Barton Kaufman

Barton Lowell Kaufman, a noted businessman and philanthropist, died in his Phoenix, Arizona, home on December 3, with his wife of 62 years, Judy Dorman Kaufman, at his side. "Bart" was born in 1941 in Shelbyville, Indiana, to Hortense and Nathan Kaufman. His sister Suellen Chesley Feck, predeceased him.
Bart graduated from the Indiana University School of Business, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in life insurance. He was a two-time All Big Ten baseball player finishing as the second leading hitter in the Big Ten in 1961. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, in 1965. In 2016, he was inducted into the Shelbyville High School Alumni Hall of Fame and a year later into the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association. Through his lifetime love of baseball and support of IU Athletics and its student athletes, IU Baseball's Bart Kaufman Field was named in his honor in 2012.
Numerous professional accomplishments include Bart's service as Chairman and CEO of Kaufman Financial Corporation based in Indianapolis. The company provides wealth transfer strategies to families throughout the U.S. He qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table shortly after the inception of Kaufman Financial Corp., and became a charter member of the Top of the Table, comprised of its leading members. He was one of sixteen men worldwide to have earned continuous qualification. Bart is listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
Bart was active in countless philanthropies, including the Indiana University Foundation, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Congregation Beth-El Zedeck. At Indiana University, he raised funds for the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center, the Bess Meshulam Simon Music Library and Recital Center, Simon Hall, and the Bren Simon Cancer Center.
Personally, Bart and Judy raised four children: Grant Kaufman (Earl Perlow), Wendy Kaufman (David Dingott), Emily Kaufman Frank (Donald Halpern), and Hannah Kaufman Joseph (Brent Joseph). The couple's 15 grandchildren include Miles Perlow Kaufman, Vivienne Perlow Kaufman, Justus Perlow Kaufman, and Jed Perlow Kaufman. Others include Levi Siegel (Cassandra), Rose Siegel, Sylvia Siegel, Claudia Siegel, Joshua Dingott, and Jeremy Dingott (Alisa Avigan). In addition, Molly Frank, Abby Frank, Nathan Frank, Oscar Joseph, and Judah Joseph. Recently, Bart and Judy were blessed with the birth of two great-grandchildren, Ari Siegel and Noa Dingott.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the following would be appreciated: IU Cancer Center, www.cancer.iu.edu/giving/index.html, and Hospice of the Valley (Phoenix, Ariz.), www.hov.org/donate/donate-now/.