SUSAN ALEXANDER POWERS LODGE

LODGE, Susan Alexander Powers Susan was a leader in the field of criminal justice reform, first at the Vera Institute of Justice and later as Deputy District Attorney of Kings County, NY. It was in the DA's Brooklyn office, that she designed and directed the nation's first program to provide treatment instead of incarceration for drug addicts accused of drug crimes that mandated imprisonment. The program, known as DTAP (Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison), was a great success in New York and became a model followed by many other states as well as a number of foreign countries. Susan was born in New York City on June 26, 1935, the daughter of Susan Tilton and Archibald S. Alexander. Following childhood in Bernardsville, NJ, she attended the Brearley School in New York and graduated from Smith College in 1957, Phil Beta Kappa and winner of the Lamont Philosophy prize. Graduating from New York University's School of Law in 1969, she practiced law in New York for several years, before joining the Office of the NY State Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, Health and Social Services in 1978. She was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of health-related crimes. In 1987, she joined Vera as director of the Institute's Community Service Sentencing Project, under which repeat offenders in New York City's four boroughs were offered an opportunity to perform unpaid labor for the benefit of their community instead of going to jail. Three years later, she joined the DA's office in Brooklyn, where she worked until her retirement in 1997 designing and directing DTAP. Her professional affiliations, include the New York Bar Association's Committee on Community Dispute Resolution and the Committee on Corrections, which she chaired, the Casey Foundation Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, the Citizens Committee on Prison Overcrowding and the American Bar Association. She served as Vice Chairman of the Correctional Association of New York, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Vera Institute of Justice and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency in San Francisco, CA. She has lectured on criminal justice at many law schools and conferences and published a number of articles on the subject. She was a member of the Tavern Club of Boston, the Georgica Association in Wainscott, NY and the Century Association of New York City. In 1959, Susan married Philip L. Powers, an investment banker. They had three sons, Philip, who lives in Los Angeles and Averill of New York City and Alexander of West Palm Beach; and five grandchildren, Alexander, Nikolas, Kristoffer, Archie and Lee; and three great-grandchildren, Ava, Philip and Walter. Her brothers and sisters who predeceased her are Helen Prevost of St. Loup, France, Archibald Alexander of Bozeman, MT, Jean O'Donnell of Southampton, NH and Emily Alexander of Seattle, WA. Susan's husband died in 1993 and in 1997, she married George C. Lodge of Beverly, MA, a professor at Harvard Business School. With that marriage came six step-children, Nancy Burmeister of Pasadena, MD, Emily Pingeon of Paris, France, Dorothy Peabody of Cambridge, MA, Henry C. Lodge of Nassau, Bahamas, George C. Lodge, Jr. of Beverly, MA and David B. Lodge also of Beverly, MA; 13 step-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchildren. Susan had many interests, she was an avid gardener and painter and, over the years, she and her surviving husband cruised the coast of New England and Nova Scotia in a 39-foot sloop, accompanied often by family. Susan's funeral services will be private. Arrangements by the Campbell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot Street, BEVERLY. Information, directions and condolences at www.campbellfuneral.com