But Gwendolyn sometimes took pains to tell friends that she herself was not Jewish. He resigned seven years later to form Cafritz Enterprises. Devoted father to Laurence (Sherri) Cafritz and Jodi (Mark Bronsky) Cafr And Gwendolyn's estate is not, in the end, the only -- or even the main thing -- at stake. The Cafritz Foundation is also a longtime supporter of GWs Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service. Obituary | Betty Colvin of Warren, Arkansas | Frazer's Funeral Home "Lots of times she could drink and she knew exactly what she was doing. In the 1400 block of Spring Road NW is a row of seven almost identical walk-up apartment buildings. The Meyer Foundation is sad to learn of the passing of Calvin Cafritz, a Washington-area developer and one of the region's leading philanthropists. And he still fights his battles with a surprising intensity, rarely bothering with the shake-hands-and-forget-it bonhomie common in Washington business. Calvin Cafritz and the Cafritz Foundation have been part of the GW Honey Nashman Center from its earliest roots in the Office of Community Service and the Neighbors Project in the 1990s through to the present, said Amy Cohen, executive director of the center. . "The decanter always had to be full," Dowling says. But he reached outside that circle when he finally married. [2] He is buried in the Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Philanthropy [ edit] Site design by, D.C. developer and head of the Cafritz Foundation. Peggy, the product of a well-to-do black family from Mobile, Ala., has worked especially at promoting arts in the black community: She almost single-handedly founded the Duke Ellington School for the Arts and was Marion Barry's first chairman of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. "The boys used to make a joke of their mother. Another asks the bank to produce "all documents relating to purchase or provision of wine, champagne, or liquor on behalf of or for Gwendolyn Cafritz or for delivery to or consumption at 2301 Foxhall Road. Conrad and Carter Cafritz are pursuing this stake in two ways: One is a lawsuit naming all her beneficiaries and her executors -- William P. Rogers, Martin Atlas and Riggs National Bank. Kateryna Pyatybratova directs the centers Cafritz Awards program. Several friends read this changeability as part of a larger ambivalence about whether he wants to be an insider or a maverick, heir to a famous tradition or the rebel who subverts it. Perhaps the most remarkable member of this third generation is his daughter Julia, who dropped out of Brown University four years ago with a classmate to found a band named Pussy Galore. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Age: 91 years old Also known as: Mr Calvin Cafritz, Calvin Cafritz View Full Report Mobile number ADS View Current Number Landline number (202) 223-3100 Email addresses ccafritz@cafritzfoundation.org Relatives Calvin Cafritz Jane Cafritz Current address 1642 29th St NW, Washington, DC, 20007-2901 See more results for Calvin Cafritz Between 1925 and 1941, Cafritz built more than 85 apartment houses, including 15 large luxury buildings, such as the Majestic and the Hightowers on 16th Street NW and the Westchester on Cathedral Avenue NW. The only thing worse might be to watch deals go on without him: Along with becoming chairman of the foundation, Calvin Cafritz has taken the helm of the old Cafritz Co., andis reportedly trying to bring it tonew life. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation in December 1988 and since February 1989 had served as Board Chairman. Cafritz exemplified what it means to be an inspirational leader and a great human being, said Pyatybratova. About - The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Washington, DC 20006. But he believes her drinking was a source of family discord. She appears every week on the WETA-TV arts show "Around Town." Mr. Cafritz has been an exemplary advocate for excellence in government and nonprofits in D.C., and the foundation has been a force for community self-efficacy. recalls Raymond Carter, a former vice president of the Cafritz Co. "He always had a new job going. He was "greatly respected and liked, even in an antisemitic society," recalls Dixon. And it is over the foundation, established to memorialize the name and works of the Cafritz family, that the Cafritz family is now at war. "That black sense of humor asserts itself, or he'll do something outrageous." Late last year, Calvins wife Jane was elected to succeed her husband as the foundations president and CEO and he was named chairman emeritus. Mild, self-effacing, decorous, humble, and unfailingly courteous, Mr. Cafritz led by example and always with a smile. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Calvin Cafritz please visit our,

An obituary is not available at this time for Calvin Cafritz. She is survived by her daughter Jane Cafritz (Calvin) of Washington, DC, five grandchildren: James Speyer, Irina Rubenstein and . But the fourth square in the plot remains empty; Gwendolyn Cafritz was memorialized in a Presbyterian church and had herself buried far north in Rockville's Parklawn Cemetery, among strangers. They keep china and glassware sufficient to serve hundreds. She was multilingual and had studied art history at the University of Budapest. To Martin Atlas, she left $50,000 and a Chagall painting. "Watch Washington Grow to One Million," he urged in newspaper ads of the '40s, a slogan he changed to "Watch Washington Grow to Two Million" after the 1950 census counted more than 1.4 million in the metropolitan area. There are no events at this time. The longtime GW supporter had a unique relationship with the university and the city of Washington, D.C. Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service, GW is committed to digital accessibility. It is a jolting reminder that Peggy and Conrad, a black woman married to a white Jewish millionaire in a racially divided city, represent a fascinating reshuffling of the social deck that produced the polarized marriage of Morris and Gwendolyn. At seated dinners for 22, she entertained ambassadors and justices, senators and Cabinet secretaries. In 2021 alone, the foundation awarded some 430 grants to 413 nonprofits. All three sons were rumored to have difficult relationships with their mother, and it was rare to find them together, bearing in unison the family standard. She had not given a party for eight years, and even then, she had been memorializing the past; the real tradition, the old wine being decanted on this lambent June evening, had been decades in storage. . There are no events scheduled. Calvin, 58, who finds himself a defendant in this lawsuit, is usually described as gentlemanly, methodical and reserved. The singers belonged to the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists Program (YAP), one of the opera world's most prestigious breeding grounds for the next generation of Pavarottis and Renee . Read more on bizjournals.com. Gwen Cafritz and her chief rival, Perle Mesta, were in fact the first of a new breed -- celebrity hostesses who openly courted the press and saw no shame in self-promotion. Cafritz Calvin Cafritz Washington developer and one of the region's leading philanthropists, died Thursday morning, January 12, 2023, at Sibley Memorial Hospital, in Washington, DC. In Memoriam: Calvin Cafritz. He was 91. "I think it has the clean linear design of a Botticelli, and the elegance of an English portrait," she burbles, in her faintly accented great-lady voice, "and that's the way I would like my children to remember me. Calvin Cafritz Rockville, Maryland March 29, 1931 - January 12, 2023 Share Obituary: Tribute Wall Obituary & Events Share a memory Send Flowers Share a memory of Calvin Cafritz. Ymelda Dixon, who covered many of her parties for the Evening Star, recalls, "They were great parties, because she had the means and the imagination. He's truly out to make a big impact on the city, I think. (Conrad and Peggy were both involved in Barry's first election campaign, and Peggy is the godmother of Barry's son, Christopher.) Vidal wrote, "Irene's evening dress was much too vivid, too personal, too fashionable for the calculated dowdiness" of a dinner in old-line Washington. In Remembrance. Throughout his career he was recognized not only for his natural intuitive insight but also for his in-depth study and acute analysis of every possibility for investment in real estate. "He's part of a legendary family, and he's the only one who seems interested in keeping up the legend," says one friend. 'Their Financial Needs Are Adequately Provided For'. While he was head of the foundation, Cafritz distributed grants to places like The National Gallery of Art, Washington National Opera and The Kennedy Center. But almost no one seems to doubt that Conrad is the main force behind it. Giving to charity is a meaningful way to honor someone who has died. The most famous of these was the Cafritz Building, at 1625 I; ballyhooed in 1950 as the first "park-at-your-desk" building, it had ramps rising 10 stories at the building's core. He also has three children, five grandchildren and three stepchildren. There is, for example, the very palpable legacy of real estate developed by Morris Cafritz, including several lots and office buildings downtown. He had emigrated from Russia as a boy with his family, which stopped briefly in New York before settling down to run a grocery store at 24th and P streets NW. ", While she cultivated the mighty, Morris looked closer to home, helping to found the Washington Community Chest, becoming an activist in local Jewish groups. The holdings in downtown Washington include buildings in the 1700 and 1800 blocks of K Street and a parking lot at 12th and K; buildings in the 1300 and 1600 blocks of L Street; property in the 1600, 1700 and 1800 blocks of I Street. Calvin Cafritz, D.C. developer and head of the Cafritz Foundation, dies Once grown, the sons established limited, perfunctory contacts with their mother. These two, according to the complaint by Carter and Conrad Cafritz, "exerted undue influence" in Gwendolyn's decision to leave her entire estate to the foundation, of which they are both trustees. At the least, then, Gwendolyn's will disposes of more than $140 million. Today, Calvin is foundation chairman. As he stood by her chair, he could name at a glance quite a few of the guests -- Chief Justice and Mrs. Warren Burger . In 2001, the Cafritz Foundation gave $1 million toward the Cafritz Conference Center in the University Student Center. After their marriage in 1981, Conrad and Peggy bought Sen. Stuart Symington's house in the Foxhall Road area, studied it for a while, then tore it down to build a new house. In Washington, D.C., when Irene Bloch's husband dies, a character says, "We should build him a monument, and dedicate it to the Unknown Husband. "Carter, he always did what the other two did," says Casey. He too has denied the sons' allegations in his formal answer to their complaint. There are also real estate assets at Arlingtons 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, which is the former home of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. An old friend remembers a Fourth of July party at which one or more of the boys stood in a window above the path that led indoors from the pool to the cocktail area, throwing firecrackers down onto the guests. Finally, there is an emotional legacy to be earned -- or perhaps shed. Small wonder that, as he approached his forties unmarried, he was one of the most eligible bachelors within the small, closed circle of Washington's Jewish society. He was an excellent listener and always got both the big picture and important details by asking insightful questions. He was 91 years of. In high school, for example, Conrad stood out even among his privileged classmates at St. Albans. Upon Morris Cafritz's death in 1964, he became president of the Cafritz Co.; and in the first will Gwendolyn wrote, in 1969, which included all three sons, she made Calvin an executor and left him the Foxhall Road house. She carried her isolation to her grave. Remembering Calvin Cafritz - The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation "He's creative, he's smart, also ambitious, like his father. 2 SONS CONTEST $84 MILLION CAFRITZ WILL - The Washington Post The foundation is Washington's largest source of private funds earmarked exclusively for local projects, large enough to give the person who controls it a potentially shaping influence on the city. CALVIN FRITZ OBITUARY Wyoming - Calvin "Roger" Fritz, 69, of Wyoming, passed away at 5:29 p.m. Friday, December 24, 2021 at his home. ", The Cafritzes slept in separate bedrooms, Morris rising at dawn to get to the office. "There were moments when you wanted to go around and have everybody wear not just a name tag, but a bio,"says their good friend Margaret Lenzner. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? Calvin Cafritz, D.C. developer and head of the Cafritz Foundation, dies Baron and Baroness Constantine Stackelberg . At the heart of the lawsuit is a quest to gain at least partial control over the whole empire of which Gwendolyn's estate is an integral piece, over the whole legacy that Morris Cafritz created. Here, beyond the threshold, was the stunning circular entrance hall, dramatic enough to live up to the woman who once swept down the stairs to greet her guests. In 2021 alone some 430 grants were given to 413 nonprofits of all sizes, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Washington National Opera (through the Cafritz Young Artists of Washington National Opera program), the Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Art, and countless colleges, universities,and schools throughout the DC area. At the time the lawsuit was filed, family sources told The Washington Post that the marital trust was worth $84 million. His mother, Gwendolyn, one of Washington's leading hostesses in the post-World War II years, was President of the Foundation from 1964 to 1988. Calvin, Carter and Conrad, all of Washington, and 13 grandchildren. D.C. developer, businessman and philanthropist Calvin Cafritz, the eldest son of real estate icon Morris Cafritz and his wife Gwendolyn, died Thursday at Sibley Memorial Hospital. It charges that Rogers and Atlas "exerted undue influence" on her decision to leave all her money to the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, and that Gwendolyn herself "lacked testamentary capacity," meaning that she was incapable of writing her will. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. CAFRITZ SONS WIN ESTATE CHALLENGE - The Washington Post I just make speeches.". "I make no other provision in this will for the benefit of my children," it states, "as their financial needs are adequately provided for" by the old agreement giving them $7 million each. Operating under his own banner, Calvin Cafritz Enterprises, he has built both residential and commercial buildings in D.C. and Virginia. Echovita offers a solidarity program that gives back the funds generated to families. That's why her final victory rather delighted me. Perhaps one day Calvin, or Conrad, or some Cafritz now unknown, will find a way to bring together the opposite forms of ambition that thrived in this house, and give a second start to the dynasty that never was. Most of the band's song titles are too profane for citation in mainstream reviews (or newspaper magazines such as this); one, a song that would surely have outraged the vocalist/guitarist's grandparents, is titled "You Look Like a Jew.". Through his dedication to the Foundation and his beloved Washington, DC community, Mr. Cafritz was deeply committed to building a more just and beautiful region with access to opportunities for all. ", She gave only two parties in the last 15 years of her life -- one in 1978, her first in five years, and the final party in 1986. Calvin Cafritz, D.C. developer and head of the Cafritz Foundation, dies at 91. bizjournals.com - Michael Neibauer 20h. The Cafritz Foundation was one of the biggest in the D.C. area, with over $400 million in assets and around $65 million in annual revenue and expenses, according to The Washington Business Journal. To those who thronged to the parties, the children were rarely in evidence. Calvin Cafritz, D.C. developer, businessman and philanthropist has died Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz were oil and water, a marriage forged out of surprisingly dissonant elements. And to the publicity-loathing cave dwellers, the Georgetown hostesses who were society leaders by birth, Gwendolyn's so-visible efforts made her a figure of fun. In 1971, Mr. Cafritz resigned to form Calvin Cafritz Enterprises, with investments in aviation, communications, and Washington area real estate. We welcome you to provide your thoughts and memories on our Tribute Wall. He is also survived by his brother Conrad Cafritz, chairman and CEO of Cafritz Interests, a real estate company. "Getting along with her," says one developer who knows the family, "was something none of them ever mastered. Yet he uncomplainingly supported all of Gwendolyn's efforts, and was said to adore his colorful bride. Mr. Cafritz is also survived by his brother Conrad Cafritz. One possible reason for that -- and for any bitterness that might motivate the lawsuit -- is suggested by the suit's underlying argument: "For many years, beginning at a time not precisely known to plaintiffs, but at least by the time of the death of the late Morris Cafritz, the Decedent began suffering from a number of conditions that resulted in physical and mental debilitation," reads the complaint. Was believed to be 102. But almost no one noticed what seemed apparent to Gore Vidal, in brief glimpses of her during the '60s: "Toward the end {of the decade}, she was always drunk whenever I saw her. He left it as follows: Half to the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. Influence over the city's future -- no doubt. Named in the lawsuit, besides Calvin, is everyone to whom Gwendolyn Cafritz made a bequest, including her former servants and grandchildren, two nephews and an old escort. And by 1970, arts and humanities took the largest share of the funding. Philanthropic 50: Calvin and Jane Cafritz: They Sing For More Than ON JUNE 10, 1986, GWENDOLYN D. CAFRITZ GAVE HER LAST PARTY. Rachel was a daughter of the late Abraham and Chierney Yarowsky. . Carter appears something of a cipher even to old family associates. She was forever trying to tell me some long story I could never make head or tail of. In any case, he was at least 20 years older than his bride when they married in 1929. Rachel M. Ratowsky, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Conrad has six children -- three adopted sons, who were Jennifer's by a first marriage; two daughters with Jennifer; and, with Peggy, 5-year-old Zachary. The foundation's board of trustees consisted of Gwendolyn Cafritz and the two men who would become her executors -- Atlas and William P. Rogers, her attorney. At the same time, he and Tompkins had the foresight to buy the land now known as Pentagon City. . The George Washington University community is remembering the life of Calvin Cafritz, a businessman, philanthropist and longtime supporter of GW. With such a ruling, the trust would pass to the three sons, as outlined in Morris's will. With that philosophy he built a substantial reputation for philanthropy. Recognizably brothers, the youngest of them nearing his fifties, they were a striking presence at the party. Click here for full story from WTOP and the Washington Business Journal. Calvin Cafritz, their eldest son, became Board Chairman in 1989 and in 1993, he was elected President and CEO of the Foundation. Marvin Katz was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Dr. Donald LaVerne Katz and Lila Maxine Katz on December 12, 1935. Unless you are experienced as an estate executor, you probably should hire an attorney. All rights reserved. For the sons of Gwendolyn Cafritz, to accept her last will and testament would be to allow her, in more than one sense, the last word. Cafritzs grace, elegance, discernment, desire for excellence and commitment to making the most of every day and every situation will continue to inspire and motivate all who knew and loved him, his obituary reads. Calvin Cafritz Rockville, Maryland March 29, 1931 - January 12, 2023 Share Obituary: Tribute Wall Obituary & Events Share a memory Send Flowers Obituary An obituary is not available at this time for Calvin Cafritz. It asks the court to rule that under Morris's will, which gave Gwendolyn the right to leave the trust to "such person or persons" as she wished, the foundation -- technically a corporation -- could not qualify to receive the trust. David Kessler's top 4 tips for dealing with holiday grief. Its annual reports list a fairly traditional, staid set of beneficiaries, and its grants are studied by an advisory board heavily weighted toward the kind of high-profile, high-society arts philanthropy that Gwendolyn favored: Among the members are National Gallery of Art Director J. Carter Brown, retired Smithsonian secretary S. Dillon Ripley and retired librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin, as well Carolyn Deaver, wife of former White House deputy chief of staff Michael K. Deaver, and a social friend of Gwendolyn's, Mrs. Tazewell Shepard. He will always be remembered and loved by our team and the thousands of people whose lives he touched for his humility, kindness and willingness to go above and beyond in service of our great city and community.. Calvin Cafritz Washington developer and one of the region's leading philanthropists, died Thursday morning, January 12, 2023, at Sibley Memorial Hospital, in Washington, DC. All of their lives, the Cafritz boys have been aware of their status as the sons of Morris and Gwendolyn. Grief researchers say holding that missing funeral service, even a year or more later, can still help us heal. To Calvin Cafritz, she left the symbolic role of family chief, Morris Cafritz'ssuccessor in a world of primogeniture. Mr. Cafritz began his career with Cafritz Construction Company in 1947. In addition to his loving family, he leaves behind a long-time member of the family household, Lilian Punzalan, and countless admiring friends. Add a photo or a video She was born January 30, 1936 in Kennett, MO to the late David Richard Roberts and Betty Burbank Roberts. Services Guestbook Condolences. Calvin Cafritz Obituary ", As is often true when the secretive disease of alcoholism is combined with the see-no-evil sociability of Washington, Gwendolyn's problem was rarely recognized. Aubinoe and Edwards also designed the Cafritzes' dramatic house on Foxhall Road. When the Duke and Duchess of Windsor came and danced downstairs in "the Club," with the dance floor lighted from below. Conrad's strategy has been diversity. . All rights reserved. Echovita Inc is a registered trademark. Despite leaving a fragmented recording history, both as a singer and guitarist, Frazier was an associate of Robert Johnson, and recorded alongside Johnny Shines, Sampson Pittman, T.J. Fowler, Alberta Adams, Jimmy Milner, Baby Boy Warren, Boogie Woogie . The same plain white damask draped the table, with plain white damask napkins tied around settings of her heavy Georg Jensen flatware. In 1971, he resigned from the company amid reports of conflict with his mother, and by the time she wrote a 1977 will, all three sons, including Calvin, had been dealt out of any inheritance. The house on Foxhall Road, completed in 1938, was explicitly designed to fulfill that ambition. Washington, DC 20007 In relation to real estate, Calvin Cafritz dove deep into area projects over the years like the Riverdale Park Station in Prince Georges County as well as developments at 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW and 1725 I St. NW. But they also sort of outraged people." Obituary. D.C. developer, businessman and philanthropist Calvin Cafritz, the eldest son of real estate icon Morris Cafritz and his wife Gwendolyn, died Thursday at Sibley Memorial Hospital. It is a secretive organization: The foundation would answer no questions for this article. She also made bequests of $100,000 each to 10 of her 13 grandchildren -- excluding the children Conrad adopted, to whom he has remained a committed father. In Memoriam: Calvin Cafritz | GW Today | The George Washington University He was preceded in death by his brother Carter Cafritz. Here, still, was the art moderne house, nearly as startling in 1986 as it had been when Morris Cafritz built it for his young family almost 50 years earlier. In the last half-century, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation has awarded more than $507 million in grants. He began with houses, ultimately building about 10,000 homes in the Washington area. To slip out of the speedy traffic on Foxhall Road into the half-circle driveway was to slip back in time. If you could walk around to the back, you might look out at the famous view; and you might almost see as far as Southeast D.C., where Morris lies with his in-laws, still waiting. Calvins father Morris built the now-demolished Ambassador Hotel at 14th and K Streets NW, homes next to the National Arboretum, the Greenwich Forest neighborhood in Bethesda and several office buildings downtown. Gwendolyn Cafritz, 78, Washington Hostess - The New York Times Today he shares office space and support staff with Conrad's growing interests, but for the most part pursues his own deals. "Very sort of philosophic, sort of honorable." January 2023 - Page 189 - obituaries death He is also survived by his three children, Elliot Cafritz (Lauren), Anthony Cafritz (Pearl), and Elizabeth Peltekian(Viken); five grandchildren, Sam, Alexander, Seb, Aram, and Van; three stepchildren, Olivia Rubenstein, Irina Rubenstein, and James Speyer; and two step-grandchildren Evan and MJSpeyer. In plain English, Gwendolyn Cafritz's two younger sons are contending in court that their mother was too feebleminded to write her will; document requests filed in court suggest they may try to prove she was incapacitated by alcoholism. Marvin LaVerne Katz, 83, of Dallas, Texas, passed away on November 22, 2019 in Dallas. And other times she didn't. Md.-based government contractor relocates headquarters to Fairfax Co. Montgomery County, MD Files Lawsuit Against McKinsey and Company, Inc. for Companys Role in Creating Opioid Epidemic, GSA Seeks Commercial Procurement Data Solution. Calvin H. Frazier (February 16, 1915 - September 23, 1972) was an American Detroit blues and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

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