Howard Gilman
Howard Gilman | |
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Born | 15 February 1924 Industrialist |
Parent | Sylvia Gilman |
Howard Gilman (February 15, 1924 – January 3, 1998) was descendant of Isaac Gilman, who had founded the Gilman Paper Company in 1884.
Biography
Gilman was born and raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He attended
Gilman died in 1998 of a heart attack at age 73, at his White Oak Plantation near Jacksonville, Florida. He had $1.1 billion in assets, and $550 million of debt. As he was childless, he donated his assets to the Howard Gilman Foundation. The Brooklyn Academy of Music has the Howard Gilman Opera House. The Howard Gilman Gallery houses his extensive collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Howard Gilman Theatre is located at Lincoln Center.[1] The position of director of the arts center at Dartmouth was endowed by the Howard Gilman Foundation and is entitled the Howard L. Gilman '44 Executive Director.
References
- ^ Pace, Eric (1998-01-05). "Howard Gilman, Executive And Philanthropist, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
Howard Gilman, the chairman of the Gilman Paper Company, who was a philanthropist and a collector of photographs and other art, died on Saturday on an estate near Jacksonville, Florida. He was 73 and lived in midtown Manhattan.