{{Short description|American business executive and philanthropist}} {{Infobox person |name = Robert Kogod |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1932}}<ref>[https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_11433 Kogod, Robert P. (1932- )]</ref> |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = Arlene Smith |relatives = Charles Smith (father-in-law)<br>Robert Smith (brother-in-law) |education = American University (BS) }} '''Robert P. Kogod''' is a business executive and philanthropist. Along with his brother-in-law, Robert H. Smith, Kogod led the Charles E. Smith Companies, the real estate company that developed much of the Crystal City neighborhood, just south of Washington, D.C.
==Career== In 1956, Kogod, who was already a real estate developer, married Arlene Smith, the daughter of real estate tycoon Charles E. Smith.<ref name=empire>{{cite news | url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/Empire_of_the_Son_and_Son-in-Law_Robert_Smi.PDF | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404022838/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/Empire_of_the_Son_and_Son-in-Law_Robert_Smi.PDF | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 4, 2016 | title=Empire of the Son and Son-in-Law; Robert Smith and Robert Kogod Build on a Real Estate Foundation | first=Maryann | last=Haggerty | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=February 5, 1996}}</ref> In 1959, Kogod joined the Charles E. Smith Companies.<ref name=empire/> Kogod and his brother-in-law, Robert H. Smith, took charge of the company in 1967. Robert Smith oversaw construction and development, and Kogod led leasing and management.<ref name=created>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/30/AR2009123002997.html | title=Robert Smith, 81, dies; created Arlington's Crystal City | first1=Matt | last1=Schudel | first2=T. Rees | last2=Shapiro | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=December 31, 2009}}</ref> In 1995, Forbes estimated the Smith family fortune to be worth $560 million.<ref name="created" /> In 2001, the residential division of the company was merged into Archstone, which was sold to Equity Residential and Avalon Bay in 2013. The commercial division of the company was merged into Vornado Realty Trust, which merged the division into JBG Smith in 2017.
===Trustee positions=== Kogod is a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution; and the Board of Directors of the District of Columbia College Access Program, the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Hillel International<ref>[http://www.hillel.org/about/leadership Hillel International: Leadership]</ref> and the Island Foundation on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
==Philanthropy== Kogod has given to education, the arts, and Jewish causes. His philanthropic contributions have helped fund the following:
* In 1979, American University renamed its business school as the Kogod School of Business after a significant donation by Kogod.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.american.edu/kogod/about/history.cfm | title=Washington D.C.'s First Business School | publisher=American University}}</ref> * In 1980, Kogod was involved in the development of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.jta.org/1980/12/22/archive/israel-unveils-its-new-chancery-in-washington | title=Israel Unveils Its New Chancery in Washington | publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency | date=December 22, 1980}}</ref> * In 2004, Kogod made a $25 million gift to the Smithsonian Institution to renovate the historic Patent Office Building.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53023-2004Nov15.html | title=Old Patent Office Gets A $25 Million Boost | first=Jacqueline | last=Trescott | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=November 16, 2004}}</ref> * In 2007, Kogod's gift to the Smithsonian Institution also funded a glass canopy, designed by Sir Norman Foster, over the 28,000 square foot Kogod Courtyard that joins the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092307190.html | title=Robert and Arlene Kogod, Jaylee and Gilbert Mead donated millions to D.C. arts | first=Jacqueline | last=Trescott | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> * Kogod Cradle, a 200-seat flexible space for plays at Arena Stage.<ref name=theater>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092307183.html | title=Two Key D.C. Theater Benefactors: the Meads and the Kogods | first=Jacqueline | last=Trescott | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=September 26, 2010}}</ref> * Kogod Lobby and Kogod House at Studio Theatre, opened in 2004.<ref name=theater/> * Arlene and Robert Kogod Center for the Arts, a classroom building with a 465-seat theater, opened in 1982, at Sidwell Friends School.<ref name=theater/> * Robert & Arlene Kogod Theater, a 200-seat flexible space, opened in 2001 at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland.<ref name=theater/> * The Arlene and Robert Kogod Lobby, an open space that can host up to 300 guests standing room, opened in 2005 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.<ref>Atlas Performing Arts Center (April 1, 2020). [https://www.atlasarts.org/app/uploads/2020/04/Special-Events-Toolkit-Draft-2.pdf "Atlas Special Events Toolkit" (PDF)]. [http://Atlas%20Performing%20Arts%20Center Atlas Performing Arts Center.]</ref> * The ARK Theatre, a 110-seat flexible space, opened in 2006 at the Signature Theatre.<ref name=theater/> * Arlene and Robert Kogod Lobby at the Shakespeare Theatre Company<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/arts/03iht-isher.1.8569468.html | title=At Washington's Shakespeare Theater, donor a personal corner | first=CHARLES | last=ISHERWOOD | work=The New York Times | date=November 4, 2007}}</ref> * Kogod made a $2 million contribution to the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/after-40-years-howard-shalwitz-to-dismount-from-woolly-mammoth/2017/06/05/91876936-49f6-11e7-a186-60c031eab644_story.html | title=He built a ragtag theater into an American trendsetter. Now Woolly Mammoth's founder is retiring. | first=Peter | last=Marks | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=June 6, 2017}}</ref> * Robert and Arlene Kogod Program on Aging at the Mayo Clinic.<ref>[http://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/robert-arlene-kogod-center-aging Robert and Arlene Kogod Program on Aging]</ref> * Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought at the Shalom Hartman Institute.<ref>[https://hartman.org.il/Programs_Landing_Page.asp?Cat_Id=532 Kogod Research Center for Contemporary Jewish Thought]</ref> * Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies<ref>[https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/the-robert-and-arlene-kogod-library-of-judaic-studies/ The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies]</ref> * Kogod Liquors, a fine establishment for whiskey, deli meats. "Since 1946, Kogod Liquors and Deli has provided great wine & spirits through the thick of it all."<ref>[https://kogodliquors.com/ The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies]</ref>
==Political involvement== Kogod has contributed to the campaigns of many politicians, almost all members of the Democratic Party, including Chris Van Hollen and Charles Schumer.<ref>[https://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/robert-kogod.asp?cycle=16 Robert Kogod: Political Campaign Contributions]</ref>
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