Lewis Manilow (born Irvin Inger; August 11, 1927 – December 12, 2017) was an American attorney, real estate developer, and arts patron.
Biodata
Manilow was known as one of the founders of the
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporar ...
. He helped fund the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, in collaboration with Joseph Randall Shapiro and other contemporary art collectors in 1967 when
Hugh Hefner made the former Playboy Enterprises-owned space on 237 E. Ontario St. available.
He was a principal backer and longtime honorary president of Chicago's
Goodman Theatre
Goodman Theatre is a professional theater company located in Chicago's Loop. A major part of the Chicago theatre scene, it is the city's oldest currently active nonprofit theater organization. Part of its present theater complex occupies the la ...
and the developer of the town of
University Park, Illinois
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, where he was instrumental in the creation of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, a monumental internationally recognized outdoor
sculpture
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park at
Governors State University
Governors State University (Governors State or GOVST) is a public university in University Park, Illinois. The campus is located south of Chicago, Illinois. GSU was founded in 1969. It is a public university offering degree programs at the und ...
.
Manilow was a lifetime trustee of the
Art Institute of Chicago, served as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, and served on the boards of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the Progressive Policy Institute, the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago's
Harris School of Public Policy
The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, also referred to as "Harris Public Policy," is the public policy school of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located on the University's main campus in H ...
, and the Executive Committee of the Chicago Community Trust.
Manilow was awarded the
National Medal of Arts in 2000.
Personal life
In 1970 Manilow married his second wife, Susan (née Rosenberg), who came from a powerful West Side Jewish political family,
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Biography
Edwin Eisendrath III was born into a Jewish family, the son of Edwin W. Eisendrath ...
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'', February 15, 1990. The two were married for almost half a century, until his death.
References
Further reading
*Kirshner, Judith Russi, and Anselm Kiefer. ''Lewis Manilow, a Birthday Book''. Chicago: New Art Examiner Press, 1997.
External links
U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy profile*
ttp://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hrgroups/hr/920HR0173LV.html 2001 Illinois Legislature resolution honoring Lewis Manilowbr>
"What's a Dem donor to do?" ''Chicago Business'', Jan. 15, 2007* Bob Goldsborough,
ttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-lewis-manilow-obituary-20171212-story.html Lewis Manilow, philanthropist who played key roles with MCA, Loop theater district, dies at 90 ''
The Chicago Tribune
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'', December 12, 2017 (obituary)
* Maureen O'Donnell
Lewis Manilow dies, helped found Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art ''
The Chicago Sun-Times
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'', December 13, 2017 (obituary)
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1927 births
2017 deaths
Philanthropists from Illinois
United States National Medal of Arts recipients
Film producers from Illinois
Lawyers from Chicago
People from University Park, Illinois
Jewish American attorneys
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American philanthropists
Neurological disease deaths in Illinois
21st-century American Jews