Morton S. Wolf was a realty executive.
He was the founder of Spencer-Taylor Inc., a real estate
development and hotel management firm. He founded the company
together with his brother Charles S. Wolf. Under Mr. Wolf's
direction, Spencer-Taylor over the years operated the Ritz Towers, Delmonico, the Mayflower, Surrey, One Fifth Avenue, Beaux-Arts, and Peter Cooper hotels. He conceived and developed a number of real estate projects, including Washington Square Village

Washington Square Village

Washington Square Village is an apartment complex in a superblock in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. WSV was developed by Paul Tishman and Morton S. Wolf. To design the housing complex,the developer selected architects S.J...

 in
New York City

New York City

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, and contributed to the Renaissance I building projects in the Golden Triangle in Pittsburgh, which included Chatham Center

Chatham Center

Chatham Center is a 5.5 acre commercial and residential building complex located within Downtown Pittsburgh. It is bounded by the Interstate 579 on the west, Centre Avenue on the north, Washington Place on the east, and Fifth Avenue to the south...

. As part of the Chatham project, he conceived the idea of placing a hotel atop an office building.

Mr. Wolf traveled abroad as a real estate consultant for the
State Department under President Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

 in 1950. Among
his many philanthropic activities, he served on the board of St. Vincent's Hospital, and was a real estate consultant for the Archdiocese of New York.

Morton S. Wolf died in New Rochelle Hospital. He lived in
Larchmont, NY

Larchmont, New York

Larchmont is a village in Westchester County, New York. The population was 5,864 at the 2010 census. It is located within the town of Mamaroneck, on the shore of Long Island Sound, northeast of Midtown Manhattan...

.