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Rockefeller University Tribute:
Diamond--Irene. The Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff of The Rockefeller University are deeply saddened by the passing of our cherished friend Irene Diamond, a true visionary in the world of philanthropy. Determined to address the AIDS epidemic, she established the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and recruited Dr. David Ho to direct it. Mrs. Diamond’s encouragement and funding helped the Center emerge as one of the world’s leading research facilities. She further strengthened immunology in New York City with her support of postdoctoral fellowships and professorships. Her funding of biomedicine has advanced many other areas of research, promising benefits that are profound, lasting, and universal. Mrs. Diamond was also a passionate advocate for human rights and a creative, imaginative patron of education and the arts. New York City has benefited from her extraordinary generosity, and her vision has forever changed our City’s intellectual and cultural landscape. We join the citizens of New York in saluting her remarkable accomplishments. She will be greatly missed. Richard
B. Fisher, Chairman
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