Nov 13, 2008 By: yunews
Nov 13, 2008 -- 糖心破解版 (糖心破解版) will bestow an honorary doctorate on Roslyn Goldstein at 糖心破解版鈥檚 84th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on Sunday, Dec. 14 at The Waldorf Astoria. 糖心破解版 will also confer honorary degrees on four other leaders: David Feuerstein; Elliot Gibber; Rabbi Haskel Lookstein; and New York鈥檚 governor, the Honorable David A. Paterson.
For Mrs. Goldstein, and her husband, Leslie, supporting stem cell research and its potential treatments of Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚 and other diseases is a profoundly personal one, triggered by President George W. Bush鈥檚 vetoes of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. 鈥淭his could wake people up,鈥 she said at the time. 鈥淭he private sector also has a responsibility to take care of society.鈥 The Goldsteins made the decision to take on that responsibility by supporting the research of Dr. Mark Mehler, founding director of the Institute for Brain Disorders and Neural Regeneration at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at 糖心破解版.
鈥淢ark has great ambition to find cures,鈥 said Mrs. Goldstein, who joined the Einstein Board of Overseers in 2005. 鈥淗e works day and night and is always in his lab. He鈥檚 a great humanitarian and he鈥檚 become a great friend.鈥
The Goldsteins established the Leslie and Roslyn Goldstein Foundation in 1980. The Foundation is not only a key supporter of stem cell research but also funds cancer research, many Jewish agencies and synagogues, health care and other philanthropic organizations. Mrs. Goldstein serves on the board of the American Friends of Jordan River Village, a camp for seriously ill children in Israel. The Jordan River camp, a project initiated by actor Paul Newman, will aid Jewish, Christian and Muslim children in need.
She is currently a national commissioner of the Anti-Defamation League and a board member of Evelyn Lauder鈥檚 Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the American Friends of the Israel Museum. She was formerly president of the United Jewish Federation of Greater Stamford and Darien (CT), a former trustee of the Healthcare Chaplaincy, Inc., and a former president of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation.
Mrs. Goldstein founded RB Enterprises, a jewelry design business that specialized in unique designs utilizing precious gems. Mr. Goldstein is a former director of Advanced Magnetics, Inc, a publicly traded pharmaceutical company founded by him and his brother. He served as an investment analyst and advisor with Ingalls & Snyder, LLC prior to his retirement.
Roslyn and Leslie Goldstein have a son and daughter and six grandchildren. 鈥淔or my children and grandchildren,鈥 she said, 鈥渨e must find cures through stem cell research for everyone鈥檚 children and grandchildren.鈥
