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Ruth Salzman Adams

Class of 1941Ruth Salzman Adams
Inducted October 5, 2007

Accomplishments/Work History:

  • Professor – University of Chicago
  • Launched International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology. Nairobi, Kenya
  • Participant – 1st Pugwash Peace Conference. Nova Scotia
  • Director – Peace and International Cooperation at the MacArthur Foundation
  • Chair – Institute for Policy Studies. Washington, D.C.
  • Lifetime Activist on Topics of International Peace, Arms-Control, and Social Justice

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