Alan G. Hassenfeld
{{Short description|American businessman and philanthropist}}
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| nationality = American
| parents = Sylvia Grace Kay Hassenfeld
Merrill Hassenfeld
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Alan G. Hassenfeld (born November 16, 1948) is an American former chairman and chief executive officer of Hasbro Toys.
Career
He is the brother of Stephen D. Hassenfeld, who preceded him in the post. Hasbro was founded as a Hassenfeld family business in 1923. As chairman and chief executive, he has diversified Hasbro's portfolio of companies and expanded international operations while initiating a singular brand of corporate activism designed to improve the lives of children. He was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 1996.{{cite web | url= http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu/participants/alan-g-hassenfeld | title= Alan G. Hassenfeld at World Leaders Forum | publisher= Columbia University | accessdate= 30 May 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721094105/http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu/participants/alan-g-hassenfeld | archive-date= 21 July 2011 | url-status= dead }}
Philanthropy
- Hassenfeld donated the Teddy Fountain to the city of Jerusalem.{{cite news|last1=Prusher|first1=Eileen|title=The Color of Water: a fountain of hope in the heart of Teddy's Jerusalem |url=http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/jerusalem-vivendi/the-color-of-water-a-fountain-of-hope-in-the-heart-of-teddy-s-jerusalem.premium-1.519066|accessdate=20 October 2014|publisher=Haaretz|date=3 May 2013}}
- In 2008, Hassenfeld established the nonprofit Hassenfeld Family Initiative LLC, an organization focused on women and children's rights and safety{{cite web |title=The Hassenfeld Family Initiative LLC |url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.the_hassenfeld_family_initiative_llc.1c5168b390a8c7957f51de07496c7e27.html |website=Dun & Bradstreet |access-date=25 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=The Brandeis International Business School Board of Advisors and Chairs |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/global/about/board-members.html |website=Brandeis International Business School |publisher=Brandeis University |access-date=25 December 2021}}
- Bryant University renamed their Public Leadership institute after Hassenfeld in 2012.{{cite web |title=Our History: A Vision for Effective Leadership |url=https://hassenfeld.bryant.edu/who-we-are/our-history/ |website=Hassenfeld Institute |publisher=Bryant University |accessdate=23 October 2019}}
- In 2014, Hassenfeld made a major gift to establish the Hassenfeld Family Innovation Center at Brandeis University, and has funded the Hassenfeld Foundation Scholarship, and other scholarships and endowments there.{{cite web |title=Doctor of Humane Letters |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/commencement/2020/honorees/hassenfeld.html |website=Brandeis University |access-date=25 December 2021}}
- A $12.5 million gift from the family of Alan Hassenfeld established the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute at Brown University in 2015.{{cite news |last1=Orenstein |first1=David |title=Brown to launch child health innovation institute |url=https://news.brown.edu/articles/2015/09/hchii |accessdate=23 October 2019 |publisher=Brown University |date=28 September 2015}}{{cite web |title=Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute of Brown University |url=https://www.lifespan.org/centers-services/hassenfeld-child-health-innovation-institute-brown-university |website=Lifespan |accessdate=23 October 2019}} In 2020, Hassenfeld joined the Brown University Board of Trustees.{{cite web |last1=Paxson |first1=Christina |title=News from the Corporation Meeting |url=https://today.brown.edu/announcements/132788 |website=Today at Brown |publisher=Brown University |accessdate=19 October 2020}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Providence, Rhode Island
Category:American chief executives of manufacturing companies
Category:20th-century American Jews
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