began looking into the lives of her fellow Smith College alum-
nae and, inspired by that research, wrote her feminist classic,
The Feminine Mystique. She co-founded the National Organi-
zation for Women, the National Women’s Political Caucus,
the International Feminist Congress, and the First Women’s
Bank, an economic think tank for women. In 1993, she pub-
lished her pioneering book on aging, The Fountain of Age. She
was a visiting professor at numerous universities, including
USC, and she continued to study, write and speak out on gen-
der equality, aging, and other social and political issues until
her death in 2006.Alfred Gottschalk
Born in Germany in 1930, Gottschalk came to America in
1939, earned his BA at Brooklyn College, his master’s, doctor-
ate, and law degrees at the University of Southern California,
and his bachelor of literature degree at Hebrew Union Col-
lege. After becoming a rabbi, he continued to teach at Hebrew
Union and became president there in 1971. Now president
emeritus, he is active in civic, philanthropic, educational, and
religious affairs, serving as both a trustee of the Museum of
Jewish Heritage and a director of the National Underground
Railroad Freedom Center.Roger Gould
With a medical degree from Northwestern University School
of Medicine, and a second degree in public health, Gould in-
terned at Los Angeles County Hospital and completed his psy-
chiatric residency at the University of California/Los Angeles.
An associate clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA, he is a
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