Reaching 100 and Still a Working Journalist
- Jan. 30, 2025
I [Eileen Martinson Lavine ’45] turned 100 on December 28, 2024, and the party celebration was covered by two New York TV stations, hailing that I am still a senior editor at Moment Magazine. I was the first woman to serve a full term as editor of the Daily Cardinal (1944–45), and when I graduated in 1945, I won the Wisconsin Alumni Association award as the senior who did the most to promote the best interests of the university. I got an MS at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, and I have been a reporter, freelance writer in Paris, newsletter editor, and head of a women-owned editorial business in Bethesda, MD, for 30 years. I moved to New York in 2022 to be near my children.
More Alumni Notes
Carol Kobak Abrams BS’62 was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Indiana Jewish Historical Society as a Hoosier Legend in 2024.
Enid Gruszka MA’94 retired after 30 years of service at the Milwaukee Public Library. Enid served most recently as the branch manager of the fabulous East Branch.
Liza Meredith ’09 was recently promoted to associate teaching professor of psychology, in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, she is the recipient of the UMN Award for Excellence in Academic Service Unit.
Carol Kobak Abrams BS’62 was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Indiana Jewish Historical Society as a Hoosier Legend in 2024.
Enid Gruszka MA’94 retired after 30 years of service at the Milwaukee Public Library. Enid served most recently as the branch manager of the fabulous East Branch.
Liza Meredith ’09 was recently promoted to associate teaching professor of psychology, in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, she is the recipient of the UMN Award for Excellence in Academic Service Unit.
Carol Kobak Abrams BS’62 was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Indiana Jewish Historical Society as a Hoosier Legend in 2024.
Enid Gruszka MA’94 retired after 30 years of service at the Milwaukee Public Library. Enid served most recently as the branch manager of the fabulous East Branch.
Liza Meredith ’09 was recently promoted to associate teaching professor of psychology, in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, she is the recipient of the UMN Award for Excellence in Academic Service Unit.