The big names locally include many involved in real estate development, such as entities connected to the Gewirz, Abramson and Smith families; Edward H. Kaplan; Allan R. Hurwitz; and Albert H. Small. Other local names include Marion Rosenthal, whose family owns major car dealerships in the area; Esthy Adler, a big arts donor; Harvard scientist William A. Haseltine, founder of Human Genome Sciences in Rockville; and Roger Sant of AES Corp., a Virginia-based power company.
