Wendy Freedman is an astronomer@the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. Her research interests include the evolution of galaxies and their stellar populations, and the extragalactic distance scale and cosmology. She was recently elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Sciences, and this year was awarded the Magellanic Premium Award of the American Philosophical Society. Address: Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101. Internet: wendy@ociw.edu