Adrienne Cohen

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Adrienne Mann Cohen Youth group dvisor, counselor, women's shelter staffer and docent in California Adrienne M. Cohen, longime Laguna Beach, Calif., resident, passed away on Jan. 4, 2018. She was 82 years old. Born Adrienne Mann in Ridgefield Park, N.J., she was raised in Manhattan, N.Y., and Bogota, N.J. Adrienne attended Bogota High School and the Dwight-Englewood School for Girls, and then earned her undergraduate degree in art history from Brandeis University in 1957. She remained an active Brandeis alumna throughout her life, interviewing prospective students and attending reunions and other Brandeis functions. After college, she taught art in New Jersey public schools and also worked as a reservations agent for TWA. In 1961, she married Harry Cohen, who predeceased her in 2013, and moved with him to Montreal while he completed his Ph.D at McGill University. The Cohens moved to Palo Alto, Calif., in 1963, where Dr. Cohen conducted sleep and dream research at Stanford University, and Mrs. Cohen worked for a time as a research assistant at the Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences. The Cohens moved to Laguna Beach, Calif., in 1972. Mrs. Cohen received her master's in counseling from Cal State Fullerton. She spent many years as a youth group advisor for several Orange County Reform Jewish congregations, and as the advisor for the Southern California Federation of Temple Youth, the umbrella organization of all Reform Jewish youth groups in Southern California. Mrs. Cohen had a private counseling practice in Laguna Beach and worked for over a decade for the Human Options Laguna Beach women's shelter. For several years after her retirement, she continued to give to the community, volunteering as a docent at the Laguna Beach Art Museum. She enjoyed opera, theater, and ballet, and was an artist in her own right, working in sculpture, painting and weaving. She is survived by her brother, Jerome Mann; her two sons, Jonathan and Sascha Cohen; her granddaughters, Alexandra and Gabriella Cohen, as well as a multitude of friends and admirers. She gave much to many. Hers was a big heart. Donations in her honor may be directed to the Brandeis University Fund, Class of 1957, http://bit.ly/2EqkoCZ.

Fonte: Newark Star Ledger

Publicado em: 11-01-2018