Beate Sirota Gordon

Beate Sirota Gordon
Beate Sirota Gordon
	Gordon at the Japan Society in 2011 after a screening of; The Sirota Family and the 20th Century
Born	Beate Sirota; October 25, 1923; Vienna, Austria
Died	December 30, 2012 (aged 89); Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Mills College
Occupation	Performing arts presenter
Years active	1943–2012
Organizations	Japan Society; Asia Society;
Spouse	Joseph Gordon; (1948 – 2012; his death)
Children	Nicole Gordon Bernstein (born 1954); Geoffrey Gordon (born 1958);
Parents	Augustine Horenstein Sirota; Leo Sirota;
Relatives	Samuel Gordon (grandchild); Lara Bernstein (grandchild); Danielle Bernstein (grandchild) ;
Awards	American Dance Guild Award (1978); Dance on Camera Festival Awards (1984, 1985); Obie Award (1985); Bessie Award (1990); Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts; Mills College (1991); President's Medal; CCNY (1992); Avon Grand Award to Women's Award (1997); John D. Rockefeller Award; Asian Cultural Council (1997); Order of the Sacred Treasure; Gold Rays with Rosette (1998); Ryoko Akamatsu Award (2005); Honorary Doctor of Law; Smith College (2008); Honorary Ph.D.; Mills College (2011);

Beate Sirota Gordon (/beɪˈɑːteɪ/; October 25, 1923 – December 30, 2012) was an Austrian-American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate. She was the former Performing Arts Director of the Japan Society and the Asia Society and was one of the last surviving members of the team that worked under Douglas MacArthur to write the Constitution of Japan after World War II.

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