Alan M. Leventhal

Leventhal was one of three children born to a Jewish family, the son of Muriel (née Guren) and Norman Leventhal.[https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/05/developer-and-philanthropist-norman-leventhal-shaped-boston-skyline-and-character/Do3FogyWOhfQyH63Y0xL2H/story.html Boston Globe: "Norman Leventhal at 97; enhancer of lives and landmarks" By Bryan Marquard] April 5, 2015 He received his bachelor's degree in economics from Northwestern University in 1974 and a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in 1976.{{cite web | url=http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/giving/donor-profiles/alan-leventhal | title=Alan Leventhal | work=Donor Profiles | publisher=Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College | accessdate=October 1, 2014 }} Leventhal was chairman of Boston University's board of trustees from 2003 to 2008,{{cite web | url=http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/honoring-alan-m-leventhal/ | title=Honoring Alan M. Leventhal | publisher=Boston University |author=Vicky Waltz | date=May 12, 2009 | accessdate=October 1, 2014 }} a trustee of Northwestern University and an overseer of the Tuck School of Business. He has served on the board of the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA),{{cite web |url=https://www.prea.org/about-prea/board/past-directors/ |title=Past Directors |author= |date= |website=Pension Real Estate Association |access-date=2019-05-30 }} the board of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation,{{cite web |url=https://news.mit.edu/2019/mit-norman-leventhal-city-prize-sparks-transformative-urban-design-approaches-0220 |title=Leventhal City Prize seeks to spark transformative urban design and planning approaches |author= |date=2019-02-20 |website=MIT News |access-date=2019-05-30 }} and the board of Friends of Post Office Square.{{cite web |url=https://www.high-profile.com/naiop-awards-leventhal/ |title=NAIOP Honors Alan Leventhal |author= |date=2015-08-24 |website=High-Profile |access-date=2019-05-30 }}

Leventhal has lectured at the Tuck School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} Leventhal was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Boston University on May 17, 2009.

On January 19, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Leventhal to become the United States Ambassador to Denmark.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-19|title=President Biden Announces Nominees for Ambassadors and Key Roles|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/19/president-biden-announces-nominees-for-ambassadors-and-key-roles/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=The White House|language=en-US}} Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 4, 2022. The committee favorably reported his nomination to the Senate floor on May 18, 2022.{{cite web |title=PN1694 - Nomination of Alan M. Leventhal for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/1694 |website=www.congress.gov |access-date=9 June 2022 |date=18 May 2022}}

On June 15, 2022, the full United States Senate voted to confirm Leventhal to be ambassador in a 63–32 vote.{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2022 |title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Alan M. Leventhal, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Denmark.) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00229.htm |access-date=June 16, 2022 |publisher=United States Senate |location=Washington, D.C.}} He presented his credentials to Queen Margrethe II on July 1, 2022.{{cite tweet |user=USAmbDenmark |first=Alan |last=Leventhal |number=1542843653680500743 |title=An honor and an absolute pleasure to present my credentials to H.M. Queen Margrethe II at Marselisborg Palace earlier today |access-date=2022-07-01}} His first official engagement was to speak at the 4th of July celebration in Rebild, 2022.

Leventhal and his wife, Sherry, are philanthropists,{{cite news | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2013/02/04/americorps-proves-its-worth-urban-classrooms/FunB1DXMAGTTS7hLq6DPyK/story.html | title=AmeriCorps proves its worth in urban classrooms | date=February 4, 2013 | newspaper=Boston Globe | accessdate=October 1, 2014 }} who operate the Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation.{{cite web | url=http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/26-3358768/sherry-alan-leventhal-family-foundation.aspx |title=Sherry and Alan Leventhal Family Foundation | accessdate=October 1, 2014 }} They made a $5 million donation to Boston University. Moreover, his family has given $10 million to the Boston Public Library for the creation of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center.{{cite journal | url=http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2011/01/03/bpl_charts_modern_course_for_its_maps/ | title=BPL Charts Modern Course for its Maps | website=Boston.com |date=January 3, 2011 | accessdate=October 1, 2014 }}

Leventhal was awarded the Realty Stock Review's "Outstanding CEO Award" for 1996 and 1997, and the Commercial Property News "Office Property Executive of the Year" for 1996. In 2004 he received Ernst & Young's New England Entrepreneur of the year award.{{cite web|title=Alan M Leventhal|url=http://beaconcapital.com/_uploads/people/seniorbio.php?id=5264&iframe=true&width=810&height=335|publisher=Beacon Capital|accessdate=14 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207041718/http://beaconcapital.com//_uploads/people/seniorbio.php?id=5264&iframe=true&width=810&height=335|archive-date=7 December 2015|url-status=dead}}

Leventhal has been married twice. His first wife was Carol (née Gant) Leventhal; they had three sons, Jeremy Nathaniel Leventhal, Alexander Leventhal, and Evan Levanthal.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=162637920 Boston Globe: "STEVEN N. GANT"] January 26, 2013[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/fashion/weddings/19scheinfeld.html?_r=0 New York Times: "Caroline Scheinfeld, Jeremy Leventhal"] April 19, 2015 Leventhal is married to Sherry Marcus, the daughter of Dr. Irwin Marcus;[http://www.newmanschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&tn=Fred!+The+Musical+Still+Inspires+After+40+Years&nid=649261&ptid=133165&sdb=False&pf=pgt&mode=0&vcm=False Isidore newman School: "Fred! The Musical Still Inspires After 40 Years"] December 23, 2012 they have two daughters and four sons in total.[http://www.bu.edu/campaign/donors/donor-stories/leventhal/ Boston University: "SHERRY LEVENTHAL (PARENT CAS’02, MED’07, ’09)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026121800/http://www.bu.edu/campaign/donors/donor-stories/leventhal/ |date=2019-10-26 }} retrieved May 18, 2015

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