Jerome Gumenick

GUMENICK, Jerome, a major real estate developer, and philanthropist, died September 30, 2014. He was 85. He was the son of the late Nathan Samuel Gumenick and Sophia Carpel Gumenick of Miami Beach. His sister, the late Harriet Gumenick Grandis, formerly of Richmond, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Gene Grayson; his children, Jeffrey H. Gumenick and his wife, Jennie Bell Gumenick of Richmond, and Randolph S. Gumenick of Miami Beach; seven grandchildren, Eleanor Blair Gumenick, Sarah Peyton Gumenick, Lillian Randolph Gumenick and Roland Theodore Brierre, all of Richmond; and Nathan Samuel Gumenick, Tucker Randoph Gumenick; and Sophia Tucker-Gumenick, all of Miami Beach. Mr. Gumenick was born in Richmond, Va., June 28, 1929. He attended Richmond schools and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. Following military service and graduation from the University of Miami in 1952, he joined his father in the real estate business. Mr. Gumenick was actively engaged in the operation of Gumenick Properties until retiring as Chairman. He played a major role in the expansion of this third-generation company, which continues to operate in Virginia and Florida. In addition to his business achievements, Mr. Gumenick made significant contributions to medical, educational, religious and cultural institutions in South Florida as well as in Virginia. Most notably, he supported Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, where the Nathan and Sophia Gumenick Ambulatory Care Center is located and the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, which bears his parents name at the Sophia and Nathan Gumenick Suites. Educational institutions also received gifts from Mr. Gumenick. In Virginia, he supported the University of Richmond, the College of William and Mary, and the Collegiate Schools. Support for his alma mater, the University of Miami, led to the naming of the Gumenick Lobby at the Richter Library. He also established the Jerome Gumenick Endowed Football Scholarship, which annually awards tuition for a deserving student athlete. Prior to his death, Mr. Gumenick established a charitable trust that enabled the creation of Gumenick Family Hall at the newly built Alumni Center on the Coral Gables campus. He was a member of the University's George E. Merrick Society and the President's Council, and was awarded nomination into the Iron Arrow Honor Society. The family's religious convictions were reflected in support of many causes, including the Gumenick Chapel at Temple Israel in Miami and the Gumenick Chapel at Temple Beth Ahabah in Richmond. The family also provided for the Senior Rabbinic Chair at the Beth Ahabah, where Mr. Gumenick was a past member of the Board of Managers. Mr. Gumenick also has been deeply involved in various projects in the Jewish community, including the Jewish Community Federation and Foundation of Richmond as well as the Jewish Federations of North America. There, he served in many leadership roles both locally and nationally. He was a major supporter of the JCC's in Miami Beach and Richmond. He also is a past board member of the Hebrew Union College. Symbolic of the family's commitment to peace and a better understanding of our world, the Gumenicks (Continued)... GUMENICK (Con't.) provided funds for the creation of the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gumenick and his parents hold the distinction...

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