Lilian Katz was born in London but moved to California with her family when she was 15 years old. She married and had three children before gaining a BA degree from San Francisco State University in 1964 and a PhD in Psychological Studies from Stanford University, California in 1968. In the spring of 1968 she took up a professorship at the University of Illinois, where she remains Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education.
I met Lilian when I took a Masters course with her at the University of Illinois in 1969. In those 37 intervening years, I have been variously her student, colleague, co-author and collaborator.
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