1968-1969

Doris Sassower graduated from Brooklyn College (Phi Beta Kappa) and NYU School of Law (1955).  During her Presidency, she was a featured speaker at the National Conference of Bar Presidents on the pervasive discrimination against female attorneys. She was active in many bar associations, including serving on NYSBA’s Judiciary Committee. In 1970-71 she was President of the New York Phi Beta Kappa Alumnae Assn. After her retirement from law practice, Ms. Sassower was the cofounder
and director of the Center for Judicial Accountability. She has three grown children. She passed away in 2019.