18 Facts About Harvey Silbert

Harvey L Silbert was an American real estate and entertainment lawyer, casino executive and philanthropist.

Harvey Silbert was a real estate investor in Westwood, Los Angeles, and a director of casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Harvey Silbert was a major donor to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he brought Hollywood celebrities for fundraisers.

Harvey Silbert was born on June 10,1912, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Harvey Silbert grew up in Boyle Heights, and he became barmitzvah at the Breed Street Shul.

Harvey Silbert represented actors including Constance Bennett, Gail Russell, Dan Dailey, and Frank Sinatra, and studio and casino executives such as Howard Hughes.

Two months later, in May 1968, Harvey Silbert joined the board of directors of the corporation, which owned the Fremont Hotel and Casino and the Stardust Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Harvey Silbert developed the Sheraton Plaza Hotel in Palm Springs, California, in 1984.

From 1998 to 2002, Harvey Silbert belonged to Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil and Shapiro.

Harvey Silbert served on the board of directors of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Bet Tzedek Legal Services, and the Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Harvey Silbert made charitable gifts to the Anti-Defamation League and the Milken Family Foundation.

Harvey Silbert served on the board of trustees of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Harvey Silbert endowed the Silbert International Scholars Program at UCLA's School of Medicine.

Harvey Silbert served as the chairman of the American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Harvey Silbert persuaded Frank Sinatra to endow the construction of the Frank Sinatra International Student Centre on campus.

Harvey Silbert persuaded Barbra Streisand to endow the Emanuel Streisand Building for Jewish Studies in 1984.

Harvey Silbert died on September 28,2002, in Los Angeles, California.

Harvey Silbert's funeral was held at the Temple Israel of Hollywood.