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Board of Directors News

Herbert Pardes, HDF Board of Director member, featured in Psychiatric News -

"Psychiatry Superstar Dials Back Distinguished Career"

Nancy Wexler’s visit to Venezuela is featured in the July 28, 2010 issue of Panorama, a newspaper from Maracaibo, Venezuela!

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Jennifer Jones Simon, longtime friend and Founding Trustee of the Hereditary Disease Foundation—we all miss and love you! Read her obituary:

The New York Times Los Angeles Times Pasadena Star-News

Congratulations Carrie!!!

Hereditary Disease Foundation Lifetime Director, lifetime friend and legendary actress, author and tabloid sensation Carrie Fisher is back on Broadway!!! Her new one-woman show, Wishful Drinking about "the highs and lows of life as a Hollywood princess" opens on Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre on September 22, 2009.

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The Hereditary Disease Foundation was saddened by the death of longtime HDF Lifetime Trustee and dear friend, Richard “Dick” O’Neill. Dick and his wife, Donna, have been part of the Hereditary Disease Foundation family since its inception in 1968.

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The Hereditary Disease Foundation is saddened by the death of HDF Lifetime Trustee and dear friend, William “Bill” Modell.

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“HDF Director, Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, and colleagues from Columbia University bring attention to the possible psychiatric side effects of experimental medicines. As a result, the Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug makers to study closely whether patients become suicidal during clinical trials.”

-Featured in the New York Times, January 24, 2008

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HDF Founder Milton Wexler, psychoanalyst in Los Angeles for over fifty years, beloved father of Alice and Nancy, died at home on March 16, 2007, at the age of ninety-eight. Click here to read obituaries.

HDF Board of Director Herb Pardes, President of New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, featured in January 7, 2007 New York Times article.

Carrie Fisher Article, NY Times: "Comedic Postscripts From The Edge", November 15, 2006.

Carrie Fisher Article, Playbill: "Another Round: Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking Extends Run in L.A.", November 27, 2006.

HDF Board of Director and friend Donald H. Fritts passed away at his home in Bakersfield on Thursday, May 4, 2006. A former publisher of The Bakersfield Californian, Don had been ill with Huntington's disease for many years."

"Gentleman Publisher Dies" | Thursday, May 4 2006
The Bakersfield Californian | Thursday, May 4 2006
The Bakersfield Californian | Friday, May 5 2006
Don Fritts' Obituary

Architect Frank Gehry presented his design for a new Alzheimer's research center in Las Vegas - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Architect Frank Gehry presented his design for a new Alzheimer's research center in Las Vegas on Saturday, unveiling an uneven stack of blocks anchoring a swooping trellis made of Gehry's signature contorted steel. (Las Vegas Sun, 11 Feb 2006) - [.pdf version]

Architect Frank Gehry spoke at SfN about how his work progresses from ideas to finished buildings. (BrainWork, November/December 2006) - [.pdf version]

Architect Frank Gehry's plan for a retail, residential and entertainment complex: opportunities and challenges LOS ANGELES (AP) Grand Avenue Project (The New York Times, Sun, 1 Jan 2007) - [.pdf version]

Alden Blethen lived a full life despite ravages of disease  - When friends and family remember Alden "Buster" Blethen, they don't talk of the man who was bedridden by a debilitating disease; they talk of the man who lived life to the fullest, who bore no bitterness from the ravages of his disease.

Mr. Blethen died Thursday from Huntington's disease, an inherited neurological disorder. He was 55. ...

 

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