the Anti-Defamation League, where he underwrote programs to combat antisemitism; and the University of Nebraska Omaha, where two library additions bear his name. He also is a member of The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s Heritage Society. Carol Kahn was born in Kansas City, Kansas to parents who were politically and socially active in various causes. The example they set led Carol to embrace the Jewish philosophy of Tikkun Olam , repair the world. Despite earning a Ph.D. in Statistics and doing her post-doctoral fellowship in Biophysics and Genetics in the 1960/70’s, at a time when women in science, especially at such an advanced level, were outliers, she eschewed the honorific “Dr. Kahn”, instead preferring that everyone call her Carol. In addition to Carol’s continuous quest for knowledge, throughout her life she tirelessly worked to make the world a better place for those less fortunate. Carol was a founding member of the Miami Beach JCC in the 1980s. In the 1990s, she was a founding member of the People with AIDS Coalition. At Miami-Dade College’s Working Solutions Program, she worked one-on-one with marginalized and indigent people to help them develop job skills and obtain employment. Carol quietly gave food, clothing, and shelter to countless homeless and others in need throughout her life. Her charitable heart was impossible to miss. With her parents as role models, Michelle Kahn grew up in Miami Beach with a strong Jewish identity. She was a student at Hebrew Academy through sixth grade, attended Shabbat services every Saturday morning with her father, and celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in Israel. “I was surrounded by a thriving Jewish community,” Michelle recalls. “Every week we had Shabbat
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