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Legacy of Resilience: Ira Birns '83 Invests in Hofstra Students
April 21, 2026

HEMPSTEAD, New York, April 21 -- Hofstra University issued the following news:

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A Legacy of Resilience: Ira Birns '83 Invests in Hofstra Students

Michael Wilke

Before he was a Fortune 100 CEO, before he built a four-decade career in finance and global energy, Ira Birns '83 was the son of two Holocaust survivors. As he put it, "my life's a miracle."

Birns' mother survived 15 months in Auschwitz. Of . . .

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