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Personal Characteristics Friendships. Despite his worldly success, Jeffrey has maintained close relationships with several of his friends from his boyhood on Coney Island. Each of these friends attest to the loyalty, generosity, and accessibility Jeffrey has always accorded them. Kathleen Lindman of New York City, for example, wrote as follows: It’s difficult to express how much Jeffrey's friendship has meant to me over the course of my life, but he is nothing short of being my guardian angel. I have been blessed with a lifelong friend who regardless of the stresses of his own work and life, always makes time to listen and talk to me with gentleness, wisdom and humor. I've watched Jeffrey grow from boyhood into one of the hardest working, responsible, and generous men I know. For instance, when the time came to send my son to kindergarten, I wanted him to get the best possible education but our local public school was a failure and my husband and I couldn't afford to send him to an independent school. Jeffrey understood how much I valued education, and empathetically volunteered to cover the costs of our son's education. This past June, our son graduated from Columbia University with honors, and it would not have been possible without Jeffrey’s long term commitment and generosity. Terry B. Kafka of Dallas, Texas, another friend who has known Jeffrey since 1958, wrote: From the time we were junior high school students, when it seemed I was always in need of math and science tutoring until today, when I frequently call upon him for business advise, Jeffrey has always dropped what he was doing to listen and help... . I am aware of Jeffrey’s contributions to charitable causes and programs. that he believes will make a difference to mankind and society — many of which are frankly over my head. On a personal level, I can attest that he is also caring when it comes to his friends. I recall a few years ago when he spent a good amount of on-on-one time with my 19 year old son Philip to help him sort out academic problems he was having. Warren Eisenstein, O.D., also of Dallas, Texas, another long-time friend from Jeffrey’s youth, recalled a number of jointly shared experiences from their younger days, including the fact that they both drove New York City taxicabs during college summer Public Records Request No. 19-372 DOJ-OGR- 00033224