10 Facts About Sid Lerner

Sidney Lerner was an American advertising and marketing industry executive and public health advocate.

Sid Lerner was considered one of the original "Mad Men" of the advertising world and later founded Meatless Mondays campaign.

Sid Lerner was first in his family of immigrant to go to college.

Sid Lerner founded Meatless Mondays and Healthy Mondays campaigns in 2003.

Sid Lerner established endowed positions at Johns Hopkins and NYU Langone to support health promotions.

Sid Lerner served on the Financial Services Leadership Forum Advisory Committee of the New York Public Library in 2010.

In 2013, Sid Lerner received the George Arents award, Syracuse University's highest alumni honor for "his work in wellness, advertising and philanthropy".

In 2013, Sid Lerner was awarded the Dean's Medal, the School's highest honor, by Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health for "his vision and leadership in improving the health of the public through the Meatless Monday Campaign".

In 2019, Sid Lerner received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Sid Lerner died on January 12,2021, aged 90, at his home in New York City.