{{Short description|American hotelier (1902–1964)}} {{Infobox person | name = Alvan E. Kallman | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|3|13}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1964|9|1|1902|3|13}} | death_place = Miami, Florida, U.S. | occupation = Hotelier | spouse = Zara Whitman Kallman | children = Dick Kallman, Charles Kallman }} '''Alvan Edward Kallman''' (March 13, 1902 – September 1, 1964)<ref name=BrooklynGenealogy/><ref name=TimesObit/> was an American hotelier.
Kallman was born in New York City<ref name=Census/> to Charles Kallman and Regina Kallman. His father died when he was ten or eleven.<ref name=Heritage/>
Kallman was a barnstorming pilot and later an air mail pilot in the early 20th century. After retiring from flying, he worked for the Hotel St. George in New York, serving as banquet manager from 1930 to 1939 (being the youngest banquet manager in the industry when appointed),<ref name=GuideBook/> then serving as general manager from 1939 to 1943.<ref name=TimesObit/>
Kallman then became owner of The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire and in 1946 part-owner (with Benno Bechhold and Harry Socoloff) of Feltman's, the large iconic complex at Coney Island containing the world's largest restaurant and other attractions, buying it from founder Charles Feltman's family.<ref name=TimesObit/><ref name=Billboard/><ref name=Eagle/><ref name=Schulz/> He also owned the Savoy-Plaza Hotel in New York.<ref name=HeraldPost/>
In 1953, Kallman bought the then-new St. Johns Hotel<ref name=TimesObit/> in the Vedado district of Havana, and a few years later added ten more stories.<ref name=CubaHeritage/> Following the Cuban Revolution, the Castro government nationalized his property in 1960 and expelled him from Cuba,<ref name=TimesObit/> wiping out his fortune.<ref name=HeraldPost/> He died in Miami in 1964.<ref name=TimesObit/>
Kallman was married to Zara Whitman Kallman (1899 – 1988), a former Broadway actress.<ref name=Journal/> He had two sons, actor and singer Dick Kallman, and intelligence officer Charles Kallman.<ref name=TimesObit/><ref name=HeraldPost/><ref name=DailyHerald/>
==References== <references>
<ref name=BrooklynGenealogy>{{cite web |url=http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Birth/1902/k.html |title=New York City Births 1891 - 1902 |work=Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page |accessdate=March 31, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=Census>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.com/1940-census/alvan-kallman-ny-64780275 |title=Alvan E. Kallman in the 1940 Census |publisher=Archives.com |accessdate=March 31, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=Heritage>{{cite web |url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/charles_kallman |title=Charles Kallman |publisher=MyHeritage.com |accessdate=March 31, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=TimesObit>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/04/alvan-e-kallman-62-dies.html?_r=0 |title=Alvan E. Kallman, 62, Dies |author= |date=September 4, 1964 |work=New York Times |accessdate=March 30, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=HeraldPost>{{cite news |date=December 11, 1965 |title=Better To Have Had And Lost Than Never To Have Had At All |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/70369748/ |url-access=subscription |work=El Paso Herald-Post |location=El Paso |access-date=March 30, 2017 |page=20}}</ref>
<ref name=DailyHerald>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/world-war-ii-vet-recalls-life-in-the-wild-blue/article_ca7b6be7-8efd-5ed2-88ae-a594f214844d.html |title=World War II vet recalls life in the wild blue yonder |author=Karissa Neely |date=June 14, 2015 |work=[Provo] Daily Herald |accessdate=March 31, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=Billboard>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3xkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT82 |title=Coney Island, N. Y. |author=Uno |date=May 25, 1946 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=March 31, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=Journal>{{cite news |date=June 11, 1966 |title=Notes About NBC Television Shows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/85074591/ |url-access=subscription |work=Biddeford-Saco Journal |location=Biddeford-Saco, Maine |access-date=March 31, 2017 |page=12}}</ref>
<ref name=GuideBook>{{cite book |title=Official Brooklyn Guide Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPhOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22alvan+e.+kallman%22 |accessdate=March 31, 2017 |year=1939 |publisher= |page=80|last1= Boyle|first1= James}}</ref>
<ref name=Schulz>{{cite web |url=https://www.6sqft.com/before-nathans-there-was-feltmans-the-history-of-the-coney-island-hot-dog/ |title=Before Nathan's There Was Feltman's: The History of the Coney Island Hot Dog |author=Dana Schulz |date=June 20, 2016 |work=6sqft |accessdate=March 31, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=Eagle>{{cite news |date=April 29, 1946 |title=Feltman Family Sells Famous Coney Resort |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52909847/ |url-access=subscription |work=Brooklyn Eagle |location=Brooklyn |access-date=March 31, 2017 |page=3}}</ref>
<ref name=CubaHeritage>{{cite web |url=http://www.cubaheritage.org/articles.asp?lID=1&artID=369 |title=Hotel St. John's |work=Cuba Heritage |accessdate=April 1, 2017}}</ref>
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