American social worker
Caryn Berman was a Chicago-based social worker.[1]
Biography
Caryn was born in Rosedale, Queens to Paul and Rachel Berman. She was the wife for 36 years of Laura Cuzzillo.[1] Berman and Cuzillo married May 22, 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa.[2]
While attending SUNY Stony brook, Berman worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention getting transferred in 1976 to Chicago. While there, she ended up getting her master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration[1] in 1980.[3][4]
She died September 1, 2014,[4] after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer at the age of 61.[1]
Career
Motivated by the 1985 neath of a friend from HIV/AIDS, Berman became an AIDS educator, policymaker and service provider at Center on Halsted (formerly known as Horizons Community Services), Heartland Alliance, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.[1]
While working as a clinical social worker at Evanston Hospital, Berman “developed a groundbreaking sex-education program for persons with chronic mental illness” before going into private psychotherapy practice, part time.[3]
At the University of Illinois at Chicago, she was the Illinois program director of the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, training more than 25,000 health care professionals.[3]
Legacy
In 1995, Berman was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "CARYN BERMAN OBITUARY". legacy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Laura Cuzzillo, Caryn Berman". The New York Times. May 28, 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Caryn Berman". Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ a b Baim, Tracy (September 2, 2014). "PASSAGES: Healthcare advocate Caryn Berman dies". Windy City Times. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
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- Tracy Baim
- George S. Buse
- James A. Bussen
- Lori Cannon
- John Chester
- Chicago House and Social Service Agency
- Samuel F. Davis Jr.
- Adrienne J. Goodman
- Earnest E. Hite Jr.
- Bruce Koff
- Ellis B. Levin
- Lionheart Gay Theatre Company
- Open Hand Chicago
- Gregory A. Sprague
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- Miguel Ayala
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- Dignity Chicago
- Ida Greathouse
- John Hammell
- Rick Karlin
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- Evette Cardona
- C. C. Carter
- Jim Gates (Chicago businessman)
- Louis I. Lang
- Mattachine Midwest
- NAMES Project Chicago Chapter
- Charles Edward Nelson II
- Mona Noriega
- Christina Smith
- Lauren Sugerman
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| 2003 | - Angel Abcede
- About Face Theatre
- AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
- Buddies' Restaurant and Bar
- Tania Callaway
- Armand R. Cerbone
- Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays
- R. Sue Connolly
- Bon Foster
- The Graham Family
- Tonda L. Hughes
- Patricia M. Logue
- John Pennycuff
- Laurence E. Spang
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- Albert N. Williams
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- Greg Cameron
- Antonia Flores
- Grant Lynn Ford
- Robert Garofalo
- Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church
- Ted Grady
- Marcia Hill
- Tony Jackson
- Jenner & Block LLP
- Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles
- The Night Ministry
- Brett Shingledecker
- Jon Simmons
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- Chi-Town Squares
- Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus
- St. Sukie de la Croix
- Sanford E. Gaylord
- William W. Greaves
- Keith R. Green
- Mark Ishaug
- David Orr
- Proud to Run, Chicago
- Bill Pry
- Chuck Rodocker
- Heather C. Sawyer
- Laura S. Washington
- Honey West
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- Fred Eychaner
- Emmanuel Garcia
- Stanley Jencyzk
- Lesbian and Gay Police Association
- Gay Officers Action League
- Phoenix Matthews
- Gail Morse
- Michael O'Connor
- Jan Schakowsky
- Barbara Smith
- Camilla B. Taylor
- Lauren Verdich
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