Glorya Kaufman
| Glorya Kaufman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Glorya Pinkis Detroit, Michigan |
| Residence | Beverly Hills, California |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Spouse(s) | Donald Bruce Kaufman |
| Children |
Curtis Kaufman Gayl Kaufman Laura Kaufman Stacie Lyn Kaufman |
Glorya Kaufman is an American philanthropist.
Biography
Early life
Glorya (Pinkis) Kaufman was born in Detroit, Michigan during the Great Depression.[1] Her father worked as a production manager for Automotive News and her mother volunteered for Jewish charities.[2] Her parents could not afford dancing lessons for her.[2]
Philanthropy
In 1994, she made a donation for the construction of the 10,040-square-foot Donald Bruce Kaufman branch of the Los Angeles Public Library in Brentwood, Los Angeles.[1][3]
In 1999, she donated US$19 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, which named Glorya Kaufman Hall in her honor.[1][2][4][5] However, she admitted to being disappointed in the way UCLA handled her donation.[1][4]
In 2009, she donated US$20 million to the Los Angeles Music Center to establish the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance series.[1][2][4][5][6] She has also donated millions to the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Juilliard School in New York City.[1][2][5] In 2011, she donated several millions to the University of Southern California for the establishment of the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, which will enroll its first cohort of BFA majors in 2015,[7] and the construction of the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center.[1][2][4][5] A year later, in 2012, she joined the Board of Trustees at USC.[5][8]
Personal life
She is the widow of Donald Bruce Kaufman, who with Eli Broad co-founded Kaufman & Broad, now known as KB Home (NYSE: KBH), in 1957.[1] They had four children, Curtis, Gayl, Laura and Stacie Lyn. Donald and his son-in-law, Eyal Horwitz, both died in a plane crash in 1983; afterward Glorya turned to charity work.[1] She raised her family in a sprawling Brentwood ranch house.[4]
She currently resides in a US$18.2 million Italian-style villa in Beverly Hills, California with Erté tables and Louis Icart prints.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A Patron With Passion in Los Angeles, The New York Times, January 11, 2013
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Deborah Vankin, To Glorya Kaufman, the art of dance is a gift on several levels, The Los Angeles Times, December 01, 2012
- ↑ Jan Loomis, Brentwood, Arcadia Publishing, 2008, p. 124
- 1 2 3 4 5 Deborah Vankin, Glorya Kaufman gives USC millions to build a dance school, The Los Angeles Times, November 09, 2012
- 1 2 3 4 5 Deborah Vankin, Glorya Kaufman, dance school patron, made a USC trustee, The Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2012
- ↑ Sondra Shaw-Hardy, Martha A. Taylor, Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz, Women and Philanthropy: Boldly Shaping a Better World, John Wiley & Sons, 2010, p. 199
- ↑ USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance - About Us
- ↑ University of Southern California Board of Trustees