Dr. Phyllis Tilson Piotrow | |
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| Born | 1933 (age 91–92) New York City, New York, US |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St Anne's College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Main interests | Population problems,Communication programs |
Phyllis Tilson Piotrow (born 1933[ citation needed ][ needs update? ]) is an American academic. She is the founder and former first director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs. [1]
Phyllis Tilson Piotrow graduated summa cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1954 with honors in history before going on to study at St Anne's College,Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.[ citation needed ] In 1956,she graduated Bachelor in Modern History with first class honours and Master of Arts in 1959.[ citation needed ]. From 1960 to 1965 she served as a Legislative Assistant to US Senator Kenneth B. Keating of New York.[ citation needed ]
In 1971 she became Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science and Population Dynamics from Johns Hopkins University in 1971.[ citation needed ] Piotrow founded the Center for Communication Programs at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and served as Director until 2001. She retired as a tenured professor. She had served for many years as the founding Executive Director of Population Action International (PAI) [1] as well as chairing the Population and Family Planning section of the American Public Health Association. [1]
Piotrow has been a consultant to the United Nations,to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and to the US Government during the 1974 World Population Conference in Bucharest,Romania. [1]