Lehman, Robert (1892-1969)

Person

Dates

Existence: 1892 - 1969

Biography

Robert Owen Lehman, Sr.; born September 29, 1891 in New York City; died August 9, 1969; banker, head of Lehman Brothers for decades and a notable race-horse owner, and important art-collector and philanthropist. Robert Lehman guided his company through the perils of the stock-market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression of the 1930s. Post-war, he grew the company substantially, expanding to Paris, France to meet the financial needs of his clients with international operations. In the process, he made himself one of the wealthiest people in the United States. After his death in 1969, the Robert Lehman Foundation donated close to 3,000 works of art to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; housed in the Robert Lehman Wing, which opened to the public in 1975

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Lehman Brothers records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Mss:783 1868-1986 L523

Overview:

The collection contains administrative records of the investment banking firm Lehman Brothers and of Kuhn, Loeb & Company, another firm that merged with Lehman in 1977. Also includes the papers of numerous Lehman Brothers and Kuhn, Loeb & Company executives and their families.