Brandeis Magazine

Winter 2023/2024

1950s

Class of 1952

No Class Notes submissions this issue.

Class of 1953

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Class of 1954

No Class Notes submissions this issue.

Class of 1955

After 20 years of service, Judith Friedman stepped down as president of the Livingston, New Jersey, chapter of the League of Women Voters. To honor her, the Livingston Township Council declared July 10 Judith Friedman Day.

Class of 1956

No Class Notes submissions this issue.

Class of 1957

Deena Metzger, author of the 2022 book “La Vieja: A Journal of Fire,” reports her literary papers will be archived at California State University, Los Angeles.

Class of 1958

No Class Notes submissions this issue.

Class of 1959

In July, former New Republic publisher Martin Peretz, H’89, celebrated the publication of a memoir, “The Controversialist,” which documents his life growing up in the Bronx, involvement with the antiwar movement, and high-profile tenure in the news industry.