Ira D. Wallach
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Ira D. Wallach | |
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Born | Ira David Wallach June 3, 1909 New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 6, 2007 White Plains, New York, U.S. | (aged 97)
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA JD) |
Occupations |
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Known for | Head of Central National-Gottesman Founder of EastWest Institute |
Spouse |
Miriam Gottesman (m. 1938) |
Children | 4 |
Family | Samuel Gottesman (father-in-law) |
Ira David Wallach (June 3, 1909 – January 6, 2007) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was head of Central National-Gottesman, the largest privately held marketer of paper and pulp products.
Life and career
Born to a Jewish family in New York City, he earned his B.A. and law degrees from Columbia University.[1] He served as a Navy lieutenant in World War II.
In 1938, he married Miriam Gottesman Wallach, the daughter of
Activism and philanthropy
Ira David Wallach was born in New York City on June 3, 1909. He earned bachelor's and law degrees from Columbia University and was a Navy lieutenant in World War II.
In 1946 he joined Gottesman & Company, as it was then known, as executive vice president. He was the chief executive and a director of the company from 1956 to 1979, later serving as chairman and then senior vice chairman, the title he held at his death. During his tenure, the company, which is based in
In 1980, Wallach co-founded the Institute for East West Security Studies, now known as the EastWest Institute, a research group that focuses on international political, economic and security issues.
In a career of more than 70 years, he was a lawyer and businessman with interests in philanthropy and in global economic and political affairs. With his wife Miriam, he created a charitable foundation whose beneficiaries included the New York Public Library, Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the namesake of Columbia's Wallach Hall and Wallach Art Gallery.
Wallach was an outspoken opponent of the
References
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths / Wallach, Ira D." The New York Times. Jan 9, 2007. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ^ The New York Times: "Miriam G. Wallach Obituary" October 2, 2012
- McFadden, Robert D. (January 8, 2007). "Ira D. Wallach, 97, a Philanthropist, Dies". The New York Times. p. B7.