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Karl Pillemer

出生: October 15, 1954 – Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Karl Pillemer is a gerontologist and family sociologist at Cornell whose work examines aging, intergenerational relationships, caregiving, and family estrangement. ((https://psychology.cornell.edu/karl-pillemer)) He is best known for 30 Lessons for Living, 30 Lessons for Loving, and Fault Lines. ((https://www.human.cornell.edu/spotlights/pillemer-receives-pollack-award?utm_source=openai)) A public-facing scholar, he has published more than 200 scholarly works and helped translate aging research into practice. ((https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/06/faculty-staff-win-2025-suny-chancellors-awards-excellence))

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The Art of Aging Gracefully
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"For five years, Karl Pillemer sat down with more than 1,000 older Americans—most of them between the ages of 70 and 100—to talk about lessons for living well"

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"With Fault Lines, Karl Pillemer courageously rappels into the deep social crevice created by these devastating rifts"

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