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In 2006, Flaum and his wife, Ilene, established an endowed fund to support what was then called the University of Rochester Eye Institute. In recognition of their generosity, the David and Ilene Flaum Eye Institute was named in their honor in 2009. The Flaum Eye Institute is the region\u2019s only eye institute and a leader in specialty eye care, conducting clinical trials and pioneering new diagnostics and treatments to help preserve vision.<\/p>\n
David also served on the Flaum Eye Institute Advisory Board for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid\u2019s devotion to our cause has allowed many of us to build our careers here, to perform groundbreaking vision research, and to preserve and save the sight of thousands,\u201d said David A. DiLoreto, Jr, MD, PhD, director of the Flaum Eye Institute and chair of ophthalmology. \u201cIt will be an honor to continue the institute\u2019s mission in his memory.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steven Feldon, MD, the former chair of ophthalmology, who also served as Flaum Eye Institute director until earlier this year, echoed these sentiments.<\/p>\n
\u201cDavid immediately understood the positive impact a world-class eye institute would have on the community and region,\u201d said Feldon, who is now associate vice president of URMC and director of the Biomedical Research and Development Office.\u00a0\u201cI will miss David as a friend and advisor who stood alongside me as we created and built the David and Ilene Flaum Eye Institute. David\u2019s legacy will live on through the institute\u2019s success in its ongoing missions of eye research, education, patient care, technology development, and population health.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Flaums also provided generous support to many other areas of the University over the years, including Golisano Children\u2019s Hospital, Wilmot Cancer Institute, FF Thompson Hospital, and others. In 1999, the Sarah Flaum Atrium at the University\u2019s Medical Center was named for David\u2019s mother in recognition of David and Ilene\u2019s support.<\/p>\n
Flaum was the chairman, founder, and CEO of Flaum Management Company, Inc. of Rochester, which offers development, management, brokerage, and consulting services to clients throughout the northeastern United States. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Syracuse University and a JD from Franklin Pierce College. He was a member of Syracuse\u2019s Board of Trustees, where the David & Ilene Grand Hall at the Whitman School of Management is named after him and his wife.<\/p>\n
The son of Holocaust survivors, Flaum was\u00a0also a board member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.\u00a0He was active in local, regional, and national Republican politics and served as national chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition.<\/p>\n
Flaum is survived by his wife, Ilene, sons Asher and Loren, daughter Sara Ressler, son-in-law Darren Ressler, daughters-in-law Monica and Jamie, and his grandchildren and extended relatives.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in his memory to the Flaum Eye Institute<\/a> and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n University flags will be lowered on September 10 to honor his memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" University Life Trustee David Flaum is remembered as a generous philanthropist, entrepreneur, and community advocate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":449582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[57,3396],"class_list":["post-449462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-university-news","tag-board-of-trustees","tag-obituaries"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n