Alfred A Slifka

Global Partners LP (NYSE:GLP) announced the passing of Alfred A. “Fred” Slifka, Chairman of the Board of Directors of its general partner, Global GP LLC, who died unexpectedly at his home in Boston. He was 81. Mr. Slifka’s brother, Richard, Vice Chairman of the Board since March 2005, will succeed him as Chairman. Mr. Slifka entered the oil industry in 1948 when he began working for Slifky’s Reliable Oil Company, the business started by his father, Abraham, during the Depression. In the 1950s and 60s, he and Richard transformed the business into one of New England's largest wholesalers of distillates, gasoline, residual oil and bunker fuel. Mr. Slifka and his family successfully completed Global Partners’ initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange in 2005. Mr. Slifka worked tirelessly on behalf of numerous civic and charitable organizations including the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Boston Children’s Hospital and Hebrew SeniorLife. Mr. Slifka is survived by his wife, Gilda; his children, Adam Slifka and his wife, Gail, Jennifer Slifka Vidal and her husband, Luis, and Eric Slifka and his wife, Laurie; his brother, Richard and his wife, Rosalyn; and seven grandchildren.