<P> Harold Koplar (February 27, 1915--May 3, 1985) was a Russian - American hotelier and businessman in St. Louis, Missouri . </P> <P> Harold Koplar was born February 27, 1915 . His father, Sam Koplar, built the Park Plaza Hotel in 1929 . Harold Koplar was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating from Soldan High School before going on to the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, where he studied architecture and engineering but left without graduating . </P> <P> Koplar linked together and managed the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri . In 1959, he launched the television station KPLR - TV in a converted apartment building near the hotel . He established a development at Lake of the Ozarks in 1964 that includes the Lodge of Four Seasons hotel, two golf courses, a marina, and Spa Shiki . In 1966 he was listed as part - owner of the troubled midtown landmark Continental Life Building, along with St. Louis mayor Alfonso J. Cervantes and nationally known defense attorney Morris Shenker, who was also Koplar's brother - in - law . </P> <P> Harold and Marie Lauer Koplar married on March 30, 1931 . The couple had three children: Robert "Bob" Koplar (d . 1977), Edward J. "Ted" Koplar, and Susan Koplar Brown . </P>

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