We dined on Aug. 11 at the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge and were hosted by the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Louisiana, Scott Angelle, who was elegant, gracious, charming, and informative. He was a Democrat, he was quick to tell us, and with self-deprecating reassurance, about the most “underwhelming” person in a high place we would ever meet. We should not be even the tiniest bit intimidated by him, (now I must admit, until he reassured us, being intimidated had not occurred to me). He was no big deal, he insisted, but in his understated Southern way, we saw a man who is strong, self-assured, and every inch a representative of the people of Louisiana. And, one got the sense, no pushover. Angelle could easily become the next governor; I would not be surprised.

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Rachel Ben-Avi, Ph.D.

Born in 1944, graduated the Dalton School in NYC, ‘62, attended Wellesley College and dropped out Junior year. I was an unsuccessful model, a moderately successful actress for a couple of years, returnd to Dalton and taught English for five years, back to school, Columbia, Hunter, finally got B.A. graduated Summa Cum Laude, PhD in clinical psychology from Long Island University; Certificate in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy from the Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy at NYU. Worked in private practice in NY for some 15 years, and at the Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine at New York University Medical Center for ... Read More