Jay Furman (July 15, 1942 – January 4, 2015) was an American developer and owner of real estate located in thirty-nine U.S. states and Puerto Rico.
Furman was on the board of governors of the New York Academy of Sciences and a trustee of New York University[6](Chairman of the Real Estate Committee), New York University School of Law (Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee), UJA (Chairman of the Real Estate Committee), Educational Alliance, Jewish Home & Hospital of Manhattan, Jazz at Lincoln Center[7] and the Child Study Center at the New York University Medical Center.
[8][9] Furman Hall was completed ahead of schedule with considerable construction budget savings realized.
Furman also was on the board of directors of the Great Neck Arts Center and was instrumental in creating and programming their "Cinematheque Independent Filmmakers" series, which he endowed from 1997 onward; was the founder and chairman of the advisory board of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy,[10][11] and founder of the Furman Academic Scholarship at the New York University School of Law and was on the National Advisory Board of Futures for Children.
[13] He was survived by his two sons and a stepson, Eric, from his second marriage to Victoria (née Moran) Furman.