Samuel J. LeFrak

Samuel J. LeFrak (1918- April 16, 2003) was a noted housing developer who chaired a private building firm, The LeFrak Organization, which had revenues of $2.8 billion, as of 1999. The LeFrak Organization was also ranked 45th on the Forbes list of top 500 private companies.cite news|title=A Family Affair - Brief Article |publisher=Real Estate Weekly |date=2001, April 4 |author=Chapman, Parke |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_35_47/ai_73464248] The development firm is best known for major development projects in Battery Park City, Lefrak City in Queens, and Newport, Jersey City. The LeFrak Organization was founded in 1883 in France, by Samuel J. LeFrak's grandfather, Maurice.

LeFrak grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Erasmus Hall High School. [Boyer, David. [http://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.] He attended the University of Maryland, College Park, from which he graduated in 1940, [cite web|url=http://www.wnyc.org/books/1955 |publisher=WNYC |title=Reporting Back: Notes on Journalism |accessdate=2006-04-14] 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 their global contributions through "Habitat International."

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* [http://www.lefrak.com/ The LeFrak Organization]