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Judith E. Barnes Lancaster, Esq. was
JUDITH BARNES LANCASTER: THE RENT WE PAY BY ELAINE GUREGIAN
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he activist and novelist Alice Walker used to say, “Activism is my rent for living on the planet.” That comment struck Judith E. Barnes Lancaster, Esq., when she heard it. The late Canton attorney had lived her life that way, but never thought of it as a mantra. But she made it her own when she added a little something of her own in a speech later in life, saying “Activism and service are the rent we pay for living on the planet.”
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better known as Judy to her friends on the NEOMED Foundation Board, where she served as chair and also as co-chair of the University’s Shine On comprehensive fundraising campaign. She lived life fully until her passing in December 2021. In thanks for her service, which included two years as a member of the NEOMED Board of Trustees, NEOMED bestowed the honorary degree Doctor of Science Honoris Causa on her in 2017.
