Susan A EisenhandlerL. EUGENE THOMAS is Professor of Human Development and Family Relations at the University of Connecticut. As a Fulbright Research Fellow, he conducted research on life satisfaction and spirituality of elderly in India and England. The results of thisresearch are summarized in the book he edited, Research on Adulthood and Aging: The Human Sciences Perspective. He is presently studying the life transitions and meaning construction among elderly born in this country and Russian elderly who recently immigrated to this country.SUSAN A. EISENHANDLER is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. A former Administration on Aging trainee, she conducts research on the social construction of identity in old age, and her current research is focused on life transitions and the construction of meaning in the lives of the elderly. Read More Read Less