On June 23, 2014, the professional salon world lost a pivotal pioneer in hair product formulation, hairdresser education and salon retailing when Redken co-founder Paula Kent Meehan died at home at age 82 after a battle with pneumonia. Here, some of the people who worked with her, learned from her and loved her share with MODERN SALON their personal memories of how one woman, while not a cosmetologist herself, demanded respect for hairdressers and taught them how to be professional in their businesses.