Samuel J. LeFrak

Samuel J. LeFrak (February 12, 1918 – April 16, 2003) 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]

Biography

LeFrak grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Erasmus Hall High School.^[2] He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1940,^[3] with the University's LeFrak Hall named for him. 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.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Chapman, Parke (2001, April 4). "A Family Affair - Brief Article". Real Estate Weekly. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_35_47/ai_73464248.
^ Boyer, David. "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: FLATBUSH; Grads Hail Erasmus as It Enters a Fourth Century", The New York Times, March 11, 2001. Accessed December 1, 2007.
^ "Reporting Back: Notes on Journalism". WNYC. Archived from the original on 2005-12-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20051212182152/http://www.wnyc.org/books/1955. Retrieved 2006-04-14.
^ Richard LeFrak Forbes biography

Samuel J. Lefrak Master of Mass Housing Dies at 85. New York Times, April 17, 2003

External links

The LeFrak Organization

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Name	Lefrak, Samuel J.
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Date of birth	February 12, 1918
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Date of death	April 16, 2003
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