Lubell was born to a
Jewish family on the
Upper West Side of
Manhattan. He had two sisters: art dealer
Grace Borgenicht Brandt (formerly married to
Jack Borgenicht) and Shirley Black Kash (formerly married to
Eli M. Black). After school, he practiced law in
New York City at
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan until 1936, when he joined the family business in Tulsa. In 1965, the family sold Bell Oil and Lubell formed a new oil production company,
the Lubell Oil Company, where he worked until his retirement in 1995. Lubell was a founding trustee of the
Tulsa Performing Arts Center, president of the Tulsa Arts Council, and head of Tulsa's Municipal Arts Commission, and served as a director of the
National Bank of Tulsa. In 1982, he received the Oklahoma Governor's Arts Award. Lubell Park in Tulsa is named in his honor. ==Personal life==