EILEEN HALPERN LANE ’64
Eileen is a wife, mother, and grandmother with a long history of volunteer service in Pittsburgh’s Jewish and general community. A life-long learner and avid researcher, she has written articles on Soviet Jewish women, the status of women in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, and Jewish immigration to Western Pennsylvania. She is currently working on a book profiling 21 Pittsburgh Jewish women. A founder of the Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure, she has served on many non-profit boards, including chairing the Family Health Council (now Adagio Health) and was the first woman president of Rodef Shalom Congregation. Eileen also served as chair of the Ellis Board of Trustees and was given the Sarah Frazer Ellis Award in 1999.Eileen is a graduate of Goucher College and the University of Pittsburgh.
“I attended Ellis on the cusp of the women’s movement, and its supportive all-girls environment was an important element in building the character, capability, values and experiences that have guided and sustained me throughout life.”
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