Carolyn "Kay" Bucksbaum '51

Bucksbaum was a founding member of Friends of Educational Broadcasting in Iowa and chair of the Iowa Center for the Book. She has served as chair of the Grinnell College Board of Trustees, the Des Moines Symphony, Scott County (Iowa) League of Women Voters, and Aspen Music Festival and vice-chair of the League of Women Voters of Iowa, United Jewish Appeal in Des Moines, and National Public Radio Foundation. She has been a board member of several organizations, including the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Des Moines Art Center, and The Des Moines Register. She currently serves on the board of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Museum of Arts and Design and is a fellow of the Aspen Institute. In 2011 she co-founded the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence at the University of Chicago Medical School, a program for selected students carrying increased emphasis on physician-patient relationships. She received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Grinnell College in 2012. She pursues strong interests in the outdoors in Aspen, Colo., where she and her late husband Matthew have had a vacation home for more than 50 years.