Alan B. Slifka Foundation
| Alan Bruce Slifka | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alan Bruce Slifka October 13, 1929 Manhattan, New York United States |
| Died | February 4, 2011 (aged 81) Manhattan, New York United States |
| Residence | Manhattan, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Harvard University, M.B.A. Yale University |
| Occupation | Securities analyst, investor, philanthropist |
| Years active | 58 years |
| Employer | Halcyon Asset Management, founder and co-chairman L.F. Rothschild & Company |
| Known for |
The Abraham Fund Initiatives Big Apple Circus Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale University Alan B. Slifka Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Riva Ritvo-Slifka |
| Children | Michael Slifka Randolph Slifka David Slifka |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Slifka Sylvia Slifka |
| Awards | Knesset Prize for Coexistence, 2000 |
Alan Bruce Slifka (October 13, 1929 – February 4, 2011) was a New York investor and philanthropist, a co-founder of the Abraham Fund and founding chairman of the Big Apple Circus. He was a native of Manhattan.
Slifka and his sister were initially home schooled by their mother. This provided an opportunity for the twins to learn the importance of moral values and the basics of coexistence. In the fourth grade, the twins began studying at the Ethical Culture Society's Fieldston School.
Slifka graduated from Yale University in 1951, where he worked on the business staff of campus humor magazine the Yale Record. He then went on to earn a Master's degree in Business Administration at Harvard University in 1953.
Following his graduation from Harvard, Slifka joined the financial firm L.F. Rothschild & Company, where he worked as a securities analyst for 32 years, rising to partner before leaving to start his own company, now Halcyon Asset Management.
In 1977, Slifka became the founding chairman of the New York School for Circus Arts, a non-profit training school whose performing arm is the Big Apple Circus. In 1993, he became founding chairman emeritus. In 1995, in recognition of Slifka's lead gift to a successful capital campaign, the circus's new permanent creative center in Walden, NY was named the Slifka Family Creative Center.
Together with sociologist Eugene Wiener, Slifka was a co-founder in 1989 of The Abraham Fund Initiatives, named for the common ancestor of Arabs and Jews, and served as chairman of the organization since its founding. This was the first nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering coexistence between Israel's Arab and Jewish citizens. The Abraham Fund works to advance a shared society of inclusion and equality between Jews and Arabs in Israel.
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