Aaron Dworkin
(Associated Press/Tony Ding, Detroit Free Press)
6:56 PM, August 12, 2014
Mark Stryker
Everyone knows that Robin Williams touched the lives of millions
with gifts as a comedian and actor, but his personal generosity also
played a key role in the life of one of metro Detroit’s most important
cultural leaders.
At 43, Aaron Dworkin is the founder of the
Detroit-based Sphinx Organization, which has won international acclaim
for its landmark efforts to promote minorities in classical music. In
2005, Dworkin was awarded a prestigious $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship
for his work. But if not for Williams, who died Monday from what
officials are saying is suicide, Dworkin’s life would almost assuredly
have turned out very differently.
“Robin played a pivotal role in my being able to attend the University
of Michigan, and without his generosity and belief in me during one of
the hardest time periods in my life, I probably never would have gotten
my degrees or launched Sphinx,” Dworkin wrote in an e-mail Tuesday from
Bucharest, Romania, where he was traveling on Sphinx-related business.
Comment by email:
Thanks so much Bill hope you are well! [Aaron Dworkin]
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