Paul Tishman

Paul Tishman
Born	1900
Died	1996 (aged 95–96)
Nationality	United States
Education	Harvard University
Occupation	Real estate developer
Spouse(s)	Ruth Worms
Children	Ellen Rosenthal Jean Harrison
Parent(s)	Julius Tishman
Family	Robert Tishman (nephew) John L. Tishman (nephew)

Paul Tishman (1900–1996) was a real-estate developer and a collector of African art. Paul Tishman was a member of the long established New York construction and real estate family whose independent development company did major projects in the New York area.

Tishman was born to a Jewish family in 1900, one of five sons of Julius Tishman. In 1921, he graduated from Harvard University. He also did graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University.

In 1924, Tishman joined the Tishman Realty and Construction Company which was founded by his father in 1898 where he rose to the rank of senior vice president and director. In 1949, he left Tishman Realty and formed his own construction company, Paul Tishman Inc. His company focused on urban renewal and the building of university, hospital, and government buildings. His firm was responsible for the construction of Washington Square Village (although the project was halted due after only two buildings were completed due to local opposition; it was eventually completed by New York University); the Student Art Center at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, the Ravenswood Houses in Astoria, Queens, and Concord Village in Brooklyn. Tishman retired in 1969.

Tishman served as a director of the Urban League, the Legal Aid Society, the New York League for the Hard of Hearing, and was a member of the visiting committee of the primitive art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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