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Officer, Board and Committee Memberships:

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• Founder (1939), The Segal Company, international consultants and actuaries for employee benefit plans; President, 1939-1967;  Chairman, 1967-1991; Chairman Emeritus and consultant – 1991-2012

• Founder and Chairman, Board of Directors – The New York International Festival of the Arts, Inc., 1985 until discontinuation in 2002

• The American-Scandinavian Foundation – Trustee, 1986-1991; Advisory Trustee, 1991-2012

• The ASCAP Foundation – Member of the Board of Directors, 1997-2003

• American Theatre Wing – Member of Advisory Committee/Tony Voter, 2000-2008

• Board of Hospitals, City of New York – Member of the Board, 1962-1970

• City Center of Music and Drama, Inc. – Member, Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee, 1971-1974; also Treasurer, 1974; Governor Emeritus – 1974-2012

• Commission for Cultural Affairs of the City of New York (predecessor to Advisory Commission for Cultural Affairs)– appointed by Mayor Beame as first Chairman, 1975-1977

• Cultural Assistance Center (predecessor to Alliance for the Arts) – Founder and President 1974-1982; Chairman, 1982-1984; named Honorary Chairman in 1984

• Film Guild of New York – Founder (1940-1941)

• The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Inc. – Founding President and CEO, 1968-1978; Founder and President Emeritus, 1978-2012

• The Glenridge Performing Arts Center, Sarasota, Florida – Member, Board of Advisors, 2004-2012

• The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York – Member, Board of Visitors, 1983-1996

• Member, Board of Trustees, The Graduate Center Foundation, Inc., 1996-2008

• Vice Chairman, 2003-2008

• Harvard University – Member, Visiting Committee, School of Public Health, 1979-1992; Member, Dean’s Council, School of Public Health, 1990-2006;

• Member, Board of Advisors, Center for Health Communication Mentoring Program at School of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 2003-2012

• The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton – Trustee, 1972-1991 (positions included member of Executive Committee, Chairman of Finance Committee and Chairman of Review Committee); Trustee Emeritus, 1991-2012

• The Library of America – Founding Advisor, 1984-2012; Sole Honorary Member of the Board of Directors, 2005-2012

• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. – Vice Chairman, 1978-1981;

• Chairman, 1981-1986; Chairman Emeritus, 1986-2012

• Mayor’s Committee on Cultural Policy, NYC – Chairman, 1974

• The George Meany Center– Member, Board of Trustees, 2001-2010;

• Trustee Emeritus, 2010-2012

• Mount Sinai Hospital – Trustee, 1966-1970

• Museum of Modern Art – Member, Board of Trustees, and Chairman, Exhibitions Committee 1978-1981 (retired from Board)

• Musica Sacra – Member, Honorary Council, 2001-2012

• National Building Museum – Member, Board of Directors, 1983-1991

• National Urban League – Member of National Board, 1961-1970; Vice President,

• 1967-1970; Chairman of the National Urban League’s First Equal Opportunity

• Day Dinner, November, 1961

• New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation – (Mayor Lindsay’s first appointee), Member of the Board, Chairman of Finance Committee and Member of Executive Committee, 1970-1972

• Office for the Arts at Harvard – Member of Advisory Committee, 1993-1999;

• Member of Council, 1999-2012

• The Public Interest – Founding Member; Publication Committee, 1965-2002

• (The Public Interest discontinued publication in 2005.)

• Public Radio International (formerly known as American Public Radio) – Founding Member, Board of Directors, 1981-1994; Director Emeritus, 1994-1998; Counselor at Large – 1998-2012

• Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Inc. – Member, Board of Directors, 1972-1995

• S.L.E. Lupus Foundation – Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2012

• The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. – Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2004; Member of Executive Committee, 2002-2004

• The Studio In A School Association – Member, Advisory Board, 1988-2012

• Theatre Development Fund – Member, Advisory Council, 1992-2012

• Town Hall Foundation – Member, Advisory Council, 1986-2012

• Young Audiences, Inc. – Member, National Board, 1979-2012

• Mr. Segal was Organizing Co-Chairman of the International Conference on the Future of Arts Education – November 11-13, 1999

• He was General Chairman of “Night of 100 Stars II” (first AIDS benefit – The Actors’ Fund of America– held on February 17, 1985).

• In 1979, Mr. Segal was co-chairman of the mission to lay the basis for cultural exchanges between the United States and China via the Center for United States-China Arts Exchange; visited China with the U.S. delegation, as co-chairman, for this purpose (March 8-23, 1979). Mr. Segal served on the Advisory Council of the Center for United States-China Arts Exchange from 1982-1988.

• He served on the Board of the Fund for the City of New York from 1978-1987 and was Chairman of its Public Service Awards Committee in 1978 and 1979.

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Mr. Segal was a Partner, Wertheim & Co. from1967-82 and President (1972-1975) and subsequently Chairman (1975-1982) of Wertheim Asset Management Services. He is a former columnist for the Associated Press.

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Honorary Degrees:

• New York University – Doctor of Humane Letters (1988)

• The Juilliard School – Doctor of Humane Letters (2006)

• Graduate Center of The City University of New York – Doctor of Humane Letters (1979)

• Mannes College of Music – Doctor of Music (1976)

• Pratt Institute – Doctor of Humane Letters (1976)

• Long Island University – Doctor of Humane Letters (1986)

• Manhattan School of Music – Doctor of Music Honoris Causa (1999)

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Commendations and Awards (in order received):

• International Film Importers and Distributors of America (1973)

• The Municipal Art Society of New York – Certificate of Merit “for his innumerable contributions to the well-being of the City…” (1974)

• Third Street Music School Settlement – Award for Service to Music (1981)

• Museum of the City of New York – Annual Award of Distinction, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the cultural life of New York (1982)

• Mayor’s Award of Honor for Arts and Culture – New York City (1982)

• Concert Artists Guild Award (1983)

• League of Women Voters of the City of New York Education Fund Award, in recognition of his leadership and public service to the cultural life of New York

• City” (1984)

• Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1984)

• Ministry of Culture of The French Government – Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (1984-2005)

• The International Center in New York, Inc. – Distinguished American of Foreign

• Birth Award (1985)

• Alumni and Friends of LaGuardia High School – annual Award for leadership in

• the arts community (1985)

• Alumni Association of the City College of New York – John H. Finley Medal (1985)

• Board of Directors/Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts – established annual Martin E. Segal Awards (1986)

• Town Hall – Friend of the Arts Award (1987)

• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. – First Directors Emeriti Award (1987)

• Songwriters’ Hall of Fame – Patron of the Arts Award (1988)

• National Federation of Music Clubs – Presidential Citation (1989)

• Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center – Public Spirit Award (1989)

• New York State Governor’s Arts Award (1989)

• The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York –

• President’s Award (1990)

• The National Arts Club – Medal of Honor (1992)

• Lincoln Center Laureate Award (1997)

• Museum of the City of New York – Our Town Treasure Award (1998)

• Arts Roundtable – Award of Honor (1998)

• Citizens Union of The City of New York – Civic Leadership Award (1998)

• The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center – CUNY Graduate Center (2000)

• The Acting Company – The Joan Warburg Humanitarian Award (2001)

• S.L.E. Lupus Foundation Award (2001)

• Alliance for the Arts – Honoree (2004)

• The American-Scandinavian Foundation – Honoree, 2004

• The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – Honoree (2005)

• New York Landmarks Conservancy – Living Landmark (2005)

• Ministry of Culture of The French Government – Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2005)

• The American Academy of Arts and Letters – Presidential Citation of Distinction

• (2009)

• The American-Scandinavian Foundation – Award for Distinguished Public Service –

• (2010)

• Club Affiliations:

• The Century Association

• The National Arts Club

• The Pilgrims of the United States