Judith Sulzberger
| Judith Sulzberger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 27, 1923 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
February 21, 2011 (aged 87) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Medicine, pathology, public health, genome, autism, Asperger syndrome, malaria |
| Institutions |
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons The New York Times The East Hampton Star Wildlife Conservation Society Rainforest Alliance Pasteur Foundation New York of Pasteur Institute Grasslands Hospital Weill Cornell Medical College St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center |
| Alma mater |
Smith College of Northampton, Massachusetts Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Spouse |
Matthew Rosenschein Jr. (m.1946–1956) (divorced) 2 children Richard N. Cohen (m.1958–1972) (divorced) Budd Levinson (m.1972–1984) (divorced) Budd Levinson (remarried ?-2011; her death)[1] |
| Children |
Daniel Cohen James Cohen |
Judith Peixotto Sulzberger (December 27, 1923 – February 21, 2011[2]) was an American physician and philanthropist. Her family has been associated with The New York Times since her grandfather, Adolph Ochs purchased the paper in 1896.
Early life and childhood
Sulzberger was one of four children of Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1891–1968) and Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (1892–1990). Arthur Hays Sulzberger was the publisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961.[3]
Education
She graduated from Smith College in 1946, and from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1949. Her internship was in pathology at Grasslands Hospital of Valhalla, New York.
Career
She was a director of The New York Times from 1974 to 2000. She authored a book Younger (2003).[4] In the early 1990s, she provided financing for what became the J. P. Sulzberger Genome Center at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, her alma mater.[5]
Death
She died at age 87 from pancreatic cancer in her native New York City.[1]
References
- 1 2 Judith P. Sulzberger’49 Notice of death, cumc.columbia.edu; accessed June 14, 2015.
- ↑ Judith P. Sulzberger, Physician and Times Family Member, Dies, nytimes.com, February 22, 2011.
- ↑ Arthur Hays Sulzberger profile, columbia.edu; accessed June 14, 2015.
- ↑ , Amazon.com: Younger (9780970002761): Judith Sulzberger: Books.
- ↑ J.P. Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center webpage, genomecenter.columbia.edu; accessed June 14, 2015.