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| birth_name = Ahmad Adaya<br />
| birth_date = 1927<br />
| birth_place = [[Bantva]] [[Kathiawar]] ([[Gujarat]]) [[British India|India]]<br />
| death_date = 2006<br />
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| nationality = [[Americans|American]]<br />
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| occupation = Philanthropist<br />
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'''Ahmad Adaya''' (1927–2006) was an American real estate tycoon and [[philanthropist]] who was the founding partner of a [[California]] real estate company IDS Real Estate Group. He was known for establishing the New Horizon School for [[Islam|Muslim religious education]] in [[southern California]].<ref name="latimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-me-adaya17-story.html|title=Ahmad Adaya, 78; Real Estate Tycoon Helped to Found Muslim School|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=2006-02-17|access-date=2012-08-23}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
=== Early life ===<br />
Adaya was born in [[Bantva]] [[Kathiawar]], in the [[Gujarat]] state of India to a [[Memon people|Memon]] family. At a young age, he worked with his father and uncle in the salt distribution business. He married Amina Dada in 1946 and the couple had a daughter. In 1947, when India was partitioned, Adaya migrated to [[Pakistan]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[economics]] from [[University of Karachi]] in 1950. Later, he began a [[textile]] business as a [[Distribution (business)|distributor]] of [[yarn]]s made in [[Japan]] and [[Europe]].<ref name="latimes"/><br />
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Adaya went to [[Southern California]] to visit his family in the mid-1970s. Here, he had a heart attack and made the decision to stay in the [[United States]]. From then on, he and his wife spent part of each year in [[Santa Monica]] until immigrating to the United States in 1976. His six grown children (five daughters and a son) also settled in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]].<ref name="latimes"/><br />
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== Business career ==<br />
Adaya started his career in America buying and leasing industrial properties in the [[Los Angeles]] area. Soon after, he established the Meridian Group, a [[property management]] company based in [[West Los Angeles]]. He owned the [[Shangri-La Hotel]] in Santa Monica. He donated land for Westside campus, one of the four campuses of the New Horizon School, in 1984, and the money to build an auditorium for the [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena campus]]. He also sponsored [[Islamic]] art exhibitions in [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] and funded a publication on Islamic artifacts.<ref name="slrresearch.org"/><br />
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There is also a fellowship called the Ahmad Adaya Cardiothoracic Research Fellowship established at St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center and [[Columbia University]] College of Physicians and Surgeons in his honor. An [[Financial endowment|endowment]] under the name of Ahmad Adaya Cardiothoracic Research Fellowship Program has been established at St.Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]].<ref name="slrresearch.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.slrresearch.org/_pages/aac_fellowship.htm|title=SLRHC Robotics and Surgical Sciences Lab|publisher=Str Research.Org|date=2011-02-11|accessdate=2012-08-23}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bantva]]<br />
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* [[Memon people]]<br />
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* [[Pakistani Americans]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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