League colleges at the time. Sympathizing with their situation, he told the students it is important “to give scholarships to Arab students at Tel Aviv University." Whitman was a supporter of the Two state solution in Israel. Personal life Whitman's wife, Lois Whitman, is an attorney and social worker. Since 1994, she has been the founder and director of the Children's Rights Division at the international rights monitoring organization Human Rights Watch. They have three children and six grandchildren. He died on April 16, 2018, at the age of 93 in New York City. His daughter is Tony Award-winning producer Barbara Whitman and his son Yale Law School professor James Whitman. Works Whitman, Martin J. (1999). Value Investing: A Balanced Approach. New York: John Wiley & Sons. . Whitman, Martin J. & Shubik, Martin (2005). The Aggressive Conservative Investor (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. . Whitman, Martin J. & Diz, Fernando (2009). Distress Investing: Principles And Technique. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. . Whitman, Martin J. & Diz, Fernando (2013). Modern Security Analysis: Understanding Wall Street Fundamentals. John Wiley & Sons. . Notes References Martin Whitman's letter to the SEC "" Martin Whitman Stock Picks "Stock Picks" External links Martin Whitman Interview with The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing - Feb 2007 1924 births 2018 deaths American money managers Jewish American philanthropists Martin J. Whitman School of Management alumni Syracuse University trustees Yale School of Management faculty Yale University faculty Philanthropists from New York (state) 20th-century American philanthropists United States Navy personnel of World War II 21st-century American Jews People from the Bronx