:Bennett S. LeBow

LeBow's father, Martin, was a life insurance salesman and his mother, Suara (née Weiss), was a teacher.[http://www.mysummit.org/Observer199203.pdf Summit Towers Condo Association Bulletin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051415/http://www.mysummit.org/Observer199203.pdf|date=2014-08-08}} March 1992[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/21/us/an-entrepreneur-s-high-stakes-move.html The New York Times: "An Entrepreneur's High-Stakes Move" By Glenn Collins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812173439/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/21/us/an-entrepreneur-s-high-stakes-move.html |date=August 12, 2016 }} March 21, 1997[http://articles.philly.com/2010-11-16/news/24953252_1_drexel-university-liggett-group-deals Philadelphia Inquirer: "Bennett S. LeBow, a longtime businessman, with a great love for Drexel, his alma mater" By Melissa Dribben] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810000453/http://articles.philly.com/2010-11-16/news/24953252_1_drexel-university-liggett-group-deals |date=August 10, 2016 }} November 16, 2010 He graduated from West Philadelphia High School, and in 1960 earned a degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University. LeBow then went on to graduate school at Princeton University. Before completing his degree, LeBow left Princeton and joined the army where he installed early data systems at the Pentagon.

LeBow's first foray into business occurred in the 1960s, when he started a computer company to continue his Pentagon project. LeBow sold the business in 1971, and became a full-time investor. In 1980, he founded the investment holding company Brooke Group Ltd.[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334272/Bennett-S-LeBow Britannica Online: "Bennett S. LeBow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627141452/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334272/Bennett-S-LeBow |date=June 27, 2014 }} retrieved October 25, 2015 LeBow went on to purchase many companies including Western Union, Information Displays, MAI Basic Four, Liggett Group, Brigham's Ice Cream,[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/business/turnaround-artist-bennett-s-lebow-collecting-wall-street-s-wallflowers.html The New York Times: "Turnaround Artist: Bennett S. LeBow; Collecting Wall Street's Wallflowers" By Barnaby J. Feder] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812180351/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/25/business/turnaround-artist-bennett-s-lebow-collecting-wall-street-s-wallflowers.html |date=August 12, 2016 }} September 25, 1988 and SkyBox International.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-10-fi-41125-story.html Los Angeles Times: "Other News"] March 10, 1995[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/22/business/liggett-to-change-its-focus-with-shift-from-cigarettes.html The New York Times: "Liggett to Change Its Focus With Shift From Cigarettes" by Anthony Ramirez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701202148/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/22/business/liggett-to-change-its-focus-with-shift-from-cigarettes.html |date=July 1, 2016 }} June 22, 1990 In 2000, Brooke Group Ltd. was renamed to Vector Group Ltd.

In 1984, LeBow completed the sale of Information Displays, which subsequently went bankrupt. The buyer sued LeBow and his partners for fraud and misrepresentation."Turnaround Artist: Bennett S. LeBow; Collecting Wall Street's Wallflowers", The New York Times, September 25, 1988 In 1986, he purchased the fifth-largest cigarette manufacturer in the United States, the Liggett Group, for $140 million.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016114734/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2001-05-06/lebow-turns-over-a-new-leaf "Lebow Turns Over a New Leaf"]. BusinessWeek. May 6, 2001. "LeBow, who is Jewish, even brought in a rabbi to say a prayer for the dead deal". In 1987, Liggett bought a majority stake in Western Union, which had a negative net worth of $200 million. The company, then renamed New Valley LLC, eventually filed for bankruptcy but was able to pay its bondholders in full via asset sales. Liggett later sold its remaining interest in Western Union Financial Services Inc for $1.2 billion, earning it a $300 million profit.[https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/03/24/bennett-lebow-flashy-financier-likes-to-be-in-control-rtc-setting-the-agenda-for-tobacco-industry/ Baltimore Sun: 'Bennett LeBow, flashy financier, 'likes to be in control' RTC Setting the agenda for tobacco industry"] March 24, 1996 In 1994, LeBow was sued by his shareholders, who claimed he had taken millions of dollars in improper loans; LeBow settled out of court."{{Cite magazine |last=Kadlec |first=Daniel |date=1997-03-31 |title=Populist Hero or Bottom Feeder? |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,986113,00.html |access-date=2023-11-19 |issn=0040-781X}} In 1995, he teamed up with corporate raider Carl Icahn to make a bid for RJR Nabisco.Border's New Chairman: Bad For Business? Sarah Weinman, Daily Finance, September 23, 2010. The bid was rejected by shareholders, who were skeptical due to LeBow's "dubious reputation as a manager."

In May 2010, after a $25 million investment, he became a member of the board of directors at Borders and was immediately elected chairman of the board, replacing Mick McGuire, who resigned.[http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/tobacco-executive-becomes-chairman-of-borders-group-inc-after-25-million-investment/ Ann Arbor News: "Tobacco executive, investor becomes chairman of Borders Group Inc. after $25 million deal" By Nathan Bomey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073626/http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/tobacco-executive-becomes-chairman-of-borders-group-inc-after-25-million-investment/ |date=March 4, 2016 }} May 21, 2010 In June 2010, LeBow became CEO of Borders Group Inc.[http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/borders-group-interim-ceo-mike-edwards-gets-permanent-job/ Ann Arbor News: "Tobacco executive Bennett LeBow takes control of Borders Group" By Nathan Bomey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111556/http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/borders-group-interim-ceo-mike-edwards-gets-permanent-job/ |date=March 4, 2016 }} June 3, 2010 In February 2011, Borders declared bankruptcy.[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703373404576147922340434998 The Wall Street Journal: "Bookseller Borders Begins a New Chapter...11" By Joseph Checkler and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128055906/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703373404576147922340434998 |date=November 28, 2016 }} February 17, 2011[https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/02/16/borders-bankruptcy-blow-to-bill-ackman-bennett-lebow/ The Wall Street Journal: "Borders Bankruptcy: Blow to Bill Ackman, Bennett LeBow" by Shira Ovide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721004921/http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/02/16/borders-bankruptcy-blow-to-bill-ackman-bennett-lebow/ |date=July 21, 2016 }} February 16, 2011

LeBow is chairman of the board of Vector Group, the holding company for Liggett Group, Vector Tobacco, New Valley LLC, and Douglas Elliman. He owns over 150,000 units of Vector stock, worth $7.5 million.{{Cite web |title=Vector Group Ltd. DEF 14A Mar. 12, 2018 4:44 PM |url=https://seekingalpha.com/filing/3933220 |access-date=2020-06-29 |website=Seeking Alpha |language=en |archive-date=November 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118081457/https://seekingalpha.com/filing/3933220 |url-status=live }}

LeBow purchased the Liggett Group for $140 million in 1986. In 1993, LeBow stated under sworn testimony that whether cigarettes cause cancer is irrelevant, since cigarettes are a legal product and people choose to use them.[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/06/business/on-cigarettes-health-and-lawyers.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times: "On Cigarettes, Health, and Lawyers" By Michael Janofsky] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308073926/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/06/business/on-cigarettes-health-and-lawyers.html?pagewanted=all |date=March 8, 2016 }} December 6, 1993 | citing the following deposition: Q. If I asked you, does smoking cause lung cancer... A. I don't know. Q. O.K., and you really don't care because you're selling a legal product? A. Correct. In 1996, while under his leadership, Liggett Group broke ranks with the rest of the US tobacco industry, including Philip Morris, Brown and Williamson, RJR Nabisco, Loews and Lorillard, when he announced that Liggett would settle the Medicaid tobacco suits brought by forty state attorneys general.[https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1998-05-10/bennett-lebow-cigarette-industry-break Bloomberg: "Bennett Lebow: Cigarette (Industry) Break"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307212450/http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/1998-05-10/bennett-lebow-cigarette-industry-break |date=March 7, 2016 }} May 10, 1998

Liggett had previously been accused of being illegally influenced by Philip Morris, which allegedly paid some of Liggett's legal bills in order to buy its cooperation in anti-tobacco lawsuits.[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/22/us/tobacco-company-paid-competitor-s-legal-bills.html "Tobacco Company Paid Competitors Legal Bills"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720230650/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/22/us/tobacco-company-paid-competitor-s-legal-bills.html |date=July 20, 2018 }}, The New York Times, July 22, 1997. LeBow stated that the reason for the settlement was to obtain immunity for Liggett from future liabilities and to prevent a future bankruptcy.[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/settlement/deal/people/lebow.html Inside the Tobacco Deal: Bennet LeBow Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305032258/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/settlement/deal/people/lebow.html |date=March 5, 2016 }} PBS Frontline The settlement entailed that Liggett agree to pay $1 million in damages; publicly announce that smoking is addictive and causes cancer; turn over long-secret tobacco industry documents; disclose ingredients in its cigarettes; and testify against the industry. Liggett was the first cigarette company to voluntarily put the label "Nicotine is Addictive" on their product.

LeBow was honored with a proclamation by Florida governor Lawton Chiles for his "invaluable assistance" in helping the state achieve its $11.3 billion settlement with the tobacco industry.[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Liggett%27s+Bennett+LeBow+Honored+by+Florida+Governor+Lawton+Chiles+and...-a019912633 Business Wire: "Liggett's Bennett LeBow Honored by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles and Attorney General Robert Butterworth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305145725/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Liggett%27s+Bennett+LeBow+Honored+by+Florida+Governor+Lawton+Chiles+and...-a019912633 |date=2016-03-05 }} October 21, 1997

According to court documents, Liggett, while under LeBow's leadership, "engage[d] in marketing tactics that appeal to youths, such as couponing, sampling, and 'buy one get one free' offers for its cigarettes, and advertise[d] in magazines with substantial youth readership."Deposition of Steven Shipe, United States v. Philip Morris, May 21, 2002, 86:22-87:13.

Through Vector Tobacco Inc., LeBow developed the nicotine-free cigarette Quest, a cigarette designed to aid in smoking cessation.Davis, Joshua. "[https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/smoking.html Come to LeBow Country] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408054901/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.02/smoking.html |date=April 8, 2023 }}" Wired, February 2003

In 2005, LeBow resigned from the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute Board of Trustees shortly after his appointment over discussions about the propriety of associating with the owner of a company which sells products that are known to cause cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/business/openers-suits-er-never-mind.html "Er, Never Mind"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118081455/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/business/openers-suits-er-never-mind.html |date=November 18, 2023 }}, The New York Times, March 13, 2005.

LeBow is a large supporter of his alma mater, Drexel University. In 1998, Drexel's College of Business and Administration was named the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business in his honor after LeBow made a $10 million donation to the university.{{cite web|year=1999 |url=http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/drexelink/story.asp?ID=279&vol=5&num=9 |title=Drexel Receives $10 Million Gift from Alumnus Bennett S. LeBow |publisher=Drexel University |accessdate=2007-10-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322163525/http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/drexelink/story.asp?ID=279&vol=5&num=9 |archivedate=2007-03-22 }} LeBow also endowed the Bennett S. LeBow Engineering Center, a facility that houses Drexel's College of Engineering. In November 2010, LeBow contributed $45 million for the construction of a new facility for the LeBow College of Business, the 12th largest gift to any US business school and the biggest ever to Drexel University.{{cite web| year =2010| url =http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20101116_Drexel_to_receive__45_million_gift_for_new_center_for_business_school.html?viewAll=y| title =Drexel to receive $45 million gift for new center for business school| publisher =The Philadelphia Inquirer| accessdate =2010-11-26}}[http://www.drexel.edu/alumni/docs/mag_fall_2004.pdf Drexel University Alumni Magazine: "A new gift from Bennett S. LeBow '60, Hon. '98 - Drexel's leading alumni benefactor adds to his legacy"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020024653/http://www.drexel.edu/alumni/docs/mag_fall_2004.pdf |date=October 20, 2011 }} Fall 2004 The new facility, which was finished in 2013, was named Gerri C. LeBow Hall in honor of LeBow's late wife Geraldine.{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=The Ledger |url=https://drexelmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/PDF/Drexel-Magazine_Fall-2016.pdf |website=Drexel University |access-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327031914/https://drexelmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/PDF/Drexel-Magazine_Fall-2016.pdf |url-status=live }} In 2011, LeBow was named the nation's 23rd largest charitable donor by The Chronicle of Philanthropy for donating more than $49 million to charitable causes.{{cite web| year =2011| url =http://philanthropy.com/article/philanthropy50/126152| title =No. 23: Bennett S. LeBow| work =The Chronicle of Philanthropy| accessdate =2011-02-27| archive-date =February 13, 2011| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110213030720/http://philanthropy.com/article/philanthropy50/126152/| url-status =live}}

From 1993 to 1996, LeBow and his wife Geraldine donated more than $65,000 to Democratic candidates. In 1995, LeBow invited Vadim Rabinovich to a Clinton–Gore fundraiser in Miami, though this did not become public knowledge until 1997. Rabinovich was alleged to have ties to Russian organized crime, with American journalist Robert I. Friedman describing Rabinovich as a "Ukrainian mob boss".{{Cite book |last=Friedman |first=Robert I. |url=https://archive.org/details/RedMafiyaHowTheRussianMobByRobertI.Friedman2000 |title=Red Mafiya: how the Russian mob has invaded America |date=2000 |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |isbn=978-0-316-29474-4 |edition=1st |location=Boston |publication-date=2000 |pages=268–269 |oclc=ocm43958545}} A spokesman for LeBow said that, at the time of the fundraiser, LeBow was unaware of Rabinovich's alleged ties to organized crime.{{Cite news |date=2024-02-27 |title=VISA REVOKED, UKRAINIAN STILL ATTENDED EVENT |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/12/19/visa-revoked-ukrainian-still-attended-event/61a731ab-3b4e-4220-8791-a3a1ae823be0/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310071811/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/12/19/visa-revoked-ukrainian-still-attended-event/61a731ab-3b4e-4220-8791-a3a1ae823be0/ |url-status=live }} Rabinovich said he did not donate money to the fundraiser.{{Cite news |last1=Frantz |first1=Douglas |last2=Bonner |first2=Raymond |date=1997-04-05 |title=A Cosmetics Heir's Joint Venture Is Tainted by Ukrainian's Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/05/world/a-cosmetics-heir-s-joint-venture-is-tainted-by-ukrainian-s-past.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006151820/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/05/world/a-cosmetics-heir-s-joint-venture-is-tainted-by-ukrainian-s-past.html? |url-status=live }} According to a spokesman for LeBow in 1997, LeBow's Brooke Group and Rabinovich were participating in the development of a business center and luxury hotel in Kyiv.[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/05/world/a-cosmetics-heir-s-joint-venture-is-tainted-by-ukrainian-s-past.html?pagewanted=all The New York Times: "A Cosmetics Heir's Joint Venture Is Tainted by Ukrainian's Past" by Douglas Frantz and Raymond Bonner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307095921/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/05/world/a-cosmetics-heir-s-joint-venture-is-tainted-by-ukrainian-s-past.html?pagewanted=all |date=March 7, 2017 }} April 5, 1997 In 2009, LeBow made a $10,000 campaign contribution to Manhattan District Attorney candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder, whose law firm – Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman – had represented the Liggett Group in smoking and health litigation since 1996.Leslie Crocker Snyder Accepts Tobacco Executive's Money, Daily News, August 25, 2009. According to CNN, LeBow was a "substantial donor" to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.{{Cite web |last=dos Santos |first=Nina |date=2019-02-21 |title=Senate investigators pursue Moscow-based former Trump associate |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/21/politics/senate-trump-russia-david-geovanis-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=CNN |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518222247/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/21/politics/senate-trump-russia-david-geovanis-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}

LeBow is Jewish. LeBow was first married to Geraldine Cosher[http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/news/college-mourns-death-of-gerri-lebow Drexel University news: "College Mourns Death of Gerri LeBow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812193114/http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/news/college-mourns-death-of-gerri-lebow |date=August 12, 2014 }} August 3, 2011 whom he met while they were college students (he was at Drexel and she attended Temple University).{{Cite web|url=https://www.metromba.com/2016/10/profile-drexel-universitys-bennett-s-lebow/|title=What's in a Name? Drexel University's Bennett S. LeBow|date=2016-10-11|website=MetroMBA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-28|archive-date=March 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301021943/https://www.metromba.com/2016/10/profile-drexel-universitys-bennett-s-lebow/|url-status=live}} They had two daughters. Geraldine died in 2011 after 52 years of marriage. Bennett subsequently married Jacqueline Finkelstein of JSF Capital.{{Cite web |last=Marino |first=Vivian |date=April 22, 2016 |title=On Park Avenue, Dizzying Views for $44.8 Million |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/realestate/on-park-avenue-dizzying-views-for-44-8-million.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823152053/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/realestate/on-park-avenue-dizzying-views-for-44-8-million.html |archive-date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Stefanos |date=2021-02-03 |title=The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/realestate/luxury-high-rise-432-park.html |website=New York Times}}

In 1989, Brooke Yachts International Ltd. (which LeBow bought for $4{{Nbsp}}million when the shipyard encountered financial issues) finished Lebow's $21 million yacht. The yacht, which was {{Convert|177|ft|m}} long, was considered one of the ten largest private yachts in 1993.{{Cite web |last=MCKEEL |first=STUART |date=1993-07-10 |title=LEBOW: THE MIDAS TOUCH THAT WASN'T |url=https://greensboro.com/lebow-the-midas-touch-that-wasnt/article_dcc17d8c-5c51-56d7-b0bd-49adb9cbca7d.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Greensboro News and Record |language=en |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329220441/https://greensboro.com/lebow-the-midas-touch-that-wasnt/article_dcc17d8c-5c51-56d7-b0bd-49adb9cbca7d.html |url-status=live }}

LeBow owned property on Fisher Island in Florida.{{Cite web |title=Island of Moguls Is Latest Front in Labor Battle |url=https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2007/02/01/island-moguls-is-latest-front/31184344007/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The Star Banner |language=en-US |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329221645/https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2007/02/01/island-moguls-is-latest-front/31184344007/ |url-status=live }} The penthouse, which was bought by Geraldine for $4.25{{Nbsp}}million in 1995, was sold in 2020 for $15{{Nbsp}}million.{{Cite web |last1=Prosser |first1=Gregory |last2=Kallergis |first2=Katherine |date=2020-08-07 |title=Wackenhut Scion Pays $15M for Fisher Island Condo |url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2020/08/07/wackenhut-scion-pays-15m-for-fisher-island-penthouse/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=The Real Deal |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Wackenhut heiress buys Fisher Island penthouse for $15M (photos) |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2020/08/07/wackenhut-heiress-buys-fisher-island-penthouse.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=South Florida Business Journal |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330191446/https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2020/08/07/wackenhut-heiress-buys-fisher-island-penthouse.html |url-status=live }} In 2016, LeBow bought an {{Convert|8000|sqft|m2|adj=on}}, five-bedroom unit on the 64th floor of 432 Park Avenue in New York City for $44.8{{Nbsp}}million.{{Cite news |last=Marino |first=Vivian |date=2016-04-22 |title=On Park Avenue, Dizzying Views for $44.8 Million |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/realestate/on-park-avenue-dizzying-views-for-44-8-million.html |access-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329214631/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/realestate/on-park-avenue-dizzying-views-for-44-8-million.html |url-status=live }}

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• "[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/30/business/lebow-appears-set-to-start-a-skirmish-for-rjr-nabisco.html LeBow Appears Set to Start A Skirmish for RJR Nabisco]" The New York Times, August 30, 1995.
• [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Oct_21/ai_19912633 Liggett's Bennett LeBow Honored by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles and Attorney General Robert Butterworth], Business Wire, October 21, 1997.

• [http://www.lebow.drexel.edu Drexel University's LeBow College of Business]

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