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Norman B. LeventhalNorman Leventhal was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a 1933 graduate of Boston Latin School and a 1938 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1946 he co-founded Beacon Construction Company, which grew to
become an Mr. Leventhal serves as a life member emeritus of the MIT Corporation. He was the Chairman of the Trust for City Hall Plaza since its inception in 1995 until December 2000. He is a Board member and former Chairman of the Friends of Post Office Square. He is the past Chairman of the Artery Business Committee and presently serves on its Executive Committee. Mr. Leventhal is a board member of the Picower Foundation. Norman Leventhal has been recognized many times for his contributions to the built environment of Boston, which include Center Plaza, Rowes Wharf, South Station, One Post Office Square, the Hotel Meridien and affordable housing. In 1997, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino named the park in Post Office Square, Norman B. Leventhal Park, in recognition of his leadership of the Friends of Post Office Square. Mr. Leventhal has also developed a comprehensive collection of historic maps of Boston. His passion for the city is exhibited in his efforts to make these historic maps and the 250,000 maps that belong to the Boston Public Library accessible to the public, and in particular to the schoolchildren of greater Boston through the founding of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. In 1999, Mr. Leventhal published a book entitled Mapping Boston, edited by Alex Krieger and David Cobb, with Amy Turner (MIT Press). The book brings the history of Boston alive through its study of maps and images that depict the topographical, historic, economic and social, changes that have taken place in the city since Boston’s founding. |
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