Lewis L Glucksman was a former Lehman Brothers trader and former chief executive officer and chairman of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc.
12 Facts About Lewis Glucksman
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Lewis Glucksman served as a teenage volunteer with the US Navy in World War II.
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Lewis Glucksman graduated from the College of William and Mary and later earned a Master's degree in business administration from New York University.
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Lewis Glucksman joined the staff of privately held Lehman Brothers in 1963.
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Shortly after Lewis Glucksman took control the firm experienced a sharp drop in profits.
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Lewis Glucksman joined Primerica Financial Services after Citigroup Inc founder Sanford Weill acquired the company in 1988.
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Lewis Glucksman served as Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Lewis Glucksman travelled to Ireland frequently in his role as a trustee of New York University to promote academic relationships between Irish academia and NYU.
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Lewis Glucksman established a home in Cobh, County Cork in 1984 with his wife Loretta Brennan Glucksman and lived there from 1999.
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Lewis Glucksman directed much of his philanthropy towards projects of benefit to the promotion of culture in Ireland.
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Lewis Glucksman died at his home in Cobh in 2006, aged 80.
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Lewis Glucksman was survived by his wife and his daughters Mary Salinger Glucksman and Jane Salinger Glucksman; and three stepchildren, John Cooney, Christopher Cooney, and Kate Cooney Picco.