| 词条 | Sigmund Sternberg |
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| name = Sigmund Sternberg | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 2 June 1921 | birth_place = Budapest, Hungary | death_date = 18 October 2016 | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Businessman, philanthropist | spouse = Ruth Schiff Hazel Sternberg | children = Frances Aviva Blane Michael Sternberg QC KCFO | parents = }} Sir Sigmund Sternberg, KCSG, GCFO, JP[1] ({{lang-hu|Sternberg Zsigmond}}; 2 June 1921 – 18 October 2016) was a Hungarian-British philanthropist, interfaith campaigner, businessman and Labour Party donor. Early lifeSternberg was born in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary.[2][3] He was Jewish. He emigrated to England in 1939,[2] and was naturalised as a British citizen in 1947. CareerSternberg worked in the scrap metal trade.[2] After the war, he founded Sternberg Group of Companies.[3] By 1968 he retired from the scrap metal trade and focused on commercial property investments.[3] PhilanthropySternberg worked in promoting dialogue between different faiths. For example, he relocated a Roman Catholic convent at Auschwitz. Moreover, he organised the first papal visit to a synagogue in 1986. Additionally, he negotiated the Vatican's recognition of the state of Israel Sternberg established The Sir Sigmund Sternberg Charitable Foundation in 1969 and was one of the co-founders of the Three Faiths Forum. Sternberg was Life President of the Movement for Reform Judaism.[4] He was chairman of the Sternberg Interfaith Gold Medallion. In 1976, Sternberg was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and in 1985 he was made a Papal Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (KCSG) by Pope John Paul II.[2] He was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1998 for his interfaith work worldwide.[5] In November 2005, Sternberg was promoted to the highest rank within the Royal Order of Francis I to the grade of Knight Grand Cross (GCFO), this in recognition of his contributions to furthering the interfaith activities of the British and Irish Delegation.[6] In 2008, he received the FIRST International Award for Responsible Capitalism, lifetime achievement medal.[7] Personal life and deathSternberg married Ruth Schiff in 1949.[3] They had a son, Michael Sternberg QC, and a daughter, artist Frances Aviva Blane. They divorced in 1969, and he later married Hazel Sternberg, who died in 2014.[2] He died on 18 October 2016.[2] References1. ^Association Members {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206024623/http://www.papalknights.org.uk/assoc-members.html |date=2012-02-06 }} – official website of the Association of Papal Orders in Great Britain of Pius IX, Saint Gregory and Saint Sylvester 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|last1=Sugarman|first1=Daniel|title=Sir Sigmund Sternberg dead at 95|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/164896/sir-sigmund-sternberg-dead-95|accessdate=October 23, 2016|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=October 19, 2016}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last1=Klein|first1=Emma|title=Obituary: Sir Sigmund Sternberg|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/164970/obituary-sir-sigmund-sternberg|accessdate=October 23, 2016|work=The Jewish Chronicle|date=October 20, 2016}} 4. ^Who's who: Sir Sigmund Sternberg, President – website of Movement for Reform Judaism 5. ^Previous price winners – website of the Templeton Prize 6. ^Interfaith leader Sir Sigmund Sternberg promoted to the highest rank within the Royal Order of Francis I – official website of the Grand Magistral Delegation for Inter-Religious Relations 7. ^2008 Award – official website of FIRST Magazine External links
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