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Elga Ruth Wasserman is a German-born American assistant who is best known for her work in the field of psychology. She was born on June 30, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. She is the daughter of Jewish parents, and she was forced to flee Nazi Germany in 1939. She eventually settled in the United States, where she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Chicago in 1947. Wasserman went on to earn her master's degree in psychology from the University of Chicago in 1949, and her doctorate in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1952. She then began her career as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, where she taught for over 20 years. Throughout her career, Wasserman has made significant contributions to the field of psychology. She has published numerous books and articles on topics such as psychotherapy, psychosocial development, and the psychology of aging. She has also served as a consultant to numerous organizations, including the National Institute of Mental Health and the American Psychological Association. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Wasserman is also an active member of the Jewish community. She is a member of the American Jewish Committee and the American Jewish Congress, and she is a past president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. At the age of 90, Elga Ruth Wasserman has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

Popular As Elga Ruth Steinherz
Occupation Yale University Special Assistant to President for Coeducation Author Attorney
Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 30 June 1924
Birthday 30 June
Birthplace Berlin, Germany
Date of death (2014-11-11)
Died Place N/A
Nationality Germany

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2021

In 2021, the Yale Women Faculty Forum initiated the Elga R. Wasserman Courage, Clarity, and Leadership Award, honoring a Yale woman "who has demonstrated tremendous courage, clarity, and leadership in their community service. The award recognizes the important contributions of women faculty and staff who are committed to building equity, diversity, and inclusion and have excelled in articulating and advancing the highest aspirations of the entire Yale community. This award is named after Elga Ruth Wasserman, whose trailblazing career in the University’s administration and extraordinary advocacy on behalf of Yale women in the early years of coeducation continues to inspire future champions of gender equity and diversity in higher education.”

2014

In 2014, Wasserman was remembered by current Yale President Peter Salovey, who noted her "profound impact" on the university and stated that "it is no exaggeration to say that she paved the way for generations of Yale women."

Wasserman moved to Lexington, Massachusetts in 2006 and died November 11, 2014.

1995

Since 1995, the Yale Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies has honored Wasserman and a student with the Elga Wasserman Award, which is "given to a senior who has shown extraordinary commitment to the advancement of social justice and gender equality at Yale College.”

1972

Broadening her understanding of women's and family issues, Wasserman was an early member of the Carnegie Council on Children, a study group set up in 1972 by the Carnegie Corporation.

1971

After shepherding the First Women of Yale (Classes of 1971 - 1973) through their undergraduate experiences, Wasserman left her position in the university administration in 1972. Her experiences had introduced her to issues of gender parity and equal access, influencing her decision to study law. She then entered Yale Law School, from which she graduated in 1976. After a clerkship with the US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Wasserman practiced family law in New Haven until retiring in 1995.

1970

Wasserman's role at Yale informed her evolving understanding of women's roles, and she began writing about young women's changing perspectives and goals in the early 1970s. She continued to document women's experiences and to propose policy changes that would better accommodate career paths that women were choosing.

1969

Once students arrived on campus in September 1969, Wasserman was responsible not only for the well-being of incoming female students; she had to navigate the male-dominated traditional Yale culture, often without administrative support. Among the difficult topics in the first years of coeducation were how to improve the female to male ratio of students and of faculty. The ratio of undergraduate women to men was 1:7 in 1969-70, and there were only 12 female tenure-track faculty members and 660 men.

As Sam Chauncey commented about the university in 1969, "just everything – is masculine." Bringing approximately 550 young women into a student body of 4,000 undergraduate men and helping the women establish themselves as full-fledged Yalies was Wasserman's assignment.

1968

Yale's November 1968 decision to admit undergraduate women beginning in the fall of 1969 gave the university little time to prepare for the transition. President Brewster told Wasserman to make Yale "a good place for women." One of her first tasks, in partnership with Brewster's advisor, Henry "Sam" Chauncey, was selecting which women would be accepted. She considered Chauncey a mentor and supporter throughout her work on coeducation.

1967

Wasserman, E. R. and Switzer, E. (1967). The Random House Guide to Graduate Study in the Arts and Sciences. New York.

1962

In 1962 Wasserman took a position as the assistant dean of the Yale Graduate School for physical and biological sciences. She held that position until 1968, when Yale abruptly decided to admit women to Yale College. At that time, President of Yale, Kingman Brewster, Jr., tapped her to lead Yale into coeducation. Her title was "Special Assistant to the President on the Education of Women". She was also the Chairman of the Committee on Coeducation. Her request to assume the title of "Associate Dean of Yale College," a familiar role in the Yale community, was denied her because, as Brewster told her, it would be demeaning to male deans if a woman were to hold the same rank.

1947

After marrying fellow chemist Harry Wasserman in 1947, the couple moved to New Haven, Connecticut where Harry joined the Yale faculty in the Department of Chemistry. Elga took a position as a research assistant in microbiology and in chemistry at the university. While raising three children, she taught chemistry at Southern Connecticut State University and Quinnipiac College, and worked part-time in industry.

1924

Elga Ruth Wasserman (née Steinherz; June 30, 1924 – November 11, 2014) guided the transformation of Yale College from an all-male undergraduate college into a coeducational institution. She held the newly created position of special assistant to the president of Yale University on the education of women (1968–1972). She became a proponent of equal rights for women during Second-wave feminism and after. Later, Wasserman practiced law, specializing in family law, and advocated policies friendly to women and minorities in the workplace. She wrote The Door in the Dream (published by the National Academy of Sciences 2000), highlighting eminent female scientists through interviews and discussion.

Elga Ruth Steinherz was born in Berlin, Germany on June 30, 1924. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was a teenager (1936). She graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1945. In 1949 she earned a PhD in organic chemistry, technically from Radcliffe College.