Uris
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Uris may refer to
- Harold UrisHarold UrisHarold D. Uris was an American builder, real estate investor and philanthropist. After earning a civil engineering degree from Cornell in 1925, Harold joined his brother, Percy, who had a 1920 business degree from Columbia University, and their father, Harris, founder of an ornamental ironwork...
, an American real estate investor- Uris Theatre in New York City, now called the George Gershwin TheatreGeorge Gershwin TheatreThe Gershwin Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 222 West 51st Street in midtown-Manhattan in the Paramount Plaza building. The theatre is named after composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin...
- Uris Library, Uris Hall, Uris Garden, and other features of the Cornell University campusCornell Central CampusCentral Campus is the primary academic and administrative section of Cornell University's Ithaca, New York campus. It is bounded by Libe Slope on the west, Fall Creek on the north, and Cascadilla Creek on the South.-History:...
- Uris Theatre in New York City, now called the George Gershwin Theatre
- Leon UrisLeon UrisLeon Marcus Uris was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976.-Life:...
, an American novelist