Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett

male, 75 years old
beyond the fringe, Best New Play for The History Boys, Best Comedy for Single Spies, Olivier Award for lifetime achievement, refused the honour of a Knighthood, Best Actor for Talking Heads…socialworker
Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934) is an English author and actor noted for his work, his boyish appearance and his sonorous Yorkshire accent.
Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol

male, 73 years old
Greater Good Science Center, Conscience in Media Award recipient, University of California, Berkeley, social psychology, Guggenheim Fellowship, From Boston…socialworker
Jonathan Kozol is the conscience of American public education. The prolific author comes to Seattle's Central Library on Saturday to discuss his...
Edith Abbott

Edith Abbott

female, deceased (1957)
Brownell Hall, Brownell-Talbot School, American, American social worker, writer, Delta Gamma sister…socialworker
Edith Abbott (September 26, 1876 - July 28, 1957) was a social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Her younger...
Anna Lo

Anna Lo

female, 59 years old
Overseas Chinese politician, Northern Ireland MLA, British social worker, Alliance Party, South Belfast, Alliance Party of Northern Ireland…socialworker
Anna Lo, MLA is an Alliance Party politician from Northern Ireland. Born in Hong Kong, of Chinese ethnicity, Lo was elected to the Northern Ireland...
Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

female, 84 years old
Canadian politician, socialworker, member of the Canadian House of Commons, Canadian House of Commons, New Democratic Party of Canada MP, Shadow Cabinet
Margaret Anne Lauren Mitchell (born July 17 1925) is a social activist and was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP)for...
Bernard Cornfeld

Bernard Cornfeld

male, deceased (1995)
socialworker, American, Mutual Funds, Business Person, Pyramid and Ponzi schemes, Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld
Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld (Istanbul 17 August 1927 - London 27 February 1995) was a prominent businessman and international financier who sold...
Andy Stern

Andy Stern

male, 59 years old
organizing, Teamsters, UNITE HERE, Service Employees International Union, labor movement, John Sweeney…socialworker
Andy Stern is the president of the 1.9 million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in North America.
Lillian Wald

Lillian Wald

female, deceased (1940)
death by lightning, child, German, ORPHANAGE, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Henry Street Settlement…socialworker, American social worker
Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940) was an American nurse and social worker, most active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wald was born into a...
Larry Sanders

Larry Sanders

male
British, Jewish person, senator, Oxfordshire, Councillor in South East England, County Council…social, socialworker, social care
Larry Sanders (born in New York) is an Oxfordshire County Councillor. He has lived in Oxford since 1969. He was trained professionally as a social...
Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro

male, 55 years old
Japanese descent, University of Kent, Alumni of the University of East Anglia, From Nagasaki, Masters Degree, English…socialworker
Kazuo Ishiguro (b. 1954 in Nagasaki, Japan) moved with his family to England in 1960, when he was a young child, after his oceanographer father...