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Mission and Location. Shangri La Museum is the foundation’s Honolulu-based center for exploring the global cultures of Islamic art. Built by Doris Duke in 1937 as a home and showplace for her collection of Islamic art, which consisted of approximately 4,500 objects and cultural resources from around the world, Shangri La’s contemporary collection has continued to grow since its opening to ...
Launched by the Doris Duke Foundation, OPT-In for Families builds on work done across the country to create and test a meaningful alternative to the child welfare system—one that moves from a punitive system focused on assessing whether children should be removed from their homes to a prevention-ori
Doris Duke (22 de novembro de 1912 – 28 de outubro de 1993) foi uma herdeira, horticultora, colecionadora de arte e filantropa estadunidense.
Explore Doris Duke's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Doris Duke on AllMusic.
Born on November 22, 1912, Doris Duke was the only child of James Buchanan (J.B.) Duke, a founder of the American Tobacco Company and Duke Energy Company, and a benefactor of Duke University. Inheriting a bulk of her father's estate in 1925, which included Duke Farms in New Jersey, Rough Point in Newport, R.I., and a mansion in New York City, Doris was soon dubbed by the press as "the richest ...
The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of people's lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and child well-being, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties.
Doris Duke was a significant supporter of medical research, making contributions to hospitals and research centers throughout her life. In her will, which guides our focus areas, she expressed her interest in advancing “medical research designed to effectuate cures of major diseases.”
