teaching women about etiquette and fashion, but also about building self-confidence. They made presentations across the country at universities and women's organizations and she published the column, "Fashionably Dressed on a Budget" for the Pittsburgh Courier. In 1965, Caesar became the first black person to serve on the Board of Governors for the San Francisco Symphony and in 1969, she was the first black and woman elected to serve as director of the Symphony Foundation. She officially retired from performing in 1966. Caesar served on the San Francisco grand jury for 1972, and was on the board of the city's Youth Service Bureau and the mayor's youth task force. In 1976, she was appointed to the San Francisco Mayor's Criminal Justice Commission, becoming the first black and woman to serve and became the first minority chosen to chair the commission, serving two terms. She served two terms as the president of the local chapter of the World Adoption International Fund, a children's service organization created by Jane Russell, and was elected president in 1977 of the Women's Auxiliary of the San Francisco Dental Society. In 1978, she was honored with the Jefferson Award for Public Service by the American Institute for Public Service. Death and legacy Caesar died on March 18, 1983 at her home in San Francisco. On April 7, 1983, the chapel at the Youth Guidance Center in San Francisco was renamed the Lois Towles Caesar Memorial Chapel in her honor and was dedicated in a ceremony on October 6. Notes References Citations Bibliography 1912 births 1983 deaths People from Texarkana, Arkansas Wiley College alumni University of Iowa alumni Juilliard School alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Conservatoire de Paris alumni African-American pianists 20th-century classical pianists Women classical pianists People from Texarkana, Texas 20th-century American women pianists 20th-century American pianists Classical musicians from Texas Musicians from Arkansas 20th-century American educators Schoolteachers from Texas Schoolteachers from Arkansas African-American schoolteachers African-American music educators American women music educators African-American activists American community activists Activists from Texas Activists from Arkansas 20th-century American women educators African-American women musicians 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American musicians