Ten new Fellows elected

In recognition of their commitment to Brandeis, the Board of Trustees recently elected 10 new members to the Board of Fellows.

“These individuals have distinguished themselves for their service to Brandeis and dedication to the University’s mission,” said Trustee Paul Zlotoff ’72, the chair of the Board of Fellows. “Their support of Brandeis has been instrumental in the institution’s emergence as one of the leading universities in the country.”

The new fellows:

Ronald Ansin, the retired chair of the L.B. Evans shoe manufacturing company and a prominent philanthropist, has served on the Board of Overseers at the Brandeis International Business School since 2002. He has generously supported the Peter A. Petri Global Leadership Fellows at IBS.

Moses Feldman ’62, the retired president and CEO of Aeromed, a manufacturer of precision medical device components, has served on the Board of Overseers at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management since 2003. He has been a member of his Reunion Gift Committee and received the Brandeis Pride Award. He has been a generous supporter of the Heller School and its Sustainable International Development Program.

Orrie Friedman, the founder and president of the GrenPharma biotechnology firm, and his wife, Laurel, have a long history with Brandeis. Orrie is a professor of chemistry emeritus at Brandeis and has been a senior visiting scientist since 2000. He joined the Science Advisory Council in 2001. Laurel is a life member of the Boston chapter of the Brandeis National Committee (formerly the Brandeis National Women’s Committee) and a member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Brandeis. Generous contributors to Brandeis, they established the Orrie M. Friedman Distinguished Chair in Chemistry.

Eric Green, P ’05, P ’07, the chair and CEO of Real Time Resolutions, is a member of the Board of Overseers of The Rose Art Museum and the Dean’s Global Business Council at the International Business School. He also served on the Parents Advisory Council. He has been a generous supporter of the Rose.

Darlene Green Kamine, ’74, P ’03, a lawyer in private practice, served as national president (2005-07) and national vice president (2003-05) of the Alumni Association and received the organization’s Service to Association Award in 2003. She was also honored for her work with the Alumni Admissions Council.

Ellen Lasher Kaplan ’64, the owner of Kaplan Consulting, was chair of the Gift Committee for her 35th and 40thunions. A member of the Brandeis National Committee, she helped revitalize the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the Alumni Association in the 1970s. Kaplan, who recently made a generous gift to Brandeis with her husband, Robert, is one of 35 alumni to give between $1 million and $16.5 million to The Campaign for Brandeis.

Manny Landsman, the founder and vice president of American Power Conversion, has been a member of the Brandeis Science Advisory Council since 2000. He and his wife, Sheila, have been generous supporters of Brandeis and funded the Landsman Science Center Superconducting Magnetic Facility.

Dorothy Pierce, a retired education administrator and teacher, recently completed a two-year term as national president of the Brandeis National Committee. She held a variety of other regional and local offices with the organization and is a life member of the Boca Raton chapter.

Susan (Mandel) Prusky ’55, P ’80, G ’12, a retired reading specialist in the Philadelphia school system, served as co-chair of her 50th Reunion Committee and her 45th Reunion Gift Committee, and held several offices with the Alumni Annual Fund. Her family established the Mandel-Prusky Family Scholarship Endowment.