Obituary of Alvin Lurie

Alvin Lurie died on November 17th, 2015 at the age of 92 years. Funeral service will be held Thursday November 19th, 11:00 AM at Larchmont Temple, 75 Larchmont Ave. Larchmont, NY 10538. Interment at Mt. Home Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. The family will return to Larchmont Temple after the burial and receive friends and visitors in the Larchmont Temple Garden Room through the afternoon. Contributions in Al's memory may be made to Larchmont Temple, earmarked for an Adult Education fund TBD. "who is who" bio First Name: Alvin David Last Name: Lurie Occupation: lawyer Born: New York City, April 16, 1923 Education: AB, Cornell University, 1943 LLB, Cornell University, 1944 Certification: Bar: New York 1944, D.C. 1978, US Supreme Court 1973. Career: Partner Lurie & Rubin, New York City, 1961—1968, Aranow, Brodsky, Bohlinger & Einhorn, New York City, 1968—1974; assistant commissioner for employee plans and exempt organizations IRS, Washington, 1974—1978; partner Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, New York City, 1978—1984, Meyers, Tersigni, Lurie, Feldman & Gray, New York City, 1984—1994; attorney Alvin D. Lurie, 1994—1996; president Alvin D. Lurie, PC, Larchmont, 1996—; trustee New York Center Fin. Studies, 1980—, Hartley Film Foundation, 2008—, Larchmont Temple Brotherhood, 2012—; special counsel United Service Workers Union, 2008— Career Related: Member adv. board New York University Tax Institute, 1978-90; member adv. bd.Tax Management, 1978—; member adv. board Tax Analysts and Advocates, 1995-2002; special counsel Small Business Council Am., 1978—; counsel New York Society Fin. Services Profls., 1978—. Creative Works: Author: Lurie's Commentaries on Pension Design, 1980, Lurie's Guide to VEBAs, 1983, Collected Commentaries on Pensions, 1984, ESOPs Made Easy, 1985; chair, editor New York University Rev. of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, 1998—; co-editor-in-chief Cornell Law Quarterly, 1943-44; general editor Benders Federal Income Taxation of Retirement Plans, 2007—; contributor articles to professional journals Awards: Recipient Commr.'s award Memberships: Fellow Am. College Tax Counsel; member American Bar Association (recipient Lifetime Employee Benefits Achievement award Employee Benefits Committee), New York State Bar Association (chairman committee on tax policy 1980-81, special committee pension simplification 1986—2004), Association Bar City New York, Am. College Employee Benefits Counsel (charter), New York Bar Foundation Family: Son of Samuel and Rose L.; Married Marian Weinberg, August 21, 1944; children: James, Jeanne, Margery, Jonathan.