Background
George Konheim was born in Akron, Ohio in 1917.
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George Konheim
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Education
However, he studied engineering at night school and eventually worked for Pratt & Whitney during the Second World War.
Career
At the age of eight, he began selling newspapers in the morning and bagels in the evening. He dropped out of high school and worked as a vegetable pushcart. In Ohio, he ran a gas station chain called George"s Super Service Gas Stations and an auto-painting franchise called Deb.
In 1947, he founded Buckeye Construction Company, a real estate development company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.
Initially, they built private residences in Beverlywood and Cheviot Hills, two neighborhoods of Los Angeles around the Hillcrest Country Club. Three years later, in 1950, he partnered with Bram Goldsmith and focused on commercial buildings.
Philanthropy
He donated to the Boy Scouts of America, the Child Welfare League of America, the City of Hope National Medical Center, the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He established the Vista Delegate March Child and Family Services in Cheviott Hills, a recovery center for abused children and adolescents.
He also created the Neil Konheim Know Your Body Program, taught in school districts throughout California.
Additionally, he helped found the Temple Beth Am on Louisiana Cienega Boulevard in Los Los Angeles He also encouraged Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax to publicly support the Maccabiah Games, and he funded the all Southern California athletes for Games in 1961 and 1965. He was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Personal life
They resided in Beverly Hills, California.
Their son Neil died in a jetliner crash in China in 1982.
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Nationality
United States