Jerome Lyle Rappaport

Jerome Lyle Rappaport (born 1927) is a lawyer, developer, political leader, and landlord. Rappaport is also known for his philanthropy in Boston, Massachusetts, and Stuart, Florida. He was the general partner of one of the most controversial developments of the urban renewal era, the West End Project, from which he created a 48-acre urban neighborhood known as Charles River Park.[1]

Jerome Lyle Rappaport
Harvard Law Forum in 1946
Born1927 (age 92–93)
New York City
NationalityUnited States
Other namesJerry
Alma materHarvard College (1947)

Harvard Law School (1949)

John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, MPA (1963)
OccupationDeveloper, Lawyer, Philanthropist
Known forRebuilding Boston's West End, philanthropic efforts, contributions to public policy in Boston as well as City of Boston election process.
Net worth$300 million (2006)
Political partyRepublican
Board member ofAtlantic Classical Orchestra, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cure Alzheimer's Fund, Dean's Council (Harvard University), Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, New Boston Fund, Inc., Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation (Donor and Board Member), Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy at Boston College Law School, Rappaport Center at Temple Beit HaYam, Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston at Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Spouse(s)Phyllis Cohen Rappaport (Present)

Barbara Scott Sears (Divorced)

Nancy Vahey (Divorced)
ChildrenMartha, Judy, Amy, Jerry Jr., Jim, Nancy, Elizabeth, Sara, Andrew, Carter, Dick, Jill, Jonathan
Parent(s)Arthur and Cora Rappaport
RelativesSandra Sommer (sister)
Websiterappaportfoundation.org

References
  1. "West End Won't Be Waterloo". Boston Herald, September 15, 2003.
  2. "Controversy is Rappaport's Middle Name". The Boston Globe, April 11, 1990.
  3. Zaimarie De Guzman. "Sewall's Point philanthropist spreads wealth, influence on Treasure Coast". TC Palm, June 24, 2013.
  4. "Rappaport Gets Housing Post". The Boston Globe, October 26, 1982.
  5. See HLS Forum website at www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/forum/index.html. See also "The Forum as an Adjunct of Legal education". Journal of the American Bar Association, March 8, 1946; and an article about Rappaport in the Boston Sunday Herald, February 6, 1949.
  6. "Forum Speakers". The Harvard Law School Forum. March 1, 2012. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  7. "Harvard Law Forum". 1961.
  8. "Harvard Law School Forum".
  9. "A Young Fresh Wind Blows in Boston Town," Reader's Digest, April 1952. See also "Youth Wins Against Misrule," Redbook Magazine, March 1952; and "New Boston Committee Plunges into Long-Range Plans to Consolidate Election Victories—Rapped by opponents—Widespread Program—Grassroots Effort—Credit to Rappaport—No Rosy Path," Christian Science Monitor, November 7, 1951.
  10. "11 Jan 1952, 13 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  11. "Boston's Businessmen Prodded By Rappaport." Christian Science Monitor, January 17, 1953.
  12. New York Times, September 27, 1951. See also, Time Magazine, October 8, 1951.
  13. "24 Jan 1952, 8 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  14. Boston Herald, October 3, 1951. See also New York Times, October 7, 1951.
  15. "I'd Do It Again," by James Michael Curley. Prentiss-Hall (1957).
  16. Boston University News, February 12, 1952.
  17. Boston Sunday Globe, October 11, 1953. See also South End Citizen, November 25, 1952.
  18. Boston Globe, July 30, 1970.
  19. "Gil Smart: After Obama's Cuba visit, local man recalls 1977 trip and wonders 'What if?'". Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  20. "17 Sep 1963, 1 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Boston Globe.
  21. "Sewall's Point philanthropist spreads wealth, influence on Treasure Coast". Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  22. Rappaport, Nancy (July 12, 2011). In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide. Basic Books. p. 17. ISBN 0465022138.
  23. "Sewall's Point philanthropist spreads wealth, influence on Treasure Coast". Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  24. "Schenectady Gazette" (PDF).
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  26. New England Real Estate Journal, June 12, 1998.
  27. "West End Won't Be Waterloo." Boston Herald, September 15, 2003.
  28. "Stuart's Jerome Rappaport celebrates birthday in Boston". Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  29. "Developer Jerry Rappaport celebrates 88th birthday with friends - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  30. See http://www.rappaportfoundation.org/
  31. "Going Beyond Alma mater, Rappaport boosts Suffolk." Boston Globe, December 10, 2006. See also "KSG Gets $12 Million To Study Boston." Harvard Crimson, June 30, 2006.
  32. See ; ; and .
  33. "Board | PJLRF". rappaportfoundation.org. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
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  35. "New Boston Fund, Inc. - Executive Team". www.newbostonfund.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  36. "New Boston Fund, Inc. - History". www.newbostonfund.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  37. "New Boston Fund Headquarters | Flavin Architects". www.flavinarchitects.com. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  38. Mirror, The Inquirer and. "Seen on the Scene: 2015 Boston Pops on Nantucket". The Inquirer and Mirror. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  39. "The Rappaport Prize".
  40. Fund, Cure Alzheimer's (June 8, 2012), Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Founding Board Member Phyllis Rappaport, retrieved June 10, 2017
  41. "Phyllis Rappaport". Cure Alzheimer's Fund. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  42. "Charity Navigator".
  43. "Women in Philanthropy". www.martinhealth.org. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  44. "Library Foundation fetes BookMania! authors". TCPalm. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  45. "The Rappaport Prize for Music Composition - Atlantic Classical Orchestra". Atlantic Classical Orchestra. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
  46. "Violin Concerto". zhou tian music.
  47. "Palm Beach Newspaper".
  48. "Composer Lash readies for ACO world premiere". Palm Beach Newspaper. April 1, 2018.
  49. "Facets of Motion". Schott Music.
  50. "Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy". December 14, 2014.
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