Recipients are selected for their continued and consistent generous financial support of AA&MDSIF programs and services. Such support may be through their personal charitable giving or through achievement in fundraising that draws in the support of a larger community.
Bill Shulevitz, an AAMDSIF board member from 2013 to 2015, was diagnosed with MDS in 1999. Active in the New York business community, Bill has had many accomplishments, including founding the Cadillac Uniform and Linen Supply Inc. and serving as a management consultant and financial planner.
His wife Marion is a rabbi who works at the Amsterdam Nursing Home in New York. They have been generous supporters of AAMDSIF, as well as numerous Jewish communities.
Mrs. Spielberg’s generosity established the Harold Spielberg Research Fund at AAMDSIF in 1998. Thanks to both her personal contributions and that of her company, Vibratex, Inc., several scientific researchers have received grants honoring her late husband, Harold, who passed away from MDS.
JoAnn and Don Yahn have raised more than $200,000 over the past decade in memory of their daughter, Torry, who battled
