Elihu Rose (born March 30, 1933) is an American real estate developer, academic, and philanthropist.Elihu Rose Biography
retrieved October 2, 2016New York Observer: "The Rose Family" By Jason Horowitz
December 18, 2006

Biography

Rose was born to a

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family in

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, one of three sons of Belle and Samuel B. Rose.New York Times: "Frederick P. Rose, 2d-Generation Builder And a Major Philanthropist, Is Dead at 75" By CHARLES V. BAGLI
September 16, 1999
September 19, 1999 He has two brothers, Daniel Rose and Frederick P. Rose. He attended the Horace Mann School.Inside Philanthropy: "Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation: New York City Grants"
retrieved October 3, 2016 After graduating from

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in 1954, he served in the U.S. Air Force; and in 1956, he joined the family real estate development company, Rose Associates, as a partner. In 1978, he graduated from

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with a Ph.D in International Relations and started a teaching military history in addition to his real estate activities. He has lectured at Yale University, Columbia University, the University of Maryland, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He is presently an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University. In 2002, he received The Outstanding Teaching Award from New York University. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Park Avenue Armory and is the former Chairman of the Board of the

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. He serves on the boards of

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, the

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, The

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, and the Advisory Board of the

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; and is a Fellow of the

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. In 1993 he received the Superior Public Service Medal from the U.S. Navy and in 2004 the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the U.S. Army. In 1988, he and his wife founded the Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation. In 1991, they funded the Rose Museum at

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; and donated $7.1 million in 2013 and $2.7 million in 2012 to the Park Avenue Armory. They have been staunch supporters of the

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, the

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, the New York Historical Society, the New York-Presbyterian Fund, the NYU Urology Research Program, the Horace Mann School,

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, the

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, the Harlem Educational Activities Fund,

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of New York, The Doe Fund (dedicated to helping the homeless men achieve independence and self-sufficiency), and the UJA-Federation of New York.

Personal life

In 1962, he married Susan Wechsler. They live in Manhattan and have three daughters: Amy Rose Silverman (b. 1966), Isabel Rose Fagen (b. 1968), and Abigail Rose Blum (b. 1970). His daughter Amy is co-President of Rose Associates. His daughter, Isabel Rose, is the author of the 2005 novel The ''J.A.P. Chronicles'' which she also adapted into an

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musical.Luxury Listings Magazine: "The view from 'Paradise' - Actress/singer/writer Isabel Rose on her love of '60s music and the pioneer life in Tribeca" by Micki Siegel
March 06, 2015

References

External links

Elihu Rose official web siteElihu Rose Seventh Regiment Armory Lecture
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