Earle I. Mack - Ambassador Mack - Biography

Earle I. Mack, a Florida resident, is an accomplished businessman, an award-winning leader, an active philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. The following highlights some of Earle Mack's more recent accomplishments in business and public service and philanthropy.

In business, Earle I. Mack has launched a successful career in real estate as a senior partner, chief financial officer of The Mack Company, a century-old real estate investment and development firm headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey that has developed over 20 million square feet of commercial space in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area. Earle Mack had also contributed as the director of Executive and Compensation Committees for DiGiorgio/White Rose Foods Corporation, as a member on the Board of Directors for Magna Entertainment, and as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Realty Council (now known as the Real Estate Roundtable). From 1997 to 2004, Earle I. Mack operated as a charter founding member of the newly formed Mack-Cali Corporation (CLI NYSE).

Earle I. Mack graduated with honors from Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1959. In 1992, he received an honorary degree in Doctor of Humane Letters from Yeshiva University, and served as a board member and member of the Executive Committee of the university from 1992-2004. During the same time, he also became Chairman for the Benjamin N. Cardoza School of Law, for which he now serves as Chairman Emeritus. From 2002-2004, Earle I. Mack joined the Board of Directors for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and later rejoined in December of 2005. In May of 2004, President George W. Bush appointed Earle I. Mack as political Ambassador to the Republic of Finland. In recognition of his public service and accomplishments, Earle Mack is the recipient of many honors and awards. Earle I. Mack was named one of Drexel’s 100 outstanding graduates in 1992 and in 1997 he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. In June of 2006, Drexel University invited Earle I. Mack to deliver the commencement speech to graduates of the College of Business.

As a patron of the arts, Earle Mack makes substantial contributions to the New York and national community. Between 1996 and 1999, he served as the CEO and Chairman for the New York State Council on the Arts, for which he received in 1998 the Governor’s Arts Award, the highest New York state honor for the arts for his service to the arts. Earle I. Mack is currently Chairman Emeritus of the New York State Council for the Arts and the former Vice Chairman of the Alliance of Arts. In addition, Ambassador Mack has supported dance and opera as a board member to the New York City Ballet from 1987-1996 and again from 1999 to 2004. From 1986-1988, Earle I. Mack was the Co-Chairman of the Dance Theatre of Harlem. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees for the American Friends of the Paris Opera & Ballet from 1994-2004.

Earle Mack's interest in the arts and in dance led him to produce and co-direct The Children of Theatre Street, a 90-minute documentary film that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated for an Academy Award. That film also won the Film Advisory Board's Award of Excellence in that same year. He subsequently produced several other award-winning documentaries, including Bringing Balanchine Back in 2004, She Dances Alone in 1980 and the feature film Hard Choices in 1982. Earle Mack also ran the film company Goldcrest Films as the defacto CEO from 1986-1987. Goldcrest Films, founded by Jake Eberts and David Putnam, was known for such films as The Killing Fields (1984), Chariots of Fire (1981), the Mission (1986), Gandhi (1982), and with Merchant Ivory Productions A Room With a View (1985). Goldcrest’s history is detailed in Jake Eberts' and Terry Ilott's book My Indecision is Final: The Rise and Fall of Goldcrest Films.

Because of his passion for racing and breeding, Earle I. Mack is a distinguished owner and breeder of thoroughbred race horses. He was appointed Chairman of the New York Racing Commission in 1983 and served until 1989. In 1990, Earle Mack became a trustee for the New York Racing Association and served as a trustee until 2004. He has been an advisor to three governors on racing issues and policy. For over 40 years, Earle Mack has been a distinguished owner and breeder of thoroughbred race horses in California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, France, Ireland, and Italy.

On September 23, 2007, Earle I. Mack spoke at a conference for The Global Creative Leadership Summit, which was hosted at the Metropolitan Club in New York between the 23rd and the 25th of September. The Summit addresses topics related to the challenges of globalization. As a by-invitation-only and cross-disciplinary event, the Summit features delegates that include Heads of States, Nobel-Prize winners, Olympic Gold Medalists, and global CEOs who come together to share best practices, gather ideas, and develop partnerships. As Senior Partner of the Mack Company, Earle I Mack was invited to speak on panel on how growing cities should react to the shifting economic make-up brought about by globalization

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