About
Laszlo N. Tauber
The
Laszlo N. Tauber Family Foundation, Inc. was established in
2003 through a bequest from Dr. Tauber, who died in 2002.
Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1915, he emigrated to the
United States in 1947. Building from his successful medical
practice, Dr. Tauber began a series of real estate
ventures, which eventually established him as one of the
most successful developers in Washington, D.C. In addition
to these financially successful projects, he established
the Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia and
continued an active surgery practice until the age of 80.
History
of Tauber Philanthropy
Dr.
Tauber began his most notable philanthropic activities with
a donation to Brandeis University in 1977 to establish the
Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry. This gift
was the first of several major donations in memory of the
Jews persecuted by the Nazi regime. These included
donations of significant endowments at the United States
Holocaust Museum in Washington D. C., Yad Vashem
(Jerusalem), The Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York),
Holocaust Center of Northern California (San Francisco), as
well as other numerous awards to memoralize the victims of
the Jewish Holocaust.
Dr. Laszlo Tauber also supported biomedical research and
university scholarships in the United States and Israel.
Recipients included Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Boston University, George
Washington University, Georgetown University, Hadassah
College of Technology, Haifa University, Hebrew University,
Howard University, Oranim Academic College of Education,
Ruppin Academic Center, and Touro College.