Jack Rudin presented with Scopus Award.In recognition of his many years of philanthropy and public service, Jack Rudin was presented with the Scopus Award, the American Friends of The Hebrew University's highest honor. In a celebration on Nov. 19 at the American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History, incorporated in New York City in 1869 to promote the study of natural science and related subjects. Buildings on its present site were opened in 1877. , Jack's late brother Lewis was honored as well. The event coincided with the opening of the Museum's Einstein exhibit. The venue was chosen due to Rudin's key role in Einstein, an unprecedented exhibition featuring Einstein's scientific manuscripts, original letters, and other documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at The Hebrew University Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at Mt. Scopus, Givat Ram, Ein Karem, and Rehovot, Israel; coeducational. First proposed in 1882, formally opened 1925. It is the world's largest Jewish university and is noted for its work on the Dead Sea Scrolls. , most never before exhibited to the public. "The generous support of Jack and Susan Rudin made the Einstein exhibit possible", said Ira Lee Sorkin, president of the American Friends of the Hebrew University. "Yet it is just one of many important contributions Jack and his brother Lewis have made to the University. We are proud to present Jack Rudin with the Scopus Award." Jack Rudin's unique relationship with both The American Museum of Natural History (where he serves as a board member and honorary trustee) and The Hebrew University served as a crucial link in making the Einstein archives available outside Israel for the first time. The Einstein exhibit opens on Nov. 15 and runs through Aug. 15. Jack Rudin is Chairman of Rudin Management Company, builders, developers and managers of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. real estate. He serves on numerous boards, including the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. The main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets, with other locations in New , Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is a constituent company of the Lincoln Center performing arts organization, whose performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly and the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies at City College. Rudin has received an Honorary Fellowship from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem Independent university in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1925. The foremost university in Israel, it attracts many Jewish students from abroad; Arab students also attend. and Honorary Doctorates from City College, Iona College, where he serves as trustee emeritus, and Yeshiva University. He and his wife Susan live in Manhattan. |
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