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Lynn Schusterman (Lynn Rothschild) was born on 21 January, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, US, is an American philanthropist. Discover Lynn Schusterman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Lynn Rothschild
Occupation Philanthropist
Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 21 January, 1939
Birthday 21 January
Birthplace Kansas City, Missouri, US
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Charles Schusterman

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1800

The Mayers were the descendants of German Jewish immigrants who immigrated to the United States in the 1800s.

Her father was the son of Louis Phillip Rothschild and Nora Westheimer Rothschild.

Her paternal uncle was Louis S. Rothschild who served in the Eisenhower administration.

Her parents divorced at an early age and she was raised by her mother and stepfather, Harold Josey, who ran an investment company called H.I. Josey & Company.

She has two younger sisters.

She was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where she attended Sunday school and was confirmed in the local B'nai Israel Reform synagogue.

She graduated from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

1939

Lynn Schusterman (née Rothschild; born January 21, 1939) is an American billionaire philanthropist.

She is the co-founder and chair emerita of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, and founder of several other philanthropic initiatives.

Lynn Schusterman was born as Lynn Rothschild on January 21, 1939, at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri to Wes Rothschild and Amelia Mayer.

Her mother was one of the six children of Helen Loewen Mayer and Moses Emmanuel Mayer.

1960

Shusterman began volunteering in the early 1960s with the National Council of Jewish Women.

1962

Born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Oklahoma City in a Jewish family, Lynn married Charles Schusterman in 1962.

In 1962, she married Charles Schusterman, who was of Russian-Jewish origin.

1987

The couple founded the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation in 1987 and became prominent philanthropists.

In 1987, she and Charles started the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.

1994

In 1994, Schusterman helped to found Hillel in the Former Soviet Union.

1998

Since 1998, she has authorized more than $6 million to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel.

She is a supporter of Teach For America and Teach For All and was instrumental in establishing Teach For America to create a corps in Tulsa and Israel.

Schusterman has also been deeply involved in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect, both in Tulsa, OK, and in Jerusalem, where she helped to establish the Haruv Institute.

Among her largest single gifts were grants to Brandeis University to create the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and to the University of Oklahoma to create the Schusterman Center campus in Tulsa.

Schusterman also contributed $6 million to the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.

She has advocated for acceptance of LGBT people in the Jewish community.

Her advocacy was criticized by Orthodox writer Nathan Diament as "tramping on the religious liberty of Orthodox Jewish institutions that refuse to condone homosexual behavior.”

2000

Lynn ran the foundation from her husband's death in 2000 until 2018 when her daughter Stacy H. Schusterman took over as chair of the organization.

He died on December 30, 2000.

The couple had three children including Stacy H. Schusterman.

After Charles died in 2000, Lynn led the foundation herself, becoming the first woman to lead a large Jewish philanthropic organization.

In 2000 Schusterman was inducted into the Tulsa Hall of Fame; in 2003 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame; and in 2006, she was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

2007

In 2007 she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

2011

In 2011, Schusterman signed the Giving Pledge.

According to The Jerusalem Post, Shusterman is known for her work in "strengthening Jewish identity, supporting Jewish innovators, expanding opportunities for service learning and promoting inclusivity."

Among the national Jewish organizations she supports are BBYO, Hillel, Moishe House, Birthright Israel, Repair the World, and Keshet.

2017

In June 2017, Shusterman signed a petition criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu's government for cancelling the Kotel compromise and advancing a bill that would give the Chief Rabbinate of Israel a monopoly on performing conversions to Judaism in Israel.

After the petition the conversion bill was put on hold for six months.

The next month she criticized the Israeli governments cancelling of the Kotel compromise in a speech after receiving the Jerusalem Builder Award from Mayor Nir Barkat.

2018

Since 2018 she has served as the chair emerita of the foundation.

In 2018, her daughter, Stacy H. Schusterman, took over as chair of the foundation and Lynn took the role of chair emerita.

Schusterman's giving is focused on the global Jewish community, Israel and her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In 2021, the foundation was renamed to Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies.