Maxwell Cummings
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Maxwell Cummings (April 19, 1898 - May 23, 2001) was a Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of David and Beatrice Cummings, he came to Montreal with his family in 1911.
In 1929, he began a career in real estate brokerage and development. He was responsible for Canada's first open-air pedestrian mall, the Norgate Shopping Centre in Saint-Laurent (now part of Montreal, Quebec) and was one of the first Canadians to develop low-cost housing.
He was a prominent member of the Montreal Jewish community. His offspring include the late philanthropist and entrepreneur Jack Cummings and businessman Robert Cummings. His grandchildren from Jack include Steven Cummings, a prominent leader in the Jewish Community of Montreal and Richard Cummings, director of Jewish Family and Child Services in Toronto, Nancy Gold, also a leader in the Montreal Jewish community.
In 1978 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and a Grand officer of the National Order of Quebec in 1990.
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- Philanthropist Maxwell Cummings dies. San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc. Retrieved on March 14, 2005.
