Daisy Margaret Soros is an American philanthropist and supporter of the arts.
12 Facts About Daisy Soros
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Daisy Soros was married to the late Paul Soros, founder of Soros Associates and older brother of financier George Soros.
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Daisy Soros's parents were Paul Schlenger and Piroska Erzsebet "Piri" Schlenger.
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Daisy Soros came to the United States on a student visa as a Hungarian citizen, enrolling at Columbia University School of General Studies.
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Daisy Soros later attended the New York School of Interior Design, and NYU's School of Social Work, and worked extensively as a counselor to terminally ill patients and their families.
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Daisy Soros has been involved with various charitable organizations for decades.
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Daisy Soros serves on the boards of The Society of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, The Foreign Policy Association and The American Austrian Foundation.
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Daisy Soros is an honorary trustee of the International House in New York.
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Daisy Soros serves on the chairman's council of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Daisy Soros is board secretary at the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera, director emeritus of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Vice President of Venetian Heritage, and a former Chairman of the Board of the Friends of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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Paul Soros and Daisy Schlenger met in 1950 in New York, where they were both college students living at the International House.
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Daisy Soros has received several awards and honors for her philanthropic work, including:.