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Frederick Phineas Rose (1923–1999) was an American real estate developer, philanthropist, and member of the Rose family.


Biography

Rose was born in
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BuildingNY: "The Life of Jonathan F. P. Rose"
October 10, 2012
to a
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family, one of three sonsNew York Times: "Frederick P. Rose, 2d-Generation Builder And a Major Philanthropist, Is Dead at 75" By CHARLES V. BAGLI
September 16, 1999
of Belle and Samuel B. Rose. He was raised in
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. His father and his uncle David Rose founded the real estate development company Rose Associates in 1923 and built small apartment buildings in the Bronx and then in Manhattan in the 1930s. He had two brothers, Daniel and Elihu. Rose graduated from
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in 1944 majored in civil engineeringYale Bulletin: "Philanthropist and builder Frederick P. Rose '44E dies"
September 27-October 4, 1999 Volume 28, Number 6
and then served as a lieutenant in the
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during
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After the war, he went to work for Rose Associates where he was responsible for design and construction while his brother Daniel was responsible for planning and finances; and his brother Elihu managed the family's apartment houses. The Rose family typically purchased properties with their own money, minimizing the use of debt thus enabling to better weather market downturns. In 1961, they built their first office development, the two-building, 1 million square-foot 280 Park Avenue.Real Estate Weekly: "Frederick P. Rose dies at 75"
September 22, 1999
Long an opponent of rent control, in the 1990s Rose successfully converted more than 3,000 apartments in Manhattan into
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s and
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. He eventually served as chairman of Rose Associates. The Rose family was one of the most established and prominent real estate families in New York City in the 20th century (along with the Dursts, the Lefraks, the Rudins, and the
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). In 2006, Rose Associates, managed over 31,000 apartments in New York City including
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and
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.New York Observer: "The Rose Family" By Jason Horowitz
December 18, 2006


Philanthropy

Rose was a prominent philanthropist whose lifetime
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s totaled $95 million, including $5 million to the
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, $15 million to the
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, $18 million to
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, and $20 million for the $150 million Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space at the
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. Rose helped to create the Association of Yale Alumni and was the first chair of its Board of Governors from 1972 to 1974. He was a member of the University Council from 1976 to 1981 and served on the Yale Corporation as a Fellow from 1989 to 1994. In 1976, Rose received the Yale Medal for outstanding service to the University; in 1991, he received the Medal of Honor from the Yale Science and Engineering Society; and in 1988, Yale awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. After his death in 1999, for Rose's support of good design and the spirit of public service, the Rose Architectural Fellowship was created in his honor.


Personal life

In the 1940s, he married Sandra Priest whom he met when she was 19 and a student at
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.WAG Magazine: "The Three Rs – Reading, 'Riting and Sandra Priest Rose" By Georgette Gouveia
January 2013
She returned in mid-life to school and graduated with a B.A. from
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and a M.A. in learning disabilities from
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; she later taught junior high school students in the South Bronx. They had four children: Deborah Rose;
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, one of the largest developers of affordable and green housing in
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;30 Minute Interview: "Jonathan F. P. Rose" By VIVIAN MARINO
January 15, 2010
Samuel Priest Rose, a professor at the
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prior to his death in 1994; and Adam Raphael Rose, the current co-president (with cousin Amy Rose) of Rose Associates. His nephews and nieces include
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(son of his brother Daniel), the
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of ''
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'' and a member of the
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; David S. Rose (also son of Daniel), author of the New York Times best selling books "Angel Investing" and "The Startup Checklist"; and Isabel Rose (daughter of his brother Elihu), author of the 2005 novel The ''J.A.P. Chronicles'' which she also adapted into an
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musical.New York Times: "'J.A.P. Chronicles' Looks to See What Lies Under a Stereotype" by ANNE MIDGETTE
May 12, 2006
His granddaughter is artist
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. His funeral was held at the Westchester Reform Temple in
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.New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths ROSE, FREDERICK P."
September 19, 1999


References


External links


Sandra Priest Rose and Frederick P. Rose Family Papers
at the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Frederick P. American real estate businesspeople 20th-century American Jews 1923 births 1999 deaths Rose family 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American philanthropists United States Navy personnel of World War II