Mr. Rosenthal was chairman of Assets Administration and Management, and chairman of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation which encourages achievement and excellence in the arts, social sciences and medicine. He was also Chairman of the Stamford Center for the Arts. He was the Founder and CEO of Citizens Utilities and President of Utilities and Industries Corporation. He earned his Bachelor's Degree and graduating first in his class and Summa Cum Laude in 1936 from the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, now the NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business.