Saul Schottenstein
Value City cofounder, 85 Saul Schottenstein, 85, the cofounder of Value City Department Stores Inc., whose family had donated millions to medical research and Jewish charities, died Saturday at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Value City cofounder, 85
Saul Schottenstein, 85, the cofounder of Value City Department Stores Inc., whose family had donated millions to medical research and Jewish charities, died Saturday at Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for nearly 15 years, nephew Jay Schottenstein said.
In his work for Value City Department Stores, Mr. Schottenstein managed the retailer's women's merchandising for more than 60 years.
"In his day, he was one of the pre-eminent ladies merchants in the U.S.," Jay Schottenstein said.
Mr. Schottenstein and his family donated $2 million to Ohio State University to help establish the Schottenstein Family Cancer Research Laboratories at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.
The family also donated $12.5 million to the school for the sports facility known as the Jerome Schottenstein Center and Value City Arena. Jerome Schottenstein, who died in 1992, was Saul Schottenstein's brother and chairman of Schottenstein Stores.