President George H.W. Bush Honors Louis Glickfield

On May 19th, 1992, Louis and Marilyn Glickfield received personal congratulations from President George H.W. Bush for receiving the honor of the Anti-Defamation League’s Man and Woman of the Year. Click here to view the letter from the President.

Mr. and Mrs. Lou Glickfield Donate $50,000 to Suburban Hospital Foundation

“On behalf of the Suburban Hospital foundation, thank you for your generous gift of fifty-thousand dollars ($50,000) to support the Emergency Department and Campus Enhancement Project at Suburban Hospital. Click here to view the letter of thanks.

Philanthropy

Lou Glickfield and his wife, Marilyn, under the umbrella of the Glickfield Family Foundation, provide continuous support of many worthwhile charities in the nation’s capital area and throughout the entire United States.

  • American Cancer Society
  • American Vets Service Fund
  • Anti-Defamation League
  • Behind The Blind
  • Capital Area Food Bank
  • Chesapeake Academy
  • Children’s Resources Miami
  • Corcoran Museum of Art
  • Epiphany Episcopal Church
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Hebrew Homes of Greater Washington
  • Horray For Hospice
  • J.R. Randall Elementary School Help
  • Jewish Community Center
  • Laurel Volunteer Fire Department
  • The Mayo Clinic
  • Montgomery County College Fund
  • National Museum of Women
  • Reach Out For Life Christians
  • Salvation Army
  • St. Luke House
  • Teen Challenge of Maryland
  • Jewish Federation For Katrina
  • The Lab School of Washington
  • Tri-County Humane Society
  •  American Heart Association
  • Annandale Christian Community & House
  • Aspenic Christrian Church
  • Bethesda Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
  • Center To Prevent Handgun Violence
  • Children’s Hospital
  • City of Laurel
  • Cure Autism Now Foundation
  • Fund For Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Koby Mandell Foundation
  • Hospital For Special Surgery
  • James Renwick Alliance
  • Love Thy Neighbor, MD
  • National Gallery of Art
  • Paul VI High School
  • Richard Montgomery High School
  • Smithsonian Craft Show
  • St. Vincent Polloti High School
  • Foundation For Jewish Studies
  • National MS Society
  • Whitman Walker Clinic
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
  • Mission Of Love
  • Hirshhorn Museum

 

Louis and Marilyn Glickfield, founders of Marlo Furniture, Maryland and Virginia’s area’s largest and one of America’s top 70 furniture retailers, formed the Glickfield Family Foundation over 30 years ago as a means of sharing the fruits of their success with the community. Today it serves as a vehicle for their community service and philanthropic activities, providing worthy charities and organizations with hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions over the years.


Other Honors

  • Man and Woman of the Year
    Louis Glickfield & Marilyn Glickfield named Man and Woman Of The Year by the Anti-Defamation League.
  • President Bush Honors Louis Glickfield
    Louis Glickfield receives personal congratulations from President George Bush.
  • Benefits From The Heart
    Louis Glickfield and Marlo Furniture established Benefits From The Heart, the Marlo Furniture Employee Benefits program, which makes available salary advances, profit sharing, 401(k), educational assistance, health care, life insurance and extended illness benefits to the Company’s employees. It’s real test of sincerity came when an unscrupulous money manager stole over $1,000,000 in funds from the employee profit sharing plan, jeopardizing a great portion of employees’ life savings. Mr. Glickfield personally replaced the money from his own savings.
  • Glickfield Family Foundation
    Created and funded the Glickfield Family Foundation sufficiently to provide worthy charities with support for generations and generations to come. Our single largest contribution each year is to the United Jewish Appeal Federation which we have been supporting for over 37 years with hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions.
  • Governor’s Salute To Excellence
    Louis Glickfield has achieved remarkable honors and recognition including the Governor’s Salute To Excellence for his athletic prowess, business success, philanthropy , humanitarian efforts and personal accomplishments.
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Contribution
    Mr. and Mrs. Glickfield receives thanks for their genergous contribution to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Director Adnres L. Abril recognizes their gift as a demonstration of Mr. and Mrs. Glickfield’s dedication to the vital mission of the Memorial.
  • Mayo Clinic Annual Giving Recognition
    Louis and Marilyn Glickfield are featurued in the Halls of Benefactors at Mayo Clinic Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota under the Mayo Clinic Annual Giving recognition program.
  • University of Maryland
    Louis and Marilyn Glickfield pledge support to The Joan B. and John H. Sadle, MD Professorship in Nephrology.
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