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In Memoriam:
Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg
A pioneer in research and advocacy for demilitarization
and nuclear abolition she was one of the the first to connect these
foreign policy issues with domestic oppression. She believed in
the power of democratic institutions to make the world a better
place and use her intelligence, wit, and perseverance to advance
these ideas both on the Hill and around the world. You can read
a dedication speech by Monica Green She received her B. A. from Columbia University. Her career started at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in 1968. In 1974 she moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where she earned her Ph.D. in 1980 from MIT. She went to found the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies as well as to launch the national Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign, one of the the predecessors to Peace Action. We'll be celebrating her life both in Washington on December 10th and in Cambridge on December 15th. She was a prolific expert among international leaders testifying before the US Congress, the Swedish Parliament; and, in 2001, she participated in panels on North-South Korean reconciliation and arms reduction. President Clinton appointed her to his Advisory Committee of U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1995. Embraced by both military and peace activists as a responsible diplomat, she was awarded the Pomeerance Award and the Mac Arthur Foundation Fellowship. Her dedication, beauty, and insight garnered attention from the world and is perfectly articulated in this Boston Globe obituary. She has published 3 books including Abolishing War: Culture and Institutions and Nonproliferation Primer. |
Randy Forsberg Lead the Way for the Nuclear Abolition Movement
