Irene Diamond
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Irene Diamond (May 7, 1910 – January 21, 2003) was a Hollywood talent scout and later in life a prominent philanthropist.
She was married to prominent realtor Aaron Diamond and lived in New York City.
In 1999 she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton.
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As a talent scout, Irene discovered Burt Lancaster and Robert Redford (this is an unconfirmed family rumour; she was my great aunt, Aaron was my great uncle.)
Twice a year, she would be sent out to New York City by her boss, Hal B. Wallis at Warner Brothers, to find unproduced plays. She found one called Everybody Comes to Rick's; this little play became Cassablanca.
A great patron of the arts, Irene is well known with the NYC Ballet, and Lincoln Center, where she has a room named for her. She has also generously contributed to the Natural History Museum, NYU Medical Centers, and as President of her husband's namesake foundation handpicked its head medical researcher Dr. David Ho, recipient of Time Magazine's Man of the Year. Dr. Ho was named with this dubious honor, when working for ADARC, he created the protease inhibitor or "cocktails" for treatment in HIV/AIDS.
[edit] References
- http://www.foundationnews.org/CME/article.cfm?ID=1454
- http://www.adarc.org/news/Irene%20Diamond/LA%20times.html
- http://www.adarc.org/about/history-irenediamond.htm
- http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_6_77/ai_101861178
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