Diane Meyer Simon
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Diane Meyer Simon | |
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| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | B.A. Butler University |
| Known for | founder of Global Green USA |
| Spouse(s) | N. Stuart Grauel (divorced) Herbert Simon (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
Diane Meyer Simon (born Diane Irene Meyer) is an environmental and political activist, and the founder and leader of Global Green USA[1] and a member of the Green Cross International's (GCI) Honorary Board.[2] She is the former wife of Indiana real-estate billionaire Herbert Simon.[3]
She is from Nappanee, Indiana.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Meyer was an only child, born in 1946 to a French father and a Swiss-French mother.[3] Her father worked as a teacher, a United States Air Force pilot, and medical doctor. Her mother worked as a teacher and a nurse.[3]
Simon earned a B.A. in psychology at Butler University in 1968.[3]
She has worked as an administrator and political staffer for liberal Democratic Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana.[3]
She went to Moscow to attend an international environment conference and met with Mikhail Gorbachev.[when?] After this conference, she joined the GCI's Honorary Board.
Simon also became Indianapolis's Woman of the Year in 1985.
She moved to California in 1989.
Personal life
[edit]Meyer has been married twice. Her first husband was N. Stuart Grauel, the then-Deputy Secretary of State of Indiana.[3]
In 1981, Meyer married billionaire shopping mall developer Herbert Simon. They divorced in 2000.[3] They have three children:[3]
- Sarah Elisabeth Meyer Simon[3] is an investor who lives in New York City;
- Rachel Mariam Meyer Simon Stuart[3] is an artist and philanthropist living in Indianapolis with her husband Hale Stuart and daughter Zara; and
- Asher Benjamin Meyer Simon[3] is an artist in Los Angeles.
References
[edit]- ^ globalgreen.org
- ^ "Honorary Board". Green Cross International. Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Diane Meyer Simon website retrieved March 17, 2013
- ^ "Nappanee Advance-News 11 May 1983 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-27.