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Diane Meyer Simon (born Diane Irene Meyer) is an environmental and political activist, and the founder and leader of Global Green USA[1] and a member of the Green Cross International's (GCI) Honorary Board.[2] She is the former wife of Indiana real-estate billionaire Herbert Simon.[3]
Diane Meyer Simon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | B.A. Butler University |
| Known for | founder of Global Green USA |
| Spouse(s) | N. Stuart Grauel (divorced) Herbert Simon (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
She is from Nappanee, Indiana.[4]
Early life and education
editMeyer was an only child, born in 1946 to a French father and a Swiss-French mother.[3] Her father worked as a teacher, a United States Air Force pilot, and medical doctor. Her mother worked as a teacher and a nurse.[3]
Simon earned a B.A. in psychology at Butler University in 1968.[3]
She has worked as an administrator and political staffer for liberal Democratic Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana.[3]
She went to Moscow to attend an international environment conference and met with Mikhail Gorbachev.[when?] After this conference, she joined the GCI's Honorary Board.
Simon also became Indianapolis's Woman of the Year in 1985.
She moved to California in 1989.
Personal life
editMeyer has been married twice. Her first husband was N. Stuart Grauel, the then-Deputy Secretary of State of Indiana.[3]
In 1981, Meyer married billionaire shopping mall developer Herbert Simon. They divorced in 2000.[3] They have three children:[3]
- Sarah Elisabeth Meyer Simon[3] is an investor who lives in New York City;
- Rachel Mariam Meyer Simon Stuart[3] is an artist and philanthropist living in Indianapolis with her husband Hale Stuart and daughter Zara; and
- Asher Benjamin Meyer Simon[3] is an artist in Los Angeles.
References
edit- ^ globalgreen.org
- ^ "Honorary Board". Green Cross International. Archived from the original on 2010-05-23. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Diane Meyer Simon website retrieved March 17, 2013
- ^ "Nappanee Advance-News 11 May 1983 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-27.