Daisy Soros

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Daisy Margaret Soros (née Schlenger; September 7, 1929) is an American philanthropist and supporter of the arts. She is the chairperson of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a fellowship program that supports graduate studies for 30 new Americans each year for two years. She was married to the late Paul Soros, founder of Soros Associates and older brother of financier George Soros. Daisy Margaret Schlenger was born in Bratislava (in modern-day Slovakia) on September 7, 1929, but was raised in Austria and Hungary. Her parents were Paul (in Hungarian, Pál) Schlenger and Piroska Erzsebet "Piri" Schlenger (née Stein). After graduating from the Lutheran Gymnasium in Budapest, she received her diploma from École hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland. She came to the United States on a student visa as a Hungarian citizen, enrolling at Columbia University School of General Studies. She later attended the New York School of Interior Design, and NYU's School of Social Work, and worked extensively as a counselor to terminally ill patients and their families. Soros has been involved with various charitable organizations for decades. In 1993, she became a member of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College.