About Lois Abraham

Lois Whetstone Abraham was born in San Francisco in 1933. She grew up in the Salinas Valley and graduated cum laude in English from Stanford University in 1955. She met her future husband, Dick Abraham, when he was in graduate school at Stanford, and they were married in 1954. Working in the electronics industry, they lived in New Jersey, Texas (where their three children were born) and Arizona, returning to California in 1977.

While she was living in Arizona, and after her third child started school, Lois obtained a law degree from Arizona State University. Lois and Dick now divide their time between Taos, New Mexico; San Francisco; and a winery project in Australia.

Lois considers herself very lucky to have both a fulfilling personal life and legal career. Her three grown children are healthy, happy, productive, and now facing the challenges of raising their own children. Her career has involved intellectual property rights, litigation, mediation, and arbitration in the electronics field, keeping her close to the development of the semiconductor industry and the subsequent revolution in personal computer and communications technology.

A long-time supporter of Planned Parenthood, Lois took action to counter the U.S. Administration’s cut of funds to UNFPA because she believes the change hurts the U.S. national interest and is brutally harmful to women and children who need help. She believes that citizens have the responsibility to speak out and become involved, and that sitting back and doing nothing is not an acceptable option.

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