Lewis Katz's Vision for the New Jersey Nets Went Unrealized

Donor Lewis Katz addresses the crowd during the dedication of The Lewis Katz Hall at The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University in Carlisle. CHRISTINE BAKER, The Patriot-News (CHRISTINE BAKER, The Patriot-News). Print.

Philanthropist Lewis Katz had a legacy of charity to schools and communities in his hometown Camden, and in his adopted second home Philadelphia.

Donor Lewis Katz addresses the crowd during the dedication of The Lewis Katz Hall at The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University in Carlisle. CHRISTINE BAKER, The Patriot-News (CHRISTINE BAKER, The Patriot-News). Print.

In November 1999, Lewis Katz stood on a high school stage in New Jersey's largest city and told an audience of students, local politicians and a smiling President Bill Clinton, “The New Jersey Nets are coming to Newark — remember that.” The

The witness account of the Saturday night crash that killed all seven people aboard, including Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz, provided some of the first clues as investigators began piecing together what went wrong during the attempted