Martin E. Segal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Martin E. Segal

businessman

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1916

Place of Birth: Vitebsk, Belarus

Date of Death: 05-Aug-2012

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Martin E. Segal

  • Martin Eli Segal (July 4, 1916 – August 5, 2012) was a Russian Empire-born American businessman who co-founded the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1969 with two other Lincoln Center executives, William F.
  • May and Schuyler G.
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  • He also served as the Film Society's founding president and CEO until 1978..
  • Segal was founding chair of the Commission for Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Assistance Center, and the New York International Festival of the Arts. Segal was born in Vitebsk, , Russian Empire (now located in present-day Belarus), in 1916 and immigrated to the United States.
  • He is a former Associated Press columnist and founder of human resource and benefits consulting firm, The Segal Group, which he founded in October 1939.
  • Segal served as the General Chairman of the Night of 100 Stars II on February 17, 1985, the first AIDS benefit held by the Actors' Fund of America.The Martin E.
  • Segal Theatre Center (MESTC), located at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, was renamed for Segal in March 1999.
  • It was founded as the Center for Advanced Studies in Theatre Arts (CASTA) in 1979.
  • He died at his Manhattan home in 2012.
  • He was 96.

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