Herbert Greenwald
American real estate developer in Chicago
Herbert Greenwald (August 16, 1915 – February 3, 1959) was a Chicago real estate developer who hired Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as the design architect for several landmark modern residential buildings.
Personal life
Herbert "Squiff" Greenwald was born and raised in St. Louis. He pursued rabbinical studies at Yeshiva University in New York. After serving in the military during World War II, he studied philosophy at University of Chicago. He used money inherited from the death of his mother in 1949 to go into the real estate business with Samuel Katzin.
Herbert S. Greenwald was married to Lillian Feldman Greenwald (Dec. 31, 1915 to Sept. 7, 2007). They had two sons, Michael and Bennet.
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