About the Perelmans
Raymond G. Perelman and his wife Ruth, have
pledged $25 million to name the Center for Advanced
Medicine as the Ruth and Raymond Perelman
Center for Advanced Medicine. This generous gift,
which continues a tradition of giving to the
University of Pennsylvania Health System by the
Perelmans, will help finance the construction
of Perelman Center, scheduled to open its doors
in 2008.
Raymond and Ruth Perelman
Since
1992, Raymond Perelman has been President and
Chairman of the Board of RGP Holdings, Inc.,
a privately held holding company comprised of
a vast array of manufacturing, mining and financial
interests. Mr. Perelman serves as a PENN Medicine
Trustee, and is a 1940 graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Mr.
and Mrs. Perelman are Trustees of the Raymond
and Ruth Perelman Education Foundation, Inc.,
which supports Jewish cultural and welfare organizations,
as well as arts and history museums and other
cultural institutions. The Perelmans
are parents to Jeffrey E. and Ronald O. Perelman,
who also have distinguished careers in both
business and philanthropy, and close ties to
the city of Philadelphia and University of
Pennsylvania.
Ronald O. Perelman is Chairman of the Board of Directors of MacAndrews & Forbes
Holdings and of the company's wholly-owned
subsidiary, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
He received his undergraduate degree from the
University of Pennsylvania, and has an MBA
from the Wharton School. Ronald
Perelman is a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania,
a member of the Wharton Board of Overseers and
a former member of Wharton's Graduate Executive
Board. His philanthropy at Penn includes establishing
the Ronald O. Perelman Professorship in Finance
in 1985, and the Perelman Quadrangle – which,
since its establishment in 1995, has become central
to student life on campus.
Jeffrey E. Perelman is Chairman and CEO
of JEP Management, Inc. He earned undergraduate
and graduate degrees from Penn's Wharton
School. His philanthropic activities include
support of the School of Dental Medicine, the School
of Design and the Institute for Contemporary Art. He
is also Secretary of the Board of Trustees of The
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. His
wife, Marsha Perelman, also has a graduate degree
from Penn.
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