Richard Ravitch is/was a student of Columbia University

Type Undergraduate
End Date 1955-00-00
Notes Richard Ravitch JULY 8, 2009 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Share Tweet Email More Save BORN July 7, 1933, New York City. EDUCATION Columbia University, class of 1955, American history major; Yale Law School, J.D., 1958. CAREER Lawyer for the House Government Operations Committee in Washington, 1959-60; chairman, HRH Construction Corporation, 1960-77; chairman, New York State Urban Development Corporation, 1975-79; assisted New York City officials in resolving fiscal crisis, 1975-76; chairman, Bowery Savings Bank, 1975-79; chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 1979-83; general partner, the Blackstone Group, 1979-83; president, player relations committee, Major League Baseball, 1991-94; co-chairman, Millennial Housing Commission, 2000-2; chairman, Ravitch, Rice & Company, 2004-present. AFFILIATIONS Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Century Club. POLITICS Sought the Democratic mayoral nomination in 1989. FAMILY Married Diane Ravitch, 1960, divorced 1986; children, Joseph and Michael; married Betsy F. Perry, in 1994, later divorced. Married Kathleen M. Doyle in 2005. Correction: July 10, 2009 A biographical summary in some editions on Thursday with an article about Richard Ravitch, who was named lieutenant governor by Gov. David A. Paterson, omitted mention of Mr. Ravitch’s current wife. She is Kathleen M. Doyle; they married in 2005.
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