Anne Scitovsky

I knew Anne in the 1960's as mother to my close high school friend, Cathie. The three of us traveled together to Europe in 1967. She stood out from the other cookies-and-milk mothers in our group--so cerebral and intense, edgy-witty, European cultured, as well as warm an charming--and a wonderful, devoted mother. She introduced me to certain things that still have meaning to me--the pleasure of lentils and macaroni, the defiance of conventional etiquette by always writing her personal...

Ann, the shining light of the Research Institute. That brilliant, intense, thoughtful mind and smiling, twinkling-eyed face would peer around the door of my office always with the same question --- "Can I ask you a question". immediately that would cause me serious concern since I rarely knew the answers to her questions nor did i have sufficient knowledge on the subjects of her queries. i did not know if they were going to be about the economic future of Health Care, about AIDS or about one...