A Alfred Taubman

Shopping mall billionaire

University of Michigan dropout amassed a fortune in shopping malls. Founded Taubman Centers 1950; today owns 23 malls in 10 states. Stock flat amid real estate crash. Son Robert joined in 1976, chief executive since 1990. Purchased venerable auction house Sotheby's 1983; took private. Public again 1988. Spent 9 months in jail on price-fixing charges 2004; wrote memoir Threshold Resistance about experience. Owns 4% stake in company; stock down 36% in past 12 months. Value of large contemporary art collection soaring in art market rally. He served as Sotheby's chairman of from 1983 to 2000 before he was tangled in a price-fixing scheme. He was convicted in 2001 of conspiring with Anthony Tennant, former chairman of Christie's International, to fix the commissions the auction giants charged. Prosecutors alleged sellers were bilked of as much as $400 million in commissions. Even with letters from more than 90 notable people, including former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former President Gerald Ford, Taubman was sentenced to a year and day in a low-security federal medical prison in Minnesota and fined $7.5 million. He was released two months early in May 2003 and spent a month in a Detroit halfway house. Taubman long insisted he was innocent and expressed regret for not testifying in his own defense. "I had lost a chunk of my life, my good name and around 27 pounds," he recalled in his book, saying he was forced to take the fall for others. After Taubman’s 2001 conviction, his son Robert became chairman of Taubman Centers. Another son, William, continued as executive vice president. In addition to his sons, Robert and William, he is survived by a daughter, Gayle Taubman Kalisman, who is co-chair of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute's advisory board, two stepchildren, and his second wife, Judith Mazor Rounick, a former Miss Israel.

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Leonard A Lauder	Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, John Dingell, Steve Israel, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Carl Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Mark A Foley, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Pete Wilson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Gary Peters, George H W Bush, Steve Forbes, Robert Abrams, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Rudy Boschwitz
George S Kaufman	Dennis Hastert, Shelley Berkley, Sherrod Brown, Hillary Clinton, Steve Israel, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Tammy Duckworth, Robert Abrams, Elizabeth Holtzman, Jon Tester, John W Warner, Julian D Schreibman
Edward C Levy Jr	Spencer Abraham, Dennis Hastert, Shelley Berkley, Sherrod Brown, John Dingell, Dale Edward Kildee, Joseph Knollenberg, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Dick Chrysler, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Michigan Republican Party, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, 1997 Republican Senate-House Dinner, Gary Peters, Mitt Romney, Bob Carr, David Honigman, William S Broomfield, Jay Rockefeller, Bill Huizenga, Marco Rubio, Rudy Boschwitz, Steve Pestka
Albert B Ratner	Dennis Hastert, Shelley Berkley, Sherrod Brown, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. Political Action Committee, Real Estate Roundtable Political Action Committee (Realpac), Mitt Romney, Robert Abrams, Elizabeth Holtzman, Jay Rockefeller, Marco Rubio, Rudy Boschwitz
Peter Buttenwieser	Shelley Berkley, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, John Dingell, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Emily's List, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Hopefund Inc., Gary Peters, Tammy Duckworth, Robert Abrams, Bob Carr, John Rauh, Lana Pollack, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester
Leon Black	Shelley Berkley, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Gary Peters, Mitt Romney, Robert Abrams, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester
John Catsimatidis	Shelley Berkley, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Steve Israel, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Tammy Duckworth, Robert Abrams, Elizabeth Holtzman, Jon Tester, Marco Rubio
Leo Hindery Jr	Spencer Abraham, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Hopefund Inc., Gary Peters, George H W Bush, Tammy Duckworth, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester
William C Rudin	Hillary Clinton, Steve Israel, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Carl Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Gary Peters, Real Estate Roundtable Political Action Committee (Realpac), George H W Bush, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester
Mandell Berman	Shelley Berkley, Hillary Clinton, John Dingell, John Kerry, Dale Edward Kildee, Joseph Knollenberg, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Al Gore, William McNulty Brodhead, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Emily's List, Mark Hamilton Schauer, Michigan Democratic State Central Commitee, Gary Peters, Dianne Yvonne Byrum, Bob Carr, Lana Pollack, Jim Berryman, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Gary J McDowell, Steve Pestka
A Jerrold Perenchio	Dennis Hastert, John Dingell, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John R Lewis, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Pete Wilson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Jay Rockefeller, Marco Rubio, Rudy Boschwitz
Tony Podesta	Dennis Hastert, Shelley Berkley, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Stephen Cohen, John Dingell, Steve Israel, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Joseph Knollenberg, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, John R Lewis, Joe Lieberman, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Phil Gramm, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Mark Hamilton Schauer, Gary Peters, Tammy Duckworth, Bob Carr, Jay Rockefeller
Norm Brownstein	Shelley Berkley, Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Washington Political Action Committee, Mitt Romney, Tammy Duckworth, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Bill Huizenga, Rudy Boschwitz
Jerry Speyer	Spencer Abraham, Hillary Clinton, Steve Israel, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Carl Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Real Estate Roundtable Political Action Committee (Realpac), Mitt Romney, Robert Abrams, Lana Pollack, Jay Rockefeller, Marco Rubio, Rudy Boschwitz
Lewis Rudin	Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Joe Lieberman, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Mark A Foley, Dick Gephardt, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Pete Wilson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Campaign America Inc, Real Estate Roundtable Political Action Committee (Realpac), George H W Bush, Elizabeth Holtzman, Bob Carr, Jay Rockefeller, Rudy Boschwitz
Gary Winnick	Spencer Abraham, Shelley Berkley, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Newt Gingrich, Larry Pressler, Al Gore, Pete Wilson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Jay Rockefeller, Jon Tester, Marco Rubio, Rudy Boschwitz
Kenneth J Bialkin	Dennis Hastert, Hillary Clinton, John Dingell, John Kerry, Carl Levin, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Dick Gephardt, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Pete Wilson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Washington Political Action Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Robert Abrams, Elizabeth Holtzman, John Rauh, Sanford N Pensler, Jay Rockefeller, Marco Rubio, Rudy Boschwitz
Robert A Day	Dennis Hastert, Hillary Clinton, John Dingell, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, John McCain, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Mark A Foley, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Newt Gingrich, Bill Bradley, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Pete Wilson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, NRSC - Nonfederal, Campaign America Inc, George H W Bush, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Marco Rubio, Rudy Boschwitz
Marc Rowan	Shelley Berkley, Bob Casey, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Sander Martin Levin, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Phil Gramm, Al D’Amato, Bob Dole, Al Gore, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Michigan Republican Party, Gary Peters, Mitt Romney, Jon Tester, Marco Rubio
E John Rosenwald, Jr	Hillary Clinton, Steve Israel, John Kerry, Herbert H Kohl, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Claire McCaskill, Bill Nelson, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Debbie Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Dick Gephardt, Al D’Amato, Bill Bradley, Al Gore, Pete Wilson, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George H W Bush, Steve Forbes, Mitt Romney, Robert Abrams, Elizabeth Holtzman, Jon Tester, Rudy Boschwitz

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Jan 31 '24
Date of death	Apr 17 '15
Aliases	Alfred A Taubman

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