| 词条 | Samuel J. LeFrak |
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| name = Samuel J. LeFrak | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = February 12, 1918 | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|04|16|1918|02|12}} | death_place = | nationality = United States | other_names = | known_for = | education = B.A. University of Maryland, College Park | occupation = Real estate developer Record producer | spouse = Ethel Stone | parents = | children = Denise LeFrak Calicchio Richard LeFrak Francine LeFrak Friedberg Jacqueline LeFrak Kosinski | networth = }}Samuel J. LeFrak (February 12, 1918 – April 16, 2003) was an American real estate tycoon. He was a noted landlord who chaired a private building firm, the LeFrak Organization. The LeFrak Organization was also ranked 45th on the Forbes list of top 500 private companies.[1] The development firm is best known for major development projects in Battery Park City, LeFrak City in Queens, and Newport, Jersey City. It was founded in 1883 in France, by Samuel J. LeFrak's grandfather, Maurice.[1] BiographyLeFrak was born in Manhattan, New York, to Harry (Harris) Lefrak and the former Sarah Schwartz, who had originated in Slutsk,[2] near Minsk, in Belarus (then Russia).[3][4][5][6] He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Erasmus Hall High School.[7] He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1940,[8] with the University's LeFrak Hall named for him. While at Maryland, he was a brother in the Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity. He was sued by the federal government in 1973 for housing discrimination and named alongside Donald Trump on the [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/16/archives/major-landlord-accused-of-antiblack-bias-in-city-us-accuses-major.html front page of the New York Times on 16 Oct 1973]. In 1975, he co-founded a small recording and publishing company, The Entertainment Company with his then son-in-law Martin Bandier and Charles Koppelman.[9] The company recorded "Groovin'" by the Rascals, "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton, "My Heart Belongs to Me" by Barbra Streisand, Streisand and Donna Summer's duet, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", "By The Time I Get to Phoenix" by Glen Campbell, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by Diana Ross, "Love Will Keep Us Together" by the Captain & Tennille, and the soundtrack album to the television series Fame.[9] In 1984, the relationship was dissolved after Bandier divorced LeFrak's daughter.[9] In 1988, LeFrak was honored by the United Nations, along with former President Jimmy Carter, for global contributions through Habitat International. After his death, his son, Richard LeFrak, became CEO of the LeFrak Organization.[10] Personal lifeIn 1941, LeFrak married Ethel Stone. They had four children:[11][12]
LeFrak died at the age of 85 on April 16, 2003. Funeral services were held at Congregation Emanu-El in New York City.[11] References1. ^1 {{cite news|title=A Family Affair - Brief Article |publisher=Real Estate Weekly |date=April 4, 2001 |author=Chapman, Parke |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_35_47/ai_73464248}} 2. ^https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/slutsk/slu-xxv.html 3. ^https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/slutsk/slu409.html 4. ^https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/17/nyregion/samuel-j-lefrak-master-of-mass-housing-dies-at-85.html 5. ^http://www.company-histories.com/Lefrak-Organization-Inc-Company-History.html 6. ^Ancestry.com indexes passenger arrival in NYC from Hamburg, Germany, on January 5, 1905, of father Aron Lefra(c)k, pointer (mason or glazier) by trade, with sons Mordechai and Hirsch, previously residing in Slutsk. 7. ^Boyer, David. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EED8143AF932A25750C0A9679C8B63 "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: FLATBUSH; Grads Hail Erasmus as It Enters a Fourth Century"], The New York Times, March 11, 2001. Accessed December 1, 2007. 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wnyc.org/books/1955 |publisher=WNYC |title=Reporting Back: Notes on Journalism |accessdate=2006-04-14 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20051212182152/http://www.wnyc.org/books/1955 |archivedate = 2005-12-12}} 9. ^1 2 3 [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/business/23marty.html?pagewanted=all "Turning Music Into Dollars at Sony/ATV,"] New York Times 10. ^[https://www.forbes.com/profile/richard-lefrak/ Richard LeFrak Forbes biography] 11. ^1 2 3 4 5 [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/18/classified/paid-notice-deaths-lefrak-samuel-j.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths LEFRAK, SAMUEL J."] April 18, 2003 12. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/17/nyregion/samuel-j-lefrak-master-of-mass-housing-dies-at-85.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm New York Times: "Samuel J. LeFrak, Master of Mass Housing, Dies at 85" By ALAN S. OSER] April 17, 2003 External links
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