Elmaleh, Victor, 1918-2014

Victor Elmaleh; born November 27, 1918; died November 17, 2014; Moroccan-born American businessman and real estate developer; born to a Jewish family in Mogador, now Essaouira, Morocco, the the oldest of six brothers; came to the United States in 1925; grew up in Brooklyn; attended P.S. 48; majored in music at Brooklyn College; also attended the University of Virginia; was among the first to import Volkswagens to the United States; won the one-wall handball national doubles championship in 1951; at 49, he and Victor Niederhoffer won the national doubles championship; continued to play squash and win tournaments; enjoyed watercolor painting, creating 4,000 in his lifetime, some of which were exhibited in galleries; died at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City