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| name =Barbara Davis | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Barbara Levine | birth_date = | birth_place =New York City | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence =Beverly Hills, California | other_names = | known_for = | education = Adelphi University | employer = | occupation =Philanthropist | spouse =Marvin Davis | children =Patricia Davis Raynes John Davis Nancy Davis Rickel Gregg Davis Dana Davis | parents = | net_worth = $2.5 billion (2006) | relatives = | box_width = }} Barbara Davis is an American philanthropist, billionaire, and widow of Marvin Davis. BiographyEarly lifeBorn Barbara Levine in New York City,[1][2] she graduated from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York in 1951.[2] PhilanthropyIn 1977, she established the Children's Diabetes Foundation.[2][3] Since 1978, she has organized the black-tie, invitation-only Carousel of Hope Ball every two years to raise money for juvenile diabetes.[2][3][4][5] In particular, the proceeds go to the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Aurora, Colorado and the Children's Diabetes Foundation.[4] She also serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, the Race to Erase MS in Los Angeles, California and the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California.[2] Additionally, she is a member of the Blue Ribbon Panel of the Los Angeles Music Center.[2] In November, 1992, she received the 1992 Promise Ball Humanitarian Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International in New York City.[2] In 1995, she received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the University of Colorado.[2] In 2004, she received the Angel Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Los Angeles.[2] Personal lifeShe married Marvin Davis (1925–2004) in 1951.[2][3][4][5] They had five children:
They resided in Denver, Colorado from 1951 to 1985.[2][4][5] In 1985, they moved to The Knoll, an estate in Beverly Hills, California.[2][5][21] Shortly after his death, she sold it for $46 million and moved into a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel.[3][21] Additionally, in 2011 she listed a condominium she owned in the Wilshire Corridor in Westwood, Los Angeles.[6] In 2006, she was worth $2.5 billion.[7] References1. ^{{Cite web|last= Cavassuto |first= Maria |authorlink= |title=Barbara Davis Keeps the Carousel of Hope Charity Ball Turning |publisher=Variety|date=August 4, 2016 |url=https://variety.com/2016/scene/spotlight/barbara-davis-philanthropy-carousel-of-hope-diabetes-research-jay-leno-jane-fonda-1201829644/ |accessdate=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Barbara}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Children's Diabetes Foundation 3. ^1 2 3 Fred Schruers, Table-Hopping With...Barbara Davis, W, February 2012 4. ^1 2 3 Brook Barnes, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/movies/23davis.html?_r=1 Tough Times No Deterrent for This Ball], The New York Times, October 22, 2010 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/obituaries/26davis.html?_r=1&ref=marvindavis Obituaries: Marvin Davis], The New York Times, Accessed May 24, 2012. 6. ^Lauren Beale, Barbara Davis puts Wilshire Corridor condo on the market, The Los Angeles Times, July 05, 2011 7. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [https://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/ZF6J.html Billionaires: #292 Barbara Davis & family], Forbes 10 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|People from New York City|People from Denver|People from Beverly Hills, California|Adelphi University alumni|American billionaires|Philanthropists from New York (state)|American socialites|Davis family |
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