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Of
Interest:
As
of October, 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates there
are about 104,099 centenarians, a number that is
increasing steadily, and is predicted to more than
quadruple by 2030, reaching 1.15 million by 2050.
Some demographers are even
predicting that high school students of today have a
good chance of reaching the century mark!
Also,
for the near term, a
conservative estimate is that at least one out of three
women age 50 today will reach 90. |
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National Centenarian Awareness
Project – Inspiring Positive Aging. Our nonprofit 501(c(3))
organization
celebrates active centenarians as role models for the
future of aging. Each month we present remarkable centenarians and
feature one on our inspirational calendar. On our blog, we
discuss centenarians and what it’s like to live to 100 and beyond.
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Our Featured Centenarian:
New centenarian Rev. Dewey
Wilson is the oldest ordained clergy in his ministry. He
still lives independently in his own home near his daughter,
still drives and keeps active.
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National
Centenarian Awareness Project (NCAP)
a nonprofit 501(c(3))
organization, was founded by Lynn
Peters Adler, J.D., who has devoted her career to honoring, studying,
and advocating for increased recognition and inclusion of centenarians
and all elders as a natural part of the fabric of our society. Lynn has
a wealth of information about this increasing segment of our population
and centenarians in particular. Because of her rapport with this special
group, she has a unique understanding of their needs, thoughts, behavior
and philosophies of life. Lynn’s work is predicated on the belief that
ageism in America is both wrong and unnecessary. |
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Lynn Peters Adler (center) with centenarians (l-r) "Rosie"
Ross, Lillian Cox, Elsa Hoffmann and Karl Hartzel.
Dorothy
Young, inset. Click to read
more about the "Fab Five" and
the Barbara Walters Special.
Click
here to read bios of
each of the "Fab Five." |
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Lynn’s voice on centenarians, longevity and positive aging, with an
emphasis on quality of life issues, has been heard throughout the
United States. She continues her long-standing involvement in
community service with her appointment to a new term on the Arizona
Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging (www.azgovernor.gov/gaca) and the Arizona Attorney
General’s Senior Advisory Council. For ten years she served as
chairperson of the Phoenix Mayor’s Aging Services Commission.
She founded the Arizona Centenarian Program during her first term on
the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging in the mid 1980s.
(click for more: About Lynn
Peters Adler)
Lynn, through her company Sterling
Resources Inc., is a consultant to
businesses
on programs relating to aging, longevity, centenarians and others of
advanced age.
She also serves as
a catalyst to bring active centenarians to the public’s attention, often
through print and broadcast media. |
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National
Centenarian Awareness Project
Mission:
“It is
a great distinction to live to 100 years or more.” –
Lynn Peters Adler, 1985
ADVOCACY:
For the continued involvement of our
elders as integral members of society.
CELEBRATION/RECOGNITION:
NCAP seeks to contact and honor all those 100 years old
and older as our living links to history and works with
community entities to promote recognition of our eldest
citizens.
Click
to learn about NCAP Centenarian Recognition Program.
INSPIRATION:
Active centenarians are role models
for the future of aging
For more information about National Centenarian
Awareness Project, click on About
NCAP and read our blog: www.liveto100and beyond.com |
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Direct email
to:
adler@NCAP100s.org
800-243-1889 or 602-363-8980 -
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CBS Special Features Two
Centenarians,
Saturday, December 12th, 7:30 p.m. EST
“GO NEW YORK! Living
Longer, Better,” a television special hosted by
Dr. Max Gomez, aired December 12th in the Tri-State New York
area on CBS Channel 2.
The show featured retired TWA Captain Joe (Jose) Grant of
Stamford, CT,
Ruth Proskauer Smith of New York City and Lynn.
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Click here to watch the special online at WCBS-TV ***
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At 101, Aviation Pioneer Keeps
Going |
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Captain Joe (Jose) Grant, 101 - Pioneer aviator Jose
Grant, can be found working 6 days a week at the jewelry store that
bears his name in Stamford, CT. He’s known for his unique “puzzle
rings,” and has been in business since 1947. He’s also a retired
pilot for TWA and spent 2 years in Saudi Arabia helping to found
their national airline after WWII. He now flies with his son in
their Cessna, lives alone and is still driving. His office and
store are filled with memorabilia, awards and honors from his flying
days. |
Captain Joe (Jose) Grant, 101
Photo courtesy of Stan Piet, Archive
Director, Glenn L. Martin Museum |
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He recently held a book signing at the Smithsonian
Air and Space Museum for his book about his time in Saudi Arabia. |
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Proskauer Smith, 102 |
Ruth Proskauer Smith,
102 – Native New Yorker Ruth Smith retains a keen interest in the
law and those who make the law, especially the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ruth comes by her interest in the law naturally. Her father, Joseph
M. Proskauer, was a prominent New York lawyer and a founder of the
distinguished law firm that still contains his name. Her father was
a confidant of Governor Alfred E. Smith, a candidate for the
presidency in 1928.
Ruth regularly leads a self study group of
retirees in New York who are interested in the makings of the laws
of the land. To her two children’s dismay, she maintains her active
lifestyle in New York using the bus and subway to get around. She
has lived in her apartment at the historic Dakota since the early
1960s and relishes her independence.
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Ruth Proskauer Smith Dead: Abortion
Activist, NARAL Co-Founder Dies
NEW YORK — Ruth
Proskauer Smith, a reproductive
rights pioneer, has died at the age
of 102. In 1969, Smith helped form
the first steering committee of the
National Association for the Repeal
of Abortion Laws. In recent years,
Smith remained involved with NARAL
(NAY'-rahl) Pro-Choice New York.
Her father, Joseph M. Proskauer, served on the
New York State Supreme Court and was
an adviser to Gov. Alfred E. Smith.
Her mother, the former Alice
Naumburg, helped found the
Euthanasia Society of America, a
right-to-die group. Even after her
102nd birthday, Smith led a regular
seminar at a program for retired
professionals.
Her son, Anthony Smith, says she died Friday at her
Manhattan home.
Information from:
The New York Times, Huffington Post
(1-27-10)
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Click for Barbara Walters'
article on the ABC website
The ABC Barbara Walters Special on
aging and longevity "Live to be 150" aired the first of April,
2008.
I was asked two years ago to participate in this
project and it was both a wonderful and exhilarating experience.
It was an honor and a privilege to work
with Ms. Walters and her talented and caring team of professionals.
We’ve put together a “behind the scene”
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The Barbara Walters Special features five of our
centenarians:
Pictured (l-r): Dorothy Young, "Rosie" Ross, Lillian Cox,
Barbara Walters, Dr. Karl Hartzell and Elsa Hoffmann.
Click to read an article on the ABC website about the
Special by producers Jennifer Joseph and Rob Wallace |
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each of the five centenarians who traveled to New
York City last September for this history-making, first-ever event.
When a “TV legend” is interested in longevity, it makes all the work I
have devoted my career to over the past 23 years worthwhile – AGING IS IN!!
Ms. Walters is even more attractive in person; she
was so gracious with the centenarians and her staff so very considerate
and respectful. I have participated in a lot of media productions over
the years and often with centenarians. Some of the experiences have unfortunately been somewhere
between upsetting and disappointing. But
with Ms. Walters’ team, it was “top notch,” as one of my 100-year-old
friends put it, and another summed it up as a “magical experience.”
Behind the scenes ...
The making of the
Barbara Walters
Special! Click here. |
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Updated 2-2010 |
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Adler, J.D.
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