Al Lerner

Al Lerner

Infobox Person
name = Al Lerner
birth_date = birth date|1933|05|8
birth_place = New York City, New York, USA
death_date = death date and age|2002|10|2|1933|7|14
death_place = Cleveland, Ohio, USA
occupation = businessman, CEO, Entrepreneur

Alfred "Al" Lerner (May 8, 1933—October 23, 2002) was a United States businessman. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lerner was the son of Jewish-Russian immigrants. He attended Columbia University. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1955 to 1957, and then sold furniture in New York City, Baltimore and Cleveland. He later moved into real estate and banking.

Lerner became chairman of MBNA Bank investing 100 million of his own money in the initial public offering (IPO) of the corporation. He also owned the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League, after purchasing the rights to the team in 1998. Prior to that in 1995 he assisted his friend at the time Art Modell, former owner of the Browns, in moving Modell's NFL franchise rights from Cleveland to Baltimore. After his death, his son, Randy took over the Browns franchise. Lerner's initials are stitched on the shoulders of the Browns' jerseys.

Lerner donated approximately twenty-five million dollars toward the construction of a new Columbia University student center in 1999, which was named Alfred Lerner Hall in his honor. In 2007, Columbia announced it would honor Lerner's military service in the United States Marine Corps with a plaque to be placed in Lerner Hall.

Trivia

*Had a tribute to him at the end of a season 8 episode of "The Drew Carey Show" called "The Dawn Patrol".
* Also has a building named after him located at the University of Delaware.
*Was President of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and donated over $100 million to the hospital system.

Al's children are Nancy and Randy.Al had a couple grandchildren. Mikey and Andy are twins, their younger brothers are Corey and Joey. The youngest, Emma, died of a go-cart accident on July 9, 2006 at the age of 6 Fact|date=April 2008.

External links

* [http://www.horatioalger.org/members/member_info.cfm?memberid=LER98 Biography from the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans]
* [http://www.lerner.ccf.org/ The Lerner Research Institute] at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio


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