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Phillip Frost
American entrepreneur (born 1936)
Phillip Frost[1] (born c. 1936) is an American entrepreneur.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Frost was born into an observantJewish family[3] in the United States. He has two elder brothers, who are 15 and 16 years older than him respectively. Both brothers fought in World War II, one in the Air Force and one in the Army. At 13, he got his first job, working in a local hardware shop after school.[4] Frost earned a B.A. in French literature from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1957. He received an M.D. degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in 1961 and attended the University of Paris, from 1955 to 1956.
Career
[edit]He served as a lieutenant commander, U.S. Public Health Service at the National Cancer Institute, from 1963 to 1965. Frost was a professor of dermatology at the University of Miami School of Medicine, from 1966 to 1972. He was chairman of the department of dermatology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Miami Beach, Florida, from 1972 to 1990.[1]
Key Pharmaceuticals
[edit]Michael Jaharis and Frost bought Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1972. Frost was chairman of the board of directors of Key Pharmaceuticals, from 1972, unti
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Longtime supporters of South Florida’s arts and culture, Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost committed $35 million dollars in 2011 to name our new home in downtown Miami’s Museum Park. In 2015, the generous couple made an additional $10 million gift to support the new museum’s state-of-the-art planetarium. We are extremely grateful for their continued support, allowing Frost Science to be a center for learning and innovation for everyone to explore the impact of science and technology on our lives.
Our hope is that youth will receive the highest quality learning opportunities through Frost Science and that they will be exposed to, inspired by and informed through science and technology. This is a commitment to shape, strengthen and hone the educational core of our youth, which will in turn expand the scientific base of this nation and its ability to compete abroad.
– Dr. Phillip and Mrs. Patricia Frost
Dr. Phillip and Mrs. Patricia Frost are generous supporters of education and the arts and are renowned collectors. In 1986, they gave their 113-piece collection of American abstract art to the Smithsonian Institution. In 2004, they endowed The Patricia and Phillip Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and in 2006, they were the lead donors for The P