Tad dove
Tad Taube (* 1931 in Cracow , actually Thaddeus Taube ) is a Polish-American entrepreneur, manager and philanthropist of Jewish religious affiliation. Among other things, it finances the Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University, founded in 1986 . He is a signatory to The Giving Pledge .
In the summer of 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II , Taube managed to emigrate from Poland to the USA. Taube earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University. Today he is president of “Taube Philanthropies” and also president of the “Koret Foundation”. In California, Taube founded the Woodmont Companies, now a large real estate company, in the 1960s. He was also President and CEO of "Koracorp Industries" from 1973 to 1979, when Koracorp was taken over by Levi Strauss .
Taube had and continues to hold numerous honorary administrative positions at universities and institutions.
At Stanford University, the "Taube Family Tennis Stadium" is named after him, and the new Football Stadium, which was completed in 2006, was also sponsored by him. Tad Taube co-founded the United States Football League (USFL) in 1982 . Taube is married and has six children. He lives in Woodside, not far from Stanford University.
Prizes and awards
- Scopus Award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1985)
- Honorary Doctorate from the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (1995)
- Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award from United Way (1998)
- Commander's Cross of Poland, highest civil honor of the Republic of Poland (2004)
- Honorary Consul for Poland for the San Francisco Peninsula (2007)
- Corporate Citizenship Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2007)
Web links
- Page of Taube Philanthropies about Tad Taube
- Interview with Taube in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, August 2013
- Report about Tad Taube at sfgate.com, April 2014
- Report on pigeon in Nobhillgazette, 2011
- Interview with Taube about the planned Jewish Museum in Warsaw in Spiegel-Online, October 25, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ see http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/print-edition/2013/08/16/tad-taube-took-a-flier-got-into-real.html?page=all
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dove, Tad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dove, Thaddeus (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-American entrepreneur, manager and philanthropist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |