Background
Landers, Ann was born on July 4, 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Abraham B. and Rebecca (Rushall) Friedman.
Landers, Ann was born on July 4, 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Abraham B. and Rebecca (Rushall) Friedman.
Student, Morningside College, 1939. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Morningside College, 1964. Degree (honorary), Wilberforce College, Ohio, 1972.
Degree (honorary), American College Greece, 1979. Degree (honorary), Meharry Medical College, 1981. Degree (honorary), Jacksonville University, 1983.
Degree (honorary), St. Leo College, 1984. Degree (honorary), Florida International University, 1984. Degree (honorary), Medical College Pennsylvania, 1985.
Degree (honorary), New England College, 1985. Degree (honorary), University Wisconsin, 1985. Degree (honorary), Lincoln College, 1986.
Degree (honorary), National College Education, 1986. Degree (honorary), Southwestern Adventist College, 1987. Degree (honorary), Duke University, 1987.
Degree (honorary), Rosary College, 1989. Degree (honorary), University Hartford, 1989. Degree (honorary), Long Island University, 1989.
Degree (honorary), Medical College Ohio, 1989. Degree (honorary), Roosevelt University, 1991. Degree (honorary), Indiana University, 1991.
Degree (honorary), Howard University, 1991. Degree (honorary), Bellevue University, 1992. Degree (honorary), DePaul University, 1992.
Degree (honorary), Ursinus College, 1992. Degree (honorary), Hillsdale College, 1993. Degree (honorary), St. Xavier University, 1993.
Degree (honorary), Chicago Theological Seminary, 1993. Degree (honorary), Barry University, 1993. Degree (honorary), Northwestern University, 1994.
Degree (honorary), Columbia College, 1995. Degree (honorary), Drake University, 1998.
Syndicated columnist, Chicago, since 1955; president, Eppie Company, Inc., Chicago.
Chairman Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Gray-Lady Corps, American Red Cross, 1947-1953. Chairman Minnesota-Wisconsin council Anti-Defamation League, 1945-1949. Assistant Wisconsin chairman National Foundation Infantile Paralysis, 1951-1953.
Honorary national chairman 1963 Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Campaign. Board sponsors Mayo Clinic, 1970. Member sponsors committee Mayo Foundation.
National advisory board Dialogue for the Blind, 1972. Advisory committee on better health services American Medical Association. County chairman Democratic Party Eau Claire.
Board directors Rehabilitation Institute Chicago. National board directors American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute. Visiting committee board overseers Harvard Medical School.
Member President's Commission Drunk Driving. Trustee Menninger Foundation, National Dermatology Foundation, American College Greece, Deree-Pierce College, Athens, Meharry Medical School, Hereditary Disease Foundation. Directors advisory board Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Fellow Chicago Gynecological Society (citizen honorary). Member League of Women Voters (president 1948), Brandeis University Women (president 1960), Chicago Economics Club (director 1975), Harvard Club (Award 1994), Sigma Delta Chi. Clubs: Chicago Economics (director 1975), Harvard, Sigma Delta Chi.
Married Jules W. Lederer, July 2, 1939 (divorced 1975). 1 daughter, Margo Lederer Howard.