Background
Handler, Evelyn was born on May 5, 1933 in Budapest, Hungary. United States citizen.
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Evelyn Handler
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Evelyn Handler, American Science administrator. Senior fellow Carnegie Foundation Advanced Tchg., 1990-1992; scholar in residence Harvard University, 1991-1992, associate in education 1992-1993; research grantee National Institutes of Health, 1964-1969, 73-76, National Science Foundation, 1965-1967, 70-72, CUNY, 1972-1974.
Education
Bachelor, Hunter College, 1954; Master of Science, New York University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, New York University, 1963; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rivier College, 1982; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Pittsburgh, 1987; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hunter College, 1988.
Career
Handler was the first woman in the country to be named president of a publicly supported land grant university. She was credited with bringing in $15 million in federal grants for a science and engineering research center. In 1983, Handler was inaugurated as President of Brandeis University, where she was also the first woman to hold that position.
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.
From 1994 to 1997, she served as California Academy of Sciences" executive director and Chief Executive Officer. 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. Doctor Handler earned Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from New York University, and a Juris Doctor from Franklin Pierce Law Center.
Her scholarly work includes many publications on myelogenous leukemia. Handler was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Additionally, she was elected to the Board of Governors of the New York Academy of Sciences in 1979, and served as a director of the Student Loan Corporation (Stamford, Connecticut).
She held honorary degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, Rivier College and Hunter College. She was killed when she was struck by a car on December 23, 2011.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Bay Area Bioscience Center, since 1995, Mills College, since 1995. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Science. Member International Society Hematology, Harvey Society.
Connections
M. 1965; two children.
