Tributes – Old

• Glorya Kaufman was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 21st Annual Choreography Festival at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, Calif.

• Honored with the “Shining Spirit Award” at Share Inc.’s 64th Annual Boomtown Gala. Share Inc. is an organization started by a group of 7 women who wanted to improve the lives of children with special needs. Now earring more than $48 Million, Share Inc. is now a powerful group of 80 women committed to raising the money to continue this noble cause.

Mrs. Kaufman pictured with patrons that volunteer at “Share Inc”

• Ms. Kaufman donated proceeds of her Paris apartment to the USC Eye Clinic to perform surgeries on children from infancy to 22 years of age in order to correct the alignment of their eyes. The surgery corrects the condition called strabismus that often affects children from birth.

Mrs. Kaufman at USC receiving her Honorary Doctorate Degree

• Glorya received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Southern California for founding the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and funding the exciting new 54,000-square-foot dance building called the Glorya Kaufman International Dance Center. In just three short years since the school opened its doors to dance, it has become widely known as the most innovate dance school in the world.

• Glorya Kaufman was given the Presidential Award by the National Dance Education Organization for her contribution to the field of dance, and for her shared vision that dance is an “art form whose benefits to mankind goes far beyond entertainment.”

• Ms. Kaufman produced Dancing with the Rabbis, a fun show in the Whizin Center for Continuing Education at American Jewish University that included five rabbis who were taught dances with professional dancers. One of the rabbis won the prize for dancing the tango, and her award money was given to a charity of her choice. After the show, the audience was fed and danced to live music. Everyone had a lot of fun and danced until the theater closed!

Mrs. Kaufman pictured here with Tony Bennett, Patti LuPone, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and a Professor from The Juilliard School

• Glorya received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from The Juilliard School in New York. Glorya’s gift to The Juilliard School created the beautiful new Glorya Kaufman Dance Studio as part of the school’s renovation in 2009. The 2,300-square-foot studio overlooks the lights on Broadway, and can also be used as an event space for dinner parties.

Ms. Kaufman was honored with a hardhat by The Juilliard School for pledging to fund the construction of a brand new dance studio that overlooks Broadway in New York. The glass-walled studio enables passers-by to see the dancers dance from the street.

• Eye clinic at Venice Family Clinic named Glorya Kaufman Eye Clinic

• Ms. Kaufman received the Heart award for the donation of a walkway star medallion to Jewish Home for the Aging in Encino, California; the medallion was imprinted with the names of Ms. Kaufman’s ten grandchildren.

• At a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Ms. Kaufman received the Community Leadership Award for providing college scholarships for underprivileged children through the Fulfillment Fund. The organization trains mentors that help children to further their education; 95% of the youth served by this organization go on to attend college.

• The American Jewish University gave Ms. Glorya Kaufman the Chairman’s Associates Award for beginning a scholarship fund for single mothers. Glorya saw the need to help single mothers get an eduction so that they could make a living and support their children.

• Ms. Glorya Kaufman was honored at the Riviera Country Club where she was named by the City of Los Angeles as Brentwood Citizen of the Year for second time.

• Received an award for Appreciation of Support from the Israel Tennis Center for helping to build tennis courts for children in underprivileged areas in Israel

• Received the Paul Harris Fellow Award from Rotary Foundation International
• A luncheon honoring Glorya Kaufman by the Paul Harris Rotary Club for building the Donald Bruce Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library

Mrs. Kaufman being awarded “Citizen of the Year” by Brentwood San Vicente Chamber of Commerce.

• Named Citizen of the Year award by Brentwood San Vicente Chamber of Commerce

• Received Commendation from County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors