Personal Life
Taubman has been married twice:
- In 1948, Taubman married his college sweetheart, Reva Kolodney. In 1977, they divorced after 29 years of marriage. They had three children:
- Gayle Taubman Kalisman (b. 1951) is co-chair of the Taubman Institute and a University of Michigan alumn.
- Robert S. Taubman (b. 1953) serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Taubman Company.
- William S. Taubman (b. 1958) serves as Chief Operating Officer of the Taubman Company.
In 1982, he married Judith Mazor Rounick (b. 1943 as Jehudit Mazor), the daughter of a paste jewelry importer-exporter and a former Miss Israel in 1962. Judy grew up in Israel and had two children from a previous marriage to clothing manufacturer Herbert Rounick: Christopher Rounick and Tiffany Rounick Dubin (formerly married to real estate developer Louis Dubin). Judith's brother is Boaz Mazor who is the sales director for Oscar de la Renta.
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