Background
Shapiro, Robyn Sue was born on July 19, 1952 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Walter David and Judith Rae (Sweet) Shapiro.
Shapiro, Robyn Sue was born on July 19, 1952 in Minneapolis. Daughter of Walter David and Judith Rae (Sweet) Shapiro.
University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Marquette Law School, 1979-1983.
Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, since 1983.
Member, Special Wisconsin Legislative Council Study Committee on Bioethics, 1984. Member, Ad Hoc Organ Transportation Technical Subcommittee of the Wisconsin Health Policy Council, 1984.
Director of the Center for the Study of Bioethics, 1985. Member, Wisconsin Health Policy Council Bioethics Committee, 1986.
Associate, Foley & Lardner, Washington, 1977-1979;
partner, Barr & Shapiro, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1980-1987;
associate, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, 1987-1992;
partner, Michael Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, since 1992. Adjunct assistant professor of law Marquette U., Milwaukee, 1979-1983. Associate director bioethics center Medical College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1982-1985, director, since 1985.
Assistant professor bioethics Medical College Wisconsin, 1984-1989, associate professor bioethics, 1989-1997, professor bioethics, since 1997. Director Wisconsin Ethics Committee Network, since 1987. Board member Wisconsin Health Decisions, 1990-1993.
Member ethics committee St. Luke's Hospital, Milwaukee, since 1983, Elmbrook Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, 1983-1986, Cmty. Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, since 1984, Sinai Samaritan Hospital, Milwaukee, since 1986, Milwaukee County Medical Complex, since 1984, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, since 1985. Member subcommittee organ transplantation Wis.Health Policy Council, Madison, 1984, bioethics committee, 1986-1989.
Member committee study on bioethics Wisconsin Legislation Council, Madison, 1984-1985. Board directors Jewish Home and Care Center, since 1994, chair ethics committee, since 1994. Chair Bayside Ethics Board, since 1994.
Board directors Milwaukee area chapter Girl Scouts United States, American Bioethics Association, 1995-1997, Wisconsin Perinatal Foundation, since 1996, American Society Bioethics and Humanities, since 1997. Member American Bar Association (health law secretary, individual rights and responsibilities secretary, health rights committee chair since 1994, member coordinating commission on bioethics and law, chair since 1995), National Health Lawyers Association, American Hospital Association (bioethics technical panel 1991-1994, special committee Human Immunodeficiency Virus & practitioners 1991-1993), Wisconsin Bar Association (county Wisconsin health law section 1988-1989, individual rights section county 1987-1990), Association Women Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union, Wisconsin Foundation (Attorney of Year 1988), Association Post-Doctoral Programs in Clinical Neurophysiology (board directors since 1996), American Society Bioethics and Humanities (board directors since 1997), American Society Law, Medicine, and Ethics, Milwaukee Academy Medicine (county 1992-1998, chair bioethics committee 1992-1998), Milwaukee Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Coalition (steering committee 1988-1991), International Bioethics Association (chair task force on ethics committees), Professional Dimensions (Golden Compass award 1994), Phi Beta Kappa, others.
Married Charles Howard Barr, June 27, 1976. Children: Tania Shapiro-Barr, Jeremy Shapiro-Barr, Michael Shapiro-Barr.