Mervyn L. Adelson
Mervyn L. Adelson is a retired American Television producer, known for hits such as The Waltons, Dallas, and Knots Landing.[1] During the 1990s Adelson was reportedly close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and acted as a go-between between the Israeli Prime Minister and US President Bill Clinton.[1]
Adelson was, together with Marvin Josephson, international co-chairman of Israel’s Fiftieth-Anniversary Committee. According to Josephson he and Adelson were appointed to the position by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 1996. The pair were accused by the Jerusalem Post of corruption in relation to the anniversary celebrations. [2]
His ex-wife is American broadcast journalist, author and television personality Barbara Walters.[1]
In 1989 he became a Time Warner vice-chairman. Once worth $300 million, he lost his fortune in the wake of the merger of AOL and Time Warner. [1] In 2013 he admitted to having had ties to the Las Vegas Mafia - connections he had denied when allegations were first made in Penthouse magazine in 1975.[3]
Adelson is listed, together with Thea Adelson, as a friend of the Israel Airforce Center Foundation on their 'Donor Wall of Honor'.[4]
In June 2001 in his role as Chairman of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Adelson presented actor Michael Douglas with the 'Museum of Tolerance Humanitarian Award.'[5] Adelson is currently listed as a trustee of the organisation.[6]
He is also reportedly a supporter of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, American-Israel Friendship League, United States Middle East Project of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Builders for Peace.[7]
Affiliations
- American-Israel Friendship League
- Builders for Peace
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
- Israel Airforce Center Foundation
- Simon Wiesenthal Center
- United States Middle East Project
Contact
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/merv.adelson?fref=ts
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bryan Burrough, 'Remembrance of Wings Past', Vanity Fair, 12 February 2013, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ Craig Horowitz, 'America’s Jews Israel’s Lost Tribe?', New York Magazine, 27 April 1998, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ Staff, 'Former TV Macher Merv Adelson Talks About Financial Ruin and His Las Vegas–Mob Ties', Vanity Fair, 31 January 2013, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ IAFC Website Donor Wall of Honor. Accessed 5 March 2015.
- ↑ Army Archerd, 'Douglas speaks his mind at award presentation', Variety, 26 June 2001, accessed 5 March 2015
- ↑ Simon Wiesenthal Center Website SWC Board of Trustees. Accessed 5 March 2015.
- ↑ Staff, 'Changing the World, One Journalist at a Time', aish.com, 31 January 2013, accessed 5 March 2015
