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Sponsor our local Light The Night Walk and find out how
your company can make a difference in the fight to cure cancer.

Your sponsorship is very important and will ultimately make a difference by helping us
find cures for these diseases.

To find out how you can sponsor the Light The Night Walk and other local activities
contact Sheriann Namer at sheriann.namer@lls.org or call 954-744-5311.

Thank you to our generous 2010 Local Sponsors:

Title Sponsor

The Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation

To learn more about Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., please see below.

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Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. Foundation

Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. was an American veteran of World War II, businessman, a former owner of the Boston Celtics basketball team, a Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, and a philanthropist.

Mangurian was born to an Armenian immigrant Harry Sr. and his wife Ethel Roberts of Rochester, NY. Following the outbreak of World War II, as soon as he reached the legal age Mangurian enlisted in the United States Navy. He served in the Pacific Theater of Operations 1943-1946. Following his discharge, Mangurian returned home to work in the family's retail furniture business which he would build into a national chain. Following an IPO he eventually merged the business with General Portland cement company. He also acquired First National Bank of Rochester, serving as chairman of the Board of Directors.

Mangurian and his wife Dottie purchased the original 500 acres of Mockingbird Farm in 1972, which would later expand to 1,100 acres with the acquisition of adjacent Tartan Farms property in 1994. Mangurian, who started in racing in the 1960s, was the breeder and/or owner of about 150 stakes winners. His first stakes winner, Desert Vixen, also was his first champion. She was voted 1973 champion 3-year-old filly and 1974 champion older female and later was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Mangurian also was the breeder and owner of her full brother, graded winner Valid Appeal, who went on to become one of Florida?s greatest stallions while standing at Mangurian?s Mockingbird Farm near Ocala, Fla. 

Mangurian received numerous awards for his contributions to racing. He was voted a 2001 Eclipse Award of Merit after finishing second the previous two years and was honored with several Florida Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association awards as the state?s outstanding owner/breeder.

Taking up residence in Florida, in 1969 he purchased the jet charter company, Southeastern Jet Corporation, a business he operated for more than thirty years. His Drexel Investments, a real estate development company, was based in Fort Lauderdale. Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. passed away in October 2008 following an eight -month battle with leukemia. He was 82.