Robert Price

Robert Price (27 August 1932–22 April 2016) was an American attorney, investment banker and corporate executive. A strategist and campaign manager for John V. Lindsay and Nelson Rockefeller, Price served as deputy mayor of New York City before entering business. He founded Price Communications in 1981. Early life and education Price was born in Morris Heights in the Bronx on August 27, 1932. His parents were Eastern European Jewish immigrants who ran a grocery store in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. Price graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and, in 1950, New York University. He graduated from Columbia Law School, and while a law student worked in the legal department of Macy's. Career in politics and government After graduating from law school, Price entered private practice with future congressman Theodore R. Kupferman.