- He was Postmaster General, half-owner of the New York Giants football team and leader of many of the city's top business groups.
- Many credit him with coining the term "power breakfast. He was always encouraging the rich and powerful to stop by for breakfast at his home in the Regency Hotel on Park Avenue in New York City.
- His wife recalled his selling key chains for a dime or two for 15 cents in front of the university's football stadium in the 1940's. With wise investments throughout his life his estimated worth at time of death in November 2005 was around three billion dollars.
- Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
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