1957
Serves as Editor of Hunter College High School’s newspaper “What’s What” and as a weekly panelist on the “Young Book Reviewers” radio show until 1958.
1959
Participates in Youth Leaders From Abroad program in Israel until 1960.
1963
Graduates from Barnard College.
1963
Serves as a trainee at the Rockefeller Foundation until 1964.
1966
Receives an MIA from the Columbia School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA).
1970
Receives a Ph.D. from Columbia.
1970
Is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1970
Is affiliated with the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace through 1975.
1975
Authors “Multilateral Aid for National Development and Self-Reliance: A Case Study of the UNDP in Uganda and Tanzania.”
1975
Serves as a Research Associate at the Columbia Middle East Institute until 1976.
1976
Serves as Co-Editor of “Israel in the Third World,” published by Transaction Publishers.
1979
Establishes Dr. Susan Aurelia Gitelson Award for Human Values in International Affairs at Columbia SIPA, endowed in perpetuity in 2016.
1981
Serves as President of SJ International Corp. and MTIIC Corp until 2009.
1984
Receives the Columbia University Alumni Medal for Distinguished Service.
1989
Establishes Gitelson Peace Prize at the Truman Institute (now the Truman Peace Prize).
2004
Receives an honorary degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2012
Authors “Giving is not Just for the Very Rich: A How-To Guide for Giving and Philanthropy,” published by On-Demand Publishing, LLC.
2017
Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.
2020
Continues to serves as President of International Consultants, Inc., which she has done since 1981.