Santina L. Siena, class of 1973

Santina L. Siena, class of 1973

Abstract Santina L. Siena was born in Newark, New Jersey. She graduated from Columbia High School in 1969, and after completing a concentration Biology at Brown University, enrolled directly in Cornell Medical School. She returned to Providence to practice medicine,...
Lillian Lim, class of 1973

Lillian Lim, class of 1973

Abstract This interview captures the oral history of Lillian Y. Lim, Brown University class of 1973 and the first Filipina American Judge in the United States. Lim begins by talking about her parents’ early lives in the Philippines and shares how they met during World...
Miriam “Mimi” Dale Pichey, class of 1972

Miriam “Mimi” Dale Pichey, class of 1972

Abstract Miriam Dale Pichey’s interview is an energetic insight into the politics of student life at Brown University in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She describes both the campus atmosphere of gendered social rules and struggling for equal representation after the...
Susan E. Graber, class of 1971

Susan E. Graber, class of 1971

Abstract Susan E. Graber begins Part 1 her interview by sharing some family background information such as her mother’s college education and the expectation that her children would also attend college. She explains why she chose to attend Pembroke College and recalls...
Susan Friedman, class of 1970

Susan Friedman, class of 1970

Abstract In this interview, Susan Friedman, Brown University class of 1970, describes her role as a leader in the creation of the open curriculum and details her professional trajectory since Brown. Friedman begins by briefly describing her childhood in Tennessee and...