Adrienne Arsht
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Adrienne Arsht, American philanthropist and business leader
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February 4, 1942 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Residence | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater |
Mount Holyoke College - (B.A., 1963) Villanova University School of Law - (J.D., 1966) |
| Occupation | Founding Chairman of the Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation, philanthropist, and Chairman Emerita of TotalBank |
| Spouse(s) | Myer Feldman |
| Website | The official Web site of Adrienne Arsht |
Adrienne Arsht (born February 4, 1942) is an American philanthropist and business leader. She is widely recognized for her $30 million contribution to the City of Miami’s Performing Arts Center, now known as the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Through her contributions to the arts, Arsht has become well-known within the three cities she calls home, Miami, New York City and Washington, D.C.
Arsht was born to a Jewish family in Wilmington, Delaware; the daughter of Samuel Arsht, a Wilmington attorney, and Roxana Cannon Arsht, the first female judge in the State of Delaware. Arsht skipped her senior year at Tower Hill School and went directly to Mount Holyoke College, where she received her bachelor's degree. She then attended the Villanova University School of Law for her J.D. Upon graduation, Arsht became the eleventh woman admitted to the Delaware bar. Her mother was the fifth. She was married to the late Myer Feldman (1914–2007), a former counsel to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Arsht began her Delaware law career in 1966 with the firm Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell. In 1969, she moved to New York City and joined the legal department of Trans World Airlines (TWA). She was the first woman to work in the airline industry's Property, Cargo and Government Relations departments. She moved to Washington, D.C. in 1979 where she initially worked with a law firm, then started her own title company before moving to Miami in 1996 to run her family-owned bank, TotalBank.
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