North Palm Philanthropist Juno Journal 02-12-81Wirth Palm philanthropist to be honored
By Betty French
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JOURNAL Staff Writer
Ceorge Delacorte, found -
Del!' Publishing Com-
pany, 11 be honored by
thee ii� lage of North .halm
Be:M cis at the Council meet-
:ink,'hursday, eb ° 1 >, for
his contribution to the
'Tillage.
"a;corto hasdonated
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Va ie_- ie Delaco to Com-
-on g Q esireds by V_,11 ace
,co"pin cz'°
gwe r� �y money
a -v ay i n, origi na l vi/ a -,vs) 9the
Lost Tree resident said
-recently. "I have built
sever al fountains in Nev,7
York; including one now
being constructed in Times
Square, and since I line in
North Pal'n, Beach, I have
decided li-o do somelthing
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looking 88 year �.: ,.
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his actual age, said that he
had been contributing to
the North Palm Beach
Library to help them build
up their art book collection
when the former librarian,
Jackie Zaborskie, introduc-
ed him to the Mayor -
"The Mayor said he
needed a gym and a com-
munity -center, so I gave
them $600,000 and they got
the land"" Delacorte said
simply.
The ply, i'i a nthropist bed
Neves that people who can
afford it should give money
to their commsnit y- or
charities before they d
rather than afterwards.
66It's lls-Less to wait,"
1De� acos pie said. firmR-,\ a
n t ;I r r
that. way. Giving ?s oney
nova' makes my line nteresm
ing° p�-11y amaze C tlxat
c
so moany people in Palm
Beach are rich, yeL- t! kc,y
haven't given the ILOV n a
thing °
One �+�, ;, i h\ con �'1��u o n s
that- tickles both �►e�a�'or��e
and his wife,
animated musical c l oc i� rl ca
now cis imes ;LQ hours i,;� the
Central Parl'moon each
hour fig, d,,- fCre 1,t animal
plays a small i ` ; st a ument to
the grew i� `�as� na ton o1,
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visit ng h_lli l`' zzrl.
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���De;;,�l,ar,e�Syh Le also,��b'1�flsit tr:1��•e�
�,ll.Atdoo, LC��eai -i!ill ICentll cC l
�'•a -I- vihic h is i by
iil, res5arlo osephh TP a - ' °
"'Nio one else had, SUICIIIII
original laicas," De_ iacor to
says, somewhat prould�y°
Delacorte admits to a
certain element of luck in
his achievements of wealth,
but also says that originality
la-S important here, too.
"At 27 years of age, I
founded Dell Publisihing. I
was also the first one to
publish children's comic
books and the first pub-
lisher fo paperback books. I
used to buy English novels
and then translate them into
American," Delacorte
laughed. (He ;explained that
by saying if a Duke were in
the story, he was changed to,
a wealthy businessman, and
a housemai d would perhaps
become a secTe_t .ry. )
Ts e North Palm Beach
N" 3 1 4, ['' P tPirte at work on a portrait of her husband, George. The Delacortes are
-residents of Lost Tree Village. Valerie, a former European movie star, has taken up
p_�inting.
Her husband, Ceorge, the founder of Dell Publishing Convul 2.,nliy, has given the
:'Village oi" ."14orth Palm Wz)ch $600,000 for a long awaited
building to be, called the Valerie
DzIacorte Community Center.
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Delacorte. The couple met
in New York at a tune when
both were wido�Tileld and
neither intended evz, to,
M�7T
again, Deiacorte
sa.dJ1, smiling fondly at his
a It t r, a cz 1 - TA 1 i e- a, n t h 121 017AIE-1 IC
wife.
Valerie, a former Hun-
garian movie star, was
married to Gabriel Pascal, a
15--1,c7n1d and conflidenitte
Ceorre Be.-r-Lin a -T,- d LS) h aw.
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"Or B S -kv a s a grouch y oill, a"
man, but iR-,,.Ied Mm,"
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V al er. i DeLMcort,,,
Miis. Deiacortl�e
became air, authox, -�,Jvrid]ice a
boo1c, "The Disciple and
His Deviii", about Pascafl_,
and CiBS.
The V'ivacious Mrs. Deis®
con nit to is T-i-i o i7v d eCll p l y i An v o! v e d
�n art . Afthouvh she offly
b,��gan ;paints nu in 1972, she
�s clearly talent e--d.
She displays some paamn-t-
ms in a baroque ma__1117illef
t- h cge colors chele'r-IFUJI-i annd
conitemrporo,sy
"The thh-ing is to loletr some
It)
nVl/ ideas int(c)the baroque -
Vie?' has so' e surrealisnn-.
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0-fcourse, I'm just in baby
shoes -here. People try to
encourage m'e by telling me
about, Cranidma Moses, but
Dt doesn't cheer Tine up," she
llaTu,ghs.
"To be happily married,
a couple must have the -
same tastes and same inteR-
kctua_l bacliKground," says
D ea c o r t e.
Educated at both Har- -
%7ard and Colu'mbia univ=lr-
sities, and widely read, as
befitting z publisher,*
Georcae, D'eRaCOTT-tenuts his
PhiRoso, v-0-12-y in
\(C'arpe he says,
translating, "S6,ze the gay,
We have only one �Uffe 10
lead, so ,�,�,fe have '.',o enjoy
life no�vw. Tomorrovi innay be
too
Ht Is easy to sce that
and Val'fie Dela-
corte do just tha't.
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