David Dangoor
David Dangoor | |
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Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | Philanthropy |
Spouse | Judy (née Emmett) |
Children | Four (two sons, two daughters) |
Awards | Honorary doctorate, Bar-Ilan University, 2017 |
David Alan Ezra Dangoor DL[1] (born 1948)[2] is a British businessman and philanthropist. A son of Sir Naim Dangoor,[3] he spent his early life in Baghdad as part of Iraq's Jewish community, leaving with his parents and his brothers in the 1960s for the United Kingdom,[4] where he was educated at Carmel College and Imperial College London.[1]
In 2017 Israel's Bar-Ilan University awarded Dangoor an honorary doctorate, citing his "tireless efforts to further education, culture and art throughout the UK and Israel".[5]
He is Exilarch of The Exilarch's Foundation, a charity that has generously initiated, guided and supported many causes, mainly relating to education and health, including Westminster Academy, Imperial College,[6] the UK Space Design Competition, The Open University, Age UK, The UK Israel Tech Hub, the Weizmann Institute of Science,[7] the Centre for Personalized Medicine at Bar Ilan University,[8] Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jewish Book Week and the Centre for Universal Monotheism at Bar Ilan University. A subsidiary of The Exilarch's Foundation is Dangoor Education,[9] which has supported dozens of charities in the UK and Israel. He is a strong believer in strengthening UK-Israel ties and helps fund many initiatives that further these relations.
He has been Vice-President of the World Organisation of Jews from Iraq (WOJI) for the past ten years, and is a tireless activist for access to the Iraqi Jewish Archives[10] and tries to use his background and heritage [11] to ensure greater relations between Jews and Arabs.[12]
A former President of the Board of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation,[13] David Dangoor is President of Jewish Renaissance magazine[14] and a Vice-President of the Jewish Leadership Council.[14] He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London and chairs the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London’s Council on Faith.[1]
He was also made a Fellow of the British Exploring Society[15] and aa Fellow of the Royal Albert Hall.[16]
In 2019 he received the Sternberg Interfaith Gold Medallion.[17]
References
- ^ a b c "Faith". Greater London Lieutenancy. 30 July 2017.
- ^ "David Dangoor". Remember Baghdad. 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Oliver, Charlotte (12 March 2015). "Funding education runs in their family". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "David Dangoor of the Exilarch's Foundation on his Support for the British Schools Exploration Society". Spear's. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Bar-Ilan University Awards Honorary Doctorate to UK Businessman and Philanthropist Dr. David Dangoor" (Press release). Bar-Ilan University. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "£5m donation gift by Dangoor Education to transform life and work of Imperial" (Press release). Imperial College London. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "The future of the past, Judy and David Dangoor are ensuring science informs our past" (Press release). Werizmann Magazine VOL. 10. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ "Israel leading charge toward the next health frontier: Personalized medicine" (Press release). Times of Israel. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Dangoor Education".
- ^ "The Iraqi Jewish Archive is stolen property that should go back to its original owners" (Press release). The Hill. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Remembering Baghdad" (Press release). JPost. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Israeli outreach to Iraqis can have substantial benefits" (Press release). JPost. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ Sugarman, Daniel (15 September 2017). "David Dangoor: Britain has been good to us and we give back". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Jewish Leadership Council Appoints New Vice Presidents" (Press release). Jewish Leadership Council. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Fellow of the British Exploring Society" (Web). N/A. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Royal Albert Hall" (Web). N/A. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "David Dangoor gets interfaith medal previously given to the Queen and the Pope". Jewish News. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- 20th-century British businesspeople
- 21st-century British businesspeople
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Bar-Ilan University alumni
- British philanthropists
- Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London
- Iraqi emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Iraqi Jews
- Jewish refugees
- Jewish British philanthropists