children family nationality ethnicity birth_date known_for spouse article_title education name occupation
alan leventhal mark leventhal paula leventhal sidman robert leventhal -lrb- brother -rrb- united states jewish 30 august 1917 chairman of the beacon companies muriel guren norman b. leventhal
 b.s. massachusetts institute of technology norman b. leventhal real estate developer
norman b. leventhal

norman b. leventhal -lrb- august 30 , 1917 -- april 5 , 2015 -rrb- was an american businessman , the chairman of the beacon companies , a developer and manager of office buildings , housing , and hotels .
leventhal was best known for his work in civic improvements to the city of boston , and consequently had a park named after him of which he oversaw the creation .
