Milton Petrie was an American retailer, investor and philanthropist.
10 Facts About Milton Petrie
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Milton Petrie made a fortune from a chain of retail stores and supplemented it through a series of investments in real estate and stocks.
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Milton Petrie was well known in New York City as a philanthropist who gave money to universities and cultural institutions and to many individuals.
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Milton Petrie's parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who were running a pawn shop in Salt Lake City when he was born.
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Milton Petrie gave millions more to the Beth Israel Medical Center, United Jewish Appeal, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
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Milton Petrie gave $20,000 a year to Marla Hanson, a model whose face was slashed in an attack instigated by a former landlord.
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Milton Petrie pledged $20,000 a year to the widow of Anthony Venditti, a New York City police detective who was killed in a 1986 shootout, as well as setting up trust funds for the college education of the detective's children.
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Milton Petrie made the same gift to the widow of Louis Miller, a New York City police detective who was killed in 1987 and to Steven McDonald, a New York City police officer who was shot and paralyzed in 1987.
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Milton Petrie was married to Yetta Fridman with whom he had a son, Bernard Milton Petrie.
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Milton Petrie was the ex-wife of the Spanish race car driver Alfonso de Portago.