Los Angeles — Morgan Fabrics chairman and CEO Michael Gittelson passed away July 12. He was 73.
Born March 17, 1949, in Minneapolis, Gittelson was the eldest of four sons of parents Arnold and Pat Gittelson. At age four, his family moved to California to settle in the San Fernando Valley. There, Arnie Gittelson began Morgan Fabrics, the family textile business.
Michael Gittelson began working at Morgan Fabrics in the 1970s as a salesman for the company in the Pacific Northwest.
He moved back to Los Angeles and married Tina in May 1978. In 1991, Gittelson became business partners with his father, growing the company from a leading domestic wholesale supplier of upholstery goods to an international giant in the textile industry.
He spent more than two decades establishing relationships in China, eventually establishing Morgan Fabrics of Shanghai.
Gittelson is survived by his wife Tina, his son, one brother and a cousin, Steve Gittelson who continues to work with Morgan Fabrics.
In lieu of flowers, the family would be grateful for donations to Women’s Guild Cedars Sinai (323) 904-4400; Agora Productions; The Rebecca Bender Initiative; or World Central Kitchen.
Vicky Jarrett has worked with various furniture industry publications — including Furniture Today, Retail Ideas, Our State magazine and Casual Living — for more than 20 years and rejoined Furniture Today as Managing Editor in 2016.
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