Evelyn Handler - Citizendia

Evelyn Erika Handler served from 1980 to 1983 as the University of New Hampshire's fourteenth and first female president. University of New Hampshire ( UNH) is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire (USNH United States. In 1983, Handler was inaugurated as President of Brandeis University, where she was also the first woman to hold that position. Brandeis University is a private research University with a Liberal arts focus located in Waltham Massachusetts, United States. Notable achievements during her tenure include the initiation of the Volen Center for Complex Systems, the strengthening of life sciences at Brandeis, admission to the Association of American Universities, and founding membership in the University Athletic Association. The Association of American Universities (AAU is an Organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic Research Member teams Former Member Conference facilities Sports The UAA sanctions competition in the following sports Men After leaving Brandeis in 1991, Handler was a research fellow and associate of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, and a senior fellow at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Education, founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and Chartered in 1906 by an Act of Congress, is a From 1994 to 1997, she served as California Academy of Sciences' executive director and CEO. The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest Museums of natural history in the world and one of the oldest in the United States consisting of a coral

Earlier in her career, she was Dean of Sciences and Mathematics, and professor of biological sciences at Hunter College, where she had earned her undergraduate degree. Hunter College High School|Hunter College Elementary School Hunter College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York Dr. Handler earned M. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees from New York University, and a J. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center. The Franklin Pierce Law Center (Pierce Law or FPLC is a private nonprofit American Bar Association -accredited Law school located in Concord New Hampshire Her scholarly work includes many publications on myelogenous leukemia.

Handler is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (or AAAS) is an organization that promotes cooperation between Scientists defends scientific freedom encourages The New York Academy of Sciences is the third oldest scientific society in the United States Additionally, she was elected to the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1979, and serves as a director of the Student Loan Corporation (Stamford, CT). Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. She holds honorary degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, Rivier College and Hunter College. The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a non-sectarian coeducational independent state-related, "public" research University Rivier College is a Catholic Liberal arts college located in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. Hunter College High School|Hunter College Elementary School Hunter College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York

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