I am a psychologist, retired from the Faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. I was born in Buffalo, NY in 1931, studied in the Music Department at Carnegie Institute of Technology (1949-51) and earned three degrees from Duquesne University: a B.A. in Music Education and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology (1975).
Since 1989, with my husband Gene, a retired physicist, I have been living six months each year in Jerusalem, Israel and the rest of the year in Pittsburgh, PA. This is a second marriage for each of us. Gene has three sons and eight grandchildren, all living in the USA. I have a daughter, a son, and eight Israeli grandchildren.

My interest in psychology and family systems was sparked by a prolonged estrangement in my own family. After many years of study, preparation, failed efforts, and skilled guidance, the conflict was eventually resolved. Fragmented Families is an outgrowth of that process.