Alfred J. Koeppel

Alfred J. Koeppel (September 14, 1932 – January 19, 2001) was an American real estate executive and attorney. Koeppel was a member of one of the oldest real estate families in New York, and a board chairman at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.[1]

Alfred J. Koeppel
Born
Alfred James Koeppel

September 14, 1932
DiedJanuary 19, 2001(2001-01-19) (aged 68)
Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
NationalityUnited States
EducationB.A. Trinity College
J.D. Brooklyn Law School
OccupationReal estate developer
Known forPartner in Koeppel & Koeppel
founder of Koeppel Tener Real Estate Services
Spouse(s)Ruth Rubenstein
ChildrenCaleb D. Koeppel
David J. Koeppel
Sarah Koeppel Cohn
Parent(s)Max Koeppel
FamilyAbraham Koeppel (grandfather)
Bevin Koeppel (brother)

Biography

Koeppel was born to a Jewish family,[2] the youngest of six children born to Minnie and Max Koeppel.[1] He had five siblings: Bevin Koeppel,[3] Selma Koeppel Friedman,[4] Geraldine Koeppel Adler,[5] Grace Koeppel Gold,[6][7] and Louise Koeppel Feldman.[8]

His grandfather and family patriarch, Abraham Koeppel, immigrated to the United States in 1890’s and became a developer of residential properties in Brooklyn.[6][9] In the 1940s, his father and uncle, Max and Harry, joined the family business (renamed Koeppel & Koeppel) and shifted the company's activities to Manhattan, investing and managing both apartment and office towers.[6]

Alfred graduated from the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School in Brooklyn,[1] Trinity College in Hartford in 1954,[10] and Brooklyn Law School.[1] In 1954, Alfred joined the firm.[6] In 1963, the business was divided with Max Koeppel and his two sons, Alfred and Bevin, taking commercial properties with their headquarters in downtown Manhattan; and Harry and his sons handling the residential properties with their primary office in midtown Manhattan.[6] In 1985, Alfred's father Max died and he and his brother became principals partners in the firm.[6] In 1988, Alfred and his three children founded a new company known as Koeppel Tener Real Estate Services (KTR).[6] KTR provides brokerage, valuation, underwriting, environmental, engineering, construction loan monitoring and consulting services throughout the country with its main office in New York and other offices located in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles[9] (in 2001, multinational real estate service firm Newmark Grubb Knight Frank made a significant investment KTR).[11]

Philanthropy and boardships

Koeppel served as a trustee at Trinity College since 1985, as board chairman from 1990 to 1996, and as a board member until 2000.[6] He also served as interim president of Trinity in 1994[12] and led a $175 million redevelopment of the neighborhood surrounding the Trinity campus.[6] Trinity awarded him the Alumni Medal for Excellence and the Eigenbrodt Cup,[1] and awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws.[13] The Koeppel Social Center and the Alfred J. Koeppel Chair of Classical Studies are named in his honor.[1]

He was a prominent benefactor of Hebrew Union College[2] where he was a member of the Board of Overseers until his death.[1] He also served as a trustee and vice president of Temple Beth El of Great Neck, New York for 12 years, as a director of the United Community Fund of Great Neck from 1965 to 1971, and as treasurer of the Village of Kings Point, New York from 1973 to 1974.[1]

Personal life

In 1955, he married Ruth Rubenstein[1] who was also Jewish;[14] they had three children: Caleb D. Koeppel (married to Lynne Greenberg, daughter of Alan C. Greenberg), David J. Koeppel,[15][16] and Sarah Koeppel Cohn.[6] Koeppel died in 2001; services were held at Temple Emanuel in Manhattan.[2]

References
  1. "Attorney Alfred Koeppel, 68, long-time real estate mogul". Real Estate Weekly. February 14, 2001.
  2. "Paid Notice: Deaths KOEPPEL, ALFRED J." The New York Times. January 21, 2001.
  3. "Paid Notice: Deaths KOEPPEL, BEVIN DAVID". The New York Times. December 22, 2011.
  4. "Paid Notice: Deaths FRIEDMAN, SELMA K." The New York Times. March 28, 2000.
  5. "Geraldine Koeppel Adler Obituary". The New York Times. February 24, 2006 – via legacy.com.
  6. Treaster, Joseph B. (February 4, 2001). "Alfred Koeppel, 68; Headed Real Estate Concern". The New York Times.
  7. "Paid Notice: Deaths GOLD, GRACE KOEPPEL". The New York Times. November 10, 2011.
  8. "Max L. Koeppel, 86, Investor And Brooklyn Orchestra Aide". The New York Times. September 29, 1985.
  9. "Great Real Estate Families". Real Estate Weekly. August 20, 2005 – via thefreelibrary.com.
  10. "MANAGEMENT Who's News PERSONNEL". Real Estate Weekly. June 28, 2000 – via thefreelibrary.com.
  11. Weiss, Lois (July 3, 2001). "NEWMARK EYES BUY; REALTOR PLANS TO PUT $$ IN NATIONAL APPRAISER". New York Post.
  12. McFarlan, F. Warren. "Don't Assume the Shoe Fits". Harvard Business Review (November 1999).
  13. "Nine Individuals to Receive Honorary Degrees at Trinity College's 174th Commencement". Trinity College Bulletin. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  14. "Paid Notice: Deaths RUBENSTEIN, MILDRED L." The New York Times. August 21, 2001.
  15. "WEDDINGS; Lesley A. Kelman, David J. Koeppel". The New York Times. January 16, 1994.
  16. "Melissa Frey and Malcolm Levine". The New York Times. February 28, 2009.
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