Laurence table
Laurence Allen "Larry" table (born March 5, 1923 in New York City , † November 15, 2003 ibid) was an American manager .
Life
Born in Bensonhurst , a borough of Brooklyn , Laurence Tisch came from a Jewish Russian immigrant family and attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx and later the Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. His younger brother was Preston Robert Tisch . Together with his brother he was a shareholder in the Loews company . He joined the media company CBS as an investor in the mid-1980s . From 1986 to 1995 he was CEO before selling it to Westinghouse in 1995 . In 1999, Viacom , a former subsidiary of CBS, again acquired Westinghouse.
As a philanthropist, he made donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York University , the NYU Medical Center and the Wildlife Conservation Society . In 1948 he married Wilma Stein and had four sons with her. In 2003 Laurence Tisch was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
The Tisch School of the Arts at New York University was named after the Tisch brothers.
Web links
- Laurence Tisch in nndb (English)
- Museum.tv:Laurence table
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Table, Laurence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Table, Laurence Allen; Table, Larry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 2003 |
| Place of death | New York City |