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Alice Stone Ilchman, PhD, a former member of the AFLSE board, died on August 11.  Dr Ilchman, was the eighth and longest-serving president of Sarah Lawrence College, a position she held from 1981 to 1998.  From 1979 to 1980, during the Carter administration, she served as an assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, managing a number of exchange programs, including the Fulbright Fellowship.

She received her doctorate from the LSE in 1965, and in her early career joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, where she directed three Peace Corps training projects for India and co-taught the school's first interdisciplinary South Asian studies course. She also served as dean and professor of economics at Wellesley College before joining the Carter administration.

With a strong commitment to women's education, she chaired the National Research Council's Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues and co-authored, with Sylvia Hewlett, the 1986 book "Family and Work: Bridging the Gap."  "She was of a generation that made it possible for later, younger women to have it a lot easier in professional life," said Michael Beschloss, a historian and longtime friend. Beschloss noted that Dr. Ilchman remained dedicated to public service her whole life, despite numerous opportunities in other areas.