Elise Boulding

Elise Boulding died on Thursday, June 24, 2010 in Needham, MA. Born in Oslo, Norway in 1920, she was sociologist Emeritus from Dartmouth College and the University of Colorado. Dr. Boulding was a preeminent peace scholar and was a co-founder of the International Peace Research Association. Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, she was an early pioneer in both womens studies and futures studies. A Quaker, Dr. Boulding was a prolific speaker and writer, authoring over 300 publications including 21 books. Her work on the role of the family in peacemaking is considered seminal. Dr. Boulding was appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 to the Commission which established the United States Institute of Peace. Pre-deceased by her husband, economist and Quaker poet Dr. Kenneth Boulding and her two sisters Sylvia Griffith and Vera Larson, she is survived by her five children and their spouses: Russell and Bonnie Boulding of Bloomington, IN, Mark and Pat Boulding of Englewood, CO, Christine Boulding and the late Gregory Graham of Wayland, MA, Philip and Pam Boulding of Olalla, WA and William and Liz Boulding of Durham, NC, 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at 4pm at the Houghton Memorial Chapel, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, under the care of the Wellesley Friends Meeting. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Peace Academy, PO Box 382, San Mateo, CA 94401 (please identify Elise Boulding Scholarship Fund, which was established to honor her life of dedication to peace, on check).