Alfred Lerner

MBNA

Mr. Lerner, who served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of MBNA Corp. and chairman and owner of the Cleveland Browns, died Oct. 23, 2002. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Lerner was the only son of Russian immigrants and grew up in the back of his family's candy store. He became one of the richest people in America and one of its greatest philanthropists. After graduating from Columbia College in 1955, he served as a pilot in the Marine Corps and then sold furniture in New York, Baltimore and Cleveland. He later moved into real estate and banking, becoming chairman and chief executive of the MBNA Corp. In 1998, he brought pro football back to Cleveland by buying the newly formed Browns, which began play in the National Football League the next year. He became an important figure among NFL owners, serving as chairman of the league's finance committee. Mr. Lerner's philanthropic interests included medical research and educational causes.

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John Rollins Jr	Lamar Alexander, Joe Biden, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, John Kasich, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Lauch Faircloth, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl, Michael Castle
Sam Fox	Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Friends of Phil Gramm PAC, Jon Kyl
Robert A Day	Bob Kerrey, Joe Biden, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, John Joseph Lafalce, John Kasich, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl
Edward C Levy Jr	Susan Collins, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, John Kasich, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Lauch Faircloth, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl, Jay Rockefeller
Harold Simmons	Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Lauch Faircloth, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl
Stephen Schwarzman	Bob Kerrey, Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Al D’Amato, Lauch Faircloth, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jay Rockefeller
Stewart W Bainum Jr	Bob Kerrey, Lamar Alexander, Joe Biden, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl, Michael Castle
Richard H Kimberly	Lamar Alexander, Tom Carper, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Lauch Faircloth, Republican National Committee, Jon Kyl, Michael Castle
Max M Fisher	Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, 1998 Rep H/S Dinner - Individual Non-Federal, Jon Kyl, Bernadine P Healy
Bryce L Harlow	Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, Friends of Phil Gramm PAC, Jon Kyl, Michael Castle
David S Mack	Joel Hyatt, Lamar Alexander, Joe Biden, Susan Collins, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl, Bernadine P Healy, Jay Rockefeller
John Hewes	Joe Biden, Tom Carper, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, John Kasich, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, Bernadine P Healy, Bank of America Corporation PAC (Fka Mbna Corporation Federal Political Committee), Michael Castle
Nicholas Calio	Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Lauch Faircloth, Republican National Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl, Jay Rockefeller
Harvey M Meyerhoff	Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Friends of Phil Gramm PAC, Jon Kyl
William E. Timmons Jr.	Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, Friends of Phil Gramm PAC, Jon Kyl, Michael Castle
John Catsimatidis	Bob Kerrey, Joe Biden, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, John Kasich, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, Michael Castle
Morry Weiss	Joel Hyatt, Lamar Alexander, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, John Kasich, Al D’Amato, John Glenn, Eric D Fingerhut, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bernadine P Healy, Jay Rockefeller
Leonard A Lauder	Bob Kerrey, Lamar Alexander, Joe Biden, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, William Victor Roth Jr, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Bernadine P Healy, Jay Rockefeller
C Boyden Gray	Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Mike DeWine, Don Nickles, Lauch Faircloth, Republican National Committee, Ohio Republican Party State Central & Executive Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jon Kyl, Bernadine P Healy
Peter G Peterson	Bob Kerrey, Lamar Alexander, Joe Biden, Susan Collins, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, George Voinovich, Don Nickles, John Kasich, Al D’Amato, Republican National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Jay Rockefeller

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Date of death	Oct 23 '02

Alfred Lerner

MBNA

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