Claudia Cohen (1950-2007)
Claudia Cohen was a gossip columnist, television reporter and socialite. She became well-known in her field as editor of the New York Post's "Page Six" gossip column, and as entertainment reporter with Regis Philbin's talk shows. She was a 1972 graduate of the University and was on the staff of the Daily Pennsylvanian. Later she served as an Overseer of the School of Arts and Sciences. From 1984 to 1994 she was married to financier and Penn trustee Ronard Perelman. Cohen died of ovarian cancer at age 56. At Perelman's request, as a trustee and as the donor of $20 million dollars to renovate what is now Perelman Quad, Logan Hall was renamed Cohen Hall in 2008.