John C. Cushman III (1941 – May 4, 2023) was an American real estate executive. He was the chairman of global transactions and chairman of the board of

Cushman & Wakefield Cushman & Wakefield Inc. is an American global Commercial property, commercial real estate services firm. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois. Cushman & Wakefield is among the world's largest commercial real est ...

, a global real estate services firm founded by his grandfather, J. Clydesdale Cushman and great-uncle, Bernard Wakefield. Additionally, Cushman held directorships at Callaway Golf Company, iCRETE LLC (Co-chairman) and ARTOC Universal Properties (Co-chairman) in

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, Egypt. He served as Chairman of Rock Creek Management LLC and chairman and Director of

Zaca Mesa Winery Zaca may refer to: *Huehue Zaca, a 15th-century Aztec noble and a warrior *The Zaca Fire, the second largest wildfire in modern California history *Zaca Creek, an American country music group *Zaca Creek, a tributary of the Santa Ynez River *Zaca O ...

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, which he co-founded.

Background and personal life

is a real estate services firm founded by his grandfather John Clydesdale Cushman and his great uncle Bernard Wakefield. Cushman and his wife, Jeanine, had four sons. He died on May 4, 2023, at the age of 82.

Career

In 1963, Cushman joined Cushman & Wakefield Inc. in

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after graduating from

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. In 1967, he opened an office for Cushman & Wakefield in

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. On April 1, 1978, he and his twin brother, Louis B. Cushman, left Cushman & Wakefield to form Cushman Realty Corporation. In 2001, the Cushman Realty Corporation merged with Cushman & Wakefield, after which Cushman III became the chairman of Cushman & Wakefield. On September 19, 2007, Cushman received

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's Gold Medal "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York".

Other work

Cushman has served as

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and was a member of the

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. Cushman was a commissioner of the California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth, a board member of the California Region I

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, and a trustee of the

Urban Land Institute The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a global nonprofit research and education organization with regional offices in Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, and London. ULI aims to help its members and their partners build more equitable, sustainable, heal ...

. He served on the boards of

The Real Estate Roundtable The Real Estate Roundtable is a non-profit public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. that represents the interests of real estate. It develops public policy agendas pertaining to tax, capital and credit, environment and energy, and hom ...

; Town Hall and the World Affairs Council of Los Angeles; the

Institute of International Education The Institute of International Education (IIE) is an American 501(c) non-profit organization that focuses on international student exchange and aid, foreign affairs, and international peace and security. IIE creates programs of study and training ...

, New York City; the

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’s LUSK Center for Real Estate;

, Hamilton, New York;

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Business School; Fellows of Claremont University Center; and the

National Park Foundation The National Park Foundation (NPF) is the official charity of the National Park Service (NPS) and its national park sites. The NPF was chartered by Congress in 1967 with a charge to "further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scientif ...

.''Scouting Magazine'', Boy Scouts of America. Accessed February 23, 2023.
/ref> Cushman was a Director and Chairman of Cushman Winery Corporation and owned Zaca Mesa Winery. Cushman has also served on the boards of

Callaway Golf Company Callaway, legally Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp., is an American global sports equipment manufacturing company that designs, manufactures, markets and sells golf equipment, more specifically clubs and balls, also including accessories such as ba ...

, Culinary Holdings, Inc., Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., D.A. Cushman Realty Corporation,

Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood, California, was founded in 1905. A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed there. History The proposed establishment of "the larges ...

, La Quinta Corporation, and La Quinta Properties, Inc.

Political activity

In 2015, Cushman donated $300,000 to

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, a Super PAC supporting

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's presidential candidacy.

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