Judith Sulzberger

Judith Sulzberger
Born (1923-12-27)December 27, 1923
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died February 21, 2011(2011-02-21) (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. 1 2 Judith P. Sulzberger’49 Notice of death, cumc.columbia.edu; accessed June 14, 2015.
  2. Judith P. Sulzberger, Physician and Times Family Member, Dies, nytimes.com, February 22, 2011.
  3. Arthur Hays Sulzberger profile, columbia.edu; accessed June 14, 2015.
  4. , Amazon.com: Younger (9780970002761): Judith Sulzberger: Books.
  5. J.P. Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center webpage, genomecenter.columbia.edu; accessed June 14, 2015.
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