Valerie Instrumental

[Brayan Sedillo]

ValerieLowenstein, from Chestnut Hill, Mass., is currently a national vice president, and she serves on the Executive Committee. Valerie is also a member of the Ethics Committee, the National Governance and Constitution Committee and the National Nurses and Allied Health Professional Council. She is currently serving as the co-chair of the Heart of Hadassah 2023 symposium in Chicago.

Valerie is a past president of the Boston Chapter and past president of the Landy Kaplan Nurses Council. As president of the Boston Chapter, Valerie was instrumental in developing the first Women of Distinction Gala for the chapter. The event became an annual major gifts fundraising event for the chapter.

As author, curator, editor, and public intellectual, Valerie Steele has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies and in raising awareness of the cultural significance of fashion. She has appeared on many television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Undressed: The Story of Fashion. Described in The Washington Post as one of fashions brainiest women and by Suzy Menkes as The Freud of Fashion, she is listed as one of The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in the Business of Fashion 500 (2014-present).

A paint associate for Home Depot in Nanuet for the past 17 years, Valerie enjoyed gardening, was an active member of the Athenia Business Association and was instrumental with the Annual Van Houten Avenue Street Fair.

Beloved daughter of the late Chester and Jean (Garb) Grabowski. Devoted sister of Chris Grabowski Witmyer, Clifton City Mayor Ray Grabowski, Alex Grabowski, and the late Clifton Councilman Matthew Grabowski who passed away in 2015. Loving aunt of Angelique and her husband Jason.

On September 14, 2009 Katie was diagnosed with a Neuroblastoma tumor in her chest. The Valerie Fund was instrumental in educating our family and getting us through surgery. Thanks to the doctors and nurses at the Valerie Fund for getting us through this difficult time. Katie had the privilege of being a Valerie Fund Ambassador this year. She has attended Camp Happy Times for the last 9 years and has had the time of her life. She is a happy and thriving 15 year old who loves soccer and softball. We are all looking forward to the walk!

Dr. Valerie Watzlaf is professor emeritus of the Department of Health Information Management in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) at the University of Pittsburgh. She has devoted over 39 years to teaching courses in health information management and informatics (including statistics, epidemiology, privacy and security, quality management, and research methods) and conducts research on clinical classification systems (coding productivity and predictive models) and telehealth privacy and security best practices. She has also been instrumental as her role as Vice Chair of Education in the development of a new Master of Science in Health Informatics program at the University. Dr. Watzlaf has worked as an HIM practitioner and consulted in several health care organizations in HIM, long-term care, and epidemiology.

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This study investigates the diversity of early prosocial behavior by examining the ability of ninety-five 2- to 4-year-olds to provide aid to an adult experimenter displaying instrumental need, emotional distress, and material desire. Children provided appropriate aid in response to each of these cues with high consistency over multiple trials. In contrast to the consistency with which the children provided aid within each task, there were no cross-task correlations, and the tendency to respond to each of the cues revealed unique developmental trajectories. Taken together, these results provide preliminary support for the importance of examining the cues to which children are responding and of differentiating between varieties of aid when considering the development of prosocial behavior.

Dr. Valerie Neal is an emerita curator in the Department of Space History. She joined the Museum as a curator in 1989 and was responsible for human spaceflight artifact collections from the Space Shuttle era and International Space Station, most prominently the orbiter Discovery. She led the Museum's effort to prepare shuttle test vehicle Enterprise for public display and to acquire Spacelab, SpaceShipOne, the Manned Maneuvering Unit, the space-flown IMAX camera, and personal effects from astronauts Sally Ride, Kathryn Sullivan, Pamela Melroy, David Brown, Tom Jones, and Danny Olivas for the national collection. She worked closely with NASA and Museum staff to orchestrate the transfer of Discovery to the Smithsonian and the release of Enterprise back to NASA in 2012. Neal has curated three major exhibitions: Where Next Columbus? on the challenges of future exploration; Space Race; and Moving Beyond Earth about spaceflight in and beyond the Space Shuttle era. She chaired the Museum's Space History Department from 2015-2019.

Dr. Neal's publications include Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond (2017), recipient of the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award; Discovery, Champion of the Space Shuttle Fleet (2014); and two edited books on space exploration, Spaceflight: A Smithsonian Guide (1995); and Where Next, Columbus? The Future of Space Exploration (1994). Her articles on shuttle history have appeared in History and Technology and Space Policy. She has been instrumental in the production of eight Smithsonian Channel documentaries about the shuttle and other major engineering projects for space exploration.

Before joining the Museum, Dr. Neal spent a decade as a writer, editor, and manager for some 25 NASA publications on shuttle and Spacelab missions, the Hubble Space Telescope and other great space observatories, the space sciences, and NASA history. She also participated in underwater astronaut-training activities and worked on the mission management support team for four shuttle missions.

She earned a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Minnesota, following an M.A. in American studies from the University of Southern California, and a B.A. in English and history from Texas Christian University, graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with honors. She has taught at the University of Minnesota, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Vanderbilt University, and Georgetown University.

Five hundred years ago, Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic, using the stars to guide him. Today, modern explorers are charting a course that may eventually take humanity out among the stars themselves. How and why have we come from seafaring to spacefaring? What challenges and choices do we face now?

My husband and I needed to set up our estate plan, and Valerie was instrumental in guiding us through the whole process. She was able to provide clear and knowledgeable information to help us make some important decisions for our family. Her approachable manner and patience made this an easy process for us.

Valerie makes difficult decisions manageable. When you visit her office feeling overwhelmed by the weight of your responsibilities, she helps you to navigate what needs to happen and when, all while clearly explaining the process and the pros and cons of each approach. Her counsel is above reproach and she leaves you feeling like you made a very wise decision in seeking her services.

It is rare to find a professional who possesses the knowledge and expertise required, with the human touch that is so often lacking. Valerie is that professional. Her wit, intelligence, skill, and attention to detail are enhanced by her service-oriented mindset and compassion.

Valerie Jean Humble was born December 8, 1953 in Parsons, Kansas. She was the daughter of Gene Franklin Humble and Lillian Anita (Griffin) Humble. In the early 1950s, Valerie moved with her family to Louisiana and then later returned to Parsons, Kansas after her father, Gene completed his military obligation. After returning to Oklahoma for a short time the Humble family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959 where Valerie began her schooling. In 1979, Valerie moved with her family to Cleveland where she resided as she continued her education at Cleveland schools. Her mother, Lillian was instrumental and a strong advocate of developmentally challenged children and adults; a condition that Valerie had. Through her commitment to the developmentally disabled, Lillian was a fonder of the Cleveland Community Service Center which Valerie attended and worked in for many years. In April 2003, Valerie was accepted into the family of Rev. Dean and Susan Switzer who have continued to provide her love and care for the past eight years until the time of her passing on April 21, 2011 at the Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins, Wyoming. Valerie was often described as an extremely friendly and loving person. She loved going to church and never met a stranger; considering you a friend immediately after meeting you. She was also a very giving person and was said that she would give you anything she had, except for her cheeseburger. She was preceded in death by both her parents, Gene Franklin Humble and Lillian A. Humble. She is survived by her brother and his wife, James and Julia Humble of Cleveland, Oklahoma; a sister and husband, Vicki and Brian Miller of Enid, Oklahoma; one nephew, Kelby Kinman; four nieces, Heather Udall, April Neinhuis, Amber Pinkston, Jamie Humble; her extended family, Rev. and Mrs. Dean Switzer, of Wansutter, Wyoming and their children; and a special friend who assisted in her care for many years, Gail Lay. Funeral services will be held at the Chapel of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, April April 26, 2011 with Rev. Dean Switzer officiating. Burial will be at the Woodland Cemetery under the directin of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.

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