Irene Diamond (May 7, 1910 – January 21, 2003) was a Hollywood talent scout and later in life a prominent philanthropist. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material
She was married to prominent realtor Aaron Diamond and lived in New York City. The City of New York
In 1999 she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Clinton. The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984 for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
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As a talent scout, Irene discovered Burt Lancaster and Robert Redford (this is an unconfirmed family rumour; she was my great aunt, Aaron was my great uncle. Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center is a medical research institution dedicated to finding a cure for HIV / AIDS. )
Twice a year, she would be sent out to New York City by her boss, Hal B. Wallis at Warner Brothers, to find unproduced plays. She found one called Everybody Comes to Rick's; this little play became Cassablanca.
A great patron of the arts, Irene is well known with the NYC Ballet, and Lincoln Center, where she has a room named for her. She has also generously contributed to the Natural History Museum, NYU Medical Centers, and as President of her husband's namesake foundation handpicked its head medical researcher Dr. David Ho, recipient of Time Magazine's Man of the Year. Dr. Ho was named with this dubious honor, when working for ADARC, he created the protease inhibitor or "cocktails" for treatment in HIV/AIDS.
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- http://www.foundationnews.org/CME/article.cfm?ID=1454
- http://www.adarc.org/news/Irene%20Diamond/LA%20times.html
- http://www.adarc.org/about/history-irenediamond.htm
- http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_6_77/ai_101861178
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