Ira Drukier grew up in Rego Park, a neighborhood of Queens in New York City.
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Ira Drukier's father, Charles Drukier, was a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States in 1948.
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Ira Drukier became a real estate investor on the Upper West Side with another Holocaust survivor, Robert Born; they purchased the Greystone Hotel at West 91st and Broadway.
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Ira Drukier then received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1973.
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Ira Drukier started his career at the David Sarnoff Research Center of the RCA Corporation in 1973, where he conducted research on microwave semiconductors.
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Ira Drukier served in this capacity for two years, until 1983.
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Ira Drukier served on its board of trustees for eight years.
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Ira Drukier served on the Cornell Tech Taskforce, which led to the establishment of the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.
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Ira Drukier has served on the board of overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College, which is located in New York City, since 2012.
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Ira Drukier is a past chair of the board of trustees building committee of the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York.
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Ira Drukier serves as vice chair of the American Society for Yad Vashem.
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Ira Drukier serves on the board of overseers of the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
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Ira Drukier is married to Gale Drukier, a retired college professor and current philanthropist.