The “Pratt Institute” also gave her in 1979 an Honorary Doctorate for her work with CAN.

After Lola Van Wagenen completed her studies and got her PHD in 1995, she cofounded with the historian Jeanne Houck the company “Clio Visualizing History Inc.”, which was intended to raise awareness about the American history among the public. After many successful educational projects, including the production of short movies for many private companies, in 2003, after the departure from the company of Jeanne, Lola decided to change the corporate structure to a non-profit organization, and they started to make documentary films, and using the internet and other media to pass their educational projects. The company is still active, and among Clio’s recent projects there are “Lowell Thomas and Lawrence of Arabia: Making a Legend, Creating History,” a collaboration between Lola Van Wagenen and the filmmaker Rick Moulton to setup an exhibit featuring archival photos, audio clips, and a short film, presenting a variety of viewpoints on journalist Lowell Thomas and military officer T.E. Lawrence. Another recent project is the “Click! The Ongoing Feminist Revolution,” a collaboration with Susan Ware, Melanie Gustafson and Marilyn Blackwell, whose exhibit highlights the collective action and individual achievements of women from the 1940s to the present, and features 46 film clips (taken from 27 documentary films), extensive interactive timelines, essays and photos.

At the age of 77, she has been married twice, she has four children and five grandchildren. She married her first husband, Robert Redford in 1958, and they later divorced in 1985. The couple had four children, Amy, James, and Shauna, while a fourth one died because of a sudden infant death syndrome, and it’s curious to report that they also had two weddings: first, they held a private one in Las Vegas, Nevada, and then, after a few months, they held another open wedding in Utah.

After her divorce she remained alone until 2002, when she decided to settle again with George Burrill, who is a PhD and the founder of the international development firm “ARD”. They have been together to the present date and, by looking at her photos, she still looks lovely. The couple moved to Vermont, and they organized a fundraising for the city of Christchurch in New Zealand, where George was serving in 2011 as a US delegate to the “United States New Zealand Partnership Forum”, when a devastating earthquake struck. The couple also established in 2012 the “New American Scholarship Fund” at Champlain College.

Lola Van Wagenen, despite not being born in the center of the Internet era, is technologically friendly, and she has a Facebook account she uses every now and then to keep in touch with her friends, or to post articles related to the page of her organization, also present on Facebook under the name “Clio Visualizing History”.