| 词条 | Ira Drukier |
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| name = Ira Drukier | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence =New York City | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education =Cornell University Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn | employer = | occupation = Hotelier, philanthropist | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse =Gale Drukier | children =Jennifer Birnbaum | parents =Charles Drukier Toby Drukier | relatives = | box_width = }} Ira Drukier is an American hotelier and philanthropist. He co-owns BD Hotels, a hotel chain in New York City. BiographyEarly lifeIra Drukier grew up in Rego Park, a neighborhood of Queens in New York City.[1] His father, Charles Drukier, was a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States in 1948.[2][3] He became a real estate investor on the Upper West Side with another Holocaust survivor, Robert Born; they also purchased the Greystone Hotel at West 91st and Broadway.[1][2] His mother was Toby Drukier.[3] Drukier graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1966, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.[4][5] He then received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1973.[5] CareerHe started his career at the David Sarnoff Research Center of the RCA Corporation in 1973, where he conducted research on microwave semiconductors.[5] Three years later, in 1976, he started working at the Microwave Semiconductor Corporation (MSC), where he conducted research on high-power microwave transistors.[5] After the merger of SMC with Siemens in 1981, he was appointed as corporate vice president.[5] He served in this capacity for two years, until 1983.[5] In 1985, he co-founded BD Hotels, a hotel chain in New York City, with Richard Born, the son of his father's business partner Robert.[6][7] The company owns and operates about twenty-five hotels.[1] They include The Mercer Hotel, the Hotel Elysée, the Maritime Hotel and The Jane as well as more affordable hotels like the Skyline and the Belvedere in New York City, and a Ramada Inn at the Newark airport.[1][2][5] They have also developed the Greenwich Hotel located at North Moore and Greenwich Streets in TriBeCa with actor Robert DeNiro, who owned the land upon which it was built.[2][6] Moreover, they developed Townhouse in Miami, Florida.[1] PhilanthropyMuch of his philanthropy has been centered on his commitment to his alma mater, Cornell University. He served on its Board of Trustees for eight years.[5][7] He also served on the Cornell Tech Taskforce, which led to the establishment of the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.[5] Additionally, he serves as the Chair of the Council of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art on the Cornell campus.[5] He has also served on the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College, which is located in New York City, since 2012.[5][7] With his wife, he donated US$25 million to Cornell University in December 2014.[4] The charitable gift will be used to establish the Drukier Institute for Children's Health at the Weill Cornell Medical College as well as an annual lectureship and faculty prize.[4] Beyond Cornell, he is a patron of the arts. For example, he serves on the President's Council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[5] He also serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees Building Committee of the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York.[5] Drukier has supported Jewish causes. He serves as Vice Chair of the American Society for Yad Vashem.[5] He also serves on the Board of Overseers of the Museum of Jewish Heritage.[5] Personal lifeHe is married to Gale Drukier, a retired college professor and current philanthropist. Gale serves on the board of numerous charities.[4] They have one adult daughter, Jennifer Drukier-Birnbaum.[2] They reside in New York City.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Alex Williams, Lords of the Chambers, New York Magazine {{DEFAULTSORT:Drukier, Ira}}2. ^1 2 3 4 [https://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323848804578610012839755842 Real-Estate Daughters in the Wings: BD Hotels May Someday Be Led by the Founders' Daughters], The Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2013 3. ^1 [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/20/classified/paid-notice-deaths-drukier-charles.html ], The New York Times, February 20, 1988 4. ^1 2 3 Cornell and Iowa State Receive $20-Million-Plus Donations, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, December 5, 2014 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 $25 Million Gift from Gale and Ira Drukier Creates the Drukier Institute for Children's Health at Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Medical College: Press Release, December 4, 2014 6. ^1 John Holusha, [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/04/realestate/square-feet-manhattan-for-2-hoteliers-a-freewheeling-business-style.html SQUARE FEET/Manhattan; For 2 Hoteliers, A Freewheeling Business Style], The New York Times, July 4, 2004 7. ^1 2 Ben Fischer, Ira and Gale Drukier give $25M to Weill Cornell, New York Business Journal, December 4, 2014 9 : Living people|People from Rego Park, Queens|People from New Jersey|Cornell University College of Engineering alumni|Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni|American hoteliers|Jewish American philanthropists|Philanthropists from New York (state)|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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