Avron B. Fogelman is an American

United States

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 businessman and real estate developer

Real estate development

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. He was a former part owner of the Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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's Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

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 as well as several Memphis-based sports teams.

Early life

Fogelman was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 1, 1940 to Morris and Mollye Fogelman. He attended Memphis City public schools and graduated from Central High School in 1958. He received a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree from Tulane University

Tulane University

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 and earned a law degree from the University of Memphis School of Law.

Later life

He was a former part owner of the Kansas City Royals from 1983 to 1991. He also owned the Memphis Chicks

Memphis Chicks

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, a minor league baseball team, as well as the Memphis Rogues

Memphis Rogues

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, a professional soccer team, and the Memphis Tams

Memphis Tams

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, an American Basketball Association

American Basketball Association

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 team.

He founded the University of Memphis' Fogelman Scholars Program. The home of Tulane University basketball

Tulane Green Wave

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 team is named the Avron B. Fogelman Arena

Avron B. Fogelman Arena

Avron B. Fogelman Arena is a 3,600-seat multi-purpose arena on Tulane University's Uptown campus in New Orleans, Louisiana, built in 1933. Fogelman is the on-campus home of the Tulane Green Wave men's and women's basketball teams and the women's volleyball team...

 in his honor, after he helped fund its renovation.

Honors

In 1987, Fogelman received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Memphis.

The eastern leg of Interstate 240

Interstate 240 (Tennessee)

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is named the Avron Fogelman Expressway.