Benedict I. Lubell

Benedict I. Lubell (1909 – December 13, 1996) was an American oil executive and philanthropist.[1][2]

Benedict I. Lubell
Born1909
New York City, US
DiedDecember 13, 1996 (age 87)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Burial placeTulsa, Oklahoma, US
EducationB.A. Columbia University
J.D. Columbia University Law School
Occupationbusinessman
Spouse(s)Norma Rubenstein
Children2
FamilyGrace Borgenicht Brandt (sister)
Eli M. Black (brother-in-law)
Jack Borgenicht (brother-in-law)
Leon Black (nephew)

Biography

Lubell was born to a Jewish family[3] on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[1] His father Samuel L. Lubell founded the Bell Oil and Gas Company, an independent oil refiner in Tulsa, Oklahoma[1] and Lubell Brothers, a shirt manufacturer in New York City.[4] He has two sisters: art dealer Grace Borgenicht Brandt (married to Jack Borgenicht) and Shirley Black Kash (formerly married to Eli M. Black).[1] He is a graduate of Columbia College, Phi Beta Kappa, and Columbia University Law School.[1][5] After school, he practiced law in New York City at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan until 1936, when he joined the family business in Tulsa.[1] In 1965, the family sold Bell Oil and Lubell formed a new oil production company, the Lubell Oil Company, where he worked until his retirement in 1995.[1]

Lubell was a founding trustee of the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, president of the Tulsa Arts Council, and head of Tulsa's Municipal Arts Commission, and served as a director of the National Bank of Tulsa.[1] In 1982, he received the Oklahoma Governor's Arts Award.[1] Lubell Park in Tulsa is named in his honor.[2]

Personal life

In 1939, he married Norma Rubenstein (died 1994),[1][6] daughter of New York textile executive Jacob A. Rubenstein.[7] They had two children, Ann Lubell Margolis and John Lubell.[1][8] Lubell died at his home in Milwaukee of emphysema.[1] Services were held at Temple Israel in Tulsa.[2]

References
  1. "Benedict I. Lubell, Tulsa Oil Executive And Arts Patron, 87". The New York Times. December 14, 1996.
  2. "Funeral Services Set for Tulsa Arts Patron Benedict I. Lubell". Tulsa World. December 14, 1996.
  3. "Benedict I. Lubell, retired oil executive and a patron of the arts, died at the age of 87 at his home in Milwaukee". Jewish Post Indianapolis. January 1, 1997.
  4. "Samuel L. Lubell, Founded Shirt and Oil Companies". The New York Times. July 10, 1966.
  5. "Columbia Daily Spectator 15 April 1930 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  6. "Norma Lubell, Wife Of Oilman, Dead". Tulsa World. Jul 28, 1994.
  7. "Jacob Rubenstein, 91, Dies; Retired Textile Executive". The New York Times. May 1, 1973.
  8. Walker, Danna Sue (October 24, 2001). "Lubell family donates painting to PAC". Tulsa World.
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