Background
Simons, Lawrence Brook was born on October 19, 1924 in New York City. Son of Harry A. and Marion B. (Brook) Simons.
Simons, Lawrence Brook was born on October 19, 1924 in New York City. Son of Harry A. and Marion B. (Brook) Simons.
Student, Duke U., 1941-1943, 46-47; Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1949.
Worked at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Housing and Urban Development Law, Taxation Law, Public Finance Law, Federal Agencies Law. Admitted to the bar, 1949, New New York 1985, District of Columbia.
Assistant Secretary for Housing/Federal Housing Administration Commissioner, 1977-1981.
Director, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC), 1981-1987. Trustee, Bayley Seton Hospital, Staten Island, New York, 1982-1990.
Member: National Housing Task Force, 1987-1988. Low Income Housing Preservation Commission, 1987-1988.
Advisory Council, Housing and Development Reporter, 1981.
Director: National Housing Trust, 1989. Center for Democracy, 1990. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association.
Trustee Bayley Seton Hospital, S.I., 1981-1990, NHP Foundation, Inc., since 1991. Chairman, Board Of Directors New York State Urban Development Corporation, 1975-1977, National Housing Conference, since 1981, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, 1981-1987. Member National Housing Task Force, 1988, National Housing Trust, since 1990.
Trustee Affordable Housing Foundation, 1990-1992, Center for Democracy, 1990-1996. President Center for Housing Policy, 1992-1996, board directors, since 1996. Commissioner Beaufort (South Carolina.) Housing Authority, since 1997, Affordable Housing Commission Hilton Head, South Carolina., since 1997.
WithU.S. Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, National Association Home Builders, Army Navy Chamber of Commerce, Sea Pines Country Club, Lambda Alpha.
Married Annalou Kadin, August 24, 1947. Children: Barbara Flexner, Kenneth.