Al Lerner - Legacy

Legacy

Lerner gave generously to numerous hospitals and universities. His favorite charities were the Cleveland Clinic and his alma mater Columbia University, both of which received multiple large gifts.

Lerner donated approximately twenty-five million dollars toward the construction of a new Columbia University student center in 1999, which was named Alfred Lerner Hall in his honor. In 2007, Columbia announced it would honor Lerner's military service in the United States Marine Corps with a plaque to be placed in Lerner Hall.

The College of Business and Economics is named after him at the University of Delaware.

He was President of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and donated over $100 million to the hospital system.

Lerner's estate also donated $10 million toward the construction of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

In 1997, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.