Lois Rosenthal (May 18, 1939 – July 20, 2014)[1][2] was an American author, publisher, arts & humanities philanthropist, and community volunteer.
The 2003 production of Carson Kreitzer's The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, epitomizes the emerging art this prize makes possible.
In the 1970s as a Planned Parenthood board member, she worked as a patient escort and guided young women through crowds of protesters.
Her work on behalf of California lettuce field workers led to a friendship with union leader Cesar Chavez.
[4] The CAC building was designed by celebrated architect Zaha Hadid the center has become a mecca for emerging artists and patrons in the mid-west.
Together with her husband, Lois co-founded the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Institute for Justice (RIJ) in 2004, based at the University of Cincinnati School of Law, to "harness the idealism, energy and intellect of law students, turning those qualities into a vehicle for positive social and legal change in Cincinnati, the state of Ohio, and beyond.
With her husband, she co-founded the Rosenthal Next Generation Theater Series at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park which introduces children to plays.
In their effort to fund emerging artists, she and her husband sponsored a ballet called Blue Until June that was choreographed to the music of Etta James.