FINE MILTON
On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, Milton Fine, beloved husband of Sheila Reicher Fine, passed away at the age of 92 surrounded by family after a brief illness. Loving father of Carolyn Fine Friedman (Jerry) of Newton, MA; Sibyl Fine King of Poole Dorset, England; and David J. Fine (Rachel) of Weston, MA. Grandfather of Rose Friedman, Daniel King, Ari Fine, Ryan King, Nina Friedman, Sophia Friedman, Benjamin Fine, Adam Fine and Alice King. Stepfather to Pam Wein Levy (Michael) of Pittsburgh, PA, Howard Reicher (Donna) of Pittsburgh, PA, Jan Reicher (Alain Bismuth) of San Francisco, CA; and step-grandfather to Joshua (Abbey) Wein, Zachary Wein, Max Levy, Benjamin Reicher, Adi Alouf and Alexandra Alouf. Son of the late Samuel Fine and Ida (Krimsky) Fine. Brother of Ethel Christin of Palm City, FL, and the late Sara Fine Patz and Harry Fine; also survived by many nieces and nephews. He attended Taylor Allderdice High School. He often credited his education to the hours he spent reading at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, where he developed a love for literature. He enlisted and deployed to France in World War II. There, he was promoted to sergeant at the age of 19, an achievement that -- as he would one day tell the Wall Street Journal -- eclipsed even those of his business career. Upon returning to Pittsburgh in 1946, he enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh and completed his undergraduate degree and received his juris doctorate in less than four years. He practiced law throughout the 1950s, gradually entering into business ventures, including real estate. He is known as a self-made entrepreneur who earned an international reputation as one of the outstanding leaders of the hospitality industry. Beginning with one motel in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1960, he and Edward A. Perlow co-founded and grew Interstate Hotels Corporation (IHC) into the largest hotel management company in the world with hotels under management throughout the United States, Canada, US Caribbean and Russia. Following the sale of IHC in 1998, he formed FFC Capital with the Fine family and a select group of senior executives from Interstate for the purpose of investment management and the acquisition and development of real estate. He became a respected art collector and developed a passion for contemporary art, forging close relationships with artists and museum curators. In the early 1980s, he became a trustee of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where he helped revitalize the Carnegie International -- the nation's oldest exhibition of global contemporary art. In addition to becoming chairman of the CMA board, he was also a founder of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, where a curatorial position bears his name. A resident of Palm Beach, Florida, he was also on the boards of Wyndham International Hotel Company, the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, Florida, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. In 2007, he and his wife, Sheila, established The Fine Foundation, which supports projects in arts and culture, Jewish life, and science and medicine, primarily in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Services at Rodef Shalom Temple, 4905 Fifth Avenue, (at Morewood) on Friday, March 29, 2019, at 1 p.m. Visitation at Temple one and one half hour prior to services, (11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.) Interment West View Cemetery of Rodef Shalom Congregation. Contributions may be made to the charity of your choice or UPMC Family Hospice, 50 Moffett Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15243 or Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, 2000 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Arrangements entrusted to RALPH SCHUGAR CHAPEL, INC. www.schugar.com.
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June 10, 2020
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May 29, 2019
John Welsh
I just heard of Milton's passing, he was a true gentleman and will be missed by friends and family. Rest in Peace my friend.
April 4, 2019
nettie glickman
Family of Milton Fine. I send you my deepest sympathies and hope your knowing of him brings you comfort and sweet memories.
April 4, 2019
Deborah Craigo
My sincere condolences to the Fine family.
Mr. Fine was the man who hired me at the Greentree Marriott. What an extraordinary gentleman! The world is a better place for his having lived and his memory will always be a blessing.
March 31, 2019
Dear Sheila and Family:
I mourn Milt's passing with you. It is hard for all those who loved him to imagine life without his powerful presence.
Soon after we became friends, Sheila, you introduced me to Milt.
Knowing something of his impressive history and significant accomplishments, I expected to be intimidated. Not so!
We bonded from the start! His curiosity to explore new ideas - or old ideas from new perspectives - was infectious. Conversations with Milt were always intellectually challenging and warmly invigorating. I always left his company looking forward to our next time together!
My memory of Milt will always be of a generous man, a renaissance man, a welcoming man, an introspective man, a gentle man, and a man of integrity.
I hold you all in my heart, praying that your memories of your times together will sustain you in moving forward as he would have wanted you to do.
In loving friendship,
Mary Hines
March 30, 2019
Ann McGuinn
Sheila and family. What a great man and, I am proud to say, a great friend we have lost. I feel so blessed to have dined with you both recently as Milt entertained the Dir. of the Warhol Museum and three of the board members with the story of how The Andy Warhol Museum came to pittsburgh. Milt was the driving force. He loved pittsburgh and the Arts. A true Renaissance man-he will be missed but never forgotten. Love. Ann
March 30, 2019
My condolences to the Fine Family. I was one of your employees for many years at the Greentree Marriott. A true gentleman! Rest in Peace Mr. Fine HelenMcDermott
March 28, 2019
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March 28, 2019
Sally Colussy
To Mr. Fine's Family,
I want to acknowledge Mr.Fine's generous heart. He managed to open the door for a few Carnegie Museum staff members and I to find Manhattan hotel rooms during the ever-busy Christmas season. I would have never had the opportunity, or frankly the inclination, to stay at The Roosevelt, yet thought his sweet intervention, there I was, in a corner room with lovely views of NYC. I'll never forget it.
May your family reach peace. Your dad, husband and grandfather espoused his/your name--he was a 'fine' man.
With Sincere Condolences,
Sally Colussy
March 28, 2019
Conrad Ehrlich
My condolences to Sheila and the entire Fine family on Milton's death. May he Rest In Peace! May God comfort you at this time of grieving.
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