColumbia Population Research Center(CPRC) sponsored a data training workshopat the annual meeting of the PopulationAssociation of America in April 2009.The workshop was titled “Using the FragileFamilies and Child Wellbeing Study Data to Study Marriage andFamily.” It provided an overview of the research design andkey components of the data as well as insights into using thedata for studying union status and household structure, unionhistory, relationship quality, and fertility. Advanced doctoralstudents and junior faculty from nine different universitieswere in attendance, representing the fields of anthropology,demography, educational psychology, marriage and familypsychology, sociology, and social work.Co-directed by Dr. Irwin Garfinkel, School of SocialWork, and Dr. Constance A. Nathanson of the School ofPublic Health, the CPRC is a multidisciplinary community ofscholars unified by a commitment to research that addressesthe health and well-being of vulnerable populations in thecontext of local and global inequalities, and informs policiesaffecting those populations. CPRC promotes research in foursignature areas: children, youth, and families; HIV/AIDS andreproductive health; immigration/migration; and urbanism.The Center’s research extends from New York City to over 50developing countries.A Case Study in Uganda” at the FourthIZA (Institute for the Study of Labor)World Bank Conference on Employmentand Development in Bonn, Germany.Assistant Professor Robin Gearing presented“Evidence-Based Interventionfor Children and Adolescents with PsychoticDisorders” at the 28th AnnualConference of the Canadian Academyof Child and Adolescent Psychiatry inVancouver, British Columbia.Assistant Professor Rogério Pintoorganized a symposium presentationwith Anne Brisson, Louisa Gilbert, AssociateProfessor Susan Witte and Professorof Professional Practice MarionRiedel on “Collaborative Public HealthResearch in Diverse International Contexts:Forging Partnerships, ConductingAssessments, Adapting and TestingHIV Prevention Interventions in Brazil,Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan”at the 12th World Congress on PublicHealth held in Istanbul, Turkey.Selected NationalPresentationsAssociate Dean Allen Zweben (Chairand organizer) presented “The Importanceof Social Support in Treatmentand Recovery from Alcohol Problems”at the 33rd Annual Scientific Meetingof the Research Society on Alcoholismin San Diego, CA.Associate Professor Susan Witte presented“Behavioral Interventions withFamilies: Contributions from SocialWork” and “Collaborating with Parentsin the Promotion of Pediatric Healththrough Biobehavioral Interventions”at a symposium sponsored by the NewYork Academy of Sciences in NewYork, NY.Associate Professor Wen-Jui Hanpresented “Educational Achievementof Immigrant Children” at the biennialconference of the Society for Researchin Child Development (SRCD) inDenver, CO. She also presented “ImmigrantParadox in Education andBehavior: Is Becoming American aDevelopmental Risk?” at a nationalconference on children & adolescentsfor immigrant families at Brown Universityin Providence, RI.Associate Professor Fred Ssewamalapresented “Lessons from InternationalChildren and Youth Savings Policyand Programs: Canada, Latin Americaand Africa” at the 2009 NationalConference on Children and YouthSavings sponsored by CFED in NewYork, NY.Associate Professor Vicki Lens presented“Contesting the Bureaucracy:Examining Administrative Appeals” atthe Law and Society Association AnnualConference in Denver, CO.Assistant Professor Dana Lizardipresented “Enhancing TreatmentEngagement of Suicidal Individuals inED Settings” at the 42nd AmericanAssociation of Suicide Conference inSan Francisco, CA.Assistant Professor Mark Prestonpresented “Karasek’s Job Demands-Control Model: A Multi-methodStudy on the Motivational Affects ofInstrumental Feedback” at the 2009International Conference on OccupationalStress and Health in San Juan,Puerto Rico.Assistant Professor Victoria Rizzopresented “Studying Caregiver RespitePrograms” at the NCOA/ASA AnnualProgram meeting in Las Vegas, NV.Assistant Professor Craig Schwalbepresented “Confrontation and Coercionby Juvenile Probation Officers” at theAmerican Society of Criminology AnnualConference in St. Louis, MO.Assistant Professor Fang-Pei Chenpresented “Inside the Black Box ofan EBP: CTI from an ImplementationPerspective” at the 2nd AnnualNIH Conference on the Science ofDissemination and Implementation inBethesda, MD.Ready for School? Continutedfrom page 3the poorest fifth of families in theU.S. scored at the 34th percentilein literacy tests, compared withthe 69th percentile for the richestfifth of families. And in the U.K.,3-year-olds from the poorest familiesscored at the 32nd percentilein school readiness, comparedwith the 63rd percentile for thosefrom the richest homes.Waldfogel says that the findingsare “very concerning because withchildren starting out at school sounequal, it’s very difficult to imaginethey will end school on anequal footing. If we are going tocall on our schools to deliver moreequal outcomes for children, wehave to ensure that children startschool more equally prepared.”The study found evidence thatparticipation in Head Start, theearly education program targetedat low-income children, boosts theperformance of the most disadvantagedchildren and contributes toa reduction in the school readinessgap. The authors calculated therole that expansions in Head Startand prekindergarten could playin closing income-related schoolreadiness gaps and found thatenrolling all low-income childrenin Head Start or prekindergartencould close between 20 percentand 50 percent of existing gaps.The research also points to theimportant role that parenting programscould play in promoting theschool readiness of children fromlow-income families. While not allparenting programs are successful,there some models that haveproven effective in improving parentingand outcomes for children.Expanding such programs to servemore low-income children wouldhelp boost the school readiness ofchildren from low-income familiesso that they can start school ona more equal footing with theirmore affluent peers.Finally, Waldfogel points outthat the UK has made a concertedeffort over the past decade to providemore income support for familieswith young children, inspiredin large part by evidence from theUS about how harmful poverty isfor young children. She commented:“Hopefully, we can take a lessonfrom what the UK is doing andthink about expanding our incomesupports for low-income familieswith young children.” ‘

Spectrum 17Alumni Class NotesAwards and HonorsFrances L. Lucas ’50 is the recipientof the 2009 Sojourner Truth Awardfrom the New York chapter of the NationalAssociation of Negro Women’sClubs, Inc.Majorie B. Tiven ’69, commissionerof the New York City Commission forthe United Nations, Consular Corpsand Protocol, was honored by the GirlScout Council of Greater New Yorkat their 34th Annual Tribute Dinnerfor her leadership and service to thecommunity.Terry Hokenstad ’62 was selectedas the 2009 Educator of the Yearby the Ohio Association of Gerontologyand Education for significantlyadvancing gerontological educationand fostering greater understandingabout aging.Dr. Arlene Goldsmith ‘61MS,Tony Tripodi, ‘63DSW, and NancyWackstein, ‘79 were inducted intothe Columbia University School ofSocial Work Hall of Fame, which honorsdistinguished alumni who havemade outstanding contributions tothe practice of social work and haveadded distinction to the profession.Jo Rosenberg Hariton ’73, a facultymember in the Department of Psychiatryat Weill Cornell Medical College,was honored by the WestchesterNASW for Distinguished Service tothe Profession.Philip A. Berry ’75, of Philip BerryAssociates LLC, was appointed byMayor Bloomberg to the Panel forEducational Policy for New York Cityschools.Yvette Rolon ‘82, program administratorfor the Department of SocialWork at the New York PresbyterianHospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center,was honored at the 5th AnnualLatino Social Task Force ScholarshipFundraising Dinner.Susan Nayowith ‘84 is presidentelectof the NYC Chapter of NASW.Reverend Dr. Gregory G. Groover, Sr.’87 was elected chair of the BostonSchool Committee, which governs andsets policy for Boston Public Schools.Andrea Vaghy Benyola ’98, Qin Gao‘05PhD, Julie Kim Richards ‘96,and Alison Snow ’04 were named the2008 Emerging Social Work Leadersby the National Association of SocialWorkers (NASW) New York Chapter.Eric Leventhal ’02, psychotherapistat Park West Associates, was electedto the Board of Directors of the NationalAlliance on Mental Illness-NewYork City Metro Chapter.Ana Lopez ‘02,executive directorof CommunityBridges, is arecipient of the2009 Eugeneand AgnesE. MeyerFoundationExponentAward foroutstandingnonprofit leadership in theGreater Washington, D.C. region. Herorganization will receive $100,000.Christina (Dooyeon) Kang ‘08PhDwas awarded the Social Research,Policy, and Practice Award for OutstandingDoctoral Student ResearchPaper at the Gerontological Society ofAmerica Conference. Her dissertationwas entitled, “The Impact of StaffingResources, Nurse Aide Training, andMedicaid Census on Quality of Careand Quality of Life at New York StateNursing Homes.”Lauren Hersch Nicholas ‘08PhD isthe winner of the 2008 John A. HeinzDissertation Award by the NationalAcademy of Social Insurance for herdissertation entitled, “Medicare Advantage?The Effect of Managed Care onMedicare Quality, Cost and Enrollment.”Anna Wong ‘08 was chosen into theWhite House Internship program. Shewill be working in the Office of theVice President.JuliannaGwiszcz‘09 was therecipient ofthe city-wideGeorgia L.McMurrayAward givenby the National Association of SocialWorkers-New York City Chapter. Givento only one student out of all six graduateschools of social work in New YorkCity, the award recognizes outstandingaccomplishments and contributionsmade to services to children and familiesby a graduating student. This is thefifth consecutive year that a ColumbiaUniversity student has won the GeorgiaL. McMurray Award.Three students have accepted positionsas 2009 Presidential ManagementFellows. Joanna Han ’09 isworking at the U.S. Department ofEducation, Office of Elementary andSecondary Education. Marisa Kirk-Epstein ’09 is a policy and programanalyst at the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, Office of Food and Nutrition,Division on Child Nutrition inAlexandria, VA. Amy Palilonis ’09 isworking at U.S. Housing and UrbanDevelopment, Office of CommunityPlanning & Development in the Officeof HIV/Aids Housing.Judith Simon Bloch ’51 has retired asCEO from the Variety Child LearningCenter which she founded in 1966. TheBoard of Trustees has named The JudithS. Bloch School at the Center in her honor.Tony Tripodi, ’63DSW co-authored thesecond edition of Single-case Designfor Clinical Social Workers: Love andHope by the Sea, and My Cane and I:A Memoir of a Disability.Mimi Abramovitz ‘67, ‘81DSW isa correspondent for WomensEnews.She presented at the Brooklyn CollegeSymposium on Women, Welfare Reformand Access to Higher Educationand was a keynote speaker on a panelhosted by the New York University’sWagner School of Public Policy andSilver School of Social Work.Elaine Congress ‘69, professor andassociate dean at Fordham UniversityGraduate School of Social Service, coeditedthe book Social Work with Immigrantsand Refugees: Legal Issues,Clinical Skills, and Advocacy.Carole A. Winston ‘71 was featuredon National Association of Social Work(NASW) consumer Web site www.helpstartshere.orgfor Black History MonthCelebration.Susan Schulherr ‘74 wrote EatingDisorders for Dummies (Wiley, 2008).Mary Gundlach Ross ‘75 is director ofeducation for the Long Beach DistrictParent Teacher Association.Darlyne Bailey ‘76 was appointeddean and professor of the GraduateSchool of Social Work and SocialResearch and special assistant to thepresident for community partnershipsat Bryn Mawr College.Diana Aviv ‘77, president and CEOof Independent Sector, was the 2009commencement speaker for ColumbiaUniversity School of Social Work.

18 SpectrumTrish Flanagan ’77, social worker forthe Millburn Township Public Schools,is in private practice.Daniel Reingold ’77, president andCEO of The Hebrew Home at Riverdale,is an advocate for aging and improvingthe quality of life for the elderly.Louis V. Cafiero ’79 is vice presidentof communications and marketingat The National Marine SanctuaryFoundation.Robin Ropar Heller ‘85 is senior directorof foundation fundraising at Children’sDefense Fund in Washington, D.C.Mark Heller ‘86, personal chef andcaterer, specializes in serving familieswith children or adult family memberswith special needs.Jaime Alvelo ’86, social work researcher,was profiled by NASW to highlightthe profession.Donna Scimia ‘86 launched ScimiaConsulting Group, Inc., a humanresources consulting business servingthe NY-NJ-CT area. Her article, “ACommon Sense Approach to ReducingLiability in Today’s Workplace,” wasrecently published in the EmployeeRelations Law Journal.Faye D. Lieman ’88, president of theboard of the North American Conferenceon Ethiopian Jewry, helps EthiopianJews in Israel and Ethiopia.Janice Hawkins ‘92 is working onher PhD in public administration atWalden University.Miriam Sabin ‘93 is working as a scientistfor HIV Testing and Counsellingat the World Health Organization inGeneva, Switzerland.Heidi Horsley ’97, executive directorof the Open to Hope Foundation, wasprofiled by NASW to highlight theprofession.Eileen M. Kennedy ’98 providescounseling services and mental healthprogramming for students at theHunter College and maintains a privatepsychotherapy practice.Deborah Faye Mullin ‘00 is the directorof family services at CTE, Inc. inStamford, CT.Amy Kaplan ‘00 is a licensed clinicalsocial worker at the Veterans Administrationin Los Angeles, CA. She alsomentors alumni through the licensingand job search process.Sherry Saturno ‘00, director of socialservices for Sprain Brook ManorNursing and Rehabilitation Center inScarsdale, NY, provides psychotherapyconsultation to R.G. PsychologicalServices and is a member of the Boardof Directors for Careers for People withDisabilities, Inc.Katharine Denihan ’01 is assistantdirector of case management and socialwork services at North General Hospital.Tami Farber ’02,president of TogetherLeading the Future,Inc., works with theAcademy for Conservationand the Environmentand the UnitedNations International Middle Schoolon intercultural education, anti-oppression,language and communication andpositive peer relationships.Melissa Federan Friedman ’03 isdirector of alumni affairs at JewishTheological Seminary.Rachel Gwynne ‘03 is director of talentrecruitment at L’Oreal USA.Rebecca Rabinovitch ‘03, children’sservice worker at The Children’s AidSociety of Toronto, provides counselingto foster children and youth.Kaziem Woodbury’05 is directorof corporate andconstituent servicesat the Alliance forDowntown NewYork, Inc.Bree Akesson ‘06 received a three-yearPhD fellowship to McGill University’sSchool of Social Work in Montreal,Quebec where she will be studyinginternational social work with a focuson young children affected by conflictand disasters.Josie Torielli ‘06 was promoted tosupervising social worker at the SafeHorizon Brooklyn Rape and SexualAssault Program.Natasha Nalls ‘07 is director ofhealthy aging programs at the Alliancefor Aging in Miami, FL.Abigail Strubel ‘08 is the Dual DiagnosisRecovery Program coordinator forComAlert/Counseling Service of EasterDistrict New York.Pin Wang ‘08PhD was appointed assistantprofessor at the National TaipeiUniversity Department of Social Workin Taiwan.Heather Benak ‘09 is a mental healthclinician for the Westchester AvenueCenter - Institute for Family Health inBronx, NY.Alida M. Bouris ‘09PhD has accepteda tenure-track faculty position at theUniversity of Chicago School of SocialService Administration.Laura Candeloro ‘09 is a programspecialist for the Head Start Office inSan Francisco, CA.Maria DeMonte ‘09 is a programspecialist for the U.S. Health and HumanServices Agency for Children andFamilies (ACF) Office of Family Assistance,Temporary Assistance for NeedyFamilies Program in Washington, DC.Sasha Diamond-Lenow ‘09 is a clinicalforensic specialist for Safe Horizon.Nicole Doniger ‘09 is the POS programmanager for the Metropolitan Councilon Jewish Poverty in New York.Caitlin Galiker ‘09 is a programspecialist at the U.S. Health andHuman Services ACF Division ofUnaccompanied Children, providingcase management and consultation toundocumented children who enter thecountry without caregivers.Sujata Ghosh ‘09 is program coordinatorat the Asian Task Force AgainstDomestic Violence in Boston, MA.Angelica Gutierrez ‘09 is a programspecialist of the U.S. Health and HumanServices ACF Office of CommunityServices, Assets for IndependenceProgram in Washington DC.Shaghayegh Guerami-Dahi ‘09 is programmanager at Real Solutions to GunViolence for PAX, Inc. in New York.Eunice Han ‘09 is special projectscoordinator for HeartShare HumanService of New York.Dan Hekman ‘09 is the liaison forFatherhood Programs and SpecialInitiatives at the U.S. Health and HumanServices ACF, New York RegionalOffice.Stephen Hile ‘09 is the care coordinationspecialist for Gay Men’s HealthCrisis in New York.Bethany Keck ’09 is working for Familyand Children’s Aid in Danbury, CT.Nicole Kirkwood ’09 is a social workerat the Aaron School in New York City.Katherine Mardy ‘09 is a programquality analyst for The New YorkFoundling. She was also selected as a2009 Presidential Management Fellowfinalist.Dolores McCullough ‘09 is the assistantto the executive director in the Bellevue-Educare Child Care Center at the BellevueHospital Center in New York.Daniel P. Miller‘09PhD has accepteda tenure-track facultyposition at the BostonUniversity School ofSocial Work.Jordan Nissan ’09 is the administrativedirector for The Institute for FamilyHealth in New York City.Lauren Polakoff ‘09 is the residentservices coordinator at the HebrewHome for the Aged in Riverdale, NY.Sholpan Primbetova’09 is director ofspecial projects atthe Columbia UniversityGlobal HealthResearch Center ofCentral Asia in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Andrea Prince ‘09 is the programand volunteer coordinator at VillagMiller Miller e Exchange Internationalin Ghana.Livia Rojas ‘09 is the training andresource coordinator for CaliforniaCoalition Against Sexual Assault inSacramento.Taryn Shappell ’09 is a social workfellow at the Lucile Packard Children’sHospital of Stanford University inCalifornia.Aditi Shiravastava ‘09 is a programspecialist for the U.S. Health andHuman Services ACF, Office of FamilyAssistance in Washington DC.Keyon Smith ‘09 is a federal projectofficer for the U.S. Health and HumanServices ACF, Health Marriage Initiativein Washington, DC.Vanessa Stumpf ‘09 is a social workerfor the Jewish Child Care Association,Mental Health and Juvenile JusticeProgram.Francesca Valerian ’09 is the communityorganizer and services coordinatorfor Reston Interfaith in Reston, VA.Submit your class note to spectrum@columbia.edu.

Spectrum 19Honor RollGrand Total $3,449,930 Annual Fund: $324,238Restricted and Endowment Funds: $3,125,692We are delighted to present to you the 2008-2009 Honor Rollof Donors. We recognize with gratitude those who made a giftor grant to the Columbia University School of Social Workbetween July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Together, nearly2,000 alumni, parents, friends, faculty, staff, corporations andfoundations contributed to the School. Our heartfelt thanksfor your support.Throughout the 112-year history of the Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work, gifts at every level have been vitally importantin strengthening our programs, supporting our faculty,enhancing our building and facilities, and making it possible forsocial work students to receive a remarkable Columbia education.Every gift makes a difference to today’s students and faculty. Yoursupport makes it possible for us to plan for the future and meetimmediate opportunities. Just as important, a gift is a testamentto the academic achievements and accomplishments which impactthe social work profession. Each gift is a vote of confidence in theSchool’s mission and leadership, and an acknowledgment of ourunparalleled history and legacy as the “first and finest” School ofsocial work.Please take a few moments to recognize those who are listed.Leadership gifts of $500 or more are recognized in the MaryRichmond Society; gifts of $1,000 and more are listed in theDean’s Circle. The G.O.L.D. Circle recognizes Graduates ofthe Last Decade (Classes 1999-2009) who made a gift of $100 ormore. The Blue & White Circle acknowledges loyal donors whogave to the School each year for the past 5 years.Each gift is important and deeply appreciated. To recognize allof the School’s many generous supporters, a continuation of thisHonor Roll will appear in the next edition of Alumni E-Notes.We have made every effort to ensure accuracy. If your name wasmistakenly omitted or if you would like your name to appear differentlyin future listings, please give us a call at (212) 851-2371or contact us at sswalumni-dev@columbia.edu.Thank you so very much for making the Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Work a part of your ongoing philanthropy.Dean’s Circle$100,000 or moreThe Atlantic FinanceCompany, Ltd.The Annie E. CaseyFoundation, Inc.The Ford FoundationThe GerontologicalSociety of America°Helen and Lou†LowensteinThe New York CommunityTrustOpen Society InstituteSchott Foundation forPublic Education$50,000 - $99,999Frances AlexanderFoundationAnonymousBernard C. Fisher°Susan U. Halpern°Ann F. Kaplan°Charles Stewart MottFoundationRussell Sage FoundationThe Sirus Fund°$25,000 - $49,999American ExpressCompanyThe Arthritis FoundationRobert N. Butler, M.D.Center for UrbanFamilies, Inc.Barbara Ostrove Grodd°Linda R. and Peter A.HoffmanLangdon L. Holloway°Jewish Association forServices for the AgedJewish Communal FundJeremiah Kaplan FoundationEdward S. Moore FamilyFoundation, Inc.°New York CommunityTrust$10,000 - $24,999American Foundation forSuicide PreventionThe Chastell FoundationJewish Communal Fundof New YorkJennifer Corn CarterNina P. Freedman°Goldman, Sachs &CompanyIncorporated°National Alliance forResearchThe New York Academyof MedicineOstgrodd Foundation°The Silverweed Foundation,Incorporated°Jeffrey R. Solomon$5,000 - $9,999Jessica Belmont Aaron*William T. ArmourJennifer M. GruenbergT. Louise Jones°LCU Foundation°The V & L Marx FoundationPraxis Housing Initiatives,Inc.Dean Jeanette C. andCarl Takamura°Tony Tripodi°William A. Van Ness°Elsa F. Waxman$2,500 - $4,999Anonymous°Russel L. Jr. and NancyS. CookDebra Ann Del Toro-Phillips°Michael F. Dooley°ExxonMobil Foundation°Hilary GinsbergFeshbachSheila B. Kamerman°The Malkin Fund, Inc.°Allen J. ModelThe Leo Model FoundationThe Morse Family Foundation,Inc.Carol Demuth SchaeferThe ShepherdFoundationJoseph Carmen Spiteri°$1,000 - $2,499ACE FoundationAnonymous°Appleby Charitable LeadTrustMarc and Barbara ArnoldSandra H. BakalarWayne M. Barnstone°Gail O. BatesAnn BialkinMaryEllen JeffriesBigham°Frances A. GautieriBrownSusan Jane CaccappoloNancy Frances CincottaJohn DabneyDebra Ann Del Toro-Phillips°*Jacqueline H. Dryfoos°JRS Dryfoos CharitableLead Trust°Charlotte J. DunmoreCharlotte K. Ehrenhaft°David Fanshel°First Steps to RecoveryFJCEdward T. and Mary E.FogartyBrenda JohnsonGallagherIrv GarfinkelJohn W. Hales°Shirley C. Hellenbrand°Lauren R. Howard*Jarvie CommonwealServiceRobert A. Jorlett°Nicolas KoutsopoulosRobert Langer°Hildegard J. LewisAlice Mu-Jung P. LinBrenda G. McGowan°Joan E. MintzMary R. MorganAnn W. NicholsCaryle G. Perlman°Mary Ann Quinson°Stephanie RaiaMuriel C. Reed°Robert M. and MarjorieM. RosencransAnn Sulzberger Sand°Nora Sheehan SchaafPenny Jeffra SchwartzRenata B. Selig°Jessie P. SmithAllyne I. SpinnerCarolyn S. Strunk°Sylvia Dorothy Stuart°Vanguard CharitableEndowment Program°Evelyn H. Weinstein°Blaikie F. Worth°Barbara B. ZuckerAllen and Aviva Zweben°Mary Richmond$500 - $999Accenture Foundation,Inc.Sally Malin AdlerIvye L. Allen*Ellen E. AmstutzJennifer Marie Armour*Dan AsherJudith Lang BarnettJean W. Bender°Fidelity InvestmentsCharitable Gift FundKaren Blumenthal°Malcolm E. BoltonJennifer L. Bornemann*Steven BossJacqueline B. BotwinickGeorgia Parsons Brauer°Phyllis F. Caroff°†Deceased ° Blue & White Circle * G.O.L.D. Circle

20 SpectrumCarol W. CederbaumRosetta W. ChaoBetsy M. ChodorkoffGrace H. ChristKathy S. CollinsWendy H. Doran-Paley*Joyce N. DortchMargaret Allen Elbow°Jean Allen EpsteinNaomi S. Felsenfeld°Marjorie Eustis FrankelBarbara C. FreedmanFrances PerlmanFreedman°Courtney Anne French°Judith H. Fuller°Frances Givelber°Sharon Yellin GlickJean GoldenDona L. CooperHamiltonAlexandra A. Herzan°Bonnie S. HodesThe Susan and DavidHorowitz FoundationSusan W. HorowitzLinda Busken Jergens°The Robert Wood JohnsonFoundationBeverly S. JohnstonBetty Cheyne JonesMargaret A. Kane°Joan Perle Kaplan*Thomas M. H. and AugustaSouza Kappner°Elena KingslandJudith B. KostmanMary Jane Lee°Linda Rothman LevineJane I. LoweMarsha A. MartinSusan Matorin°Evelyn C. MesserJoan K. Frank MeyerMarjorie L. Miller°Dominick A. MinottiDeborah Faye MullinFusako NakamachiThe Namm Foundation,Inc.Susan Amy Nayowith°Sonya L. Rhodes°Linda HullingerRockwell°Donna M. Rosenthal°Leo J. SamuelsJan F. Selby°Michaele K. SheinerMartha J. LovenheimSiegelThe Hon. Lillian K.Sing°Joanna T. SteichenLaurie A. Sussman°Rebecca Chace SwanMarion M. Thompson°Carole Chinn Tjoa°Susan TurnerJoyce VastolaHenrietta H. WhitcombRoyal O’H Willie°Lois M. Wynn$250-$499Carol Abram°Margaret M. Ahern°George A. ApplebyJason Andrew ArkinJean Taft DouglasBandler°Bank of America FoundationJune BenensonPhilip A. and KarenBryan BerryFidelity Charitable GiftFundSusan Hyman BesharovMarygrace F. BillekRoslyn Birger-HershfieldSusan AnthoneBodansky°Maria Yellow HorseBrave HeartBridgewood FieldwaterFoundation°Kenneth S. CarpenterKathryn CroftIris Gerber DamsonTangley Lloyd DeLaneyMary Ann DrautClaire M. EdersheimJane M. Farrell°Nadia Ehrlich Finkelstein°Lois S. FlaughThora W. FrankJeanette LascoumesFriedmanLisa L. Gasstrom°Jean Sack GoldConstance O. GoldbergAndrew S. GordonTanya Gorham*Mildred GubermanMerl Hokenstad, Jr.°Shirley Raphael Imber°Jewish CommunityFoundation of MontrealFernando Jones°Daphne Lydia KalaidjianHattie Kalish-LyntonAlice Kenney°Raymona A. Kinneberg°Latino Social WorkersOrganizationSharon L. Lockhart-CarterMary Ellen LoreficeHelen Sloss Luey°Phyllis S. Manko°Daniel M. MarbleJonnie C. MarshallRachael RoyalMcDonald°*Roslyn G. McDonaldThe McGraw-HillCompanies Foundation,Inc.Sherman Merle°MGS & RRS CharitableTrustNathaniel H. MurrayMary O. Naftzger°Danielle Nisivoccia°Jeanne Foote NorthWallace NottageRyan M. and EmilyJoyce Oakes*Helen OlsonPeter Meriwether O’NeillSharon A. Peraino°Nancy Tally Polevoy°Daniel A. ReingoldJoan B. ReiskinSara Belle RosensweigWinston A. RossMargrit WreschnerRustowDonald L. SchmidSusan Ellen SchorrEllen Schroeter°William SchumerEileen Ramos SegalJoel Cramer SegalMonica M. SegalEileen SharonShepherd°Lawrence ShulmanSusan ShulmanBarbara M. Silverstone°Katherine E. Snelson°Carol L. Sobelson°Stay Strong FoundationRoschel HollandStearns°Susan A. FeinbergStelkPaula SternDonald Strasser°Cynthia StuenEthel G. Taft°Linda M. TairaThe Hon. Joseph L.TorresBarbara S. TorrestPatricia M. Veit°Katherine Rose WhiteStadlerRev. Norman D. WhiteTerrie M. WilliamsYuen Chi Wu°Elaine Frezza YanivYee Nar YuenSharon S. Zisserman°$100 - $249Cindy J. Aaronson°Elizabeth Carol Abel*Irvin D. Abelman°Betty Ann AblonThomas F. Adams°Danica AdzemovicFrederick L. Ahearn, Jr.Seon A. AhnMaureen C. AlbersAbraham AlcabesLeslie J. AllenJerry B. AllfordDana M. Alpern°Meryl G. AlsterJoan Marcia AlterKaren M. Alterman°Jennifer GalvinAndelman*Elizabeth P. AndersonAnonymous°Madeline M. ArmbrustRichard S. AronsonMemunatu Attah-Issah*Augustinian CommunityMarian D. Bach°Townsend W. BarnettMary Jane FlemingBaronFrank EvertBartholomew°Kathleen CostelloBar-TurCarolyn C. BeauchampJoan E. Bechhofer°Jane G. BedichekThe Beir Foundation,Inc.°Joan S. Beir°Carmen Cerio BelleBelsky-Doyle-Polikoff-Troubh Family TrustCarole L. BenderBetty H. BenjaminDavid Mitchell BensonLynn Anne Bergman°Barbara J. BerkmanAnnette BerkowitzJonathan RobertBernon*Virginia Trotter BettsRichard R. BiolsiBarri-Sue BlackMargaret Konefsky BlankHoward Ian BlasRudolph L. BlierSusan Blumenfield°Lynne Ellen Bolson*Barbara Lee BorosonElliott I. BovelleChristine PavlakisBowlingErna H. BowmanAlicia BrackmanSarah S. BradleyKeiko Aizawa BretherickOlimpia M. Brewington°Ruth N. BrewsterKatharine Briar-LawsonInez L. Sperr BrisfjordDeborah Alyse BrownJanet S. Brown°Phyllis L. BrownSusan KanskyBroxmeyer°Donna BuehlerAnn Burack-WeissWilliam R. BurgessDavies C. and Patricia K.Burton°Thomas W. Butler°Anne Colton CalavanMarie C. CaldieroJoanne Lynne CalistaSusan H. CanadaCarol A. CanterAlexander W. Carel°Rebecca P. CarelMary W. CarswellMichelle L. Carter*Alvin CasonNancy E. Cavaluzzi°Susan S. ChanMary P. ChandlerAnn W. ChapmanBarbara CharltonNatalie E. ChasslerChevronMarc F. ChinardFlora Miu Ling Chu°John J. ClearyPenny CohenBarry B. Cohn°Rose A. CohnDarlene B. CollinsAnn V. Colt°Elaine P. CongressSarah Anne CorbettLinda Blair Coulter°Kaye A. CraftLigia M. CravoSusan W. CrimminsNeil Joseph CroninMargaret M. CrowleyStella Curry°Moira CurtainElizabeth Bowes Dakin°Carol A. DalyDora Lee Damico°Paul LawrenceDannenfelserRonald B. Dear°Dorothy FarnhamDeSha°Claudia M. DewanePatricia H. DeytonGuarione M. DiazKimberly Ann DiBella-Farber*Ruth G. DickesRose W. DobrofRosemary B. DoddDouglas H. DornanPeter and ElisabethPolikoff DoyleBruce M. DresnerJames F. Drinane°Stuart M. During°Utako ShiraishiDwyer°Robert G. EakinRafaela ValdezEcheverria°Julia Economou°Ingrid B. EinsteinElmer and Edith D.EisnerNancy J. EisnerSvetlana Eliot*Audrey Lynn ElliottJoyce E. EpplerIrwin EpsteinMargaret J. Everett°Filomena D. Farley°Jane Arkus FastiggiEllen F. FeldmanMarshall E. FeldmanBarbara J. FeldmarMarina FirestoneJack R. FischerMary Ann Fitzgerald°Marilyn J. FogelquistJane Brown Foster°E. Aracelis Francis°Murray W. FrankSheila S. FreemanDavid G. French°Elaine P. Frost°Velia Klein Frost°Yumiko Fukuda-SanoBarbara R. Fuller°Judith GallantTeresa GardianGE FoundationWendy Lynn GemelleGarrath A. Germain°Louisa GilbertElizabeth A. GlassEstelle K. Glauberman°Margaret F. GoldbergMarion Kristal GoldbergSheryl Lynn Goldfarb°Nancy S. GoldingArlene L. GoldsmithIsabel GoldsteinNancy T. GoncharSarah W. GoodmanNatalie GordonSheila GorskyJulia K. Gosliner°Anita M. GraberAngelina Grandizio°Elois M. GrangerNancy M. Green†Deceased ° Blue & White Circle * G.O.L.D. Circle

Spectrum 21Charlotte SeltzerGreenbergSarah B. GreenblattSolomon GreenfieldCatherine C. Greenwood°Ruth B. GreerHelen L. GrimmCarol J. GrossJoan Irene GrossDiane F. HailparnJean S. Haley°Helen R. HamlinNathan Handlin°Herbert HansellEmily Johnston Hardcastle*Anne W. HardingRhonda E. Harrison°Gay HartiganLeora Louise HaskettNealRobert K. HauptBeatrice S. Hawkins°Nathalie R. HawleyWalter Bernard HaynesworthPhyllis M. Healy-SovaShizu A. HeauJohn F. Heimerdinger°Linda Reyman HeimerdingerPauline K. HermanNancy Lee HerronBerenice E. HessShannon SullivanHessionPatricia M. HinckenJudith A. HinesMiriam A. HirschThe Howard & MiriamHirsch FoundationHillary SprungHirschhornStephen HirschhornBonnie Kraff HochbergLucile J. Holliday°George Horowitz°Bette Elaine HowardCarolyn Hubbard-KamunanwireMona HuffHolly V. Humphreys°Paula HuntPamela G. HymanPatrocinia Ibanez-MurilloMilagros M. IrizarryRuth M. JacksonAudrey D. JacksonAdelaide Jacquet°Arlene JaroslawMargaret B. JefferysRichard Albert JohnsonRussel R. JohnstonPatricia J. JonesLinda Kahn KadishNancy V. KahnArlene R. Kalfus°Shimeji KanazawaMarvin N. KaphanJanet KasimisPeter J. Kasius, Jr.°Jessica Hellinger KaslickLeanne D. KaslowJean A. KembleFrances D.E. KerchnerGranvilette T. KestenbaumSuzanne H. KeuschKwang Suk KimPauline Klein-LockerDiane S. KlingensteinMary L. KohnstammSandra KoorejianGeorge Irving Krell°Kathleen P. KriegAudrey S. KurtzPaul A. KurzmanBarbara Weldele LaPietraSusan Latham*Jean Kantambu LattingSylvia J. LavietesAudrey Snypse Lawson°Anne LeaCarolyn V. LeBoutillierPao-Yue Lee°Adele M. LeightCatherine Leitzes LeitnerDorette R. LemonAnat Rachel Leonard*Janet Marie LernerWalter N. LeutzBarbara Levi-BerlinerPaul LevineRenee S. LevineDaniel LichtenbergNadine O. LightburnJudith M. LitchmanSusan Timares LivingstonAmy S. LoewenbergRev. Msgr. Alfred PhilipLoPintoYvonne P. LunMary E. LutzMarjorie L. Mack°Barbara A. MacleodClara L. MaddoxJames MaldonadoHannah L. MalkinMoses M. and HannahL. Malkin FoundationKathleen Kelly MaloneWoon-Yee So ManWendy Jo MargoliesRuth Bloomfield MargolinBarbara Joann MargolisRegina A. MarottaElizabeth T. Massey*Linda Matheson†°Kathleen Ann MathewsNancy Guss Matles°Bernard S. MayerRuth Rothbart MayerElizabeth H. McAfooseJames J. McCreath°Louvenia McDonald°Etta G. McEwan°Arthur Joseph McGrath*Gary H. McKay°Lareesa VonrellaMcLain*Megan E. McLaughlinPaula V. McMartinLaura J. McMichael-CadyWilliam A. MeezanMargaret StansmoreMehanPatricia MendellAlan and Carla D.MenikoffJudith Craft MercerThe Merck CompanyFoundationCaroline RamsayMerriamDoris S. MersonRuth H. MichaelsonBetty MilhendlerMindy Sue MillerMcGuireBaila H. MillerElizabeth A. MillerJacqueline C. MillerSonja MitchellThe Moody’s FoundationJoseph G. Moore°Donna D. MorganPatricia G. MoriseyMildred Rose MoskowitzArden G. MoultonAlice G. Mueller°Theresa N. MurphyCarole Marshall Myers°Kathleen Monica Mylod*The Nagpaul FamilyTrustHans R. Nagpaul°Elizabeth BeekmanNaylorWendi Kristen Neill*Naomi Joy W. NeuwirthJennifer Lynn SawyerNewAgnes Mung Chan Ng°Wang-Tsang NgPatricia T. NitzburgAlma J. NormentDennis Roosevelt Norwood*Edward Francis NowickiRima Ogrin°Claudia Janeth Olave-Guillermo*Louisa S. OliverGayle Hoffman OlsenJohn P. O’NeillWilliam G. O’ReillyPatricia Dein PageEleanor G. PearlmanRuth N. Pemberton-FofanaBarbara B. PepperRamon PerezDorothy K. Per-LeeRita Marie ChenowethPetersonPeter Petrella°Joanne N. Peyser°Elizabeth V. PhillipsMichael H. PhillipsSusan Mary PierceyMonica E. PierrepointeDeborah M. PolinskyJames E. PopeCaren E. Potoker°Vera E. PressmanNoda A. PrestonMichael Bernard PyattEdgar W. PyeLyn Mitchell QuinnRebecca Reid RabassaAryeh Simon Raucher*Anne H. Reese°Sandy Regenbogen-WeissHelen RehrKaren E. Reisman°David S. RibnerLaurie F. Richardson°Lois C. RichardsonAnna S. RickellMelissa Mary RiesRobert Winston RobertsKarenlee C. RobinsonBarbara RodriguezPhyllis A. Roe°June Silver Rogul°Volie L. Roof, Jr.Lydia M. Rosado*Celie G. RosenauMax RosenbachLouise R. RosenblumTracy RosenhandRoselyn Finn RosenthalIrene H. Ross°Loretta M. RuchinskasAnn Rudin°Claire RudolphAntoinette S. Russin°Judith Cohen Ruthberg°Marjorie SachsMary Linden SalterLois S. SamuelSandra B. San MiguelJose Reyes Sanchez°Rabbi Neil Saul andSusan Hart SandlerVirginia SaundersMaryann SchachtTerry E. ScheinerJurine M SchellbergPhyllis L. Schimel°James AnthonySchmidlin°Susan G. SchmidtMiriam SchneiderSusan Jane SchulherrHope F. Schultz°Katherine Huggin SchulzDebbie Schwartz°Gail E. SchwartzJoan Vida SchwartzNancy F. SchwartzUeli SchwarzmannArthur Lawrence Seltzer°Gilda L. SerranoRita E. ShawnAbraham I. and JeanSherr Foundation, Inc.°Rita M. Sherr°Marguerite ElaineShieldsMary-Ellen SiegelMerryl E. SiegelMary H. SilkBernice GreenfieldSilvermanPauline Therese Silvia°Sue Klavans SimringKarun Krishna SinghMax SiporinSisters of the GoodShepherdGrace W. SistoAmie Witten SmithJulia Grace SmithLouise R. SmithJune Snyder-WestfallSusan S. SolomonBarbara Elizabeth Solt°Paula Foster SpauldingIrving A. SpergelBarbara A. Stahura°Milovan StanojevichFlorence T. Stein°Gail H. SteinHerman D. Stein†Joan SteinDavid M. Steiner°Nikolai S. StevensonEleanor StierFlorence Ray StierLynn Shattuck StilesEsther R. StimmelDeborah Jean StinsonJudith T. StoneLaurie A. StormCarol Frances StorrQuincy Carter StuartTonitte D. Stubbs-GoetheAlice-Mae B. Suits°Minnie B. SunfistMadeleine SzafranSandra TalaveraMasako TamuraBarbara F. TaylorElizabeth H. TaylorVivian Juanita Taylor°Linda M. Tempel°Shirley A. Thomas°Suzanne C. ThomasStacey ThornhillRobert ThorntonLaura TingSuzanne W. Todd°Nina S. TolleyMario TontiCarole S. TrevasMartha Ford TuckerAileen V. TurnierRoseanne TzitzourisUnumProvidentCorporationPhyllis Urman-KleinLois Merry VaismanHelen R. Vandenberg°Dorrine J. VecaLeslie Rose VelliosNancy G. WacksteinPatrick F. Walsh°John F. WalzJanice C. Warner°Cynthia Stober WarshawKate L. WashtonNancy Green Waxman°Anita B. Weinberg°Louise K. Weinberg°Phyllis R. WeingartenSusan Lynn Weingarten*Tamara L. WeintraubMargaret Howell WelchLeland Earnest WheelerElizabeth Phillips White°Judith C. WhitePearl Whitman°Sonya Anne WichGeoffrey R. WienerAnn D. Wilcox°Mary Elizabeth WilcoxJanet B.W. WilliamsJean WilliamsJustin C. WilliamsElaine M. WilsonHelen Clarice WilsonLouise Thibodeau Winhusen*Roberta A. WinterThomas H. WittrockStephen L. WobidoAudrey Laibson WolfEllen S. WolfsonSeojin Won*Eleanor Marquand WorthJoanne WrightCora Emiko YamamotoGeorge Yonemura†Deceased ° Blue & White Circle * G.O.L.D. Circle

22 SpectrumKathleen M. YostDouglas R. YoungAmy Elizabeth Zahalsky*Denise A. ZalmanMarjorie ZiefertShelley L. Zucker$50 - $99Burdett S. AdamsMartha H. AdamsGloria E. AlexanderDon D. AllenPeter J. AltschulJaime AlveloFrancia Minerva Aquino-GarciaKaren Saltus ArmstrongTami S. Ashford-CarrollHanacho Atako°Martha W. AtchleyRobin L. AugustCarrie P. BaconJoanne M. Baecher-DiSalvo°Paula W. BainDonald A. BairdRichard S. BairdEmily Kate BallCheryl A. BarkerHarvey P. BaskerPatricia Anne BaskindMargo Ann BayroffJeffrey Michael BeckerNatalie F. BeenVivian L. BeenstockPhyllis W. BellJane L. Bender°Lucie BenediktJoanne S. BergerLillian G. Berman°Robin A. BezarkJoyce BianchiEugenie BirdsongKaren Kaplan BlickRuth Blumenthal°Ruth D. Borger°Jane G. BoutetJohn Bradman°Adeline M. BrandtJudith A. BrandweinMadeline Braverman°Clotean H. Brayfield°Sharon B. BrenerJudith G. BrickmanSara N. BrownFlorence M. BrownridgeGailann R. BruenCathy Krown Buirski°Susan Charland BurkeTina Nicole Burozski-UmlaufMelba D. ButlerMadeleine CalderonSally L. CantorElise F. Kravetz CarltonJohn L. Carroll, Jr.Gilbert D. CattellLydia L. ChangRosemary AllisonChapmanAda Amy ChartockBetty ChenMouchuan Teddy ChenCarol CherryMarjorie HildebrandCherryCheryl R. ChessJoyce ChinCynthia E. Chin-MarshallSiu-Fun Pun ChoySarah S. ClappClarke Family TrustBrenda M. ClarkeGerry L. and PatriciaJoan ClarkeEthel and Nathan CohenFoundationBarbara L. Cohen°Gladys R. CohenMurray and BarbaraCohenLeonard J. and Katrin B.ColamarinoJennifer DeRosa CollinsLucila Cora-SanchezClaudia R. CovoJanet F. CramerMarian CreminEllen R. DahlquistTiffany Hill DavisAda E. DeerDorothy K. DeeringDeborah Motland DekkerMary Weber DeLunaLouis E. DeMoll, Jr.Rita Marie Desnoyers-GarciaJohn J. Devine°Michael and ElissaDevinsStephanie DicksteinElayne Neufeld DixDominican PreachersAmy R. DorinJudith S. DubersteinJosie W. Duckett-BoydLisa Marie D’UrsoHarvey R. DymRandy A. Dymond°Ellen R. EanetCarol Dorothy EhlerMarcia E. EhrlichJacqueline Betz EllisKayla Elise Engle-LewisMalitta VictoriaEngstromMiriam Epstein°Melissa Ann ErlebacherProfessor John L. ErlichGeraldine M. EspositoDorothy Ettlinger°Edith Z. EvansDonald V. Fandetti°Susan M. Feingold°June TiefenbrunFeldman°Karen G. Felton-HandleyKristal T. FergusonFrank FerroLloyd D. Fett°Tammy MardersteinFetterDeborah Liss FinsRachel FischlerReva Berkowitz FishnerEva L. FleischerHelen E.P. FlintStanley Foodim°Martha Alpert FrazerJudy L. FredricksStanley and Marion H.Freedman-GurspanSusan B. FreemanWilliam AloysiusFreeman°Julia Desgun FriedelJean E. FusiniDaphne Z. FutermanDorothy N. GamblePaula J. GannonConnorLesley E. GehrErma S. GibberJulie M. Gingerich°Natalie GlassGladys H. GlassmanRanny GoldfarbCheryl H. GoldsteinKathleen E. GoodinJudith D. GoodmanEva Marie GordonKaren H. GranbyGrantham, Mayo, VanOtterloo & Co. LLCRonald K. GreenNancy L. GreenbergMichele M. GreenfieldBenjamin I. 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KramerFrances KrupkaBronka Harz KurzFrank KushinElizabeth L. Kutak°Ruth Y. LairdDorothy W. LandressSarah R. LangMary G. LarounisSandra LavinJudy Maxine LeePhyllis Lehon-Richman°Sheila C. LehrburgerPaul LermanMary Hountras LevendosEdith D. LevineMarcy E. Levine-HoldowskyCatherine E. B. LevitzMarcia SchwartzmanLevyMargaret Moss LevyDaniella LieblingLouis LinnMaria A. Basso LipaniCarolyn M. Lipscomb-WhitePrincess Zakia LittleChristine P. LiuMartin LivensteinBeverly A. Locker°Rachel M. Solow LoevStephanie M. LouerLorraine LougeeWalter W. Lowden°Jennifer Susan LynchLaura P. MackDavid A. MagedJane Stuhler Magee°Marianne Eve MagidJonesFrancine SpadaforaManzellaIlene Susan MarcusAvra K. MarkJerome O. MarkJean A. MarkowitzJoan E. MarshallEuthemia S. MatsoukasCharles E. MaynardSr. Nancy M. McAwardCarolyn Ella McIntyreCarolyn B. McLaughlinMarcie Jane McNaryAmy C. McQuaidPeter Anthony Melillo°Antonio A. MendezDoreen E. MercurioHermine Rose MigdonThe Miller FamilyEndowmentMadelyn G. MillerLinda J. MilletCharlotte S. MillmanBarry A. MillsCatherine M. MirraValerie Anne MitchellFadilDoris Gay MoldowRoberta G. Monat°Ramon A. Monge Sr.Penelope Johnson MooreAnthony A. and LaraSchwartz MorettiShirley C. MorrisAbigail Jean MorrisonGerda B. MosseBarbara McAdam MullerSenator Janet S. Munt°Kenneth Kenji Murase†°Martin Nacman°Professor Wendy B.NaidichHaeSun NamMadhuram K. NambiarGeraldine L. NatwinJill S. Chaby NeidorfHermine F. NessenCarol L. NicholsGuillermo Noriega, Jr.Leonie NowitzNorma Leticia Nunez-LangloisChristopher Paul OatesLaureen L. O’DonnellRoxane Berta Offner°Joan E. OhlsonMary Ellen O’KellyKoberCynthia Antonia OkolskiBen Avis OrcuttAlbana Vasil OrgockaAlberta L. OrrMartha Drexler Osler°Linda S. PashmanTrudie C. PassBarbara R. PassickSophia A. PazosSherry Lynn ReyesPeraltaDiane Waldgeir PerlbergTwila L. PerryPhylis J. PetermanMuriel PetioniColleen E. Plimpton°Bernice MurphyPorterfieldEthel PosnerSaretta H. PrescottJudith L. PricePublic Service Electricand Gas CompanyNancy E. PurcellCarolyn F. QualichClifton W. QuinlyElizabeth B. Quitkin°Marion JudithRabinowitzJudith M. RadwanyCatharine RaffaeleJennifer S. JohnsonRaginsRoberto RamosIsabel Ramos-Wing°Sandra Jo RamsayHelen B. RasmussenIlana C. RavinettSusan M. ReiferStephen ReinhardDaniel J. RejmanDaniel ResanovichJoan S. RichterPearl L. RocaSteve A. RoithmayrYvette Marie RolonPauline V. RoseRabbi James StevenRosenHarriet E. Rosenbaum°Jennifer RosenbergLaurie P. Rosenfeld°Oscar H. and Mildred S.RosenfeldRita S. Rosenstein°†Deceased ° Blue & White Circle * G.O.L.D. Circle

Spectrum 23Mary G. Ross°Barbara Whitman RostovJane D. RudnerGeorgia T. RusanArthur W. RussoJudith Lingle RyanDenise Saks°Alissa K. SandlerEva SandrofDolores SantosPasquale SarliKathleen McKeownSauerMargaret R. FrostSavareseGilbert A. ScarlettRichard W. SchaedleElfriede T. SchlesingerCarol T. SchreiberPamela G. SchreiberJudith SchreierBeatrice Z. SchultzAlice R. SchumacherMelanie Joy SchwamMichelle Dubin SchwartzPhyllis R. Schwartz°Jacquelyn K. SchwimmerErin Elizabeth SegalEsther K. ShamesDeborah ShapiroKevin Austin SheehyJennifer Lauren ShenGeorgianna B. ShepardDonna N. SherRev. Martha ShiverickRisa A. SilversteinSteven SimsAlan B. SiskindBeth H. SklarinSusan Dawn Slotnick-LoBosco and JohnLoBoscoEllen W. SlovisArlene B. SmilowBrenda Joyce SmithJolinda D’Onofrio SmithSonia Margaret SmithDoris Rita SolomonXanthe SonzaPhoebe B. SpeckRalph Spiro°Alphonse St. HilaireRose Z. StarrSusan S. SteinhartHarry D. SternRobyn StocktonGracey L.R. StoddardPatricia A. SullivanFay SusskindAnita SuttonJill R. SwartselJanice V. SwensonSidney I. Talisman°Carolyn B. TheodoreJennifer Lynn ThompsonLois C. TigayVicki U. TobarLouise M. Tonning°Dennis TorresBrenda Lynn TraberKristin D. TrautmanAnna E. TriantafyllouRobert F. TroppAmy Fleishaker TubbsMarna B. Tulin°Beverly S. UngerDorothy A. Daly Van Dam°Janice M. VictorMargarita VigoKiki VouyiouklisCynthia Wagner-GinsbergPatricia M. WallaceSusan Chaleff WallaceSusan Ellen WallachJanet R. WarburtonShontel Lenore WardMaria P. WarrackSandy Warshaw°Diane Lipsey WatkinCarolyn WebbMargo Miller WeillBeverly WeinsteinEva WelliszChristina BarbaraWelte-LakeCharles K. WessendorfLisa Briskin WestreichDorit B. WhitemanElise W. Wilson°Carole A. WinstonDavid S. and Martha T.WolpertChung-Sun Y. WooSuzanne ChairsellWoodardHelen Alvarado WoodburyKatherine CameronWoodhouse°Norman WyersMargaret Bagnall YardleySusan E. YohalemLeslie Idona ZindulkaThe 1754 SocietyThe 1754 Society honorsand acknowledgesthe Columbia UniversitySchool of Social Workalumni who have madea gift to the Schoolthrough a life incomegift, bequest intention,retirement plan orother future gift. TheSociety was named forthe year in which King’sCollege was established.Members are recognizedfor their vital role inenhancing Columbia’sacademic excellence.If you intend to includethe School of SocialWork in your estateplans or want to learnmore about a gift thatwill pay you an incomefor life, please contactShawn Mroz, AssociateDirector in the Office ofGift Planning at (212)851-7473 so we canmake certain that yourintentions are both recognizedand honored.We gratefully acknowledgethe followingalumni for including theSchool of Social Work intheir estate plans or asa beneficiary of their lifeincome gift:Georgia Parsons BrauerPatricia BrozinskyRobert N. Butler, M.D.Dorothy DembyPeter D. EhrenhaftNadia Ehrlich FinkelsteinDr. and Mrs. Mose J.FirestoneStanley FoodimMartha FriedlaenderDr. Robert GaltonShirley Raphael ImberBetty C. JonesAnn F. KaplanRita Baker KingRobert LangerJo Taylor MarshallHelene G. MartinPeter Meriwether O’NeillHelen RehrMary and StevenSchinkePenny Jeffra SchwartzAnn H. SherwoodJessie P. SmithRoschel Holland StearnsSandy WarshawMichael A. Bell andMarilou ZacharyBequestsEstate of Edna ColtonEstate of Isadore I. andRuth L. GinsburgEstate of Mary VirginiaHebbertEstate of Margaret E.OakleyEstate of Rosalind M.SandsEstate of Fil VerdianiThe following individualswere honored in 2008-2009 with gifts givento the School of SocialWork in their name.Gifts Made in Memory of:Mania BenderDr. Eugene I. BenderCarol B. ChetrickJames Aloysius GibsonBarbara JerrellDr. Alfred J. KahnProfessor AbrashaMelezinChaim, Manya, andBessy PupkoJoan RinaldiMargaret Ann SimmonsSmithKatharine TurnerKathleen WessendorfGifts Made in Honor of:Dr. Sheila H. AkabasSelma B. BelenkyElizabeth Melissa ClarkeThe Class of 1959The Class of 1973The Class of 1984Courtney Anne FrenchDr. Alfred J. KahnHarriet L. LubinJennifer MarchJackie MondrosAnn Harper PhillipsCandace Gentry VanNessNancy G. WacksteinDean’s Advisory CouncilLinda R. Hoffman, ChairJane G. BernsteinVirginia Trotter BettsMaryEllen JeffriesBighamHallam ChowKathalynn Turner DavisTangley Lloyd DeLaneyDebra Del Toro-PhillipsTami Lynn FarberBrenda FosterBrenda J. GallagherMonika Astrid HeimboldHelen LowensteinMuriel PetioniPaula SternLinda TairaAnn Van NessStephen M. WingAlumni Board MembersPenny Jeffra Schwartz,PresidentDon D. AllenEmily Kate BallBriana BarocasMary L. BeaudetDonna BuehlerStacey Elizabeth CampoDavid Joseph FeinermanJean GoldenDona L. CooperHamiltonRobert S. HymanRoslyn D. JeffersonJessica Marie KahnSuk-Young KangAmy C. KaplanRita Baker KingStacey R. KolomerRobert LangerMichelle Chao-Chia LiuSharon Marlene LorberHarriet L. LubinSusan MatorinElizabeth BeekmanNaylorSusan Amy NayowithAryeh Simon RaucherBonnie RittDorothea LealiociaRobertsRegina D. RossMary Linden SalterSherry Lynn SaturnoMeredith ShermanGail Joy SiegalMary-Ellen SiegelBelinda HousenboldSeigerErika Mielle StanleyLinda M. TravisNathalie J. ValdezBenjamin DanielWhitfieldCarole A. Winston†Deceased ° Blue & White Circle * G.O.L.D. Circle

24 SpectrumMake a Gift, Make a DifferenceGoal: $35 million | Time frame: Through June 30, 2012As part of the Campaign for Columbia University launched in fall 2006, the Campaignfor the School of Social Work will enhance the School’s core mission and provide supportfor students, faculty, academic programs, and the building fund.Your commemorative gift helps sustain our tradition of excellence and provides opportunitiesthat faculty, students, and alumni expect. Help us continue to be the “first and finest”school of social work.Key InitiativesBuilding Fund$7 millionAnnual Fund$2 millionStudent Aid$18 millionBuilding Fund: $7 millionHelp us complete the financing for the School’sstate-of-the-art building and provide essential operatingsupport for technology and other needs. A number ofpremier naming opportunities remain, including namingthe building itself, main lobby, library stacks, and widelyused seminar rooms and classrooms.Faculty Programs$8 million• Naming opportunities—$50,000 or more• Named row in our largest seminar room—$10,000• Named seat in seminar room—$5,000• Gift for CUSSW Alumni Association Student Lounge—any amountStudent Aid: $18 millionCreate a master’s student scholarship or doctoralfellowship for our talented students, 90 percent ofwhom require financial assistance.• Named annual scholarship—$15,000• Annual master’s scholarship—$35,000 each year fortwo years• Endowed scholarship—$50,000• Endowed doctoral fellowship—$250,000• Endowed full master’s or doctoral fellowship—$1,000,000• CUSSW Alumni Association Commemorative Scholarship—giftsof any amountFaculty Programs: $8 millionEnhance our academic and research initiatives by endowinga professorship.CUSSW Annual Fund: $2 millionYour gifts to the CUSSW Annual Fund are critical andpowerful, as they allow the School to provide fundingwhere it is most needed. Unrestricted funds can beimmediately used to help bridge gaps and provide forflexibility in the operating budget, bolster services thatenhance the quality and experience of student life,and provide for programs that foster relationships withalumni. Gifts of all amounts are welcome.• Mary Richmond Society—$500 or more• Dean’s Circle—$1,000 or moreEndowments and naming gifts of $50,000 or moremay be pledged and paid over up to five years. Formore information, please contact Gretchen Knudsen,Associate Director of Development, at 212-851-2368 orgdk2111@columbia.edu.• Endowments—$1 million or more

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Columbia University School of Social WorkMail Code 46001255 Amsterdam Avenue, Room 630New York, NY 10027-5927Nonprofit Org.U.S. PostagePAIDNew York, NYPermit No. 3593Save the Date!Annual Alumni Reunion and ConferenceFriday, April 23–Saturday, April 24, 2010• Class Reunions for Graduation Years Ending in‘0’ and ‘5’• Special Honoring of the Golden AnniversaryClass of 1960 and the Silver Anniversary Classof 1985• Alumni Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonyand Reception• Alumni ConferenceDetails to follow soon via email! Not sure ifwe have your email address? Send it to us atsswalumni@columbia.edu or call 212-851-2375.We hope to see you in 2010!