Mrs. Simona Chivian Chazen This is Me

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1. 1. Art Museum Network News

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   Published on: 6/29/2005   Last Visited: 8/29/2005

   MADISON, WI, (amnnews.com) , The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Elvehjem Museum of Art announced a $20-million gift from alumni Simona and Jerome A. Chazen to fund a major expansion of the museum.
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   New York City natives Simona and Jerome A. Chazen are well-known philanthropists and art collectors and supporters of numerous organizations in the arts, education, and the community.
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   Simona Chazen attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a master's degree in clinical social work from the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. She is a practicing clinical social worker specializing in family issues of divorce and abuse. She is co-chair of the Collections Committee and board member of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City; she is a board member and supervisor of Volunteer Counseling Services of Rockland County; she is a founding member of the Rockland County Family Shelter, a founding member of the Law Guardian Committee of the New York State Appellate Division, and a former board member of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. Simona Chazen serves on the council of the Chazen Museum of Art and is a past board member of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass and the Creative Glass Center of America.

2. 2. Extraordinary Alumni Gift - Simona and Jerome A. Chazen

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   Published on: 5/6/2005   Last Visited: 12/25/2006

   MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Elvehjem Museum of Art today announced a $20 million gift from alumni Simona and Jerome A. Chazen to fund a major expansion of the museum.
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   New York City natives Simona and Jerome A. Chazen are well-known philanthropists and art collectors and supporters of numerous organizations in the arts, education, and the community.
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   Simona Chazen attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a master's degree in clinical social work from the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. She is a practicing clinical social worker specializing in family issues of divorce and abuse. She is co-chair of the Collections Committee and board member of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City; she is a board member and supervisor of Volunteer Counseling Services of Rockland County; she is a founding member of the Rockland County Family Shelter, a founding member of the Law Guardian Committee of the New York State Appellate Division, and a former board member of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. Simona Chazen serves on the council of the Chazen Museum of Art and is a past board member of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass and the Creative Glass Center of America.
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   MADISON - "The arts and culture are the lifeblood of a university-we're hoping to help UW take its rightful place as a great institution for the arts."- Simona and Jerome A. Chazen.
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   Simona and Jerome Chazen have always been interested in the arts.
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   For Simona Chazen, it was always there-the product of a childhood spent in a Victorian home that her parents filled with objects from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries found in small, out-of-the-way antique shops and estate sales.
   
   "I was raised with the idea that you live with beautiful things," she says.
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   Simona remembers building strong leg muscles walking up Bascom Hill; Jerry recalls coming to the Midwest to "spread his wings" a bit and study economics. The two met through a mutual friend, eventually marrying and beginning a life together that has led to extraordinary accomplishments in the worlds of business, art, and philanthropy.
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   Throughout her married life, Simona Chazen has pursued her own passion for the arts and helping others. She is a practicing clinical social worker specializing in family issues of divorce and abuse. She is co-chair of the Collections Committee and board member of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City; she is a board member and supervisor of Volunteer Counseling Services of Rockland County; she is a founding member of the Rockland County Family Shelter, a founding member of the Law Guardian Committee of the New York State Appellate Division, and a former board member of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. Simona serves on the council of the Chazen Museum of Art and is a past board member of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass and the Creative Glass Center of America.
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   To Simona, the gift represents the couple's belief in the importance of arts education. "In recent years, the arts have been tremendously shortchanged in education. The gift and museum expansion allow for more art from the collection to be seen, and it will create a larger presence for the museum in campus and community life," she says.

3. 3. Wisconsin Alumni Association - 2156

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   Published on: 5/1/2007   Last Visited: 3/4/2008

   Jerome Chazen BA'48 and Simona Chivian Chazen x'49: After earning a bachelor's degree at UW-Madison in economics and an MBA at Columbia University, Jerome Chazen spent many years in the fashion industry.
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   Simona Chazen studied journalism and philosophy at UW-Madison and is a practicing psychotherapist specializing in divorce and abuse issues. She is a board member of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York City, and serves on several other arts and charitable boards.