Judith Wallerstein

Judith Saretsky Wallerstein
Judith Saretsky Wallerstein
Born	Judith Hannah Saretsky; December 27, 1921; New York City, US
Died	June 18, 2012 (aged 90); Piedmont, California, US
Awards	Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California; Koshland Award in Social Welfare; Commendation from the State of California Senate Rules Subcommittee; Rene Spitz Lectureship from the Denver Psychoanalytic society; Election to Who’s Who in American Science; Dale Richmond Award of the American Academy of Pediatrics;
Academic background
Alma mater	Hunter College; Columbia University; Lund University
Academic work
Main interests	Divorce and the family
Notable works	Second Chances; The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce; What About the Kids; The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts

Judith Wallerstein (December 27, 1921 – June 18, 2012) was a psychologist and researcher who created a 25-year study on the effects of divorce on the children involved. She received a number of prominent awards and honors and wrote four best selling books. Judith Wallerstein was born on December 27, 1921, as Judith Hannah Saretsky in New York City. Her father died from cancer when she was 8 years old. Wallerstein received her bachelor's degree from Hunter College (1943), her Master's in social work from Columbia University (1946) and her Doctorate in psychology from Lund University in Sweden (1978). She died at 90 years old June 18, 2012 from an unexpected intestinal obstruction in Piedmont, California. She was married for 65 years to the academic Robert S. Wallerstein.

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