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| subject_name =Jack Kugelman
| image_name =JackJaneKugelman.jpg
| image_size =240px
| image_caption =Jack & Jane Kugelman
| date_of_birth =[[February 28]], [[1924]]
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
| date_of_death =[[February 19]], [[2006]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
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| religion =[[Temple Beth-El|Jewish]]
| spouse =[[Jane Kugelman|Jane Sabel Kugelman]]
| parents =Edgar & Sylvia Kugelman
| children =Marcy Kugelman<br/>Janet Livingston<br/>Nancy McSweeney<br/>Jackie McMahon
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'''David Jack Kugelman''' ([[1924]]-[[2006]]) was a Pensacola businessman who headed and eventually sold the [[Standard Distributing Company]] and later became known for his philanthropy with the [[Kugelman Foundation]].

Born in [[1924]] to prominent Pensacolians [[Edgar Kugelman|Edgar]] and [[Sylvia Kugelman]], Jack studied business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and joined the Navy in his third year to serve in the South Pacific during [[World War II]]. He married the former [[Jane Kugelman|Jane Sabel]] in 1947 and returned to Pensacola to operate [[Kugelman family|his family]]'s alcohol distributorship, [[Standard Distributing Company]]. He sold the business in the 1990s and dedicated much of his time to the [[Kugelman Foundation]], which had been started by his parents.

Over the years Kugelman served as president of [[Fiesta of Five Flags]], director and tournament chairman of the [[Pensacola Sports Association]], and board member of the [[Girl Scouts of Northwest Florida]]. He is a PSA Hall of Fame member and "Sportsman of the Year," and in 1994 won the [[Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce|Chamber]]'s "Spirit of Pensacola" [[PACE Award]].

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==References==
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*"Philanthropist worked hard to make area 'a better place.'" ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 21, 2006.
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[[Category:Philanthropists|Kugelman, Jack]] [[Category:Jews|Kugelman, Jack]] [[Category:Kugelman family|Kugelman, Jack]] [[Category:World War II veterans|Kugelman, Jack]] [[Category:2006 deaths|Kugelman, Jack]]