Orhan Sadik-Khan

SADIK-KHAN--Orhan, 78 years old, of Old Greenwich, CT died August 1, 2007 at Greenwich Hospital after years of bravely battling cancer and Parkinson's Disease. He is survived by his devoted family: Karen, his wife of 38 years, and their children, Karim (Lauren Dardick), Kadria and Altan; and from his first marriage Janette (Mark Geistfeld) and son Max; John (Cathy Ruckelshaus) and children Billy, Tommy, Eleanor. Orhan was born July 2, 1929 in Terihoki, Finland, son of Alimjan Idris, an Imam and Shemsulbenat Ashrat, a pediatrician. His brother, Ildar, and sister, Gulnar, predeceased him. He grew up in Berlin and on Feb. 13, l945, the family home in Dresden was destroyed by the infamous air raid. The family lived the remaining war years in Mittenwald then moved to Cairo where he graduated with a B.A. with Distinction in Economics from AUC. His mother's diamond ring paid for his passage to the U.S. where he received his MBA with Honors at Stanford University. Orhan's career began at Dean Witter in SF then he was head of research at F. Eberstadt and N.Y. Securities. l965-67 he was VP for the Business Equip. Group of Litton Industries; l969-81 served as Sr. VP at Norton Simon, Inc. Between l982 -84, he served as the first president of Millicom. He was a founding shareholder of Nextel. While a Managing Director of Paine Webber from l986-2000, he founded the Russian Partner's Company Fund and most recently he ran his own consulting firm, ADI. He was on the board of Firecom and Access Worldwide; had previously been a director of Near East Foundation and trustee of AUC. He was a member of Economics Club, Rocky Point and Innis Arden Golf Clubs, Old Greenwich. Karen and family thank GEMS, Dr. Michael Marino, ER & ICU staff of Greenwich Hospital for their compassionate care of Orhan. Contributions to Dr. Andrew Zelentetz for lymphoma research at MSKCC and Dr. Michael Marino, Pulmonary Service Fund, Greenwich Hospital. Services and burial are private.