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Though struggling now with the infirmities of age, Georgia Travis has translated enough compassion to action over the years to move mountains. Since 1931, when Travis became one of the first students to receive a master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, she helped grow the field of medical social work in the whole of the United States and beyond. Her work has helped bridge the gap between the clinical attitudes of the medical profession and the circumstances of its patients. Since her retirement at the age of 61, Travis has written the important book Chronic Illness in Children: The Impact on Child and Family, which doctors, nurses and social workers use for instruction. She's actively helping the handful of homeless people living around Los Gatos and has organized Friendly Visitors at the Meadows so residents there might pay attention to the lonely among themselves. Travis has also been a persistent force behind innovative programs for homeless families in Santa Clara County.
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News
Tax Dispute
Saratoga to collect $730,000 in legal victory against Santa Clara County.
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Deer Population Control
City officials pledge to study population problem, hillside fencing regulations.
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Education
John Alston
Educator brings message of character, dignity, common sense to Saratoga schools.
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Saratoga, California Since 1955
