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Turkel, Stanley Son of Nathan and Mollie (Kurtzman) Turkeltaub.
(The history of post-Civil War Reconstruction wasn't writt...)
The history of post-Civil War Reconstruction wasn't written by the winners. Congress forced Reconstruction on an unrepentant South steeped in resentment and hatred, where old attitudes still held sway, murder and depredations against freed slaves and sympathizers were rampant, and "black laws" swapped the physical bonds of slavery for legislative ones. During Reconstruction, talented black leaders rose to serve in Congress and in state and local governments. Blacks and whites struggled together to secure the rights of millions of freed slaves, now citizens, and to heal the wounds of a shattered nation. But Reconstruction was overthrown, victim of lingering antipathy and a smear campaign that fueled the end myth of a South ravaged by incompetents, scalawags and carpetbaggers. These biographical sketches profile 16 diverse men and women whose Reconstruction efforts should not be overlooked. They range from Blanche Kelso Bruce--a freed slave who became the first African American to serve a full term in and preside over the Senate, and to have his signature appear on the nation's currency--to James Longstreet, one of the Confederacy's greatest generals, branded a traitor to the lost cause and slandered as the goat of Gettysburg after he championed equal voting rights.
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During the thirty years prior to the Civil War, Americans built hotels larger and more ostentatious than any in the rest of the world. These hotels were inextricably intertwined with American culture and customs but were accessible to average citizens. As Jefferson Williamson wrote in "The American Hotel" ( Knopf 1930), hotels were perhaps "the most distinctively American of all our institutions for they were nourished and brought to flower solely in American soil and borrowed practically nothing from abroad". Development of hotels was stimulated by the confluence of travel, tourism and transportation. In 1869, the transcontinental railroad engendered hotels by Henry Flagler, Fred Harvey, George Pullman and Henry Plant. The Lincoln Highway and the Interstate Highway System triggered hotel development by Carl Fisher, Ellsworth Statler, Kemmons Wilson and Howard Johnson. The airplane stimulated Juan Trippe, John Bowman, Conrad Hilton, Ernest Henderson, A.M. Sonnabend and John Hammons.. My research into the lives of these great hoteliers reveals that none of them grew up in the hospitality business but became successful through their intense on-the- job experiences. My investigation has uncovered remarkable and startling true stories about these pioneers, some of whom are well-known and others who are lost in the dustbin of history.
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Turkel, Stanley Son of Nathan and Mollie (Kurtzman) Turkeltaub.
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1957.
Laundry consultant Victor Kramer Company Incorporated, New York York City, 1957—1962. With special hotel services Loews Hotel Corporation, 1962-1963. Research manager Americana Hotel, 1963-1964.
General manager Drake Hotel, 1964-1966, Summit Hotel, New York City, 1966-1967. Product line manager hotels ITT, 1968—1975. Owner Stanley Turkel Company, Hotel Consultant, Kew Gardens Hills, New York, since 1976.
Emeritus member, board advisors New York University Center Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management.
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Emeritus master hotel supplier American Hotel and Lodging Association. Member of International Society Hospitality Consultant (certified).
Married Barbara Bell (div. April 1971); children: Marc Alexander, Allison Lee. Married Rima Sokoloff.
Stepchildren: Joshua Bernard Forrest, Benay Debra Forrest.