Dr. Louise Greenberg

Dr. Louise Hauer Greenberg 1932-2022 Dr. Greenberg was a community member of The Heritage of Green Hills. She was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Cyrus M. Greenberg and parents: Ruth Knox Hauer and Arthur Hauer of Mt. Penn, Reiffton, and Sinking Springs. She graduated from Mt. Penn High School (Class of 1950). She also received a B.Sc. degree in chemistry from Dickinson College (Class of 1954) and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry and Neuropsychopharmacology from Bryn Mawr College. She spent twelve years in Research and Development at Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, working on the development of drugs acting in the brain. She became a member of the Pharmacology Department at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, teaching medical and graduate students. While there she conducted research, primarily on age-related changes in neurotransmitter receptors and their regulation in the brain. She published numerous scientific papers. She was elected a member of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and was a Fellow in the Gerontological Society of America. She also belonged to both the American and the International Societies for Neurochemistry and the Society of Neuroscience, among other professional organizations. After retiring from academia, she became Vice President of Biomedical Executive Search at the New Jersey search firm of Ruderfer & Associates and established a Philadelphia-based office. Dr. Greenberg served Dickinson College on the Alumni Council and as a member of the Board of Trustees (most recently, Trustee Emerita). She was an avid choral singer, both volunteer and paid, all her life. She sang in several symphonic choruses in Philadelphia: the Mendelssohn Club, Choral Arts Society (Founder/Founding President), and the Philadelphia Singers Chorale, among them. She served on six different chorus boards and on the board of Chorus American for eleven years, where she was Vice President of Member Services and of External Relations. In 2016, she received Chorus America’s Distinguished Service Award for her service to that organization, as well as to the choral industry. In Reading, she sang in the Reading Choral Society and the Greater Reading Encore Chorale, which she founded. She also organized the board of the Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida and sang in that chorus. Dr. Greenberg was a sports enthusiast (Philadelphia professional teams), and a participant in high school and college field hockey, basketball, volleyball and softball. In later years she played golf and tennis, and enjoyed kayaking. She was an avid photographer, cook, and gardener. She is survived by four nephews; Bruce, Brian and Douglas Greenberg, Stephen Heiser, and three nieces; Randi Jean Greenberg, Louise Cooper, and Susan Kershaw. She has three grand nieces, and three grand nephews. Funeral services will be private. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Louise Greenberg Scholarship Fund at: Contact: Tara Renault, College Advancement, Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, 28 North College Street, Carlisle, PA 17013. Phone: 717-226-5797. Henninger Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of arrangements. www.henningerfuneralhome.com