Lewis Manilow (born Irvin Inger; August 11, 1927 – December 12, 2017) was an American attorney, real estate developer, and arts patron.

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Manilow was known as one of the founders of the

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. 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

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and the developer of the town of

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, where he was instrumental in the creation of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, a monumental internationally recognized outdoor

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park at

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. 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

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, 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,Carol Felsenthal
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'', June 22, 2017. former wife of Edwin W. Eisendrath Jr. and the mother of

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'', February 15, 1990. The two were married for almost half a century, until his death.

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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 ''

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'', December 12, 2017 (obituary) * Maureen O'Donnell
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'', December 13, 2017 (obituary) {{DEFAULTSORT:Manilow, Lewis 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

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