The late Lewis Rudin was the Co-Chairman, with his brother Jack, of the Rudin Management Company, one of the city's largest real estate builders, owners, and managers. Lewis Rudin was also the Chairman of the Association for a Better New York (ABNY), which he founded in 1971. Jack Rudin, the Chairman of Rudin Management Company, established the Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health in 2003.
The Rudin family has a long tradition of service and philanthropy in New York City, establishing endowments at universities and institutions throughout the city, and funding student internships and scholarships, professorships and lecture series. In addition, Jack and Lewis Rudin were the first sponsors of the New York City Marathon. The Marathon trophy is named for their father, Samuel Rudin, who was a devoted marathoner.