Compassion & Choices Advisory Board
Marcia Angell, M.D.
Dr. Marcia Angell is senior lecturer in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and a board-certified pathologist. Angell frequently writes for medical journals and the popular media on topics including end-of-life care and is the author of the book “Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case.”
Ram Dass
Dr. Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) is a ‘60s counter-culture icon, author and spiritual teacher. As a Harvard professor working alongside Dr. Timothy Leary, he conducted research and co-authored two books on the effects of psychedelic chemicals. He later traveled to India to study yoga and meditation, where he took the name Ram Dass, and has since pursued a number of spiritual practices. He has authored several books including “Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying.”
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LL.B.
Nancy Neveloff Dubler, LL.B. is director of the Bioethics Division of the Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, N.Y. Her work focuses on current bioethics issues such as care for vulnerable populations including the elderly. Her many published works include “Ethics on Call: Taking Charge of Life and Death Choices in Today’s Health Care System.” Dubler is a graduate of Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law.
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis is an Academy Award-winning actress and activist for issues including human rights, civil rights and the environment. Memorable roles include her Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winning performance in “Moonstruck” and her portrayal of a mother of an AIDS-afflicted man who seeks aid in dying in “The Event.” Dukakis’ theatre, film and television work has earned her Obie awards, a Los Angeles Critics Award and a Golden Globe.
Bruce Fein
Bruce Fein is a constitutional and international lawyer and legal scholar. He was associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan and served on the American Bar Association’s Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements in 2006. The Harvard Law School graduate pens weekly columns for The Washington Times and Capitol Leader and is a frequent expert guest for the BBC, CNN, MSNBC and NPR on foreign affairs, constitutional law and national security issues.
Judith Krantz
Judith Krantz has captivated millions of readers worldwide with her novels. Her first effort “Scruples” shot to number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The Wellesley graduate began her career in magazine journalism at Good Housekeeping and later became a freelance writer for publications including McCall’s and Ladies Home Journal. Her most recent work is her memoir “Sex and Shopping: Confessions of a Nice Jewish Girl.”
Rev. Howard Moody
Rev. Howard Moody, a self-proclaimed “trustful agnostic,” presided over the congregation of Judson Memorial Church in the West Village neighborhood of New York City for 35 years before his retirement in 1992. Moody led a group of peaceful protesters in the March on Washington, helped open a clinic to provide safe, affordable abortions years before Roe v. Wade and created an AIDS task force at Judson. Along with supporting choice in dying, he leads a group of clergy calling for humane drug law policy.
Rev. John Shelby Spong
Rev. John Shelby Spong is the retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, N.J., and the leading liberal theologian of our time. He has authored several best-selling books challenging the Bible’s teachings on homosexuality, the virgin birth and Christ’s resurrection. He is an outspoken proponent of racial equality and gay rights. Spong holds two honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees and is a frequent guest lecturer at colleges including Harvard Divinity School and Oxford University.
Louis “Studs” Terkel
Louis “Studs” Terkel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian and broadcaster. He began his career in Chicago in the 1930s as a radio writer and moved behind the microphone as a news and sports announcer in the '40s and '50s. Turkel went on to host his own radio and television programs and write books including oral histories on The Great Depression, World War II, race relations and aging. His book “Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and a Hunger for Faith” is a powerful collection of interviews on the subject of dying.
Marilyn Webb
Marilyn Webb is a distinguished professor and co-director of the Journalism Department at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. Her Pulitzer Prize-nominated book “The Good Death: The New American Search to Reshape the End of Life” chronicles the lives of 15 terminally ill patients and explores the social, legal and moral issues surrounding death in America. She is the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today and a contributing writer and editor for New York Magazine, Ladies Home Journal and US Magazine among other publications.
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