Joan Abrahamson
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Yale University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.A.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) University of California, Berkeley (J.D.) |
| Occupation | President of the Jefferson Institute |
| Known for | Previous positions as:
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Joan Abrahamson (born Los Angeles, California, United States) is an attorney, artist, former government appointee, and activist who is founder and president of the Jefferson Institute. She also worked in international security and economics, health, and the study of the creative process. Jonas Salk, a family friend,[1] was a mentor to Abrahamson.[2]
Career
Prior to her founding the Jefferson Institute, Abrahamson was Assistant Chief of Staff to Vice President
From 1973 to 1976, Abrahamson redesigned the Fort Mason Pier Area in San Francisco, converting an army base for use as a community-based Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. Fort Mason has since been designated a model urban park by the National Park Service. She is currently involved with the transformation of the Presidio of San Francisco from an Army base to a National Park.[4]
In 1985, she founded the Jefferson Institute, a
Boards of Directors
She became the founding chair of the
She has been a consultant to many organizations, including the Harvard University Center for Urban Affairs, the Rockefeller Commission on the Arts and Education in America, the National Endowment for the Arts, the United Nations University, the Executive Office of the President, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Education
Abrahamson earned a B.A. from Yale in 1972, M.A. from Stanford in 1977, a doctorate in Learning Environments from Harvard and a J.D. from the Berkeley in 1980.[6] She also served as a law clerk for the Supreme Court of California. In June 1985, Abrahamson was named a MacArthur Prize Fellow.[11]
Awards
- 1985 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 1980 White House Fellows
References
- ^ "Death of Child Sparks 'Grieving Album'". voanews.com. Voice of America. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Kollman, Robin Smith (21 January 2003). "Lawyer gets through her grief with songwriting". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Thomas E. Luebke, ed., Civic Art: A Centennial History of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 2013): Appendix B, p. 539.
- ^ a b Riley, John (3 November 1985). "In Perfect Balance : Joan Abrahamson's Remarkable Life, So Far". lattices.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Lawrence, Jill (9 March 1989). "Barbara Bush Begins Family Literacy Foundation". Associated Press. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Joan Abrahamson". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Administration of George Bush, 1990, Book 1. Washington, DC: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. 1991. p. 901.
- ^ "CalArts Board of Trustees | REDCAT". Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ^ "Joan Abrahamson: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". businessweek.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "National Geographic Society". nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on November 20, 2004. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "The MacArthur Truffle Hunt", The New York Times, Anne Matthews, June 7, 1992
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