Agriculture in developing legislation and cotton policy. Philanthropy His civic affairs background includes work with or philanthropy for: the American Cancer Society, Salvation Army, United Way, United Negro College Fund, Eye Foundation Hospital of Birmingham, St. Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery, Auburn University, Huntingdon College, Dartmouth College, and Wheaton College, Massachusetts. He is a founder of the Montgomery Academy. He serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra. In 1994, he was named co-"Citizen of the Year" by the Montgomery Advertiser alongside his brother. Personal life He married Virginia Loeb of Montgomery, Alabama in January 1942; they had three children. He and his wife were members of Temple Beth Or in Montgomery, Alabama. He died in October 2016 at the age of 96. See also List of Auburn University people References 1919 births 2016 deaths Jewish American philanthropists Auburn University people Businesspeople from Alabama Dartmouth College alumni Harvard Business School alumni People from Montgomery, Alabama Philanthropists from Alabama Culver Academies alumni 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American philanthropists 21st-century American Jews