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Pomerantz, John (1933-)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1933-

Biography

John J. Pomerantz, president of JJP Advisory, LLC, is former chairman and chief executive officer of Leslie Fay Company, Inc., a manufacturer of women's fashions. Pomerantz retired in 2000 after more than four decades with the company. Pomerantz joined Leslie Fay in 1955, became president in 1971 and chairman and CEO in 1980. At the 2002 American Image Awards, the fashion retailing world honored him for nearly three decades at the helm of one of the country's oldest dressmakers. Pomerantz is a trustee emeritus of FIT, and was a director of its foundation from 1976 to 2010, serving more than ten years as chairman. In 1984, Pomerantz and his wife, Laura, donated $1 million to help launch FIT's $5 million development campaign. In recognition, FIT named its Art and Design Center in honor of his father, Fred P. Pomerantz, founder of Leslie Fay. Pomerantz is a founder and supporter of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and serves on its board of overseers. He supports the arts and is involved in community service, including the Boy Scouts, where he was past chairman of the Greater New York Council. He sits on the executive board of City Meals-on-Wheels. Other board memberships include UJA Federation of New York, Fashion Delivers, and Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation. Pomerantz graduated from Admiral Farragut Naval Academy in 1951, and earned his BA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Pomerantz family includes Johns wife Laura, daughters Andrea Pomerantz Lustig and her husband Mathew, Susie Davis and her husband Kevin, and Marnie Pomerantz MacLean and her husband, Neil. He has five grandchildren, Anna, Michael and James Lustig, and Chelsea and Zachary Davis.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Commencement programs, May 27, 1988-June 2, 1989, 1988 May 27-1989 June 2

 folder
Identifier: SC.FITA.5.2.6.1.4D
Scope and Contents

This folder contains five commencement programs, one for each year, from May 27, 1988 and June 2, 1989, plus three additional copies.

Jeffrey Banks, Trustee, FIT, President, Jeffrey Banks, Ltd., gave the commencement address for May 27, 1988.

John J. Pomerantz, Trustee, FIT, Chairman and CEO, The Leslie Fay Companies, Inc., gave the commencement address for June 2, 1989.

Dates: 1988 May 27-1989 June 2

Eve Pollack interview, 1995 March 6, 1995 March 6

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.21
Scope and Contents Chair of the Marketing Department at the time of this interview, Eve Pollack explains the educational and professional trajectories that led her to a position at FIT in 1978. As her father was a textile converter, Eve found a career in buying haute couture to be a natural fit. She worked in the financial sector as well before being offered an adjunct position teaching a class called “Introduction to the Fashion Business,” at FIT. Pollack discusses the changes she has witnessed in both the...
Dates: 1995 March 6

Fred Pomerantz interview, 1981 October 29 and November 5, 1981 October 29 and November 5

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.8
Scope and Contents Fred Pomerantz, long-time CEO and founder of Leslie Faye, discusses his start in the ready-to-wear business at age 10. Although he was briefly fired for insubordination, by age 18 he was running all of M.B. Kaufman. He then went into business with his brother, Michael. Pomerantz Brothers sold fur coats, and Fred talks colorfully of his sales methods. After enlisting as a teen during World War I, Fred attended a training camp. He talks about being the only Jewish person there and how, after...
Dates: 1981 October 29 and November 5

John Pomerantz interview, 1981 November 11 & 1982 March 3, 1981 November 11, 1982 March 3

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.5
Scope and Contents From the sub-sub-sub-series:

The Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries began informally in the late 1970s, and was officially funded by a grant from the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries beginning in 1981. The project was guided by an industry advisory committee chaired by Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., and was largely guided by then director of the Gladys Marcus Library at FIT, John Touhey.

Dates: 1981 November 11, 1982 March 3

John Pomerantz interview, 2017 April 19, 2017 April 19

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.7
Scope and Contents In this interview conducted on April 19, 2017, John Pomerantz is interviewed from the offices of the Doneger Group by Alex Joseph, Manager Editor of FIT’s Hue Magazine. Pomerantz is former chairman and chief executive officer of Leslie Fay Company, Inc., a manufacturer of women's fashions. Pomerantz retired in 2000 after more than four decades with the company. Pomerantz discusses his childhood life, his former education, his relationship with his father, his insights within the apparel...
Dates: 2017 April 19