Judith Sulzberger Explained

Birth Name:Judith Peixotto Sulzberger
Birth Date:27 December 1923
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Death Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Field:Medicine, pathology, public health, genome, autism spectrum disorders, malaria
Work Institutions:Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
The New York Times
The East Hampton Star
Wildlife Conservation Society
Rainforest Alliance
Pasteur Foundation New York of Pasteur Institute
Grasslands Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Alma Mater:Smith College
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Spouse:
  • 2 children,
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Children:Daniel H. Cohen (died 2016)
James M. Cohen

Judith Peixotto Sulzberger (December 27, 1923 – February 21, 2011[2]) was an American physician and philanthropist. Her family has been associated with The New York Times since her grandfather Adolph Ochs purchased the paper in 1896.

Early life and childhood

Sulzberger was one of four children of Iphigene Sulzberger (née Ochs) (1892–1990) and Arthur Hays Sulzberger (1891–1968), the publisher of The New York Times from 1935-61.[3]

Her brother, Arthur Ochs "Punch" Sulzberger served as publisher of The New York Times and chairman and CEO of the Times Company; her sister Marian Sulzberger Heiskell was a philanthropist; and her other sister, Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg was a publisher.[4]

Education

She graduated from Smith College in 1946, and from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1949.She spent two years interning in pathology at Grasslands Hospital of Valhalla, New York but never completed her residency. [5]

Career

She was a director of The New York Times from 1974 to 2000, and authored a book, Younger (2003).[6]

In the early 1990s, she provided financing for what became the J.P. Sulzberger Genome Center at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, her alma mater.[7]

Personal life

She was married four times. She had two sons from her first marriage to Matthew Rosenschein Jr. : Daniel Hays Cohen (né Rosenschein) (1952-2016) and James Matthew "Jace" Cohen (né Rosenschein). Her sons were later adopted by her second husband Richard N. Cohen and they took his last name.[8] Judith and her third husband Budd Levinson divorced in 1984, but later remarried.[9]

Death

She died at age 87 from pancreatic cancer in her native New York City.[1] She was survived by, among others, her third husband, Budd Levinson, and her two sons, Daniel Hays Cohen (died 2016) and James Matthew Cohen (from her first marriage), as well as a stepdaughter, two stepsons, four grandchildren, and several step-grandchildren.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/psjournal/memoriam/judith-p-sulzberger%E2%80%9949-0 Judith P. Sulzberger ’49 Notice of death
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/nyregion/23sulzberger.html?_r=1, Judith P. Sulzberger, Physician and Times Family Member, Dies
  3. http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/arthur_sulzberger.html Arthur Hays Sulzberger profile
  4. Web site: McFadden. Robert D.. Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, Newspaper Publisher Born for the Job, Dies at 96. New York Times. April 19, 2017.
  5. Web site: Judith P. Sulzberger, Physician and Times Family Member, Dies at 87. McFadden. Robert. February 22, 2011. The New York Times. January 23, 2018.
  6. Book: Sulzberger, Judith. Younger. February 2004. Apple Trees Productions, LLC. 9780970002761. First . English.
  7. http://genomecenter.columbia.edu J.P. Sulzberger Columbia Genome Center webpage
  8. News: Roberts. Sam. 2016-09-09. Daniel H. Cohen, Former Times Executive Who Led Advertising Growth, Dies at 64 (Published 2016). en-US. The New York Times. 2020-11-08. 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: BUDD LEVINSON Obituary (2017) - New York Times. 2020-11-08. www.legacy.com. en.
  10. Web site: Roberts. Sam. Daniel H. Cohen, Former Times Executive Who Led Advertising Growth, Dies at 64. New York Times. September 9, 2016.
  11. Web site: Miss Haskell Becomes Bride Of J. M. Cohen. New York Times. April 24, 1977.