Ruth Grosman Winter (born May 29, 1930) is an American journalist and

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Biography

Ruth Grosman was born in

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, most populous City (New Jersey), city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area. ...

.Matthews, Tracey L. (2005). ''Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Vol. 139''. Thomson/Gale. pp. 447–449 She graduated B.A. from

Upsala College Upsala College (UC) was a private college affiliated with the Swedish-American Augustana Synod (later the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and located in East Orange in Essex County, New Jersey in the United States, with an additiona ...

in 1951, and obtained a Master of Science from

Pace University Pace University is a private university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, United States. It was established in 1906 as a business school by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace. Pace enrolls about ...

in 1989. Winter worked as a journalist (1951–1955) and science editor (1956–1959) for the ''

Newark Star Ledger ''The Star-Ledger'' was the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey. It is based in Newark, New Jersey. The newspaper ceased print publication on February 2, 2025, but continues to publish a digital edition. In 2007, ''The Star-Ledger''s ...

''.Taft, William H. (2016). ''Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Journalists''.

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. pp. 373–374. She worked as a columnist for the ''

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'' (1974–1978) and from 1981, the ''

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''. She has written on

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, health and medicine. Winter is a past President of the

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(1977–1978). She married Arthur Winter, a neurosurgeon, on June 16, 1955; he died in 2011."Dr. Arthur Winter, Renowned Brain Surgeon"

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. Retrieved March 1, 2020. She has several children.

Awards and honors

She received awards from the

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, the

American Dental Association The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional dental association. Established in 1859 and with over 159,000 current members, ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association. The organization lobbies on behal ...

and the

American Society of Anesthesiologists The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is a professional association of physicians in the field of anesthesiology. As of 2024, the organization included more than 57,000 national and international members and has more than 100 full-tim ...

Selected works

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Ruth 1930 births Living people American cookbook writers American women journalists American science writers Pace University alumni Upsala College alumni Writers from Newark, New Jersey American non-fiction writers 21st-century American women writers