Ruth Shack was born on August 24,1931 and is an American politician who served as the sponsor of the 1977 Human Rights Ordinance in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
16 Facts About Ruth Shack
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Ruth Shack served on the Metro-Dade County Commission after being elected in 1976,1978 and 1982.
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Ruth Shack was a student at the University of Virginia Women's Division for two years before returning to New York to work with an advertising firm.
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Ruth Shack met Richard Shack on a blind date at the Allerton Hotel for Women in New York: after half an hour he said he was going to marry her.
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Ruth Shack taught sociology and political science at Florida International University.
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Ruth Shack rejected the state's assertion of "a supposed dark cloud hovering over homes of homosexuals and their children," and stated that there was no rational basis for the prohibition of homosexual parents from adopting, particularly since the state allowed them to act as foster parents.
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Ruth Shack has served on the Council on Foundations as vice chair and as chair of its management committee.
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Ruth Shack has served on the boards of Funders Concerned About AIDS and the Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth.
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Ruth Shack was the founding chair of the Florida Philanthropic Network and the Alliance for Human Services and has chaired the Communications Network.
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Ruth Shack is a member of the Transatlantic Community Foundation Network of the Bertelsmann Foundations.
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Ruth Shack served as the President of the Dade Community Foundation, from 1985 to 2009.
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Ruth Shack encouraged the grantmaking process to address issues of cultural alienation and help people to cross ethnic barriers through activities such as providing seed funding for small groups from diverse multicultural local communities.
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In 1999 Ruth Shack established the Miami Fellows program of the Dade Community Foundation, to support the growth of community leadership in Miami.
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On January 27,2009, Ruth Shack announced that she would step down from her post as president by the end of the year.
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In 2013, Shack donated a collection of archival materials and art books to the Otto G Richter Library at the University of Miami.
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Ruth Shack is the recipient of the President's Award from the Cultural Executives Council ; delancyhill's inaugural Firm Partner Star ; Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year ; and Dade County's Outstanding Citizens Award.