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Article: Edelman Honored at Fawcett Dinner
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 28, 1994
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Long known for lending a helping hand to any number of
individuals and worthwhile causes, Ruth Edelman found herself the
honoree and the object of attention at the Jan Fawcett Humanitarian
Award dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel.
The dinner benefitted the National Depressive and
Manic-Depressive Association, was chaired by Melissa Sage, welcomed
almost 250 guests and raised more than $45,000.
"Rose Kurland and Marilyn Weiss came to me in 1978 and asked me
to help them start a support group for people living with these
illnesses, and I did," said Fawcett, who chairs the Department of
Psychiatry at Pres-St. Luke's. "They went national in 1986 and today
there are more than 300 chapters ...