Martin E. Segal is a Russia

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n-born American

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 businessman. Segal co-founded the Film Society of Lincoln Center

Film Society of Lincoln Center

The Film Society of Lincoln Center based in New York City, United States, is one of the world's most prominent film presentation organizations. Founded in 1969 by three Lincoln Center executives - William F. May, Martin E. Segal and Schuyler G...

 in 1969 with two other Lincoln Center executives, William F. May

William F. May

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 and Schuyler G. Chapin. he also served as the Film Society's founding president and CEO until 1978.

Segal was born in Vitebsk

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, Russian Empire

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, in 1916 and immigrated to the United States

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. He is a former Associated Press

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 columnist

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. Segal served as the General Chairman of the Night of 100 Stars II on February 17, 1985, the first AIDS

AIDS

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 benefit held by the Actors' Fund of America.

The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (MESTC), located at the CUNY Graduate Center

CUNY Graduate Center

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 in New York City

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, was renamed for Segal in March 1999. It was originally founded as the Center for Advanced Studies in Theatre Arts (CASTA) in 1979.