Rosalind Wiener Wyman

Rosalind Wiener was born October 4, 1930 in Los Angeles to Oscar and Sarah (née Selten) Wiener. Her father was a Russian immigrant who came to the country as a stowaway; after arriving, he put himself through pharmacy school.[11] Her Chicago-born mother became a pharmacist as well, despite never pursuing higher education, so she could co-run the drugstore the family had at 9th Street and Western Avenue (in today's Koreatown),[12][13][11] which included a 22-seat lunch counter.[11] Her mother had also worked as a volunteer at the juvenile hall in Los Angeles, where a room was named in her honor. She also served as a precinct captain for Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first presidential campaign.[3][14] Rosalind learned how to add by helping work her parents' cash register and doling out ice cream to patrons.[11]

Rosalind consistently ran for office in grade school, earning a position while at officer at Los Angeles High School.[11] One of her early political inspirations was Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, and while still in high school, she chose to do a report on her.[11] Rosalind graduated in 1948, subsequently attending the University of Southern California. During this time, she was able to seek out Gahagan Douglas and volunteer on her Senate campaign.[14] She graduated from USC in 1952[15] with a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration.[7][5][3] After college, she gained employment as a recreation director and made plans to go to law school but before grad school could happen, she was elected to the City Council, 1953.[7][16][17][18] She deferred enrollment to campaign for Adlai Stevenson.[3]

Rosalind married attorney Eugene Wyman in 1954, and they had three children: Betty Lynn, Robert, and Brad. The family are Conservative Jews.[7][19] Eugene Wyman, who was also influential in national Democratic politics, died of a heart attack in January 1973.[20]

In 1973, Wyman served as Chairperson of the National Congressional Committee Dinner.[9] In 1974, she was named to head fundraising for the Democratic Congressional campaigns, and she served as chair and chief executive officer of the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.[4][3] She co-chaired the senatorial campaigns of Dianne Feinstein. She was employed as motion-picture executive and was a consultant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley.[7]

In 1988 and 1989, Wyman served as chair of the benefit Singers Salute the Songwriters, with funds going to the Betty Clooney Foundation for Brain Injuries.[29]

In January 2015, Wyman was appointed to serve on the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.[2]

As of 2016, Wyman charted as California's oldest Democratic National Convention delegate.[4]

• Roz Wyman Collectors' Bobblehead (2019)[30]
• USC Alumna profile, (Spring 2018) [15]
• 89.3 KPCC profile, (March 2018) [1]
• 90.9 WBUR profile, (April 11, 2015)[31]
• May 8 declared Roz Wyman Day by Major League Baseball and the Dodgers organization, (2013–present)[6]
• First-ever recipient of Los Angeles Magazine's Game Changer Hall of Fame Award[32]
• City of Los Angeles and the Dodgers Dream Foundation name Little League field in Cheviot Hills as Roz Wyman Diamond, (July 22, 2003)[33]
• Honored with Dianne Feinstein speech before the United States Senate, (July 8, 2003)[7]
• Los Angeles Times profile, (Aug. 13, 2000)[34]
• USC Alumni Award, (1964)[15]
• "Mr. And Mrs. American Citizen for the Year 1964," bestowed by Los Angeles B'nai B'rith and California Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown[35]
• Los Angeles Times "Woman of the Year," (1958) [19]

• Wyman appears in DODGERS STORIES: 6 DECADES IN L.A., a 2019 six-part Dodgers documentary.[30]
• Wyman appears in a Beverly Hills View interview, discussing her political career.[36]

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• Photograph of Rosalind Wyman at Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2011