Howard N. Lefkowitz

LEFKOWITZ--Howard N., 70, born and raised in Utica, NY, now of New York City and Great Barrington, MA, died on March 12 of multiple myeloma. Survived by wife Midge; daughter Sarah and husband Ted; son David and wife Laurie; grandchildren Alex, Zachary, Adam, Anna Kate, and Talia; brother Manny and sisters Betty and Elinor; many nieces and nephews, and by a wonderful extended Sitrin family. Howard graduated Cornell University where he met Midge. Served as an officer in the US Navy in the destroyer fleet at Newport, RI, and graduated from Columbia Law School, where he became an editor of the Law Review and a Kent Scholar. Howard practiced corporate and partnership law at Proskauer, Rose, Goetz and Mendelsohn (now Proskauer Rose) his entire career of over 40 years, retiring as a senior partner in 2005. He enjoyed active participation in the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the ABA Section of Business Law Parnership Committee, the Tri-Bar Opinion Committee, and the Private Investment Fund Forum. He insisted that his avid interest in, and consumption of fine wine did not hasten his demise. Funeral Wednesday, 12 noon, at Gramercy Chapel, 152 Second Ave. at 9th Street. Contributions to Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Ave, Norwalk, CT 08651, would be appreciated.