# Fae Golden Kass Lectureship ## expand\_more ![Fae Golden Kass](/sites/g/files/omnuum4521/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/hmsofa/files/fgk_photo.png?itok=eEaYmVwA) The Fae Golden Kass Lecture, established in the mid-1970s by Dr. Edward H. Kass, William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine, Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, honors the life and legacy of his first wife, Fae, who passed away in 1973. Created with the support of family and friends, the lectureship celebrates outstanding women in the medical sciences and is jointly hosted by Harvard Medical School and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Fae Kass, born in Cleveland in 1923, graduated from the University of Wisconsin and earned a master’s degree in social work from Simmons College, followed by a master’s in education from Boston University. A career counselor at Northeastern University, she was passionate about the advancement of women and social justice, believing deeply in women’s potential and opportunities. The lecture series also honors Dr. Kass’s vision to commemorate his wife’s commitment to education, women’s empowerment, and social justice. #### **Questions?** **Diana Longden** Administrative Coordinator for the Joint Committee on the Status of Women [diana\_longden@hms.harvard.edu ](mailto:diana_longden@hms.harvard.edu) --- ## Past Lectures See the full list of inspiring individuals who have delivered the Fae Golden Kass Lecture. Open all sections Close all sections ### Meet Our Past Speakers expand\_more Sort Year Lecturer Institution 1977 Dr. Dorothy M. Horstmann Yale University Medical School 1979 Dr. Helen M. Ranney University of California, San Diego 1980 Dr. Dorothy Hodgkin Bristol University, England 1981 Dr. Dorothy Rice National Center for Health Statistics 1983 Dr. Renee C. Fox University of Pennsylvania 1984 Dr. Harriet Zuckerman Columbia University 1985 Dr. Janet D. Rowley University of Chicago 1986 Dr. Maxine Singer National Cancer Institute, NIH 1987 Dr. Margaret Warner Harvard University 1988 Dr. Barbara Starfield Johns Hopkins University 1989 Dr. Maxine Hayes Department of Social Service, Washington State University 1990 Dr. Wendy Savage London Hospital Medical Colleges, England 1992 Dr. Vivian Pinn Office of Research on Women’s Health, NIH 1993 Dr. June Osborn University of Michigan 1994 Dr. Diana Chapman Walsh President, Wellesley College 1995 Dr. Mary Ellen Avery Thomas Rotch Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School 1996 Dr. Enriqueta Bond President, Burroughs Wellcome Fund 1997 Dr. Florence Haseltine Center for Population Research, NICHD, National Institutes of Health 1998 Dr. Tara O’Toole U.S. Department of Energy 1999 Elizabeth Marincola, MBA President, American Society for Cell Biology 2000 Dr. Mary Claire King University of Washington 2001 Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith Harvard School of Public Health 2003 Dr. Susan Lindquist Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 2004 Dr. Gro Brundtland Former Director-General, World Health Organization, and Former Prime Minister of Norway 2006 Dr. Julie Freischlag Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2008 Dr. Catherine D. DeAngelis Editor in Chief, JAMA 2013 Dr. Marion Nestle Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health and Professor of Sociology at New York University 2020 Dr. Linda P. Fried Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health; DeLamar Professor of Public Health Practice; Professor, Epidemiology and Medicine; Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center 2022 Dr. Paula Johnson President, Wellesley College