National Center on Women & Aging
Press Release


June 14, 1999

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Steve Bradt   Brandeis University News Bureau - 781-736-4203
Ellen Liss      NCWA - 781-736-3861

 

National Center on Women & Aging
Convenes Experts for National Board of Advisors


Waltham, MA -- The National Center on Women and Aging at Brandeis Universityís Heller Graduate School will host the first meeting of its National Board of Advisors today and tomorrow.

The National Board of Advisors is chaired by Evelyn Murphy, former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts.  Its founding members, local and national leaders in the are of womenís well-being, include Professor Anita Hill; Ed Lawlor, dean of the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago; Joseph Perkins, national president of the American Association of Retired Persons; and Jeffrey Lewis, executive director of the Heinz Family Foundation.

The meeting will be opened by Dr. James Schulz, professor of economics at the Heller School and member of the National Center on Women and Aging staff.  Schulz will discuss his recent research in Great Britain on that nationís privatized approach to social security and the implications for Social Security reform in the United States.  In addition:  a talk by Hill will focus on race and gender issues at the end of the century; Lewis will speak to the board about the Washington, D.C. perspective on the most critical issues facing women; and Miriam Nelson will make a presentation based on her internationally best-selling books Strong Women Stay Young and Strong Women Stay Slim.
 
 

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Since 1995 the National Center on Women & Aging has conducted research and educational activities to promote the security, health, and dignity of women in their later years.  The Center collaborates with a broad array of women's and aging organizations to provide national leadership in addressing the many challenges facing women as they age and to promote the changes necessary to improve older women's lives.
 

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