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William Levitt
William Jaird Levitt (February 11, 1907 – January 28, 1994) was an American real-estate developer. In his position as president of Levitt & Sons, he is widely credited as the father of modern American suburbia and was among Time Magazine's: 100 Most Influential People of the 20th century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Little boxes.(brief history of William Levitt's Levittowns) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Marquis Who's Who - William Levitt ) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 William Levitt )〕
==Background==
Levitt was born in 1907 to a Jewish family. His generation was the second since immigrating from Russia and Austria; the grandfather who immigrated to the United States had been a rabbi from eastern Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 William Levitt )〕 Levitt grew up in Brooklyn, New York.〔 His father was Abraham Levitt, a real estate attorney and part-time investor; his mother was Pauline Biederman. A younger brother, Alfred, was born when William was 5 years old.〔 William received a public school education at Public School 44 and Boys High School.〔 He then attended New York University for three years.〔
Levitt married Rhoda Kirshner in November 1929.〔 Their son William Junior was born in 1933.〔 His second son, James was born in 1944. The couple divorced in 1959, and Levitt married his secretary and long-time lover, Alice Kenny.〔 Ten years later in 1969, Levitt divorced her and married a French art dealer, Simone Korchin.〔
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