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Robert Allen Futterman (1928–1961) was an American real estate investor, developer, author, and founder of the Futterman Corporation — a publicly traded New York-based real-estate holding and development company, which he built into a $100 million nationwide enterprise prior to his sudden death in November 1961 at age 33.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The New York Times, November 1961 )〕 From headquarter offices located in the World Diamond Building (then ''Empire Trust Company Building'') at 580 Fifth Avenue, Futterman operated and managed 43 properties in 23 cities, refining a real estate concept he called ''double diversification''〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The Miami News, p77, January 15, 1961 )〕 — balancing a real estate portfolio across both geographies and industries.〔 Futterman was a widely cited expert on urban renewal, having authored ''(The Future of Our Cities ),'' published in August 1961 by Doubleday & Co — with an introduction by architect Victor Gruen. The book gives a global survey metropolitan development and redevelopment and an analysis of 17 specific U.S. cities, with a "dramatic documentation of the economic dependence of major urban centers on defense contracts and military installations." For the breadth of work within his brief professional career, the Akron Beacon Journal in June 2008 called Futterman a real estate "boy genius."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Akron Beacon Journal, Mark J. Price, June 2, 2008 )〕 ==Background== Futterman was born in Yonkers, New York to Russian immigrants and naturalized citizens Ida and Samuel Futterman, the latter a businessman and real estate investor. Futterman was raised Jewish and after attending public high school, he attended and graduated from the University of Wisconsin magna cum laude〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The Sunday Herald, Bridgeport CN, March 5, 1961, p 71 )〕 in 1948. He was known to have a near photographic memory.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The New York Times, March 27, 1960, Robert E. Bedingfield )〕 After graduation, Futterman married fellow University of Wisconsin student, Rosalie Schreiber (July 27, 1928 – May 26, 2010), daughter of Adolph H. Schreiber; founder of A.H. Schreiber Company and Jewish philanthropist of Rockland County. The Futtermans lived in a house designed by Rosario Candela in Harrison, NY with their five children; Shari, Michael, Evan, Miryam and Joel. Robert Futterman died in November 1961, at age 33, suffering a heart attack after choking on a piece of meat (reported variously as a sandwich) at a dinner party at the home of friends in New York.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = The New York Times, ALISON GREGOR, June 18, 2006 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Mr. Pop Culture )〕 Rosalie Futterman Goodman died at age 81 in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date = June 6, 2010 )〕 Futterman's brother, Philip G. Futterman (1934-), became a noted New York retail specialist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 date = New York Times, Shawn G. Kennedy, August 26, 1984 )〕 Robert A. Futterman is not related to Robert K. Futterman, Chairman & CEO of Robert K. Futterman & Associates, a Newy York-based real estate investment company which holds no business interest in the now defunct Futterman Corporation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert A. Futterman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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