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Edith Silverglied Lisansky
Gomberg, Ph.D. Edith Silverglied Lisansky Gomberg, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, emerita, passed away on January 9, just 5 days short of her 85th birthday. Many of us will remember Edith's spark, her sense of humor, her broad span of interests, and her special knack to stay down-to-earth and connected with so many people from diverse backgrounds. She will be missed greatly as a friend, and remembered for how much she did for the alcohol field. Edith entered the alcohol field at a time when it was just developing as an area of scientific respectability. She did her doctoral work at Yale, knew E.M. Jellinek, and was a staff member at the Yale Center of Alcohol Studies (the first academic/research center on alcohol in the United States). She continued her involvement with the Center when it moved to Rutgers in the early sixties, and moved to Michigan in the early '70s when she became a member of the faculty, first in the School of Social Work and later in the Department of Psychiatry. Edith was a champion of women's involvement with alcohol research, and she also was one of the pioneers of the early, definitive studies on alcohol and women, and thereafter continued to be a vital contributor in that area. Late in her career she turned to another neglected area, alcohol use and aging, and was one of the founding faculty for the original UMARC/NIAAA Center on Aging and Alcohol, as well as a presence both nationally and internationally on the effects of alcohol on women and alcohol and aging. Many colleagues from around the country have already sent messages acknowledging Edith's significance to the field, but also remembering her warmth, her wit, and her iconoclasm. A memorial fund at the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) is being set up in Edith's name, out of which an award will be created. Donations may be made directly to RSA, with the explicit designation that they are for "the Edith Gomberg Fund". The Society's address is 7801 North Lamar Blvd., Suite D-89, Austin, Texas 78752-1038. RSA may also be contacted via email at: debbyrsa@bga.com. Many colleagues from around the country have already sent messages acknowledging Edith's significance to the field, but also remembering her warmth, her wit, and her iconoclasm. More information about her life may be found at www.edithgomberg.com. View the invitation to her Memorial here.
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