Arthur B. Crimea

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Arthur B. Krim (born April 4, 1910 in New York City , † September 21, 1994 in Manhattan , New York City) was an American attorney , lieutenant colonel in the US Army , politician of the Democratic Party and manager of the film industry , the 1951 to 1969 President and then between 1969 and 1978 Chairman of the Board of United Artists and was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1975 for his social commitment .

Life

Lawyer and manager in the film industry

Crimea initially completed an undergraduate degree at Columbia University , which he graduated in 1930. During this time he became a member of the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa and took 1930 postgraduate studies of law at Columbia Law School in which he finished 1,932th During his studies, he served as the editor-in-chief of the legal journal Columbia Law Review . After completing his studies, he became a lawyer in the law firm Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon , of which he was a partner from 1935 to 1978. During the Second World War he did his military service in the US Army and was last promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was honored for his military service in combat missions in France and Italy .

After the end of the war, Krim began to work as a lawyer as well as his involvement in the film industry and was initially President of the film production company Eagle Lion Films Inc. between 1946 and 1949 and President from 1951 to 1969 and subsequently Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Artists between 1969 and 1978. His creative management promoted a new artistic freedom for filmmakers who were required to produce Oscar- winning films like Marty (1955), West Side Story (1961), Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows (1963), Asphalt-Cowboy (1969) , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Rocky (1976) and Der Stadtneurotiker (1977). He was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 1975 Oscars for his long-term social commitment in the film industry .

After Krim retired as a lawyer in 1978, he became an advisor to the law firm Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon . At the same time, he ended his work for United Artists in 1978 and founded the film production company Orion Pictures Corporation , of which he remained president until 1992.

Commitment to Columbia University and Democratic Party

In addition to his activities as a lawyer and manager in the film industry, Crimea was also involved in the Democratic Party for years and was, among others, adviser to US Presidents John F. Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter in the areas of civil rights, health, higher education, Arms control and relations with Africa and the Middle East . He served as chairman of the Democratic Party's finance committee from 1966 to 1968 and chairman of the party's advisory body for election officials from 1973 to 1976. He also served on the boards of the party-affiliated Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation .

Within Columbia University, Crimea became a member of the Board of Trustees in 1967 and was chairman from 1977 to 1982. For his services there, he was awarded the university's highest honor, the Alexander Hamilton Medal, in 1976 , and an honorary doctorate from Columbia University in 1982.

Furthermore, Krim was involved in the US civil rights movement and for the equality of homosexuals , but also led the fight against apartheid in South Africa , where personalities such as Oliver Tambo , Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela were among his personal friends. He was also a member of the boards of directors of the Weizmann Institute for Science , the natural gas and oil company Occidental Petroleum , the UN Association and the Arms Control Association.

Crimea was since 1958 with Mathilde Galland married, posing as founding chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) for research on AIDS committed. From this marriage came a daughter.

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