2019 LUNCHEON STARTS the 2nd CENTURY of The UCLA Faculty Women's Club

At the May 21st 2019 Sixth General Meeting, we gathered to honor several important events.

Firstoff, we celebrated the start of the second century of the Faculty Women's Club.

We honored our incoming 2019-2020 FWC President, Shirley Ho. I interviewed Shirley in the Spring of 2013 for our Centennial Oral Legacy Project. Shirley joined the FWC, inspired by the Scholarship Program in 1997, when their son Dean was awarded a FWC Scholarship in 1997. Shirley is our Music Section soprano soloist, and the Music Section member for the inception.

Dianne Homsher is our 2018-2019 FWC Outstanding Member. Dianne was also interviewed in the Spring of 2013 for the Centennial Oral Legacy Project. Jo Knopoff and Penny Hutchinson, whom I also interviewed for the Legacy Project, summarized numerous Dianne's achievement for us. I am using the photo below, which tells us all we need to know about the wonderful vibes of General Meeting Program. All four outstanding ladies have been with the UCLA's FWC from our beginnings. I personally have been fortunate to have interviewed them all in that Spring 2013!

Janet Pregler, MD looking at Shirley Ho, Dianne Homsher, Penny Hutchinson, and Jo Knopoff

We welcomed our guest speaker, Janet Pregler, MD, Director of the Iris Cantor UCLA Women's Health Center.

Dr. Pregler has served as an advocate and educator on women's health.

Her primary academic interests are breast cancer survivorship and menopause.

Dr. Pregler's topic, as the slide shows:

"Requiem for the 70 kg Man:
A short history of women's health and
academic medicine."

Finally, we celebrated PAST PRESIDENTS with traditional roses:

Zorana Ercegovac, President 2012-2013

Spring Luncheons are well attended, and the 2019 General Meeting was no exception.

Patti Nagy, Marianne Afifi, Rochelle Caballero, Dagmar Lestrel

Helen Nefkens, Simone, King, Glorya Dixon, Virginia Shabaik