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(Redirected from Sam Minskoff and Sons) American real estate developer and philanthropist
Henry H. Minskoff
BornMay 27, 1911
New York City, New York
DiedAugust 13, 1984(1984-08-13) (aged 73)
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
Occupationreal estate developer
SpouseMarjorie Folgeman
ChildrenJames Minskoff Sterling
Alan Minskoff
Jean Minskoff Grant
Parent(s)Sam and Esther Minskoff

Henry H. Minskoff (May 27, 1911 – August 13, 1984) was an American real estate developer.

Biography

Minskoff was born to a Jewish family in New York City the second of six children of Sam Minskoff and Esther Kernstein Minskoff, immigrants from Russia and Poland, respectively. He had four brothers: Leo, Jerome, Myron and Walter and one sister, Muriel. He grew up in the Bronx. He graduated from Lehigh University and then joined his father's real estate business he had founded in 1908. They went on to build dozens of office buildings, apartment buildings, and shopping malls in Manhattan, Queens, Westchester County, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Detroit including 1 Astor Plaza on Times Square; the MGM Building, the Rolex Building, 250 Broadway, the Brevoort, Brevoort East, 710 Park Avenue, and 1 East 66th Street.

Minskoff was a member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers; was a lecturer on real estate at New York University; served as director and vice chairman of Gemco National Inc., and as a director of both the Sterling National Bank and Trust Company and the Sterling Bancorp.

Philanthropy and boardships

Minskoff served as president and chairman of the United Home for Aged Hebrews in New Rochelle, New York; and as the director of the Lexington School for the Deaf. He and his wife were founders of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and benefactors of St. Mary's Hospital in Palm Beach, Florida. Minskoff also built the Sam and Esther Minskoff Cultural Center and the Park East Day School in Manhattan. The Minskoff Theatre is named after his father.

Personal life

On November 17, 1935, Minskoff was married to Marjorie Folgeman; they had three children: James Minskoff Sterling; Alan Minskoff; and Jean Minskoff Grant. Services were held at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan. Minskoff Brothers was dissolved and in 2008, descendants of Henry, Jerome and Myron Minskoff filed suits against each other in Manhattan federal court over the company's assets. His son, James, (who changed his last name to Sterling) is married to Carolina Somoza, daughter of former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle and Hope Portocarrero; and granddaughter of Anastasio Somoza Garcia.

References

  1. ^ Glenn Fowler (August 15, 1984). "Henry H. Minskoff, 73, Head of Major Building Company". The New York Times.
  2. "Henry Minskoff Dead at 73". Jewish Telegraph Agency. August 17, 1984.
  3. ^ David Jones (September 12, 2014). "Minskoffs in fight over Brevoort East leasehold - Descendants of famed real estate family battle each other for 20 East 9th St. commercial space". The Real Deal.
  4. 1930 United States Federal Census
  5. "Paid Notice: Deaths Schleifer, Marjorie Minskoff". The New York Times. October 25, 2006.
  6. "Miss Somoza Wed to Dr. J. M. Sterling". The New York Times. October 16, 1984.
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