Alan Louis Sagner (13 September 1920 - 3 January 2018) is an American Democrat, entrepreneur and philanthropist politician who serves as New Jersey Transportation Commissioner, as Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and as Chairman Corporations for Public Broadcasting.
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Sagner was born on September 13, 1920 in Baltimore, Maryland, son of Maryam and Samuel Sagner, menswear manufacturer. He is a graduate of Forest Park High School, where he is two years behind the future Vice President Spiro Agnew. He is a University of Maryland graduate and received a M.A. from Columbia University in American History. Sagner married Ruth Levin, daughter of the New Jersey real estate developer Maurice Levin, on October 21, 1945. Sagner and her brother-in-law, Martin Levin, formed Levin/Sagner, New Jersey home building and business real estate development. Starting with a plot of land they bought from Maurice Levin in Livingston, New Jersey, Levin/Sagner began acquiring farmland in Livingston and building a single family home. The company then developed properties in Morris County and in Pennsylvania.
Sagner became active in the community as President of Beth Israel Bethes Medical Center Board of Trustees; Vice President of the Board of Health and Metropolitan Hospital of New Jersey; and as Trustee of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry. He served as New Jersey Chair of the Regional Planning Association from 1976 to 1977.
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Political career
Sagner became active in politics in 1960 on behalf of former Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson, who made the third bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. He attended the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles as a Stevenson volunteer. He became involved in the Democratic Party for Good Governance, a group that seeks to reform the Democratic Party in Essex County, New Jersey in opposition to Democratic Regional Chairman Dennis F. Carey. He was part of the successful campaign of Richard J. Hughes for the Governor of New Jersey, and served as New Jersey Chairman of the New Jersey for Humphrey-Muskie in 1968.
In 1973, Sagner became Chief Financial Officer for Brendan Byrne, who was seeking a Democratic nomination for the governor of New Jersey.
He was a Delegate to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, pledging to Walter Mondale.
Sagner was Trustee of the Democratic National Committee in 1988-1992, and served as Chairman of the New Jersey Business Council for Clinton-Gore in 1992.
He was the founder of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in 1960.
Commissioner of Transportation
On January 3, 1975, Governor-elect Brendan Byrne appointed Sagner to serve in his cabinet as New Jersey Transportation Commissioner. In his announcement, Byrne stresses that while Sagner has no transportation experience, he has strong administrative capabilities. He named Manuel Carballo, former assistant advisor to Governor Hughes and Commander of the Highway Guard under New York City Mayor John Lindsay, as Deputy Commissioner.
In 1975, the New Jersey executive council of the AFL-CIO called for Sagner's resignation amid a fierce dispute between workers organized for Sagner's failed attempt to raise funds for the construction of a federal highway. A month later, Sagner acknowledged that John Nero, a leader of Camden County Democrats, had offered $ 25,000 to Byrne's 1973 campaign in exchange for appointment as head of the State Alcohol Drinks Commission. Sagner told investigators who investigated allegations of corruption that he reversed Nero.
New York Port Authority and New Jersey Chair
Sagner resigned as Transport Commissioner in June 1977 to become Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. His appointment marked a conflict resolution between Byrne and New York Governor Hugh Carey over the control of the state transportation bureau. Sagner's predecessor, Dr. William J. Ronan, has been heavily criticized for frequenting travel abroad at the cost of the Port Authority. The State Senate of New Jersey confirmed its candidacy through a 38-1 vote on 21 January 1974. Anthony Imperiale, an independent Newark, was the only Senator against Sagner. Sagner remained Chairman after Republican Thomas Kean was elected Governor in 1981. He resigned in 1985 when Kean appointed Philip Kaltenbacher as Chairman of the Port Authority. When Kean ran for reelection in 1985, Sagner supported Democrat Peter Shapiro, who began his political career as a maid in the state Department of Transport in 1974.
Company for Public Broadcasting
President Bill Clinton nominated Sagner to become a member of the Board of Directors of Corporations for Public Broadcasting on March 8, 1994. On May 10, 1994, the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transport met to consider Sagner's nomination. Sagner's nomination initially faced opposition from the Republican Senate, who criticized his ownership of The Nation, a magazine with liberal political philosophy, and Senator John McCain questioned his involvement as founder of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee in 1960. McCain also questioned Sagner's experience in public broadcasting issues and saw him as a political appointee who would continue as McCain and Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole called liberal bias in political reporting.
After a five-month battle, he was finally confirmed by the Senate.
Sagner served as Chair of the CPB from 1996 to 1997.
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Sagner married Ruth Levin Sagner (1924-1995), a social worker, from 1945 until his death on January 27, 1995. The Sagners are residents of South Orange, New Jersey. They have three children: John Sagner, Deborah Sagner Buurma, and Amy Sagner Pouliot. On December 1, 1996, Sagner married Lenore Green Schottenstein (Born 1935), a director of M/I Schottenstein Company, a Columbus, Ohio home construction company.
He served as the Trustee of The Century Foundation.
Sagner died at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida at ( 2018-01-03 ) January 3, 2018. He is 97 years old.
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