2008 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture

The Elder Law Journal takes great pleasure in announcing that the 2008 Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture will be presented on Monday, March 3 by Jon Pynoos, Ph.D, the UPS Foundation Professor of Gerontology, Policy, Planning and Development at the Andrus Gerontology Center of the University of Southern California.

Professor Pynoos is Director of the National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification, and Co-Director of the Fall Prevention Center of Excellence which is funded by the Archstone Foundation.  He has spent his career researching, writing, and advising the government and private sector concerning how to improve housing and long term care policies and programs for the elderly and has conducted a large number of applied research projects based on surveys and case studies of housing, aging in place and long-term care.

Professor Pynoos has written and edited six books on housing and the elderly including Linking Housing and Services for Older Adults: Obstacles, Options, and Opportunities; Housing the Aged: Design Directives and Policy Considerations; and Housing Frail Elders: International Policies, Perspectives and Prospects.

He was a delegate to the last three White House Conferences on Aging and is currently a member of the City of Los Angeles Task Force on Aging and the California Commission on Aging. He is also on the Board of the American Society on Aging and served as Vice President of the Gerontological Society of America. He is a founding member of the National Home Modification Action Coalition.

Dr. Pynoos has been awarded both Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships. Before moving to USC in 1979, Dr. Pynoos was Director of an Area Agency on Aging/Home Care Corporation in Massachusetts that provided a range of services to keep older persons out of institutional settings. He holds undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University where he graduated magna cum laude.