Arlene Hirschfeld

Arlene Hirschfeld (born 1944) is an American community activist. Since the 1980s, she has served on the board of trustees of numerous Denver and Colorado state organizations, working in advisory, leadership, and fundraising capacities.[1] The recipient of numerous awards, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.

Arlene Hirschfeld
Born
Arlene Friedman

1944 (age 76–77)
Denver, Colorado, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. English, University of Denver, 1966
OccupationCommunity activist
Years active1980s–present
Spouse(s)A. Barry Hirschfeld
Children2
AwardsColorado Women's Hall of Fame, 2006

Early life and education

Arlene Friedman[2] was born in 1944 in Denver, Colorado.[3] She earned her B.A. in English from the University of Denver in 1966.[4]

From 1966 to 1970, she taught English at the Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver, also serving as an American Field Service sponsor.[4][5]

Community activism

Hirschfeld became active in local and state organizations and nonprofits on an almost full-time basis[3] beginning in the 1980s. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Denver Art Museum,[6] the MDC Richmond American Homes Foundation, the Children's Diabetes Foundation of Denver, Breathe Better Foundation, the Mizel Museum, and the Colorado Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund.[5][7] She is an honorary trustee of the Women's Foundation of Colorado, and an emeritus member of the board of trustees of the Anti-Defamation League.[1][7]

She was the first Jewish president of the Junior League of Denver (1986–1987), and the first woman board chair for the Rose Community Foundation (2006–2008).[1][3][7] She also chaired the Allied Jewish Federation (now JewishColorado).[1] As a member of the steering committee of the Dean's Council at Harvard Divinity School, she was involved in raising $1 million to endow one of the five scholars of that university's Women’s Studies in Religion Program.[3]

Awards and honors

Hirschfeld has received many awards, including the 1991 Community Service Award from the University of Denver,[2] the 1997 Denver Women of Distinction award from Girl Scouts of Colorado,[8] the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the 2002 Rex Morgan Award,[9] the 2003 Colorado Philanthropy Day Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award,[10] and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Social Responsibility Award.[3] She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.[1][3] She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Metro Volunteers in 2015.[11] She and her husband were the 2018 recipients of the Community Service in the Arts Award from the Bonfils–Stanton Foundation.[7]

Personal life

She married A. Barry Hirschfeld, an MBA graduate of the University of Denver, in 1966.[4] They have two sons.[3] Barry became the owner of A. B. Hirschfeld Press (later known as National Hirschfeld, closed in 2009[12]) founded by his grandfather in 1907, and A. B. Hirschfeld & Sons, a real estate company.[4][13] In the mid-1970s, the couple purchased Shangri-La, an 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) Denver mansion built by movie theater owner Harry E. Huffman as a replica of the monastery featured in the 1937 film Lost Horizon.[14][15][16]

References
  1. Hansen, Marge D. (2018). "Doing Great Things in Denver". Colorado Expression. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  2. "Community Service Award". University of Denver. 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  3. "Arlene Hirschfeld". Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  4. Chmel, Janalee Card (March 1, 2007). "Community involvement runs deep for Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld". University of Denver Magazine. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  5. Koontz, Nancy (2018). "Have You Met? Arlene Hirshfeld". blacktie-colorado.com. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  6. "Board of Trustees". Denver Art Museum. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  7. "2018 Honorees: Community Service in the Arts Award". Bonfils–Stanton Foundation. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  8. "Denver Women of Distinction" (PDF). Girl Scouts of Colorado. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  9. "Past Recipients of the Rex Morgan Award". Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  10. "NPD Past Recipients: Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser". Association of Fundraising Professionals Colorado Chapter. 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  11. Davidson, Joanne (May 16, 2015). "Anna Jo Haynes family, Arlene Hirschfeld honored by Metro Volunteers". The Denver Post. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  12. Griffin, Greg; Vuong, Andy (January 13, 2009). "Denver's 102-year-old Hirschfeld to stop its presses". The Denver Post. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  13. "A. Barry Hirschfeld Class of '64". California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  14. Bretz, James (2005). Mansions of Denver: The Vintage Years 1870-1938. Pruett Publishing. pp. 171–2. ISBN 9780871089373.
  15. Dallas, Sandra (June 16, 2005). "Denver's fine old mansions worthy of armchair tour". The Denver Post. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  16. Paglia, Michael (December 9, 1999). "Disappearing Legacy". Westword. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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