page_title: Arnold Ziff
section_title: Benefactions
hierarchical_section_title: Arnold Ziff / Benefactions
caption_attribution_description: English: Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Building, University of Leeds. North Side, viewed from Cavendish Road. The other road is Beech Grove Terrace.
context_page_description: Israel Arnold Ziff OBE was a British businessman and philanthropist, who particularly donated to good causes within Leeds, West Yorkshire. He was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1979 and received an OBE in 1981. From 1991 to 1992 he was High Sheriff of West Yorkshire.
context_section_description: Ziff was a major sponsor of Tropical World, Roundhay Park which is now named after him.  Likewise his gifts to the University of Leeds are commemorated in the Marjorie and Arnold Ziff building, which is home to student services at the university after being opened in 2010.  He gave to Jewish welfare organizations, and is commemorated in the Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Community Centre in Moortown, Leeds.  He was also a patron of the arts, and had a collection including items from his friend, Rowland Emett.
caption: The Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Building, at the University of Leeds
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