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s Saal, Irving Randolph; b. Petersburg, VA, Oct 71879. LLB Tulane, UVA. • Lawyer, New Orleans.· See: WWWIA, 6. Saal, Raymond H; b. Petersburg, VA, May 221895. Lawyer, New Orleans. • See: WWIAJ, 1938. Saalburg, William; b. ca 1834; d. San Francisco, Sep 201914. Newsp'aper publisher, San Francisco. • See: AJYB, 17(1915':1916):222. Saarinen, Aline .Milton Bernstein; b. NYC, Mar 251914; d. NYC,July 13 1972. ABVassar, NYU; honorary degrees. • Art critic, television commentator, author, NYC; mem Fine Arts Commn; editor Art News; assoc art editor NYTimes; chief NBC Paris bureau. • See: WWWIA, 5; NAW:modern; NYTimes July 151972,26:1. Sabath, AdolphJoachim; b. Zabori, Bohemia, Apr 41866; d. Bethesda, Nov 1952. To US 1881. • Bryant & Stratton Business ColI, Chicago Law ColI, LLB Lake Forest. • Congressman, Dean of the House, lawyer, municipal & police court judge, Chicago; chr House Rules Com; helped abolish fee system, est juvenile court & parole system; the "immigrants congressman"; New Deal advocate. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:197, 55:459; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; REGAJ; WWWIA, 3; DAR, 5; NYTimes, Nov 61952, 1:6. Sabath, Albert; b. Chicago, Sep 6 1889; d. Oct 1950. U Chicago, U Chicago Law. • Lawyer, Chicago; pres Hawthorne Race Track, Internad Racing Commn; owner racing horse Alsab. • See: WWlAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 6 1950,27:3. Sabath, Joseph; b. Zabori, Bohemia, Mar 2 1870;d. Wuruneika,IL, 1956. To US 1885.· LLB, LLD Chicago Law ColI, Lake Forest. • Lawyer, chief justice state superior court, Chicago. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:197; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REGAJ; NITimes, May41956, 25:1. Sabes, Harold; b. Minneapolis, Aug 17 1912; d. May 311984. U MN, Tulane, Northwestern. • Publisher, Minneapolis, Chicago; sales mgr Esquire Inc; publisher &ecutive Review. • See: WWWIA, 8. Sabin, Albert Bruce; b. near Bialystok, 1996. . To US 1921. • Developer oralpolio vaccine, physician, Cincinnati; pres Weizmann Inst; mem Nad Academy of Science, Nad Academy of Arts & Sciences. • See:EJ. Sabin, Wallace Arthur; b. Culworth, London, Dec 15 1860; d. Berkeley, Dec 1937. To US· 1894. • Oxford U .• Organist, recitalist, Berkeley; assoc Emanu-EI, San Francisco; set many Heb prayers. • See: UJE; WWWIA, l;NYTimes, Dec 10 1937,25:3. Sable, Daniel E; b. Pittsburgh, 1885. U Pittsburgh. • Surgeon, Pittsburgh; mem Dept of Public Safety; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928. Sablow, Joseph Nathaniel; b. Chernigov, Apr 4 1890; d. Feb 1947. To US 1893.· BS CCNY, DDS NY ColI. • Dentist, communal worker, NYC; officer professional orgs; active Zionist Org of Am, synagog; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Feb 22 1947, 13:4. Sabsovich, Hirsch Loeb (Leib); b. BerdianskiCharkov, Russia, Feb 251860/ 1861; d. Mar 22 1915. To US 1887/1888. • U Odessa, U Zurich. • Agronomist, ldr Am Olam movement; mayor Woodbine, NJ agricultural colony; general agent Baron de Hirsch Fund; orgr Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School, US Humane Soc; officerJewish Socialist Workers. • See: JE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):178-79,17(1915- 1916):222; NITimes, Mar 241915, 11:6. Sachar, Abram Leon; b. NYC, Feb 15 1899. Harvard, MA, AB Washington U, PhD Cambridge. • University pres, communalldr, historian ofJewry, Waltham, MA; pres Brandeis; nad dir Hillel Found. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ. Sachar, Edward Joel; b. St Louis,June 23 1933. Harvard, U PA. • Psychiatrist, NYC; faculty Albert Einstein ColI of Med, Columbia; dir NY State Psychiatric Inst; author in field; military service. • See: WWWIA, 8. Sachar, Howard Morley; b. St Louis, 1928. Historian; faculty U MA, George Washington; fdr, dirJacob Hiatt Inst (Israel); dir Hillel (UCLA, Stanford). • See: E] (sub Sachar, Abram). . Sachnowitz, Benjamin; b. Rossein, Russia. Rabbi, Norwich, CT.· See:AJYB, 5(1903- 1904):93-94. Sachs, Abraham Shimcho; b. Lithuania, Oct 20 1879; d. Hoboken, 1931. To US 1908. • U Berlin, Agricultural Hochschule, U Jena. • Author, editor, Hoboken; editor Tzukunft, Freund, Der Tog; tchrJewish Tchrs Seminary; German & Yiddish author on socialism, labor. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:197; WWIAJ, 1928. Sachs, Alexander; b. Rossien, Lithuania, Aug 1 1893; d. June 23 1973. To US 1904.· BS Columbia, Harvard. • Economist, author, lecturer, NYC; with Lehman Bros; consult government agencies; active Zionist Org of Am. See: WWIA], 1938; REGAJ; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, June 24 1973,47:3. Sachs, Alexander Frederic; b. Kansas City, Mar 301889. BS, U MO. • Civil engineer, Kansas City; dir United Jewish Charities; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938. Sachs, Alfred Henry; b. Glubokie, Poland, Dec 20 1896. To US 1910.· JTS, CCNY, Columbia, LLB Cleveland Law. • Lawyer, banker, Cleveland; general mgr Jewish Daily World; exec dir Bd of Jewish Education; officer Zionist Org of Am; reliefworker Poland, Lithuania. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938. Sachs, Arthur; b. ca 1885; d. Cannes, Mar 1975. Harvard. • Banker, broker, philanthropist, art collector, NYC; with Goldman, Sachs. • See: AJYB, 24:197; NYTimes, Mar 8 1975,28:4. Sachs, Benjamin; b. Chicago, Dec 1893. AB U Poitiers, MD Tufts. • Ophthalmic surgeon, Boston; faculty Tufts, Harvard. • See: WWIAJ,1938. Sachs, Bernard (Bernhard); b. Baltimore, Jan 11858; d. NYC, Feb 81944. AB Harvard, MD U Strasbourg, post-grad U Paris, U Vienna, U London. • Neurologist, NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic, Columbia; pioneer Tay-Sachs disease, child neurology; author in field. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; A]YB, 24:197,46:345; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; REGAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAR, 3; NITimes, Feb 9 1944,19:1. Sachs, Charles Harry; b. Russia, Sep 27 1877. To US 1884. • LLB UPittsburgh. • Lawyer, Pittsburgh; exec Washington Trust Co. • See: WWIAJ,1938. Sachs, Curt (Kurt); b. Berlin,July 291881; d. Feb 5 1959. To US 1937. • PhD U Berlin; honorary degree. • Music historian, author, Berlin, NYC; curator Museum of Musical Instruments (Berlin); bd N ad Public Radio; faculty U Berlin, NYU, Columbia. • See: UJE; E]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Feb 61959,25:1. Sachs, David Alexander Jr; b. Louisville, May 111886. LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, Louisville; faculty Jefferson School of Law; state officer Am Legion; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938. Sachs, Ed; b. ca 1854; d. Alamo, TX,July 3 1935. Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Alamo, TX. • See: AJYB, 38:434. Sachs, Emanie Nahn (Mrs Walter Sachs); b. Bowling Green, KY. Potter ColI, Belmont ColI (Nashville), Western KY State Normal School, Bowling Green Business U. • Writer, NYC; Talk; The Gctangle; contributor to magazines. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ. Sachs, Ernest; b. NYC, Jan 25 1879; d. Dec 2 1958. AB Harvard, MD Johns Hopkins, post-grad
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sSaal, Irving Randolph; b. Petersburg, VA,

Oct 71879.LLB Tulane, UVA. • Lawyer, New Orleans.·See: WWWIA, 6.

Saal, Raymond H; b. Petersburg, VA, May221895.

Lawyer, New Orleans. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Saalburg, William; b. ca 1834; d. SanFrancisco, Sep 201914.

Newsp'aper publisher, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 17(1915':1916):222.

Saarinen, Aline .Milton Bernstein; b. NYC,Mar 251914; d. NYC,July 13 1972.

ABVassar, NYU; honorary degrees. • Artcritic, television commentator, author, NYC;mem Fine Arts Commn; editor Art News; assocart editor NYTimes; chiefNBC Paris bureau. •See: WWWIA, 5; NAW:modern; NYTimes July151972,26:1.

Sabath, AdolphJoachim; b. Zabori,Bohemia, Apr 41866; d. Bethesda, Nov1952.

To US 1881. • Bryant & Stratton BusinessColI, Chicago Law ColI, LLB Lake Forest. •Congressman, Dean of the House, lawyer,municipal & police court judge, Chicago; chrHouse Rules Com; helped abolish fee system,est juvenile court & parole system; the"immigrants congressman"; New Dealadvocate. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:197,55:459; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; REGAJ;WWWIA, 3; DAR, 5; NYTimes, Nov 61952,1:6.

Sabath, Albert; b. Chicago, Sep 6 1889; d.Oct 1950.

U Chicago, U Chicago Law. • Lawyer,Chicago; pres Hawthorne Race Track,Internad Racing Commn; owner racing horseAlsab. • See: WWlAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 61950,27:3.

Sabath, Joseph; b. Zabori, Bohemia, Mar 21870;d. Wuruneika,IL, 1956.

To US 1885.· LLB, LLD Chicago Law ColI,Lake Forest. • Lawyer, chief justice statesuperior court, Chicago. • See: UJE; AJYB,24:197; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REGAJ;NITimes, May41956, 25:1.

Sabes, Harold; b. Minneapolis, Aug 171912; d. May 311984.

U MN, Tulane, Northwestern. • Publisher,Minneapolis, Chicago; sales mgr Esquire Inc;publisher &ecutive Review. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Sabin, Albert Bruce; b. near Bialystok,1996. .

To US 1921. • Developer oral polio vaccine,physician, Cincinnati; pres Weizmann Inst;mem Nad Academy of Science, Nad AcademyofArts & Sciences. • See:EJ.

Sabin, Wallace Arthur; b. Culworth,London, Dec 15 1860; d. Berkeley, Dec1937.

To US· 1894. • Oxford U.• Organist,recitalist, Berkeley; assoc Emanu-EI, SanFrancisco; set many Heb prayers. • See: UJE;WWWIA, l;NYTimes, Dec 10 1937,25:3.

Sable, Daniel E; b. Pittsburgh, 1885.U Pittsburgh. • Surgeon, Pittsburgh; memDept of Public Safety; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Sablow, Joseph Nathaniel; b. Chernigov,Apr 4 1890; d. Feb 1947.

To US 1893.· BS CCNY, DDS NY ColI. •Dentist, communal worker, NYC; officerprofessional orgs; active Zionist Org ofAm,synagog; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Feb 22 1947, 13:4.

Sabsovich, Hirsch Loeb (Leib); b.BerdianskiCharkov, Russia, Feb 251860/1861; d. Mar 22 1915.

To US 1887/1888. • U Odessa, U Zurich. •Agronomist, ldr Am Olam movement; mayorWoodbine, NJ agricultural colony; generalagent Baron de Hirsch Fund; orgr Baron deHirsch Agricultural School, US Humane Soc;officerJewish Socialist Workers. • See: JE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):178-79,17(1915­1916):222; NITimes, Mar 241915, 11:6.

Sachar, Abram Leon; b. NYC, Feb 15 1899.Harvard, MA, AB Washington U, PhDCambridge. • University pres, communalldr,historian ofJewry, Waltham, MA; presBrandeis; nad dir Hillel Found. • See: UJE; EJ;WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ.

Sachar, Edward Joel; b. St Louis,June 231933.

Harvard, U PA. • Psychiatrist, NYC; facultyAlbert Einstein ColI ofMed, Columbia; dirNY State Psychiatric Inst; author in field;military service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Sachar, Howard Morley; b. St Louis, 1928.Historian; faculty U MA, George Washington;fdr, dir Jacob Hiatt Inst (Israel); dir Hillel(UCLA, Stanford). • See: E] (sub Sachar,Abram). .

Sachnowitz, Benjamin; b. Rossein, Russia.Rabbi, Norwich, CT.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­1904):93-94.

Sachs, Abraham Shimcho; b. Lithuania, Oct20 1879; d. Hoboken, 1931.

To US 1908. • U Berlin, AgriculturalHochschule, U Jena. • Author, editor,Hoboken; editor Tzukunft, Freund, Der Tog;tchr Jewish Tchrs Seminary; German &Yiddish author on socialism, labor. • See: UJE;AJYB, 24:197; WWIAJ, 1928.

Sachs, Alexander; b. Rossien, Lithuania,Aug 1 1893; d. June 23 1973.

To US 1904.· BS Columbia, Harvard. •Economist, author, lecturer, NYC; withLehman Bros; consult government agencies;active Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA],1938; REGAJ; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, June 241973,47:3.

Sachs, Alexander Frederic; b. Kansas City,Mar 301889.

BS, U MO. • Civil engineer, Kansas City; dirUnited Jewish Charities; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Sachs, Alfred Henry; b. Glubokie, Poland,Dec 20 1896.

To US 1910.· JTS, CCNY, Columbia, LLBCleveland Law. • Lawyer, banker, Cleveland;general mgr Jewish Daily World; exec dir Bd ofJewish Education; officer Zionist Org ofAm;relief worker Poland, Lithuania. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Sachs, Arthur; b. ca 1885; d. Cannes, Mar1975.

Harvard. • Banker, broker, philanthropist, artcollector, NYC; with Goldman, Sachs. • See:AJYB, 24:197; NYTimes, Mar 8 1975,28:4.

Sachs, Benjamin; b. Chicago, Dec 1893.AB U Poitiers, MD Tufts. • Ophthalmicsurgeon, Boston; faculty Tufts, Harvard. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Sachs, Bernard (Bernhard); b. Baltimore,Jan 11858; d. NYC, Feb 81944.

AB Harvard, MD U Strasbourg, post-grad UParis, U Vienna, U London. • Neurologist,NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic, Columbia;pioneer Tay-Sachs disease, child neurology;author in field. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; A]YB,24:197,46:345; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;REGAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAR, 3; NITimes, Feb 91944,19:1.

Sachs, Charles Harry; b. Russia, Sep 271877.

To US 1884. • LLB UPittsburgh. • Lawyer,Pittsburgh; exec Washington Trust Co. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Sachs, Curt (Kurt); b. Berlin,July 291881;d. Feb 5 1959.

To US 1937. • PhD U Berlin; honorarydegree. • Music historian, author, Berlin,NYC; curator Museum ofMusical Instruments(Berlin); bd N ad Public Radio; faculty UBerlin, NYU, Columbia. • See: UJE; E];WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Feb 61959,25:1.

Sachs, David Alexander Jr; b. Louisville,May 111886.

LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, Louisville; facultyJefferson School of Law; state officer AmLegion; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sachs, Ed; b. ca 1854; d. Alamo, TX,July 31935.

Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Alamo, TX. • See:AJYB, 38:434.

Sachs, Emanie Nahn (Mrs Walter Sachs); b.Bowling Green, KY.

Potter ColI, Belmont ColI (Nashville),Western KY State Normal School, BowlingGreen Business U. • Writer, NYC; Talk; TheGctangle; contributor to magazines. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ.

Sachs, Ernest; b. NYC, Jan 25 1879; d. Dec2 1958.

AB Harvard, MD Johns Hopkins, post-grad

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Sachs, Hanns

Berlin, Vienna, London. • Neurologicalsurgeon,.St Louis; faculty Washington U, Yale;author in field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:197;WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Dec 3 1958,37:2.

Sachs, Hanns; b. Vienna, Jan 10 1881; d.Boston, Jan 10 1947.

To US 1932. • St Lawrence. • Psychoanalyst,prolific author, Zurich, Berlin, Boston; friendof Freud; faculty Harvard; fdr, editor The AmImago.· See: E]; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Jan 111947,19:4.

Sachs, Harry; b. ca 1857; d. Atlantic City,Feb 17 1933.

Investment banker, NYC; fdr Goldman, Sachs.• See: E] (sub Sachs); A]YB, 35:128.

Sachs, Henry; b. NYC, Oct 61862; d.Colorado Springs, Apr 15 1952.

Investment banker, Colorado Springs; fdrGillette Safety Razor Enterprise; active NatlJewish Hospital, Natl Farm School, Am JewishCom, Golden Rule Found ofNY, SachsFound. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA];NYTimes, Apr 161952,27:5.

Sachs, Howard Joseph; b. NYC, Jan 231891; d. Dec 71969.

AB Harvard. • Investment banker, NYC; withGoldman, Sachs; dir Stamford (CT) Hospital.• See: E] (sub Sachs); WWWIA, 5.

Sachs, Israel; b. Russia, Apr 15 1874; d.Ferndale, NY, Sep 281949.

To US 1891. • Merchant, philanthropist,NYC; active Am Jewish Com, United PalestineAppeal, YMHA, Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies. • See: A]YB, 52:504; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Sep 30 1949,23:1.

Sachs, James Henry; b. NYC, Nov 171907;d. Apr 211971.

AB Harvard, Business School, Cambridge U. •Editor, publisher, ·entrepreneur, NYC; civicldr, Pound Ridge, NY; fdr NcwS71Jeek; assocwithAm Heritage. • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Apr 23 1971,40:4.

Sachs, Joseph; b.*To US 1848. • Rabbi, Baltimore, Boston. •See: E] (sub Sachs).

Sachs, Joseph; b. Russia, 1887.Painter, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 24: 198.

Sachs, Julius; b. Baltimore, July 6 1849; d.NYC, Feb 21934.

AB, MA Columbia, PhD U Rostock,Wiirzburg, Berlin, Gottingen. • Educator,NYC; fdr Sachs ColI Inst School for Boys;faculty Columbia; officer professional orgs;author on philology, archaeology. • See: ]E;UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):179, 24:198,36:285; DAB; NYTimes, Feb 3 1934, 13:3.

Sachs, Lippmann; b.*; d. San Francisco,June 10 1912.

Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):128.

Sachs, Manuel S; b. New Haven, Feb 271902; d. Woodsville, NH, July 12 1941.

AB, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, communal & Zionistldr, New Haven; active AmJewish Cong,Jewish Natl Fund, Jewish Welfare Soc; editorYale Law]ournal. • See:A]YB, 44:343;WWIA], 1938; BEOAl

Sachs, Morris A; b. ca 1847; d. Louisville,July 28 1920.

Lawyer, Louisville; mem KY constitutionalconvention. • See:A]YB, 23:133.

Sachs,Morris Bernard; b. Lithuania, Mar23 1896; d. Sep 23 1957.

To US 1910.· Clothingmfr, Chicago; fdrAmateur Hour on Radio; dir Chicago MedSchool Research Found. • See: WWW1A, 3;NYTimes, Sep 241957,35:1.

Sachs, Morris Moses; b. ca 1877; d. Mar 251939.

Insurance exec, communal worker, NorthBergen, NJ. • See:A]YB, 41:430.

Sachs, Nathan !sack; b. Lithuania, Mar 31900.

To US 1924. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar,Chicago; faculty Heb Theological ColI. • See:WWIA],1938.

Sachs, Nathan S; b. NYC, 1897; d. NYC,May61956.

Philanthropist, communalldr, NYC; activeJewish Conciliation Bd, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Anti-Defamation League. •See: A]YB, 58:478; NYTimes, May 7 1956,27:3.

Sachs, Paul]oseph; b. NYC, Nov 24 1876/1878; d. Cambridge, MA, Feb 171965.

AB Harvard; honorary degrees. • Art historian,critic, philanthropist, Cambridge, MA; facultyHarvard; dir Fogg Museum; adm comDumbarton Oaks; trustee Ella Sachs PlotzFound for Advancement ofMed Science. •See: E] (sub Sachs); A]YB, 24:198; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes,Feb 191965,35:1.

Sachs, Philip P; b. Chicago, July 71892.LLB Kent Call of Law. • Lawyer, Chicago;officer Young Mens Jewish Charities, B'naiB'rith; bd Boy Scouts; active synagog. • See:BEOAl

Sachs, Rosa F; b.*; d. Cincinnati, Aug 251911.

Communal worker, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,14(1912-1913):124.

Sachs, Samuel; b. Lithuania, Sep 1 1893/1894.

To US 1907. • AB, post-grad Columbia,ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Brooklyn, Portland,OR, Toronto; editor The Scribe; active ZionistOrg ofAm, Canadian Jewish Congo • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938.

Sachs, Samuel; b. ca 1852; d. Mar 2 1935.Investment banker, philanthropist, NYC; fdrGoldman, Sachs. • See: E] (sub Sachs); A]YB,37:261.

Sachs, Samuel S; b. ca 1868; d. Cleveland,Apr 181941.

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Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 43:363.

Sachs, Teviah; b. NYC, Sep 61902; d.Boston, July 211959.

Watch co exec, Boston; dir Waltham Hospital,Boys Club; active Brandeis. • See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, July 22 1959,28:1.

Sachs, Theodore Bernard; b. Dvinsk, May 21868; d. Chicago, Apr 2 1916.

To US ca 1889. • U Odessa, MD U IL. •Tuberculosis specialist, public health worker,Chicago; fdr Jewish Aid Dispensary, RobertKoch Sot, Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium.• See: UJE;A]YB, 18(1916-1917):140; DAB.

Sachs, Walter Edward; b. NYC, May 281884; d. Aug 211980.

AB Harvard, Harvard Law, abroad. •Investment banker, NYC; with Goldman,Sachs; officer Chamber of Commerce; trusteeMt Sinai. • See: E] (sub Sachs); WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 7.

Sachse, Victor AJr; b. Baton Rouge, Sep 121903; d.Jan 11979.

LLB LA State. • Lawyer, Baton Rouge; activeCouncil for a Better LA, bar assns, Am JewishCom; wwn service. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Sack, Alexander Naoum (Nahum); b.Moscow, Oct 18 1890; d. May 30 1955.

To US 1930. • JD U Moscow, LLM UPetrograd. • Lawyer, government advisor,author, Russia, Estonia; facility U Paris,Academy ofInternatl Law (The Hague); memCom on Peace; active Am Jewish Com; WWIRussian military service. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, May 311955,27:3.

Sack, Alfred N; b. Greenville, MS, Oct 221898.

Washington U (St Louis). • Motion picturedistributor, San Antonio. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sack, Benjamin; b. NYC, Nov 25 1896; d.NYC, Feb 111966.

Accountant, communalldr, NYC; bdJTS;trustee NY Inst ofTechnology, synagog,Lebanon Hospital. • See:A]YB, 68:533;NYTimes, Feb 13 1966, 84:7.

Sack,Erna;b.Spandau, 1908;d.Mar1972.To US 1937. • Opera singer, Dresden Opera.• See: UJE; NYTimes, Mar 6 1972, 36:2.

Sack, Henri Samuel; b. Davos, Switzerland,Nov 251903; d. Mar 161972.

To US 1940. • DSc Technical Hochschule(Zurich). • Research physicist; faculty Cornell;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Sack, Israel; b. Kovno, Sep 15 1883; d.Brookline, MA, May 4 1959.

To US 1903.· Antique dealer, cabinetmaker,Boston. • See: DAB, 6; NYTimes, May 5 1959,33:1.

Sack, Leo R; b. Tupelo, MS, July 9 1889; d.Apr 151956.

U MO. • Public relations agent, journalist,political aide, Washington DC; US envoyCosta Rica; dir Washington Bureau AmZionist Emergency Council; benefactor Costa

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Rica Red Cross; WWI service. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Apr 171956,31:5.

Sack, LesterJ; b. Greenville, MS, July 211907.

BJourn U MO. • Reporter, motion picturedistributor, San Antonio. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sackennan, Louis Frank; b. Staunton, VA,Aug 311883.

Polytech Inst. • Mfr, Baltimore; dir Betsy LevyMemorial Home, Levindale Orphans Home,Lewis Bear Found; active AssocdJewishCharities, trade assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sackheim, Sol; b. Moscow, Nov 20 1887.Chicago Normal ColI, Armour Inst, post-gradU Chicago. • Statistical engineer, secondaryschool tchr, Chicago; WWI service. • See:WWlAJ, 1926.

Sadder, Harry; b. Bohorodczany, Galicia,Aug221883.

To US 1902.· NYU Law.· Hebrew &Yiddish playwright, author, communal exec,NYC; with Kehillah; supervised productionJewish Communal Register. • See: UJE; EJ;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Sackler, Howard; b. NYC, 1929; d. Oct 141982.

Playwright, NYC; dir Caedmon Records;winner Pulitzer Prize, Tony, other awards. •See: WWWIA, 8.

Sacks, A S; b. ca 1881; d. NYC, Sep 8 1931.Economist, writer, NYc.. See:AJYB, 34:112.

Sacks, Charles; b. Brest-Litovsk, Mar 31898.

To US 1906. • LLB Cleveland Law. • Lawyer,prosecutor, Akron; active Jewish WelfareFund, Jewish Social Service Fedn, Aid forDependent Children, bar assn. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Sacks, Emanuel; b; Philadelphia, Jan 30190211904; d. NYC, Feb 91958.

Broadcasting & television exec; dir ColumbiaRecords, RCA; bd Albert Einstein ColI ofMed.· See:AJYB, 60:357; WWWIA, 3.

Sacks, Harris W; b. Russia, Dec 12 1860.Rabbi, Burlington, VT. • See: AJYB, 5(1903­1904):94.

Sacks, Harry N; b. ca 1871; d.Gennantown, PA, Sep 3 1946.

Mfr, Philadelphia; active communal affairs. •See: AJYB, 49:617.

Sacks, Jacob; b. Chicago, Sep 27 1901.BS, MS U Chicago, PhD U IL, MBNorthwestern. • Pharmacologist, Ann Arbor;faculty U MI; author in field. • See: WW1AJ,1938.

Sacks, Joseph; b. Shavli, Lithuania, Sep 11887.

To US 1889.· PAAcademyofFineArts.·Portrait painter, Philadelphia. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Sacks, Leon; b. Philadelphia, Oct 7 1902.BS Wharton, LLB U PA. • Congressman,lawyer, deputy state atty general, Philadelphia;active Democratic politics, communal &Zionist orgs. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.

Sacks, Samuel Isaiah; b. Wtlmington, DE,July 81892.

BS, CE U PA, LLB Temple U, Gratz, NeffColI of Oratory. • Engineer, lawyer,Philadelphia; active professional orgs; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Sacks, Sheldon; b. NYC, Feb 201930; d.Jan 51979.

Northwestern, PhD U Chicago. • English &linguistic educator, author; faculty U CA(Berkeley), U Chicago; officer professional org;editor Critical Inquiry. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Sacks, Solomon; b. Wtlmington, DE, Dec 81893.

BS, MS Temple U. • Public school tchr,principal, Philadelphia; officer Judaic Union;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sadler, Bernard; b. Kirchenbirk, Bohemia,Sep 15 1854; d. Easton, PA,July 13 1917.

Rabbi, Cairo, IL, Easton, PA.· See:AJYB,5(1903-1904):94,20(1918-1919):230.

Sadler, M B; b. ca 1841; d. St Louis, Jan1918.

Civil War veteran, St Louis. • See:AJYB,20(1918-1919):230.

Sadow, Leonard Bernard; b. NYC, Feb 221914; d. May 251972.

BA Brooklyn CoIl, NYU. • Lawyer, exec,NYC; faculty CCNY; consult Am Watch;author in field; WWII service. • See:WWWIA., 6; NYTimes, May 26 1972,38:3.

Sadowsky, Edward Louis; b. Brooklyn.NYU, Columbia Law.· Lawyer, councilman,Reform Democrat, NYC. • See: NYTimesstory, Mar 1 1972.

Sadowsky, Hirsch; b. Mosoli, Russia, Oct 31883; d. Miami, Apr 4 1939.

To US 1904. • U Odessa, StJohns, MDFordham. • Physician, NYC; med dir CrotonaPark Hospital; Russian army service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 5 1939,25:2.

Sadowsky, Reuben; b. Lodz, Jan 2 1872; d.NYC, Apr 6 1944.

To US 1890. • Mfr, banker, NYC; dir BethIsrael Hospital; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, 86th StJewish Center. • See:AJYB, 46:345; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Sadowsky, Solomon S; b. Russia, May 51879; d. Rochester, NY, Oct 311946.

To US 1902. • Rabbi, Rochester, NY; activeMizrachi, Orthodox Orphans Home, HebDietary Org; author in field. • See: AJYB,49:617; WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Nov 1 1946,23:4.

Saeks, Abraham Benjamin; b. Cambridge,MN, Apr 251901.

Merchant, Dayton, OH; active Zionist Org ofAm, Universal]ewish Council, Jewish Fedn for

Sagalowitch, Jacob M

Social Services; MN Natl Guard service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Saenger, Israel; b. ca 1842; d. Shreveport,Dec 271918.

Rabbi, Shreveport. • See: AJYB, 21:206.

Saenger, Joseph; b. Elizabeth, Aug 23 1863.Civic & communal worker, Belleville, IL;active Joint Distribution Com, B'nai B'rith; dirWWI Bur ofConservation ofManpower •See: WW1AJ, 1928.

Saenger, Samuel; b. Saager, Lithuania,1864; d. Los Angeles, May 9 1944.

To US 1941. • U Berlin,U Heidelberg, UFreiburg. • Writer, German minister toCzechoslovakia; editor Die Neue Rundschau. •See: UJE; NITimes, May 10 1944, 19:1.

Safer, Rebecca H; b. AR,Jan 211898; d.Washington DC, Mar 191983.

Communal & Zionist ldr, Washington DC;active Hadassah, World Zionist Congo • See:AJYB, 85:419.

Saffer, Simon; b. ca 1861; d. Brooklyn, July141936.

Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 39:596.

Safir, Shelley Ray; b. NYC, June 20 1890.AB CCNY, PhD, MA Columbia. •Biologist,communal educator, NYC; withWoods Hole Marine Biology Lab; principalTalmudic Academy, RIETS; dean YeshivaColI; fdr, dir Jewish Academy ofArts &Sciences. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda),1938.

Safran, Hyman; b. Detroit, Feb 91913; d.Dec 1983.

Printing co exec, Detroit; active JewishWelfare Fedn, Jewish War Veterans; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA., 8.

Safran, Joseph; b. Bacau, Rumania, 1911.To Israel 1944, to US 1957.· JTS (Vienna),PhD U Vienna. • Rabbi, educator, NYC;faculty Yeshiva. • See: EJ:1973-1982.

Safran, Samuel; b. ca 1887; d.Jan 111939.Merchant, communal worker, Perth Amboy. •See:AJYB, 41:430.

Safro, Victor I; b. NYC, 1888.Entomologist, Louisville; faculty U Louisville.• See:AJYB, 24:198.

Sagal, Louis M; b. ca 1873; d. Dec 301935.Theatre mgr, communal worker, New Haven.• See:AJYB, 38:434.

Sagal, Zachary; b. Bobruisk, July 22 1884.To US 1906. • U Kiev, PhD Brooklyn ColI ofPharmacy, MD NYU/Bellevue. • Physician,NYC; faculty Columbia; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Sagalowitch, Jacob M; b. ca 1879; d. NYC,Dec-30 1943.

To US 1941. • Rabbi, Danzig, Brussels, NYc.• See:AJYB, 46:345; NYTimes, Dec 311943,16:7.

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Sagan, Carl Edward; b. NYC, 1934.PhD U Chicago; honorary degrees. •Astronomer, popularizer ofscience; facultyCornell; Pulitzer Prize winner; author in field.• See: E]:1973-1982.

Sagan, George; b. Satonov, Russia, Apr 141895; d. West Orange, N],Jan 301975.

To US 1910.· Exec, communal worker; fdrSagan Found; chr Place ofImmigrants Service(Newark); bd Weizmann Inst,JTS. • See:A]YB, 77:598; NYTimes, Feb 11975,30:5.

Sagarin, Samuel Wtlliam; b. Vilna, Mar 151877.

Realtor, pioneer Zionist, Pittsfield, MA; activeZionist Org ofAm, United Palestine Appeal,Heb Free Loan.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Sage, Maurice S; b. Russia, 1917; d. NYC,June 22 1976.

To US after WWI. • Exec, communalldr,philanthropist; bd Bar-l1an, Am Zionist Fedn,Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Jewish Weekly;active Jewish Natl Fedn, Religious Zionist OrgofAm, WorldJewish Cong.· See:A]YB,78:546.

Sagoff, Philip; b.*; d. Apr 12 1936.Communal & Zionist worker, Cambridge,MA. • See:A]YB, 38:434.

Sagorsky, Isidor S; b. Zagar, Russia, Dec 271878.

Communal worker, Philadelphia; activeZionist Org ofAm, Jewish Community Center.• See: WWIA], 1928.

Saidel, Myer; b. Swentopa, Russia, Mar 221889.

Harvard, Harvard Law. • Lawyer, communal& civic ldr, Manchester, NH; active NH WarRelief Drive, Keren Hayesod, NH ChildrensAid Soc, Planning & Zoning Bd. • See:WWIA], 1926.

Saidenberg, Daniel; b. Wtnnipeg.To US 1907.· Paris Conservatory,Juilliard.·Cellist, conductor, Chicago; faculty ChicagoMusical ColI. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Saipe, Morris Joel; b. Leeds, Sep 2 1891.To US 1906. • Northwestern, Walton Schoolof Community (Chicago). • Public accountant,realtor, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sakall, S Z; b. Budapest, 1885; d. Feb 131955.

To US by 1940. • Technical School(Budapest). • Motion picture comedian. • See:UJE; NYTimes, Feb 141955,19:2.

Sakel, ManfredJoshua; b. Nadvorna,Austria, June 6 1900; d. NYC, Dec 21957.

To US 1936/1937. • Call Brno, MD UVienna. • Psychiatrist, physician, Berlin, NYC;research specialty: insulin & insulin shock; fdrManfred Sakel Research Found. • See: U]E;E];A]YB, 60:357; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6;NYTimes, Dec 3 1957,35:1.

Sakin, Genia I; b. Lithuania; d. Boston, Sep1960.

To US 1933. • Plastic surgeon, practicedworldwide, aided victims ofHiroshima. • See:A]YB, 63:562; NYTimes, Sep 91960,29:3.

Sakolski, Aaron Morton; b. Baltimore, May12 1880; d. Dec 29 1955.

PhB Syracuse U, PhD Johns Hopkins. •Statistician, author in field, NYC; facultyCCNY; WWI examiner Federal TradeCommn. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:198; WWIA],J926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Dec 311955,14:7.

Sakolsky, Henry; b. NYC, Dec 18 1889.Merchant, NYC; active YMHA, HomeFarming Club, Fedn ofJewish Charities; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sakolsky, Julius; b. NYC, June 61887.Exec, NYC; dir NY Furniture Exchange Assn.• See: WWIA], 1928.

Saks, Andrew; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, Apr 81912.

Merchant, NYc.. See:A]YB, 14(1912­1913):126; NYTimes, Apr 91912, 11:3.

Saks, Horace A; b. Baltimore, July 14 1882;d. NYC, Nov 27 1925.

Princeton. - Merchant, Chinese porcelaincollector, NYC; WWI service. • See: A]YB,24:198; NYTimes, Nov 28 1925, 7:1.

Saks, Isadore; b. ca 1852; d. Sep 13 1933.Merchant, dept store fdr, NYC. • See: A]YB,36:285; NYTimes, Sep 14 1933,23:1.

Salant, Wtlliam; b. Courland, Feb 2 1870; d.NYC, Dec 101943.

To NYC 1884. • BS Cornell, MD Columbia. •Med researcher, physiologist, pharmacologist,NYC; faculty U GA; author in field. • See:UJE;A]YB, 24:198,46:345; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 5.

Salasin, Samuel L; b. Philadelphia, May 151886.

MD Medico-Chirurgical Call (Philadelphia). •Physician, Atlantic City; active Visiting NursesAssn; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salberg, Rita; b. NYC, Aug 13 1927; d.NYC, Aug 211985.

Brooklyn ColI. • School tchr, communalldr,NYC; active Human Rights Commn, Anti­Defamation League, Internatl Womens B'naiB'rith, Natl Conf on SovietJewry. • See:A]YB, 87:443;]TA-DNB, Aug 261985.

Sale, Irwin; b. St Louis, Mar 311889.AB U MO, Washington U (St Louis). •Lawyer, asst US atty, St Louis; mem VeteransWelfare Assn; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Sale, Lee; b.*Lawyer, St Louis. • See: UJE (sub Sale, MosesN).

Sale, Moses N; b. Louisville, Oct 17 1857;d. St Louis, Jan 291930.

U Louisville, U lL. • Lawyer, circuit courtjudge, St Louis; WWI draft board service. •

550

See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):179, 32:155;WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Sale, Samuel; b. Louisville, Oct 291854; d.May 191937.

U Berlin. • Rabbi, Heb tchr, Baltimore,Chicago, St Louis; tchr Washington V; firstAm-born rabbi. • See: UJE (sub Sale, MosesN);A]YB, 5(1903-1904):94,24:198,40:390;WWWIA, 1.

Salem, Ralph;b. 1898; d. 1963.Mathematician; faculty Harvard, MIT, UParis; author in field. • See: E].

Sales, Grover Granman; b. Louisville, Sep171887.

AB Columbia, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,Louisville; faculty U Louisville; active JewishWelfare Fedn, Fresh Air Home, Legal Aid Soc,Am Civil Liberties Union.· See: WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938.

Saleski, Gdal; b. Kiev, Feb 111888; d. Oct81966.

Kiev Imperial Music School, LeipzigConservatory. • Musician, composer, NYC;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928; NITimes,Oct 9 1966, 86:4.

Salesky, Bernard Leonard; b. Philadelphia,Jan 17 1901; d.Feb 2 1963.

Temple U. • Hat mfr, Philadelphia, NYC;trustee Albert Einstein Med Center; officertrade assns; dir Allied Jewish Appeal. • See:WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Apr 11963, 36:5.

Salesky,J L; b.*; d. Brockton, MA, Sep1917.

Rabbi, Brockton, MA. • See: A]YB, 20(1918­1919):230.

Salinger, Benjamin I; b. Germany, 1860.Lawyer, judge, Carroll, IA. • See: A]YB,24:198.

Salinger, Harry; b. Chicago, Mar 71883; d.Apr 81951.

Jenner Med ColI, MD Chicago. • Banker,Chicago; active World Trade Conf,professional assn. • See:WWWIA, 3; NITimes,Apr 91951,25:3.

Salinger, Jerome David aD); b. NYC,1919.

Valley Forge Military Academy. • Notedauthor, recluse; Catcher in the Rye; WWIIservice. • See: E].

Salinger, Louis; b. Chicago, Mar 15 1876.U Chicago, LLB Kent Call ofLaw. • Lawyer,Chicago; dir synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salinger, Pierre Emil George; b. SanFrancisco,Jan 14 1925.

Journalist, presidential press secy, pianist. •See: NITimes story, Mar 201964.

Salinger, Samuel; b. Cleveland, Jan 31885.MD U Louisville, MD Chicago Call ofMed,U Vienna. • Otolaryngologist, Chicago; facultyLoyola; active med soc. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

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Salinger, Simon F; b. Poland, Sep 29 1860.Rabbi, cantor, Louisville, Germany, England,"Wilkes-Barre, Cleveland, Pittsburgh. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):94.

Salinsky, Ben Edward; b. Sheboygan, Aug12 1908.

AB, MA, LLB U WI. • Lawyer, Sheboygan;active Vocational School, Fedn ofJewishCharities, U WI Hillel, U WI ChurchCouncil. • See: WWIA], 1938.

SaIit, Harris; b. ca 1865; d. Brooklyn, Nov261934.

Realtor, philanthropist, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB,37:261.

SaIit, Michael; b. Kovno, July 1868; d.Miami,Jan 51941.

To US 1887; • Artist, merchant, Zionist, LongBeach, NY; active United Synagogue ofAm,Fedn Am Zionists, Keren Hayesod, AchoozaAleph (Palestine). • See:A]YB, 43:363;WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Jan 7 1941,23:5.

SaIit, Norman; b.Brooklyn, June 8 1896; d.NYC, July 21 1960..

AB CCNY, JD NYU, JTS, MA Columbia. •Rabbi, lawyer, communalldr, NYC; activeRabbinical Assmembly ofAm, UnitedSynagogue ofAm, Zionist Org ofAm,Freedom Found, Valley Forge; consult US .Commn UNESCO; bdJTS. • See: E]; A]YB,63:562; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 4;NYTimes,July 22 1960,23:4.

Salk, Jonas Edward; b. NYC, 1914.Developer of polio vaccine; advisor WorldHealth Org; fdr Salk Inst (San Diego). • See:E].

Salkey, J Sydney; b. Los Angeles, July 81888.

LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer, StLouis. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salkin, Meyer; b. ca 1864; d. Passaic, N],Jan281939.

Rabbi, Passaic, NJ. • See:A]YB, 41:430.

Saller, Linda (Mrs); b. ca 1857; d.Philadelphia, Apr 26 1937.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,39:596.

Saller, Louis; b. ca 1846; d. Philadelphia,Dec 3 1918.

Communal worker, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB,21:207.

Sallinger, Norman; b. NYC, Sep 211866.Exec, Boston; active Fedn ofJewish Charities.• See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Sahnan,Joseph;b.caI859;d.Cincinnati,Feb 31938.

Merchant, communal worker, Cincinnati. •See: A]YB, 40:391.

Sahnon, Carl Sidney;b. Potsdam, NY, May281887.

LLB Albany Law, Eastman ColI. • Lawyer,asst district atty, mayor, Amsterdam, NY;

officer bar assn; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1926,1928,1938.

Sahnon, Kurt; b. Cologne, ca 1911.To US 1930. • U Cologne, Textile School(Chemnitz, Saxony). • Exec, NYC. • See:NYTimes story, March 5 1972.

Sahnon, UdallJ; b. Montreal, Oct 51904;d.July 101963.

To US 1927. • McGill, MD Sorbonne. •Gynecologist, obstetrician, NYC; exec dirSalmon Found. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,July 11 1963,29:2.

Sahnony, Alfred; b. Cologne, 1890; d. May2 1958.

To US 1934.· UVienna, PhD UBonn.·Historian of eastern art; asst dir CologneMuseum; author/lecturer. in field. • See: UJE;NYTimes, May 3 1958, 19:5.

Sahnowitz, Atnold; b. Brooklyn, Apr 301906.

AB Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital. •Obstetrician, gynecologist, Richmond Hill;NY.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Salomon, Abram; b. Mlawa, Poland, May 231912; d. NYC, Oct 91976.

To US 1950. • Zionist ldr; active GeneralZionist Constructive Fund (Israel), ZionistFedn ofAustralia & New Zealand, Zionist OrgofAm, WorldJewishCong.· See:AJYB,78:546;NYTimes, Oct 111976, 30:3.

Salomon, Adolph Z; b. ca 1839; d. Denver,Nov81910.

Mercharit, Denver. • See:A]YB, 13(1911­1912):136.

Salomon, Albert; b. Berlin, Dec 8 1891; d.Dec 181966.

To NYC 1935.· PhDUHeidelberg,GermanAcademy for Politics. • Sociologist, NYC;faculty Hochschule fur Politik (Berlin), NewSchool; editor Gesellschaft; WWI German an;nyservice. • See: E]; A]YB, 68:533; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Dec 19 1966, 37:3.

Salomon, Alice; b. Berlin, 1872; d. Aug1948.

To US ca 1937. • Honorary degree. •Womens ldr, social worker, author; activeInternatl Womens Cong, Internatl Council ofWomen. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Sep 1 1948,23:1.

Saloman, Arthur K; b. NYC, May 3 1877.Banker, NYC; trustee Montefiore Hospital. •See: WWIA], 1928. .

Saloman, EdwardM; b.*; d. Memphis, June12 1935.

Civic & philanthropic ldr, Memphis. • See:A]YB, 37:261.

Saloman, Edward S; see Solomon, EdwardS.

Saloman, Emil; b. NYC, Dec 22 1883.Editor, insurance agent, Tulsa; with St LouisPost-Dispatch, Tulsa Oklahoma-World, Tulsa]ewish Review. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salomon, Max

Saloman, Ezekiel; b. Philadelphia, July 201778; d. New Orleans, Sep 271821.

Banker, cashier, New Orleans. • See: BDEAJ.

Saloman, Fred Z; b.*; d. Mar 22 1961.Dept store exec, St Louis. • See:~,4.

Saloman, George; b. Hamburg, Apr 231920; d. Great Neck, NY, May 81981.

To US 1937. • Editor, communal worker;active Am Jewish Com; author onJewishsubjects. • See:A]YB, 83:362.

Saloman (Solomon), Haym; b. Lissa,.Poland, ca 1740; d. Philadelphia, Jan 11785.

To Am 1775. • Merchant, financier,Revolutionary War patriot, army supplier;made free loans to members of ContinentalCong; asst Robert Morris, Office of Finance;active Jewish political rights, synagog, Mason.• See:]E; UJE; E]; PAiRS, 2:5-20, 3:7-12,33:251, 34:107-16;A]RQ, 66:35-49, 67:9-49,140-61; BDEA]; DAB.

Saloman (Solomon), Haym M; b.Philadelphia, Apr 23 1785; d. NYC, Feb15 1858.

Merchant, NYC; led lifetime fight to recoverdebts he believed US government owed hisfather, Haym Salomon.· See: PAiRS, 37:447­448 (Solomon); BDEA].

Salomon, Herbert; b. NYC, Aug 28 1883; d.Mar 1951.

Investment banker, broker, NYC.· See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 81951,29:6.

Salomon, Irving; b. Chicago, Aug 23 1897;d.Jan 11979.

Northwestern. • Exec, UN supporter, culturalldr, author, San Diego; active Special Fund ofUN, UN Assn ofAm, US Com for UNICEF,UNESCO, Scripps Clinic, Salomon Found,Am Jewish Com; WWI, WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 7:

Salomon, Ivan; b.*; d. NYC, Mar 291972.Philanthropist; fdr Bachurel ChemedOrthodox Youth Synagogue (Long Beach,NY), Sephardic Studies program Yeshiva U;active Heb Relief Soc. • See:A]YB, 74:559.

Salomon, Louis Bernard; b. Louisville, Apr291908.

AB U Louisville, MA, PhD UPA. • English &Am literature specialist,. Bowling Green, KY;faculty Western KYTchrs ColI; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salomon, Mark M; b. ca 1878; d.Kensington, NY,Jan 1916.

Communalldr, NYc. • See:A]YB, 18(1916­1917):110; NYTimes, Jan 6 1916, 13:3.

Salomon, Max; b. ca 1863; d. San Francisco,July 1933.

Physician, San Francisco. • See:A]YB, 36:285.

Salomon, Max; b. NYC, Sep 6 1876; d. VABeach, Aug 12·1944.

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, court ofspecial sessionsjudge, NYC; trustee Heb Natl Orphan Home;

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autobiography. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes,Aug 13 1944,35:3.

Salomon, Moise; b.*; d. San Franci~co,Mar15 1915.

Cantor, San Francisco. • See: A]YB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Salomon, Moses; b. ca 1860; d. Chicago,Jan 21911.

State senator, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 13(1911­1912):137.

Saloman, Richard G; b. Berlin, ca 1885; c.MtVemon, OH, Feb 31966.

To US 1937.· PhD UBerlin.· Churchhistorian, medievalist; faculty U Hamburg,Kenyon ColI, Bexley Hall Seminary. • See:NITimes, Feb 41966,31:3.

Salomon, Sidney; b. ca 1882; d. Cleveland,Mar 191935.

Dept store exec, Cleveland. • See: A]YB,37:261.

Salomon, William; b. Mobile, Oct 91852;d. Dec 141919.

Financier, railroad exec, author, NYC; officerEducational Alliance; active Americanization. •See:]E; PA]HS, 28:300-01.

Salon, Nathan Lehman; b. Kriva, Russia,Aug261896.

To US 1899. • MD U MI. • Surgeon, FtWayne; active synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salpeter, Harry; b. Lemberg, Aug 16 1895;d. Nov 13 1967.

To US 1899. • Art dealer, NYC; editor NYWorld; contributor Esquire, Coronet. • See:WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Nov 141967,43:1.

Salpeter, High; b. Passaic, N], Dec 281911;d. NYC, Feb 15 1969.

BA Brooklyn ColI, NYU, U NC School forSocial Work. • Social welfare admr; activeInternatl Refugee Com, Am Jewish Cong,Catholic Charities, Fedn ofJewish Charities,Am-Israel Soc; fdr Heb U, Weizmann Inst,Technion.· See:A]YB, 71:608; WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Feb 171969,35:3.

Salsberg, Abraham; b. Dombrowna, Poland,Aug 15, 1870.

To US 1888. • Merchant, Ft Worth; activeJewish Community Center, synagog. • See:WWIA],1938.

Salsburg, Philip; b. Wilkes-Barre, Oct 91891.

Social worker, Scranton; active CommunityWelfare Assn, PA Assn for the Blind, LionsClub, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Salsburg, Zevi Walter; b. Wilkes-Barre,Aug 91928; d.June 201970.

BS U Rochester, Cal Tech, PhD Yale. •Physical chemist; faculty Rice; consult LosAlamos Science Lab, Lawrence LivermoreLab; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Salsbury, Nate; b. Newburgh, NY, Apr 271888.

LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, free lance writer;

assocd Chicago Evening Post; contributor tomagazines.· See: WWU'IA; 8.

Salten, Felix (born Siegmund Salzmann); b.Budapest, 1869; d. Oct 1945.

To US 1938, to Zurich after WWII. •Novelist, playwright, critic, creator of"Bambi." • See: UJE;E]; NITimes, Oct 91945,22:2.

Saltiel, William David; b. Chicago, Oct 211895.

LLB Kent ColI of Law. • Lawyer, publicspeaker, Chautauqua lecturer, Chicago;speaker Republican Natl Com; active PoliticalEducation League, Tree Preservation, Assn of.Commerce, Chicago City Opera, German AidSoc. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Saltzman, Joel (Edward); b. Brooklyn, May241915; d. Feb 5 1967.

NYU, Columbia. • Book publisher, NYC; presBookman Assoc. • See: WWU'IA, 4; NITimes,Feb 7 1967,39:1.

Saltzman, Nathan Jack; b. Slonim,June 11902.

To US 1904. • LLB Boston U. • Lawyer,Springfield, MA; active YMHA, Jewish SocialService Bureau, Zionist Org ofAm, synagog. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Saltzman, Samuel; b. Keene, NH, Feb 191898; d. NYC, Nov 16 1978.

Ophthalmologist, NYC; faculty NY Med ColI;a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; worked toest eye hospital (Israel); author in field. • See:A]YB, 80:371-72; NITimes, Nov 18 1978,45:1.

Saltzstein, A L; b. Poland, Oct 11 1867; d.Mar 191947.

To US 1884. • Communalldr, Milwaukee;active Am Jewish Com, Jewish Agency forPalestine.· See:A]YB, 50:522; NITimes, Mar22 1947, 13:1.

Saltzstein, Benjamin Franklin; b. Plock,Poland, Nov41884.

To US 1888.· LLB U MI.· Lawyer,Milwaukee; bd Sholom Aleichem Circle; activeJewish Welfare Fund, Am Jewish Com, NatlConf of Christians & Jews. • See: WWIA],1928; WWU'IA, 7.

Saltzstein, Harry C; b. Washington DC,Nov 111890.

BS Yale, MD Johns Hopkins.· Surgeon,Detroit; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWU'IA,8.

Salus, Joseph 'Wieder; b. Philadelphia, July2 1870; d. May 2 1938.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia). •Merchant, realtor, banker, N] legislator,Atlantic City, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,40:391; WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA];NITimes, May 3 1938,23:6.

Salus, Samuel W; b. Philadelphia, Aug 301872; d. Philadelphia, Dec 291945.

LLB U PA. • Lawyer, legislator, pres pro ternPA senate, Philadelphia; mem city council. •

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See:A]YB, 48:499; WWIA], 1928,1938;NITimes, Dec 301945,14:3.

Salvador, Francis; b. London 1747; d.Esseneka, SC, Aug 1 1776.

To Am 1773. • Revolutionary War soldier,patriot, plantation owner; mem first SCProvincial Congo • See:]E; UJE; PA]HS,9:107-22; 22:108; BDEA].

Salvador,Joseph;b.LondonllIolland,Jan211716; d. Charleston, SC, Dec 291786.

To Am 1784. • Merchant, philanthropist,landowner; fellow Royal Soc; fought for Jewishnaturalization; first Jewish mem Dutch EastIndia Co. • See: UJE; BDEA].

Salvin, Arthur Abram; b. Lodz, Jan 26 1881;d. Nov 191947.

To US 1923. • MD U Zurich. • Physician,surgeon, NYC, Berlin, Moscow; pres RussianMed Soc ofUS; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Nov 201947,29:3.

Sali, Arthur; b. Staab, Bohemia, 1881.To US 1934. • U Berlin, U Munich. • Politicaleconomist, sociologist, Columbus, OH; facultyU Heidelberg, OH State; author in field. • See:UJE.

Salzburg, MiltonJ; b. NYC, Dec 171910.Publisher, film librarian, film maker, NYC;orgr, pres Pictorial Film Library Inc. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Salzer, Gustave; b. ca 1876; d. Brooklyn,May 23 1934.

Musical dir, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 36:285.

Salzman, Carl Conrad; b. NYC, Sep 271901.

MD NY Med ColI. • Obstetrician,gynecologist, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salzman, Marcus; b. Baltimore, Dec 111871; d. 1948.

Heb Union ColI, BA U Cincinnati, PhDColumbia. • Rabbi, author, Wilkes-Barre;active Heb Union ColI Alumni, CommunityWelfare Fedn, Central Conf ofAm Rabbis. •See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):94; WWIA], 1926,1928; CCARYB.

Salzman, Samuel; b. Brooklyn, July 201896.

Columbia. • Mfr, merchant, NYC; active HebOrphans Asylum, Fedn ofJewish Charities,synagog; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Salzman, Samuel Robert; b. Austria, Oct 161882.

MD, BS U IL. • Physician, Toledo; trusteeToledo U. • See: WWIA], 1926,1938.

Salzman, Tobias; b. ca 1847; d. Baltimore,May 181920.

Hazzan, Baltimore. • See: A]YB, 22: 168.

Salzman, William Simcha; b. Teofipoll,Ukraine, June 29 1883; d. Norwalk, CT,July 11 1970.

To US 1908. • Mfr, Jewish scholar, author,NYC; fdr Standard Bag Corp; active Soc for

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the Advancement ofJudaism, Herzliah HebTchrs CoIl, Matz Found; autobiography. • See:EJ; AJYB, 72:544; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,July 13 1970,31:5.

Salzmann, Jacob Amos; b. Philadelphia, Oct11901.

DDS U PA. • Orthodontist, Philadelphia,NYC; author/editor in field. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Sam, Joseph; b. ca 1865; d. Houston, Feb1915.

Lawyer, city atty, Houston. • See: AJYB,17(1915-1916):222.

Samalman, Alexander; b. NYC, Jan 111904; d.Jan 211956.

CCNY. • Editor, NYC; editor Fourth Estate;syndicated feature writer NY MorningTelegraph; poet under name Helen Ardsley. •See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Jan 22 1956, 89:1.

Samberg, Harry A; b. NYC, Aug 6 1896.LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Samfield, Max; b. Marksteft, Bavaria, Feb 61846; d. Memphis, Sep 1915.

To US 1867. • PhD UWiirzburg.· Rabbi,Shreveport, Memphis; fdr United Charities,YMHA, Jewish Spectator, 'IN Soc for thePrevention ofCruelty to Animals & Children;pres Southern Rabbis Assn, Heb ReliefAssn,United Charities; governor Heb Union ColI. •See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):94-95,18(1916-1917):110; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Sep28 1915, 11:3.

Samilson, Philip H; b. ca 1859; d.Jan 61934.

Mfr, Far Rockaway; fdr philanthropic &religious institutions. • See: AJYB, 36:285.

Saminsky, Lazare, b. Vale-Gotzulovo, Oct27 1882/Aug 1 1883; d. Port Chester,NY,June 30IJuly 11959.

To US 1920. • U Petrograd, Conservatory ofPetrograd. • Composer, musical dir, NYC; fdrSoc for J ewish Folk Music; music dir Emanu­El; author/lecturer in field, philosophy. • See:UJE; EJ; A]YB, 62:452; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 21959,25:3.

Samisch, Alfred; b. NYC, July 22 1871.Printer, night school tchr, NYC; active UnionLabel League, Labor Bulletin, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sammis, Arthur Maxwell; b. Bridgeport,CT, Sep 23 1911.

ColI of Pacific, U CA (Berkeley), JD Hastings.• Lawyer, San Francisco; faculty,deanHastings; active bar assn; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 5.

Samoiloff, Lazar (Lazare) S; b. Kiev, Jan 121877/1878.

U Vienna Med ColI, Vienna Conservatory,Milan Conservatory. • Singer, tchr, NYC; dirMaster School ofMusical Arts. • See: A]YB,24:198; WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Samonisky, Harris; b. Delaware City, June281895; d.June 22 1951.

AB U DE. • Editor, Wilmington, DE; activePrisoners Aid Soc, Soc for the Control ofCancer; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, June 23 1951,15:5.

Sampliner, Paul H; b. Cleveland, May 161898; d. NYC,Jan 71975.

Publisher, civic worker, NYC; mem Nat! CivilRights Commn, State Commn onDiscrimination, NYC Anti-Crime Commn; IdrAnti-Defamation League. • See:A]YB, 77:598­99; NITimes, Jan 8 1975,40:4.

Sampliner, William; b. ca 1882; d.Cleveland, Apr 71938.

Dermatologist, Cleveland. • See: A]YB,40:391.

Sampson, Arthur Fichell; b. Georgetown,SC,July 11855; d. 1934.

Washington & Lee, MD UVA, post-grad UPA, NYU. • Physician, public health officer,Galveston, San Francisco; inventor of medinstruments. • See: UJE (sub Sampson, JohnJacob); A]YB, 6(1904-1905):180.

Sampson, John Jacob; b. Galveston, Apr 211898.

AB, MA U CA, MD Harvard. • Cardiologist,San Francisco; faculty U CA (Berkeley); officerHeart Assn; active Tuberculosis Assn, VisitingNurses Assn. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:198;WWIA],1938.

Sampter, Jessie Ethel; b. NYC, Mar 221883; d. Givat Brenner, Palestine, Nov111938.

To Palestine 1919. • Author, poet, Zionistwriter, early Hadassah Idr; friend of HenriettaSzold. • See: UJE; EJ; A]YB, 24: 198; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; NAW; NITimes, Nov 261938,16:3.

Samstag, Gordon; b. NYC, June 21 1906.Nat! Academy of Design, Colaross School,Paris. • Artist, tchr, NYc. • See: WWIA],1938.

Samstag, Henry Frederick; b. WashingtonDC, Sep 6 1862; d. Feb 23 1940.

Merchant, communal worker, philanthropist,NYC; a fdr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;active Educational Alliance, Nat! ConfofChristians & Jews. • See:A]YB, 42:483;WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Feb 24 1940, 13:4.

Samuel, Bunford; b. Philadelphia, Sep 161857; d. before 1938/May 19 1949.

Librarian, Philadelphia; indexer of 70,000portraits.· See:A]YB, 24:198; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 2.

Samuel, David B; b. Little Rock, May 81874; d. May 241937.

LLB U AR. • Lawyer, legislator, municipaljudge, Shreveport; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:A]YB, 39:596; WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Samuel, Donald Carol; b. NYC, May 261919; d. Feb 201980.

Investment co exec, NYC; trustee Jewish

Samuels, Ellen Phillips

Family & Childrens Services, Sarah Lawrence;advisor Columbia School of Social Work;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Samuel, Joseph Bunford aBunford); b. ca1854; d. Philadelphia, Jan 11929.

Philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,24:198,31:93.

Samuel, Maurice; b. Macin, Rumania, Feb 81895; d. May 41972.

To England, to US 1914.· UVictoria, UManchester. • Noted author, lecturer,translator, Zionist; investigated pogroms(1919); author histories, novels, biblicalsubjects; WWI service; autobiography. • See:EJ; A]YB, 24:198, 74:545-53; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,5;NITimes,May 5 1972,45:1.

Samuel, Ralph Eugene; b. Rochester, NY,Nov 5 1892; d. Israel, Oct 161967.

Dartmouth. • Corp exec, investment banker,NYC; officer Am Jewish Com, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Am-Jewish Tercentenary. •See: E]; A]YB, 69:612; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 17 1967, 47: 1.

Samuels, A Bertram; b. ca 1886; d. NYC,Sep 41934.

Lawyer, civic worker, public official, NYc. •See:A]YB, 37:261.

Samuels, Abraham Samuel; b. Woltzin,Poland, May 15 1894; d. Apr 23 1960.

To US 1922.· Elmira ColI.· Rabbi,communalldr, Elmira, NY, NYC; officerJewish Bd of Education, United Charities for.Palestine, Mizrachi, J ewish Forum. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Apr 241960,88:8.

Samuels, Abram; b. Baltimore, Aug 271876.

AB Loyola, Pharm D, MD U MD. •Gynecologist, surgeon, Baltimore; faculty UMD; trustee Levy Family Fund; author in field.• See:A]YB, 24:198; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].

Samuels, Arthur Hiram; b. Hartford, Apr151888; d. Mar 201938.

AB Princeton. • Reporter, advertising exec,radio producer, Washington DC, NYC; aneditor New Yorker, Harpers Bazaar; co­composer "Poppy." • See:AJYB, 40:391;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, I;NITimes, Mar211938, 15:1.

Samuels, Benjamin; b. Chicago, Mar 311878; d. Chicago, Mar 291961.

U Chicago, LLB Harvard. • Business exec,civic & communalldr, Chicago; a fdr Leo NLevi Memorial Hospital; active B'nai B'rith,Cleveland Jewish Orphans Home, Anti­Defamation League. • See: A]YB, 63 :562;WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Mar 311961,33:4.

Samuels, Cesar; b. ca 1851; d. Los Angeles,July 1935.

Communal worker, philanthropist, LosAngeles.• See:A]YB, 38:434.

Samuels, Ellen Phillips; see Phillips, Ellen.

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Samuels, George E; b. ca 1858; d. Dec 271925.

Judge, communal worker, Oakland, CA. - See:A]YB, 28:151; NYTimes, Dec 28 1925, 15:3.

Samuels, Harry; b. Rwnania, 1905.To US ca 1919. - Professional finder, deal­maker for corporate clients. - See: WS] story,July31 1968.

Samuels, Howard; b. Canandaigua, NY, ca1920.

Undersecy of Commerce, Johnson adm. - See:NYTimes story, Dec 1 1967.

Samuels, HowardJ; b. Rochester, NY, Dec3 1919; d. NYC, Oct 261984.

MIT. - Business exec, politician, publicservant, Zionist; pres NY Off-Track BettingCorp, North Am Soccer League; officer AmJewish Cong; active civil rights movement,Israel Bonds, Democratic politics; WWIIservice. - See: A]YB, 86:442; NYTimes, Oct 271984.

Samuels, Isador W; b. ca 1845; d.Washington DC, July 1918.

Rabbi, Washington DC. - See:A]YB, 21:207.

Samuels, Isadore; b. Kansas City, Mar 141891.

AB Park CoIl (Parkville, MO), LLB KansasCity School of Law. Insurance agent, Denver;officer Council of Social Agencies, CO Canf ofSocial Work, professional orgs. - See: "WWIA],1928,1938.

Samuels, Joseph (Col); b. Washington DC,1865; d. Boston, Feb 13 193,9.

Merchant, philanthropist, civic ldr, Providence;fdr dental clinics. - See: UJE; A]YB, 41:430;NYTimes, Feb 141939,20:2.

Samuels, Leslie R; b. Salt Lake City, Feb 101900; d. NYC, July 1984.

Dept store owner, philanthropist, donatedmillions toLincoln Center, NYc. - See:NYTimes, July 20 1984,46:1.

Samuels, Levi; b. ca 1842; d. NYC, May 81915.

District Deputy Grand Master ofMasons,NYc. - See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222;NYTimes, May 9 1915, 18:4.

Samuels, Louis A; b. Hartford, CT.Business exec, legislator, police commr,Hartford. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Samuels, Maurice Mendel; b. Schaki,Lithuania, Nov 161880; d.Jan 1949.

To US 1906. - U Freiburg, EE U Karlsruhe. ­Engineer, inventor, NYC; with Federal PowerCommn (Washington DC); author in field. ­See: "WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan301949,60:5.

Samuels, Maurice Victor; b. San Francisco,Oct 3 1873; d. Apr 11945.

AB U CA. - Playwright, lawyer, Los Angeles;author The Wanderer. - See:A]YB, 24:198;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA,2.

Samuels, Samuel N; b. NYC, June 81878;d. Feb 3 1936.

Heb Technical Inst. - Mfg furrier, communalworker, philanthropist, NYC; advisor CoolidgeAdm; active Jewish Education Assn,Institutional Synagogue, trade assns. - See:A]YB, 38:434; "WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Samuels, Saul Simon; b. Brooklyn, Apr 251895; d. Oct 1961.

AB, MA, MD Columbia. - Urologist, NYC; bdStuyvesant Polyclinic; author in field; WWIservice. - See: UJE; "WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA];NYTimes, Nov 2 1961,37:1.

Samuelson, Aaron; b. Odessa, Jan 71903;d. NYC, Mar 19 1965.

To US 1906. -Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; afdr, officer Bronx House, Jewish Ladies DayNursery, YM-YWHA; officer bar assn; authorin field. - See:A]YB, 67:541; NYTimes, Mar 201965,27:4.

Samuelson, Hyman; b. Russia, 1868.Cantor, San Francisco, NYC. - See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):95.

Samuelson, Lee (Leo) Israel; b. Chicago,July!71879.

US Military Academy. - Army officer, LosAngeles. - See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905): 180;"WWIA], 1938.

Samuelson, Paul Anthony; b. Gary, IN,May 15 1914.

U Chicago, PhD Harvard. - Economist, Nobellaureate; faculty Harvard, MIT; author in field.- See:E];]TA-DNBstory, Oct271970;NYTimes story, Oct 27 1970.

Samuelson, Sidney Edgar; b. NYC, Jan 291895.

BS CCNY. - Theatre owner, mgr, Newton,N]i officer Bd of Recreation, Boy Scouts, tradeorgs. - See: "WWIA], 1938.

Sandberg, Marta Ehrlich; b. Cottbus,Germany, Apr 28 1896.

To US 1923. - PhD U Berlin, Kaiser WilhelmInst. • Biochemist, NYc. - See: "WWIA],1938.

Sandelowitz, Nahum Benzion; b. Kovnoprovince.

In US by 1907. - Rabbi, Kovno, Denver. - See:Gottlieb,300.

Sanders, Arthur Charles; b. ca 1894; d. Apr91938.

WWI veteran, mem "Lost Battalion," NYC. ­See:A]YB, 40:391; NYTimes, Apr 111938,15:4.

Sanders, Ira Eugene; b. Rich Hill, MO,May 61894; d. 1985.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIl,MA Columbia. • Rabbi, Little Rock; faculty UAK; active Urban League, Fedn ofjewishCharities, AK Conf of Social Workers,Eugenics Assn. - See: "WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; CCARYB.

Sanders, Joseph; b. Gerden, Germany, Oct181877; d. Washington DC, Aug 1960.

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To US 1886. • Industrial School (Hannover),Corcoran Science School. • Inventor,engineer, mfr, banker, Washington DC; presGyro Co. - See: "WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;NYTimes, Aug 23 1960,29:1.

Sanders, Leon; b. Odessa, May 25 18{)7; d.Aug 1937.

NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, municipal courtjustice, Tammany politician, NYC; officer HebImmigrant Aid Soc, Am Jewish Cong, B'rithAbraham.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):180; ,"WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 231937, 19:5.

Sandground, Jack Henry; b. Johannesburg,1899.

To US early 1920s.· U South Africa, JohnsHopkins. • Parasitologist; faculty UWitwatersrand, Johns Hopkins, Harvard;curator Museum of Comparative Zoology(Harvard). • See: UJE; E].

Sandhaus, Morris A; b. Cleveland, 1913; d.Washington DC, June 41969.

Rabbi; officerJewish War Veterans; activeChaplains Service ofVA, Jewish Chaplains ofArmed Forces. - See:A]YB, 71:608; NYTimes,June 7 1969,35:5.

Sandler, Bernard Hirsch; b. NYC, Oct 221884; d.June 2 1958.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; counselMethodist Bd ofTemperance; assoc editorLaws ofthe Air; active Holy Cross RectoryGoldenJubilee, anti-Nazi movement. - See:"WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 3 1958,31:1.

Sandler, Harry Nathan; b. Baltimore, Jan171889.

LLB U MD. • Lawyer, circuit court judge,legislator, speaker pro-tem, Tampa; trusteeTemple U; active Boy Scouts, bar assn. - See:"WWIA], 1938.

Sandler, Ida Cooper (Mrs Samuel Cooper);b. Kamenetz.,.Podolsk, July 1 1880.

To US 1891. • Communalldr, Boston; fdrWomens Auxiliary, Beth Israel Hospital; execdir Bikur Cholim Hospital. - See: "WWIA],1938.

Sandler, Jacob (Peretz) Koppel; b.Bielozwerkvo, Russia, Aug 61856; d. Feb23 1931.

To US 1888. - Composer, music & choral dir,NYC; dir Yiddish theatre choruses; composeroperettas; questionable composer of "Eli Eli."• See: E];A]YB, 24:199, 33:128; DAB;NYTimes, Mar 11931,25:1.

Sandler, Peretz; see Sandler, Jacob Koppel.

Sandler, Samuel; b. Kiev, Feb 19 1886.To US 1891. • MD Tufts. • Urologist, FallRiver, MA; assocd Bd of Health, GeneralHospital, Union Hospital; officer med soc. •See: "WWIA], 1938.

Sandler, William; b. Russia, July 4 1883.Business exec, Detroit; officer House ofShelter, synagog; dir Old Folks Home,Kashruth Council. • See: BEOAJ.

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Sandmel, Samuel; b. Dayton, OH, Sep 231911; d. Cincinnati, Nov 41979.

U MO, ordained Heb Union CoIl, Duke, PhDYale. • Biblical scholar, rabbi, author,Cincinnati; faculty Vanderbilt, Heb UnionCoIl, U Chicago Divinity School; author infield; WWII chaplain service. • See: E]:1973­1982;AJYB, 81:374-75; WWWIA, 7.

Sandor, Gluck; b. NYC, July 4 1899; d. Mar1978.

Choreographer,dir, dancer,~C;~thNeighborhood Playhouse, Earl CarrollVanities, motion pictures, Met Opera; authorin field. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes, Mar 15 1978,II 2:3.

Sandrich, Mark Rex; b. NYC, Oct 26 1900;d.Mar 1944.

Columbia. • Author, motion picture dir,Hollywood, CA; dir Top Hat; WWI NatlGuard service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Mar 6 1945,21:4.

Sandrow, Edward T; b. Philadelphia, Dec23 1905/1906; d. Cedarhurst, NY, Dec161975.

AB U PA, ordainedJTS. • Conservative rabbi,communalldr, Portland, OR, LI, Cedarhurst,~; faculty NYU, JTS; pres Rabbinical AssnofAm,~ Bd of Rabbis; active Zionist Org ofAm; WWII chaplain. • See: EJ; AJYB, 77:599;WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 171975,48:3.

Sands, Eva (Mrs); b. ca1874; d. May 271939.

Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,41:430.

Sands, IrvingJesse; b. Russia, Mar 271891;d. Oct 1958.

MD Columbia. • Neurologist, Brooklyn; activeReb Orphan Asylum; ~uthor in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Oct 23 1958,31 :1.

Sandusky, Hannah (Mrs); b. ca 1827; d.Pittsburgh, Nov 11 1913.

Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):165.

Sandweiss, David Jacob; b. Stolin, Russia,Dec 271898; d. Aug 15 1962.

To US 1909.· MD U MI. • Physician,Detroit; faculty Wayne; advisor US PublicHealth Service; active Heb Benevolent Soc,Je~sh Social Service Bureau. • See: WWWIA,4.

Sang, Philip David; b. Chicago, Nov 271902; d. May 161975.

IL Inst ofTechnology. • Ice cream co exec,Chicago; pres AmJe~shHistorical Soc;officer Civil War Je~sh Historical Commn,Civil War Centennial Corhmn ofIL; bdJewishFedn, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, ChicagoSymphony, Heb Union CoIl, Weizmann Inst.• See: WWWIA, 6.

Sanger, Adolph L; b. Baton Rouge, 1842; d.NYC,Jan 3 1894.

CC~, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, publicofficial, alderman, acting mayor, ~C; officer

Union Am Heb Congregations; active B'naiB'rith. • See: JE; UJE.

Sanger, Alexander; b.· Obenbreit, Bavaria,May 8 1847; d. Sep 13 1925.

To US 1865. • Merchant, Corsicana, Dallas;pres Chamber of Commerce; dii- State Fair,Public Library; active synagog. • See:WWWIA, 1.

Sanger, Eli; b. Dallas, Oct 261877.Columbia, Weaving School (Berlin). •Merchant, civic ldr, Dallas; officer MusicCenter, Art Assn, Better Business Bureau;active Boy Scouts. • See: WWL4J, 1938;BEOAJ.

Sanger, Raphael; b. ca 1835; d. WashingtonDC, Apr 1921.

Civil War veteran, Washington DC. • See:AJYB, 23:133.

Sanguinetti, Percy A; b. ca 1845; d. MtVernon, NY,Jan 291910.

Engineer, Mt Vernon, ~. • See: AJYB,12(1910-1911):110.

Sanson, Joseph; b. ca 1825; d. Philadelphia,Jan 301913.

Official court interpreter, Philadelphia. • See:AJYB,15(1913-1914):273.

Saperstein, Abe; b. London, 1901; d. Mar1966.

To US 1907. • Basketball promoter,entertainer, NYC; fdr Harlem Globetrotters. •See: EJ; NYTimes, Mar 19 1966, 45:2.

Saperstein, David; b. Hoboken, June 41900.

AB NYU, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,Washington DC; helped draft SecuritiesExchange Act. • See: WWL4J, 1938.

Saperstein, David; b.*Pianist, ~C.. See:AJYB, 24:199. • *SeeSaperton, David.

Saperstein, Harold Irving; b. Troy, Dec 91910.

AB Cornell, MHL, ordainedJIR. • Rabbi,Lynbrook, LI; chaplain Wallkill,~ StatePrison. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Saperston, Alfred Morton; b. Buffalo, Apr 71898; d. Mar 281983.

LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, Buffalo; mem StateCom on Child Care; exec com Research &Planning Council, United Funds; trusteeUnited Jewish Fedn, Cornell. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 8.

Saperston, Willard Wolf; b. Leeds, Mar 181863.

To US 1863. • LLB U Buffalo.· Lawyer,Buffalo; officer Je~sh Orphan Home; activeCharity Eye & Ear Hospital,Je~shFedn ofCharities, United Jewish Com. • See: WWIAJ,1928,1938;BEOAJ.

Saperton, David; b. Pittsburgh, ca 1890; d.Baltimore, July 1970.

Concert pianist, ~C; faculty Curtis; tchr ofJ

Sapiro, Aaron

Bolet, Gary Grafman. • See: NYTimes, July 61970, 31 :4. • *See Saperstein, David.

Saphier, Conrad J; b. Amstetdam, Apr 271884.

NYU, Inst ofMusical Art. • Business &religious educator, ~C; instructor CC~;fdr, dir Saphier String Orchestra. • See:WWIAJ, 1926.

Saphir, Joseph Frederick; b. Austria, Jan 121881; d. Nov 1959.

CC~,MD Columbia. • Proctologist,~C;

officer med assns; author in field. • See:WWL4J, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Nov27 1959, 26:6.

Saphir, Otto; b. Vienna, Aug 281898; d.Nov 1963.

To US 1923.· MD UVienna.· Pathologist,Chicago, Cleveland; faculty Western Reserve;chrJoint Com for the Readjustment ofGermanJews. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 27 1963,37:1.

Saphire (Sapir), Saul; b. Vilna, Dec 12 1895;d. Miami Beach, Aug 15 1974.

To US 1916 via Japan. • Columbia Tchrs ColI.• Popular Yiddish novelist, journalist, ~C;fdr Heb School of Flatbush, Jewish Center;staffJewish Morning Journal, Jewish Am,Forward. • See: UJE; EJ:1973-1982;AJYB,76:516; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 171974,26:4.

Saphire, Shelley Ray; b. NYC, June 201890; d. Oakland, CA, Apr 21970.

Honorary degree. • Biologist, ~C; deanYeshiva CoIl; active communal schools, JewishForum Found, Bar-TIan, Je~sh Academy ofArts & Sciences. • See:AJYB, 72:544;NYTimes, Apr 4 1970,29:6.

Saphirstein, Jacob; b. 1853/1854; d.June 11914.

To US ca 1888. • Editor, publisher, litterateur,Zionist; ~C; fdr, editor Yiddish MorningJournal. • See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):165;Eisenstadt, 75-76; NYTimes, June 2 1914,11:6.

Sapinsley, Milton C; b. Louisville, Nov 181895.

Mfr, charity fundraiser, Pawtucket, RI; presJe~sh Community Center; WWI service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sapir, Edward; b. Lauenburg, Pomerania,Jan 26 1884; d. New Haven, Feb 4 1939.

To USI889.· AB, MA, ScD, PhD Columbia;honorary degrees. • Ethnographer,anthropologist, linguist, poet; faculty U TN, UChicago, Yale; assocd Yiddish Inst; activeprofessional orgs; author in field. • See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 41:430; WWIAJ, 1928,1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Feb 51939,40:6.

Sapiro; Aaron; b. San Francisco, Feb 51884; d. Nov 1959.

AB, MA U Cincinnati, Heb Union CoIl, BL UCA. • Lawyer, Los Angeles; orgr Canadianwheat pool, US agricultural cooperatives;counsel CA Industrial Accident Bd; known forsuit against Henry Ford over Protocols; author

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on cooperatives; WWI service. • See: E];WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 25 1959,29:1.

Sapirstein, Jacob; b. Grajeyre, Russia, Oct301885.

To US 1905.· Mfr, Cleveland; fdr AmGreeting Corp; dir Heb Academy, YoungIsrael. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Sapirstein, Louis; b. Vilna, Jan 25 1889; d.Feb 1971.

To US 1892.· DDS Columbia.· Dentist,Jamaica, NY; active Zionist Org ofAm,synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb21 1971, 64:5.

Saposs, DavidJoseph; b. Kiev, Feb 22 1886;d. Washington DC, Nov 196~.

To US 1895. • UWI, Columbia.· Laboreconomist, author, consult, Katonah, NY;faculty Brookwood Labor ColI; chiefeconomist Natl Labor Relations Bd; author infield. • See: U]E; WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Nov 16 1968,37:1.

Sapper, HarryJoseph; b. Winnipeg, Jan 111898; d. Oakland, CA, Apr 8 1965.

To US 1919. • AB U Manitoba, LLB U CA.·Social work exec, Oakland, CA; with YMHA,Jewish Com for Personal Service, Jewish Fedn,CA Conf of Social Work. • See:A]YB, 67:541;WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Sar, Samuel Leib; b. Ligniany, Poland, Mar15 1893; d. NYC, June 211962.

To US 1914. • Talmudic scholar, rabbi, NYC;dean Yeshiva U; bd Bar-Han; active ReligiousZionists ofAm; author in field. • See: A]YB,64:496;]TA-DNB, June 25 1962; NYTimes,June 22 1962,25:1.

Sarachan, Goodman Alexander; b. Vilna,Sep 30 1893/Sep 291898; d. Rochester,NY,July 2 1985.

To US 1903. • AB U Rochester, LLB Harvard.• Lawyer, state supreme court judge,Rochester, NY; active Tax Revision, StateInvestigation Commn, Jewish Forum, synagog.• See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes story, Feb 281969, obituary, July 3 1985.

Sarachek, Joseph; b. NYC, July 1 1892/1893/1894; d. Long Beach, LI,June 151953.

AB, PhD Columbia, ordainedJTS.·Conservative rabbi, scholar, prison chaplain,NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; pres NY Bd ofRabbis; author in field. • See: E]; A]YB,55:459; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 161953,27:6.

Sarasohn, Abraham H; b. ca 1868; d.Detroit, Feb 25 1933.

Newspaperman, Detroit. • See:A]YB, 35:128.

Sarasohn, Bashe (Mrs Kasriel Sarasohn); b.ca 1832; d. NYC, May 30 1913.

Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):273; NYTimes, June 2 1913, 7:5.

Sarasohn, Ezekiel; b. Suwalki, Sep 15 1863;d. Aug 15 1933.

To US 1876. • Yiddish & Heb newspaperpublisher, Heb scholar, NYC; fdr Jewish DailyNews, Amerikaner; dir Centra1]ewish Relief,Heb Immigration Aid Soc. • See: A]YB,24:199; 36:285; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938(Sarsohn);NYTimes, Aug 161933,17:4.

Sarasohn, IsraelJoshua; b. Vilna, Dec 151891; d. Clemmons, NC, 1972.

AB Clark, MA U Cincinnati, ordained HebUnion ColI. • Rabbi, Leavenworth; activeUnited Jewish Campaign, Child LaborCommn, J ewish Welfare Bd; WWI chaplain. •See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; CCARYB.

Sarasohn, Kasriel Hersch; b. Paiser,Suwalki, 1835; d. NYC, Jan 12 1905.

To US 1871. • Pioneer Yiddish & Hebnewspaper publisher, early Zionist, communalldr, NYC; fdr Di Yidishe Gazeton; YidishesTagblatt, Haivri, Heb Sheltering House,Talmud Torahs. • See:]E; U]E; E]; A]YB,7(1905-1906):217; Eisenstadt, 108-09;NYTimes, Jan 13 1905,6:1.

Sarason, Samuel Davis; b. Vilna, June 211883; d. Syracuse, Sep 10 1946.

To US 1892. • PhB Yale. • Civil engineer,Syracuse; faculty Syracuse U; consult StateBldg Code; author in field. • See: A]YB,49:617; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];NYTimes, Sep 12 1946, 7:4.

Sarecky, Barney A; b. NYC,June 91895.AB Syracuse U. • Journalist, motion pictureproducer, Universal City, CA; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Sarfaty, Rose (Mrs Moss Sarfaty); b.*Dept store exec, NYC; with B Altman & Co. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Sargent, Isaac; b. Brooklyn, Oct 3 1878; d.Long Beach, NY, Apr 1956.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC;pres Heb Educational Soc; chr WWI draftboard.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938; NYTimes,Apr 91956,27:5.

Sarnoff, David; b. Uzlian, Russia, Feb 271891; d. NYC, Dec 12 1971.

To US 1900. • Pratt; honorary degrees. •Broadcasting & electronics pioneer, exec; withRCA; fdr Natl Broadcast Network; bdEducational Alliance, JTS. • See: U]E; E];A]YB, 73:635; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Dec 13 1971,1:1.

Sarnoff, Irving; b. NYC, Mar 121901; d.NYC, Mar 1961.

NYU. • Radio sales pioneer, NYC; active Fednof]ewish Philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Mar 201961,29:2.

Sarnoff, Max; b. ca 1878; d.Jacksonville,Mar271933.

Mfr, chain store pres, NYc. • See: A]YB,35:128.

Sarnoff, Robert; b. NYC, 1918.Media exec, NYC; with Cowles Publications,NBC, RCA; WWII service. • See: E] (subSarnoff, David).

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Sartorius, Philip; b.*; d. Vicksburg, Jan 151913.

Civil War veteran, Vicksburg.· See:A]YB,15(1913-1914):273.

Sarzedas, David; b. ca 1760; d. July 28 1841.Revolutionary War soldier, Savannah;physician, Charleston, Sc. • See: BDEA].

Sashin, David; b. Russia, Feb 23 1900; d.Sep 1974.

Columbia, MD U MD. • Orthopedic surgeon,NYC; author in field. • See: BEOA]; NYTimes,Sep 141974,32:4.

Saslavsky, Alexander; b. Kharkov, Feb 81876; d. San Francisco, Aug 2 1924.

To US 1893. • Vienna Conservatory ofMusic.• Violinist, conductor; mem NY SymphonySoc; orgr Russian Symphony Orchestra;conductor Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. •See:A]YB, 24:199; WWWIA, 1; DAB;NYTimes, Aug 4 1924, 13:4.

Saslow, Daniel L; b. Chicago, Oct 281926;d. Dec 1983.

Northwestern. • Dental supply exec, Chicago;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Sasuly, Max; b. Satanow, Austria, Feb 71888.

To US 1898/1899.· UWI, BS,MS UChicago. • Statistician; with US Bureau ofStandards, Brookings Inst, Natl RecoveryAdm, Social Security; author in field. • See:U]E; WWIA], 1938.

Satenstein, David Lawrence; b. NYC, ca1880; d. NYC, Feb 25 1943.

Dermatologist, NYC; faculty Columbia;authority on histopathology. • See: A]YB,45:393; NYTimes, Feb 27 1943, 13:2.

Satenstein, Edward; b. ca 1903; d. NYC,June 1968.

Amherst ColI, Columbia. • Publisher,equestrian, NYC; pres Am Book-StratfordPress; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;WWII service; • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,June 6 1968, 48:3.

Satenstein, Jesse; b. Kovno, Aug191886; d.NYC, Sep 7 1965.

To US 1900. • Book mfr, NYC; inventorbookbinding machine. • See: A]YB, 67:541-42;NYTimes, Sep 9 1965, 41:2.

Satenstein, Louis; b. Russia, Dec 211874;d. NYC, May 26 1947.

To US 1889. • Paines Business School (NYC).• Publisher, printer, bookbinder, NYC; activeJewish Maternity Hospital, Home of theDaughters ofJacob, Beth Israel Hospital. •See: U]E;A]YB, 50:522; WWIA], 1926,1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, May 27 1947,25:3.

Satenstein, Sidney; b. NYC, Sep 28 1900; d.Boca Raton, Feb 22 1961.

Amherst ColI. • Book mfr, publisher, businessexec, NYC; mem State Bd of Social Welfare,Mayors Com for Scholastic Achievement; dirAnti-Defamation League. • See:A]YB, 63:562;WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 24 1961,29:3.

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Satin,A1onrisA1;b.Philadelphia,Apr271901; d. NYC, Sep 201971.

Business exec, NYC; officer Bd ofJewishEducation; active Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies, synagog. • See:A]YB, 73:635;NYTimes, Sep 23 1971,38:1.

Satinsky, Sol; b. Philadelphia,]une 12 1900;d. Philadelphia, Nov 4 1966.

Honorary degree. • Mfr, realtor, communalldr, philanthropist, Philadelphia; officerJewishFamily Services, Fedn of]ewish Agencies, ] ointDistribution Com, Dropsie. • See: E]j A]YB,68:533;]TA-DNB, Nov71966;NYTimes, Nov6 1966, 88:2.

Satter, A1arkJ; b. Chicago, Feb 22 1916; d.July 12 1965.

Peoples]r ColI, LLB DePaul. • Lawyer, civicworker, Chicago; mem Housing AdvisoryCom, Commn on Human Relations; counselNat! Catholic Council for Interfaith]ustice;author on consumer relations. • See: WWWIA,5.

Sattler, Louis; b. Budapest, Jan 7 1898; d.June 1977.

To US 1902. • AB Columbia, PhD U Chicago.• Research chemist, Brooklyn; with NY SugarTrade Lab; faculty CCNY, Brooklyn ColI;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,June 28 1977, 34:4.

Satz, David A1eyer; b. Columbus, TX, Nov19 1892; d. Nov 1959.

BS Harvard, Columbia Law.· Lawyer,Newark; trustee Intercoll Menorah Assn. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 71959,23:2.

Satz, Ludwig; b. Lemberg, Feb 18 1891/1893.

To US 1914.· Columbia. • Yiddish actor, dir,NYC; fdrYiddish Art Theatre. • See: U]EjAJYB, 25:199; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Sauber, Ezekiel; b. ca 1864; d. Philadelphia,Sep 261936.

Yiddish writer, journalist, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 39:596.

Saulson, William; b. ca 1856; d. Redlands,CA,July 81917.

Mayor, StIgnace,MI. • See:A]YB, 20(1918­1919):230.

Savada, Elias; b. Poland, 1883 (?); d. NYC,Feb 281950.

Clothing mfr, philanthropist, NYC; activecommunal charities. • See: A]YB, 52:504;NYTimes, Mar 11950,27:5.

Savage, Leon; b. Kovno, A1ar 23 1888/1889;d. NYC, Apr 29 1967.

To US 1914/1915.· UParis, LLB Columbia.• Lawyer, journalist, Zionist, Philadelphia,NYC; editor PhiladelphiaJewish Warld, JewishDay; fdr Assn of Lithuanian]ews, Union ofRussian]ews; active YMHA. • See: U]E;AJYB, 69:612; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Apr 30 1967, 86:7.

Savel, A10nris Joseph; b. Prusnytz, Russia,A1ar 30 1892.

To US 1911. • Plumber, sculptor, Newark; dirNew World Bldg & Loan Assn. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Savit, Julius; b. Slonim, Oct 5/15 1888; d.Chicago, A1ay 71943.

To US 1909.· Lawyer, communal exec,Chicago; officerJoint Relief for Jewish WarSufferers; overseas representative for]ointDistribution Com, Am Red Cross; active AmJewish Cong, old age care.· See: WWIAJ,1926, 1938;AJYB, 45:393.

Savitz, David S; b. Everett, l\1A, Jan 161902.

Harvard, U WI, CT State, Columbia,Fordham, ordained Yeshiva ColI. • Rabbi,Zionist, Bronx; officer Bronx Council ofRabbis; active prison reform, Assembly ofOrthodox Rabbis. • See: BEGAJ.

Savitz, Harry Austryn; b. Austryn, Russia,1896.

To US 1911. • BS, MD Harvard. • Physician,Boston; med dir Assocd]ewish Philanthropies.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Savitz, Samuel Abraham; b. RussiaIPoland,Feb 111884; d. Philadelphia, Nov 1950.

MD Medico-Chirurgical ColI (Philadelphia). •Physician, Philadelphia; specialty: lungs;facultyJefferson Med ColI. • See: WWIAJ,1928; NYTimes, Dec 11950,27:6.

Savransky, Gilbert; b. Cleveland, Dec 21924; d. Cleveland, Dec 121975.

Lawyer, Cleveland; nat! officer Zionist Org ofAm; active]ewish Community Fedn; author infield. • See:AJYB, 77:599.

Sawyer, A1ende1; b. ca 1856; d. May 151938.

Communal worker, Roxbury, MA. • See:AJYB, 40:391.

Sawyer, A1eyer Joshua; b. Boston, Dec 91886.

LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, Washington DC;trustee Temple U, Boston U; activeRepublican politics. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Sax, George David; b. Peoria, Apr 14 1904;d. Mar 12 1974.

Browns Business ColI (Peoria). • Banker, GlenEllyn, IL, Chicago; hotel owner, MiamiBeach.• See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar 13 1974,44:4.

Sax, Gert (born Gertrude Landsberger­Sachs) (Mrs Georg Bernhard); b. Berlin,1888.

To US 1941. • Painter; Berlin, Paris, NYC;portraits, landscapes, local scenes. • See: U]E.

Sax, Julius; b. ca 1831; d. NYC, July 1916.To US at early age. • Banker, Nashville; activesynagog, communal charities. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):267; NYTimes, July 21 1916,9:8.

Sax, Samuel; b. Pittsburgh, Sep 51880.Motion picture producer, distributor, NYC;pres Gotham Productions. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Scalettar, Louis William

Saxe, Leonard S; b. Boston, Apr 17 1889; d.NYC, June 1968.

Harvard, Harvard Law. • Legal expert, musicmanuscript collector, NYC; mem State CrimeCommn, State Constitutional Convention'faculty NYU; active bar assn; author in fieid.•See: NYTimes, July 1 1968, 33:2.

Saxe, A1artin; b. NYC, Aug 28 1874; d.NYC, Feb 51967.

Princeton, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator,NYC; pres NY Tax Commn. • See: WWWIA,4; NYTimes, Feb 6 1967, 29:1.

Saxe, A10nris D; b. Riga, Aug 151883.To US 1887. • LLB Yale. • Lawyer, municipal& police court judge, New Britain, CT; officerprofessional orgs; trustee General Hospital. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Saxe, Sigmond; b. NYC, July 141861; d.NYC, Feb 28 1944.

Packards Business ColI. • Mfr, NYC,Philippines; discovered new leather tanningtechniques. • See:AJYB, 46:345; WWIA],1928; BEGAJ; NYTimes, Feb 29 1944, 17:6.

Saxl, IrvingJose; b. Vienna, May 71904.To US 1929.· PhD UVienna.· Physicist,chemist, inventor, research director, NYC,Providence; author in field. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Saxon, David Stephen; b. St Paul, 1920.BS, PhD MIT. • University official, physicist;chancellor UCLA; author in field. • See:EJ:1973-1982.

Sayers, Henry; b. ca 1854; d. London, July161912.

Merchant, St Louis. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):273.

Saylin, George Joseph; b. Riga, Feb 151876; d. Los Angeles, Aug 41942.

To US 1889. • Pharm, MD U Buffalo. •Physician, communal education & welfare ldr,Buffalo, Los Angeles; officer Epic; orgrMaimonides Club, Hazimrah Soc & School ofMusic, Zionist Org ofAm (Buffalo). • See:AJYB, 45:393; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Saypol, Irving H; b. NYC, Sep 3 1905; d.June 30 1977.

LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, US atty, statesupreme court judge, NYC; counsel StateConstitutional Convention. • See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, stories]an 7 1965,]an i9 1971,obituary,]uly 11977, 21:1.

Saypol, Ronald Dietz; b. NYC, Nov 121929.

Dickinson ColI, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Exec,Lionel Corp, Ideal Toy, NYC; chr Boy Scouts;supporter Brandeis; active Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies, United]ewish Appeal. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Scalettar, Louis William; b. NYC, Feb 131899; d.June 1966.

DDS Columbia. • Dental surgeon, Good WillCourt judge, Brooklyn; active Huron ClubMatzoth Fund, professional orgs; unofficial

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mayor Brownsville & East NY. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, June 9 1966,47:2.

Schaap, Michael; b. NYC, Mar 201874; d.Dec 23 1957.

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, dept store pres,Progressive Party ldr, legislator, tchr, NYC;with Bloomingdales; dir Jewish EducationAssn. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Dec 241957,34:1.

Schaar, Bernard Edward; b. Cincinnati, Apr11884.

Chern E U Cincinnati. • Chemical engineer,Chicago; pres Maxwell Settlement House;active Zionist Org ofAm; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Schaar, Sarah Blumenthal (Mrs Bernard EShaw); b. Lincoln, NE,Jan 111890.

U Chicago Grad School of Social Service Adm.• Social worker, Chicago; withJewish SocialServices Bur; officer professional orgs; activeBureau of Federal Transient Services, IL Comon Social Legislation. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schachet, Herman; b. Suwalki, Feb 23188l.

Communal worker, Charleston, WVA; presHeb School, Zionist district; contributor toYiddish press. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Schachet, Isaac E C; b. ca 1897; d. Pueblo,CO, Nov 26 1946.

Lawyer, deputy district atty, Walsenburg, CO;pres bar assn. • See: A]YB, 49:617.

Schachet, Max L; b. ca 1853; d. Cincinnati,Apr 1916.

Talmudic scholar, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,18(1916-1917):110;

Schachner, Nathan; h. NYC, Jan 16 1895;d. Bronx, Oct 2 1955.

CCNY, JD NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; publicistAm Jewish Com, Natl Council ofJewishWomen; author Am histories; WWI service. •See: A]YB, 58:478; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Oct3 1955,27:3.

Schacht, Al;b. ca 1893; d. Waterbury, CT,July 14 1984.

Comedian, baseball pitcher & coach, baseballclown; with Washington Senators;autobiography. • See: Jewish Post & Opinion,Aug 291984,2:1.

Schacht, Aleen (Mrs Lawrence Schacht); b.NYC, Mar 141911; d. South Orange,NJ, Dec 91976.

Zionist ldr; natl officer Hadassah; helped estSchacht Day Nursery, Hadassah Med Center,Heb U (all Israel). • See: A]YB, 78:546;NYTimes, Dec 10 1976, IV 15:3.

Schachtel, Hyman Judah; b. London, May241907.

To NYC 1914. • AB U Cincinnati, ordainedHeb Union ColI. • Rabbi, NYC, Houston;playwright The Eternal People. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schachter, Herschel; b. Brooklyn, 1917.Ordained RIETS. • Rabbi, natl communalldr,

Stamford, CT, NYC; pres Religious ZionistsofAm, Conf ofPresidents ofAm Jewish Org;WWII chaplain. • See: E].

Schack, Sarah Carmel (Mrs WilliamSchack); b. Jerusalem, Sep 30 1889.

To US 1907. • AB Hunter, MA Columbia. •Communal educator, NYC; principalProgressive School aerusalem); exec secyIntercoll Zionist Soc; specialty: Yiddishfolksongs. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schackman, Nathaniel Hiram; b. Brooklyn,Nov 20 1901.

CCNY, U Southern CA, LLB Brooklyn Law.• Lawyer, Woodside, NY; officer UnitedSynagogue ofAm,Jewish Community Center,synagog, Ridgewood Plateau Civic Assn. • See:WWIA],1938.

~Schaechter,Mordkhe; b. Cernauti,Rumania, 1927.

To US 1951. • Yiddish linguist, NYC; facultyJTS, Yeshiva U, Columbia; co-editor OynShvel; co-creator Yugntruf(Youth for Yiddish).• See: E].

Schaefer, Bertha; b. YazooCity, MS; d.May24197l.

BA, MS State Coll for Women, Parsons Schoolof Design. • Gallery dir, interior decorator,NYC; assocd with designing ofWashingtonHeb Congregation; officer professional org. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, May 261971,46:1.

Schaefer, Jacob; b. ca 1890; d. Dec 1 1936.Composer, conductor, NYC; "fatherofproletarian music in Am." • See: A]YB, 39:596.

Schaefer, Jacob; b. Cernauti, Rumania, Oct41892.

To US 1893. • Trinity, MD Tufts. •Physician,.Hartford; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Schaefer, Solomon Weinschenk; b. YazooCity, MS, Sep 27 1885; d. Aug 1967.

AB Washington & Lee, MD Johns Hopkins. •Physician, Colorado Springs; active Red Cross,Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Aug 111967, 31:3.

Schafer, Stephen; b. Hungary, 1911.To US 1961. • Criminologist; faculty UBudapest, U FL; consult Pres Commn on LawEnforcement; author in field. • See: E].

Schaffel, Paul Henry; b. Leipzig, Dec 251877.

Roman Catholic priest, Milwaukee. • See:WWIA], 1938 (addenda).

Schaffer, Aaron; h. Baltimore, May 181894;d. Feb 241957.

AB, PhD Johns Hopkins, U Paris, Coll deFrance. • Romance languages scholar, Austin,TX; faculty U TX; pres lritercoll Zionist Assn,Am Assn of U Professors; author in field. •See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; EEOA];WWWIA,3.

Schaffer, Harry H; b. Pittsburgh, Oct 261895.

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Drug co exec, Pittsburgh; Natl Commander inChiefJewish War Veterans; active Am JewishCong, Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League,synagog; WWI service.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schaffer, Louis Hutzler; b. Baltimore, Nov51930; d. Feb 41973.

MD Johns Hopkins. • Physician, Baltimore;active Assn ofJewish Charity & WelfareFunds, symphony orchestra; military service. •See: WWWIA, 6.

Schaffer, Nathan; b. Newark, ca 1906; d.Livingston, N],Jan 61966.

BS, MD U MI. • Noted allergist, sculptor,Newark; officer med socs; consultJewishAsthmatic Home for Children (Denver);author in field; WWII service. • See: NYTimes,Jan 7 1966,27:6.

Schaffer, Schepschel (Schepsel); b. Bausk,Courland, May 41862; d. Sept 281933.

U Berlin, PhD U Leipzig, Berlin Lehranstalt. •Rabbi, pioneer Zionist, Baltimore; delegateZionist Cong (Basel); pres Chovevi Zion. •See:]E;A]YB, 5(1903-1904):95,6(1904­1905):222-23, 3~:285; WWIA], 1926, 1928;Gottlieb, 293-94.

Schaffner, Henry Gabriel; b. Erie, Sep 91895.

Meat packer, civic ldr, Erie; officer Rotary,Safety Council, trade orgs, Girl Scouts, RedCross, Booker T Washington Center. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Schaffner, Herbert Theodore; b. Chicago,Mar 18190l.

Security salesman, Chicago; dir Young MensJewish Charities, Community Council. • See:WWIA],1938.

Schaffner, Morris; b. Hessloch, Germany,Nov281866.

Exec, philanthropist, communal & civic ldr,Erie; mem Fire Commn; officerJointDistribution Com; active B'nai B'rith Homefor Friendless Children, Jewish Welfare Bd. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Schaffner, Robert Centennial; b. Chicago,July 61876; d. Nov 13 1946.

Business exec, broker, Chicago; supporter ArtInst, Historical Soc; a fdr Century of Progressin Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938; EEOA];WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Nov 141946, 29:2.

Schaffner, Sara Halle (Mrs JosephSchaffner); b. Cleveland, ca 1862; d.Chicago, May 1957.

Philanthropist, Chicago; donated liberally toNorthwestern.· See: EEOA]; NYTimes, May101957,27:5.

Schaikewitz, Nahum Meyer (Meir)(pseud=Shomer); b. Minsk, Dec 18 1849;d. NYC, Nov241905.

Yiddish & Heb writer, playwright, NYC;editor The Jewish Puck; Haskalah Movementinduced him to write in Yiddish; author morethan 200 Yiddish novels. • See: ]E; U]E; A]YB,6(1904-1905):181,8(1906-1907):224;NYTimes, Nov 27 1905,9:3.

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Schakne, Isaac; b. ca 1860; d. Mar 41939.Communal worker, Orthodox ldr, Detroit. •See:AJYB,41:430.

Schamberg, Gilbert Frank; b. Philadelphia,July 22 1878.

LLB U PA.· Lawyer, social worker, farmer,Philadelphia; active Jewish Welfare Bd, BigBrother Assn, Jewish Chautauqua Soc. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Schamberg, Jay Frank; b. Philadelphia,. Nov6 1870; d. Philadelphia, Mar 30 1934.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MD,PhD U PA, post-grad Vienna, Paris, Berlin. •Dermatologist, scientist, Philadelphia; facultyPhiladelphia Polyclinic, Temple U, JeffersonMed Coll, U PA; a fdr The Pharisees, JewishStudies Soc; helped develop salvarsan. • See:UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):181,24:199,36:285;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB.

Schamberg,MonnsI;b.1875;d.GreatNeck, May 1953.

DDS U PA, MD Medico-Chirurgical(Philadelphia). • Oral surgeon, Philadelphia,NYC; faculty Medico-Chirurgical, Post-GradHospital, Columbia; developer dental X-ray;Spanish-Am War service.·· See: UJE;NYTimes, May 211953,31:3.

Schanfarber, Edwin J; b. Coshocton, OH,June 11886; d. Columbus, OH, 1944.

LLB OH State. • Lawyer, Columbus, OH;officer United Jewish Fund; bd B'nai B'rith,Jewish Infants Home, Council of SocialAgencies. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, July 3 1944, 11:5.

Schanfarher, Jacob; b. ca 1857; d.Columbus, OH, Feb 20 1917.

Communal worker, Columbus, OH. • See:AJYB,19(1917-1918):267.

Schanfarber, Tobias; b. Cleveland, Dec 201862; d. Miami, Mar 41942.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union Coll,post-grad Johns Hopkins; honorary degrees. •Rabbi, editor, nat! Reform ldr, Chicago; editorJewish Chronicle, Jewish Comment, ReformAdvocate; officer Central Conf ofAm Rabbis. •See: UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):95,24:199,44:343; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,2; NITimes, Mar 5 1942,24:2.

Schanfeld, Joseph Harry; b. Rumania, Apr10 1876.

ToMinneapolis 1886. • Business coll(Minneapolis). • Communal worker,Minneapolis; officerJewish Shelter Home; chrUnited Jewish Campaign; dir Am Jewish Com,Jewish Family Welfare Assn, BellefaireJewishOrphan Home. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Schanzer, Albert D; b. Arva Komidat,Hungary, Aug 18 1890; d. Mineola, NY,Aug 271970.

To US 1898. • Cooper Union, LLB NYU. •Lawyer, magistrate, legislator, NYC; officerWilliamsburg Park Commn, Jewish BigBrother & Big Sister, Zionist Org ofAm, FednofJ,ewish Charities. • See: AJYB, 72:544;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 291970,25:3.

Schapira, Mendel Zacheri; b. Jaroslau,Austria, Mar 3 1878.

To NYC 1913. • Insurance broker, NYC;officerJewish Orphan Asylum, Am JewishCong, United Orthodox Synagogues, HighTalmudic ColI (poland), Kashruth Assn, B'rithAbraham; author talmudic stories. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Schapira, Samuel Wtlliam; b. Vilna, Oct 101872; d. NYC, Nov 211936.

MD NYU, post-grad Berlin, Paris.· Surgeon,physician, NYC; faculty Fordham; introducedcystoscopy; W\VI service. • See: UJE; AJYB,39:596; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;NYTimes, Nov 221936, II 8:6.

Schapiro, Harry; b. Philadelphia, Oct 251891; d. NYC, Oct 27 1968.

NYU, NYU Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer NYFedn of Employment & Guidance Services;trustee Jewish Child Care Assn. • See: AJYB,70:525; NITimes, Oct 29 1968,47:2. '

Schapiro, Herman; b. ca 1876; d.Jan 11936.

Interpreter, city supreme court,microphotographer, Baltimore. • See: AlYB,38:434.

Schapiro, Israel; b. Sejny, Russia, Dec 51882; d. 1957.

To US 1911. • PhD U Strasbourg, PhD BerlinLehranstalt. • Semitic scholar, librarian,bibliographer, Washington DC; helpeddevelop Semitic & Oriental division Library ofCong; faculty George Washington; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:199;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA,7.

Schapiro, Jacob Salwyn;b. Hudson, NY,Dec 19 1879; d. Dec 301973.

AB CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Historian ofmodern Europe, NYC; faculty CCNY; activeNY Adult Education Council; author in field. •See: UJE; EJ;A]YB, 24:199; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,Jan 1 1974,22:2.

Schapiro, Joseph; b. Strussow, Austria,June 29 1880; d. Union City, NJ, Nov 131945.

To US 1890.· BS CCNY,MD Columbia.·Pediatrician, NYC, Union City, NJ; med dirUnion City public schools; dir Bureau of ChildGuidance; W\VI service. • See:AJYB, 48:499;WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Nov 141945,19:3.

Schapiro, Lamed; b. Rzhyshchev, Russia,1878.

To NYC 1906-1909, later Los Angeles.··Yiddish novelist, story writer, translator,Russian socialist; used pogrom settings. • See:UJE.

Schapiro, Louis; b. Poland, May 241886; d.before 1938.

MD George Washington, Dr Public HealthJohns Hopkins. • Public health & sanitationphysician, NYC; with Rockefeller Inst; activein the Philippines, Costa Rica, Columbia,Panama.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Schary, Saul

Schapiro, Meyer; b. Sigauliai, LithUania1904. . ,

To US ca 1907. • PhD Columbia. • Arthistorian, NYC; faculty Columbia; author infield. • See: EJ:1973-1982.

Schapiro, Sylvan Benjamin; b. Baltimore,Oct 251902.

Baltimore Polytech, ME Cornell. • Mechanicalengineer, Texas City, TX. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Schappes, Monns U; b. Kamenets-Podolski,May 31907.

To NYC 1914. • AB CCNY, MA Columbia.•Educator, author, editor, NYC; faculty CCNY;fdr Jewish Life. • See: EJ:1973-1982; WWlAJ,1938.

Scharff, Maurice Roos; b. Natchez, Apr 141888; d. Apr 1967.

BS, MS MIT. • Consulting engineer, exec,NYC; consult NJ Bd of Health, governmentagencies; author in field; W\VI & W\VIIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,5;NYTimes, Apr 9 1967,92:6.

Scharfman, Isidore; b.Jassy, May 51885.To US 1892. • Dress mfr, NYC; officer Homeof the Daughters of Israel;" active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, synagog. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Scharfstein, Zevi (Zebi); b. Dunayevtzy­Podalia, Mar 15 1884; d; New Haven,Oct 111972. "

To US 1914.· Heb editor, educator,textbookwriter, Brooklyn; principal Heb school; orgrtchrs org (Galicia); assocd Bureau ofJewishEducation,JTS Tchrs Inst. • See: UJE; EJiAJYB, 24:199, 74:559; WWIAJ, 1926;NYTimes, Oct 12 1972.

Scharkansky, Abraham M; b. Suwalki, Sep 61867/1869; d. NYC, June 271907.

To US 1890. • Yiddish poet, litterateur,playwright, NYC.· See:AJYB, 9(1907­1908):506; Eisenstadt, 102.

Schad, Josef; b. Munich, Dec 9 1896; d.Dec61954.

To US after 1933. • Bavarian State Academy ofFine Arts. • Artist, Germany; WWI Germanarmy service. • See: U1WW1A, 3; NYTimes,Dec 91954,33:2.

Scharrer, ErnstA;b.Munich, 1906?;d.Sarasota, Apr 291965.

To US late 1930s. • Biologist; faculty AlbertEinstein ColI ofMed, U CO, Case Western, UFrankfurt; author in field. • See:AJYB, 67:542;NITimes, Apr 30 1965, 35:1.

Schary, Dore (Isidore); b. Newark, Aug311905; d. NYC, July 71980.

Filmwriter, producer, author, communalldr;with MGM; chr Anti-Defamation League; bdJTS; trustee Eleanor Roosevelt MemorialFound; autobiography.· See: EJ;AJYB,82:372; WWWIA, 7.

Schary, Saul; b. Newark, Nov 3 1904; d.New Milford, CT, May 30 1978.

Fawcett Art School, PA Academy of Fine Arts,

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Art Students League, Paris. • Artist, illustrator,muralist; author in field. • See: WWWIA., 7;NYTimes, May 311978, II 4:4.

Schattenstein, Nikol; h. Poniemon, Russia,Aug 101879.

To US 1920. • Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna).• Artist, portraitist, NYc. • See: BEOA].

Schattner, Jerome Rohert; h. Brooklyn,Mar 151905.

Am School of Chiropractic, Am School ofNaturopathy, Metropolitan School ofPhysiotherapy, DSc NYU. • Physiotherapist,NYC; pres Schattners Physical Culture ShoeShop.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schatz, Daniel Leon; h. Milwaukee, Oct 51908.

Milwaukee Art Inst, Layton Art Inst, ChicagoArt Inst. • Artist, Chicago. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schatz, Harry Abraham; h. Polangen,Latvia, June 12 1881; d. Mar 1942.

To US 1890. • AB Central High School(Philadelphia), MD U PA.· Surgeon,otolaryngologist, Philadelphia; faculty U PA;mem Natl Guard. • See:A]YB, 24:199;WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Mar 17 1942,21:2.

Schatz, Nathan Arthur; h. NYC, Apr 271893; d. Mar 16 1956.

LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, realtor, alderman,police court judge, Hartford; officer CTRepublican Party; trustee synagog. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA., 3.

Schaumherg, Sol; b. Schweinsherg, Hersen,Germany, Nov 241865.

Hannover Tchrs Seminary. • Rabbi, Marshall,TX, earlier Easton, PA, Schenectady. • See:A]YB,5(1903-1904):95.

Schauss, Hayy1nn;h. Gorzd, Lithuania, May81884; d. Los Angeles, Oct 41953.

Jewish religious historian, tchr, Los Angeles,NYC; facultyJTS Tchrs, ColI ofJudaicStudies; author in field. • See: A]YB, 56:571;NYTimes, Oct 6 1953,29:4.

Schaver, Emma Lazaroff (Mrs MorrisSchaver); h. Russia, Mar 15 1905.

Detroit Inst ofMusical Art. • Concert & operasinger, Detroit; an orgr Halevy-HazomirChoral Soc; gave many benefits for communalcauses. • See: BEOA].

Schaver, Morris L; h. Warsaw, Dec 251893; d. Detroit, Oct 28 1961.

To US 1914. • Business exec, Zionist ldr; bdAmpal-Am Israel Trading Corporation, NatlCom Labor, Am Israel Cultural Found,Farband Labor Zionists. • See: A]YB, 64:496.

Schayer, Isidore (Isadore); h. Breslau, May11879.

MD U Cincinnati. • Hygienist, physician,Columbia, SCi faculty USC; pres Assn ofOfficers, SC Natl Guard; trustee synagog;WWI service. • See: A]YB, 24:199; WWIA],1928.

Schayer, Milton Mincha; h. Denver, Apr 301876; d. Dec 1935.

Banker, editor, civic & communalldr, Denver;officer B'nai B'rith, Jewish Welfare Campaign,Community Chest. • See: A]YB, 38:434;WWIA], 1926,1928; BEOA]; WWWIA., 1.

Schayes, Dolph (Adolph); h. NYC, 1928.Professional basketball player, coach, NBA all­star.· See: E];A]RQ, 74:287-307.

Schechter, Eva; h.*Author, Symbols and Ceremonies ofthe JewishRome (1930). • See: E] (sub Schechter,Abraham Israel).

Schechter, Frank Isaac; h. ca 1890; d. Sep261937.

Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; authority ontrademark law; military service. • See: A]YB,40:391; NYTimes, Sep 271937,21:1.

Schechter, Hilda Marshak (Mrs JackSchechter); h. Bayonne, Sep 20 1913; d.Bayonne, Apr 141963.

Social worker, communalldr, Bayonne;regional pres Natl Council ofJewish Women;active United Jewish Appeal, Red Cross. • See:A]YB, 65:436-37; NYTimes, Apr 15 1963.

Schechter, Matilda (Mrs SolomonSchechter); h. ca 1859; d. Aug 271924.

Communalldr, NYC; fdr Womens LeagueUnited Synagogue ofAm. • See: A]YB, 27:151;NYTimes,Aug281924,17:5.

Schechter, Meta Johanna (Mrs JacohSchechter); h. NYC, Feh 2 1892.

AB Hunter. • Tchr, civic & communalldr,NYC; officer State Cong of Parents & Tchrs,United Parents Assns of NYC, Am JewishCongo • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schechter, Solomon; h. FocshaniIFokshan,Rumania, ca Dec 7 1847/1848/1850; d.NYC, Nov 1915. .

To England 1882, to US 1902.· AMCambridge U, U Lemberg, U Vienna, BerlinLehranstalt. • Pres, JTS, NYC; ConservativeIdr, theologian, scholar, author; discoveredGenizah (Cairo) documents; dir EducationalAlliance. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904­1905):181'-82, 18(1916-1917):110; PAIRS,25:177-92; AJHQ, 53:42-62; WWWIA., 1;DAB; NYTimes, Nov 201915, 13:1.

Schechtman, Joseph B; h. Odessa, Sep 191891; d. Douglaston, NY, Mar 11970.

To US 1941. • U Novorossisk, Dr Law UBerlin. • World Zionist ldr, authority onpopulation movements; mem All-Russia JewishCong, Ukrainian Natl Assn; co-fdr WorldUnion of Zionist Revisionists; dir ResearchBureau on Population Movements; author!editor in field. • See: E]; A]YB, 72:544;NYTimes, Mar 3 1970,41:3.

Scheck, Morris; h. Vienna, Aug 281880; d.Neptune, N],June 1962.

Advertising exec, Newark; officer UnitedJewish Appeal, Heb Education Soc; fdrAthletic Club. • See: WWIA], 1926; NYTimes,June 15 1962,27:3.

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Schecter, Abraham Israel; h. \Viznitz,Russia, 1894; d. Providence, Sep 51936.

To US 1922. • U Bern, PhD Dropsie. • Rabbi,author, Houston, Providence; faculty HebTheological ColI; fdr ColI ofJudaic Studies;dir Jewish Welfare Assn; custodian NatlLibrary (Zurich); donated Hebraica to U TX. •See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 39:596; WWIA], 1926,1928.

Schecter, Saul N; h. ca 1907; d. EastStroudsherg, PA, Apr 1962.

Dickinson Law. • Lawyer, judge, deputy attygeneral, Newark; officer bar assn. • See:NYTimes, Apr 271962,35:1.

Schedletzsky, Nathan; h. Poland, Aug 201889; d. NYC, July 201949.

Union official, NYC; active AmalgamatedClothing Workers. • See: A]YB, 52:504.

Scheeline, Isaiah; h. Altoona, PA, Mar 101878.

Lafayette ColI, LLB Dickinson. • Lawyer,communal & civic ldr, Altoona; officer B'naiB'rith Orphanage, Bd ofWelfare; activeDemocratic politics. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Scheeline, Julia Schoenfeld (Mrs IsaiahScheeline); h. Bellaire, OH, Apr 19.1878.

AB Allegheny ColI, MA Columbia, WomansMed Center (Toronto); honorary degrees. •Social worker, Altoona; head residentColumbia Settlement, Irene KaufmannSettlement; officer Fedn ofHebPhilanthropies, Playground & Recreation AssnofAm. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;WWWIA.,6.

Scheeline, Mayer; h. ca 1827; d. Oakland,CA,Jan 251917.

Communal worker, Oakland, CA. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):267.

Scheer, Chune; h. Russia, ca 1863; d.Washington DC, Sep 91942.

Rabbi, Washington DC; fdr synagog. • See:A]YB,45:393.

Scheer, Henry Morris; h. NYC, Oct 271892; d. Feh 1972.

MD NYU. • Otolaryngologist, NYC; facultyNY Polyclinic; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Feb 12 1972, 32:4.

Scheer, Max; h. Zaranaw, Austria, Nov 11883; d. NYC, Mar 1953.

To US 1885. • CCNY, MD Columbia. •Dermatologist, NYC; faculty NY Post-GradHospital; consult Heb Orphan Asylum. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 5 1953,27:5.

Scheffler, Israel; h. NYC, 1923.Philosopher, educator; specialty: philosophy ofeducation; faculty Harvard; author in field. •See: EJ.

Scheftel, Stuart; h. NYC, Sep 18 1910.Oxford. • Public official, journalist,entrepreneur, NYC; head Youth Bd; activeRepublican politics, Urban Coalition. • See:NYTimes story, Jan 9 1969, 14:1.

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Scheibel, Morris William; b. NYC, Mar 51887.

Heb Inst Technology, Columbia. • Architect,Cleveland, Youngstown, OH; mem CityPlanning Commn; dir Jewish Fedn; activeZionist Org ofAm, professional orgs. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Scheider, Henrietta Rinaldo (Mrs Alfred MScheider); b. NYC; d. NYC, Feb 11948.

Educator, NYC; ldr & innovator in educationof disabled & handicapped children; principalspecial school. • See: A]YB, 50:522; NYTimes,Feb 2 1948, 19:3.

Scheier, Henry; b. Plattsburg, NY, Dec 141968; d. before 1938.

Exec, civic & communal worker, alderman,Plattsburg, NY; officer Bd ofHealth, synagog,United Jewish Campaign, B'nai B'rith. • See:WWIA],l928.

Scheimberg, Hennan; b. NYC, Nov 3 1888.Master of Chiropody, First Inst of Podiatry,NYc. • Podiatrist, Brooklyn; faculty First InstofPodiatry; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schein, David R; b. Gourren, Lithuania,Feb 12 1875.

To US 1891.· Merchant, communalldr,Zionist, Beaufort, SCi natl dir Reb ImmigrantAid Soc, Jewish Consumptive Home. • See:WWIA],l926.

Schein, Marcel; b. Trstena,Czechoslovakia, June 91902; d. Feb1960.

To US 1938. • UWiirzburg, PhD U Zurich. •Research physicist; faculty U Odessa, UChicago; consult Fermi Inst. • See: WWWIA,3; NYTimes, Feb 20 1960,92:6.

Scheinfeld"Amram;b. Louisville, 1897; d.NYC, Sep 1979.

Journalist, comic strip artist; author on science,genetics. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Sep 13 1979.

Scheinfeld, Solomon Isaac; b. Scadvil,Lithuania, Dec 15 1860; d. Milwaukee,Apr 241943.

To US 1891. • Orthodox rabbi, Zionist,Hebraist, Milwaukee; natl officer Fedn ofAmZionists; contributor Reb Encyclopedia. • See:E];A]YB, 45:393-94; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Scheinfeldt, Solomon; b. ca 1861; d.Brookline, MA, July 1933.

Merchant, communal worker, Brookline, MA.• See:A]YB, 36:286.

Scheinman, Benjamin Joseph; b. Detroit,Dec 15/18 1896; d. Los Angeles, Feb 181954.

AB U MI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, municipaljudge, Los Angeles; officer Zionist district, AmJewish Com; helped est postwar Berlin courtsystem; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 56:571-72;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 19 1954,34:2.

Scheinman, Jacob Hirsch; b. Saane, RussianPoland, May 12 1844.

Rabbi, Detroit, earlier many other places. •See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):22 3.

Scheman, Louis; b. NYC, Dec 251907; d.Nov 31972.

MD NYU. • Orthopedist, surgeon, Chicago;faculty U Chicago; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,6.

Schenck, Joseph M; b. Ryhinsk, Russia,Dec 25 1878/1882; d. Hollywood, CA,Oct 22 1961.

To US 1890/1892. • Motion picture exec,producer, NYC; a fdr 20th Century Fox; mgrNorma Talmadge. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:199,64:496; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 23 1961, 1:2.

Schenck, Nicholas Michael; b. Rybinsk,Russia, Nov 141881; d. Mar 3 1969.

To US ca 1892. • Motion picture exec, NYC;with Loews, MGM; pres ca 100 corporations. •See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;DAB, 8; NYTimes, Mar 5 1969,47:1.

Schenck, Samuel Bernard; b. NYC, Nov 131894; d. Brooklyn, Nov 1965.

MD Bellevue. • Obstetrician, Brooklyn; activeUnited Jewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; author in field. • See: WW1A],1926, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 27 1965, 31:5.

Schenk, Faye Libby; b. Des Moines, Aug 171909; d.Jerusalem, Aug 171981.

Zionist ldr; natl pres Hadassah; with WomensInternatl Zionist Org; bd Jewish Agency, HebU, Ampal-Amer Israel Corporation, HebUnion CoIl-Jewish Inst of ReligionGerusalem). • See: E]:1973-1982;A]YB,83:362.

Schenk, Henry (Harry) Leo; b. NYC, Oct24 1898; d. Mar 10 1973.

Banker, NYC; with Trade Bank of NY. • See:WW1A], 1938; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Mar 121973,34:4.

Schenk (Schenck), Karl; b. Slabetz,Bohemia, Feb 23 1874; d. NYC, 1947.

To US 1893. • Banker, NYC; with Trade BankofNY; officer Am-Hungarian Chamber ofCommerce, Jewish Memorial Hospital. • See:WW1A], 1926, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 41947,17:2.

Schenk, Louis; b. ca 1856; d. Paterson, Oct2 1922.

Rabbi, Paterson.· See:A]YB, 25:141.

Schenk, Max; b. Berne, Jan 91905; d. NYC,May251974.

To US 1907. • AB CCNY, MHL, ordainedJTS, post-grad Heb Union CoIl, U Chicago, UlA, Columbia. • Rabbi, Zionist ldr, Iowa,Australia, Brooklyn; pres Bd of Rabbis, Assn ofReform Rabbis; adm com Zionist Org ofAm;bd Heb U CoIl-Jewish Inst of Religion; co­editor Australian Jewish Review. • See: A]YB,76:516-17;BEOA]; NYTimes, May 261974,45:3.

Schenker, Joel W; b. NYC, ca 1901; d.NYC, Aug 1985.

Schereschewsky, John Forby

NYU. • Broadway producer, real estatedeveloper, philanthropist, NYC; officersynagog; activeJTS, United Jewish Appeal. •See: NYTimes, Aug 5 1985.

Scher, Jacob; b. ca 1909; d. Chicago, Sep1961.

CraneJr CoIl, U IL Law. • Lawyer, journalist,Chicago; faculty Northwestern; counsel HouseRules Com; dir"WPA IL Writers Project;advocate of open government. • See: NYTimes,Sep 29 1961, 35:2.

Scherago, Jacob; b. Roman, Rumania, Oct 11898.

To NYC 1899. • CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law.• CPA, lawyer, business exec, NYC; active AmJewish Cong, United Palestine Appeal,synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Scherago,Morris;b. Roman, Rumania, Dec251895.

To US 1900. • BS, DVM Cornell. •Bacteriologist, Lexington, KY; faculty U KY;dir South Biological Labs; officer B'nai B'rith;active Boy Scouts, Community Chest. • See:A]YB, 24:199; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA].

Scherbak, Boris; b. NYC, Feb 61923; d.Nov 20 1965.

Brooklyn Polytech. • Government official,engineer, economic advisor; consult Vista,Internatl Confedn of Free Trade Unions, Israelgovernment. • See: WWWIA, 4. .

Scherck, Gordon; b. St Louis, 1903; d. Nov201967.

Washington U (St Louis). • Corporate exec,communal worker, St. Louis. • See: WWWIA,5.

Scherck, HenryJoseph; b. New Orleans,Dec 5 1867.

BS St Louis U, BA, MD Tulane, UHeidelberg, U Dresden. • Physician, St Louis;faculty St Louis U; officer med assn; author!editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Scherck, Louis; b. ca 1838; d. New Orleans,'May 51930.

Civil war veteran, communal worker, NewOrleans. • See:A]YB, 32:155.

Scherer, Emanuel; b. Cracow, 1901; d.Dobbs Ferry, NY, May 31977.

To US 1939. • Labor ldr, editor; ldr JewishLabor Bund; mem WarsawJewish Labor BundCentral Com, Warsaw City Council; editorUnser Zeit. • See: A]YB, 79:372; NYTimes, May5 1977, IV 24:6.

Schereschewsky, Abraham Moses; b.Grodno province, Oct 11865.

To US 1892. • Rabbi, Heb author, Portland,ME, Boston. • See: Eisenstadt, 107.

Schereschewsky, John Forby; b. Baltimore,Dec 2 1909; d. Feb 91969.

AB Harvard. • Educator, legislator, author,broadcaster; dir Rumsey Hall Boys School,Cornwall, CT; WWII service; convert toEpiscopalianism. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,Feb111969,31:2.

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Schereschewsky, Joseph William; b.Peking, Mar 6 1873; d. July 9 1940.

To US in infancy. • AB Harvard, MDDartmouth. • Physician, editor, WashingtonDC; with US Public Health Service;Episcopalian.· See:A]YB, 24:199; WWWIA,1; NYTimes, July 11 1940, 19:1.

Shereschewsky, Samuel Isaac Joseph; b.Tauroggen, Lithuania, May 6 1831; d.Tokyo, Oct 15 1906.

To US 1854. • U Breslau, WesternTheological Seminary (Allegheny, PA),General Theological Seminary (NYC). •Episcopal missionary to China, ProtestantEpiscopal Bishop, Shanghai; translated OldTestament into Mandarin; org StJohns ColI;convert from Judaism. • See: WWWIA, 1;DAB.

Scherman, Harry; b. Montreal, Feb 11887;d. NYC, Nov 121969.

To NYC 1889. • Wharton, U PA • Fdr, presBook of the Month Club, NYC; advertisingexec; co-fdr Little Leather Library; activeUnited Jewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; author on economic & othersubjects. • See: UJE; A]YB, 71:608; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8; NYTimes,Nov 13 1969,47:1.

Schermer, Frances Mary; b. Herkimer, NY,June 30 1877.

Utica Conservatory ofMusic, Albany State. •Tchr, security salesman, Herkimer, NY; stateofficer Natl Council ofJewish Women; orgHerkimer Home Aid. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schertzinger, Victor L; b. PA, ca 1889; d.Hollywood, CA, Oct 261941.

Motion picture dir, composer, Hollywood, CA;pioneer in musical films. • See: A]YB, 24:199,44:343; NYTimes, Oct 27 1941, 17:3.

Scheuer, Cecile (Mrs William Scheuer); b.Apr 19 1887; d. Oct 1950.

Hunter, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; officerFedn ofJewish Temple Sisterhoods; activeLeague for Abolition of Capital Punishment,professional assns. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Nov 11950, 35:2.

Scheuer, James Haas; b.*Congressman, Reform Democrat, Bronx. •See: NYTimes story, Jan 24.1969.

Scheuer, Sidney Henry; b. NYC, July 171893.

Internatl trade exec; NYC; exec dir ForeignEconomic Adm; mem economic missions;delegate Inter-Am Conf on Problems of War& Peace; bd Ethical Culture Soc. • See:WWWIA,8.

Scheuer, Simon Haas; b. NYC, Oct 71891;d. NYC, Oct 22 1979.

Business exec, investor, philanthropist, NYC;benefactor Columbia, CCNY, Brandeis,Yeshiva U, Heb Union CoIL • See: A]YB,81:374; WWWIA, 7..

Schewel, Abe Moses; b. Riga, June 1 1889.Armour Inst. • Merchant, civic ldr,

Lynchburg, VA; mem City Council; officerLeague ofVA Municipalities, InterFaithGroup. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schey, Jacob S; b. Central City, CO, July 111881.

PhB U CO, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,Longmont, CO; officer bar assn. • See:WWIA],1938.

Scheyer, Emanuel; b. NYC, Sep 8 1884; d.Brooklyn, Aug 1973.

CCNY, BS U CA (Berkeley). • Engineer,patent atty; inventor, NYC; with Bd ofTransportation; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Aug 251973,26:5.

Schick, Bela; b. Bolgar, Hungary, July 161877; d. NYC, Dec 61967.

To US 1923.· MD Karl Franz U (Graz,Austria). • Pediatrician, NYC; devised SchickTest for diphtheria; faculty Columbia, AlbertEinstein ColI ofMed; fdr Academy ofPediatrics; author in field. • See: E]; A]YB,69:612; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec 7 1967, 1:1.

Schick, Joseph; b. Onod, Hungary, July 111892; d. NYC, Mar 171938.

To US 1922. • Rabbinical Seminary forOrthodoxJudaism (Berlin). • Rabbi, Budapest,NYC; author in field; WWI Austro-Hungarianarmy chaplain. • See: UJE; A]YB, 40:391;WWIA], 1928,1938; NYTimes, Mar 181938,19:4.

Schiekler, Isaac; b. ca 1833; d. NYC, Aug161911.

Rabbi, NYc. • See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):123.

Schier, Philip; b. Rogasen, Germany, Oct12 1864; d. Apr 301935.

Pharmaceutical co exec, communal worker,philanthropist, Kansas City; dir Jewish OrphanHome,JewishFedn of Charities. • See:A]YB,37:261; WWIA], 1928.

Schiff, Abraham; b.*; d. NYC, Dec 61912.Rabbi,NYC.· See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):273.

Schiff, Adele G (Mrs Mortimer L Schift); b.ca 1879; d. Oyster Bay, NY, July 7 1932.

Communal & philanthropic worker,horticulturist, NYC; endowed settlementhouse. • See: A]YB, 35:128; NYTimes, July 81932,17:1.

Schiff, Arthur F; b. NYC, Jan 21 1899.Columbia. • Investment banker, NYC; bd FreeSynagogue. • See: BEOA].

Schiff, Benjamin Joshua; b. Mariampol,Lithuania, Mar 11861; d. Chicago, Mar241942.

To US 1863. • Banker, civic & communalworker, Chicago; officer Jewish Peoples Inst;dir Jewish Charities, OrthodoxJewish Homefor Aged, Marks Nathan Orphan Home.· See:A]YB, 44:343; WWIA], 1938.

Schiff, Bemard; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Dec 141934.

Oriental art expert, NYC. • See:A]YB, 37:261.

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Schiff, Dorothy; b. NYC, 1903.Publisher, New York Post, NYC; mem EllisIsland Investigating Commn, Womens TradeUnion League, Bd of Child Welfare; dir HenrySt Settlement; Mt Sinai. • See: E].

Schiff, Fritz;b. Berlin, 1889; d. NewRochelle, July 1940.

To US after 1935. • Physician, serologypioneer; with U Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm Inst. •See: UJE; NYTimes, July 31 1940, 17:4.

Schiff, Jack; b. NYC, Feb 261918; d. NYC,Jan 241984.

University admr, business consult; provost,faculty Pace U; active synagog; author in field.• See:A]YB, 86:442.

Schiff, Jacob; b.*; d.Miami, Dec 191938.Hazzan, reader, communal worker, Cleveland.• See:A]YB, 41:430.

Schiff, Jacob Henry; b. Frankfurt, Jan 101847; d. NYC, Sep 251920.

To US ca 1865. • Financier, noted communal& civic philanthropist, NYC; with Kuhn,Loeb; involved with major philanthropies. •See:]E; UJE;E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):182,23:21-64,133; A]RQ, 61:313-24; PAIRS,28:301-04; WWWIA, 1; A]R, 69:356-59;NYTimes, Sep 261920,1:8;

Schiff, Jeffery; b. Chicago, June 9 1892.Realtor, investment banker, Chicago; memReal Estate Bd; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schiff, John Mortimer; b. Roslyn, NY, Aug261904.

AB Yale, AB, MA Oxford U. • Banker, NYC;with Kuhn, Loeb; pres Henry St Settlement;officer Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Hampton Inst,NYU,Jewish Welfare Bd; exec com PrisonAssn; WWII service. it See: UJE (sub Schiff,Mortimer); WWIA], 1938.

Schiff, Lawrence Fred; b. Bronx, June 211937; d. oct 71976..

CCNY, PhD Harvard. • Psychiatrist, hospitaladmr; bd Freeport Inc (Newton, MA). • See:WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Oct 111976, 30:2.

Schiff, Leonard Isaac; b. Fall River, MA,Mar 291915; d. Palo Alto, Jan 1971.

BE, MS OH State, PhD MIT. • Scientist,physicist, government consult; faculty U PA,Stanford; officer professional orgs; author infield. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Jan 231971,32:1.

Schiff, Meyer; b.*; d. Apr 23 1939.Talmudist, hazzan, shohet, Pittsburgh. • See:A]YB,41:430.

Schiff, Mordecai; b. Laizewa, Lithuania,June 14 1876.

To Cincinnati 1905. • Rabbi, Cincinnati;author on Talmud; mem Union of OrthodoxRabbis. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schiff, Mortimer L; b.NYC, June 5 1877;d. NYC,June 41931.

Amherst ColI, Columbia~ • Banker, civic &communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; officer

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Jewish Bd of Guardians, Boy Scouts,Zoological Soc, Jewish Welfare Bd, YMCA,JTS.· See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):182,24:200, 33:128;WWJA], 1926, 1928;W'WWlA, 1; NYTimes, June 5 1931, 1:2.

Schiff, Philip; h. NYC, Oct 181901; d.Washington DC, Feb 14 1958.

Social worker, Washington DC; bd Natl Assnfor the UN; consult USO, US Office ofEducation; active Jewish Welfare Bd,professional orgs. • See:A]YB, 60:357;NYTimes, Feb 15 1958, 17:2.

Schiff, Robert Wtlliam; b. Leizevo,Lithuania, July 4 1886; d. Columbus,OH,1971.

To US 1905. • Shoe mfr, retailer,philanthropist, Columbus, OH; pres ShoeCorp ofAm; dir Joint Distribution Com,United Jewish Appeal. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA., 5, 7; NYTimes, Dec 3 1971,44:4.

Schiff, Sydney Kaufman; b. Milwaukee, Aug211900; d. May 15 1973.

PhB U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; faculty UChicago. • See: WWJA], 1926, 1928, 1938;WWWIA.,6.

Schiff, Therese Loeb (Mrs Jacob H Schiff);b. Cincinnati, Nov61854; d. NYC, Feb261933.

Communal & philanthropic ldr, NYC; activeHenry St Settlement, Boy Scouts, Emanu-EISisterhood for Personal Service. • See: A]YB,35:128; NYTimes, Feb 28 1933,20:5.

Schiff, Wtlliam; b. Harrison, N], Nov 161887; d. NYC, Nov 1964.

Packard Business School. • Insurance broker,NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;wwn service.· See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Nov 20 1964,37:4.

Schiffer, M Stephen; b. St Paul, MN, Sep 51899.

U MN. • Salesman, journalist, publisher,Atlanta; publisher Southern Israelite, SouthernIsraelite Weekly; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schiffman, Arnold Anthony; b. Greensboro,NC,June 21899.

U NC, Columbia. • Jewelry mfr, retailer"Greensboro, NC; officer trade assns,Merchants Assn, Chamber of Commerce. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Schiffman, Henry; b. ca 1844; d. May 101935.

Hotel, real estate operator, communal worker,Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 37:261.

Schiffman, Isaac; b. ca 1856; d. Huntsville,AL, June 24 1910.

Banker, Huntsville, AL. • See: A]YB, 12(1910­1911):111.

Schiffman, Sat"ah (Mrs); b. ca 1877; d. Dec27 1938.

Civic & communal worker, Chicago. • See:A]YB,41:430.

Schifrin, Isidor; b. Rochester, NY, Apr 51889; d. Cincinnati, Mar 15 1977.

Business & advertising exec, natl communalldr; natl bd Am Assn for Jewish Education, BoyScouts, Israel Bonds, Council ofJewish Fedns;WWI & wwn chaplain~ • See: A]YB, 79:372­73.

Schild, Alfred; b. Istanbul, ca 1924; d.Downers Grove, IL, May 1977.

BA, MA, PhD U Toronto. • Theoreticalphysicist, anti-Vietnam War; est Center forRelativity Theory, U TX. • See: NYTimes, May25 1977, IV 19:4.

Schilder, Paul Ferdinand; b. Vienna, Feb 151886; d. NYC,Dec 81940.

To NYC 1929.· MD UVienna, PhD UHalle. • Psychiatrist, NYC; ,faculty UVienna,Johns Hopkins, NYU; group therapy pioneer;author in field; WWI Austrian service. • See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 43:363;WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 1.

Schildkraut, Jacob Max; b. Philadelphia, Jan11891.

MD U PA.· Dermatologist, Trenton; execcom Zionist Org ofAm; officer professionalorgs, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schildkraut, Joseph; b. Vienna, Mar 221895/1896; d. NYC, Jan 211964.

To US 1921. • Academy of Dramatic Art(.NYC). • Actor on stage & screen, dir,producer, Oscar winner, NYC; autobiography.• See: UJE; EJ (sub Schildkraut, Rudolph);A]YB, 24:200, 66:580-81; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes,Jan 22 1964,37:1.

Schildkraut, Rudolph; b. Constantinople,1862; d. Hollywood, CA,July 15 1930.

To US 1911. • German, Yiddish, English stage& screen actor, Germany & US; leading memMax Reinhardt Troupe. • See: UJE; E]; AJYB,24:200, 33:128; NYTimes, July 16 1950,23:3.

Schill, David; b. Dwinsk,Jan 2 1895.To US 1906. • Cooper Union, NY ElectricalSchool. • Electrical contractor, Newark; orgrZionist Org ofAm, Zeire Zion of Bayonne;field secyJewish Natl Fund. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schiller, A Arthur; b. San Francisco, Sep 71902; d. Oneonta, NY,July 10 1977.

AB, MA, JD U CA, JD Columbia, U Munich;honorary degree. • Legal scholar, author,NYC; faculty Columbia; authority on Romanlaw; mem Inst for Advanced Study (Princeton).• See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWM, 7;NYTimes, July 12 1977,23:3.

Schiller, Albert; b. Russia, ca 1899; d.Brooklyn, July 1970.

To US ca 1905. • Typographer, artist,Brooklyn. • See: NYTimes, July 24 1970, 31:3.

Schiller, Arthur Ellis; b. Bay City, MI, Nov191891.

MD Detroit Coll ofMed. • Dermatologist,Detroit; officer professional orgs; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Schindler, Kurt

Schiller, Avery Reubens; b. Spokane, May191890; do Jan 19 1974.

M .E:lec Harvard, LLD New England ColI. •UtilIty exec, NH; WWI service. • See:WWWIA,6.

Schiller, Heliodor; b. Luck, Bohemia July161871. '

U Prague, post-grad Prague, Vienna, Berlin.•Gynecologist, Chicago; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1926,1928.

Schiller, Herbert Maurice; b. Salt LakeCity, July 17 1893.

AB U Utah, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, statedistrict court judge, Salt Lake City; mem Bd ofEducation, State Tchrs Retirement Bd; facultyU UTi exec com Boy Scouts, Natl Council ofJewish Fedns & Welfare Funds. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ.

Schiller, Jay Arthur; b. Elgin, IL, Feb 101894; d. Oct 1956.

LLB DePaul U. • Lawyer, municipal judge,Chicago; bd Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, synagog;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Oct 27 1956, 21 :4.

Schilling, George A; b. Baden, Aug 241850.

To US 1895. • Laborldr, Single Taxproponent, Chicago; officer Knights of Labor;staffArbeiter Zeitung. • See: WWWIA, 4.

Schillinger, Josef; h. Kharkov, Sep 1 1895;d. NYC, Mar 23 1943.

To NY ca 1928/1930. • St PetersburgConservatory & Classical Coll. • Composer;tchr, musicologist, radical music theorist; deanState Academy ofMusic (Ukraine); facultyState Inst ofMusic Education (Leningrad);helped develop Thermin electronic organ. •See: UJE;A]YB, 45:394; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Mar 241943,23:3.

Schinasi, Leon; b. ca 1890; d.Juan DesPins, France, Aug 191930.

Mfr, communal worker, NYc. • See: AJYB,33:128.

Schinasi, Morris; b.*; d. NYC, Sep 101928.Philanthropist, NYC. • See: AJYB, 31 :94.

Schinasi, Solomon; b. ca 1859; d. NYC, Oct41919.

Philanthropist, Turkish cigarette businesspioneer, US,NYc.· See:AJYB, 22:168.

Schindel, Abraham; b. Newark, Oct 241886; d. Newark, Dec 211939.

Dept store exec, Newark; civic & communalworker, Orange, N]; with Kresge DepartmentStore.· See:AJYB, 42:483; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 22 1939,19:5.

Schindler, Alexander M; b.Munich,1925.CCNY, ordained Heb Union ColI. • NatlReform & communal educationalldr, Zionist;pres Union Am Heb Congregations. • See:EJ:1973-1982.

Schindler, Kurt; b. Berlin, Feb 17 1882; d.NYC, Nov 16 1935.

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To NYC 1905.· UBerlin, U Munich.·Composer, dir, folk: music authority, NYC;conductor Metropolitan Opera House; fdrMacDowell Chorus, Schola Cantorum;organist, choirmaster Emanu-EI; author infield. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:200, 38:434;WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA., 1; DAB, 1;NYTimes, Nov 171935.

Schindler, Rudolf; b. Berlin, May 101888;d. Munich, Sep 1968.

To US 1934. • U Freib'urg, MD U Berlin. •Physician, Chicago; inventor of thegastroscope; faculty U Chicago; author in field& childrens stories; WWI German armyservice. See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Sep 91968,47:4.

Schindler, Rudolph Michael; b. Vienna, Sep5 1887; d. Los Angeles, Aug 22 1953.

To Chicago 1914.· Imperial Inst ofEngineering, Vienna Academy of Firie Arts. •Architect, Chicago, Los Angeles; joined FrankLloyd Wright; highly innovative works. • See:DAB,5.

Schindler, Solomon; b. Neisse, Germany,Apr 241842; d. May 51915.

To US 1871. • OrdainedJTS (Breslau), RoyalTchrs Seminary (Buren). • Radical Reformrabbi, social worker, Boston; mem School Bd;supt Fedn ofJewish Charities, Leopold MorseHome; withdrew from radicalism in sermon"Mistakes I Have Made" (1911). • See: E];A]YB, 7(1905-1906):99-100, 17(1915­1916):222; WWWIA., 1; DAB; NYTimes, May 61915,13:6.

Schine, Harold L; b. Bridgeport, CT, Dec 91917; d. New Haven, Sep 261977.

Business exec, civic & communalldr,Bridgeport, CT; officerJewish Service Bureau,Jewish Family & Childrens Bureau; bd UnitedJewish Council; WWIIservice. • See: A]YB,79:373; NYTimes, Sep 28 1977, II 2:3.

Schine,J Myer; b. Russia, 1892; d. May1971.

Exec, hotel & theatre owner, Gloversville, NY;dir Nathan Littauer Hospital. • See: WWWIA,5; NYTimes, May 10 1971,36:3.

Schiresohn, Joseph B; b. ca 1844; d. NewBedford, MA,June 71913.

Scholar, journalist, New Bedford, MA. • See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):273.

Schireson, Bernard; b. ca 1881; d.June 161940.

Communal & Zionist worker, Los Angeles. •See:A]YB,42:483.

Schireson, HenryJunius; b. NYc.Cooper Union, MD MD Med ColI, post-gradGermany, Vienna. • Plastic surgeon, NYC;known for famous patients; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Schkolnik, llya; h. Odessa, Feb 11 1890.To US 1914. • Royal Conservatories (Leipzig,Brussels). • Violinist; concertmaster DetroitSymphony Orchestra; mem Detroit StringQuartet. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schlachman, Boris; b.*; d. Miami,June 191937.

Hazzan, social worker, Miami. • See: A]YB,40:391.

Schlacht, Harry H; b. NYC, Apr 14 1895; d.NYC,May31961.

Newspaper publisher, civic ldr, NYC; WelfareCommr (Ellis Island); mem Mayors HousingCommn; officer Chamber of Commerce, ChildWelfare Com ofAm; publisher East Side HomeNews, Bronx Times. • See: WWIA], 1928;A]YB, 63:562; NYTimes, May41961, 37:3.

Schlager, Simon; b. Dembitz, Austria,1865/Cracow, May 1 1869; d. NewRochelle, Feb 22 1943.

To US ca 1890/1894. • Thurber Nat!Conservatory ofMusic (NYC). • Cantor,Emanu-EI, NYC; pres Jewish Ministers &Cantors Assn; active B'nai B'rith; performedfor troopsduring WWI. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):223,45:394; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 231943,21:1.

Schlamme,Martha;b.Vienna,ca1930;d.Jamestown, NY, Oct 6 1985.

To US 1948. • Singer, entertainer; specializedin Heb & YiddishJewish folk songs. • See:A]YB, 87:443.

Schlanger, Ben; b. NYC, Nov 20 1904; d.NYC, May 3 1971.

Columbia, Nat! Inst for ArchitecturalEducation. • Architect, theatre designer, NYC;revisor Bldg Code; helped design LincolnCenter; active professional socs. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, May 51971,50:1.

Schleifer, Louis; b. near Lomzhe, Russia,Jan 291893; d. Brooklyn, Jan 17 1956.

Realtor, communalldr, Brooklyn; a fdr Barl1an, Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed, Yeshiva U;chr bd United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth. • See:A]YB, 58:478; NYTimes, Jan 18 1956,31:4.

Schleimer, Samuel; b. Przemyslaner,Poland, Dec 30 1891.

To NYC 1901. • LLB Brooklyn Law. •Lawyer, financier, NYC; adm com Zionist OrgofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schlein, Samuel; b. ca 1876; d.Philadelphia, Apr 1934.

Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •See: A}YB, 36:286.

Schlenker, Irvin Morris; b. Natchez, Apr 121905; d. Dec 291971.

LA State. • Exec, banker, Houston; presUnited Fund, Jewish Inst ofMed Research, TXMed Center; bd Union ofAm HebCongregations, Nat! Conf of Christians &Jews.· See: WWWIA, 5.

Schlesinger, Alexander; b.*; d. Philadelphia,Mar 201923.

Commander, Am Legion, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB,25:141.

Schlesinger, Alexander L; b. ca 1892; d.Mar 3 1933.

Realtor, Orange, NJ; military service. • See:A]YB, 35:128.

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Schlesinger, Amanda Ebert (Mrs AdolphSchlesinger); b. San Francisco, June 191879.

Normal School. • Lawyer, San Francisco;officer Fedn ofWomens Clubs; dir JuvenileProtective Soc, Legal Aid Soc, Nat! Council ofJewish Women. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

Schlesinger, Arthur Meier; b. Xenia, OH,Feb 27 1888; d. Cambridge, MA, Oct 301965.

BA OH State, PhD Columbia. • Historian;specialty: American history; faculty U IA,Harvard; a fdr Social Science ResearchCouncil, New England Quarterly; author infield. • See:A]YB, 24:200; DAB, 7; NYTimes,Oct 31 1965,86:2.

Schlesinger, Benjamin; b. Krakai, Kovno,Dec 25 1876; d. Colorado Springs, June6 1932.

To Chicago 1891. • Labor ldr, NYC; a fdr,pres ILGWU; pres Chicago CloakmakersUnion; mgr Forward; active Socialist LaborParty, Peoples Relief Com. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 24:200, 34:112; WWIA], 1926, 1928;Fink, 319-20; WWWIA, 4; DAB; NYTimes,June 7 1932, 19:1.

Schlesinger, Edward Ralph; b. NYC, July27 1911; d. Aug 211974.

MD Columbia, MPHJohns Hopkins. •Physician; dir NY Bureau ofMaternal &Childrens Health; dean Albany Med CoIl;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes,Aug 22 1974, 36:3.

Schlesinger, Elmer; b. Chicago, Nov 201880; d. Aiken, SC, Feb 201929.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chicago; generalcounsel US Shipping Bd; bd Chicago Tribune,NY Railway Co. • See:A]YB, 24:200, 31:94;WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,Feb211929,27:3.

Schlesinger, Frank; b. NYC, May 11 1871;d. Old Lyme, CT,July 101943.

BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia; honorarydegree. • Astronomer, pioneer stellarphotographer; dir Allegheny Observatory, YaleU Observatory; faculty U Pittsburgh; officerprofessional assns. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,46:345; DAB; NYTimes, July 12 1943,30:3.

Schlesinger, Harold Edgar; b. Detroit.BS U MI. • Engineer, bldr of small homes,Detroit; WWI service.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schlesinger, Hermann Irving; b.Minneapolis, ca 1883; d. Chicago, 1960;

PhD U Chicago, post-grad Get:rnany;honorary degrees. • Rocket fuel developer,Chicago; faculty U Chicago; assocdgovernment agencies; officer scientific socs;author in field. • See: NITimes, Oct 4 1960,43:4.

Schlesinger, Jacob; b.*In Mobile before 1860. • Musician, composer,tchr, Mobile; brother of Sigmund. • See:A]HQ,53:70-75.

Schlesinger, Joel Louis; b. Newark,]uly 11896.

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Realtor, Newark; officer Real Estate Bd; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schlesinger, Lionel Teller; b. Philadelphia,July 29 1882.

LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; officerB'nai B'rith; WWI reserve service. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Schlesinger, Louis; b. Newark, Dec 16186S;d. Newark, Sep 15 1942.

Real estate & insurance agent, Newark; orgrNJ Assn of Real Estate Bds; with Natl FarmSchool; bd Union ofAm Heb Congregations. •See: UJE;A]YB, 45:394; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 1,2;NYTimes, Sep 161942,23:3.

Schlesinger, Max; b. Vitschen, Silesia, Feb18 1837; d. Dec 28 1919.

JTS (Breslau), MA U Prague, PhD U Leipzig.• Noted Reform rabbi, author, Albany, NY;contributor ]E. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):95­96,22:168; PA]HS, 28:304; NYTimes, Dec 291919,9:3.

Schlesinger, Monroe]; b. NYC,June 211892.

BS CCNY, MD, PhD Harvard. • Physician,pathologist, Boston; faculty Harvard; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schlesinger, Morris Sulzberger; b.Philadelphia, Apr 11874; d. May 1944.

Heb Union Coll,JTS. • Reporter, theatreexec, Newark; active numerous Jewish & civicconcerns. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, May 24 1944, 19:6.

Schlesinger, Sigmund; b. Uhlen, Gennany,Mar 1 1835; d. Mobile, Apr 14 1906.

To US 1860. • Munich Conservatory. •Cantor, composer, Mobile; orgr, choirmastersynagog; composed music for Reform services.• See: UJE;A]YB, 8(1906-1907):225;A]HQ,53:70-75.

Schless, Robert Avrom; b. Wilmington,DE, Oct 2 1894.

MD Jefferson Med ColI, post-grad Strasbourg,London. • Pediatrician, Philadelphia; assocdBureau of Charities & Correction; author infield; WWI service. • See: BEOA].

Schlessinger, Jacob; b. ca 1845; d. LosAngeles, Apr 2 1919.

Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,21:207.

Schlivek, Kaufman; b. NYC, Mar 2 1881; d.Mar 1955.

BS CCNY, MD Columbia. •Ophthalmologist, NYC; faculty Columbia. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 11955,28:2.

Schlockow, Oswald; b. Berlin, Jan 16 1874;d.July 1954.

BS CCNY, PhD NYU. • Educator, NYC;public school principal, district supt; officerHeb Education Soc, Brooklyn Tchrs Assn; dirEducational Alliance. • See: WWIA], 1928;NYTimes, July 7 1954,31:5.

Schloessinger, Max; b. Heidelberg, Sep 41877; d. NYC, May 9 1944.

U Heidelberg, U Vienna, PhD U Berlin,Berlin Lehranstalt. • To US 1903, 1939. •Philologist, librarian, orientalist, rabbi, author,US, Europe, Palestine; with ]E; librarian,faculty Heb Union Call; exec Heb U. • See:]E; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):182,46:345;Eisenstadt, 106-07; NYTimes, May 11 1944,19:6.

Schlom, Louis Henry; b. Houston, Oct 161899.

BS Rice. • Civil engineer, Houston. • See:WWIA], 1928.

Schlomovitz, Benjamin Hennan; b.Milwaukee, May 18 1889.

BS U WI, MS IA State, MD Rush Med Call. •Physician, physiologist, pathologist,Milwaukee; faculty Marquette; author in field;WWI service. • See: A]YB, 24:200; WWIA],1926,1928,1938.

Schlosberg, Morris; b. NYC, Dec 25 1899.Natl Farm School, BS, MS OH State. •Entomologist, Toledo; with US Dept ofAgriculture. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Schloss, Eli; b. ca 1875; d. Indianapolis, Apr211936.

Civic & communal worker, Indianapolis. • See:A]YB, 38:435.

Schloss, Fannye Kemgood (Mrs Harry 0Schloss); b. Rochester, NY, Apr 27 188l.

AB U MI,Johns Hopkins. • Communal, civic& peace worker, Baltimore; chr MD PeaceCom, Womens Internatl League for Peace;assocd Natl Recovery Adm; in$pector LaborDept.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Schloss, Harry; b. Scranton, Nov 101899.Carpet merchant, Hamilton, OH; officersynagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schloss, Henry W; b. Adrian, MI, Aug 211855; d. before 1938.

Mfr, merchant, Castle Braid Co, NYC; officertrade assn. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Schloss, Oscar Menderson; b. Cincinnati,June 201882; d. Oct 1952.

BS AL Polytech, MD Johns Hopkins. •Pediatrician, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Oct 141952, 31:1.

Schloss, Philip; b. Reineck, Bavaria, 1836;d. Indiana, 1888.

To US ca 1849. • Merchant, legislator, actingmayor, Terre Haute; pres Burial Assn,synagog. • See: UJE.

Schloss, Seligman; b. Kleinsteinach,Bavaria, Apr 30 1830; d. Sep 1 1913.

Railroad exec, philanthropist, Detroit; donorHannah Schloss Memorial Bldg (communitycenter). • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):100,16(1914-1915):165.

Schloss, Sidney P; b. Terre Haute, IN, Jan201882.

Schmidt, Arnold Moses

Mfr, Cleveland; trustee Heb Free Loan,Montefiore Home for Aged. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schloss, William; b. ca 1832; d. Baltimore,Mar 191911.

Communal worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB,13(1911-1912):137.

Schloss, William; b. ca 1859; d. Oct 231922.

Philanthropist, Providence; mem Chamber ofCommerce. • See:A]YB, 25:141.

Schlossbach, Isaac; b. NewJersey, Aug 20189l.

US Naval Academy. • Naval officer, explorer;ChiefPilot with Byrd Antarctica expedition. •See:BEOA].

Schlossberg, Ben; b. Jersey City, ca 1899; d.Jersey City, Nov 1968.

Real estate operator; officer real estate bds;pres Jewish Community Center; activeDemocratic politics. • See: NYTimes, Nov 121968,47:3.

Schlossberg, Joseph; b. Kaidonov, Russia,May 11875; d. NYC,Jan 15 1971.

To US 1888. • Columbia. • Laborldr,journalist, socialist, NYC; secy-treasAmalgamated Clothing Workers; mem Bd ofHigher Education; editor Abend Blatt, DerArbeiter; adm com World Jewish Congo • See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:200, 73:635; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; Fink, 320-21; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Jan 16 1971, 32:1.

Schlossberg, Max; b. Vilna, Feb 12 1886.Morningside ColI (Iowa). • Communaleducator; principal Heb schools, Sioux City,Chattanooga, Cleveland; officerJewish NatlFund. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Schlossberg, Morris Joseph; b. Russia,188l.

Investment & lean exec, Roanoke; trusteesynagog.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schmalhausen, Samuel Daniel; b. NYC, Sep141889.

AB CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. •Psychologist, social analyst, NYC; consultClinic for Problem Children, WorkersCooperative Colony, Labor Temple School;author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Schmertz, RobertJ; b. 1928; d. NYC, July23 1975.

NYU. • Professional basketball team exec;owner Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,July241975,32:5.

Schmidt, Arnold Moses; b. Brooklyn, Oct111890; d. NYC,June 14 1939.

AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,Brooklyn; pres Training School for Nurses; bdUnion ofAm Heb Congregations, Natl FednofTemple Brotherhoods. • See:A]YB, 41:430;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, June 151939,23:3.

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Schmidt, Moses Bernhard; b. NYC, Apr 91861; d. Brooklyn, Nov 1954.

Bryant & Stratton Business CoIl. • Merchant,toy importer, Brooklyn; commr DisciplinaryTraining School; a fdr Heb Educational Soc,Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Nov 13 1954, 15:6.

Schmidt, Samuel M; b. Kovno, June 141883; d. Cincinnati, Nov 1 1965.

To US 1896. • MIT.· Educator, communalworker, Zionist, Cincinnati; fdr Every Friday;secy Bureau ofJewIsh Education. • See: A]YB,67:542; AI, Nov41965;]TA-DNB, Nov 31965.

Schmulen, Leon Bendel; b. ca 1889; d. SeaBright, NJ,July 1961.

Fashion consult, NYC; "Mr Leon"; exec HenriBendel; WWI service. • See: NITimes, July 221961,21:3.

Schmulevitch, Solomon; b. Pinsk, 1868.To US 1891. • Yiddish poet, tailor. • See:Eisenstadt, 107.

Schmulowitz, Nat; b. NYC, Mar 29 1889.BS U CA, Hastings. • Lawyer, San Francisco;mem Library Commn, Art Commn; officerFedn ofJewish Charities; bd MaimonidesHealth Center; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 8.

Schnabel, Artur; b. Libnik, Moravia, Apr 171882; d. Aug 15 1951.

To NYC 1938/1939.· Renowned concertpianist, composer, tchr, Berlin, Italy, US;Beethoven interpreter. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,54:540; DAB, 5; NITimes, Aug 161951,27:1.

Schnabel, Louis; b. Prossnitz, Moravia,June 291829; d. NYC, May 3 1897.

To Paris 1854, to US 1869. • Jewish journalist,tchr, communal exec, NYC; supt Heb OrphanAsylum, Baron de Hirsch English Classes forRussian Immigrants; author ghetto stories. •See:]E; UJE; PA]HS, 8:150-51.

Schnadig, Edgar L; b. NYC, Apr 16 1892; d.Nov291884.

U Chicago. • Business exec, Chicago; presBoston Store, We The People; faculty NotreDame; dir Chicago Patriotic Found. • See:WWWIA,8;

Schnadig, Emanuel M; b. Shelbyville, IL,Apr 191870.

Merchant, Chicago; exec Chicago Mail OrderCo; active Anti-Defamation League. • See:WWIA],1938.

Schnadig, Jacob; b. ca 1876; d.July 12 1935.Furniture mfr, communal worker, Chicago. •See:A]YB, 38:435.

Schnee, Abraham Carlton; b. Austria, Sep141889.

To US 1893. • U PA, LLB Dickinson.·Lawyer, realtor, NYC; officer B'nai B'rith;active Keren Hayesod. See: WWIA], 1938.

Schneeburger, Henry William; b. NYC,Au~29 1848; d. Baltimore, Nov 2 1916.

AB, MA, PhD Columbia, post-grad Hungary.• Rabbi, author, Baltimore; early ordained Amborn rabbi; active Am Jewish Com, Union of·OrthodoxJewish Congregations, Hebeducation. • See: E]; A]YB, 5(1903-1904):96,19(1917-1918):267;A]HQ,57:153-90.

Schneer, Jacob Bernard; b. Tg Oena,Rumania, Aug 25 1887; d. 1959.

To US 1900. • Dentist, NYC; consult ChrystieSt Settlement House; mem US DentalResearch Corp; officer dental socs; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 21959.

Schneerson, Isaac Joseph; b. Lubavitch,June 11 1880; d. Brooklyn, Jan 281950.

To US 1940. • Rabbi, educator, spirituaHdrLubavitcher Hassidim, Brooklyn; State Deptarranged his emigration with Nazis. • See:A]YB, 52:504; NITimes, Jan 301950,2:3(notice of funeral).

Schneerson, Menahem Mendel; b. 1902.To US 1941. • Hassidic rabbi, Brooklyn; ldrHahad-Lubavitch movement. • See: E]:1973­1982.

·Schneider, Benno; b. Nijni-Novgorod, May13 1902.

To NYC 1927. • Artists Academy ofMoscow.• Theatrical dir, NYC; mem Habimah, stayedin US after Habimah tour. • See: UjE;WWIA],1938.

Schneider, Henrietta (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d.Seattle, Dec 201938.

Communalldr, Seattle.· See:A]YB, 41:430.

Schneider, Isidor; b. Horodenko, Poland,Aug 251896; d. NYC, Aug 1967.

To US 1902. • CCNY. • Editor, author, poet,novelist ofworking class themes, NYC; activeInternat! Labor Defense, Nat! Com InDefence of Political Prisoners, Am LeagueAgainst War & Fascism.· See: UJE; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Aug 61967,20:5.

Schneider, Lou; b. NYC, Sep 17 1892; d.Rome, May 13 1966.

Clothing exec, mfr, philanthropist, NYC; dirHeb Home for Chronic Invalids; active FednofJewish Philanthropies. • See: A]YB, 68:533;WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 141966, 31:5.

Schneider, Louis; b. Vienna, Mar 22 1915;d. Mar 171979.

To US 1921.· CCNY, PhD Columbia.·Sociologist; faculty Purdue, U IL, U TX;author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Schneider, MaxJoseph; b.Vienna, 1884/Nov 25 1886/1887/1888; d. NYC, Dec 11976.

To US 1886? • Banker, communalldr,philanthropist, NYC; nat! officer Anti­Defamation League; officer trade assn, UnitedJewish Appeal, Keren Hayesod; a fdr HebHospital for Chronic Invalids. • See: A]YB,78:546; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Dec2 1976,46:1.

Schneider, Mildred; b. Bayonne, May 61911.

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Ballet dancer, NYC; with Metropolitan Opera,Hippodrome. • See: BEOA].

Schneider, Mischa; b. Vilna, ca 1904; d.Buffalo, Oct 1985.

To US 1938.· ULeipzig, UParis.· Notedcellist, tchr, NYC; mem Budapest Quartet; inresidence Marlboro Music Festival, Library ofCongo • See: NITimes, Oct 5 1985.

Schneider, Nathaniel; b: NYC, Jan 3 1896.Bus line owner, journalist, civic worker,Flushing, NY; secy school bd; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Schneider, Perry L; b. Russia, ca 1895; d.Brooklyn, Apr 23 1948.

To US as child. • Educator, NYC; authorityon the education of adults & foreign born;officer professional assns. • See: A]YB, 50:522;NITimes, Apr 241948,15:1.

Schneider, Ralph Edward; b. NYC, June 261909; d. Nov 2 1964.

U PA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC; fdr TheDiners Club Inc. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,Nov 3 1964,31:4.

Schneider, Samuel Ralph; b. NYC, Feb 141894; d. Adantic City, Oct 1965.

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, political worker, NYC;campaign mgr Mayor Mitchell; publisher,editor NY Sentinel; officer Mens ProgressiveLeague, Nat! Jewish We1fare League, VotersCouncil. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];NITimes, Oct 26 1965,45:4.

Schneider, Stanley Frederick; b. NYC, Jan27 1929; d.Jan 22 1975.

Syracuse U. • Motion picture exec, NYC; withColumbia Pictures; bd Am Jewish Com; activeFedn ofJewish Philanthropies, United JewishAppeal. • See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Jan 241975,34:1.

Schneiderman, Anna Center (Mrs LouisSchneiderman); b. Russia, Sep 281899;d. Brooklyn, Mar 14 1950.

Communal & civic worker, tchr, NYC; nat!officer womens division Am Jewish Cong;author in field. • See:A]YB, 52:504.

Schneiderman, Harry; b. Saven, RussianPoland, Jan 23/241885; d. NYC, Sep 11975.

To US 1890.· BS CCNY.· Communal admr,editor, author, translator, tchr, NYC; with AmJewish Com; active Emergency Com for JewishRefugees. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:200,77:599; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Sep 2 1975,34:4.

Schneiderman, J Jerome; b. NYC, July 251889.

Insurance agent, Bayonne; officer NJ Fedn ofYM & YWHAs, Jewish Community Center;dir Heb Home for Aged.· See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Schneiderman, Rose; b. RussialSavine,Poland, Apr 6 1882/1884; d. NYC, Aug111972.

To US 1890. • Labor ldr, orgr, exec, author;secy NY State Dept ofLabor; nat! officer

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Farmer-Labor Party; officer United Cloth, Hat& Cap Makers Union, Womens Trade UnionLeague; general orgr ILGWU; active peace &womens suffrage causes. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:200,74:559; WWL4.], 1926,1928,1938;Fink, 321-22; NAW; NYTimes, Aug 12 1972,26:3.

Schneidman, Samuel K; b. Philadelphia,Dec 15 190111903.

BS Drexel. • Architect, Philadelphia; specialty:residential bldgs. • See: WWL4.], 1928, 1938.

Schneier, Ephraim; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 181937.

Rabbi, NYc. • See: A]YB, 39:596.

Schneierson, Samuel S; b. NYC, Oct 291901; d. NYC, Aug41974.

Business exec; pres]ewish Education Com ofNYC, Jewish Child Care Assn; bdJTS; activeFedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB,76:517; NYTimes, Aug 6 1974,36:3.

Schneierson, Sol Stanley; b. NYC, May 151906; d.Jan 301976.

Cornell, MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician,microbiologist, NYC;, faculty Mt Sinai; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Schneour, Zalman; see Shneur, Zalman.

Schnier, Jacques; b. Constanza, Rumania,Dec 251898.

To US 1900. • AB Stanford. • Sculptor, SanFrancisco; faculty CA ColI ofArts & Crafts, UCA; designer US 50 cent piececommemoration; lay Freudian analyst. • See:WWIA],1938.

Schnitman, Charles R; b. NYC, Oct 291891.

Alderman, Waterbury, CT; fdr Home forSoldiers ofWW. • See: WWL4.], 1928.

Schnittkind, Henry Thomas (pseud=HenryThomas); b. Meretz, Russia, Aug 181888.

To Boston 1898.· AB, MA, PhD Harvard. •Publisher, author, editor, Boston; presStratford Publishing Co; fdr, editor StratftrdMagazine. • See: WWL4.], 1938.

Schnitzer, A H; b. Pittsburgh, June 221892.

BS PA State. • Costumer, Los Angeles; withWestern Costume Co; WWI ~ignal corpsphotographer. • See: WWL4.], 1938.

Schnitzer, Edward Morris; b. Warsaw, Apr11893; d. 1950.

Motion picture distributor, NYC; withRepublic Pictures. • See: WWL4.], 1938;NYTimes, Feb41950, 15:5.

Schnitzer, Henriette; b. Rumania (?), 1895;d. Miami Beach', May 4 1979.

To US early 1900s. • Yiddish actress on stage& radio, Rumania, Europe, US. • See: A]YB,81:375.

Schnitzer, Joseph Isaac; b. Pittsburgh, Mar14 1887; d. Beverly Hills, July 20 1944.

Motion picture exec, producer, costumer,Culver City, CA; pres RKO, Western CostumeCo; truStee Fedn ofJewish Welfare Orgs. •See:A]YB, 47:532; WWIA], 1928 (addenda),1938;BEOA];NYTimes,July221944,15:2.

Schnitzer, Louis; b. 1886 (?); d. Bellerose,LI, Aug 18 1954.

Theatre mgr, producer, NYC; fdr Yiddish ArtTheatre. • See: A]YB, 57:608; NYTimes, Aug191954,23:5.

Schnitzler, Henry; b. Vienna, 1902.U Vienna. • Actor, dir, tchr, Berlin, Vienna,NYC; faculty Max Reinhardt School, U WA,U CA. • See: UJE.

Schnitzler, Isidore; b. ca 18$9; d. NYC, Oct171935.

Concert violinist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 38:435.

Schnurer, Julius; b. NYC,June 81893.BE, BS Cooper Union. • Electrical engineer,NYC; with Ford, Bacon & Davis. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Schochet, LouisJ; b. ca 1894; d.Jan 161939.

Editor, publisher, Jewish Floridian, Miami. •See: A]YB, 41:430; NYTimes, Jan 171939,21:4.

Schochet, Mortimer; b. Brooklyn, Aug 271906.

NYU, MD NY Moo ColI. • Physician,Flushing, NY; faculty NY Med ColI. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Schochur, Elieser; b. Minsk province.In US 1912. • Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:Gottlieb,298.

Schocken, Klaus; b. Apr 241905.To US 1936. • PhD U Berlin. • Researchphysicist, Germany, Cincinnati; withInstitutum Divi Thomae; ,Protestant. • See:WWIA],1938.

Schocken, Salman (Salmann); b. Margonin,Poland, Oct 29/301877; d. Pontresina,Switzerland, Aug 61959.

To Jerusalem 1933, to US 1940.· Publisher,Zionist, art & book collector, philanthropist,NYC; fdr Schocken Books, Research Inst forMedieval Heb Poetry; donated library, artcollection to JTS. • See: E]; A]YB, 62:452;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 8 1959, 17:4.

Schocken,Theodore;b.Zwickau,Gennany, Oct 81914; d. Mar 201975.

MBA Harvard. • Publisher, NYC; execSchocken Books; bd JTS, Leo Baeck Inst,Schocken InstJewish Research; WWII service.• See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar 21 1975,40:1.

Schoen, Edward; b. NYC, May 231881; d.June 22 1932.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, juvenile & domesticrelations court judge, legislator, banker,Newark; officer Bd of Education. • See:WWIA],1928;A]YB,34:112.

Schoenberg,"Moses

Schoen, EdwardJr; b. Newark, Dec 41911;d. May 31 1974.

Brown, LLB Rutgers. • Government lawyer,US administrative law judge, Newark, NYC,Washington DC, Atlanta; with Justice Dept,Securities & Exchange Commn, othergovernment agencies; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 2 1974,63:1.

Schoen, Eugene; b. NYC, Sep 15 1880; d.Aug 1957.

BS Columbia. • Architect, NYC; facultyColumbia. • See: A]YB, 24:200; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Aug 17 1957, 15:2.

Schoen, Jacob; b.*; d.June 261913.Communal worker, NYC; Grand Secy B'rithAbraham.· See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):274;NYTimes, June 301913,7:5.

Schoen, Max; b. Kassau, Austria, Feb 11/121888.

To US 1900. • AB CCNY, PhD U IA. •Professor of education & psychology, UPittsburgh; author in field. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 8.

Schoen, Robert; b. ca 1871; d. NYC, Oct 231933.

Pioneer motion picture theatre chain operator,NYC.· See:A]YB, 36:286.

Schoenbaum, Charles Edgar; b.*Motion picture photographer, Los Angeles. •See: A]YB, 24:200.

Schoenberg, Arnold; b. Vienna, Sep 131874; d. Los Angeles, July 13/14 1951.

To US 1934. • Major avant-garde composer,music tchr, inventor 12-tone scale; faculty UCA; convert to Roman Catholicism, returnedto Judaism; WWI Austrian service. • See: UJE(Schonberg); E]: 1973-1982; A]YB, 54:540;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes,July 15 1951, 1:2.

Schoenberg, Bernard; b. NYC, ca 1927;d.NYC, Apr 1979.

MD Columbia, NY Psychoanalytic Inst. •Psychiatrist; specialty: death & bereavement;dean, faculty Columbia. • See: NYTimes, Apr26 1979.

Schoenberg, Fred; b. NYC, May 5 1899; d.NYC, Apr 1970.

CCNY, MA Columbia. • Educator, publicschool principal, admr, NYC. • See: NYTimes,Apr 301970,35:3.

Schoenberg,MarkJoseph;b.Prtesci,Rumania, Dec 251974; d. NYC, Feb 151945.

To US 1900/1901. • MD U Bucharest. •Ophthalmologist, NYC; specialty: glaucoma;faculty Columbia. • See: A]YB, 24:200,47:532; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 17 1945,13:1.

Schoenberg, Moses; b. ca 1853; d. St Louis,July 191925.

Colonel, Civic & communal worker, St Louis. •See:A]YB, 28:151.

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Schoenbrun, Emanuel; b. Nagy-Kapos,Hungary, July 20 1859; d. Cleveland, Jan311943.

To US 1898. • Rabbi, author, Cleveland,Scranton, Bridgeport, CT. • See:A]YB,5(1903-1904):96,45:394.

Schoenfeld, Herbert Alfred; b. ca 1874; d.Los Angeles, Apr 14 1933.

Communal worker, Seattle.· See:A]YB,35:128.

Schoenfeld, Julia; b. Bellaire, OH, Apr 191878.

AB Allegheny ColI, Womans Med ColI(Toronto), Columbia. • Probation officer,communalworker,Johnstown,P~head

resident Columbian Council SchoolSettlement; active children & womens issues. •See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):100.

Schoenfeld, Morris; b. Botushani, Rumania,Dec 9 1878; d. NYC, Mar 1950.

To NYC 1901. • DDS NYU. • Dentist, NYC;officer United Palestine Appeal, professionalassn; author in field.· See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Mar 15 1950,29:3.

Schoenfeld, Nathan (Naftaly); b. Briceni,Bessarabia, Jan 15 1875; d. Brooklyn,Dec 1945.

To US 1891. • Neckware mfr, insurance agent,Brooklyn; fdr Israel Zion Hospital; officer HebImmigrant Aid Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA];NITimes, Dec 171945, 21:3.

Schoenfeld, Yetta Rose Baumgarten (MrsSolomon Schoenfeld); .b. Cincinnati, Aug22 1869.

Exec, communalldr, Pittsburgh, Little Rock;head resident Irene Kau&nann Settlement;"fdrNatl Council ofJewish Women (Little Rock).• See: WWIA], 1938.

Schoenheimer, Rudolf; b. Berlin, May 101898; d. Yonkers, Sep 111941.

To US 1933. • MD U Berlin, post-grad ULeipzig. • Biochemist, Zionist ldr, NYC;faculty D Freiburg, Columbia; WWI Germanmilitary service. • See: UJE;A]YB, 43:343;WWIA], 1938; DAB, 3.

Schoenlank, Herbert Herman; b. Chicago,May41893.

Metropolitan Business ColI. • Realtor, bldr,Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schoenstein, Paul; b. NYC, June 10 1902;d. Apr 141974.

CCNY, U CA. • Journalist, Pulitzer Prizewinner, NYC; with Herald Tribune; editorJournal Am. • See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Apr15 1974, 34:1.

Schoenthal, Ludwig; b. ca 1900; d. NYC,June 51934.

Pediatrician, tchr, NYc. • See: A]YB, 36:286.

Schoffel, Louis; b. NYC, July 27 1894; d.Ridgefield, CT,July 81946.

CCNY, LLB NYU, LI ColI Hospital. •Lawyer, legislator, municipal judge, NYC,Bronx; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •

See:A]YB, 49:617; WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes, July 9 1946, 21:2.

Scholle, Albert W; b. San Francisco, ca1860; d. NYC, Dec 1917.

U CA. • Banker, NYC, San Francisco; dir MtSinai. • See: A]YB, 20(1918-1919):230;NITimes, Dec 5 1917, 15:5.

Scholle, VVdliam;b.Bavaria, 1822; d. NYC,May 161913.

To US 1841.· Banker, NYC; earlier pioneerCAclothing dealer.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274; NYTimes, May 17 1913, 11:6.

Schomer, Abraham S; b. Russia, 1876; d.Los Angeles, Aug 16 1946.

To US 1891. • Lawyer, Yiddish & Englishplaywright, communal worker; author on anti­Semitism.· See:A]YB, 24:200,49:617;NYTimes, Aug 17 1946, 13:7.

Schomer (Shomer, Shaikevich,Schaikewitz), Nahum Meir; b. Nesvizh,Minsk, Dec 18 1849; d. Nov 24 1905.

To NYC 1889. • Yiddish novelist, playwright;over 200 novels, 30 plays; wrote simplehistorical or descriptive novels ofJewish life. •See: E]; DAB; NYTimes, Nov 27 1905,9:3(Schaikewitz).

Schonberg, Mary Gilbson; b. NYC, Aug 251889; d. Apr 15 1935.

NY Training School for Tchrs. • Social workadmr, state factory inspector, NYC; statefactory inspector; exec secy Natl Council ofJewish Women; dir promotion City HousingCorp; civic secy Womens City Club. • See:A]YB, 37:261; BEOA].

Schonberger, Guido; b. Frankfurt, 1891.To US 1939. • PhD U Freiburg, PhD UFrankfurt. • Art historian, NYC; faculty, staffU Frankfurt, Historisches Museum ofFrankfurt, NYU; author in field. • See: UJE.

Schonceit, Louis; b. ca 1901; d. Palma DeMallorca, Spain, May 1970.

Broadway ticket agent, NYC; owner MackeysInc. • See: NYTimes, May 191970,39:4.

Schoney, Lazarus; b. Budapest, Dec 181938; d. Feb 1914.

To US 1860. • PhD U Prague, MD U PA. •Physician, NYC; faculty NY Eclectic MedColI; Civil War service. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):183;NYTimes, Feb 191914,9:4.

Schonfeld, Lazar; b. Bacs Petrovoselo,Hungary, July 171880; d. 1974.

To US 1925.·AB UVienna, UBudapest.·Rabbi, radio lecturer, NYC; officer rabbinicalbds; pres Com ofJewish Rights (Rumania);exec com Am Jewish Cong, Mizrachi; dirKashruth Assn; honored for WWI work. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 31974,49:2, correction Feb 5 1974,39:7.

Schonfeld, Max; b. Rumania, 1876?;d.Brooklyn, Oct 1966.

To US 1889.· Communal worker, Brooklyn;pres United RumanianJews ofAm, FirstBotoschan Am Sick Benefit Assn. • See: A]YB,68:533; NYTimes, Oct 41966,47:1.

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Schonfeld, Wdliam A; b. Nuremberg, Aug12 1906; d. NYC, Sep 21 1970.

To US 1907. • BS, MD NYU. • Childpsychiatrist, NYC; faculty Columbia; officerprofessional socs; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Sep 23 1970, 50:1.

Schonthal, Joseph; b. ca 1854; d.Columbus, OH, Dec 15 1929.

Mfr, communalldr, Columbus, OH. • See:A]YB, 32:155.

Schonwald, Dave; b. Bukotz, Hungary, Apr161872.

To US 1889. • Oil broker, Oklahoma City;officer B'nai B'rith, synagog. • See: WWIA],1938.

Schoolman, Albert P; b. Suwalki, Sep 14/161894; d. NYC, Apr 7 1980.

To US 1907.· BS CCNY,MAColumbia,JTSTchrs, Europe. • Communal educator & ldr,NYC; dir Centra1]ewish Inst Camps; pres NatlCouncil for Jewish Education; bdJewishReconstructionist Found. • See: E] (sub BerthaS Schoolman); A]YB, 82:372-73; WWIA],1926, 1928.

Schoolman, Bertha Singer (Mrs Albert PSinger); b. NYC, Dec 9 1897; d. NYC,Jan 61974.

Hunter,JTS Tchrs. • Zionist & civic ldr; natlbd Hadassah, World Zionist Action Com; bdAm Assn for United Nations, Freedom House.• See:E];A]YB, 76:517; NYTimes, Jan 91974,38:2.

Schoolman, Bessie K (Mrs); b. ca 1870; d.Chicago, Mar 7 1934.

Communal & civic worker, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 36:286.

Schoolman, Irving M; b. ca 1908; d. Bronx,July 1961.

NYU. • Journalist, sports figure; presMetropolitan Assn ofAm Athletics; mgr USOlympic Track & Field Team; staff Daily NewsRecord; active B'nai B'rith. • See: NYI'imes, July15 1961, 19:2.

Schoonover, David H; b. Elmira, NY., Sep 41889.

Horological school (Milwaukee). • Civicworker, Elmira, NY; mem Recreation Commn;pioneer orgr baseball leagues for boys; officerNatl Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods. • See:WWIA],1928.

Schor, Bya; b. Zloczow, Poland, Apr 161904; d. NYC, June 7 1961.

To US 1941. • Artist, silversmith, bookillustrator, NYC; creator silver jewelry,Jewishceremonial objects. • See:A]YB, 63:562;NYTimes, June 81961,35:2.

Schor, Israel; b. ca 1864; d. NYC, Nov 61914.

Cantor, NYc. • See: A]YB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Schomstein, Emma (Mrs SamSchomstein); b. NYC, Oct 6 1865.

Heb-English ColI (New Orleans). • Charity

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worker, New Orleans, Galveston. • See: A]YB,7(1905-1906):100.

Schorr, Anshel; b. Zlotczow, Poland, Oct251871; d. NYC, May 311942.

To US 1900. • Yiddish playwright, theatricalmgr, NYC, Brooklyn; active Am Jewish Congo• See: A]YB, 44:343; WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes, June 11942,13:3. .

Schorr, Dora Weissman (Mrs AnshelSchorr); b. Odessa, Jan 1 1891.

To US 1893. • Normal ColI, Eclectic MedColI (Cincinnati). • Actress, director,'NYC;co-dir Liberty Theatre. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938,

Schorr, Friedrich; b. Nagyvarad, Hungary/Oradea, Rumania, Sep 2 1888; d. Aug1953.

To US 1923/1924. • LLB UVienna.· Operasinger, Europe, NYC; noted Wagnerianbaritone. • See: UJE; BEOA]; NITimes, Aug15 1953, 15:1.

Schorr, Gedelia;b.Istrick,Poland,Nov1910; d. Brooklyn, July 71979.

To US 1922. • Rabbi, communal educator,NYC; dean Mesivta Torah Voda'ath; officerAgudath Israel; bd Torah Schools for Israel,Assn for Advance Rabbinical & TalmudicSchools; author in field. • See: A]YB, 81:375.

Schorr, Henry A; b. Russia, Jan 271899; d.1969.

To US 1912. • AB NYU, MHL, ordainedJewish Inst of Religion, MA Columbia. •Rabbi, Bronx, NYC; faculty HarlemEducational Inst; pres Jewish Natl Fund;officer United Palestine Appeal. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938; CCARYB.

Schorr, Henry Chaskell; b. Austria-Hungary, Dec 11892.

MD Hahneman Med ColI. • Physician,surgeon, Chicago; officer local med assn. • See:BEOA].

Schorr, Israel; b. Lemberg, Aug 20 1870.Cantor, Vienna, Brooklyn, Newark. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):96.

Schorr, Morris; b. Galatz, Rumania, Apr 111874; d. NYC, Nov 281949.

To US' 1900. • Yiddish theatre fdr, producer,actor, dramatist, Boston; orgr Heb ActorsUnion; editor socialist & Zionist papers(Lemberg). • See: A]YB, 52:504; WWIA],1928, 1938.

Schorr, Saul; b. ca 1847j d. Aug 18 1917.Rabbi, Sharon, PA, Ft Wayne. • See: A]YB,6(1904-1905):223,20(1918-1919):230.

Schorsch, Isaac E; b. NYC, Oct 30 1868; d.Arverne, LI, Aug 191918.

Mfr, Bronx; active trade assn, Masons,Jewishcommunity. • See: PA]HS, 28:305-06.

Schorsch, Ismar; b. Germany, 1925.To US as youth. • Bi\/Vrsinus CoIl, MA, PhDColumbia, ordainedJTS. • President,JTS,NYC; Jewish historian, scholar, rabbi; authorin field; military chaplain. • See: E]:1986-1987.

Schodand, PhilipJohn; b. Russia, Jan 151879; d. Newark, Nov 9 1947.

To US 1886.· LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, corpcounsel, Newark; active Zionist org, Conf ofJewish' Charities, Jewish Anti-TuberculosisLeague.· See:A]YB, 50:522; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Nov 11 1947,27:3.

Schottenfels, Sara X; b. NYC; d. Nov 1958.Bryn Mawr. • Communal worker, librarian,NYC; reorganized Maimonides Library; bdNatl Council ofJewish Women; contributorAnglo-Jewish press. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):183; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Nov 51958,35:2.

Schotdand, Charles Irwinj b. Chicago, Oct291906.

AB U CA, Grad School for Jewish SocialWork, U Southern CA Law. • Social welfareexpert, lawyer, Los Angeles; dir CA ReliefAdm, CA Dept of Social Welfare, NY ChildCare Assn; worked with Displaced Persons;faculty Brandeis; advisor US delegation to UN.• See: E]; WWIA], 1938.

Schour, Isaac; b. Efingar, Russia, Jan 111900; d.June 5 1964.

To Chicago 1913. • BS, PhD U Chicago, MS,DDS U IL, ScD Washington U (St Louis). •Histologist, Chicago; dean, faculty U IL;consult Heb U. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA,4.

Schradsky, Max; b. ca 1867; d. Denver, July1933.

Public official, social worker, Denver. • See:A]YB, 36:286.

Schrage, Samuel A; b. Belo Horizonte,Brazil, Dec 12 1935; d. NYC, Dec 311976.

To US 1949. • Rabbi, communal exec, NYC;asst exec dir Youth Bd; adm asst UnitedLubavitcher Yeshivot; formed Maccabees anti­crime patrols; dir Neighborhood ActionProgram. • See:A]YB, 79:373; NITimes, Jan 41977,30:1.

Schram, Harry S; b. Lyons, IL, Mar 6 1871.Picture frame mfr, furniture merchant,Chicago.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schram, Herman; b. NYC, Mar 5 1895; d.Buffalo, Feb 1958.

PhB Yale. • Broker, realtor, NYC; exec officerNJ Civil Air Patrol; dir Educational Alliance;active Am Arbitration Assn; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Feb 81958,19:5.

Schram, Jack Aron; b. Chicago, Mar 151908; d. Apr 211961.

Business machines mfr, Chicago; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Apr 221961,25:6.

Schram, Leo; b. ca 1868; d. Columbus, OH,Oct 51936.

Physician, communal worker, Columbus, OR.• See: A]YB, 39:596.

Schram, Louis B; b. ca 1856; d. NYC, Aug141921.

Schreiber, William Howard

Mem, Council ofNatl Defense, NYc. • See:A]YB, 24:103;NITimes, Aug 15 1921,13:7.

Schrecker, Paul; b. Vienna, Oct 311889; d.Dec 251963.

To US 1940. • JD U Vienna, PhD U Berlin. •Lawyer, philosopher; with Prussian Academyof Science, U Paris, New School, U PA, BrynMawr; author in field. • See: UJE; E];WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Dec 27 1963,25:2.

Schreiber, Adolph H; b. Hungary, Jan 101898; d. Monsey, NY, Mar 281974.

Business exec, communal education worker,NYC; active Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Bar­nan, Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed, Boys TownGerusalem).· See:A]YB, 76:517.

Schreiber, Benjamin F; b. NYC, Apr 251885;'d. NYC, Mar 1972.

CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, statesupreme court justice, deputy state district atty,NYC; active Democratic politics, YMHA,YWCA, Guild for Jewish Blind; campaign mgrMayorJamesJ Walker. • See: UJE; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 14 1972,38:1.

Schreiber, Cornell; b. Dayton, OH, 1881;d.Jan 1945.

Toledo Med ColI; honorary degree. • Lawyer,legislator, mayor, Toledo. • See: UJE;NITimes, Jan 14 1945,39:2.

Schreiber, Emanuel; b. Leipnik, Moravia,Dec 13 1852; d. Mar 1932.

PhD U BerlinIU Heidelberg, BerlinLehranstalt. • Rabbi, author, Los Angeles,Mobile, Denver; co-editor l,?eform Advocate(Chicago), Occident.· See:]E;A]YB, 5(1903­1904):96-97,34:112; WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Schreiber, Louis; b.*Rabbi, Jackson, TN (1904). • See:A]YB,7(1905-1906):124.

Schreiber, Ludwig David; b. Milwaukee,Mar 3 1890; d. Nov 30 1976.

Investment co exec, Chicago. • See: WWWIA,7.

Schreiber, Manuel; b. London, June 131907; d. Mar 241974.

MD U IL. • Psychiatrist, Los Angeles; facultyUCLA; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Schreiber, Martin; b. Chicago, ca 1899; d.NYC,Jan 1974.

AB CCNY, U Chicago, MD Columbia. •Psychiatrist, NYC; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Jan 141974, 30:5.

Schreiber, Moses Aj b. Kovno, ca 1838; d.Dec 161911.

Rabbi, religious educator, Reb writer,translator, essayist, NYC, Baltimore. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):97; 14(1912-1913):125.

Schreiber, Wtlliam Howard; b. Warsaw,May 151898.

To US 1904. • Lawyer, NYC; defended blacksagainst Ku Klux Klan; chr bd Jewish Court ofArbitration; officer B'rith Abraham, AmLegion; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

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Schreier, Eugene; b. Friedland, Gennany,Dec 10 1851.

Communal worker, Newport; nat! officerFree Sons ofIsrael. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­1906):100-01.

Schriber, Louis; b. Oshkosh, Apr 71878; d.Oshkosh, Apr 1952.

Banker, Oshkosh; pres 1st Nat! Bank. • See:WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Apr 20 1952,92:3.

Schroeder, Gerhard (Gerhard Schnap); b.Vienna, 1908; d. NYC, May 22 1966.

To US 1937. • U Vienna. • Histadrut exec,Zionist, NYC; exec dir Greater NY Business &Individual Com for Labor Israel & itsHistradrut Council; active anti-Nazi; WWIIservice. • See: A]YB, 68:533; NYTimes, May 271960,43:1.

Schroeder, Henry Albert; b. Sighetul­Mannatiei, Austria-Hungary, Apr 81894.

Inst ofMusical Art. • Music tchr, NYC; facultyNY ColI ofMusic; active YMHA. • See:WWIA],1938.

Schroff, Joseph; b. NYC, July 20 1887; d.Nov 121967.

BS CCNY, MD, DDS Columbia, post-gr.ad UVienna, U Budapest. • Oral surgeon, NYC;faculty Columbia. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA.,4;NYTimes,Nov 15 1967,47:1.

Schubert, Bernard Shupper; b. Brooklyn,Jan 11895.

AB CCNY, post-grad Columbia.· Writer,playwright, screenwriter, Los Angeles; PecksBad Boy; • WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schuchat, William Louis; b. Austria, Apr 21875.

To St Louis 1887. • MD Washington U (StLouis).· Physician, St Louis. • See: WWIA],1928, 1938.

Schuel, Jacques Annand (Jack Curley); b.San Francisco, July 4 1876; d. GreatNeck,July 1937.

Boxing & sports lecturer, promoter, GreatNeck. • See: A]YB, 40:391; NYTimes, July 121937, 17:3 (sub Curley).

Schuelein, Julius Wolfgang; b. Munich,1881.

To US 1941. • Painter, chemist; assocd withMunich Secession. • See: UJE.

Schulein, Hennann; b. Munich, Jan 241884.

To US 1936. • PhD U Erlangen. • Breweryexec, Munich, Brooklyn; with Rheingold. •See: WWWIA, 5.

Schueller, Richard; b. Brunn, Moravia,1870; d. Washington, May 1972.

To US 1940. • LLD U Vienna. • Austrianforeign office official; expert on commercialtreaties; envoy League of Nations; faculty UVienna, New School; one of few unbaptizedJews in Austrian government. • See: UJE;NYTimes, May 15 1972,39:1.

Schulberg, Adeline Jaffe (Mrs Ben PSchulberg); b. Russia, Apr 141895; d.July 1977.

To US 1902. • U CA. • Film & literary agent,Los Angeles, London; officerJewishConsumptive Relief Soc; promoter progressiveeducation. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July16 1977,24:1.

Schulberg, Benjamin Percival; b.Bridgeport, CT,Jan 191892; d. KeyBiscayne, FL, Feb 1957.

CCNY. • Motion picture exec, producer,Hollywood, CA; "Little Miss Marker"; an orgrUnited Artists. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 27 1957,27:3.

Schulberg, Budd WIlson; b. NYC, 1914.Author, screenwriter, "On the Waterfront";WWII service. • See: E].

Schulkind, Helen S (Mrs Edward BScllUlkind); b. NYC, Apr 14 1899; d.NYC, June 301960.

Communalldr, NYC; pres State Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods; dir Nat! Fedn ofTempleSisterhoods. • See: A]YB, 62 :452; NYTimes,July 11960, 25:1.

Schulman, Abraham W; b. Dayton, OH,June 61886.

U Cincinnati, LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer,communalldr,Dayton,OH;officerJewishFedn. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Schulman, Abram (Abraham) Gustav; b.Konigsberg,]an 5 1881; d. Phoenix, June2 1935.

AB CCNY, Academy of Design (NYC). •Artist, NYC; faculty CCNY; contributorEncyclopedia Americana. • See: A]YB, 24:201,37:261; WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Schulman, Jack; b. NYC, Sep 241897; d.NYC, June 1950.

Merchant, civic worker, mayor, Monticello,NY; chr local Federal Housing Adm; presChamber of Commerce. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, June 25 1950, 70:1.

Schulman, John; b. WIlkes-Barre, Sep 41895; d. Albuquerque, Oct 1974.

AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;specialty: copyright law; active La Follettepresidential campaign. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Oct 27 1974,65:1.

Schulman, Joseph W; b. Chicago, Aug 241882.

LLB Chicago Law. • Lawyer, muncipal judge,Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Schulman, Nathan; b. Palestine, 1893?; d.NYC,Jan 2 1967.

To US as infant. • Financier, philanthropist; afdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; trustee BronxLebanon Hospital Center; active Am JewishCom, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 69:612; NYTimes, Jan 41967,43:1.

Schulman, Samuel; b. Kalvaria, Russia, Feb14 1864/1865; d. NYC, Nov 2 1955.

To USJ868. • AB CCNY, Berlin Lehranstalt,U Berlin, DD JTS; honorary degrees. • Noted

570

Reform Idr, rabbi, theologian, scholar, NYC;pres Assn of Reform Rabbis ofNY; officerCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis; bd Englishtranslation of the Bible; an orgr Heb UnionColI School for Tchrs (NYC), World Unionfor Progressive Judaism; opposed Zionism butnotIsrael.· See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 5(1903­1904):97,24:201, 58:478-79; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];A]HQ, 45:266-67;Eisenstadt, 103; NYTimes, Nov 41955,29:1.

Schulman, Yale; b. Vidz, Russia, May 151894; d. NYC,Jan 51969.

To US 1905.· Mfr, communalldr, NYC; nat!pres United Synagogue ofAm; bdJTS; execcom Zionist Org ofAm. • See: A]YB, 71 :608;NYTimes, Jan 71969,41:3.

Schulson, Solomon; b. Jerusalem, Feb1890IJan 20 1896.

To US 1915.· Rabbi, NYC, Bridgeport, CT,Wilmington, DE; exec com Mizrachi, Unionof OrthodoxJewish Congregations; dir KerenHayesod. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].

Schulte, David Albert; h. Thomasville, GA,1873; d. Holmdale, N],July 291949.

Business, tobacco exec, NYC, London; presDunhill Internat!; active communalphilanthropy. • See: UJE; A]YB, 52:504;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYrimes, July 301949, 15:3.

Schulte,JosephM; h. NYC; d. Nov 1946.Cigar store exec, NYC; active social welfare &culturalorgs. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes, Nov 111946,27:2.

Schulte, Luise Meyer (Mrs Arthur DSchulte); h. San Francisco?, Feh 18 1910;d. Stamford, CT,June 23 1954.

Civic & communalldr, NYC; mem MayorsCom on the Aged, NY Commn on CharitableSolicitations; bd Council Child DevelopmentCenter; active Am Jewish Com. • See:A]YB,56:572; NYTimes, June 24 1954, 19:3.

Schultz, Benjamin; h. Brooklyn, Mar 121909; d. Clarksdale, MS, Apr 1978.

AB U Rochester, MHL, ordained Jewish Instof Religion. • Rabbi, author, Yonkers,Clarksdale, MS; nat! exec com Am JewishCong; exec dir Am Jewish League AgainstCommunism; charged communists hadinfiltrated religious groups. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Apr 25 1978,40:4, Apr 261978, II 1:6.

Schultz, Dutch; see Flegenheimer, Arthur.

Schultz, Harry; h. Sehastopol,Jan 11900.Columbia, Art Students League. • Artist,NYC; exhibits in Russia & US. • See: WWIA],1926, 1928.

Schultz, Henry; h. Szarkowszcezyzna,Poland, Sep 41893; d. San Diego, Nov261938.

To NYC· 1907. • AB CCNY, London Schoolof Economics, U London, PhD Columbia,Galton Laboratory of Eugenic Research. •Mathematical economist, statistician, Chicago;faculty U Chicago; a fdr Econometric Soc;consult US government; officer professional

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assn; author in field; WWI service. - See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 2.

Schultz, Henry Edward; b. NYC, June 181906; d. Miami, FL, May 5 1979.

LLB NY Law; honorary degree. - Lawyer,NYC; mem Bd of Higher Education; exec comEleanor Roosevelt Cancer Found; ldr Anti­Defamation League in McCarthy era. - See:WWWIA, 7;AJYB, 81:375; NYTimes, May 71979.

Schultz, Simon Robert; b. Russia, 1876.NYU, LI ColI Hospital, McGill. - Physician,NYC; natl officer B'rith Sholom; fdr YMHA(Washington Hgts); author in field. - See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Schulzinger, Morris Simcho; b. Serei,Lithuania, Dec 19 1900/1901.

To Cincinnati 1921. - AB, MA, MB, MD UCincinnati. - Surgeon, communalldr,Cincinnati; specialty: traumatic surgery; presLeague for Labor Palestine, Ivriah; bd TalmudTorah. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Schumacher, Gottlieb; b. Zanesville, OH,1857; d. 1924.

To Haifa as child. -Architect, archaeologist,cartographer, Palestine. - See: EJ.

Schuman, Henry; b. Russia, May 15 1899;d. NYC, Sep 1962.

To US ca 1901. - Publisher, dealer in rarescience & med books, Detroit, NYC; est Lifeof Science Library series. - See: NITimes, Sep201962,33:1.

Schuman, Jacob; b. Courland,Feb 13 1870;d. Baltimore, Aug 1941.

Cantor, Brooklyn, Baltimore. • See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):97-98; NITimes, Aug 15 1941,17:5.

Schuman, VVdli~,Howard;b.NYC,1910.Malkin Inst, Salzburg Mozarteum. ­Composer, cultural admr, NYC; head Juilliard;pres Lincoln Center; faculty Sarah Lawrence. •See: UJE; EJ.

Schuneman, Charles; b. ca 1851; d. Feb 231934.

Pioneer dept store merchant, St Paul. - See:AJYB, 36:286.

Schupper, Rayle; b. NYC, July 6 1908; d.NYC, Apr 81963.

Communal exec; dir womens campaign AmJewish Com, womens divisionJoint DefenseAppeal; a fdr Am Jewish Com (Europeanoffice). - See:AJYB, 65:437; NITimes, Apr 91963,32:1.

Schur, Max; b. Poland, ca 1897; d. NYC,Oct 1969.

To US 1939. - UVienna, attended Freudslectures. - Psychoanalyst, NYC; Freudspersonal physician; a fdr, pres PsychoanalyticAssn of NY; faculty SUNY (Brooklyn); authorinfield. -See: NITimes, Oct 13 1969,45:4.

Schur, Zev Wolf (William); b. Lithuania,Oct 6 1839/27 1844; d. Chicago, Jan 261910.

To US 1887/1888. - Pioneer Heb writer,journalist, world traveler, Zionist, NYC,Chicago; editor Ha-Pisgah, Ha-Tehiyyah; dealerin Heb books. - See: JE; E]; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):183; 12(1910-1911):110; Eisenstadt,103-04.

Schurz, Margarethe Meyer (Mrs CarlSchurz); b. Hamburg, Aug 27 1833; d.NYC, Mar 15 1876.

To US 1852. - Kindergarten advocate;operated kindergarten in home nearWatertown, WI; follower of Friedrich Froebel.- See: NAW; NITimes,Mar 19 1976, 12:2.

Schussheim, Solomon; b. ca 1899; d.Brooklyn, May 1968.

CCNY, Columbia. • Surgeon, Brooklyn;officer med soc; editor in field. - See: NITimes,May261968,84:7.

Schuster, Edna; b. Holbrook, AZ, Nov 221896.

Social worker, Los Angeles; exec secyJewishBig Bros Assn; field visitor Red Cross. - See:WWIAJ,1938.

Schuster, Joseph; b. Constantinople, 1905;d. Los Angeles, Feb 1969.

To US 1934. - St Petersburg Conservatory,Berlin Hochschule rur Musik. - Cellist, BerlinPhilharmonic, New York Philharmonic. - See:UJE; NITimes, Feb 18 1969,41:4.

Schuster, Max Lincoln; b. Kalusz, Galacia,Mar 2 1897; d. NYC, Dec 201970.

To US 1898. - Litt B Columbia School ofJournalism. - Publisher, author, editor, NYC;co-fdr Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, LittleGolden Books; bd Montefiore Hospital. - See:UJE; EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; DAB, 8;NITimes, Dec 21 1970, 38:1.

Schutzer, Paul George; b. Brooklyn, July111930; d.June 51967.

Cooper Union, LI U, Brooklyn Law. ­Photojournalist, with Time-Life; awards. - See:WWWIA., 5.

Schutzman, Julius; b. NYC, Dec 181915; d.July 29 1962.

Dept store exec, NYc. - See:WWWIA., 4;NITimes, July 30 1962,23:2.

Schwab, Charles H; b. ca 1836; d. Jan 1919.City comptroller, philanthropist, shoe mfr,Chicago; official 1893 Worlds Fair; pres JewishOrphanage. - See:AJYB, 21:207; NITimes, Jan201919,15:5.

Schwab, David; b. Villingen, Baden, Mar 81871.

To US 1887. - Clothing merchant,Springfield, OH; officer synagog. - See:WWIAJ,1938.

Schwab, Flora (Mrs); b. ca 1853; d. LosAngeles, May 6 1913.

Communal worker, Los Angeles. - See: AJYB,15(1913';'1914):274. • *See entry below.

Schwab, Flora (Mrs Moses B Schwab); b.Germany, 1855.

Civic & communalldr, Cleveland; natl pres

Schvvabacher,Lud~g

Health Protective Assn' officer Nat! Council ofJewish Women, Fedn ~fWomensClubs' bdEducational Alliance, Consumers Leagu~. •See:AJYB,7(1905-1906):101. - *See entryabove.

Schwab, Isaac; b. Kleinsteinach, Bavaria,Nov 11940; d. Chicago, Feb 41907.

U Breslau, PhD U Jena. - Rabbi, StJoseph,earlier Portland, OR, Evansville, IN,Williamsburg, NY; author in field. - See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):98,9(1907-1908):505.

Schwab, JosephJ; b. Columbus, MS, 1909.Religious educator; faculty U Chicago; activeJTS; consult ed Bible textbooks; author infield. - See:·EJ.

Schwab, Joseph S; b. ca 1857; d. NYC, Apr171939.

Public servant, legislator, Chicago, NYC; memChicago Bd of Education. - See:AJYB, 41:430;NITimes, Apr 18 1939,23:5.

Schwab, Mrs S M; b. ca 1852; d. NYC, Mar311934.

Philanthropic worker, NYc. - See: AJYB,36:286.

Schwab, Robert Sidney; b. St Louis, Oct 61903; d. Apr 61972.

AB, MD Harvard, BA, MA Cambridge U. •Neurologist, Boston; faculty Harvard; fdr,officer professional socs; author in field; WWIIservice. - See: WWWIA, 5.

Schwab, Rosalind A (Mrs Julian Schwab); b.Dayton, OH, Nov 19 1888.

AB Wellesley. - Communal, civic & socialworker, Cincinnati; with Welfare Dept; ­officer Nat! Council ofJewish Women, FednofJewish Womens Clubs, Charter Com. ­See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Schwab, Salvador Joseph; b. France, May 51866.·

Rabbi, Victoria, TX, earlier Wichita Falls, TXjWWI chaplain. - See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Schwab, Sidney Isaac; b. Memphis, Nov 221871; d. Boston, Nov 12 1947.

Harvard, MD Harvard, post-grad Europe. ­Neuropsychiatrist, St Louis; facultyWashington U; officer professional soc; authorin field; WWI service. - See:AJYB, 24:201,50:522; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Nov 13 1947,27:6.

Schwabacher, Albert ErIe; b. San Francisco,Oct 12 1888; d. Nov 1964.

Stanford. - Investment banker, ranch owner,San Francisco; dir Palo Alto Med ResearchFound. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA., 4;NITimes, Nov 16 1963,27:1.

Schwabacher, Louis Aj b. ca 1869; d. Aug 11935.

Civic; communal & philanthropic worker, SanFrancisco. - See:AJYB, 38:435.

Schwabacher, Ludwig;b. ca 1847; d. SanFrancisco, Jan 271912.

Mfr, San Francisco. - See:AJYB, 14(1912­1913):125.

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Schwabacher, Max; b. ca 1859; d. NewOrleans, Feb 91920.

Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 22:168.

Schwabacher, Sanja; b. Odessa, July 1 1891.To US 1922. • LLD U Heidelberg. • Import­export merchant, NYC; officer Theodor HerzlSoc.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwabacher, Sigmund; b. ca 1841; d. SanFrancisco, Mar 201917.

Merchant, communal worker, San Francisco. •See: A]YB, 19(1917-1918):268.

Schwabacher, Wolfgang Simon; b. Newark,Jan 9 1898; d. Portland, ME, Aug 291951.

Lawyer, civic & communalldr, NYC; trusteeBaron de Hirsch Fund, Education Alliance; dirJewish Agricultural Soc, Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies, Nat! Refugee Service, UrbanLeague. • See: A]YB, 54:540; NITimes, Aug 301951,23:1.

Schwager, Charles; b. Rosulna, Austria,July 18 1879.

Journalist, NYC; orgr Am Information Bureau,Mutual Cloak & Suit Assn, Internat! JewishCong; exec mem Jewish Council; Amcorrespondent Volks-Zeitung. • See:WWIA],1928.

Schwager, Mortimer; b. Brooklyn, 1890?; d.NYC, May 3 1965.

Lawyer, philanthropist, Brooklyn; pres JewishFamily Welfare Soc; bdJewish FamilyServices. • See:A]YB, 67:542; NYTimes, May 51965,47:4.

Schwamm, Harvey; b. NYC, Oct 26 1904;d. Nantucket, Aug 15 1958.

Real estate broker, underwriter, NYC; advisorSenate Banking & Currency Com; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Aug 161958, 1:8.

Schwanenfeld, J E; b. ca 1878; d.Harrisonburg, VA, Dec 1934.

Rabbi, Harrisonburg, VA. • See:A]YB, 37:261.• *See entry below.

Schwanenfeld, J S; b.*Cantor, Baltimore.· See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):223. • *Seeentry above.

Schwartz, A Charles; b. KY, ca 1885; d.NYC, Nov 1967.

Investment exec, Bache & Co, NYC; arrangedDodge sale to Chrysler; Episcopalian. • See:NYTimes, Nov 161967,47:1.

Schwartz, Abba Philip; b.*Harvard Law. • State Dept Passport Chief,lawyer; active Americans for DemocraticAction; counsel UN Internat! Refugee Org;advisor Internat! Red Cross; friend of EleanorRoosevelt. • See: NYTimes story, Sep 12 1962.

Schwartz, Abner; b. Niwra, Galicia, Oct 61882.

To US 1894.· Merchant, Norwich, CT;officer Heb Benevolent Assn, B'nai B'rith,

Zionist Org ofAm, trade assns. • See: WWIA],1928,1938;BEOA].

Schwartz, Abraham; b. NYC, June 13 1916;d. Feb 41984.

CCNY, PhD MIT. • Mathematician,university official; faculty PA State; provost,dean CCNY; bd NJ YMCA. • See: WWWIA,8.

Schwartz, Abraham H; b.*; d. Lake Placid,NY, Sep 91938.

Motion picture theatre chain exec, Brooklyn;pres Century Circuit Inc. • See: A]YB, 41:430;NYTimes, Sep 10 1938,17:6.

Schwartz, Abraham Nathan; b. Shidlova,Lithuania, 1871; d. Feb 4 1937.

To US 1906. • Rabbi, Baltimore; fdr HebTalmudical Seminary & Parochial School;officer Agudath Horabonim; head seminary(Lithuania). • See: A]YB, 39:596; WWIA],1926; NYTimes, Feb 5 1937,21:2.

Schwartz, Abraham Samuel (A S); b.Zezmir, Lithuania, June 11876; d. NYC,June 16 1957.

To US 1900. • MD LI ColI Hospital. •Yiddish & Heb poet, physician, NYC; a fdrMefitze Sefat Ever (Promoters of the HebLanguage).· See:]E; UJE;A]YB, 59:477.

Schwartz, Adolph Isaac; b. Bucharest, Jan 11873.

To NYC 1903. • BS, BL U Bucharest, MD LIColI Hospital. • Otolaryngologist, NYC;devised new procedures; fdr, dir TalmudTorah Malbim (Bucharest); author in field;Rumanian army service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwartz, Andrew Thomas; b. Louisville,1867; d. Louisville, Sep 15 1942.

Artist, well-known muralist, Brooklyn. • See:WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Sep 18 1942, 21 :4.

Schwartz, Arnold; b. Brooklyn, 1905;d.Greenwich, CT, Sep 61979.

Business exec, philanthropist; fdr Paragon OilCo, Brookdale Found; est clinics,professorships, yeshiva; bd Friends of BoysTown Gerusalem).· See:A]YB, 81:375-76;NYTimes, Sep 8 1979, 36:1.

Schwartz, Arthur; b. Brooklyn, Nov 251900; d. Kintnersville, PA, Sep 4 1984.

NYU, JD Columbia. • Composer stage shows,movies, NYC; officer Authors League ofAm,Dramatists Guild; composer "Dancing in theDark"; autobiography. • See: WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Sep 5 1984, 16:1.

Schwartz, Arthur Harry; b. NYC, Nov 16/18 1903.

AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asst US atty,NYC; editor Columbia Law Review; active Fednof]ewish Charities, Free Milk Fund. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Schwartz, B Davis; b. NYC, Sep 18 1902; d.July 51969.

Oil co exec, NYC; officer Brookdale Found;nat! com Anti-Defamation League; author infield. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 71969,33:2.

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Schwartz, Benjamin; b. NYC, July 10 1896;d. NYC, Jan 1972.

CCNY, LLB Cornell, NY Inst ofPublicAdministration. • Exec, Baltimore; editorBaltimore Jewish Times; officer Bd of]ewishEducation; secy Municipal Welfare Commn;mem MD Inter-Racial Commn; exec comZionist Org ofAm; fdr Jewish Art Theatre;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Jan 91972,64:4.

Schwartz, BemardM; b. ca 1916; d.Jan.1967.

BS Cornell, MD Yale. • Physician, NYC; fdr,med dir Manhattan Health Insurance Plan;faculty Mt Sinai; author in field;~service. • See: NYTimes, Jan 14 1967, 31:5.

Schwartz, Bertie G; b. NYC, Sep 161901;d. NYC, Sep 22 1976.

Writer, communalldr, philanthropist; officerJewish Welfare Bd, Nat! Womens League forConservative Judaism, Hadassah; benefactorLibrary Steinberg Center. • See: A]YJi, 78:546;NYTimes, Sep 241976, IV 20:1.

Schwartz, Cecil; b. Pittsburgh, Aug 91903.BS U Pittsburgh. • Social worker, Pittsburgh;area dir Nat! YouthAdm; officer professionalassn; orgr Civic String Orchestra; active JewishBig Bros.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwartz, Charles; b. ca 1877; d. July 41936.

Masonic ldr, professional baseball player,Seattle. • See: A]YB, 39:596.

Schwartz, Charles; b.*; d. Nov 1969.CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; specialty:motion picture law; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Nov 41969,41:3.

Schwartz, Charles K; b. Norway, MI, Mar301891.

LLB John Marshall. • Lawyer, Chicago; memIL State Tax Commn; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.

Schwartz, Charles Phineas; b. Vilna, Oct 11886.

To US 1893. • PhB,JD U Chicago.· Lawyer,civic ldr, Chicago; secy to Judge Julian Mack;chr IL State Com on Citizenship &Naturalization; active Civil Liberties Com,Planning Commn. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwartz, David; b. Berlad, Rumania, June281892.

To US 1901. • LLB U MN. • Lawyer, GoldenValley, ND, Los Angeles; officer OlympicJewish Center; WWI service.· See: WWIA],1938.

Schwartz, David; b. Brunswick, GA, 1896;d. NYC, Apr 29 1980.

Journalist; withJewish Telegraphic Agency,Israel Bond Org. • See:A]YB, 82:373.

Schwartz, David; b. NYC, July 27 1902; d.NYC, Dec 281985.

Clothing mfr, philanthropist; fdr JonathanLogan Dress Co; benefactor NYU, Tufts,Brandeis, Yeshiva.U, Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; active United Jewish Appeal, Lincoln

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Center. • See:AJYB, 88:507-08; NYTimes,Jan11986.

Schwanz, Dehnore;h. BrooMyn, Dec 81913; d. NYC, July 111966.

U WI, NYU. • Author, critic, poet, NYC;faculty Harvard, Princeton; editor Mosaic,Partisan Review. • See: EJ; AJYB, 68:533;WWWlA, 4; DAB, 8; NYTimes, July 14 1966,35_:1.

Schwanz, Ellis Maxwell; h.Jassy, Dec 251892.

To US 1900. • CCNY, MD NYU. •Physician, NYC; inventor surgical instruments;staff Israel Orphan Asylum, NY Post-GradMed School; officer med socs. • See: U]E;WWIA}, 1928, 1938.

Schw~z,Emanuel;h.Bene,Hungary,Feb

101890; d. Bronx, 1967.To NYC 1891.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, NYC;exec council Menorah Assn; officer bar assns. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 2 1967,47:1.

Schwanz, Emanuel A; h. ca 1848; d. WhitePlains, Jan 21 1931.

Broker, legislator, "White Plains. • See: AJYB,33:128.

Schw~z, Emanuel K; h. ca 1912; d. NYC,Jan 1973.

CCNY, PhD NYU, PhD New School. •Psychologist, psychotherapist, group therapypioneer; dean Post-grad Center forPsychotherapy; contributor to Anglo-Jewish &Am press; author in field. • See: NYTimes, Jan25 1973,42:2.

Schw~z, Esther (Mrs); h. ca 1871; d. StLouis, Nov 16 1938.

Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB,41:430.

Schwartz, FrankJacoh; h. Rumania, Apr 41886; d. Spring Valley, NY, Apr 1957.

To US 1890. • CCNY, MD U MD. •Physician, acting mayor, village trustee, SpringValley, NY.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Apr 241957,33:4.

Schwanz, Gerhart Steven; h. Vienna, June191922.

To US 1939. • Vienna Inst Technology, MD UVienna. • Radiologist, NYC; faculty Columbia,NYMed School. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Schwanz, Hannah (Mrs); h. ca 1853; d. SanFrancisco, Oct 1935.

Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:AJYB,38:435.

Schwartz, Harry E; h. Kishinev, July 101899.

To US 1908. • AB U PA, ordainedJTS.·Rabbi, Hempstead, LI, earlier Waterbury &Patchogue, NY; officer Zionist Org ofAm,Rabbinical Assembly ofAm; active UnitedSynagogue ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Schw~z, Heinrich; h. ca 1825; d.Hempstead, TX, Oct 18 1900.

Rabbi, Hempstead, TX. • See:AJYB, 3(1901­1902):187.

Schwanz, HerhertJ; h. New Orleans, 1887;d. Apr 111955.

Dept store exec; with City Stores (NYC),Maison Blanche (New Orleans). • See:WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 12 1955,29:1.

Schwanz, Herman; h. Szanto, Hungary,Apr91876.

To NYC 1891.· MD NYU.• Physician,neuropsychiatrist, NYC; faculty NY Post-GradMed School. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Schwanz, Hymen; h. Philadelphia, Mar 101902.

BS U PA, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia;general mgr Philadelphia Jewish World; execsecyJewish Court ofArbitration; active LegalAid.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.

Schw~z, Irving W; h. NYC, 1903; d. NYC,Apr 41974.

Business exec, philanthropist, Philadelphia; adir RabbiJacobJoseph School; active UnitedJewish Appeal, Joint Distribution Com, HebUnion ColI-Jewish Inst of Religion. e See:AJYB,76:517;NYTimes,Apr51974,40:1.

Schwartz, Isaac Hillson; h. SomerVille, MA,Mar 251912; d. Mar 201970.

MD U Basle, post-grad U PA. • Physician, NewBedford, Dartmouth, MA; med dir Well ChildClinic; WWII service. • See: WWWlA, 5.

Schwartz, IsraelJacoh; h. Lithuania, 1885;d. Sep 1971.

To NYC 1906. • Yiddish poet, translator;active Di Yunge; verse autobiography. • See:EJ; NYTimes, Sep 19 1971, 66:8.

Schwartz, Jack William; h. FtWorth, Dec12 1905; d. May 1968.

TCU, BS, MD U TX. • Army med officer, SanFrancisco; WWII POW (Bataan). • See:WWWIA,5.

Schw~z,Jacob; h. Karnenets Podolsk,1886/May 11888;d. NYC, June 61963.

To US 1903.· Vienna Conservatory.·Cantor, Vienna, Norfolk, NYC; fdr Inst ofHazanuth; officerJewish Ministers CantorsAssn; author in field. • See: U]E; AJYB,55:459; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 81953,29:3.

Schw~z, Jacoh Ralph; b. Brichan,Bessarahia, Apr 15 1889; d. Miami, Feh1964.

To US 1889. • DDS NYU, Cooper Union,CCNY, Pratt, NY World School ofIllustration. • Dentist, artist, ivory carver,Brooklyn; exec bd Heb U; advisory bd Bd ofEducation; a fdr dental soc, East MidwoodJewish Center; author in field; autobiography.• See: U]E; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Feb 9 1964, 88:5.

Schw~z, Jacoh William; h. Bialystok, Aug2 1876.

To US 1891. • Theatre owner, Chicago;officer B'rith Abraham; active Heb Theological

Schwartz, Louis Adrian

ColI, Am Jewish Cong, Zionist Org ofAm.•See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Schw~z,Jesse David; h. NYC, Mar 161888; d. NYC, Apr 1950.

BS CCNY, MD Cornell. • Surgeon, NYC;tchr public schools. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Apr 91950,87:1.

Schwanz, Joseph Joshua; h. Russia, Mar 231899; d. NYC, Jan 11975.

To US 1907.· Rabbinical ColI ofAm, PhDYale; honorary degrees. • Semitics scholar,outstanding communal social work exec; withJ oint Distribution Com, Joint Defense Com;faculty Am U (Cairo), LI U; natl officer UnitedJewish Appeal; exec Fedn ofJewish Charities,Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; active WWIIrescue of EuropeanJews, refugee resettlement.• See:EJ;AJYB, 76:517, 77:599; WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Jan 2 1975, 36:2.

Schwanz, Joseph; h.*Opera singer, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 24:201.

Schwartz, Julius; h. Esztergom, Hungary,Feh 21 1860?; d. Nov 19 1909.

LLD U Budapest. • Civic & communalldr,Zionist, life insurance mgr, Staten Island; ParkCommr; State Civil Service Examiner; presHeb Benevolent Soc; editor Hungaria;Hungarian army service. • See:AJYB, 7(1905­1906):101, 12(1910-1911):109.

Schwanz,Julius;h.NYC.Editor, social worker, NYC; with NY Tribune;officer Am Jewish Council of Greater NY;editor The Index, WWIAJ. • See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928.

Schwanz, LawrenceWilliam;h. NYC, Dec13 1902.

AB, MA Columbia, MHL, ordained JewishInst of Religion, post-grad Heb U. • Rabbi,White Plains; lecturer School for JudaicStudies (NYC). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Schw~z, Lew; h. Montreal, May 5 1907; d.San Francisco, Sep 12 1971.

To US 1934. • McGill, U Montreal. •Publisher, editor; fdr Abelard-Schuman Ltd;editor trade magazine; exec dir Fedn ofJewishCharities. • See: WWWlA, 5; NYTimes, Sep 131971,40:1.

Schwanz, Lewis Harry; h. Russia, Jan 211879.

To Boston 1890.· LLB U ME.· Lawyer,Lawrence, MA; mem city government, schoolbd; pres YMHA.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Schw~z, Louis; h. NYC, July 4 1883; d.Feh 1963.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MDJefferson Med ColI. • Dermatologist; surgeon,public health official, diplomat; faculty NYU,Georgetown U; consult Naval Med ResearchLab; author in field. • See: U]E; WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 27 1963,16:1.

Schwartz, Louis Adrian; h. Cleveland, Feh71902.

BS, MD U MI. • Neuropsychiatrist, consult,

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Detroit; mem Nat! Commn for MentalHygiene; bdJewish Childrens PlacementBureau; clinic dir Childrens Fund ofMI;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Schwartz, Louis Edward; b. Podolia,Russia, Jan 13 1903.

To US 1905. • NYU, LLB Brooklyn Law. •Lawyer, Brooklyn; faculty Brooklyn Law;author in field. 0 See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwartz, Martin Hennan; b. Sirte,Hungary, Mar 17/18 1883; d. Cleveland,Sep 13 1962.

To US 1930. • Rabbi, Heb author, Cleveland,earlier Rumania, England, Youngstown, OH;bd Union of Orthodox Rabbis, Agudath Israel.• See:A]YB, 65:437; WWIA], 1938.

Schwartz, Maurice; b. Sedilkov, Ukraine,June 15/16 1888/1889/1890; d. Israel,May 101960.

To US 190111902.· Actor, dir, developerYiddish Art Theatre, NYC, Israel;autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:201,62:452; WWJA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 4; DAB, 6; NITimes, May 11 1960,39:2.

Schwartz, Max; b. ca 1860; d. Apr 41939.Restaurateur, communal worker, NYC. • See:A]YB, 41:430; NITimes, Apr 5 1939,25:1.

Schwartz, Max L; b. 1901;d. Chicago, Feb15 1957.

Mfr, communalldr; officer United SynagogueofAm. • See:A]YB, 59:477;NITimes, Feb 161957,17:4.

Schwartz, Milton Henry; b. Chicago, Apr241905; d. Aug 311970.

Advertising exec, Chicago. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Schwartz, Miriam (Mrs Finkelstine); b.*; d.Philadelphia, Feb 13 1914.

Actress, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 16(1914­1915):166.

Schwartz, Moses; b.*; d. New Orleans,July81912.

Mfr, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Schwartz, Nathanj b. Rusga, 1889?jd.Newton, MA,June 61967.

Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr dentalschool; bd JTS; benefactor Heb U, Brandeis. •See:A]YB, 69:612; NITimes, June 71967,47:1.

Schwartz, Pinkhos (born Samuel Kruk)j b.Plock, Poland, Sep 1 1902j d. NYC, Dec141963.

To US 1940. • Yiddish author, journalist,communal exec, NYC; exec secy Yiddish Inst,World Cong for Jewish Culture; active WorldBund Org.· See:A]YB, 65:437; NYTimes, Dec161963,33:3.

Schwartz, Ray F (Mrs); b. NYC, 1883?; d.NYC, July 91949.

Welfare worker, sociologist, Zionist, NYC;execdir YWHA; active childrens recreational

programs. • See: A]YB, 52:504; NYTimes, July11 1949, 17:5.

Schwartz, Richard Derecktor; b. Newark,Apr261925. .

BA, PhD Yale. • Sociologist, legal scholar;dean SUNY (Buffalo); faculty Northwestern,Yale; author in field. • See: NYTimes story, Oct29 1970.

Schwartz, Robert B; b. 1898; d. HewlettBay Park, LI, Nov 21 1971.

Oil exec, philanthropist, Philadelphia;benefactor Yeshiva & Mesivta Toras Chaim,RabbiJacobJoseph School, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, a fdr Maimonides Inst forExceptional Children. • See:A]YB, 73:635;NYTimes, Nov 23 1971,40:1, correction Nov26197140:3.

Schwartz, Robert S; b. Brooklyn, ca 1921;d. Poughkeepsie, Apr 1964.

BA Brooklyn ColI, PhD Brooklyn Polytech. •Chemist, patent holder; helped develop IBMcomputer; author in field;WWII service. •See: NYTimes, Apr 14 1964, 34:7.

Schwartz, Samuelj b. Jassy, June 7 1865.To US 1871. • Furniture dealer, bldr,communal & civic ldr, Waukegan, IL; fdrsynagog; officer trade assn. • See: WWIA],1926.

Schwartz, Samuel; b. Hungary, Dec 1880., To US 1904. • Ordained Heb Union ColI, U

Chicago. • Rabbi, Chicago, earlierJacksonville, Montreal; pres ChicagoRabbinical Assn. • See: WWJA], 1926,1938.

Schwartz, Samuel; b. ca 1840; d.Hempstead, TX, Oct 3 1918.

Civil War veteran, Hempstead, TX. • See:A]YB, 21:207.

Schwartz, Samuel D.sraeli; b. NYC, Aug 111890; d. Mar 201968. .

PhB, MA U Chicago. • Social worker,communal admr, Chicago; fdr Sinai Forum;exec dir Emil G Hirsch Center, Jewish PeoplesInst; officer Nat! Forum Assn; active JewishCharities; authorJewish & art subjects. • See:WWJA], 1928,1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.

Schwartz, Samuel H; b. ca 1911j d. NYC,July 1977.

Theatrical business mgr, producer, NYc. •See: NYTimes, July 12 1977, 32:1.

Schwartz, Saul Alvin; b. NYC, Jan 29 1907.BS CCNY, NY Homeopathic ColI, MD NYMed ColI. • Pediatrician, NYC; faculty NYMed ColI; active nat! Young Israel. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].

Schwartz, Sidney L; b. San Francisco, Jan 31886.

U CA. • Investment banker, broker, SanFrancisco; officer Stock Exchange, bankingassns; pres Sidney L & Alice Schwartz Found;trustee Fogel Loan Fund, Pacific Heb OrphanAsylum. • See: WWJA], 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 7.

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Schwartz, Simon Bernard; b. New Orleans,Sep 281900.

B EngrTulane. • Consulting engineer, NewOrleans; supt Maginnis Cotton Mills; officerB'nai B'rith; dir synagog. • See·: WWJA], 1938.

Schwartz, Simon 11]; b. NYC, May 6 1876;d. NYC, Apr 1956.

Heb Technical Inst. • Architect, NYC;designed numerous NYC bldgs. • See: A]YB,24:201; WWJA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Apr 25 1956,35:3.

Schwarz, Solomon M; b. Vilna, 1883; d.Jerusalem, July 1973.

To US 1940, to Jerusalem 1970. • Politician,authority on Russian affairs; led Menshevikopposition during Russian Revolution; facultyNew School; editor The Socialist Courier. • See:E];NYTimes,July23 1973,34:3.

Schwartz, Tobias H; b. Kovno, 1863.Rabbi, Newport, earlier Poland, Pocahontas,VA. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):98.

Schwartz, Velvel; b. ca 1887; d. NYC, Dec271932.

Veteran, WWIJewish Legion service, NYc. •See:A]YB, 35:128.

Schwartz, William; b. Rumania, Mar 141877.

Exec, communal worker, St Louis; officersynagog. • See: WWJA], 1928.

Schwartz, William; b. NYC, Jan 61897; d.NYC, Aug 1953.

LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, asst district atty,legislator, NYC; active Democratic politics;WWI service. • See: UTWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Aug 22 1953,15:4.

Schwartz, William Samuel; b. Smorgon,Russia, Feb 23 1896; d. Feb 10 1977.

To US 1912/1913. • Art School (Vilna),Chicago Art Inst. • Artist, painter,lithographer, sculptor, operatic tenor, Chicago.See: UJE; WWJA], 1938; WWWIA, 7.

Schwartzbart, Isaac; b. Chrzanow, Poland,Nov 13 1888; d. NYC, Apr 261961.

To US 1946. • Zionist exec & ldr, lawyer,author; with World Jewish Cong; officerWorld Zionist Action Com; mem PolishParliament. • See:A]YB, 63:562.

Schwartzberg, M N; b. Thorn, Prussia,1868.

To US 1885. • Litterateur, journalist,merchant, Boston, Baltimore. • See:Eisenstadt, 103.

Schwartzberg, S B; b. ca 1860; d.NYe, Apr27 1929.

Journalist, editor, NYC.· See:A]YB, 32:155.

Schwartzberg, Samuel; b. ca 1858; d. StLouis, Jan 12 1913.

Communal worker, St Louis. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):274.

Schwartzburg, Abraham L; b. Bobruisk,Dec 1886; d. Brooklyn, Nov 261949.

Dentist, tchr, Brooklyn; author articles & short

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stories in Russian, Heb, Yiddish. - See: A]YB,52:504.

Schwartzenstein, Sigmund; b. Petrikow,Poland, May 13 1887.

To US 1922. - Kamenetz-PodolskConservatory ofMusic. • Concert violinist,tchr, composer; faculty Cracow Conservatory,Benson Conservatory (Brooklyn). • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Schwartzkopf, Leo A; b.*; d. Pittston, PA,Nov 23 1932.

Lawyer, asst district atty, Pittston, PA. • See:A]YB, 35:129.

Schwartzman, Daniel; b. Baltimore, Dec 91908; d.Jan 1977.

U PA, Beaux Arts (Paris). - Architect, NYC;faculty Pratt, NYU; advisor Union ofAm HebCongregations; trustee Jewish Bd ofGuardians; officer professional orgs. • See:WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Jan 251977,38:1.

Schwartzman, Theodore Isadore; b.Rumania, Apr 271887.

To US 1887. • Brooklyn Law, LLB StLawrence. • Lawyer, Flushing, NY, LosAngeles; pres Federated Income Properties. •See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Schwartzwald, JacobJ; b. Brooklyn, Mar 121900.

CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,legislator, Brooklyn; WWI service. - See:WWIA],1938.

Schwarz, Anton, b. Polna, Bohemia, Feb 21839; d. NYC, Sep 24 1895.

To US 1868. • UVienna, Prague Polytech.­Chemist; editor Der Americkanische Bierbrauer;fdr Brewers Academy of US. • See: ]E.

Schwarz, Emmanuel; b. ca 1859; d. Oct 201932.

Physician, communal worker, county coroner,Newark. • See:A]YB, 35:129.

Schwarz, Guenter; b. Cologne, Nov 261913; d. Nov 171974.

To US 1938. • Technical U (Berlin), PhDJohns Hopkins.- Physicist, Tallahassee;faculty U IL, FL State; dir Center for Researchin CoIl Instruction of Science & Math. • See:WWWIA.,6.

Schwarz, Herbert Maier; b. Paters.on, July221900.

AB, CE ColUinbia. • Chemical engineer,NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwarz, Herman;b. NYC, Oct 241876; d.NYC, May 191945.

MD Columbia. - Pediatrician, civic &communal worker, NYC; faculty Columbia; bdChildrens.Welfare Fedn, Am Jewish PhysiciansCom; consult US Public Health Service. • See:A]YB, 47:532; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, May 20 1945,32:5.

Schwarz, Jacob David; b. Cincinnati, Dec 61883; d.1962.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, author, Cincinnati, earlier Pensacola;

staff Union ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; CCARYB.

Schwarz, Joseph; b. ca 1879; d. Mar 131931.

Physician, Mobile; faculty U AL; militaryservice. • See:A]YB, 33:128.

Schwarz, Ladislaus Michael; b. ca 1898; d.NYC, May 1 1934.

Pathologist, NYC; faculty U Berlin. • See:A]YB, 36:286.

Schwarz, Leo Walder; b. NYC, Apr 111906; d. NYC, Dec 11967.

AB Harvard, post-grad Harvard, ordainedJewish Inst of Religion. • Rabbi, educator,prolific author/editor; dir Menorah Assneducational programs; with Joint DistributionCom aiding displaced persons. • See: E];A]YB, 69:612; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 31967,84:5.

Schwarz, Leon; b. Perry County, AL, Mar281872; d. Mobile, May 1943.

Insurance broker, sheriff, city commr, mayor,author, Mobile; officer B'nai B'rith, Red Cross,Salvation Army; active Union ofAm HebCongregations; Spanish-Am War & WWIservice. • See:A]YB, 45:394; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOAj.

Schwarz, Louise L; b. NYC, Aug 221910;d. NYC, July 61974.

Communal admr, consult on aging, NYC; execdir Central Bureau for Jewish Aged; officerFedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Natl Council ofJewish Women.·See:A]YB, 76:517; NYTimes,July 71974,37:1.

Schwarz, Max; b. Budapest, July 29 1863; d.NYC, Feb 71901.

To US 1880.· UErlangen, UBreslau,Dresden Polytech. • Editor, Der AmerikanischeBierbrauer; principal Brewers Academy. • See:]E (sub Schwarz, Anton).

Schwarz, Max; b. Taus, Bohemia, Nov 131865; d. Feb 22 1940.

To US ca 1881. • Cigar mfr, communalworker, NYC; pres La Primadora Co; ldrCentral Synagogue. - See: A]YB, 42 :483;NYTimes, Feb 23 1940,15:1.

Schwarz, Ralph J; b. New Orleans, Dec 61880; d. New Orleans, Apr 1943.

AB Tulane, MA, LLB Columbia; honorarydegree. • Lawyer, New Orleans; facultyTulane; officer bar assn; bdJewish ChildrensHome, synagog, Am Jewish Com.· See:A]YB,24:201,45:394; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Schwarzbart, Isaac Ignacy; b. Chryanow,Galicia, 1888; d. Apr 26 1961.

To US 1946. • U Cracow. • Polish Zionist ldr,author; a fdr World Movement of GeneralZionists; admr World Jewish Cong; activeYiddish Inst. • See: E]; News ofthe Yiddish Inst,79:8; NYTimes, Apr 27 1961,21:2.

Schwarzberg, Samuel Benjamin; b. Russia,1865; d. 1929.

To US 1897/1898. • Heb publisher, editor,bookseller, Poland, US; editor Ner ha-

Schweig, Joe1

Ma'aravi; fought "Yiddishism." • See: E];Eisenstadt, 103.

Schwarzburg, Nathaniel; b. Nov 18 1896.AB CCNY. • Painter, etcher, public schooltchr,NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwarzkopf, Paul; b. Pardubice,Czechoslovakia, Apr 13 1886; d. Reutte,Austria, Dec 1970.

To US ca 1938. • Technical U (Prague), UBerlin; honorary degree. - Metal inventor,scientist, industrialist, Reutte, NYC; pioneer inpowder metallurgy. - See: NYTimes, Dec 291970,32:1.

Schwarzschild, Leopold; b. Frankfurt, 1891;d. Santa Margherita, Italy, 1950.

To US 1940. - Journalist, editor, author,Austria, NYC, Italy; noted anti-Hitlerjournalist in Germany & Paris.· See: UJE;NYTimes, Oct2 1950,23:3.

Schwarzschild, Martin; b. Potsdam, 1912.To US 1937. • Astronomer, astrophysicist;faculty Princeton. • See: E] (subSchwarzschild, Karl).

Schwarzschild, William Harry; b.Richmond, May 17 1879; d. Richmond,June 8 1952.

Exec, communal & civic ldr, Richmond; officerDemocratic State Central Com; bdJointDistribution Com, Natl Conf of Christians &Jews, Salvation Army. • See:A]YB, 54:541;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 3.

Schwarzschild, William HarryJr; b.Richmond, Sep 19 1903.

AB UVA, MBA Harvard. • Banker,Richmond; exec Central Natl Bank ofRichmond. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schwarzwalder, Henry; b. ca 1853; d. NYC,May 10 1915.

Mfr, NYc. • See: A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222;NYTimes, May 111915,15:4.

Schwatt, IsaacJoachim; b. Mitau,Courland,June 18 1867; d. 1934.

Mitau CoIl, PhD U PA.· Mathematician,Philadelphia; faculty U PA. • See: A]YB,24:201; WWWIA., 1.

Schwefel, Louis Judah; h. NYC, Oct 81898.

AB CCNY, post-grad Columbia, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, journalist, NYC, earlierBayonne, Washington DC; natl exec dir YoungJudea; officer Rabbinical Assembly oUTS,Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schweid, Mark; b. Warsaw, May 15 1891; d.Bronx, Dec 1969.

To NYC 1911/1912.· Warsaw DramaticAcademy. • Actor, writer, poet, playwright,NYC; dir Bronx Art Theatre, Yiddish ArtTheatre; in charge of German press duringNuremberg trials. • See: UJE; A]YB, 71:609;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Dec 3 1969.

Schweig, Joel; b. Poland, Apr 6 1893; d. Jan1973.

To NYC 1924. • MD U Vienna. •

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Dermatologist, NYC; active Am Jewish Cong;author in field; WWI Austrian service. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 10 1973,44:4

Schweitzer, DavidJ; b. Russia, Apr 201889.

To US 1904. • BS CCNY, MA Columbia, NYSchool ofPhilanthropy. • Social work exec,NYC, Paris; with Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Joint Distribution Com(Europe); exec Am Joint ReconstructionFound. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schweitzer, Isidor S; b. NYC, Apr 12 1882/1892.

CCNY. • Merchant, NYC, Philadelphia;advisor Bd of Education; pres Jewish MemorialHospital; dir Jewish Conciliation Court. • See:WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA].

Schweitzer, Peter; b. ca 1874; d. Nov 271922.

Zionist ldr, philanthropist, NYc. • See: A]YB,25:141; NYTimes, Nov 281922,21:4.

Schweitzer, Rebecca (Mrs Peter JSchweitzer); b. Kremai, Russia, 1880/Apr71882; d. Mar 201938.

To US 1904. • Cigarette paper importer,philanthropist, communal & Zionist ldr, NYC;benefactor Schweitzer Hospital (palestine);orgr Keren Hayesod. • See: A]YB, 40:391;WWIA], 1926, 1938;NYTimes,Mar211938.

Schwer, Abraham; b. ca 1868; d.Jan 131940.

Yiddish poet, author, NYC. • See: A]YB,42:483.

Schweriner, Theodore; b. ca 1842; d.Philadelphia, Dec 8 1915.

Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,18(1916-1917):110.

Schwimmer, Rosika; b. Budapest, Sep 111877; d. NYC, Aug 3 1948.

To US 1921. • Pacifist, feminist, worldfederalist, writer; orgr Neo-MalthusianLeague, Internatl Woman Suffrage Cong,Womens Peace Party, working womens orgs;petitioned US for peace during WWI. • See:UJE;E];A]YB, 51:524; WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA], NAW; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Aug 4 1948,21:1.

Schwinger, Julian Seymour; b. NYC, 1918.PhD Columbia. • Physicist, Nobel laureate;specialty: quantum electrodynamics; facultyPurdue, U Chicago, Harvard. • See: E].

Schwolsky, Jacob; b. Hartford, Nov 271890.

LLB Yale. • Lawyer, alderman, fire commr,town court judge, Hartford; officer UnitedJewish Appeal, Zionist Org ofAm, Am JewishCongo • See: WWIA], 1938.

Scolnick, Sylvan; b. ca 1930; d. Cherry Hill,NJ,1976.

Criminal informer; convict; confessed to seriesof crime, led to arrest of 100 people(Philadelphia); autobiography. • See: NYTimes,Sep 3 1976, IV 14:4.

Scooler, Zvee; b. Kamenetz-Podolsk, Dec251899; d. NYC, Mar 251985.

To US 1912. • English & Yiddish actor, radiopersonality, NYC; active Yiddish Art Theatre.• See:A]YB, 87:443.

Scott, Max; b. ca 1873; d. NYC, June 171936.

Merchant, communal worker, NYC. • See:A]YB, 38:435.

Scott, Miriam Finn (Mrs Leroy Scott); b.Vtlna,Aug 9 1882/1884; d. Jan 6 1944.

To US 1893. • AB Hunter, MA Barnard, post­grad Columbia, NYU, Europe. • Childdiagnostician, NYC; specialty: child guidance,parent education; in charge of 1st rooftopplayground; author in field. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Jan 71944, 17:5.

Scott, Norman; b. NYC, Nov 30 1928; d.NYC, Sep 22 1968.

Opera & concert singer, NYC; withMetropolitan Opera. • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Sep 23 1968,35:4.

Scott, Temple; b. Hull, England, ca 1865;d. Edinburgh, Sep 1939.

U London. • Editor, publisher, rare bookauthority, NYC, Edinburgh. • See: A]YB,24:201; NYTimes, Oct 1 1939,53:3.

Seagle, William; b. NYC, Jan 14 1898; d.Dec 311977.

AB CCNY, JD Columbia. • Lawyer, author,editor, NYC, Washington DC; newspapercolumn "The WanderingJew." • See: WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Jan 2 1978,24:1.

Seasongood, Edwin Alfred; b. Cincinnati,June 41876; d. Aug 1953.

AB, MA Harvard. • Investment banker, NYC;governor NY Stock Exchange; officer UnitedSettlement Soc, Manhattan Trade School forGirls. • See: WWL.4], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,Aug 17 1953, 15:4.

Seasongood, Lewis; b. Burgenstadt,Bavaria, 1836; d. Atlantic City, NJ, Nov241914.

To Cincinnati 1851. • Merchant, Cincinnati;an orgr Cincinnati Exposition; officer UnitedJewish Cemetery Assn; bd Union ofAm HebCongregations. • See: UJE; E] (subSeasongood);A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222;NYTimes, Nov 301914,9:6.

Seasongood, Murray; b. Cincinnati, Oct 271878.

AB, MA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, mayor,political, civic & communalldr, Cincinnati;officer Natl Civil Service Reform League, HebUnion ColI; faculty U Cincinnati; bdJointDistribution Com; exec com Am Jewish Com.• See: UJE; E] (sub Seasongood); WWIA],1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7;AIstory, Oct 24 1968.

Seaver, Edwin; b. Washington DC, 1900.Harvard. • Novelist, short story writer, bookreviewer; with Book-of-the-Month Club;faculty New School. • See: UJE.

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Secord, Walter; b. Chicago, Feb 41895.Reed, U Washington, Columbia. • Publisher,Oakland, CA, Portland, OR, Spokane; fdr TheScribe, The Jewish Tribune, The Jewish Voice;active United Jewish Welfare Fund. • See:BEOA].

Secunda, Sholom; b. Aleksandia, Kherson,Aug 23 1894; d. NYC,June 13 1974.

To US 1903/1908. • Juilliard, Cooper Union,Columbia, Inst ofMusiGal Art. • Musician,composer, musical dir, Brooklyn; with Yiddishtheatres, Jewish Center; music critic Forward;WWI service; autobiography. • See: E]; A]YB,76:517; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 141974,36:1.

Seder, Joseph S; b. ca 1868; d.Worcester,Oct 281937.

Communal worker, Worcester. • See: A]YB,40:391.

Sedran (Sedrailsky), Barney; b. NY, 1891;d.1969.

CCNY. • Basketball player, coach, Hall ofFame member. • See: E].

Seeberger, Louis; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, May3 1914.

Merchant, NYc.. See:A]YB, 16(1914­1915):166.

Seecof, David Philip; b. NYC, Dec 251895.MD NYUlBellevue. • Pathologist, NYC,Denver; faculty U CO; author in field. • See:'WWIA],1928.

Seedman, Albert A; b. Bronx, Aug 9 1918.BA, MA CUNY. • Police detective, asst chiefinspector, NYC; WWII service. • See:NYTimes story, Mar 12 1970.

Seegal, David; b. Chelsea, MA,June 231899; d. NYC, July 241972.

Harvard, MD Harvard. • Physician, NYC; ldrin research of chronic diseases; facultyColumbia; delegate White House Conf onAging; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,July271972,34:3.

Seegal, Samuel Melbourne; b. Chelsea,MA, May 18 1902.

BS MIT, MD Harvard. • Statistician,economist, dept store exec, Boston; instructorBoston U.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Seegman, Simon; b. Old Konstantin,Russia, Sep 15 1882.

MD U Pittsburgh, post-grad Berlin, London,Vienna. • Otolaryngologist, Pittsburgh; officerZionist district. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Seelav, Robert; b. Bialystok, Mar 15 1886.To NYC 1898. • CCNY, LLB NYU. •Lawyer, NYC; fdr Business Mens Art League;dir League for Am Citizenship; sponsor CivicOpera Co; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938.

Seelenfreund, A B; b. ca 1868; d. Memphis,Apr 23 1923.

Communal worker, Chicago; officer B'naiB'rith. • See:A]YB, 26:157.

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Seelig, Major Gabriel; b. Helena, AR, Feb191874; d. Mar 1953.

AB Harvard, MD Columbia, U Berlin. •Surgeon, St Louis; facility Washington U; presYMHA; dir Public Library; author in field;WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Mar 121953,27:3.

Seeligson, Henry;b. Philadelphia, 1828;d.TX,1886.

Soldier, TX pIoneer; Mexican War &Confederate Civil War service. • See: UJE (sub·Seeligson, Michael).

Seeligson, Michael; b. 1797; d. Galveston,1867.

TX pioneer, mayor, Galveston; Mason. • See:UJE.

Seeman, August; b. ca 1833; d. Camden,NJ, Nov 29 1914.

Civil War veteran, Camden, NJ.· See:AJYB,17(1915-1916):222.

Seeman, George; b. ca 1836; d. Cincinnati,May 181916.

Communal worker, Cincinnati... See: AJYB,18(1916-1917):110.

Seeman,J Stanley; b. NYC, May 291887;d. NYC, Apr 14 1969.

Business exec, NYC; a fdr United JewishAppeal; trustee Jewish Guild for the Blind;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:AJYB, 71:609; NYTimes, Apr 15 1969,47:3.

Seessel, Henry; b. ca 1822; d. Memphis,Oct 51911.

Mexican War veteran, Memphis. • See: AJYB,14(1912-1913):124 (sub Sessel).

Seff, Joseph; b. ca 1864; d. Feb 5 1920.Rabbi, communal worker.· See:AJYB, 22:168.

Segal, Abraham; b. Philadelphia, Nov 71910; d. NYC, May 241977.

U PA, PhD Gratz.· Educator, author; withUnion ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:AJYB, 79:373; NYTimes, May 26 1977, II 10:1.

Segal, Alfred; b. Cincinnati, June 18 1883;d. Cincinnati, Mar 1968.

U Cincinnati, Heb Union ColI. •Newspaperman, Cincinnati; editor, writer NatlJewish Monthly; syndicated column "PlainTalk"; co-author Born A Jew. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; CincinnatiPost, Mar 4 1968; NYTimes, Mar 5 1968,41:2.

Segal, Benjamin Moses; b. Ironton, OH,July 20 1894.

Merchant, Chillicothe, OH; pres YMCA;officer Council of Social Agencies, SoldiersRelief Com; active Jewish Welfare Bd. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Segal, Bernard; b. Lipno, Poland, Nov 151907; d. Jerusalem, June 3 1984.

To US 1922. • Heb Theological ColI, CraneJr Coll, BS Columbia, ordainedJTS. • LeadingConservative rabbi, Queens Village, NY;officer United Synagogue ofAm, RabbinicalAssembly ofAm, JTS; supported publication of

an English-language Talmud; WWII &reserve chaplain. • See: AJYB, 86:442-43;WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, June 61984.

Segal, Bernard Gerard; b. NYC, June 111907.

AB, LLB U PA.· Lawyer, Philadelphia; presAm Bar Assn, Allied Jewish Appeal; bdJewishWelfare Soc, Assocd Talmud Torahs.· See:EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; DetroitJewish News story,Mar 22 1968; World Over stories, Mar 13 1970,Dec 5 1975; NYTimes story, Aug 15 1969.

Segal, David; b. Boston, Oct 11895.BS Tufts. • Chemical engineer, metallurgist,Ann Arbor; with Ford Motor Co; officerprofessional orgs; WWI chemical warfareservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Segal, George; b. NYC, 1924.Noted sculptor; faculty CCNY. • See:EJ:1973-1982.

Segal, Henry Clay; b. Chillicothe, OH, Oct27, 1900; d. Cincinnati, July 181985.

AB, BS OH State. • Newspaperman,Cincinnati; publisher AI; bd United JewishSocial Agencies. • See:AJYB, 87:443; WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ.

Segal, Hyman Robert; b. Homel, Russia,Mar 71886.

To US 1891.· LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,merchant, writer, Zionist, NYC; pres PalestineDominion League; adm com Zionist Org ofAm; editor Maccabaean Magazine. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Segal, Joseph; b. ca1853; d. NYC,]une 161916.

Rabbi, NYc.. See:AJYB, 19(1917-1918):268.

Segal, Louis; b. Lowicz, Poland, July 41894; d. NYC, June 161964.

To US 1905/1911/1912. • Labor Zionist ldr,Yiddish writer, NYC; fdr Hat, Cap, &Millinery local; general secyJewish NatlWorkers Alliance; bd World Zionist Org,Jewish Agency, Poale Zion, Zeire Zion. • See:EJ;AJYB, 66:581; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,June 17 1964,43:2.

Segal, Martin; b. Warsaw, Feb 5 1921; d.Jan 1982.

To US 1940. • Queens ColI, PhD Harvard. •Economist, gove~ent consult, Hanover,NH; faculty Dartmouth; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 8.

Segal, Martin Eli; b. Vitebsk, Aug 15 1916.To US ca 1921. • Authority on pension &welfare plans, NYC; faculty Columbia. • See:NYTimes story, May 27 1963.

Segal, Paul Moses; b. Denver, Dec 8 1899;d. Kensington, MD, May 241968.

AB Columbia, LLB Denver U; honorarydegree. • Lawyer, Washington DC; specialty:FCC cases; WWI & WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTinles, May 25 1968, 35:1.

Segal, Robert E; b. Chillicothe, OH, Dec111903.

AB OH State. • Journalist, communal & civic

Segel, Alexander

worker, Chillicothe, OH; editor Chillicothe &Scioto Gazette; active professional orgs. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Segal, Samuel; b. Minsk, ca 1885; d. NYC,July 101942.

To US 1900. • Labor Zionist ldr; a fdr PoaleZion movement, Jewish Natl WorkersAlliance.· See:AJYB, 45:394.

Segal, Samuel Louis; b. Lithuania, Nov 141885; d. Chillicothe, OH,June 10 1946.

To US 1891. • Paper mill supply mfr, civic ldr,Chillicothe, OH; mem City Council; officerJewish Welfare Bd, Chamber of Commerce. •See:AJYB, 49:618; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Segal, Samuel Michael; b. Philadelphia,June 41907; d. NYC, Aug 281961.

BA, MA U PA, Gratz, ordained Heb UnionColI-Jewish lust of Religion, PhD NYU;honorary degree. • Rabbi, author, musician,sculptor, painter, NYC; bd NYBd of Rabbis;WWII chaplain. • See: AJYB, 64:496;NYTimes, Aug 291961,31:1.

Segal, Simon; b. Radziechow, Poland, Mar21 1909; d. NYC, Dec 2 1970.

To US 1935. • U Paris, U Geneva. • Lawyer,orgn exec, author; specialty: internatllaw; withAm Jewish Com; mem Carnegie Endowmentfor Internatl Peace; trustee Memorial Foundfor Jewish Culture. • See: AJYB, 72:544;NYTimes, Dec41970, 50:3.

Segal, Solomon; b. Vilna, July 301897.To US 1913. • Rabbi, Berlin, NH; dir NatlFedn of UkrainianJews ofAm. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Segal, Vivienne Sonia; b. Philadelphia, Apr191900.

Actress, singer, NYC; with Ziegfeld Follies. •See:AJYB, 24:201; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Segall, Gabriel; b. Libau, Latvia, Mar 81895.

To Los Angeles 1922. • MD U Berlin. •Physician, Los Angeles; consultJewishConsumptive Relief Sanitarium; active Zionistorgs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Segalovitch, Zussman; b. Bialystok, Feb 271884; d. NYC, Feb 19 1949.

To US 1947. • Yiddish poet, novelist,journalist; noted for capturing tragedy ofNazism.· See:AJYB, 51:524; NYTimes, Feb 221949,23:3.

Segalowitz, Oscar; b. NYC, Mar 25 1889.ME Cornell. • Mechanical engineer, NYC;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Segar, Louis Harold; b. Indianapolis, Apr 41890.

AB, MD IN U. • Pediatrician, Indianapolis;faculty IN U; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 8.

Segel, Alexander; b. Louisville, June 71894; d. 1973. .

Dropsie, MA U PA, ordained Heb Union ColI.• Rabbi, San Francisco, earlier Fresno, LosAngeles, York, PA, NYC; officer UnitedJewish

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Appeal, B'nai B'rith; WWI chaplain. • See:WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.

Segel, David; b. Marion County, KS, Apr12 1894; d. Jan 211972.

BA U CA, MA Columbia, PhD Stanford. •Educational psychologist, govenunent consult,Long Beach, CA, Washington DC,Albuquerque; officer professional socs; authorin field; WWII government service. • See:"WWWIA,5.

Segel, Harry; h. Paterson, Jan 27 1896.BE Columbia. • Communal & civic exec,Atlantic City; registrar US Marine Hospital;exec dir Jewish Center; officer Intra-SocialServices Council; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.

Segre, Emilio Gino; b. Tivoli, Italy, 1905.To US 1938. • U Rome. • Nuclear physicist,Nobel laureate; faculty U CA. • See: E].

Seide, Joseph Clarence; b. NYC, July 251893;d. Oct 1967.

Salesman, NYC; natl officer Free Sons ofIsrael; active Am Jewish Cong, UnitedPalestine Appeal, Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA],1938;NYTimes, Oct 28 1967,31:4.

Seide, Max; b. Stanislau, Poland, Sep 161898; d. Brooklyn, Feb 1948.

To NYC 1920/1922.· Royal U (Lemberg),MD NY Med ColI. • Physician, Brooklyn;Polish army service. • See: UTWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 241948, 26:2.

Seide, Solomon; b. ca 1844; d. NYC, Aug291934.

Civil War veteran, NYc.. See:A]YB, 37:261.

Seidel, Herman; b. PonieWicz, Lithuania,Apr 12 1884; d. Baltimore, Sep 3 1969.

To US '1900/1903.· MD U MD.· Physician,Zionist ldr, Baltimore; specialty: geriatrics;officer Histadrut; a fdr Poale Zion, JewishLegion; active Bd ofJewish Education, AmJewish Physicians Com, Am Jewish Cong.·See: A]YB, 71 :609; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Sep 41969,42:5.

Seidel, Jacob M; b. Warsaw, Aug 12 1874.Rabbi, Norfolk; earlier Newport, Bellaire, OH,Wilkes-Barre. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):98,7(1905-1906):124.

Seidel, Leon; b. ca 1919; d. NYC, May1968.

Restaurateur, NYC; active Democratic politics,city planning; WWII service. • See: NYTimes,May 20 1968,47:4.

Seidel, Moses; b. Vasky, Lithuania, 1886.To US 1912.· PhD UBern.· Communaleducator, author, Baltimore; intructor TalmudTorahs & High School, RIETS; supervisor BdofJewish Education. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928.

Seidel, Toscha; b. Odessa, Nov 171899; d.Nov 15 1962.

To US 1918. • St Petersburg Conservatory. •Concert violinist, composer, NYC; WWIprisoner of war; WWII service. • See: UJE;

A]YB, 24:201; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 4.

Seidel, Wladimir; b.*Mathematician; faculty U Rochester. • See:UJE (sub Seidel, Toscha).

Seidelman, Joseph H; b. Milwaukee, Mar201895; d. Mar 1968.

Milwaukee U, Marquette Law. • Motionpicture exec, Albany, NY, NYC; withParamount, Columbia; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 201968,47:4.

Seiden, Joseph; b. NYC, July 23 1892.Motion picture producer, NYC; orgrJudeaFilms, Motion Picture Op~ratorsUnion; presJewish Talking Picture Co, Seiden SoundLibrary; chief cameraman Am ReliefAdmabroad.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Seidenberg, Harold; b. Boston, Aug 8 1894.LLB Northeastern, BBA Boston U, post-gradHarvard. • Lawyer, auditor, Boston; assocdBoston Evening Record, Boston Daily Advocate;natl officerJewish War Veterans; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Seidenberg, RudolphJ; b. Hoboken, May 51867.

Exec, Buffalo; active Jewish Fedn ofCharities.• See: WWIA], 1928.

Seidenstein, Benjamin; b. NYC, Jan 231887; d. New Rochelle, Jan 23 1940.

Heb Technical Inst, NYU, NY Law. • Lawyer,NYC, New Rochelle; active Republicanpolitics. • See: NYTimes, Jan 24 1940,21 :2.

Seider, Joseph Morris; b. NYC, Apr 251894.

LLB NY Law. • Theatre operator, filmdistributor, NYC; officer trade orgs; editortrade journals. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Seidler, George Edward; b. Quincy, IL,Marl7 1883; d. Dec 1954.

Wholesale news dealer, owner news agencies,Rockford, IL; officer synagog. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Jan 11955,13:3.

Seidlin, Joseph; b. Pavlograd, Russia, May23 1892.

To US 1906. • U MO, Cornell, BS, MA, PhDColumbia. • Mathematician, Alfred, NY;faculty Alfred U; author/editor in field. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Seidman, Edwin A; b. ca 1898; d. Newark,Oct 1962.

Rutgers, MD Columbia, post-grad Vienna,Budapest. • Urologist, pianist, composer,lyricist, Newark; faculty U PA. • See: NYTimes,Oct 12 1962, 32:3.

Seidman,J Arthurrb. Austria, July 5 1891.To NYC 1895.· LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,NYC; officer synagog; dir Fedn ofJewishCharities. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Seidman, Nathan; b. Russia, ca 1884; d.Kew Gardens, NY, Mar 10 1948.

To US 1893.· Communal worker, NYC,Brooklyn; pres Inter-Racial Press ofAm, Am

578

Assn of Foreign Language Newspapers; fdrBrooklyn Civic Forum; active philanthropic &religious orgs. • See: A]YB, 50:522; NYTimes,Mar 111948,27:5.

Seidner, Howard Mayo; b. Chicago, July 231921; d. May 311968.

BS Northwestern, MD U IL. • Obstetrician,gynecologist, Chicago; consult Bd of Health;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Seif, Joseph B; b. Poland, ca 1896; d. NYC,Aug 1969.

To US as child.· CCNY,JTS, NYU Law. •Lawyer, NYC; specialty: real estate; legalconsult UN; fdr Young Israel; ldr YoungJudea. • See: NYTimes, Aug 9 1969,25:1.

Seiferheld, Sigmund; b. ca 1875; d. Feb 51937.

Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,39:597; NYTimes, Feb 7 1937, II 9:2.

Seifert, Moses; b. Kovno province, Apr 131850.

To US 1887. • Heb & Yiddish litterateur,linguist, NYC; editor Di Idishe Velt. • See:Eisenstadt, 46.

Seiferth, HermanJoshua; b. Russia, 1863.Newspaperman, New Orleans. • See: A]YB,24:201.

Seiferth, Solis; b. New Orleans, 1895.Architect, engineer, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 24:201.

Seiler, Jacob Martin; b. NYC, Dec 171908.BS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; dir YM­YWHA (Williamsburg); author in field. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Seilikovitch, Solomon; b. Odessa, May 11865; d. Nov 1940.

To Philadelphia 1886. • MD Medico­Chirurgical CoIl (Philadelphia). • Physician,Philadelphia; orgrMt Sinai; officer HebLiterature Soc; orgr, ldr med socs. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 191940,23:6.

Seinfel, Henry; b. Gorlice, Austria, May 281868; d.July 28 1938.

To US 1882. • Insurance exec, Hoboken;officer Heb Free School, East NY Dispensary,Fedn ofJewish Charities (Brooklyn). • See:A]YB, 41:430; WWIA], 1926,1938.

Sein'sheimer, Abraham H; b.*; d.Cincinnati, Sep 41920.

Civil War veteran, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,23:133.

Seinsheimer, Joseph Fellman; b. Galveston,Sep 18 1881; d. Jan 26 1951.

Harvard. .; Insurance exec, Galveston. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3.

Seitz, William Chapin; b. Buffalo, June 191914; d. Oct 261974.

Albright Art School, U Buffalo, PhDPrinceton. • Museum curator, artist, author;faculty Princeton, Brandeis, U VA; curator

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Museum ofModern Art. • See: WWWIA, 6,7;NYTimes, OCt 28 1974,34:3.

Seiver, George Otto; b. Bucharest, Nov 271898; 4. Philadelphia, Apr 13 1964.

To US 1922. • MA U Chicago, PhD U PA. •Romance language specialist, linguist, author;faculty Grinnell ColI, U PA; active Hillel. •See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 14 1964, 37:5.

Seiver, Louis Max; b. Bucharest, Nov 211889.

To Bridgeport, CT 1910. • Vienna BusinessAcademy. • Finance co exec, Philadelphia; fdr,pres Automobile Banking Corp. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Seixas, Abraham Mendes; b. NYC, Mar 141750/1751; d. Charleston, SC, Apr 91799.

Revolutionary War officer, merchant,Charleston, SC, Philadelphia. • See: JE (subSeixas); EJ (sub Seixas); BDEAJ.

Seixas, Benjamin Mendes; b. Newport,1747/1748; d. NYC, Aug 161817.

Merchant, Newport, Philadelphia, NYC; a fdrNY Stock Exchange. • See: JE (sub Seixas); EJ(sub Seixas).

Seixas, David G; b. NY, 1788; d. SouthBend, Mar 19 1864/1865/1880.

Mfr, controversial tchr ofthe deaf & dumb;helped introduce daguerrotypes to US. • See:UJE; EJ (sub Seixas); BDEAJ.

Seixas, Edward B Foote; b. NYC, Dec 141866; d.Jan 1945.

Columbia Institute. • Publisher, Brooklyn;with NY World, Brooklyn Citizen. • See:BEOAJ; NYTimes, Jan 10 1945,23:3.

Seixas, Gershom Mendes; b. NYC, Jan 14/15 1745/1746; NYC, July 2 1816.

Noted Jewish rabbi, Revolutionary patriot, ldrShearith Israel, NYC; first native-born Amrabbi; first rabbi to preach in English in Am;fdr Hebra Hased Ve Amet; trustee ColumbiaColI. • See:JE (sub Seixas); UJE; EJ (subSeixas);AJYB, 6(1904-1905):40-51; PAJHS,35:189-,205,309-310; AJHQt58:445-471;BDEAJ;DAB.

Seixas, Grace Nathan; b. NYC, Nov 24/281752; d. Nov91831.

Poet. • See: BDEAJ.

Seixas, Henry 0; b.*; d. NYC, May 191911.Colonel, NYC. • See: AJYB, 13(1911­1912):138.

Seixas, Isaac B; b. Nov 22 1781/1782; d.NYC, Aug 10 1839.

Rabbi, Richmond, NYC; Richmond militiaservice. • See:JE (sub Seixas); BDEAJ.

Seixas, Isaac Mendes; b. Lisbon, 1708; d.Newport, Nov 3 1780.

To NY ca 1730. • Merchant; elected constable,NYC, but ineligible. • See: JE (sub Seixas);BDEAJ. • *See entry below.

Seixas, Isaac Mendes; b. 1709; d. 1782.

Colonial merchant. • See: EJ (sub Seixas). •*See entry above.

Seixas, Moses Mendes; b. NYC, Mar 281744; d. NYC, Nov 29 1809.

Banker, communal activist, Newport; pressynagog; corresponded with GeorgeWashington on behalf of]ews of Newport;first Grand Master, RI Masons. • See: JE; EJ(sub Seixas); BDEAJ.

Selden, Harry Louis; b. Brooklyn, Aug 281907.

Journalist, NYC; assocd News-Week, LiteraryDigest, Financial Observer. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Seldes, George; b. Alliance, NJ, Nov 161890.

Harvard. • Newspaperman, editor, author,NYC; foreign bureau chief Chicago Tribune;fdr In Fact; WWI & Spanish Civil War presscorps service. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:201;WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Seldes, Gilbert Vivian; b. Alliance, NJ, Jan3 1893; d. Sep 28/29 1970.

AB Harvard. • Writer, journalist, critic, NYC;editor The Dial; dir CBS programming dept;WWI correspondent, service. • See: UJE;AJYB, 24:201; WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda), 1938;BEOAJ; DAB, 8; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Sep301970,46:1.

Seldin, Alexander; b. Russia, Apr 2 1882; d.NYC, Nov261949.

Yiddish journalist, NYC; fdr Yiddish WritersUnion; editor Jewish Daily Press (Cleveland);staff The Day. • See:AJYB, 52:504; WWIAJ,1928; NYTimes, Nov 27 1949, 104:6.

Seldin, Harry M; b. Russia, Apr 41895; d.Peekskill, NY,Jan 81975.

To US 1905/1907. • DDS NYU. • Oralsurgeon, tchr; designer ,instrument; bd Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; est dental school HebU; author in field. • See:AJYB, 77:599-600;WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 91975,38:2.

Seldin, Herman Martin; b. NYC, Nov 271907.

AB Cornell, post-grad U Vienna. • Realtor,insurance broker, Jamaica, NY; chrUnemployment Relief Drive; officer BoyScouts, Am Jewish Cong, Fedn of]ewishCharities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Seldner, Rudolph; b. ca 1872; d. May 111930.

Mfr, communal worker, Brooklyn; co-fdrAmalie Seldner Home for Jewish Girls. • See:AJYB,33:128.

Selekman, Benjamin Morris; b. Bethlehem,PA, Mar 261893; d. Boston, Apr 71962.

BS U Pittsburgh, PhD Columbia, Harvard,NY School of Social Work. • Social welfareexec, Boston; faculty Harvard; exec dir Assn ofJewish Philanthropy; with Russell S!lge Found,Am office of Heb U; advisor MA EmergencyReliefAssn; author on labor relations. • See:UJE; EJ; AJYB, 64:496;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; JTA-DNB, Apr 9 1962;NYTimes, Apr 8 1962, 86:8.

Selesnick, H; b.*Rabbi, Trenton. • See:AJYB, 7(1905­1906):124.

Selig, Bernard; b. ca 1851; d. Mar 201939.Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •See:AJYB, 41:430; NYTimes, Mar 22 1939,23:1.

Selig, Ely K; b. Philadelphia, Apr 281860;d.Jan 71938.

Clothing mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia;a fdr Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: AJYB,40:391; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTirnes;]an 8 1938,15:3.

Selig, Emil;b. ca 1845; d. Philadelphia,May 101936.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,38:435.

Selig, Frank William; b. Elizabeth City,NC, Nov 24 1890.

Bowman T~chnical School (Lancaster, PA). •Jewelry merchant, Elizabeth City, NC; officertrade assn, Chamber of Commerce; WWI 'service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Selig, George Raymond; b. Brooklyn, July261907; d. Sep 1960.

NYU" LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,accountant, Jamaica, NY; officer LI Fedn ofSenior Leagues; bd Flushing-Hillcrest CivicAssn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Sep 131960,74:4.

Selig, Harris L; b. Minsk, Oct 15 1880; d.Atlantic City, Apr 161960.

To US 1898.· Communal exec; with WorldAcademy for Higher Jewish Studies,Gerusalem); earlier with Jewish newspapers,J oint Distribution Com, Yeshiva ColI. • See:AJYB, 62:452; NITimes, Apr 181960,29:5.

Selig, Jacob; b. Wurzburg, Aug 29 1872; d.NYC,June 1951.

To US 1889. • Retail furniture merchant,NYC; a fdr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,United Jewish Appeal; officer YMHA, Soc forPrevention of Cruelty to Children; dir tradeassn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June 111951,25:4.

Selig, Lester Nortl1; b. Brooklyn, Sep 101893; d. Nov 23 1968.

Brooklyn Law. • Exec, Chicago, Palm Springs,CA; pres General Am Transportation Corp;mem Airport C()mmn, City Council; WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5.

Selig, Moses; b. ca 1837; d. Indianapolis,Sep 191919.

Mem, Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis. •See:AJYB, 22:168.

Selig, Solomon; b. ca 1858; d.June 12 1939.Mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia. • See:AJYB, 41:430.

Seligman, Addie B (Mrs DeWitt Seligman);b. ca 1856; d. Mar 27 1937.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,39:597; NYTimes, Mar 28 ·1937, II 9:1.

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Seligman, AlbertJoseph; b. NYC, Feb 241859; d. Apr 13 1935.

CE, Rennselaer Polytech, Royal BergAkademie (Freiberg), Royal School Mines(Liege). • Banker, mining exec, territoriallegislator, Butte, NYC; chr MT RepublicanState Com.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):183-84,37:261; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1.

Seligman, Alfred L; b. ca 1863; d. NYC,June 241912.

Banker, musician, NYC. • See: A]YB,14(1912-1913):128; NITimes, June 28 1912,13:6.

Seligman, Arnold Max; b. StJohnsbury,VT, Mar 301912; d. Baltimore, June 151976.

Harvard, MD Harvard. • Surgeon, Baltimore;specialty: tumors; faculty Johns Hopkins;assocd Am Cancer Soc; officer professionalorgs; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7;NITimes,]une 171976,38:2.

Seligman, Arthur; b. Santa Fe, June 141873; d. Albuquerque, Sep 251933.

Pierce ColI of Business (philadelphia). • NM(;overnor,merchant,civicldr,mayor, SantaFe; pres Seligman Bros; mem Bd ofEqualization; officer state Democratic Party;collector Indian art & handicraft. • See: UJE;A]YB, 36:286; WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA,1;DAB; NITimes, Sep 261933,21:5.

Seligman, Ben Baruch; b. Newark, Nov 201912; d. Oct 23 1972.

AB Brooklyn ColI, MS Columbia. •Economist, educator; with Am Jewish Com,labor unions, Council ofJewish Fedns; officerprofessional assn. • See: WWWIA, 5; NITimes,Oct 25 1970,92:4.

Seligman, DewittJames; b. ca 1854; d.NYC, Jan 26 1933.

Financier, school commr, NYc. • See: A]YB,35:129.

Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson; b.NYC, Apr 25 1861/1862; d. Lake Placid,NY,July 18 1939.

AB, LLB, PhD, LLD Columbia, post-grad UBerlin, U Paris, U Heidelberg, U (;eneva. •Economist, pioneer economic historian, publicservant; specialty: public finance; facultyColumbia; co-fdr Am Economic Soc; pres NatlTax Assn, Ethical Culture Soc; advisor USCensus, League ofNations; editor-in-chiefEncyclopedia o/Social Sciences; active Natl CivicFedn, academic freedom; author in field. • See:]E (sub Seligman); UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904­1905):184,24:201, • 42:483; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2;NITimes, July 19 1939, 19:1.

Seligman,Eugene;b.ca1857;d.NYC,Nov281936.

Lawyer, communal worker, NYC. • See:A]YB, 39:597.

Seligman, Eustace; b. NYC, Apr 1 1889; d.Sep 51976.

AB Amherst ColI, LLB Columbia, Harvard, UBerlin, U Paris. • Lawyer, NYC; bd Legal AidSoc, Natl Fund Med Education, Soc for

Ethical Culture; exec com Civil ServiceReform Assn; author in field; "WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,7; NITimes, Sep 7 1976, 36:2.

Seligman, F J; b. ca 1888; d. May 3 1939.Photographer, editor, Jewish Times,Youngstown, OH.· See:A]YB, 41:430;NITimes, May 5 1939,23:5.

Seligman, Germain; b. Paris, Feb 251893;d. NYC, Mar 27 1978.

To US 1921. • Art dealer, historian; author infield; "WWI service in several armies,decorated. • See: WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Mar29 1978, II 2:4.

Seligman, Henry; b. ca 1824; d. NYC, Jan1915.

To US 1839. • Banker, philanthropist, NYC. •See: A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222; NITimes, Jan131915,9:4.

Seligman, Henry; b. San Francisco, Mar 311857; d. NYC, Dec 23 1933.

AB NYU. • Financier, music patron, NYC. •See: A]YB, 36:286; WWWIA, 1.

Seligman, Herbert J; b.*Writer, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:201.

Seligman, Isaac Newton; b. Staten Island,July 10 1855/1856; d. NYC, Sep 301917.

BA Columbia, tutored by Horatio Alger asyoung boy. • Investment banker, civic &communalldr, Philadelphia; officer CitizensUnion, Chamber of Commerce; a fdr ChildLabor Assn; active charitable insts, municipal& civil service reform, music socs. • See:]E(sub Seligman); E] (sub Seligman); A]YB,6(1904-1905):184-85,20(1918-1919):230;PA]HS, 28:306-08; WWWIA, 1; DAB;NYTimes, Oct3 1917, 13:1.

Seligman, James; b. Baiersdorf, Germany,1824; d. NYC, Aug 1916.

To US ca 1834. • Banker, philanthropist,NYC; pres Emanu-El. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­1906):101, 19(1917-1918):268.

Seligman, Jefferson; b. NYC, Nov 26 1858;d.June 18 1937.

AB Columbia, MD (;ottingen, Hannover. •Banker, philanthropist, NYC, earlier NewOrleans, London; trustee Mt Sinai; officerFrench Legion of Honor. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):185,39:597; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, June 191937,17:1.

Seligman,Jesse; b. Baiersdorf, Germany,Aug 111827; d. Coronado Beach, CA,Apr 23 1894.

To US 1841. • Banker, philanthropist, NYC;co~fdr family banking firm; fdr Heb OrphanAsylum Soc; bd Baron de Hirsch Fund; activeRepublican politics. • See:]E (sub Seligman);UJE; E] (sub Seligman); PA]HS, 4:226-27;DAB; NITimes, Apr 24 1894, 5:5.

Seligman, Joseph; b. Baiersdorf, Germany,Nov 22 1819; d. New Orleans, Apr 25.1880.

To US 1837/1838. • Banker, philanthropist;

580

co-fdrJ & W Seligman & Co; helped financeUnion during Civil War; refused cabinetposition; fdr Ethical Culture Soc; friend,advisor to U S Grant. • See:]E (sub Seligman);UJE; E] (sub Seligman); PA]HS, 41:27-40;DAB; NITimes, Apr 271880,2:3.

Seligman, Mrs Henry; b. ca 1859; d. NYC,Jan 311934.

Civic worker, philanthropist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 36:286.

Seligman, SeligJacob; b. NYC, Jan 241918;d.June 201969.

BA NYU, LLB, LLM Harvard. • Lawyer, TVproducer, author, Los Angeles; withParamount, ABC; with US prosecutor atNuremberg Trials; wwn service. • See:WWWIA, 5; NITimes, June 21 1969,27:4.

Seligman, Simon; b. ca 1842; d. Brooklyn,Nov61925.

Civil War veteran, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,28:151.

Seligman, William; b. Baiersdorf, Germany,1822; d. Paris, Jan 1910.

To US 1839. • Banker; helped est US-Frenchtrade relations; dir Mt Sinai; representative ofUS Jews at Internatl Jewish Conf (Paris). • See:UJE (sub Seligman,]oseph); NITimes, Jan 71910,9:3.

Seligmann, HerbertJacob; b. NYC, Nov 131891.

AB Harvard. • Writer, editor, poet, publicitydir, NYC; with NAACP, State EmploymentService, Joint Distribution Com; staffNewRepublic. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Seligmann, Kurt; b. Basel, July 20 1900; d.Jan 2 1962.

To US 1939. • U Basel, Beaux Arts «(;eneva),Belle Arti (Florence). • Artist, painter, balletcostume designer, author, NYC; faculty NewSchool, Brooklyn ColI. • See: UJE; E];WWWIA, 4; NITimes,]an 3 1962,24:5.

Seligsberg, Abraham; b. ca 1841; d. NYC,Feb 15 1914.

Broker, Civil War veteran, NYC.· See:A]YB,16(1914-1915):166; NITimes, Feb 161914,7:4.

Seligsberg, Alfred Frederick; b. SanFrancisco, June 271869; d. Mar 171933.

AB Harvard, LLB Columbia~·Lawyer,legislator, civic worker, musician, author,NYC; exec com Friends ofMusic. • See: A]YB,35:129; WWIA], 1926, 1928; NITimes, Mar 181933,13:1.

Seligsberg, Alice Lillie; b. NYC, Aug 81873; d. NYC, Aug 27 1940.

BA Barnard, Columbia, U Berlin. • Zionist ldr,social worker, writer, NYC; natl presHadassah; exec com Am-Zionist Med Unit; fdrFellowship House,Jewish Childrens ClearingBureau. • See: UJE; E}; A]YB, 43:364,431-36;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Aug 291940, 19:1.

Seligsberg, Louis; b. Bamberg, Germany,May61849.

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Bamberg Commercial & Technical School. •Businessman, communalldr, NYC; secyUnited ReliefWorks; trustee Ethical CultureSoc. • See:A1YB, 7(1905-1906):101.

Seligsberg, VValter~athan;b.~<:,June15 1882; d. NYC, July 5 1945.

LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, philanthropicworker, NYC; officer Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, bar assn; counsel HebSheltering & Guardian Soc, Jewish ChildrensClearing Bureau. • See: AJYB, 48:499;WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,July6 1945, 11:7.

Seligsohn, Max; b. Russia, Apr 13 1865.To NY 1888/1902. • Orientalist, author,NYC; investigated Falashas, Egypt; officeeditorJE.· See:JE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):185­86,24:202; Eisenstadt, 49.

Seligstein, Milton Barney; b. Memphis,June 14 1893.

MD U'IN, post-grad U PA. •Ophthalmologist, otorhinolaryngologist,Memphis; facultyU'IN.· See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Sellkovitsch (Sellkowitz), George(Goetzel); b. Reitavas, Lithuania, May 231860/1863; d. NYC, ~ov 271926.

To US 1887. • Sorbonne, Dr of Letters Ecoledes Hautes-Etudes. • Egyptologist, interpreter,lecturer, journalist, editor, author in English,Yiddish & Heb; interpreter on Britishexpedition to relieve General Gordon,Khartoum. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):186,24:202,29:117; WWIAJ, 1926;DAB.

Sellkovitsch, Zvi Lev; b. Borislav, Russia,Oct 261879.

To US 1896. • Hebraist, Heb publisher, tchr& author; publisher Ha-Tikvah. • See:Eisenstadt, 50.

Selinger, Samuel; b. NYC, Apr 15 1892.MD NYU. • Ophthalmologist,otolaryngologist, Weekawken, NJ. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Selis, Irving M; b. NY<:, ca 1906; d. NYC,1985.

Blind news dealer, worker for blind; helpedplan Selis Manor, unassisted living for blind;co-fdr Assocd Blind Inc. • See: NITimes, Dec2 1985,19:7.

Selis, Jacob R; b. ca 1873; d~ June 1 1938.Civic & philanthropic worker, WashingtonDC. • See: AJYB, 40:391.

Selldn,AJexander;b.Smolensk,~ayI5

1868; d. Mar 30 1936.To US ca 1889. • Mgr, realtor, insurancebroker, communal & philanthropic worker,NYC; officer Bronx Hospital, Zionist Org ofAm, YM-YWHA.• See:AJYB, 38:435;BEOAJ.

Selligman, Alfred; b. Louisville, June 121871; d. before 1938.

LLB U Louisville. 0 Lawyer, Louisville; fdr,dir Newsboys Home; trustee U Louisville,Jewish Free Hospital, synagog; active

Republican politics. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­1906):101; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Selligman, Joseph; b. Louisville, Feb 101875.

LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, county attorney,Commr ofPublic Safety, Louisville; officerState Republican Party, B'nai B'rith; trusteesynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Selling, Benjamin; b. San Francisco, Apr 291852; d. Portland, OR, Jan 15 1931.

Merchant, civic & communalldr, legislator,acting governor, Portland, OR; fdr WaverlyBaby Home; officerJewish Fedn, HebBenevolent Assn, Jewish Relief Soc; activeRepublican politics. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:202,33:128,155-63; WWIAJ, 1928.

Selling, Bernard B; b. ca 1874; d. Detroit,July 22 1918.

Lawyer, communal worker, Detroit. • See:AJYB,21:207.

Selling, Laurence; b. Portland, OR, Mar 181882.

AB Yale, MD Johns Hopkins, post-grad ULeipzig, U Breslau. • Physician, Portland;faculty U OR; bd Reed; author in field; WWIservice. • See: AJYB, 24:202; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; WWWlA, 7.

Seltzer, Albert Pincus; b. Myropole, Russia,Aug 12 1902.

To US 1906. • MD Temple U. • Physician,Philadelphia; med examiner PA Railroad;assocd US Public Health Service, VeteransAdministration. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Seltzer, Barnet; b. ca 1861; d. Hartford,June 1917.

Councilman, Hartford. • See: AJYB, 2O(1918­1919):230.

Seltzer, Benjamin Pincus; b. Russia, Jan 141899; d. Feb 1941.

To US 1907. • MD U PA. • Physician,Philadelphia; assocd Bureau ofHealth; facultyTemple U; WWI service; • See: WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes, Feb 171941,15:5.

Seltzer, Judah Lev; b. Minsk province,1867.

To US 1901. • Scholar, Hebraist, rabbi,grammarian, Bangor; child prodigy. • See:Eisenstadt, 51. • *See Seltzer, Louis.

Seltzer, Lawrence Howard; b. NY<:, May 21897.

AB, MA, PhD U MI. • Economist,Washington DC; technical advisor N atlRecovery Adm; assocd Farm Credit Adm, USTreasury; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.

Seltzer, Louis; b. Glusk, Russia, Jan 151876.

To US 1901. • Rabbi, author, NYC; generalsecy Union of OrthodoxRabbis; officerre~igious schools in US, Palestine, Poland. •See: WWIAJ, 1938. • *See Seltzer, Judah Lev.

Seltzer, Louis B; b. Cleveland, ca 1898; d.Spencer,OH, 1980.

Selznick, Myron

Influential journalist, editor, Cleveland Press. •See: NITimes, Apr 3 1980.

Seltzer, Reuben; b. Slutz, Jan 1898.RIETS, CCNY, Harvard. • Rabbi, Salem, MA;officer Mizrachi, Zionist org. • See: WWIAJ,1926.

Seltzer, Solomon Hyman; b. Halusk,Minsk, Aug 9 1881; d. Dorchester, MA,Sep 271943.

To US 1903.· Ordained RIETS.· Rabbi,Dorchester, MA; contributor Yagdil Torah,Yiddzsh Wechter; mem Agudath Harabonim. •See:AJYB, 46:345; WWIAJ, 1938; Gottlieb,314.

Seltzer, Thomas; b. Irldieyev, Poltava, Feb22 1875/1876; d. Brooklyn, Sep 11 1943.

U PA. • Publisher, journalist, translator, NYC;first editor The Masses. • See: AJYB, 24:202,46:345; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Sep 291943,21:3.

Selver, Henry; b. Blashki, Poland, Dec 271901; d. Paris, Sep 211957.

To US 1938. • Social work admr; withJointDistribution Com; dir Paul Baerwald School ofSocial Work (paris); active Child WelfareLeague, Natl Conf ofJewish Social Workers,Natl Refugee Service; author in field. • See:AJYB, 60:357; NYTimes, Sep 22 1957,86:6.

Selwyn, Archibald Arthur; b. Canada, 1877.Theatrical mgr, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:202.

Selwyn, Edgar; b. <:incinnati, Oct 201875;d. Los Angeles, Feb 13 1944.

Actor, producer, playwright, NYC; fdr, execGoldwyn Pictures. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:202,46:345; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Feb 141944, 17:1.

Selz, Lawrence Hochstadter; b. <:hicago,~ov 141904; d. May 13 1962.

U Chicago. • Public relations counsel,reporter, Chicago; officer Natl Conf ofChristians & Jews; exec com Michael ReeseHospital.· See: WWWIA, 4.

Selzer, Edward; b. NYC, Jan 12 1893.Publicity & advertising dir, Burbank, CA;assocd with Ripleys "Believe It Or Not"; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Selznick, David Oliver; b. Pittsburgh, May101902; d. Hollywood, CA,Jurte 221965.

Columbia. • Motion picture producer, exec,Hollywood, CA; with MGM, RKO, SelznickCo; Gone w~th the Wind. • See: UJE; EJ (subSelznick); AJYB, 67:542; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes,June23 1965, 1:4.

Selznick, Lewis B O?); b. Kiev, 1872?; d.Jan 251933.

Jeweler, motion picture exec, Los Angeles;helped start movie star system. • See: EJ (subSelznick);AJYB, 24:202, 35:129; NITimes,Jan261933,17:3.

Selznick, Myron; b. Pittsburgh, 1898; d.Santa Monica, CA, Mar 23 1944.

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Motion picture producer, exec, press & actorsagent, Hollywood, CA. • See: E] (subSelznick);A]YB, 46:345; NYTimes, Mar 241944,20:2.

Seman, Philip Louis; b. Warsaw, Nov 111881; d~ Los Angeles, Sep 251957.

To US 1892.· Cooper Union, BS Adelphi,post-grad Columbia, LLB Washington U;honorary degrees. • Communal exec, author,Chicago, St Louis, Los Angeles; general dirJewish Peoples Inst; suptJewish EducationalAlliance; faculty Garrett Bible Inst, U ofJudaism, Northwestern, Washington U. It See:UJE;E];A]YB, 60:357;WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Sep 271957,19:1.

Semel, Bernard; b. Bolechow, Galicia, Nov17 1878; d. Atlantic Beach, NY, June 301959.

To US 1890.· Cotton merchant, communalorgn & educationalldr, philanthropist, Zionist,NYC; fdr Jewish Educational Alliance; co-fdrDay; officer Fedn of Galician & BucovinianJews ofAm. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:202,61:419; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA];]TA-DNB, July 2 1959; NITimes, July 1 1959,31:3.

Semenow, Robert W; b. Greensburg, PA,Dec61897.

BS U PA, LLB Duquesne, M Litt UPittsburgh. • Lawyer, Pittsburgh; dir RealEstate Brokers License Law; officerprofessional assn; author in field; WWI service.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Semon, Eric; b. Berlin, Mar 20 1882; d.NYC, May 201943.

To US 1938. • Concert mgr, NYC; Europeanrepresentative for Metropolitan Opera. • See:A]YB,45:394;NYTimes,May211943,19:3,correction, May 22 1943, 13:6.

Semonoff, Leon; b. Minsk, Dec 12 1889.Boston U, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, Providence;publisher Rl Review; officer YMHA, Zionistdistrict. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Sendar, Morris; b. Cherson, Oct 11 1882;d.Apr 1947.

Communal worker, NYC; natl exec comZionist Org ofAm; dir United PalestineAppeal, Heb Free Loan Soc; trustee YoungJudea. • See: WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Apr 51947,19:6.

Sender, Toni; b. BeibrichlBuebrich-on­Rhine, Gennany, Nov 29 1888; d. NYC,June 26 1964.

To US 1935/1936. • Socialist politician,journalist, Reichstag mem, Germany; AFLrepresentative to UN; WWII OSS & UNservice; autobiography. • See: UJE; A]YB,66:581; NITimes, June 27 1964,25:4.

Sendry, Alfred (Szendrei, Aladar); b.Budapest, 1884.

Musicologist, composer, conductor, Hungary,Chicago, NYC, Los Angeles; faculty WestlakeCoIl ofMusic, U ofJudaism; author in field. •See:E].

Senie, Claire Mina Lavin (Mrs LouisSenie); b. Philadelphia, Nov 18 1887; d.Oct 1956.

NYU, Columbia, New School. • Clubwoman,NYC; officer Drama Study Club, NY Fedn ofWomens Clubs, Natl Womens Party of CT;mem League for Peace & Freedom. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 21 1956, 86:4.

Senior, Max; b. Cincinnati, 1862;d.Cincinnati, Dec 3 1939.

U Cincinnati. • Businessman, philanthropist,civic & communalldr; pioneer in charity fednmovement; a fdr United Jewish Charities; firstpres Natl ConfofJewish Charities. • See: UJE;E]; A]YB, 7(1905-1906):101,24:202.

Senior, Robert Michael; b. Cincinnati, Dec211880.

AB, MA Harvard. • Business exec, communalldr, Cincinnati; pres Bureau ofJewishEducation, United Social Agencies, Big Bros. •See: WWIA], 1928 (addenda).

Sennet, Samuel; b. Brooklyn, Aug 301901;d. NYC, Dec 7 1964.

Business exec, Brooklyn; officer Heb Home &Hospital for Aged; trustee Anti-DefamationLeague.· See:A]YB, 66:581; NYTimes, Dec 81964,45:4.

Serber, David Charles; b. Ukraine, May 151869; d. Dec 16 1936.

U Kiev, CE Columbia. • Civil engineer, NYC;specialty: bridges, subways. • See: A]YB,39:595; WWIA], 1928.

Serebrenik, Robert; b. Vienna, Mar 41902;d. NYC, Feb 111965.

To US 1941. • Rabbi, author, NYC; chiefrabbi Luxembourg; negotiated with Eichmannfor emigration ofJews, testified at Eichmanntrial. • See: A]YB, 67:542; NYTimes, Feb 121965,29:4.

Sereni, Angelo Piero; b. Rome, 1908; d~

Rome, Apr 1967.To US 1938, to Italy 1958. • Jurist; faculty UFerrara, Columbia, U Bologna; author in field.• See: E]; NYTimes, Apr 61967,39:4.

Serkin, Rudolph; b. Eger, Czechoslovakia,1903.

World famous concert pianist; pres Curtis Inst;Am debut 1933. • See: UJE.

Serlin, Oscar; b. Yalowka, Grodno,Jan 301901; d. Feb 27 1971.

To US 1910. • DePaul. • Theatrical producer,author, adaptor, NYc. • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Feb 28 1971,60:8.

Serling, Harry; b. Poland, Nov 1 1872.To Syracuse 1889. • Merchant, Syracuse;officer synagog; dir Heb School, Jewish Homefor Aged, United Jewish Charities. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Serling, Rod;b. Syracuse, Dec 25 1924; d.June 28 1975.

Antioch U. • Writer, producer, playwright;creator "Twilight Zone"; "Requiem for aHeavyweight"; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,6.

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Serlis, Harry George; b. Kansas City, Feb22 1912; d. Feb 12 1984.

U IL. • Business exec; with Schenley Distillers;fdr Harry G Serlis & Assoc; dir RobertMondavi Winery. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Serotta, Elliot Cecil; b. Savannah, July 11912; d. Dec 3 1971.

Jr CoIl (Augusta, GA), U GA. • Accountant,Augusta, GA; officer Boy Scouts, professionalorgs; bd YMHA, B'nai B'rith; head advisorAleph Zadik Aleph. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Serwer, Jesse James; b. NYC, Oct 10 1909.CCNY, Columbia, MD LI CoIl Hospital. •Physician, Glendale, LI; instructor NYU. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Sessler, Belle Klienert (Mrs); b. ca 1866; d.NYC, Sep 4 1938.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,41:430; NITimes, Sep 5 1938, 15:3.

Sessler, Charles; b. Au~tria, Nov 5 1854; d.Sep41935.

U Vienna. • Bookdealer, bibliophile,Philadelphia; court inspector childrensfacilities; bd Mt Sinai. • See: A]YB,38:435;WWIA], 1928; BEOA].

Sessler, Morris; b. Freistadt-on-DanubelWaag, Hungary, Aug 161850; d. 1926.

BA U PA.· Rabbi, Jonesboro, AR, NewOrleans, earlier other cities. • See: A]YB,6(1904-1905):223; CCARYB.

Setzer, Samuel Harry (Tzvi Hersh); b.Novgorod-Volhynsk, Dec 11882.

To NY 1912. • Yiddish & Heb writer,translator, scholar, biographer, NYC; fdr Hebweekly; officer Ukraine Farband; mem PeoplesRelief Com. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Sevely, Morris; b. ca 1861; d. NYC, Dec 281917.

Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):230.

Sevitzky, Fabien (born Koussevitzsky); b.Vishni-Volotch, 1893; d. Feb 1967.

To US 1923. • St Petersburg Conservatory. •Conductor, double bass player; withIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra. • See: .UJE;NYTimes, Feb 5 1967,88:5, correction Feb 61967,29:2.

Seydel, Irma; b. Boston, 1896.Violinist, NYc.. See:A]YB,24:202.

Seymour, David (Chim); b. Warsaw, 1911;d. Israel, Nov 1956.

To US ca 1939. • Leipzig Academy. •Photographer; co-fdr Magnum Photos;photographed Spanish Civil War, journey of1000 refugees to Mexico, homeless children forUNESCO, Sinai campaign; US photointelligence officer. • See: E];NYTimes, Nov161956,52:7.

Sgutt, Emanuel; d. Minneapolis, July 291895.

AB U MN, LLB Yale.· Lawyer, Fargo,ND;bd Yale Law Review; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.

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Shahshelowitz, Theodore; h. Goldingen,Latvia, Dec 25 1892.

AB CCNY, ordainedJTS." Rabbi, NYC;contributorJewish Voice, Jewish Times. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Shadovsky, Israel Hayyim; see Shulman,Victor.

Shaffer, Bertram;,h. Philadelphia, May 191906; d.June 18 1974.

MD U PA. • Physician, chief, Albert EinsteinMed Center, Philadelphia; faculty U PA;author in field. • See: WWWlA, 6.

Shaffer, Lewis; h.*; d. Mar 291973.Container mfr, exec, lawyer, Chicago. • See:WWWIA,5.

Shaffer, Morris; h. Lithuania, ca 1871; d.NYC, Feh 20 1942.

To US 1892. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar, NYc.• See:AJYB, 44:343; NYTimes, Feb 211942,19:4.

Shaffuer, Charles; h. Langendorf,Gennany, Jan 24 1851; d. Dec 9 1939.

To US 1866. • Businessman, distiller,communal worker, Chicago; officerJewishPeoples Inst.· See:AJYB, 42:483; WWIAJ,1928.

Shafner, Harris; h. New London, CT, June271903; d. Brooklyn, May41965.

Public school educator, Brooklyn; pres NYCJewish Tchrs Assn. • See:AJYB, 67:542;NYTimes,May51965,47:3.

Shafran, Arthur; h.*; d. Oakland, CA,June1918.

Communal worker, Oakland, CA. • See: AJYB,21:207.

Shafron, Benjamin; h. Minsk,June 10 1877.To US 1897.· Merchant, communal worker,Omaha; dir Jewish Welfare Fedn. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Shahn, Ben; h. Kovno, Sep 12 1898; d.NYC, Mar 141969.

To US 1906. • Noted printmaker, painter,calligrapher; interested in liberal social &political causes, J ewishthemes; designedWWII posters. • See: EJ; AJYB, 71 :609;WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8;JTA-DNB, Mar 171969;NYTimes story, Sep ,II 1968, obituary, Mar 151969, 1:2.

Shahon, Henry Israel; h. Halicarnassus,Apr 15 1897.

To NYC 1912. • ColI Stjean Baptiste (Isle ofRhodes), CCNY, MD Tufts. • Immunologist,NYq faculty Post-Grad Med School; officerSephardicJewish Community, Rhodes Leagueof Bros Aid Soc, Jewish War Veterans; authorin field; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Shain, Mark; h. Dowig, Russia, Mar 191893.

LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer, Boston; activeLegal Aid Soc, charities. • See: BEOAJ.

Shain, Rose Wies; h. Russia.Staley ColI of the Spoken Word (Brookline,MA). • Singer, tchr; dean Staley ColI. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Shain, Samson Aaron; h. Boston, May 11906.

Heb Tchrs ColI, AB Harvard, Heb U, MHL,ordained Jewish Inst of Religion. • Rabbi,Sunnyside, LI, earlier Cape Cod; contributorAvukah Annual. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shaine, Marks S; h. Moscow, Apr 27 1882;d. Dec 1974.

To US 1892.· AB CCNY, MA, MDColumbia... Gastroenterologist, NYC; authorin field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;,NYTimes, Dec25 1974, 30:7.

Shainmark, David; h. Poland, 1870; d.Brooklyn,]an 201961.

To US 1907.· Heb educator, NYC; facultyRabbiJacobJoseph School; an orgr HistadmthIvrith.· See:AJYB, 63:562; NYTimes, Jan 211961,21:6.

Shainmark, Eliezer L; h. Warsaw, Sep 131900;d. May 51976.

NYU. • Editor, reporter, Chicago, NYC;officer Guild Films, Gilmark Features; advisorNYC Economic Development Adln... See:WWWIA,6.

Shainwald, Richard Hennan; h. SanFrancisco, Oct 15 1894; d.Jan 291955.

Exec, Pabco Products Inc, San Francisco. •See: WWWIA, 3.

Shainwald, Richard Sigmund; h. NYC, June28 1862; d. May 29 1954.

CCNY. • Business exec, San Francisco; withPabco Products Inc; officer Fedn ofJewishCharities; active Community Chest, RedCross... See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA,3.

Shakin, Hennan; h. Moosch, Russia, Mar15 1882.

To US ca 1895. • Clothing mfr, communalworker, NYC; officer Max Smith Found,synagog; dir Riverside Heb School, UptownTalmud Torah. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Shakow, David; h. NYC,Jan 21901; d. Feh261981.

BS, MA, PhD Harvard; honorary degree. •Psychologist, Worcester, Chicago; facility UIL, U Chicago; staffWorcester ChildGuidance Clinic; officer World Fedn MentalHealth; consult Nat! Inst Mental Health. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.

Shallek, Max L; h. NYC; d. NYC, Nov 281941.

Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; activeUnion ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:AJYB,44:343.

Shalom, Isaac I; h. Aleppo, 1886/1888; d.Brooklyn, July 24 1968.

To US 1910.· Clothing mfr, Zionist,Sephardic ldr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Am­Israel Culture Found, Israel Bonds, Ozar

Shane, Samuel

Hatorah; bd Mirrer Yeshiva; benefactor BoysTown Gerusalem). • See: EJ; AJYB, 70:525;NYTimes, July 25 1968, 33:2.

Shalom Aleichem; see Sholom Aleichem.

Shalowitz, Aaron Louis; h. Poneviez,Russia, Dec 29 1892.

To US 1895. • Baltimore Polytech, LLBGeorgetown U, LLM George Washington. •Cartographic engineer, lawyer, WashingtonDC; with US Geodetic Survey; nat! councilZionist Org ofAm;WWI service. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1938.

Shamherg, Abram D; h. Johnstown, PA,Aug 241901.

U Pittsburgh. • CPA, statistician, Zionist,Johnstown, PA; officer United PalestineAppeal; active communal affairs. • See:WWIAJ,1926.

Shamos, Abraham; h. Temophka, Russia,June 21 1906; d. NYC, May 9 1966.

To US 1911. • Lawyer, communalldr; bd HebU; trustee YM-YWHA; military service. • See:AJYB, 68:533; NYTimes, May 101966,39:4.

Shamray, Michael]acohs; h. Kremenchug,July 25 1862; d. hefore 1938.

To US 1902. • Technical Inst (Dresden), MERoyal Saxon Polytech. • Engineer, NYC; withBulgarian Ministry ofPublic Works; expert onconcrete & hydraulic engineering. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Shamroy, Leon; h. NYC,July 161901; d.July61974.

Cooper Union, CCNY, Columbia. • Motionpicture cameraman; Academy Award winner (4times). • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, July 101974,40:5.

Shanhlum, Mos~s; b. Pruzshan, Grodno,1852; d. Apr 16 1940.

Philanthropist, communal worker, Ft Worth; afdr synagog, Heb ReliefSoc, Chevra Kadisha;officer Heb Services. • See:AJYB, 42:483;WWIAJ, 1928.

Shane, Bertha Gottlieh (Mrs Isaac Shane);h. Pleasanton, KS, May 281877.

Communal & civic worker, Kansas City;honorary pres Conf ofJewish Womens Orgs;dir United Jewish Charities... See: WWIAJ,1938.

Shane, David; h. Kovno province, June 71846.

Rabbi, Camden, NJ, earlier Russia. • See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):98.

Shane, Nonnan A; h. Chicago, Apr 1 1,896.Textile mfr, Evansville, IN; officer CommunityChest; dir Chamber of Commerce; trusteesynagog; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shane, Samuel; h. Nemokst, Russia, Mar 31881.

To US 1888. • Realtor, insurance agent,Camden, N]; pres Talmud Torah; officer B'naiB'rith, synagog; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

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Shanes, Philip; b. ca 1867; d. May 2 1938.Rabbi, tchr, Milwaukee. • See:AJYB, 40:391.

Shanker, Albert; b. NYC, Sep 141928.BA U IL, MA Columbia. • Labor ldr, tchr,NYC; pres United Fedn ofTchrs; involved inbitter strikes over educational methods, race,anti-Semitism. • See: EJ; Fink, 328-29.

Shanker, I.-ouis; b. ca 1903; d. NYC, May1981.

Painter, printmaker, sculptor, NYC; withFederal Art Project. • See: NITimes, May 91981.

Shankman, Arnold M; b. 1945; d. Mar 11983.

Knox ColI, PhD Emory. • Historian; facultyWinthrop ColI (Rock Hill, SC); specialty:minority relations. • See: AJB, 73:96.

Shankman, Jacob Kestin; b. Chelsea, MA,Oct221904.

AB, MA Harvard, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI; honorary degree. • Reform rabbi, NewRochelle, earlier Troy; officer World Unionfor Progressive Judaism; bd Central Conf ofAm Rabbis, Heb Union ColI; chaplain USNavy. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938.

Shankman,SaD1uel;b.Mozyr,~sk, 1890.Southwestern, Western TN State Tchrs ColI.• Communal & Zionist worker, Memphis;delegate Am Jewish Cong, Zionist conventions;organized Hadassah chapters. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Shanok, Louis Morrison; b. Smargon,Vtlna, Feb 15 1905.

To US 1909. • PhB Yale, Grad School ofJewish Social Work, LLB Creighton. • Socialwork exec, Port Chester, NY, Pittsburgh,Omaha; with Irene Kaufmann Settlement,Jewish centers; active Zionist Org ofAm. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shantz, Harold; b. Rochester, NY, 1894; d.Washington DC, 1967.

U Rochester. • Foreign service officer,ambassador to Rumania; served in Russian,London embassies; WWI service. • See: UJE;NITimes, Sep 41967,21:5.

Shaper, Aaron Allen; b. Louisville, Nov 71902.

BS, MD U Louisville. • Pediatrician,Louisville; faculty U Louisville; active PublicHealth Nursing Assn, Boy Scouts. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Shapera, Morris L; b. ca 1880; d. Miami,Feb 201938.

Orthodox ldr, Chicago; dir Union ofHebOrthodox Congregations, Heb TheologicalColI, OrthodoxJewish Bd of Education. • See:AJYB, 40:391; NITimes, Feb 28 1938,15:4.

Shapero, Nate S; b. Detroit, Sep 271892; d.Jan 231980.

Ferris Inst (Big Rapids, MI); honorary degree.• Retail drugstore chain owner, civic &communalldr, Detroit; mem State WelfareCommn; officer Bd of Fire Commrs, JewishWelfare Fedn; WWI service, WWII

government service. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7; DetroitJewishNews, Jan 25 1980, 16:2.

Shapinsky, Edwin; b. Louisville.U Louisville. • Social worker, Louisville; bdCommunity Chest; active YMHA. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Shapira, L; b. Russia, 1878.Yiddish writer, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:202.

Shapiro, Aaron David; b. Russia, Aug 11895.

CCNY, U MO, BS, MS U CA. • Agriculturist,expert on cooperatives, Zionist, Petaluma, CA;involved in Ford anti-Semitism affair. • See:WWIAJ, 1926.

Shapiro, AbrahaD1; b. ca 1862; d.Philadelphia, Aug 3 1917.

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 20(1918­1919):230.

Shapiro, AbrahaD1; b. Roshiskio, Lithuania,Dec 121884; d. Hollywood, FL, Feb 181949.

To US 1907. • Industrialist, philanthropist,Boston; a fdr Brandeis; trustee CombinedJewish Appeal, AssocdJewish Philanthropies. •See:AJYB, 51:524; NITimes, Feb 19 1949,15:3.

Shapiro, AbrahaD1; b. Vilna, Aug 15 1886;d. Nov 91933.

CCNY, Syracuse U. • Rabbi, New Brunswick,NJ, earlier Utica, Canton, OH; natl dir HebImmigrant Aid Soc; contributor to Yiddish &English press. • See: A]YB, 36:286; WWIAJ,1926.

Shapiro, Alexander Meyer; b. NYC, June 191888.

MD Loyola. • Surgeon, Chicago; assocdBureau ofPublic Welfare; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Shapiro, Alter Ben; b. ca 1862; d. Apr 31935.

Communalldr, philanthropist, NYc. • See:AJYB, 37:261.

Shapiro, Anna Silberman (Mrs JacobShapiro); b. near Vilna, Oct 14 1884.

To US 1885.· Johns Hopkins. • Communalexec, Baltimore; natl officer Hadassah; presFedn ofJewish Womens Orgs ofMD; natl bdWomens League, United Synagogue ofAm; bdNatl Council ofJewish Women, Public SchoolAssn. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Shapiro, Arthur; b. NYC, June 241910; d.Sep 281969.

MD Columbia. • Physician, Brooklyn; dirWaldemar Med Research Found; facultySUNY, Sarah Lawrence, Brooklyn Polytech. •See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Sep 291969,47:4.

Shapiro, Ascher Herman; b. Brooklyn,1916.

Construction engineer, inventor; faculty MIT;advisor Atomic Energy Commn; author infield. • See: EJ.

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Shapiro, Berl; b. Poland, ca 1862; d.Philadelphia, Sep 20 1946.

To US ca 1886. • Rabbi, Philadelphia, earlierBaltimore. • See:AJYB, 49:618.

Shapiro, Caspar V; b.Jersey City, Oct 161897.

B Chem, PhD Cornell.· Chemist, NewHaven; with Viviny Perfumers; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Chaim; b. Kremenchug, Nov 221886.

To US 1896. • U Southern CA Law. • Lawyer,Los Angeles; officerJewish Consumptive &Expatients ReliefAssn, Am aRT, United Anti­Nazi Corif of CA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Charles; b. 1890?; d. NYC, Apr 291966.

Mfr, communalldr, NYC; benefactorUniversity Settlement, Henry St Settlement,Educational Alliance, Menorah Home forAged. • See:AJYB, 68:533; NITimes, May 21966,37:3.

Shapiro, Charles Harry; b. Carmel, NJ,Mar 111899.

Chern E U CO, LLB Houston Law. •Metallurgical engineer, Houston; WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Charles Hillisoi}; b. Plunyon,Russia, Mar 51881; d. Aug 23 1922.

To US 1882.· Yale Law.· Lawyer, communalworker, Bridgeport, CT; active B'nai B'rith. •See:AJYB, 25:141; PAJHS, 29:184-85.

Shapiro, David; b. Lida, Poland, Mar 201872; d. NYC, Nov 2 1940.

To US 1888. • Lighting fixture mfr,communalldr & publisher, NYC; a fdr TheDay; officer BrooklynJewish Center, KerenHayesod.· See:AJYB, 43:364; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; NITimes, Nov 3 1940,56:4.

Shapiro, David S; b. Philadelphia, 1909.Heb Theological ColI, IL Inst ofTechnology.• Biblical scholar, Orthodox rabbi, Savannah,Erie, Indianapolis, Milwaukee; facility U WI,Heb Theological ColI. • See: EJ.

Shapiro, Dora Monness (Mrs SolomonShapiro); b. NYC, May 18 1880/1881; d.NYC, Nov 13 1952.

Philanthropist, NYC; fdr DeborahTuberculosis Sanatorium (NJ); est TalmudTorah, free loan soc in Lithuania; benefactorHeb U.· See: UJE;AJYB, 55:459; WWIAJ,1928, 1938; NITimes, Nov 15 1952,17:4.

Shapiro, Elias; b. Slutsk, Apr 281896.To US 1905. • DDS NY ColI of Dentistry. •Dentist, Zionist, Jersey City; officer UnitedSynagogue ofAm, synagog; trustee JewishCommunity Center; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Shapiro, Ezra Z; b. Volozhin, Russia, May 71902/1903; d.Jerusalem, May 141977.

To Cleveland 1906, to Israel 1971. • LLB OHNorthern, LLB John Marshall Law. • Lawyer;natl officer Zionist Org ofAm; officer Avukah,Am Assn for Jewish Education; world chr

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Keren Hayesod, United Israel Appeal;supporter Haganah; active Republican politics.• See: EJ;AJYB, 79:373; WWIAJ, 1926;BEOAJ; NYTimes, May 151977,36:4.

Shapiro, George Milstein; b. NYC, Dec 71919.

LI U, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, negotiator,NYC; counsel Governor Dewey; WWIIservice. • See: NYTimes story, Aug 4 1966.

Shapiro, Harry; b. NYC, June 211887; d.Philadelphia, 1967.

LLB U PA • Lawyer, legislator, paper boxmfr, New Deal Democrat, Philadelphia; authorin field.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 21967,39:5.

Shapiro, Harry; b. NYC, Dec 31 1896.EE Cooper Union. • Electrical engineer,NYc.. See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Harry I;b. NYC, Oct 17 1901.AB Clark, LLB Yale.· Lawyer, Worcester; dirJewish Home for Aged & Orphans,Independent Workmen's Circle Credit Union.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Harry Lionel; b. Boston, Mar 191902.

AB, MA, PhD Harvard. • Anthropologist,NYC; faculty Columbia; curator Am MuseumofNatural History; author in field. • See: UJE;EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.

Shapiro, Hyman David; b. NYC, Oct 151895.

MD George Washington. • Physician,neurologist, Washington DC; officer med assn;WWI service: • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Inez; b. Minneapolis, Mar 141903.

BA U CA, MA USC. • Research worker,nutrition advisor, Los Angeles; with ScrippsMetabolic Clinic (La Jolla, CA); advisor JewishDispensary. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Shapiro, Irving Saul; b. Minneapolis, 1916.U MN. • Business exec, government consult;chr DuPont; activeJewish community.•'See:EJ:1973-1982.

Shapiro,lsaac;b. 1[anishWk,Li~uania,Sep211885.

Scrap iron exec, Baltimore; dir synagogs. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Shapiro, Jacob; b. Keidan, Kovno, June 291874.

Civic & communal worker, NYC; active Unionof OrthodoxJewish Congregations,Republican politics; chr draft bd WWI. • See:WWIAJ, 1926.

Shapiro, Jacob; b. NYC, Apr 30 1887; d.NYC, Oct 1969.

BS CCNY, LLB NYU; honorary degree. •Lawyer, NYC; specialty: real estate law; officerHeb Home for Aged, Taxpayers Assn. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 211969,47:3.

Shapiro, Jacob Boone; b. Kherson, June 291899.

George Washington. • Realtor, bldr,Washington DC; bd Jewish CommunityCenter, YMHA. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Shapiro, Jay Irwin; b. NYC, Oct 13 1902.BS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, asst district atty,NYC; officer Am Jewish Cong, Chamber ofCommerce, bar assn, synagog (Rockaway). •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Joseph; b. Russia.Dropsie. • Journalist, Labor Zionist,Cleveland; co-editorJewish World; natl councilHitachduth Zeire Zion; author short stories,Jewish history. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Shapiro, Joseph; b. Russia, Sep 1 1860.Rabbi, Duluth.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):98.

Shapiro, Joseph; b. Horodok, Poland, Apr 71893; d. NYC,Jan 16 1963.

Business exec, philanthropist, NYC; officerUnited Lubavitcher Yeshivoth; natl bd Unionof OrthodoxJewish Congregations. • See:AJYB, 65:437.

Shapiro, Joseph George; b. NYC, Jan 181886; d. Fairfield, CT, Sep 18 1975.

LLB Yale Law. • Lawyer, municipal judge,Shelton, CT; officer CT State Guard, barassns, Union ofAm Heb Congregations; bdB'nai B'rith Home (Yonkers), World Union forProgressive Judaism. • See: AJYB, 77:600;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Sep 201975,35:2.

Shapiro, Joseph M; b. Borisov, Russia, Sep25 1888; d. LaJolla, CA, July 29 1968.

To US 1912. • Pattern' co fdr, philanthropist,NYC; benefactor Brandeis, Heb U, WhitneyMuseum. .; See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 311968,41:3.

Shapiro, Joseph Meyer; b. Vilna, July 291888.

To US 1904. • BS Cooper Union, post-gradCCNY. • Chemist, Barrington, IL; orgr Lawn­Manor Community Center; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Shapiro, Jrena Fromberg (Mrs AbrahamShapiro); b. Warsaw, Oct 11 1887.

To US 1902. • Zionistldr, Brooklyn; natlofficer Mizrachi; officer Ivriah; dir GirlsOrphan Asylum (Jerusalem). • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Shapiro, Judah J; b. NYC, June 12 1912; d.NYC, Sep 2 1980.

Communal exec, Zionist, editor, NYC; natl dirHillel; pres Natl Com for Labor Israel; withJoint Defense Com, Conf onJewish MaterialClaims Against Germany. • See: AJYB, 82:373;JTA-DNB, Sep 4 1980.

Shapiro, KarlJay; b. Baltimore, 1913.Poet, critic; editor, Poetry; faculty U NE;WWII service. • See: EJ.

Shapiro, Lamed; b. Kiev, 1878; d. LosAngeles, Aug 251948.

To US 1906-1909, 1916. • Short story writer,essayist, novelist, translator; editor The Studio.• See:AJYB, 51:524.

Shapiro, Max

Shapiro, Leo; b. Ochakov, Russia, June 221900.

EE U IL. • Engineer, Chicago. • See:WWIAJ,1926.

Shapiro, Leo; b. NYC, Jan 13 1912; d.NYC, Feb 221975.

Lawyer, communalldr & fundraiser, NYC;natl officer Am Jewish Cong; bd Zionist Org ofAm. • See: AJYB, 77:600; NYTimes, Feb 241975,28:4.

Shapiro, Leo; b. New Britain, CT, Nov 141914; d. St Louis,July 91952.

Educator, communal worker; facultyNorthwestern, NYU; natl education dir Anti­Defamation League. • See: AJYB, 55:459;NYTimes,July 111952,17:5.

Shapiro, Leon; b. Kiev, July 14 1905; d.NYC, Dec251984.

To US 1941. • U Kiev, U Toulouse. •Historian of RussianJewry; faculty Rutgers;worked to rescue European Jews; active ConfonJewish Material Claims Against Germany,Memorial Found for Jewish Culture; author infield. • See:AJYB, 86:443.

Shapiro, Louis; b. Bobruisk,Jan 11897; d.Miami Beach, Feb 91965.

To US 1906.· LLB Fordham.· Lawyer,NYC; a fdr Karen Horney Clinic. • See: A]YB,67:542; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 10 1965,41:1.

Shapiro, Louis Irving; b. Lubno, Russia,Aug 20 1902.

To US 1907.· Northwestern, LLB, LLMDePaul. • Lawyer, Chicago; active bar assns. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Louis Lawrence; b. NYC, Dec 171892; d. 1969.

MD NYUlBellevue. • Gastroenterologist,NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic; examiner Natl BdofMed Examiners; trustee synagog; prolificauthor in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;NYTimes, Nov 3 1969,47:2.

Shapiro, Louis Leonard; b~ Bridgeport, CT,ca 1894; d. Istanbul, Oct 1966.

Yale, U Paris. • Bacteriologist, WashingtonDC; with US Public Health Service; active AmLegion; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 24:202;NYTimes, Oct 29 1966, 29:5 (Louis I Shapiro).

Shapiro, Manheim S; b. Brooklyn, Sep 51913; d. Washington DC, Mar 201981.

Brooklyn CoIl, U MI, New School. • Socialwork admr; with Am Jewish Com, B'nai B'rith,NYC Welfare Dept; exec dir Bureau forCareers; consult, lecturer onJewish sociology;author in field. • See:AJYB, 83:362-63;JTA­DNB, Mar 241981.

Shapiro, Maurice; b. NYC, ca 1889; d.Bayonne, Nov 30 1945.

Dermatologist, Bayonne; officer professionalassns. • See: AJYB, 48:499; NYTimes, Dec 11945,23:2.

Shapiro, Max; b. Bobruisk,Jan 23 1890.To US 1908. • Warsaw Conservatory. •Violinist, composer, tchr, Pittsburgh; mem

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Pittsburgh Orchestra; tchr Seton Hill CoIl(Greensburg, PA); orgr Shapiro Quartet. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Shapiro, Meyer; b. Kovno, Feb 11885.To US 1888. • Clothing mfr"communalworker, Brooklyn; dir Heb Academy ofBorough Park, Machizke Talmud Torah. •See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Shapiro, Mordecai; b. Russia, ca 1890; d.Brooklyn, May 201947.

To US 1914. • Rabbi, Brooklyn.· See:AJYB,50:522-23.

Shapiro, Morris; b. Russia, Feb 1884/1885.Grand Secy, Progressive Order of the West, StLouis; natl advisory council Heb ImmigrantAid Soc; active Am Jewish Congo • See:WWIAJ, 1926; BEOAJ.

Shapiro, Morris S; b. Rovno, June 15 1888;d. Newt(m, MA, Oct 18 1954.

Clothing mfr, philanthropist; a fdr Brandeis;active Zionist fundraising, communal orgs. •See:AJYB, 57:608;NITimes, Oct 191954,27:5.

Shapiro, Moses; b. Winston-Salem, May 221896; d. Nov 6 1938.

AB, LLB U NC, post-grad Columbia. •Lawyer, municipal judge, Winston-Salem;officer United Palestine Appeal, Am Legion;bd Travelers Aid, Red Cross; WWI service. ­See:AJYB, 41:431; WWIAJ, 1928.

Shapiro, Mosheh (Moshe Haim); b.Jerusalem, 1894;d.July 1970.

RIETS. • Rabbi, Atlantic City; principalMishkan Israel Yeshiva (Philadelphia). • See:WWIAJ, 1926; NITimes, July 17 1970, 31 :2.

Shapiro, Nathan D; b. Russia, Aug 15 1907;d. Brooklyn, Sep 12 1969.

To US 1892. • LLB, LLM St Lawrence.·Lawyer, legislator, Brooklyn; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities; fdr Brooklyn Jewish Center. •See:AJYB, 71:609; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938;NITimes, Sep 13 1969,27:6.

Shapiro, Osher; b. NYC, Apr 19 1885.CoIl Etz Chaim Gerusalem). • Rabbi, Chicago;officer Agudath Bna,i Eretz Israel; exec comFedn ofPalestinianJews ofAm. • See: BEOAJ.

Shapiro, Samuel H; b. Kankakee, IL, 1907.Governor ofIL, lawyer, legislator; officer B'naiB'rith; WWII service. • See: EJ.

Shapiro, Shabsi; b. ca \887; d.NYC, Jan 291947.

ToUS 1927.· Rabbi, NYc.. See:AJYB,49:618; NITimes, Jan 30 1947,25:2.

Shapiro, Shepard; b. Bayonne, Nov 28IDec24 1896; d. June 1966.

MD NYU. • Physician, NYC; author in field.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes,June13 1966,39:4.

Shapiro, Simon; b. Bialystok, Nov 61885.To Brooklyn 1899. • DDS NYU. • Dentist,Brooklyn; dir banks & mortgage cos; officerdental soc. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, Solomon; b. Lonie, Galicia, Mar17 1889; d. NYC, Mar 14 1973.

To US 1904. • Labor Zionist ldr; a Edr,principal, tchr Jewish Folk Schools; officerNatl Com for Jewish Folk Schools; a fdr CampKinderwelt; editor Kinderwelt; textbook author.• See:AJYB, 75:657.

Shapiro, Ted; b. NYC, Oct 311899.Vaudeville & stage actor, songwriter,Ellenville, NY. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shapiro, William Harold; b. Brooklyn, Mar111907.

BS CCNY, LLB Columbia, JSD StJohns. •Lawyer, tax consult, communalldr, NYC;officer Am Jewish Cong, Zionist Org ofAm,Jewish Community Center. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Shaplen, Joseph; b~ Russia, Dec 271893; d.NYC, June 4 1946.

To US 1906. • Newspaper reporter, foreigncorrespondent; staffNITimes; specialty: labor,Russia, foreign affairs. • See:AJYB, 49:618.

Shapo, Julian; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Oct 211945.

To US 1902.· Rabbi, OR, PA, RI, FL,Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 48:499.

Shapp, MiltonJ; b. Cleveland, 1912.Governor of PA, industrialist, served Kennedyadm; active communal affair, anti-VietnamWar. • See: EJ.

Share, Nathaniel Samson; b. Montreal, May12 1908.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, New Orleans; trustee Touro Infirmary.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sharf, Edward; b. Brooklyn, Apr 3 1915; d.NYC, Sep 1973.

Lawyer, Zionist ldr, NYC; natl pres B'naiZion; chr Am-Israel Friendship House; execWorld Jewish Congo • See: AJYB, 75:657;NITimes, Sep 211973, 44:2.

Sharfin, Zelik; b. Subotsch, Russia, Sep 301870; d. Mar 1962.

To US 1891. • MD NYU. • Pediatrician,NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;author in field; WWI draft bd service. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 24 1962,25:5.

Sharfinan, Hyman; b.*; d. Boston, May 51935.

Rabbi, Boston.· See:AJYB, 37:261.

Sharfman, Isaiah Leo; b. Polonoya,Ukraine, Feb 19 1886; d. Sep 1969.

To US 1894.· AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,economist, Ann Arbor; faculty Imperial Pei­Yang U (China), U MI; bdMenorahMovement; trustee Brandeis; author in field. •See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:202; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Sep 10 1969,47:3.

Sharlit, Herman; b. NYC, May 2 1892.AB Adelphi, BS Columbia, MD Cornell. •

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Dermatologist, NYC; author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sharlitt, Michael; b. NYC, Dec 24/251883.AB CCNY, MA, Master ofPedagogyColumbia. • Communal educator, socialworker, Cleveland; principal Heb ShelteringGuardian Soc High School; supt Heb OrphanAsylum, Bellefaire Jewish Orphan Home;advisor OH Dept of Child Welfare. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Shamova, Sonia; b. Chicago, May 2 1900.Chicago School of Civics & Philanthropy;voice, US & abroad. • Contralto, Chicago;assocd German Grand Opera Co, ChicagoCivic Opera; lecturer Natl CoUncil ofJewishWomen.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Shartenberg, Jacob; b.*; d. Providence, July1915.

Merchant, Providence. • See:AJYB, 18(1916­1917):110.

Shatz, Joseph S; b. ca 1880; d. Denver, May15 1938.

Philosopher, writer, Denver. • See: AJYB,40:391.

Shatz, Samuel Franklin; b. Newark, Feb 121907.

U PA, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, legislator,Newark. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shatzkes, Aaron; b. Ivye, Poland, Nov 81908; d. ~C, Aug 191983.

To US 1941. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar, NYC;faculty RIETS; author in field. • See: AJYB,85:419-20.

Shatzkes,Moses;b. Vilna, 1881;d.Brooklyn, Dec 29 1958.

To US 1941. - Rosh yeshivah, rabbi, talmudicscholar, NYC; facultyRIETS; dir Jewish ReliefOrg (Vilna). • See: EJ; A]YB, 61:419;NITimes, Dec 30 1958,32:3.

Shatzky, Jacob; b. Warsaw, Aug 16 1894; d.NYC,June 13 1956.

To US 1922. • U Lemberg, U Cracow, UVienna, PhD U Warsaw. • Historian,librarian, author, NYC; facultyJewish TchrsInst; a fdr Yiddish Inst. • See: EJ; AJYB,58:479; WWIAJ, 1928; NITimes, June 141956,33:3.

Shaulson, Samuel; b. jerusalem, ca 1886; d.Providence, Apr 18 1943.

To US 1908. • Mfr, communalldr,Providence; officer Heb Sheltedng Soc; bdHeb Free Loan Assn.- See:AJYB, 45:394.

Shavitch, Vladimir; b. Russia, July 201888;d. Palm Beach, Dec 1947.

To US 1890. • Eastman School ofMusic. •Conductor, Rochester Symphony, MoscowState Opera. • See: U]E; WWWIA, 8;NITimes, Dec 27 1947, 13:1.

Shaw, Eugene; b. Brookline, MA, Sep 91920; d. Sep 22 1974.

Johns Hopkins, U MD Law. • Retail exec,Atlanta, NYC; with Lerner Stores; officer

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United]ewish Appeal; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,6; NITimes, Sep 24 1974, 44:2.

Shaw, Eva Epstein (Mrs J Leo Shaw); b.NYC,"Nov 111891; d. Aug 1951.

Toledo U, LLB St]ohns. • Lawyer, author,Toledo; mem State Bd of Bar Examiners;officer Hadassah; dir Heb School. • See:WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Aug 9 1951, 21:2.

Shaw, Florence Sylvia Berlowitz Pollack(Mrs George Hamlin Shaw); b.Lafayette, IN, ca 1898; d. NYC, Dec 191963.

Purdue, Sorbonne, Columbia, New School. •Welfare & civic volunteer; pres Natl TravelersAid Assn; US advisor to UNESCO; exec comUSO. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Dec 201963,29:1.

Shaw, Irwin; b. Brooklyn, Feb 271913; d.Davos, Switzerland, May 161984.

Brooklyn ColI. • Playwright & novelist oncontroversial subjects; The Young Lions; WWIIservice. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 86:443.

Shaw, John Jacob; b. Newark, Apr 17 1907;d.July 51974.

Cornell, MD U MD.· Physician, Newark. •See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes,]uly6 1974,20:4.

Shaw, Louis; b. ca 1880; d. Aug 29 1934.Real estate agent, communal worker,Providence; military service. • See: A]YB,37:261.

Shay, Harry; b. ca 1898; d. Philadelphia,July 1963.

Gastroenterologist, Philadelphia; head FelsResearch Inst (Temple U); prolific author infield. • See: ]TA-DNB, Aug 1 1963; NYTimes,]uly311963,29:3.

Shayne, David; b. ca 1845; d. Atlantic City,Oct 22 1912.

Rabbi, Atlantic City. • See: A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Shean, Al (born Schoenberg); b. Dornum,Germany, May 12 1868; d. Aug 12 1949.

To US ca 1876. • Vaudeville comedian,character actor, movie actor; mem Shean &Gallagher team. • See: UJE; DAB, 4; NYTimes,Aug 13 1949, 11:1.

Shear, MurrayJacob; b. Brooklyn, Nov 71899; d. Bethesda, Sep 27 1983.

BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Biochemist,pioneer in cancer treatment, Bethesda; withNatl Cancer Inst; faculty LI ColI Hospital,Harvard; chr civil service bd Natl Inst ofHealth; pres]ewish Community Group. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 8; NYTimes,Sep 29 1983,47:7.

Shear, Samuel Alexander; b. Stanislaw,Galicia, Feb 22 1884.

AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • To NYC 1893. •Tchr, insurance agent, NYC; active adulteducation. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Shearer, Norma (Mrs Irving Thalberg); b.Montreal, Aug 10 1904; d.June 12 1983.

To US 1919. • Motion picture actress, Santa

Monica; adopted]ewish religion. • See: UJE(sub Thalberg, Irving); WWIA], 1938;WWWIA,8.

Shedlovsky, Theodore; b. Leningrad, Oct291898; d. NYC, Nov 51976.

To US 1908. • PhD MIT. • Chemist, NYC;faculty Rockefeller Inst; officer NY Academyof Sciences; consult Navy Dept. • See:WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov 91976,26:6.

Sheekman, Arthur Grant; b. Chicago, Feb 51901; d.Jan 1978.

U MN.· Newspaperman, screenwriter, LosAngeles; a fdr Anti-Nazi League. • See:WWIA], 1938;NITimes,]an 141978,24:4.

Sheffel, Sam; b. Albany, MO, Oct 13 1887.Merchant, Sapulpa, OK; pres BusinessmensAssn, Kiwanis; dir Chamber of Commerce. •See: WWIA], 1938. '

Sheffer, Henry M; b. Ukraine, 1883; d. Mar1964.

To US ca 1893. • Logician, Cambridge, MA;faculty Harvard; Sheffer-stroke function. • See:E];A]YB, 24:202;NITimes, Mar 181964,41:3.

Shefferman, Nathan W; b. Baltimore, ca1888; d. Chicago, Feb 1968.

Labor relations consult, Chicago; involved inDave Beck controversy; author in field. • See:NYTimes, Feb 5 1968,35:2.

Sheffield, Herman (Hermann) Bernard; b.Konigsberg, Jan 4 1871.

To US 1891. • MD U MD, post-grad]ohnsHopkins. • Pediatrician, novelist, poet, NYC;faculty Post-Grad Med School; inventor meddevice; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA],1928, 1938; BEOA].

Shefsky, Aaron; b. ca 1874; d. Mar 61939.Rabbi, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 41:431.

Shehall, Benjamin; b. PrussialEngland,1692; d. Oct 3 1765.

To Savannah 1733. • Georgia pioneer,merchant, philanthropist; a fdr Union Soc;kept Yiddish diary that discussed immigrationofJews to GA; fdr Mikve Israel (Savannah). •See:]E (sub Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E](sub Sheftall); BDEA].

Shehall, Levi; b. Savannah, Dec 12 1739; d.Jan 26 1809.

Prominent patriot, butcher, rancher; served inAm Revolutionary army; pres Mikve Israel(Savannah); active in]ewish affairs. • See: UJE(sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall); BDEA].

Shehall, Mordecai; b. Savannah, 1735;d.Savannah, 1795/1797.

Soldier, patriot, merchant, rancher, Mason;prisoner of British during Am Revolution; a fdrMikveh Israel (Philadelphia); inspector ofleathers, Port of Savannah. • See:]E (subSheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);BDEAJ.

Shehall, Moses; b. Savannah, Oct 12 1769;d. Savannah, Jan 10 1835.

Physician, alderman, port warden, legislator,

Shelling, David Henry

judge, Savannah; studied with Benjamin Rush;incorporator GA Med Soc; officer MikveIsrael; prominent Mason. • See:]E (subSheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);BDEA].

Shehall, Shehall; b. Savannah, Sep 8 1762;d. Savannah, Aug 15 1847.

Lawyer, patriot, Am Revolutionary armysupplier, Savannah, Charleston, SCi chartermem Mikve Israel (Savannah); British prisoner.• See:]E (sub Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E](sub Sheftall).

Sheideman, Bahr; b.*; d. San Francisco,Mar 181913.

Merchant, San Francisco. • See:A]YB,15(1913-1914):274.

Shein, Harvey M; b. Providence, May 101933; d.July 18 1974.

MD Harvard. • Psychiatrist; faculty Harvard;military service. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Sheinfein, Samuel; b. ca 1866; d. Roxbury,MA, Nov281916.

Communal worker, Roxbury, MA. • See:A]YB, 19(1917-1918):268.

Sheinin, John Jacob; b. Bobruisk, Mar 211900; d.Jan 91972.

BS U AL, MS, PhD, MB, MD Northwestern;honorary degree. • University official,anatomist, Chicago; faculty, dean, presChicago Med School; author in field. • See:WWWIA,5.

Sheinkman, Jacob; b. NYC, 1926.Labor ldr, NYC; pres]ewish Labor Com;officer AFL-CIO; general counselAmalgamated ClothingWorkers; exec comORT. • See: E]:1973-1982.

Sheinkopf, Moses Dan; b. Lomza, June 151900; d. Springfield, MA, Apr 1 1984.

To US 1922. • Rabbi, Springfield, MA, earlierWaterbury, CT; officer Union of OrthodoxRabbis; bd]ewish Fedn, Mikvah Assn, FamilyService; author on]ewish law. • See:A]YB,86:443.

Sheinman, Kannon; b. Pinsk, Mar 13/231889.

To US 1892. • CCNY, DDS Columbia, post­grad U Berlin, U Vienna. • Oral surgeon,NYC; officer dental assn; instructor AlliedDental Council; authorleditor in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Sheinman, Louis; b. Pinsk, Dec 141884; d.1954.

To US 1894. • MD Columbia.· Surgeon,NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 31954, 19:4.

Sheitlis, Benjamin A (E); b. 1880; d. NYC,Oct 171954.

Surgeon, NYC; a fdr Am]ewish PhysiciansCom; dir Herzliah Heb Tchrs Inst. • See:A]YB, 57:608; NITimes, Oct 181954,25:6.

Shelling, David Henry; b. ca 1900; d.Baltimore, May 171938.

Pediatrician, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 40:391.

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Shelt, Moses; b. ca 1841; d. Covington, KY,Oct 111912.

Civil War veteran, Covington, KY. - See:AJYB,15(1913-1914):274.

Shelvin, Bernard; b. Neswizsh, Minsk, June41883; d. NYC, Nov 281941.

To US 1908. - Yiddish journalist, NYC; staffJewish MorningJournal; adm com Zionist OrgofAm; exec com Am Jewish Cong; authorityonJewish liturgical music. - See: AJYB,44:343-44; BEOAJ; NITimes, Nov 291941,17:6.

Shemanski, Alfred; b. Poland, Mar 181875.Businessman, communal & civic ldr, Seattle;pres Eastern Outfitting Co; bd U WA; headCommunity Fund; officer synagog, UnitedJewish Campaign, B'nai B'rith. -See: WWIAJ,1928,1938;BEOAJ.

Shemanski, Isidore; b. ca 1866; d. Apr 131937.

Civic, communal worker, San Francisco. - See:AJYB, 39:597.

Shemanski, Joseph; b. Sluzewo, Poland,Apr 111869.

To US 1889." Merchant, communalldr,Portland, OR; exec Eastern Outfitting Co;officerJewish Education Assn,JewishEmergency Fund, Red Cross, Natl Council forPrevention oEWar. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Shenkman, Jacob M; b. Kiev, Apr 15 1878.Bldr, Philadelphia, Atlantic City. • See:WWIAJ,1928. .

Shenson, Cecil; b.*; d. Feb 71940.Rabbi, New Castle, PA. • See: AJYB, 42:484.

Sheps, Elias (Eliyahu Hayim) (pennames=Eliash, Gitlin, Ali Elin, Almi); b.Warsaw, 1892; d. Sep 1963.

To NYC 1913. • Yiddish writer; staff YiddishesTageblatt. • See: UJE; NITimes, Sep 25 1963,43:1.

Sheps, Mindel Cherniack (Mrs Cecil GSheps); b. Wtnnipeg, May 201913; d.Durham, NC,Jan 15 1973.

To US 1947. • MD U Manitoba, MPH U NC;honorary degree. • Physician, fertility expert,biostatistician, Chapel Hill, NC; facultyHarvard, Boston U, U Pittsburgh, Columbia,U NC; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 6;NITimes, Jan 17 1973, 42: 1.

Sher, Benjamin; b. ca 1875; d. Jan 211940.Rabbi, Englewood, NJ. • See: AJYB, 42:484.

Sher, David; b. ca 1908; d. NYC, Apr 211983.

Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; natl officer AmJewish Com; a fdr Natl Com for SovietJewry,Commentary; pres Jewish Family Services;officer Internatl Rescue Com; activeRepublican-Liberal Fusion politics. • See:AJYB, 85:420; NITimes, Apr 23 1983.

Sher, I Herman; b. Jan 4 1900; d. June1970.

AB U MI, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;

specialty: tax law; co-fdrJewish Academy ofArts & Sciences; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, June 181970,45:1.

Sher, Jack; b. London, Jan 281905.To US 1907.· Social worker, Easton, PA; execdir YM-YWHA; active United PalestineAppeal.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sher, Philip; b. Pumpenei, Lithuania, Oct 81875.

To US 1893.· JeffersonMed ColI, MDBaltimore U, post-grad NY Post-Grad MedSchool. • Physician, Omaha; pres ColI ofJewish Studies; officerJewish Welfare Fedn,YMHA, Jewish Community Center; natlcouncil Joint Distribution Com; state delegateNatl Prison Council. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938.

Sherbow,Joseph; b. Baltimore, 1901.LLB U MD. • Lawyer, peoples court judge,MD; counsel MD Public Service Commn;officerJewish Family & Childrens Bureau;active Zionist Org ofAm. • See: UJE.

Sherby, Daniel; b. Bridgeton, NJ, July 231908;d. Cleveland, Aug 15 1954.

Washington & Lee, Western Reserve Law.·Cab co owner, Cleveland, Akron; an orgrCleveland Browns football team; trustee JewishCommunity Fedn. • See: WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Aug 16 1954, 17:2.

Shere, Lewis; b. Oxbow, Canada, Sep 81895; d.Jan 29 1971.

BS U MN. • Bacteriologist, corp exec,Chicago; specialty: milk sanitation. • See:WWWIA,5.

Shereshefsky, Judah Leon; b. Pinsk, Oct 151896.

To US 1912.· B Chern UPittsburgh, PhDJohns Hopkins.· Chemist, Washington DC;faculty Howard; active Am Jewish Com, Jewishlabor movement; author in field. • See: UJE;WWIAJ,1938.

Shennan, Allan; b. Chicago, Nov 30 1924;d. Nov 201973.

U IL. • Entertainer, comic, author; Grammywinner; wrote "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh."• See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Nov 22 1973,40:2.

Shennan, Ben E; b. Carnegie, PA, Mar 191900.

BS, LLB U Pittsburgh. • Lawyer, Pittsburgh;pres Carnegie Taxpayers League; officersynagog; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shennan, Benjamin; b. NYC, Aug 11 1889;d. NYC, June 1972.

Vending co exec, NYC; officer United Homefor Aged Hebrews, Heb Natl Orphan Home. •See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes, June 16 1972,42:4.

Shennan, Carl; h. Olmutz, Austria, Oct 161890; d.July 17 1956.

To US 1894. • LLB U Buffalo. • State AttyGeneral, lawyer, NYC; exec HelenaRubenstein; officer Am Jewish Cong, StateDemocratic Party; natl exec com Zionist OrgofAm; mem Am Com on Rights of Religious

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Minorities. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 181956,27:2.

Sherman, Charles Bezalel; b. Kiev, Jan 141896; d. NYC,Jan 11971.

To US 1911. • Sociologist, communal exec,author, NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; general secyAm Left Poale Zionist Party; dir Labor ZionistOrg ofAm, Anti-Defamation League, JewishLabor Com, Yiddish Inst. • See:AJYB, 73:636;NITimes, Jan 3 1971,69:1.

Sherman, David; b. Boston, Sep 13 1909.BS Boston U, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Binghamton, NY, Cape Town, SouthAfrica. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sherman, Eliezer L; b. Ukraine, ca 1885; d.Philadelphia, Mar 7 1946.

To US 1908. • Yiddish & Heb author, Hebscholar; military service. • See: AJYB, 48:499;NITimes, Mar 81946,21:2.

Shennan, Henry L; b. NYC, Dec 5 1870; d.Lake Placid, NY,July 111933.

Yale, Columbia Law, NY Law. • Lawyer, statesupreme court judge, NYC; trustee HebOrphan Asylum. • See:AJYB, 36:286; WWIAJ,1928; NITimes, July 12 1933, 17:1.

Shennan, Julius; b. Emiltchino, Volynia,Dec 251890.

To US 1907.· MD U CA.· Physician, SanFrancisco; faculty Stanford; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shennan, Max; b. ca 1878; d. Los Angeles,Dec 191936.

Poet, communal worker, Los Angeles. • See:AJYB, 39:597.

Shennan, Nate H; b.*; d.July291980.Mfg co exec; fdr Midas Internatl Corp,Technion; officerJewish Fedn; trustee ChicagoMed School. • Se~f WWWIA, 7.

Sherr, Ivens; b. Russia, Oct 2 1888.To US 1890. • Business exec, mfr, NYC. .,See: WWWIA, 8f

Sherry, Helen (Mrs Max Rhoade); b.Poland, Mati 16 1901.

To US at early age. - LLB U MD. • Lawyer,Washington DC; active MD Fedn ofWornensClubs. • See: BEOAJ.

Shershevsky, Abram Moses; b. Bitten,Russia, Sep 111867.

Rabbi, communal educator, Dorchester, MA,Boston; fdr Bosto~ Yeshivah, AgudathHoraborim; contributor to Heb journals. •See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Shestack, Julius; b. ca 1857; d. Philadelphia,July 27 1923.

Rabbi, Philadelphia.· See:AJYB, 26:157.

Shetzer, Isaac; b. Wisheij, Russia, Nov 151878; d. Detroit, Nov 3 1945.

To US 1892.· Merchant, communal worker,Detroit; officer Heb Free Loan Assn, JewishSocial Services Bureau, Zionist Org ofAm. •See:AJYB, 48:499; WWIAJ, 1938.

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Shetzer, Simon; b. Detroit,Jan 16 1900; d.Detroit, May 291947.

AB U MI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, merchant,communal exec, Detroit; nat! exec dir ZionistOrg ofAm; officer United Heb Schools,League for Human Rights; fdr Round Table ofCatholics, Protestants & Jews. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 50:523; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;NITimes, May 30 1947,21:2.

Shevell, Max (Mordecai); b. Vekshni,Kovno, June 8 1888.

MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician, Yiddishpoet, Brooklyn; assoc editor Hayom. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Shevelove, Burt; b. Newark, Sep 191915; d.London, Apr 8 1982.

Brown, Yale. • Writer, producer, theatre &television dir, Tony winner; WWII with AmField service. • See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Apr91982.

Shevlowitz, Joseph; b. ca 1895; d. Apr 1933(in dirigible accident).

WWI veteran, Brooklyn; machinist mate. •See:AJYB, 35:129.

Shields, Joseph; b. ca 1834; d. Charlestown,WVA, Apr 7 1916.

Collector, IRS, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,18(1916-1917):110.

Shields, Retta (Mrs); b.*; d. On Lusitania,May71915.

Communal worker, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,17(1915-1916):222.

Shientag, Bernard Lloyd; b. NYC, Apr 131887; d. NYC, May 23 1952.

AB CCNY, LLB Columbia, LLD St LawrenceU. • Lawyer, state supreme court judge, NYC;counsel State Factory Investigating Com, StateLaborDept; federal dir US EmploymentService NY State; officer Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies; author in field. • See: UJE;AJYB, 54:541; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;WWWIA, 3; NITimes, May 241952, 1:4.

Shiff, Louis; b.*; d. Plainfield, NJ, Nov 231940.

Civic & communal worker, Zionist ldr; a fdrHeb Free Loan Soc; exec com Zionist Org ofAm. • See:AJYB, 43:364.

Shiffrin, Abraham B; b. Russia, May 281902.

To NYC 1907. • NYU. • Book dealer,novelist, poet, NYc. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Shifrin, Ben Louis; b. St Louis, Feb 121889.

LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer, StLouis; dir Orthodox Old Folks Home, JewishFedn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shifrin, Seymour; b. Brooklyn, Feb 281926; d. Sep 261979.

Columbia. • Composer; faculty U CA(Berkeley), Brandeis; dir Koussevitzky Found.• See: WWWIA, 7.

Shilkret, Nathaniel; b. NYC, Jan 1 1892/1895.

CCNY, Mus D Bethany ColI. • Conductor,Los Angeles; assocd Victor Talking MachineCo; musical dir radio shows. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938.

Shillman, Samuel Rosenau; b. Latvia, Apr141896; d. 1977.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, Sumter, SC, earlier Helena, AR,Chattanooga; officer Internat! Soc for CrippledChildren. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;CCARYB.

Shimm, Abraham S; b. Russia, Dec 271883; d.July 1951.

Realtor, New Rochelle; pres Heb Inst, UnitedHome for the Aged, Heb Orphan Asylum. •See: WWIAJ, 1926; NITimes, July 7 1951,13:7.

Shimmerlik, Lucy; b. Budapest, Jan 91898.To US 1924. • Hungarian Royal U, MD UPrague, Hunter. • Gynecologist, NYC,Astoria, NY; officer Am Hungarian Med Assn.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shinberg, Jacob Wtlfred; b. Lawrence, MA,Mar291900.

LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, Haverhill, MA;special justice Central District Court; memDemocratic City Com; officerJewishBrotherhood. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shinedling, Abraham Isaac; b. Menominee,MI, 1897;d.Albuquerque, 1982.

U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,Columbia. • Rabbi, NYC; editor, translatorfrom German, French, Heb; staff UJE; prisonchaplain. • See: UJE; CCARYB.

Shinedling, Moses; b. Shkud, Kovno, 1860;d. Paterson, 1928.

To US ca 1884. • Heb writer, satirist, printer;early US supporter ofZionism & Haskalahmovement; contributor to Heb journals. • See:UJE (sub Shinedling, Abraham).

Shinglman/Shingleman, Joseph; b.Konigsberg, Oct 4 1880.

To US 1904. • U South Mrica, MD U ILlLoyola. • Physician, health commr, Cicero, IL;active philanthropic orgs; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Shinglman, Willard Edwin; b. Cicero, IL,Apr 161910.

BS, MD U IL. • Surgeon, Cicero, IL; assocdVeterans Adm; military service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Shinkman, Samuel; b. ca 1854; d. Feb 111937.

Yiddish actor, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 39:597;NITimes, Feb 13 1937,13:4.

Shiplacoff, Abraham J (I); b. Chernigov,Dec 13 1877; d. Brooklyn, Feb 71934.

To US 1891. • State Normal CoIl (NYC). •Labor, Socialist & communalldr, alderman,legislator,rchr, NYC; editor Forward; secyUnited Heb Trades; officer AmalgamatedClothing Workers, Socialist Party; opposedCommunism in unions. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,

Shmukler, Peter

24:203, 36:286; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NITimes,Feb 8 1934, 19:1.

Shipman, Mitchell; b. Brooklyn Aug 11903. '

Harvard, Harvard Law. • Labor arbitrator,lawyer, art collector, NYC; with Natl RecoveryAdm. • See: NITimes story, Jan 27 1971.

Shipman, Samuel; b. NYC, Dec 25 188311888; d. NYC, Feb 9 1937.

Columbia. • Dramatist, author, NYC; adapterThe Kreutzer Sonata. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:203,39:597; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; BEOAJ;WWWIA, l;NITimes, Feb 10 1937,23:1.

Shire, Edward Isaac; b. NYC, Oct 141874.CCNY, PhB Columbia, Beaux Arts (paris). •Architect, NYC; dir Heb Technical Inst. • See:AJYB, 24:203; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Shire, Moses; b. ca 1857; d. Buffalo, Jan 21913.

Lawyer, Buffalo. • See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Shiretski, Harry; b.*; d. Anniston, AL, May231914.

Chief of police, Anniston, AL. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):166.

Shiskin, Julius; b. NYC, Oct 13 1912; d.Oct 281978.

Rutgers, Columbia. • Government official,statistician, Washington DC; with Nat! Bureauof Economic Research, Census Bureau; commrBureau of Labor Statistics; consult Council ofEconomic Advisors. • See: WWWIA 7;NITimes, Nov 6 1978, 57:4.

Shlenker, Leon M; b. Trinity, LA, Jan 291877.

Soule Community ColI (New Orleans). • Exec,St Louis; with Internatl Harvester. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Shlenker, Milton Alexander; b. Vicksburg,Mar 81872; d. 1957.

UVA, MD Cornell, post-grad Europe. •Obstetrician, gynecologist, New Orleans,NYC.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Dec 31957,35:5.

Shlesinger, Sig (Sigmund); b. Hungary, Dec291848.

Indian fighter, merchant, Cleveland; a fdr Fednof]ewish Charities; officer Heb ReliefAssn. •See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):186, 7(1905­1906):101.

Shmookler, Henry B; b. ca 1882; d.Philadelphia, Aug 11 1932.

Physician, communal worker, Philadelphia. •See:AJYB,,35:129.

Shmueli, Ephraim; b. Lodz, 1908.To Palestine 1933.· Educator, author onJewish history & US Jewish life, poet; authorityon Heb writing; faculty Cleveland State. • See:EJ.

Shmukler, Peter; b. ca 1867; d. Oct 71931.Journalist, NYC. • See: AJYB, 34:112.

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Shmulewitz, Louis M; b.*; d. June 24 1937.Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 39:597.

Shneider, Louis; b. Cherkauss, Russia, Feb221899.

To US 1905.· Cummings School ofArt,Drake, Mitchell Sch of Designing, LLB DesMoines ColI. • Lawyer, Des Moines; counselIA Unemployment Compensation Commn;officer Civic Music Assn; active CommunityChest. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Shneur (Schneour), Zalman (SalkindlZalkind); b. Shklov, Mohilev, Feb 111887; d. NYC, Feb 201959.

To US 1940/1941. • Important Yiddish &Heb poet, novelist, NYC, Israel; considered amajor Heb poet; contributor Forward. • See:UJE; E];A]YB, 61:419; NatlJewish Post, Feb271959; NYTimes, Feb 211959, 21:3,correction Feb 22 1959,88:5.

Shochatt, Maurice Ralph; b. Pitcherry,Russia, Sep 24 1910.

To US 1922. • Baltimore Heb ColI. •Journalist, Baltimore; tchr Assocd HebSchools; staffJewish Educational Alliance;editor Gordonia; assoc editor Baltimore JewishTimes. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shochet, Moses; b. ca 1870; d. Aug 261937.

Rabbi, civic & communal worker, Philadelphia.• See:AJYB, 40:391; NYTimes, Aug 27 1937,19:4.

Shochet, S L (Shaul Yedidyah); b. Kovnoprovince.

To US 1906. • Rabbi, author, Kansas City. •See: Gottlieb, 313.

Shocket, Louis; b. Baltimore, Apr 81901.AB U Richmond, MAJohns Hopkins, GradSchool for Jewish Social Work. • Socialworker, Buffalo; exec dir Jewish CommunityBldg; bd Zionist Org ofAm; chr Fedn ofNeighborhood Centers; officer professionalorgs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Shoenberg, Sydney Melville; b. Leadville,CO, Aug 23 1881;d. Nov 1975.

Washington U (St Louis). • Corp exec, StLouis; exec May Dept Stores. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov 26 1975,32:4.

Shoher, Hyman (Hayyim) Sholom; b.KovnolVilna, 1847; d. Boston, Aug 21918.

To US 1886.· Rabbi, Boston, NYC; fdrTalmud Torah.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):99,7(1905-1906):124,21:207; Eisenstadt, 104.

Shohet, Chayim Nathan; b. ca 1852; d.Portland, ME, June 12 1921.

Rabbi, Portland, ME. • See:AJYB, 24:103.

Shohet, David Menahem; b. Kovno, May 221887; d. Yonkers, Sep 1961.

To US 1907.· BS, MANYU, DHL, ordainedJTS, PhD Columbia.· Rabbi, Yonkers; officerJewish Fedn; a fdr Beth-El Heb School &Community Center (Dorchester, MA); author

in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938; NYTimes,Sep 27 1961,42:1.

Shohet, Harmon Abram; b. Roxbury, MA,Feb 281897.

MIT, Tufts U, DDS?, DMD? Harvard.·Dentist, Boston; inventor methods, devices;instructor Harvard; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Shohl, Alfred Theodore; b. Cincinnati, Dec29 1889; d. Boston, Mar 24 1946.

AB, MD Havard. • Physician; specialty:research on metabolism; faculty JohnsHopkins, Yale, Harvard; WWI service. • See:AJYB, 48:499-500; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Shohl, Charles M; b. Cincinnati, Oct 241850; d. Cincinnati, Mar 29 1940.

Wholesale clothing merchant, early lay ReformIdr, Cincinnati; officer Union ofAm HebCongregations, Heb Union ColI; bd UnitedJewish Social Agencies. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:203,42:484; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ.

Shohl, Walter Max; b. Cincinnati, July 121885; d. Cincinnati, Feb 5 1970.

AB, LLB Harvard; honorary degree. • Lawyer,state court of appeals judge, legislator,Cincinnati; mem Bd of State Bar Examiners;faculty Cincinnati Law School; bd UCincinnati; officer bar assns. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 5;Al, Feb 121970; NYTimes, Feb 71970,29:5.

Shokler, Harry; b. Cincinnati, Apr 25 1896.NY School of Fine & Applied Art, CincinnatiArt Academy, PA Academy of Fine Arts. •Artist, Brooklyn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Sholom Aleichem (Alekam, Shalom!Sholem)(pseud of Rabinowitz, Samuel!Sholom); b. Pereyaslav, Poltava, 1859; d.NYC, May 13 1916.

To US 1914.· Major Yiddish writer,humorist, journalist, NYC; earlier rabbi, Kiev;known for portrayal of Eastern EuropeanYiddish life. • See: JE (sub Rabinowitz,Shalom); UJE; EJ (sub Shalom(Sholem)Aleichem);AJYB, 18(1916-1917):110.

Sholtz, David; b. Brooklyn, Oct 61891; d.Miami, Mar 1953.

AB Yale, LLB Stetson U; honorary degree. •Governor ofFL, lawyer, public official,legislator; WWI service; mem CongregationalChurch.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Mar 22 1953,86:3.

Shongut, Jacob; b.Evansville, IN, ca 1873;d. Bronx, May 1940.

Auctioneer, Bronx coroner, New Rochelle;active Republican & Progressive parties; a fdrYMHA (NYC). • See: NITimes, May 9 1940,23:6.

Shoninger, Bernard; b. ca 1828; d. NewHaven,June 3 1910.

Organ mfr, New Haven. • See: AJYB,12(1910-1911):111.

Shoninger, Joseph; b. ca 1829; d. NYC,May 211910.

59.0

Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 12(1910-1911):111.

Shookhoof, Charles; b. Grodno, June 101888.

To US 1889. • MD Cornell. • Cardiologist,Brooklyn; dir Heb Orphan Asylum; author infield; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shoolman, BenjaminJ; b. Russia, 1888.To US 1892. • LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer,Boston; mem City Council, Malden, MA; anorgr West End House, YMHA, Zionist Org ofAm; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Shor, Bernard (Toots); b. Philadelphia,May 6 1903; d. NYC, Jan 1977.

Drexel, Wharton. • Colorful restaurateur,friend of celebrities, NYc. • See: NITimes, Jan241977,1:1.

Shor, George Gershon; b. Vienna, Sep 11884; d.June 201967.

To US 1893. • AB Brown. • Journalist,Providence, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago;with Hearst org; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5;NITimes, June 21 1967,47:3.

Shore, Henry; b. Boston,Jan 141903.BS MIT, MS Carnegie Tech, LLB NY Law,post-grad U WI. • Engineer, industrialphysicist, inventor, patent atty, NYC; researchengineer RCA; WWII service. • See: UJE;WWIAJ,1938.

Shore, JosephJ; b.*; d. Boston,Jan 1920.Heb scholar & editor, Boston. • See: AJYB,22:168.

Shore, Maurice J; b. Mogilev-Podolsk, Dec7 1901; d. July 14 1961.

AB, MA U BC, PhD Johns Hopkins. •Psychologist, lecturer, NYC; specialty: drugaddiction; dir St Edwards Consulting Clinic;faculty U Miami. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,July 151961,19:6.

Shore, Sidney; b. Philadelphia, Sep 131921.

U PA, Columbia, PhD Harvard. • Engineer;faculty Princeton, U PA; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,8.

Shore, Viola Brothers (Mrs William Shore);b. NYC, May 1895; d. Mar 1970.

NYU. • Story writer for magazines, movies,Los Angeles; with RKO. • See: AJYB, 24:203;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 311970,41:3.

Shorell, Irving Daniel; b. NYC, Aug 291898; d.June 1971.

NYU, BS Columbia, MD Georgetown U,post-grad U Heidelberg, U Vienna. •Otolaryngologist, NYC; mem Bd of BirthControl; chr Natl Accident Prevention League;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,June 301971,44:3.

Shoshano, Rose; b. Poland, 1895;d.NYC,Nov1968.

To US 1946; • Yiddish actress, author, editor,NYC; editor women's page Forward. • See:AJYB, 70:525; NITimes, Nov 3 1968,89:1.

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Shoshkes, Henry; b. Bialystok, May 1 1891;d. NYC,May61964.

To US 1939. • U Ghent, PhD U Brussels? •Authority on cooperatives, social worker,writer in many languages, NYC; columistJewish MorningJournal; representative HebImmigrant Aid Soc.· See: U]E;A]YB, 66:581;NYTimes, May 7 1964,37:5.

Shostac, Frances (Mrs Abraham JGoldfarb); b. near Kiev, Aug 23 1883; d.Dec 1972.

To US 1887.· Normal Call, NYC, MDCornell. • Physician, obstetrician, NYC. • See:WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Dec 181972,42:4.

Shostick, Robert; b. Trenton, 1910; d.Bethesda, MD, Mar 181979.

Naturalist, educator, author, editor, televisionpersonality; with B'nai B'rith VocationalService Museum; consult Nat! Park Service,MD Nat! Park & Planning Commn. • See:A]YB, 81:376.

Shodand, I Leisor; b. 1892; d. Dec 271937.Rabbi, Paterson. • See:A]YB, 40:391;NYTimes, Dec 28 1937,21:1.

Shottenfels, Mina (Mrs); b. ca 1848; d. July241935.

Dean, United Order ofTrue Sisters, NYc. •See:A]YB, 38:435.

Shotz, Charles Sylvester; b. Haisin, Russia,Dec 201897/1898.

To Philadelphia 1899. • BS, PhG, LLBTemple U. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; earlierpharmacist; pres Smiller Benevolent Assn;officerJewish Day Nursery, Reb ImmigrantAid Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAj.

Shoub, Hyman Louis; b. Vladimir Volinsk,Russia, Dec 7 1878.

To US 1900. • BS MIT; DSc Columbia U ofSciences (Washington DC). • Pathologist,NYC; with US Public Health Service; authorin field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Shpall, Aaron S; b. ca 1880; d. Aug 301935.Educator, journalist, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 38:435.

Shpall, Leo; b. Kreminicz, Volhynia, June22 1903; d. Oct 10 1964.

To US 1922. • BA, MA Tulane. • Educator,scholar, New Orleans, NYC; head BrooklynJewish Center religious school; exec mem Nat!Council Jewish Education; active Yiddish Inst,Zionist Org ofAm; author Jewish histories. •See:A]YB, 66:581;A]HQ, 54:471-73;NYTimes, Oct 12 1964,29:3.

Shrage, Adolph; b. ca 1872; d. Philadelphia,Feb 10 1924.

Actor, NYC. • See:A]YB, 26:157.

Shrier, Joseph; b. ca 1849; d. Cleveland,Mar 13 1915.

Mfr, Civil War veteran, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222.

Shriner, Herb; b. Toledo, May 29 1918; d.Apr 1970.

Radio, television humorist, harmonica player,

Ft Lauderdale; with CBS; WWII service. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 25 1970,29:4.

Shroder, Jacob; b. Cincinnati, 1848; d.Cincinnati, 1925.

LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, asst US atty general,common pleas judge, Cincinnati; mem SchoolBd; bd Cincinnati Med ColI; active Union ofAm Heb Congregations. • See: UJE.

Shroder, VVilliamJacob;b.Cincinnati,Nov28 1876; d. Cincinnati, July 11 1952.

AB Yale, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, banker, civic& communalldr, Cincinnati; pres Bd ofEducation, Nat! Council ofJewish Fedns;officerJewish Big Bros, United Jewish SocialAgencies, Nat! Conf ofJewish Social Services;nat! officer Spanish-Am War veterans. • See:U]E;E];A]YB, 55:459; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; REOA]; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, July 121952, 13:5.

Shub, Boris; b. NYC, July 241912; d. NYC,Apr 201965.

BA U MI, LLB Columbia. • Writer, radioworker, NYC; orgr, political dir Radio Liberty.• See:AJYB, 67:542; NYTimes, Apr 211965,45:3.

Shub, David; b. Postov, Russia (Fastov,Kiev), Sep 13 1887; d. Miami Beach, May27 1973.

To US 1903/1908. • Editor, Sovietologist,historian, Yiddish writer, NYC; consult RadioLiberty; bd Literary Found to Aid Artists &Writers Living Abroad, New Leader, RandSchool of Social Sciences. • See: E]:1973­1982;A]YB, 75:657; NYTimes, May291973,38:4.

Shubart, Benedict; b. Chicago, Aug 191876.

BS, ME Armour Inst. • Electrical engineer,Denver; exec secy Rocky Mountain CoalMining Inst; officer Hillel, synagog; author onmining. • See: WWIA], 1938; REOAJ.

Shubert,JacobJ; b. Syracuse, Aug 15 1877/1880; d. NYC, Dec 25/26 1963.

Theatrical mgr, NYC; assocd with brothers inShubert Theatrical Co. • See: U]E (subShubert, Lee); E] (sub Shubert); A]YB, 24:203,65:437; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,4;NYTimes, Dec271963, 1:8.

Shubert, Lee; b. Syracuse (Russia?), Mar 151873/1875; d. Dec 25 1953.

To Syracuse 1883. • Theatrical producer, mgr,NYC; controlled almost 100 theatres;produced more than 400 plays; WWIIentertainment for troops. • See: UJE; E] (subShubert);A]YB 24:203; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes,Dec 26 1953, 1:4.

Shubert, Milton I; b.Syracuse, ca 1901; d.Bonyton Beach, FL, Mar 1967.

Theatrical producer, NYC; assocd with familyin Shubert Theatrical Co; WWII service. •See: NYTimes, Mar 81967,46:1.

Shubert,. Sam S; b. Syracuse, 1878; d.Harrisburg, PA, May 1905.

Shugennan, Harry Philip

Theater mgr, NYC; assocd with family inShubert Theatrical Co. • See: U]E (subShubert, Lee); EJ (sub Shubert); NYTimes, May13 1905,2:5.

Shubin, Sydney Abram; b. NYC, May 141890.

BS, CE Cooper Union. • Civil engineer,Pittsburgh; officer professional assn. • See:WWIA],1928.

Shubow, Joseph Shalom; b. alita, Vilna,Sep 261899; d. Boston, Aug 241969.

To Boston 1907. • Boston Heb Tchrs ColI,AB, MA Harvard, MHL, ordained Jewish Instof Religion. • Rabbi, Boston; nat! officerZionist Org ofAm; officer Am Jewish Cong;editor Avukah, Opinion. • See: A]YB, 71 :609;WWIA],1938.

Shubow, Leo; b. alita, Lithmurla, July 221903; d. 1981.

To US 1906. • Harvard, Columbia, BS NYU,MHL, ordained Jewish Inst of Religion. •Rabbi, Zionist, Newton, MA, Boston; staffInternat! Ice Patrol, US Coast Guard;contributor Avukah Annual. • See: WWIA],1938; REOA]; CCARYB.

Shubow, Rachelle; b. Vilna.To US 1907. • New England Conservatory ofMusic.· Pianist, Newton Center, MA;introduced compositions; played in Berlin onBoycott Day, 1933. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Shuchatowitz, Abraham Isaac; b. Slonim,1870.

To NYC 1920. • Rabbi, NYC; candidate forRussian Duma; exec com Union of OrthodoxRabbis.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

Shuchatowitz, Mordecai; b. Taurogin,Lithuania, May 12 1903; d. NYC,Jan 151946.

To US 1921. • Ordained Yeshiva Call, post­grad Columbia. • Rabbi, Edgemere, NY; execdir Union of Orthodox Congregations; stateadvisory bd Kashruth; exec mem Mizrachi,Yeshivas of Hebron, Mir & Poneviz. • See:WWIA], 1938;A]YB, 48:500.

Shugam, VVilliam; b. Plungian, Russia, Nov101865.

Rabbi, Chicago, earlier Baltimore. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):99.

Shugerman, Abe Louis; b. Ensley, AL, Jan25 1918; d.July 11960.

Birmingham So, U AL, MBA LA State,Tulane, LLB Stanford, LLM U WI. • Lawyer;faculty Duke, Western Reserve, U Miami;mem Nat! Labor Panel, Am Arbitration Assn;author infield; WWII service. • See: .WWWIA,4.

Shugerman, Harry Philip; b. Motol, Russia,May 15 1882.

To Birmingham, AL 1897.· AB Howard, MDJohns Hopkins, post-grad Columbia, ArmyMed School. • Physician, Birmingham, AL;exec com Am Jewish Cong, Zionist Org ofAm;author in field, literary subjects; WWI service.• See: WWIA], 1938;.BEOA].

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Shulgold, William Robert; b. Kaminietz,Podol$k,July 101897.

To US 1899. - Carnegie Art School, Nat!Academy of Design. - Artist, Pittsburgh;instructor Irene Kaufmann Settlement,Carnegie Tech. - See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938.

Shulimson, I Adrian; b. Kiev, Mar 111902.To US 1902. - AB, Chern E Columbia.­Chemical engineer, Brooklyn; with KliegmanBros.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Shulins, Jacob Morton (born Shulinsky); b., Prerin, Latvia, Apr 2 1903.Lawyer, municipal judge, Newport, NH. - See:WWIA],1928.

Shulinski, Louis I; b. Worcester, Oct 111894.

CPA Northeastern. - Communal worker,Worcester; officer United Jewish Charities,B'nai B'rith Cemetery Corp; dir Reb FreeLoan Assn. - See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

ShuIkin, Anatol; b. Ekaterinoslav, Apr 151899; d. NYC, Nov 1961.

Nat! Academy of Design, Art Students League.- Artist, painter, muralist, NYC; facultyCooper Union, Newark School of Fine &Industrial Arts. - See: BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov22 1961,33:5.

Shuhnan, A; b. Russia, Feb 9 1882.Rabbi, tchr, Chicago; instructorThachkemonite Seminary (Antwerp), RebTheological ColI. - See: BEOA].

Shulman, Abraham Hillel; b.*A fdr, Forward, NYC; nat! officer Workmen'sCircle, Socialist Party. - See: WWIA], 1938(sub Shulman, Frederick).

Shuhnan, Albert M; b. Berdichev, Russia,Mar211902.

To US 1904. - AB, MA U Southern CA,MHL, ordained JewishInst ofReligion. ­Rabbi, South Bend, IN earlier Glens Falls, NY;officer Family Services Bureau; bd Council ofSocial Agencies, Camp Fire Girls. - See:WWIA],1938.

Shulman, Bernard; b. Libau, Latvia, Mar 51890.

LLBJohnMarshall Law. - Lawyer, Chicago;legal advisor, dir OrthodoxJewish Rome forAged; exec com Zionist Org ofAm. - See:WWIA],1938.

Shulman, Charles E; b. Berdichev, Russia,July 25 1900/1901; d. Bronx, June 21968.

To US 1904/1910; - Ordained Reb UnionColI, LLB U Cincinnati, PhB, AM U Chicago;honorary degrees. - Reform rabbi, Zionist,Bronx; nat! council Am Jewish Cong; bd Nat!ConfChristians & Jews; active Urban League;prolific author onJewish subjects; WWIIchaplain. • See: EJ; A]YB, 70:525; WWWIA, 5;]TA-DNB, June 6 1968; Detroit]ewish News,June 7 1968; NYTimes, June 3 1968, 45: 1.

Shulman, Frederick; b. Brooklyn, Mar 221905.

LLB NY Law. - Lawyer, Socialist Party ldr,NYC; faculty Rand School of Social Science;nat! exec com Workmen's Circle. - See:WWIA],1938.

Shulman, Harry; b. Russia, Sep 21 1882.To Chicago 1905. - Merchant, civic &communalldr, Iowa City; chr CommunityChest, Heb School Bd of Education; activeDemocratic politics. - See: WWIA], -193 8.

Shuhnan, Harry; b. Krugloye, Russia, Mar14 1903; d. Mar 20 1955.

To US 1912. - AB Brown, LLB,JSD Harvard;honorary degree. - Lawyer, clerk to JusticeBrandeis, labor arbiter; dean, faculty Yale Law;special counsel US Railroad Retirement Bd;author in field. - See: E]; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 21 1955,25:1.

Shulman, Harry Manuel; b. Chicago, Oct161899.

PhB U Chicago, post-grad Columbia. ­Consult psychologist,- criminologist, NYC;assocd State Crime Commn, NYC Dept ofCorrection; resident dir Hawthorne CedarKnolls School; officer professional orgs; authorin field; WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Shulman, Hennan; b. Rumania, 1897; d.Stamford, CT,July 23 1945.

To US 1903. - Lawyer, Zionist ldr, NYC; chradm com Am Zionist Emergency Council. ­See:A]YB, 48:500; NYTimes, July 241945,23:2.

Shulman, Kenneth; b. Worcester, Sep 61928; d. Mar 23 1981.

Clark U, MD Washington U. ­Neurosurgeon, Bronx; faculty NYU, U PA,Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; military service. ­See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar 25 1981.

Shulman, Max; b. Libau, Latvia, Dec 221885; d. Dec 12 1937.

Jewish Training School, Chicago BusinessColI, LLB, LLMJohnMarshall. - Lawyer,banker, Chicago; officer Zionist Org ofAm; anorgr Federated OrthodoxJewish Charities,Heb Inst. - See:A]YB, 40:391; WWIA], 1926,1928; BEOAj.

Shuhnan,MorrisJulius;b.NYC, Dec 241903.

BS, CE, MBA NYU. - Engineer, accountant,NYC, Glendale, NY; city official, MiddleVillage, LI; with county Dept of Public Works:officer synagog. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Shulman, Sadie Lipner (Mrs CharlesShulman); b. NYC, Sep 141891.

LLB Boston U. - Lawyer, municipal judge,Boston; officer MA Women Lawyers Assn,YM-YWHA; active MA Council ofWomen,Republican politics. - See: WWIA], 1928;BEOA].

Shulman, Victor (pseud of Israel HayyimShadovsky); b. near Kovno, 1876; d.1951.

To NY 1941. - Bund orgr, journalist, Russia,

592

US; exiled to Siberia, helped organize escapeincluding Trotsky. - See: EJ.

Shultz, Albert; b. Poughkeepsie, July 91867; d. before 1938.

Bookstore owner, civic & communal worker,Staunton, VA; mem Zoning Commn, Bd ofZoning Appeals; officer Bd ofTrade, synagog,Red Cross; bd Legal Aid, Community WelfareLeague. - See: WWIA], 1928.

Shultz, Lillie; b. Philadelphia, 1904;d.NYC, Apr 14 1981.

Journalist, communal worker, NYC; editorialbd The Nation; fdr Kenmore Assocs (publicrelations for Israel); with Am Jewish Cong; dirboycott against Nazi Germany. - See: A]YB,83:363.

Shulvass (Szulwas), Moses Avigdor; b.Plonsk, Poland, 1909.

To Israel 1938, to US 1948. - Scholar,Chicago; faculty ColI ofJudaic Studies; authorhistory ofItalianJewry. - See: E].

Shumacker, Harris B Jr; b. Laurel, MS,May 20 1908.

BS U Chattanooga, MA Vanderbuilt, MDJohns Hopkins. - Surgeon, New Haven; authorin field. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Shuman, Abraham; b. Prussia, May 311838/1839; d. June 26 1918.

To US as child. - Honorary degree. ­Merchant, philanthropist, Boston; fdr UnitedHeb Benevolent Assn; dir Benjamin FranklinFund. - See: ]E; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, June271918,11:6.

Shuman, Davis; b. Chudnov, Russia, Nov 51912; d. NYC, Aug 311966.

To US 1921. - Northeastern,Juilliard.­Noted trombonist, composer, NYC; facultyJuilliard, Columbia; many compositions arededicated to him. - See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,Sep 11966,35:1.

Shumlin, Hennan E; b. Atwood, CO, Dec 61898; d.June 141979.

Theatrical producer & director, NYC; Tonywinner. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,7.

Shumsky, Oskar; b. Philadelphia, Mar 231917.

Curtis. - Conc~rt violinist, Philadelphia; NYCdebut 1934. - See: BEOA].

Shunfenthal, Chaim; b. 1884; d. NYC, Dec61953.

Rabbi, NYC; faculty RIETS, Yeshiva U. - See:A]YB, 56:572; NYTimes, Dec 11 1953, 31:2.

Shure, Arnold I; b. Chicago, Aug 5 1906.PhB, JD U Chicago. - Lawyer, Chicago;officer German Students ReliefFund,JewishStudents Scholarship Fund; dir Young MensJewish Charities. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Shushan, Abraham L; b. Reserve, LA, Jan12 1894.

Soule Community ColI (New Orleans). ­Merchant, civic ldr, New Orleans; mem Bd ofLevee Commrs, City Planning & Zoning

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Commn; dir Touro Infirmary, YMHA; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Shuster, George; b. ca 1891; d. NYC, Apr251941.

Communal worker, NYC; exec officer UnitedHome for Aged Hebrews (New Rochelle);officer Natl Heb Orphan Asylum. • See: A]YB,43:364.

Shustennan, Abraham; b. Altoona, PA, Dec221906.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Tulsa, Baltimore; officer TulsaMaternal Health League. • See: WWIA],1938.

Shuval, Judith Tannenbaum; b. NYC, 1926.To Israel 1949. • Hunter, PhD Harvard, BHLJTS. • Sociologist; faculty Heb U; advisor onimmigrants UNESCO; author in field. • See:E]:1973-1982.

Shwartzman, Gregory; b. Odessa, 1896; d.July 1965.

MD U Brussels. • Bacteriologist, NYC; facultyNY Homeopathic Med ColI; author in field. •See: UJE; NITimes, July 24 1965, 21 :4.

Shwarz,lIennan;b.ca1848;d.Napa,~

May211913.Merchant, Napa, CA.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Shwayder, David; b. Denver.Philosopher; faculty U CA (Berkeley). • See:Denver Post story, Aug 27 1967.

Shwayder, Jesse; b. Black lIawk, CO, Mar261882; d. Denver, July 1970.

Fdr, Samsonite Luggage Corp, Denver; civic &philanthropic worker. • See: NITimes, July 251970,23:4.

Siccary (Sequeira), John de; b. 1712; d.1795.

Pioneer VA physician, early 18th century. •See: UJE; BDEAJ; AJA, 23:198.

Sichel, lIerbert lIirsch; b. Portland, OR,Sep 11888.

Amherst ColI. • Merchant, Portland, OR; natlofficer Natl Assn of Retail Clothiers; officerAm Legion; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Sichel, Sigmund; b. Biitthard, Bavaria, Dec161857; d. Dec 1917.

Civic ldr, legislator, Portland, OR; exec bdCity of Portland; officer First Heb BenevolentAssn, B'nai B'rith.· See:AJYB, 7(1905­1906):102-103,20(1918-1919):230.

Sichelman, Jack; b. NYC, June 15 1889.Woods ColI. • Sales mgr, NYC; with Siegel­Cooper Co, Fox Film Co. • See: WWIA],1938.

Sicher, Dudley David; b. NYC, Apr 131876; d. NYC, Dec 291939.

Columbia. • Textile mfr, communalldr,philanthropist, NYC; fdr Sicher School forImmigrants; pres Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies; advisor Natl Labor Relations

Bd,Joint Distribution Com. • See: UJE; AJYB,42:484; WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Dec 301939,15:1.

Sicher, Florine lIaas (Mrs Dudley Sicher);b. ca 1883; d.June 30 1938.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,40:391; NITimes, July 11938,19:3.

Sicher, Samuel; b. ca 1883; d.Jan 11940.Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,42:484; NITimes, Jan 2 1940, 19:4.

Sicher, William; b.*; d. St Louis, Feb 261913.

Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB,15(1913-1914):274.

Sickles, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Oct 181864.

AB, MA Central High School (philadelphia),U PA. • Wholesale jeweler, Philadelphia;officer professional assns, synagog. • See:BEOAJ.

Sideman, Sidney; b. Chicago, May 1 1904.BS, MD U IL. • Orthopedic surgeon, Chicago;faculty Northwestern. • See: BEOA].

Sidenberg, Albert; b. ca 1864; d.Philadelphia, Oct 291917.

Rabbi, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 20(1918­1919):230.

Sidenberg, Mrs lIenry; b. ca 1847; d. Jan 21936.

Communal worker, NYc. • See: AJYB,38:435.

Sidenberg, William Richard; b. NYC, June13 1881; d. Feb 1961.

AB Yale. • Import-export, realty exec, NYC;mem County GrandJury. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Feb 20 1961,27:1.

Sidis, Boris; b. Kiev, Oct 12 1867; d.Portmouth, NIl, Oct 241923.

AB, AM, MD, PhD Harvard. • Psychologist,psychopathologist, NYC, Portsmouth, NH; fdrSidis Psychotherapeutic Inst; author in field. •See: UJE;A]YB, 24:203; 26:157; WWWIA, 1;DAB; NITimes, Oct 25 1923, 19:6.

Sidis, William James; b. NYC, ca 1898; d.Boston, July 17 1944.

Harvard. • Mathematician; child prodigy. •See:A]YB, 47:532; NITimes, July 181944,21:4.

Sidman, Alexander Thompson; b. Ukraine,Oct 3 1904.

To US 1913. • AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,Houston; counsel, officer United JewishWelfare Agencies; exec com JewishCommunity Council. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sidney, George; b. lIungary, ca 1877; d.lIollywood, CA, Apr 1945.

Vaudeville, stage & screen actor, NYC,Hollywood; "Potash & Perlmutter." • See:AJYB, 24:203; NITimes, Apr 301945,19:2.

Sidney, Sylvia (born Sophia Koskow); b.NYC, Aug 8 1910.

Siegel, David Tevel

Theatre Guild School. • Stage & screenactress, Los Angeles. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,1938.

Siedenbach, lIenry; b. ca 1836; d.Philadelphia, Apr 1916.

Financier, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 18(1916­1917):110.

Siedenbach, Meyer; b. ca 1845; d.Marienbad, Gennany, July 22 1911.

Financier, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 14(1912­1913):123.

Siegal, Isaac (Isak); b. Rudabelka, Russia,May 25 1878/1879; d. Jersey City, July1976.

To NYC 1906.· Rabbi, Bayonne, Jersey City;officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis; Kashruthsupervisor. • See: WWIA], 1926; Gottlieb,297; NITimes, July 12 1976, II 2:5.

Siegal, Louis Jay; b. ca 1890; d. NYC, Sep1966.

MD NY Med ColI, Fordham Law. •Neuropsychiatrist, NYC; specialty: forensicmed; active med jurisprudence, bar assns;author in field; WWI service. • See: NITimes,Sep 27 1966,47:4.

Siegel, Alexander Bernard; b. NYC, Apr 131885; d.Jan 1954.

AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;trustee Tuskegee; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Jan 301954,17:3.

Siegel, Alvin Erdreich; b. Selma, AL, May191887.

AB U AL, MD Jefferson Med ColI. •Pediatrician, Macon, GA; faculty Temple U, UPA; author in field; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Siegel, Benjamin; b. ca 1860; d. Nov 111936.

Merchant, communal worker, Detroit. • See:AJYB,39:597.

Siegel, Benjamin; b. NYC, Nov 171897.Technical engineer, Washington DC; withprocurement division Treasury Dept; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Siegel, Benjamin (Bugsy); b. NYC, 1905; d.Beverly lIills, CA, 1947.

Criminal, racketeer; murdered. • See: EJ;Cincinnati Post, Jan 3 1961.

Siegel, Beth Levin (Mrs Julius Siegel); b.Kansas City, Oct 9 1892.

Chicago Music ColI. • Pianist, communalworker, NYC; dir New School ofMusic; a fdrGodmothers League Day & Night Shelter forBabies; active liberal causes, CommunityChurch. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Siegel, David Porter; b. NYC, Sep 161895;d.June 17 1958.

Lawyer, asst US district atty, NY. • See:WWWL4, 3; NITimes, June 19 1958,31:6.

Siegel, David Tevel; b. Chicago, Jan 111896; d. Mar 8 1957.

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IL Inst ofTechnology. • Mfr; fdr Ohmite MfgCo; trustee IL Inst ofTechnology; WWIservice. • See: WWU7IA, 3.

Siegel, Eli; b. Dvinsk, Aug 161902; d. Nov81978.

To US 1905.· Poet, author, NYC; fdrAesthetic Realism. • See: "WWWIA, 7; NITimes,Nov 10 1978, II 7:5.

Siegel, F L; b.*; d. Denver, Feb 14 1913.Financier, Denver. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Siegel, Henry; b. Eubigheim, Germany,Mar 171852.

To US 1867. • Merchant, Chicago, NYC; deptstore fdr, owner. • See: ]E; A]YB, 6(1904­1905):186-87.

Siegel, Irwin; b. Cleveland, Sep 13 1924; d.Feb 281970.

MD Western Reserve. • Physician,government med officer, Washington DC;with Food & Drug Adm, Natl Inst ofMentalHealth; military service. • See: "WWWIA, 5.

Siegel, Isaac; b. NYC, Apr 12 1880; d.NYC,June 291947.

LLB NYU. • Congressman, lawyer, domesticrelations court judge, NYC; officerJewishEducation Assn; active J ewish Welfare Board,Republican politics; fought immigrationrestriction. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:203, 50:523;WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,2; NITimes, June 301947,38:4.

Siegel, Isador;b. ca 1861; d. Newark, Apr13 1913.

Merchant, Newark. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Siegel, Jacob; b. Warsaw, Feb 13 1889.U Chicago. • Newspaperman, editor, Chicago;managing editor Fonoard (Chicago); activelabor movement, communal orgs. • See:BEOA].

Siegel, Joshua; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 211910.To US ca 1883. • Rabbi, NYC. - See:AJYB,12(1910-1911):110; Eisenstadt, 74.

Siegel, Julius L; b. Wiznitz, Bukovina, Dec191897; d. Indianapolis, Oct 141942.

To US 1910. - Ordained RIETS, NYU, MAYale, Dropsie, PhD U Chicago. - Rabbi,author, Chicago, Gary, IN; natl officerHistadruth Ivrit; instructor U Chicago, ColI ofJewish Studies. • See:AJYB, 45:394; WWIAJ,1926,1938.

Siegel, Keeve Milton; b. NYC,Jan 91923;d. Mar 141975.

Rensselaer Polytech. -Physicist; faculty U MI;scientific advisory bd US Air Force; consult USArmy, NASA; trustee Rensselaer Polytech. •See: "WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Mar 15 1975,30:5.

Seigel, Lester; b. Chicago, 1893; d. June 91971.

Cornell. - Corp exec, Kansas City; chrHarzfelds Inc. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Siegel, Lou G; b. Rumania, 1893?; d. NYC,May 161965.

Kosher restaurateur, NYC; fdr, bd B'nai B'rith.• See:AJYB, 67:542; NITimes, May 181965,39:4.

Siegel, Matt; b. ca 1872; d.Jan 71937.Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Fargo, ND. - See:AJYB, 39:597.

Siegel (Siegal), Morris Ely; b. Odessa, July22 1884; d. Mill Valley, CA,June 1974.

To US 1890. - BS CCNY,MA, EdM,Columbia. - Educator, NYC; orgrcontinuation school system; dir evening,continuing, adult & vocational education;officer Boy Scouts, professional orgs, synagog.- See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June 281974,36:4.

Siegel, Mrs Jacob; b. ca 1879; d. Liberty,NY, Sep 20 1933.

Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC. ­See: A]YB, 36:286.

Siegel, MurrayJ; b. NYC, July 18 1914; d.Tenafly, NJ, Sep 1971.

Merchandise & retail exec, NYC; benefactorCity ofHope. - See: NITimes, Sep 23 1971,38:3.

Siegel, Myer; b. ca 1866; d. May 25 1934.Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Los Angeles. ­See: AJYB, 36:286.

Siegel, Samuel H; b. Vilkovishki, Lithuania,Apr 25 1886; d. Edison, NJ, Oct 6 1977.

To US 1904. - Author, artist, communalldr,New Brunswick, N]; co-orgr Workmen'sCircle (Poland); seey Yiddish Workmen'sCircle; editor The Banner. - See: AJYB, 79:373.

Siegel, Samuel S; b. Usda, Minsk, June 101893.

To US 1913. - Rabbi, Chicago; orgr ZionistOrg ofAm, Jewish Community Center; editor,publisher The Trumpet; exec seey HebTheological ColI. - See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Siegel, Seymour; b. Chicago, 1927.U Chicago, Heb Theological ColI, PhD,ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, neo-Conservative ldr,NYC; authority on Jewish ethics; facultyJTS;supporter civil rights, anti-Vietnam; advisor,prayer ldr presidents Nixon, Reagan; allowedwomen in minyan, ordination. - See: E]:1973­1982.

Siegel, Seymour Nathaniel; b. NYC, July 291908; d.July 151978.

U PA, LLD Columbia; honorary degree. •Statistician, broadcasting exec, NYC; dir CivilDefense Communications; chr InternatlBroadcasting Service. - See: WWWIA, 7;NITimes,July 161978,28:1.

Siegel, Sol C; b. NYC, ca 1903; d. LosAngeles, Dec 1982.

Motion picture exec, Los Angeles; head ofproduction MGM. - See: NITimes, Dec 311982.

Siegel, William; b. Lithuania, 1893; d.NYC, May 23 1966.

594

To US 1906. • Yiddish playwright, NYC; over150 plays performed; The Drunkard. - See:A]YB, 68:533; NITimes, May 241966,43:6.

Siegelstein, Bennett E; b.Jassy, Dec 251880; d. Oct 1974.

To US 1883. - CCNY, LLB, LLM NYU. •Lawyer, legislator, communalldr, NYC; execdir Childrens Welfare Bd; natl bd YoungJudea; officer Rumanian Fedn ofJews in Am,Canada & Cuba; dir Soc for Advancement ofJudaism. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938;BEOA];NYTimes, Oct281974, 34:5.

Siegelstein, Pierre A; b. ca 1870; d. nearMiddletown, NY, Aug 9 1922.

Physician, commuilal worker, NYC; pres AmUnion of Rumanian Jews. - See:AJYB, 25:141;NITimes, Aug 10 1922, 11:6.

Siegler, Joseph; b. Newark, Sep 6 1889; d.Newark, May 1957.

LLB NYU. - Lawyer, legislator, juvenile &domestic relations court judge, chancery courtcommr, Newark; officer Am Jewish Cong;trustee YM-YWHA, Natl Probation Assn;active Democratic politics. - See: WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, May 18 1957, 19:6.

Siegler, Maurice; b. NYC, Mar 7 1896.Art Students League, PAAcademyofFineArts, BS GA Tech. • Artist, architect, Atlanta;faculty GA Tech; WWI service. - See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].

Siegler, Samuel Lewis; b. Nov 11 1894; d.LI, Sep 1953.

MD Fordham. - Obstetrician, gynecologist,Brooklyn; officer professional assns; author/lecturer/film maker in field; WWI service. ­See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Sep 161953,33:5.

Siegmeister, Elie; b. NYC,Jan 15 1909.AB Columbia, Juilliard. - Composer,conductor, author, NYC; fdr Am BalladSingers; instructor Brooklyn ColI, Hofstra;interested in US folk music. • See: UJE; EJ;WWIAJ,1938.

Siegmeister, Isaac; b. Minsk, Dec 8 1885; d.Feb 1967.

To NYC 1892. - LLB Brooklyn Law.·Lawyer, Brooklyn; officer Unity Civic League;active Am Jewish Congo - See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 111967,29:3.

Sievers, Edward Faville; b. St Louis, Feb 11895.

Brown, BS, MD St Louis U. - Physician, StLouis; author in field; WWI service.- See:WWIAJ,1938.

Sievers, Samuel I; b. St Louis, Oct 22 1887.LLB St Louis U. - Lawyer, St Louis; an orgrCouncil ofJewish Orgns on Americanization;officer Boy Scouts, B'nai B'rith, Anti­Defamation League; bd YMHA. - See:WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Sieroty, Adolph; b. Poland, ca 1876; d. Mar11937.

To CA ca 1892. - Retail merchant, Zionist,

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communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,39:597; NITimes, Mar 3 1937,23:4.

Sieroty, Bertha (Mrs Adolph Sieroty); b.*;«t. Los Angeles, Sep 24 1944.

Communal worker, Los Angeles; orgrHadassah; active]ewish welfare. • See: AJYB,47:532.

Siesel, Sidney M; b. Macon, GA, ca 1889; d.Milwaukee, Sep 15 1946.

BIdr, communalldr; active charitable orgs. •See:AJYB, 49:618.

Siet, Solomon; b. ca 1862; d. Brooklyn, May171937.

Clothing mfr, communal worker, Brooklyn; afdr Heb Free Burial Soc. • See: AJYB, 39:597;NITimes, May 181937,23:2.

Siff, Henry; b. Kovno, Aug 20 1863; d.Brooklyn, June 19 1939.

U Berlin, MD NYU. • Physician in "slumdistricts ofNYC," Brooklyn; poet, author ofshort stories; active chess player. • See: AJYB,41:431; WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; NITimes,June21 1939,23:5.

Sigal, Phillip; b. Toronto, Feb 241927; d.Grand Rapids, July 6 1985.

To US 1943. • Yeshiva U, Columbia,JTS,PhD U Pittsburgh; honorary degree. • Rabbi,Grand Rapids, earlier NJ, Pittsburgh; fdr NJGuidance Center; active human relations, civilrights; authorin field. • See:AJYB, 87:443.

Sigismund, James Mordaunt; b. 1836; d.NYC, Sep 241913.

Surgeon, Civil War veteran, NYc. • See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):166.

Sigman, Jules Israel; b. Crakow, Apr 71904.

U Strasbourg, Columbia. • Industrial banker,business exec, Los Angeles; trustee Jacob &Fanny Sigman Found; dir Hillel Heb Academy,High School. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Sigman, Morris; b. Cotesh, Bessarabia, May15 1881; d. Storm Lake, JA,July 1931.

To NYC 1903. • Labor ldr; officer ILGWU;affiliated for short time with IndustrialWorkers of the World. • See: EJ; AJYB,34:112; DAB; Fink, 331-32; NITimes,]uly 211931,21:1.

Sigmund, BenjaminJ; b. Kalisz, Poland,Feb 22 1886; d. Aug 1956.

CCNY, CE Columbia.· Civil engineer,Philadelphia, Atlantic City; active charityfundraising. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;NITimes, Sep 11956, 15:4.

Signer, Isador; b. Neamtz, Russia, Jan 291900; d. Brooklyn, Jan 81953.

To US 1917 from Canada. • Ordained JTS,AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Rabbi, Brooklyn,earlier Somerville, MA, Bethlehem, PA; faculty]TS; exec com Rabbinical Assembly ofAm. •See:AJYB, 55:459; WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes,Jan 91953,21:2.

Silber, Mendel; b. Wtlkomir, Lithuania,Dec 10 1882; d. 1963.

To US 1900. • AB U Cincinnati, ordainedHeb Union ColI, MD Physicians & SurgeonsColI (St Louis), PhD U Denver. • Rabbi,author, New Orleans, earlier St Louis,Albuquerque; faculty U NM; editor The JewishLedger; dir Fedil ofJewish Charities. • See:UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):223-24; WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938; CCARYB.

Silber, Mordecai Solomon; b. ca 1862; d.Minneapolis, Mar 171925.

Rabbi, Minneapolis. • See:AJYB, 27:151.

Silber, Saul; b. Dvinsk, Mar 15 1881; d.Chicago, Sep 1 1946.

To US 1900. • Rabbi, Chicago; a fdr, pres HebTheological ColI; nat! officer Central ReliefCom, Mizrachi; officer Union of OrthodoxCongregations; exec com Orthodox RabbinicalCouncil.· See:AJYB, 49:618; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; NITimes, Sep 2 1946, 17:6.

Silber, SidneyJoachim; b. Waupun, WI,Mar 91881.

U Berlin, U Vienna, MusD Sherwood MusicSchool. • Pianist, educator, Chicago; deanSherwood Music School; trustee TheodorePresser Memorial Fund. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silberberg, David; b. ca 1850; d.Strasbourg, May 281914.

Merchant, NYc.. See:AJYB, 16(1914­1915):166.

Silberberg, Max; b. Bromberg, Prussia, Sep211943; d. Mar 11920.

To US 1859. • OH legislator, businessman;officer Grand Army of the Republic, tradeassns; Civil War veteran. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):187,22:168.

Silberberg, Mendel B; b. Los Angeles, Nov22 1886; d. Beverly Hills, June 27 1965.

USC, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, business exec,civic & communalldr, Los Angeles; memBeverly Hills City Council; pres JewishCommunity Council; a fdr CommunityRelations Com; active Republican politics. •See: EJ; AJYB, 67:542-43; WWWIA, 4;NITimes, June 301965,37:1.

Silberfeld, Julius; b. Oswiecim, Austria,Mar 51876; d. Newark, Dec 261957.

CCNY. • Rabbi, Newark, earlier Pittsburgh;author prayer books. • See: AJYB, 5(1903­1904):99,60:357; WWIAJ, 1926,1938;NITimes, Dec 27 1957, 19:3.

Silberglied, Robert E; b. Brooklyn, ca 1947;d. Washington DC, Jan 1982.

MS Cornell, PhD Harvard. • Researchentomologist, Washington DC; withSmithsonian; faculty Harvard. • See: NITimes,Jan 61982.

Silberman, Abris; b. ca 1896; d. NYC, Dec1968.

To US 1928. • U Budapest. • Owner noted artgallery, NYC; active charities, art education. •See: NYTimes, Dec 24 1968,20:1.

Silberman, Albert; b. ca 1868; d.June 91939.

Silbermann, Jesse

Mfr, communal worker, Cleveland. • See:AJYB, 41:431.

Silberman, Alfred M; b. NYC, 1890; d.NYC, Dec 21 1948.

Business exec, Hartford; with ConsolidatedCigar Corp. • See: WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Dec22 1948,23:4.

Silberman, Barnet; b. Poland, 1852.Rabbi, NYC, earlier Poland; active communalwork.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):99.

Silberman, Hyman; b. Grodno, Oct 11955.Rabbi, Waterbury, CT, earlier Cincinnati. •See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):99.

Silberman, Israel; b. Radymno, Poland,May 2 1887; d. Beechhurst, LI, Mar 231970.

To US 1909. • Business exec, communalldr,LI City, NYC; officer United SynagogUe ofAm, Herzliah Heb Academy, JewishSettlement House of East Side; council memJTS.· See:AJYB, 72:545; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Mar 26 1970,47:3.

Silberman, MarvinJ; b. NYC, 1913; d. VA,Oct 301959.

Chr, Consolidated Cigar Corp, NYC; officerNY Fedn of Reform Synagogues; bd HebUnion ColI-Jewish Inst of Religion. • See:AJYB, 62:452; WWWIA,4.

Silberman, Max; b. Linkeva, Kovno, Mar 161971.

Exec, Philadelphia; chrJoint DistributionCom, United Palestine Appeal drives; officersynagog; trustee Yeshiva ColI. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Silberman, Morton; b. Brooklyn, 1924; d.Washington DC, Feb 281984.

U PA. • Businessman, communalldr; pres EastCoast Supply Corp, Greater MiamiJewishFedn; bd Council ofJewish Fedns. • See:AJYB, 86:443.

Silberman, Samuel Joshua; b. NYC, Apr 171915.

Harvard. • Exec, Consolidated Cigar Corp,philanthropist; benefactor Hunter ColI Schoolof Social Work. • See: NYTimes story, Sep 241964.

Silberman, Saul; b. ca 1896; d. Miami, Feb1971.

oWner, Cleveland Browns football team,Tropical Park Race Track. • See: NYTimes,Feb 20 1971,30:4.

Silberman, Simon R; b.Bivolari, Rumania,1860.

To US 1888. • Philanthropist, NYC; orgr FirstRumanian Congregation; dir UnitedRumanianJews ofAm, Pride ofJudea OrphanAsylum. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Silbermann, Jesse; b. NYC, June 30 1877;d. NYC, May 1947.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, municipaljudge, Bronx; worked for separate BronxCounty; active Democratic politics. • See:WWIAJ,1928;NYTimes,May181947,60:1.

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Silberschlag, Eisig; b. Metri, Galicia, Jan 81903.

AB CCNY, PhD U Vienna. • Heb poet, critic,author; dean, 'faculty Heb Tchrs ColI (Boston);faculty U TX. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.

Silberstein, Adolph; b. ca 1834; d. NYC,Apr 15 1913.

Merchant, NYC. • See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Silberstein, Edward A; b. Duluth, Aug 31873.

U MN. • Exec, civic ldr, Duluth; mem CityCharter Commn, City Planning Commn; presAssocd Charities; orgr United]ewish SocialAgencies. • See: WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda).

Silberstein, Herman B; b. ca 1871; d. Apr261937.

Lyric composer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 39:597;NYTimes, Apr 281937,23:5.

Silberstein, Israel; b. ca 1866; d.July 311938.

Realtor, communal worker, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 41:431.

Silberstein, Ludwik.; b. Warsaw, May 171872; d. Rochester, NY,Jan 17 1948.

To US 1920. • U Heidelberg, U Cracow, PhDU Berlin. • Scientist, physicist, mathematician,Europe, Rochester, NY; faculty U Rome,Cornell, U Toronto, U Chicago; author infield. • See: UJE; AJYB, 50:523; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2;NYTimes,]an 18 1948,60:5.

Silberstein, Martin; b. Breslau, Mar 281864; d. before 1938.

Communal & civic worker, Davenport; officerBetty Adler Waterman Memorial Library,synagog; trustee Odd Fellows. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Silberstein, Max; b.*; d. San Francisco, Oct1921.

Rabbi, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 24:103.

Silberstein, Miron; b. Odessa, ca 1890; d.NYC,Aug 1969.

To US 1925. • MD U Munich. • Nat!Surgeon, Army & N avy Union, Veterans ofForeign Wars,]ewish Veterans of Am. • See:NYTimes, Aug 13 1969,47:3.

Silberstein, Murray L; h. NYC, Sep 2 1918;d. NYC, Sep 17 1968.

Harvard, Harvard Business School. •Economist, financial consult, broker, NYC; fdrAm Veterans Com; active Am]ewish Com,Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies, NAACP,Democratic politics; contributor to magazines;WWII service. • See: AJYB, 70:525; NYTimes,Sep 18 1968,47:3.

Silberstein, Solomon Joseph (Sholem); b.Kovno, Mar 10 1845/Jan 1 1846; d. May1919.

To US 1870s? • Poet, philosopher, rabbi,NYC. • See:JE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):187­88,21:207; Eisenstadt, 48.

Silbert, Benjamin; b. Gorki, Feb 12 1893; d.FL,1939.

To US 1910. • Chicago Art Inst, Paris, NYAcademy of Design, Cincinnati Academy ofArt. • Painter, etcher, watercolorist, NYC,France; WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,1928,1938.

Silbert, Coleman; b. Boston, Nov 11 1892.Harvard, LLB Harvard. • Legislator, lawyer,Boston; officer Assocd]ewish Charities,Zionist district, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938.

Silbert, Elizabeth (Mrs Jacob Silbert); b.Jassy, June 8 1881. .

Actress, Brooklyn; with Yiddish Art Theatre,Jewish Art Theatre, • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Silbert, Jacob; b. ca 1870; d. Apr 191937.Yiddish actor, NYc. • See: AJYB, 39:597;NYTimes, Apr 201937,25:5.

Silbert, Joseph H; b. Russia, Oct 23 1901.To Cleveland 1907. • Cleveland Law, LLBBaldwin-Wallace. • Lawyer, legislator,municipal judge, Zionist, Cleveland; memCounty Republican Exec Com; trusteeOrthodox]ewish Orphan Home. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Silbert, Lisa; b. Constantinople, 1885?; d.Miami, Nov 291965.

To US 1900. • Yiddish & English actress,stage, screen, radio, & television; a fdr YiddishArt Theatre. • See: AJYB, 67:543; NYTimes,Nov 301965,41:2.

Silbert, Samuel H; b. Ukraine, Apr 15 1882.To US ca 1888.· LLB, LLM Baldwin­Wallace. • Lawyer, municipal & commonpleas judge, Cleveland; faculty Cleveland Law;active B'nai B'rith. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938:

Silbert, Silvia F; b. NYC, Jan 311910; d.NYC, Nov 16 1977.

Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC; a fdrAlbert Einstein ColI ofMed; officer Anti­Defamation League Appeal; patron]ewishMuseum.· See:AJYB, 79:373; NYTimes, Nov18 1977, II 2:4.

Silberta, Rhea; b. Pocahontas, VA, Apr 191900; d. Dec 1959.

]uilliard. • Pianist, soprano, impresario, voiceinstructor, NYc. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 8 1959,45:3.

Silk, Leonard S; b.*UWI, PhD Duke U.· Economist,government advisor; mem Pres Commn onBudget Concepts; bd NYTimes. • See: NYTimesstory, Apr 20 1970.

SiIkiner (Silk), Benjamin Nahum; b. ViIkija,Lithuania, 1882/1888; d. NYC, Nov 61933/1934.

To US 1904.· LLB NYU.• ProminentHebpoet, educator, NYC; instructorJTS;translated Macbeth into Heb; used Am Indian&]ewish themes. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,36:286; WWIAJ, 1928.

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Sillman, Joseph; b. ca 1870; d. Detroit, Feb141919.

Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,21:207.

Sills, Arthur Jack; b. Brooklyn, Oct 191917; d. 1983.

Lawyer, state atty general, N]; officer Nat!Assn of Atty Generals; mem Nat! Council forResponsible Firearms Policy; advisory bdFederal Bar Assn; trustee Rabbinical ColI ofAm. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Sills, Beverly (born Belle Silverman); b.NYC, 1929.

Noted coloratura opera singer; general mgrNYC Opera Co. • See: EJ:1973-1982.

SiIner, Bertha (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d. Seattle,Nov211932.

Communal worker, Seattle. • See: AJYB,35:129.

Siltzbach, Louis Elliott; b. NYC, May 271906; d. Apr 22 1980.

CCNY, Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital,post-grad U Vienna. • Physician, NYC; facultyMt Sinai, CUNY; exec secy Internat! Com ofSarcoidosis; helped perfect skin test forsarcoidosis. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Silver, Abba Hillel; b. Neustadt,Schirwindt, Jan 28 1893; d. Cleveland,Nov 281963.

To US 1902. • AB U Cincinnati, ordainedHeb Union ColI; honorary degree. • NotedReform rabbi, Zionist & communalldr,Cleveland; pres Central Conf ofAm Rabbis;officer Union ofAm Heb Congregations; bdHeb Union Coll,]ewish P-qblication Soc, FednofJewish Charities, Bureau ofJewishEducation; chr Am Zionist EmergencyCouncil; prolific author on]ewish subjects. •See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 24:203, 65:437; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;AJHQ, 54:474-78;AJH, 69:66-78; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NatlJewish Post, Dec 201963; Cong Bi-Weekly, Feb10 1964;NYTimes, Nov291963, 1:1.

Silver, Ann Robbin; b. Harrisburg, PA, Feb9 1908; d. 1968.

Dickinson ColI, CCNY, Columbia, LLBBrooklyn Law. • Publicity agent, writer,journalist, NYC; orgr Ann R Silver Associates;co-orgr Clean City Commn. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTi111-es, Feb 4 1968, 80:7.

Silver, Benjamin; b. Kovno, 1853.Cantor, Chambersburg, PA, earlier Russia. •See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):99.

Silver, Charles A; b. NYC, May 31 1885; d.NYC, Dec 121963.

Realtor, NYC; a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; trustee Yeshiva U; active United]ewishAppeal, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:AJYB, 65:437; NYTimes, Dec 13 1963,36:5.

Silver, Charles Howard; b. NYClNyr,Rumania, Dec 51886/1887/1888; d.NYC, Aug 24 1984.

To US ca 1888. • CCNY; honorary degree. •General sales agent, civic & communalldr,NYC; pres Bd of Education; nat! exec bd Am

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Jewish Com; exec com Yeshiva CoIl; advisorUS delegation to UN Commn on HumanRights. • See:AJYB, 86:443; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Aug 26 1984.

Silver, David Louis; b. NYC, July 141907.AB CCNY, ordained Yeshiva CoIl. • Rabbi,Harrisburg, PA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silver, Edward Sholom; b. NYC, Nov 13/171898; d. NYC, Nov 271974.

BS CCNY, LLB Harvard. • Jurist, publicofficial, asst US atty, NYC; mem State Commnof Investigation; known for anti-racketeeringact; a fdr UnitedJewish Appeal; chr IsraelBond Org; officerJewish Community Council,Young Israel; WWII commr Alien EnemyHearing Bd. • See: EJ:1973-1982;AJYB,76:518; WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes, Nov281974,36:1.

Silver, Eliezer; b. Kovno province, Feb 151882; d. Cincinnati, Feb 8 1968.

To US 1907. • Rabbi, Orthodox ldr,Cincinnati, earlier Harrisburg, PA, Springfield,MA; officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis, EzrathTorah, Central Relief Com, Agudath Israel. •See: U]E; EJ; AJYB, 70:525; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; NITimes, Feb 9 1968,27:1.

Silver, Frank; b. Boston, ca 1902; d.Brooklyn, June 1960.

Songwriter, vaudeville orchestra ldr, NYC; co­composer "Yes, We Have No Bananas."· See:NYTimes, June 151960,41:2.

Silver, Harold M; b. Kliusi, Russia, May 181900;

To US 1913, to Israel 1963. • PhB U Chicago,Master of Social Service Grad School forJewish Social Workers. • Social work admr,Detroit; dirJewish Family & ChildrensService; instructor Wayne; exec bd Natl ConfofJewish Communal Services; fdr Natl Assn ofSocial Workers. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938.

Silver, Harry; b. ca 1877; d. Chicago, Jan 71935.

Auctioneer, Milwaukee; fire & police chief,Manila, PI; Spanish Am War veteran. • See:AJYB, 37:261.

Silver, Hennan; b.*; d. Los Angeles, Aug1913.

State bank commr, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):166.

Silver, Hennan; b. Rockaway Beach, NY,Aug 171903.

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, special asst state attygeneral, NYC; officer First Independent BikorCholem, synagog; dir YMHA. • See: REOAJ.

Silver, HymanJ; b. Tauroggen, Russia, Oct61860; d. Dec 10 1938.

Chief rabbi, Worcester.· See:AJYB, 7(1905­1906):124,41:431.

Silver,Joseph S; b. Russia, 1869.Exec, Hartford; dir UnitedJewish Charities. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silver, Max Arthur; b. Austria, Oct 12 1894.To US 1902.· AB UWA.· Merchant, Seattle;

officer Am Legion, trade orgs; bd SalvationArmy; dir synagog; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Silver, Maxwell; b. Neustadt, Lithuania, Jan11891; d. NYC, Oct 91966.

To US 1900/1901/1902.· CCNY, Columbia,U Cincinnati, Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,banker, author, Zionist, NYC; bd UnitedPalestine Appeal; co-fdr Dr Herzl Zion Club,Zionist youth soc. • See: AJYB, 68:533;WWWIA,4;JTA-DNB, Oct 111966;NITimes, Oct 10 1966, 41: 1.

Silver, Melvin Jacob; b. St Paul; Nov 121903.

U MN, LLB St Paul ColI of Law. • Lawyer, StPaul; mem Council of Social Agencies; officerYMCA, B'nai B'rith; bd Aleph Zadik Aleph. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silver, Milton; b. July 15 1892.Mfr, businessman, millowner, realtor, HighPoint, NC.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silver, Milton Liszt; b. NYC.Advertising agent, playwright, NYC; withMovie Weekly, Natl Screen Service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Silver, Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Feb 251915; d. Nov 5 1976.

Temple U, PhD MIT; honorary degree. •Physicist, engineer; with MIT, Naval ResearchLab; faculty U CA (Berkeley); dir ElectronicsResearch Lab, Space Sciences Lab; officerInternatl Science Radio Union. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Silver, Viola Gutmann (Mrs Max A Silver);b. Victoria, BC, July 6 1897.

To Seattle 1904.· UWA.· Communal &civic worker, Seattle; officerJewish WelfareSoc, Hadassah, Am Legion auxiliary; bd RedCross, Caroline Kline Galland Home for Aged.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverberg, E Myer; b. Russia, 1876.Painter, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:203.

Silverberg, Herbert Thibault; b. Brooklyn,May241904.

LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,arbitrator, Buffalo; officer State Fedn ofYs; dirJewish Fedn for Social Services; active AmArbitration Assn; contributor YearRook ofMotion Pictures. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ.

Silverberg, Lorence A; b. Sioux City, June191914; d. Sep 191980.

U MN. • Retail exec, Sioux City, Philadelphia,NYC; with S Klein Dept Stores; WWIIservice. • Se.e: WWWIA, 7.

Silverberg, Naftula Hirsch; b. Poland, ca1869; d. Rochester, NY,}uly 181945.

To US 1923. • Rabbi, communalldr. • See:AJYB, 48:500; NITimes, July 20 1945, 19:4.

Silverberg, Samuel; b. Brisk, Russia, 1887;d. Tucson, Jan 41976.

To US 1901.· MD Fordham.· Physician,pharmaceutical exec, Bronx; chrJewishSocialist Farband; pres Forward Assn; officer

Silvennan, Daniel S

Workmen's Circle; active Jewish Labor Com.• See: AJYB, 77:600; NYTimes, Jan 6 1975,30:4.

Silverberg, William V; b. NYC, ca 1897; d.White Plains, Oct 1967.

BA, MD Columbia, U Berlin. • Psychoanalyst,noted tchr, NYC, Washington DC; co-fdrAssn for Advancement of Pyschoanalysis; a fdr,pres Academy of Psychoanalysis; author infield. • See: NITimes, Oct 12 1967,45:2.

Silverblatt, Bennett; b. Stachin, Poland, Jan181882.

To US 1892. • LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, natlZionist ldr, Lowell, MA; natl officer ZionistOrg ofAm; dir Gan Chaim Corp; foughtimmigration restriction, for BalfourDeclaration recognition. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverblatt, Jacob; b. Manchester, England,July41877.

To US 1897· Merchant, communalldr,Pittston, Wilkes-Barre; officer AmJewishCom, Heb Inst, B'nai B'rith, synagog. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ.

Silvennan, Abraham Benjamin; b. Volhynia,Mar281877.

To US 1904.· PAColl of Optics. •Optometrist, Atlantic City; assocd NJ MotorVehicle Dept; officer Heb Sheltering Home,Vaad Hakashruth; dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silvennan, Abraham Clement; b. Kovno,Mar 9 1889; d. Oct 1970.

To Syracuse 1902. • BS, MS, MD Syracuse U.• Pediatrician, Syracuse; with Health Dept, USPublic Health Service; trustee Jewish Fresh AirCamp; author in field; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes,Oct 27 1970,48:4.

Silvennan, Alexander; b. Pittsburgh, May 21881; d. Dec 16 1962.

AB Cornell, MS, PhB U Pittsburgh; honorarydegrees. • Chemist, Pittsburgh; faculty UPittsburgh; specialty: glass; US delegateInternatl Union of Chemistry; author in field.• See: U]E; AJYB, 24:203; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; REOAJ; WWWIA, 4.

Silvennan, Archibald; b. Zinkoff, Russia,Mar 51880; d. Providence, Sep 141966.

To US 1890. • Jewelry mfr, business exec,Providence; mem Industrial Commn, Commnon Employment Problems ofNegro; officerUnited Jewish Appeal, trade assn; dir HebImmigrant Aid Soc, Community Chest. • See:U]E (sub Silverman, Ida M); AJYB, 24:203,68:533-34; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; REOAJ;WWWIA,4.

Silvennan, Daniel; b. Montreal, June 241905.

BS U CA, D Sc MIT. • Engineer, Berkeley;faculty U CA (Berkeley). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silvennan, Daniel S; b. New Orleans, 1894.MD Tulane U. • Physician, gastroenterologist,New Orleans; faculty Tulane; made severalmed discoveries. • See: U]E.

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Silverman, David; b. Minneapolis, Apr 191903; d. Rochester, MN,July 1959.

Journalist, editor, Minneapolis Star; trusteeSafety Council; active interfaith relations. •See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, July 29 1959,29:2.-

Silverman, David Leo; b. Philadelphia, Dec191885.

Wharton. • Merchant, banker, Philadelphia. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Silverman, Edwin Hirsch; b. Philadelphia,Mar 26 1898; d. Apr 1951.

BS U PA. • Architect, Philadelphia; trusteeNat! Farm School, synagog; WWI service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 171951,23:3.

Silverman, Estelle L; b. NYC,Jan 241894;d. Star Lake, NY, Aug 4 1946.

AB Hunter. • Public school tchr, principal,NYC; officer professional assn. • See:AJYB,49:618; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 61946,25:2.

Silverman, Harry; b. Des Moines, Dec 251892.

LLB Drake. • Lawyer, asst state atty general,Omaha; officerJewish Community Center &Welfare Fund, synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverman, Henry P; b. Boumemouth,England, 1895.

Rabbi, Manchester, England, Elmira, NY,Jamaica, West Indies; contributor UJE. • See:UJE.

Silverman, Hyman; b. Boston, Mar 231895.

BCS Northeastern School of Commerce, UClaremont (France). • Accountant, Chelsea,MA; dir, auditor, treasurer Judaean CreditUnion; WWI service, decorated. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Silverman, Ida Marcia Camelhor (MrsArchibald S Silverman); b. Kovno, Oct 311882; d. Nov 1973.

To US 1883.· Communal & Zionist worker,fundraiser, Providence; officer War ReliefCampaigns, Zionist Org ofAm, Hadassah,Heb U Bldg Fund. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; REGAJ; NYTimes, Nov 16 1973,44:3.

Silverman, Irving; b. Boston, Dec 17 1912;d. Feb 5 1973.

AB, AM William & Mary; PhD U W A. •Educator, Radford, VA; dean, faculty RadfordCoIl; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 5.

Silverman, Isaac H; b. Pittsburgh, Apr 141862; d. Philadelphia, May 12 1941.

Public utilities exec, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia;trustee Nat! Farm School,]ewish Hospital(Philadelphia); WWI draft bd secy. • See:AJYB, 43:364; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; REGAJ;NITimes, May 13 1941, 23:6.

Silverman, Isaac Moses; b. ca 1871; d.Toledo, Apr 261934.

Rabbi, Toledo. • See: AJYB, 36:286.

Silverman, Joseph; b. Cincinnati, Aug 251860; d. NYC, July 26 1930.

AB U Cincinnati, DD, ordained Heb UnionColI. • Reform rabbi, Emanu-EI, NYC; presCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis, NY -Bd ofJewishMinisters; fdr Emanu-EI Brotherhood; officerInternat! Peace Forum; bd Heb Union CoIl;exec com NAACP; consulting editorJE;contributor periodicals & newspapers. • See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):99-100,24:203,33:128~ WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1;DAR; NITimes, July 27 1930,23:3.

Silverman, Leslie; b. Chicago, Apr 271914;d. Mar 4 1966.

U IL, Rutgers, Harvard. • Engineer; facultyHarvard; consult Defense Dept, US PublicHealth.Service; Atomic Energy Commndelegate to EURATOM; author in field. • See:WWWIA., 4; NYTimes, Mar 5 1966, 27:3.

Silverman, Louis Lazare (Lazarus); b.Kovno, Apr 21 1884.

AB Amherst CoIVHarvard?, MA, LLBHarvard, PhD U MO; honorary degree. •Mathematician, Hanover, NH; faculty Cornell,Dartmouth; chrJewish War Relief (Ithaca);with General Electric Co. • See: AJYB, 24:203;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REGAJ;WWWIA., 7.

Silverman, Martha M (Mrs); b. ca 1883; d.July 28 1938.

Social worker, communalldr, Boston. • See:AJYB, 41:431.

Silverman, Matthew; b. NYC, Feb 11908.Amherst ColI, Harvard, LLB Harvard. •Lawyer, NYC, Washington DC; with NewDeal agencies.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverman, Maurice; b.*Cantor, Salem, MA. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):224.

Silverman, Meyer Mordecai; b. Lithuania,1858?; d. Brooklyn, Oct 3 1954.

Rabbi; officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis;authority on rabbinciallaw. • See: AJYB,57:608; NYTimes, Oct 5 1954,27:3.

Silverman, Milton S; b. ca 1914; d. Munich,Feb 1962.

BA MA State, PhD IA State. • Biochemist,Bethesda; specialty: nutrition, metabolism; withUS Public Health Service, Nat! Inst Health. •See: NYTimes, Feb 6 1962, 32:6.

Silverman, Morris; b. Newburgh, NY, Nov14/191894; d. Hartford, Mar 3 1972.

AB OH State, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. •Rabbi, Conservative ldr, prayer book preparer,Hartford; faculty U CT; nat! bdRabbinicalAssembly ofAm, United Synagogue ofAm;officer Heb Jewish Fedn; bd JTS; author onJewish history. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;REGAJ; NYTimes, Mar 41972,30:2.

Silverman, Morris B; b. ca 1880; d. Haifa,Feb 281934.

Merchant, Zionist, communal worker, Boston.• See: AJYB, 36:286.

Silverman, Mortimer; b. Pittsburgh, Apr 111877.

Western U ofPA, BS MIT. • Electrical

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engineer, Boston; general mgr Central IALight & Power Co, various railroads, utilities.• See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REGAJ.

Silverman, Myron; b. Monongahela City,PA, Feb 271911; d. 1981.

U Pittsburgh, AB U Cincinnati, BH, ordainedHeb Union ColI. • Rabbi, Birmingham, AL;mem central com AL Conf on HumanRelations; honorary officer UnitedJewishFund, YMHA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.

Silverman, Oscar Ansell; b. Uniontown,PA, Feb 13 1903; d. Mar 261977.

UPA, MA U WI, AB, PhD Yale. • Englishliterature scholar, radio book reviewer, Buffalo;faculty SUNY (Buffalo); editor James JoyceEpiphanies. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Mar 30 1977, 1114:4.

Silverman, Philip; b. ca 1864; d. Pittsburgh,Mar 311920.

Rabbi, Pittsburgh. • See:AJYB, 22:168.

Silverman, Roslyn M (Mrs Herbert RSilverman); b. Brooklyn, Dec 301913; d.NYC, Dec 141965.

Civicldr, communal worker, NYC; presMuscular Dystrophy Assn; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies (Westchester). • See:AJYB, 67:543; NYTimes, Dec 15 1965,47:1.

Silverman, Samuel; b. ca 1861; d. RockIsland, IL, July 18 1920.

Rabbi, Rock Island, IL.· See:AJYB, 23:133.

Silverman, Samuel; b. Russia, Oct 15 1886.Communal worker, New Haven; pres synagog;chr Zionist district, Heb Inst. • See: WWIAJ,1928 (addenda).

Silverman, Samuel; b. Boston, May 7 1892.LLBBoston U. • Lawyer, legislator, Boston;mem state commn Port of Boston; counsel Cityof Boston; trustee Assocd JewishPhilanthropies. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverman, SamueIA;b. ca 1863;d.MianrlBeach, Jan 26 1944.

To US 1932.· Rabbi. • See:AJYB, 46:345.

Silverman, Samuel Joshua; b. Odessa, Sep251908.

To US ca 1913.· Columbia, Columbia Law.·Lawyer, NY state supreme court judge,linguist; active Reform Democrat politics. •See: NYTimes story, May 28 1960.

Silverman, Shirleigh; b. Baltimore, Jan 121907; d. Feb 9 1978.

Johns Hopkins, PhD Johns Hopkins. •Physicist; with Johns Hopkins, DuPont,Catholic U, Office of Naval Research, Nat!Bureau of Standards. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Silverman, Sidney Louis; b. NYC, Dec 111898.

Manlius School. • Editor, publisher, NYC;with Variety. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverman, Sime; b. Cortland, NY, May 181872/1873; d. Los Angeles, Sep 22 1933.

Fdr, editor, publisher, Variety; left 49% ofcompany to employees. • See: UJE; AJYB,

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36:286; WWWIA, 4; DAB; NYTimes, Sep 231933, 15:1.

Silverman, Simon; b. ca 1872; d. Columbus,OH, Oct 6 1934.

Hazzan, Columbus, OH.· See:AJYB, 37:261.

Silverman, Simon; b. NYC, ca 1906; d.Binghampton, NY, Oct 1985.

PhD Yeshiva U. • Educator, NYC; head Bd ofEducation Bureau of Child Guidance. • See:NYTimes, Oct 5 1985.

Silverman, Solomon; b. Skud, Lithuania,Sep 71874.

To US 1888.· Shirtmfr, Baltimore; presBaltimore Heb ColI; officerJewish Court ofArbitration; dir AssocdJewish Charities. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Silverman, William Maurice; b. Boston,Oct 211896; d. Nov 261981.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, legislator, justiceof peace, Republican Party ldr, Boston; exec dirBoston Coat & Suit Mfrs; officer CommercialLaw League ofAm, Union ofAm HebCongregations; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 8.

Silvermaster, Nathan G; b. Odessa, ca1899; d. Philadelphia, Oct 7 1964.

To US ca 1915.· UWA, PhD U CA(Berkeley). • Government economist, bldgexec; with CA Emergency Relief Adm, FederalResettlement Adm; accused of beingCommunist spy. • See: NYTimes, Oct 15 1964,39:2.

Silvers, Lewis Julian Gorman; b. NYC, Nov11895.

BS, MS, MD Cornell U. • Otolaryngologist,NYC; developer new techniques; pres NYPhysical Therapy Soc; mem.CommunityChurch, Ethical Culture Soc. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Silvers, Louis; b. Brooklyn, Sep 6 1889; d.Hollywood, CA, Mar 26 1954.

Composer, vaudeville, movies & Broadwaystage conductor, Oscar winner; created scorefor The Jazz Singer. • See: DAB, 5; NYTimes,Mar 281954,88:3.

Silvers, Phil; b.*; d. Los Angeles, 1985.Comedian, movie, television; Emmy winner. •See: EJ; EJ:1986-1987; NYTimes, Nov 2 1985.

Silvers, Sid; b. Brooklyn, Jan 11904.Actor, writer, Culver City, CA. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Silversmith, Joseph; b. NYC, Aug 8 1892; d.Denver, Feb 71954.

Insurance exec, communal & civic ldr; fdr, execNatl Insurance Co; pres NatlJewish Hospitalfor Consumptives. • See: AJYB, 56:572.

Silversmith, Julius;·b.*; d. Chicago, June 221904.

Newspaper publisher, writer, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):374.

Silverson, Harry; b. NYC, Jan 61910; d.NYC, Aug 4 1963.

Tax lawyer, NYC; advisor US Treasury Dept,IRS; patronJTS; active United Jewish Appeal,Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Yeshiva U. •See:AJYB, 65:437; NYTimes, Aug 5 1963,29:2.

Silversteen, Joseph Simpson; b. Sidlova,Lithuania, May 20 1879; d. Oct 1958.

To US 1888. • Woods ColI. • Tanner,lumberman, Brevard, NC; chr Red Cross,Federated Charities; WWI home guardservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 191958,87:2.

Silverstein, Abe; b. Terre Haute, IN, 1908.Mech Eng Rose Polytech. • Aeronauticalengineer; with Natl Advisory Com onAeronautics; dir space flightprograms NASA,NASA Lewis Research Center. • See: EJ;NYTimes story, Mar 12 1960.

Silverstein, Albert; b. Syracuse, Apr 181875.

BA Yale, MD Gross ColI ofMed (Denver). •Physician, surgeon, Denver; faculty U Denver,Gross ColI ofMed; Spanish-Am War service. •See: AJYB,. 6(1904-1905):188,24:203.

Silverstein, Elizabeth Blume (Mrs MaxSilverstein); b. Newark, Nov 2 1892.

LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, Newark; officer B'rithAbraham; delegate Am Jewish Cong, WorldJewish Cong, Natl Republican Convention. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverstein, Harry; b. Charleston, W VA,Jan 311894.

Steel co exec, Charleston, W VA; bd SalvationArmy; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverstein, Joseph Elliot; b. Rochester,NY, Aug 31 1896.

U Rochester. • Insurance agent, councilman,vice-mayor, Rochester, NY; officer AssocdHeb Charities, Jewish Home for Aged, HebFree Loan, B'nai B'rith; natl com YoungJudea;natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.

Silverstein, Louis; b. ca 1839; d. NewOrleans, Mar 23 1914.

Rabbi, New Orleans. • See: AJYB, 16(1914­1915):166.

Silverstein, Louis; b. Nasielsk, Poland, Oct13 1898.

To Buffalo 1923. • Poultry merchant, Buffalo;dir East Side Brotherhood Assn, Bureau ofJewish Education; chaplain WarsawerBenevolent Club. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEGAJ.

Silverstein, Max; b. NYC, Oct 2 1879; d.Newark, Aug 101955.

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; a fdr, natl officerAm Jewish Cong, B'rith Abraham; officerWorld Jewish Cong, United Palestine Appeal.• See:AJYB, 58:479; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Aug 11 1955,21:4.

Silverstein, Michael L; b. NYC, Mar 281881; d. Mt Vernon, NY, May 1964.

Police inspector, Mt Vernon, NY; active inpolitics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May201964,43:4.

Simon, Abraham

Silverstein, Reuben Brodsky; b. Brooklyn,Aug 171905.

NYU, MD NYU. • Physician, South OzonePark, NY.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Silverstein, Robert P; b~ Towanda, PA, Mar171890.

AB Cornell, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, citytreasurer, Scranton; solicitor Borough of OldForge; dirYMHA.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Silverstein, Samuel; b. ca 1856; d. Chicago,May 20 1942.

Rabbi, Chicago. • See: AJYB, 44:344.

Silverstone, Gedalia; b. Sakot, Kovno, 1872.Rabbi, Zionist, Washington DC, earlierBelfast; officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis;author talmudic commentaries. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928; BEGAJ.

Silvert, Kalman Hirsch; b. Bryn Mawr, Mar101921; d.June 15 1976.

U PA, PhD U PA; honorary degree. • Politicalscientist; specialty: Latin Am; faculty Tulane,NYU, Dartmouth; advisor Ford Found; authorin field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, June 16 1976,42:4.

Simkin, Meyer; b. Philadelphia, Dec 271905; d. Apr5 1976.

U PA, Curtis. • Violinist, Philadelphia; withPhiladelphia Orchestra. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Simmel, Ernst; b. Germany, ca 1882; d. LosAngeles, Nov 111947.

To US 1934. • Psychoanalyst; co-worker ofFreud; author in field. • See: AJYB, 50:523;NYTimes, Nov 13 1947, 27:2.

Simmonds, Lionel J; b. Brighton, England,July 22 1883/1884; d. White Plains, Nov12 1961.

To NYC 1889/1890.· BS CCNY, MA, MEColumbia. • Social work exec, NYC; exec dirHeb Orphan Asylum; officer Welfare Council,Dept of Public Works; dir Jewish ChildrensClearing Bureau; author on child care. • See:AJYB, 64:496; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 13 1961,31:1.

Simmons, Maurice; b. London, Mar 4 1878;d. Sep 1958.

To NYC 1881.· BS CCNY, LLB NYU.•Lawyer, NYC; natl officer Spanish-AmericanWar Veterans; mem Natl Citizens Com;officer Soc for the Protection of the GoodName of Immigrant Peoples; fought wearingof cross byJewish chaplains. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 161958,27:3.

Simon, Abe;b.*; d. Feb 81937.Zionist; communal worker, philanthropist,Memphis.· See:AJYB, 39:597.

Simon, Abraham; b. NYC, Sep 30 1909; d.Chicago, Aug 1977.

AB CCNY, ordainedJTS.· Rabbi,Middletown, NY, Chicago, earlier Albany, NY;chaplain NYC Reformatory; WWII chaplain. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 25 1977,IT 2:1.

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Simon, Abram; b. Nashville, July 14 1872;d. Washington DC, Dec 24 1938.

BL U Cincinnati, DHL, ordained Heb UnionColI, post-grad U NE, PhD GeorgeWashington. • Rabbi, author, WashingtonDC; pres Bd of Education, Central ConfAmRabbis; fdr Synagogue Council ofAm, NatlConf of Christians & Jews; bd Heb UnionColI, Jewish Chautauqua; non-Zionist memJewish Agency. • See: UJE; A]YB, 5(1903­1904):100,6(1904-1905):224,24:204,41:431;WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,1.

Simon, Arthur; b. Ebersheim, Gennany,May 211881; d. Milwaukee, Nov 1948.

To Milwaukee 1903. • EE U Darmstadt;honorary degree. • Electrical engineer, patentconsult, a designer of Panama Canal locks,Milwaukee; dir Mayors Advisory Council; presprofessional org; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov 6 1948,13:6.

Simon, Arthur S; b. Oct 22 1891.Food merchant, wholesale grocer, South Bend,IN; officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; dir ClevelandJewish Orphans Home. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Simon, Caroline Klein (Mrs LeopoldSimon); b. NYC.

Columbia, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, communaladmr, NYC; exec dir Natl Council ofJewishWomen; officer League ofWomen Voters;active Democratic Natl Com,Joint Com onRatification of Child Labor Amendment. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Simon, Carrie Obendorfer (Mrs AbramSimon); b. Uniontown, AL, Mar 5 1872;d. Washington DC, Mar 3 1961.

Communalldr, Washington DC; fdr Natl FedofTemple Sisterhoods; worked foradvancement ofJewish womanhood. • See:UJE; A]YB, 63:562; WWIA], 1926; NYTimes,Mar41961,23:5.

Simon, ChaimJehudah; b. ca 1892; d.Philadelphia, Apr 111937.

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 39:597;NYTimes, Apr 12 1937, 17:4.

Simon, Clara (Mrs); b.*; d. Sep 13 1938.Communal worker, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB,41:431.

Simon, David; b. ca 1879; d. Trenton, Jan 51942.

Rabbi, Trenton.· See:A]YB, 44:344.

Simon, Frank; b. Cincinnati, Nov 261889.Capitol ColI ofMusic (Columbus, OH);honorary degree. • Cornet soloist, bandmaster,Middletown, OH; asst conductor to JohnPhilip Sousa; mem Cincinnati SymphonyOrchestra; faculty Conservatory ofMusic(Cincinnati); officer professional org. • See:BEOA].

Simon, Franklin; b. NYC~ Feb 71865; d.NYC, Oct 4 1934.

Retail merchandiser, philanthropist, NYC;officer trade assns; bd Hospital for Joint

Diseases. • See: UJE;A]YB, 37:262; WWIA],1928; WWWIA., 1; NYTimes, Oct 51934,23:1.

Simon, FrederickM; b. Cincinnati, Feb 241886; d. Sep 71957.

AB Harvard. • Broker, St Louis. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA.,4.

Simon, George William; b. Berdiansk,Russia, Oct 6 1878.

To US 1904. • Baron de Hirsch AgriculturalSchool (Woodbine), CT State. •Agriculturalist, Chicago; worked with DavidLubin on Federal Land Bank Bill; surveyedUS/Canadian agricultural conditions; advisorJewish Agricultural Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Simon, Hannah (Mrs); b. ca 1845; d.Chicago,Jan 1933.

Communal worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,35:129.

Simon, Harry; b. ca 1874; d. OklahomaCity, Nov 23 1933.

Communal worker, St Louis. • See: A]YB,36:286.

Simon, Harry; b. Chicago, Mar 61887.LLB Kent ColI of Law. • Merchant,postmaster, Sanborn, WI; chr Boy Scouts;officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Simon, Heinrich; b. ca 1880; d. WashingtonDC, May 61941.

German journalist, music critic; an editorial dirFrankfurter Zeitung; co-fdr PalestinianSymphony Orchestra. • See:A]YB, 43:364.

Simon, Henry William; b. NYC, Oct 91901; d. NYC, Oct 11970.

MA, PhD Columbia, post-grad Oxford U. •Shakespearean scholar, music critic, NYC;faculty Columbia; music editor PM; execSimon & Schuster; author in field. • See: UJE;WWWIA., 5; NYTimes, Oct 3 1970,34:1,correction, Oct 6 1970,50:4.

Simon, Herbert Alexander; b. Milwaukee,1916.

Political scientist, Nobel laureate; authority onpublic administration; faculty Carnegie Inst;author in field. • See: E]; E]:1973-1982.

Simon, Hennan H; b.*; d. Minneapolis, Sep1946.

Rabbi, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB, 49:618.

Simon, Isaac Barney; b. Boston, Jan 131893.

BS MA Agricultural 'ColI, MIT, HarvardSchool of Public Health. • Physical educationtchr, Washington DC; dir summer camps;WWl service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Simon, Jacob; b. Suwalki, June 20 1860.Businessman, philanthropist, Los Angeles;officerJewish Home for Wayfarers; activeJewish philanthropy. • See: BEOA].

Simon, Jacob M; b. NYC, May 22 1889; d.Palm Beach, Jan 1971.

Bldr, NYC; exec Simon Bros; WWl service. •See: NYTimes, Jan 23 1971,33:1.

600

Simon, Jake B; b. Alsace, Apr 6 1866.Exec, Pine Bluff, AR; officer life insuranceassn; dir Chamber of Commerce, CommunityChest. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Simon, Joseph; b. ca 1712; d. Philadelphia,Jan 241804.

Pioneer Am merchant, land speculator, furtrader; in Lancaster, PA, 1732; helped developIL country; supplied Am armies in French &Indian War, Revolutionary War. • See: E];BDEA].

Simon, Joseph; b. ca 1824; d. New Orleans,June 14 1910.

Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 12(1910-1911):111.

Simon, Joseph; b. Bechtheim, Hesse, Feb 71851; d. Portland, OR, Feb 141935.

To US ca 1852, to Portland 1857. • Senator,lawyer, mayor, legislator, Portland, OR; memRepublican Natl Com. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,2(1900-1901):523,6(1904-1905):188,24:204,37:262; BEOA]; WWWIA., 1.

Simon, Joseph Alfred; b. Lock Haven, PA,May 11881.

Business colI. • Wholesale grocer, banker,legislator, Lock Haven, PA; mem city council,State Democratic Com; WWl asst foodadministrator. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Simon, Jules A; b. ca 1850; d. SanFrancisco, June 91910.

Physician, San Francisco. • See: A]YB,12(1910-1911):111.

Simon, Julian Edwin; b. Ft Worth, Sep 31901; d. Mar 61965.

LLB U TX, U CO. • Lawyer, Ft Worth;officer Salvation Army; honorary Hondurasconsul. • See: WWWIA., 4.

Simon, Julius; b. Mannheim, Oct 1875; d.NYC, Mar 22 1969.

To US 1921/1922. • Economist, pioneerZionist ldr, NYC; fdr Palestine EconomicCorp; mem Hadassah Emergency Com; bdJewish Colonial Trust (London); dir PalestineCooperative Co. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 71:609;WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar25 1969,56:1.

Simon, Leon Charles; b. New Orleans, Sep28 1876; d. Apr 13 1953.

Soule ColI (New Orleans). • Business exec,New Orleans; dir Federal Reserve Bank(Atlanta), N atl Chamber of Commerce; bdIsidore Newman Manual Training School,Tulane ColI of Commerce; officer JewishChildrens Home. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 3.

Simon, Leon Gilbert; b. NYC, Jan 15 1892;d. Greenville, SC, Feb 1953.

School ofMining Engineering, Columbia. •Tax expert, NYC; specialty: inheritance taxinsurance; author in field. • See: WWIA],1926;NYTimes, Feb 191953,23:1.

Simon, Ludwig; b. Washington, lA, Nov 121870.

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PhB IA State, MD Columbia, post-gradabroad. • Obstetrician, gynecologist, Chicago.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sin~.on, Mary Teitelbaum (Mrs WilliamSimon); b.1897?; d. Summit, NJ, Dec 311964.

Communalldr, Newark; pres Hadassah,United Jewish Appeal; officer Zionist Council;trustee Jewish Community Council. • See:AJYB, 67:543; NlTimes,Jan 3 1965,84:6.

Simon, Matthew; b. NYC, May 7 1921; d.NYC, Aug 1968.

BA, MA Brooklyn ColI, PhD Columbia. •Statistician, economist, NYC; faculty QueensColI; WWII service. • See: NlTimes, Aug 191968,37:1.

Simon, Maurice Waldorf; b. Rock Island,IL, May 13 1883.

BS U Chicago. • Merchant, Buffalo; officerJewish Fedn for Social Services. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Simon, Morris; b. Philadelphia, Mar 251887.

LLB, LLM Natl U. • Insurance broker,lawyer, Washington DC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Simon, Morris; b. Podu-lloie, Rumania,Nov 51892.

To US 1895. • Dept store owner, legislator,civic ldr, Dover, DE; pres Jewish Assn ofLower Delaware. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.

Simon, Neil; b. 1927.Popular Broadway, television & movieplaywright. • See: EJ:1973-1982.

Simon, Norton; b. Portland, OR, Feb 51907.

Industrialist, philanthropist, museum fdr, artcollector, Pasadena, CA. • See: EJ; WSJ story,Mar 41965; NlTimes story, Jan 13 1966.

Simon, Philip; b. NYC, ca 1888; d.Brooklyn, May 1961.

NYU, NY Law. • Lawyer, municipal judge,civic ldr, Zionist, NYC; trustee JewishCommunity House; active Democratic politics,Boy Scouts.· See: NlTimes, May 241961,.41:3.

Simon, Ralph; b. Newark, 1906.JTS. • Conservative rabbi, Chicago; presRabbinical Assn ofAm; officer Bd of Rabbis,IL Bd ofMental Health Commrs. • See: EJ.

Simon, Richard Leo; b. NYC, Mar 6 1899;d. North Stamford, CT,July 291960.

Columbia.· Publisher, NYC; co-fdr Simon &Schuster, Pocket Books; promoted how-to,puzzle & popular books; WWI service. • See:UJE (sub Simon, Henry W); WWWIA, 4;DAB, 6; NlTimes, July 30 1960, 17:2.

Simon, Robert A; b. Germany, 1897.Music critic, author, translator; with NewYorker. • See: UJE (sub Simon, Henry W).

Simon, Robert E; b. ca 1877; d. Sep 71935.Civic worker, philanthropist, NYc. • See:AJYB, 38:435.

Simon, Saling; b. NYC, June 5 1870.AB CCNY, MD Gross Med ColI (Denver),post-grad London, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg. •Physician, Denver; specialty: tuberculosis;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Simon, Sidney; b. Cleveland, Jan 20 1908.Cleveland School ofArt. • Communal admr,Cleveland, Bridgeport, CT; exec dir JewishCommunity Center; dir Educational AllianceBoys Work Council. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Simon, Sidney K; b. New Orleans, Aug 51878.

AB, MD Tulane, post-grad Germany, Austria.• Gastroenterologist, New Orleans; facultyTulane; active med socs; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Simon, Solomon; b. Russia, ca 1862; d.Milwaukee, Apr 201945.

To US 1907. • Rabbi, Milwaukee; Heb authoron religion. • See:AJYB, 47:532.

Simon, Solomon (Shlome); b. Kalinkovichi,Belorussia, July 41895; d. Miami, Nov 81970.

To US 1913. • Yiddish educator, folklorist,dentist, essayist, NYC; pres Sholem AleichemFolk Inst; officerJewish Ethical Culture Soc;exec com Yiddish Inst; editor KinderJournal;WWI service. • See: EJ; AJYB, 72:545;NlTimes, Nov 10 1970, 50:5.

Simon, Uriah Myer; b. Moores Landing,MI,July 111879.

Academic U ofTX, LLB U Denver. • Lawyer,Ft Worth; officer synagog, B'nai B'rith; chrUnited Jewish Campaign, Jewish War Reliefcampaigns. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Simon, William; b. Eberstadt, Hesse, Feb201844; d. Eaglesmere, PA,July 191916.

To US 1870. • PhD U Giessen; honorarydegree. • Chemist, Baltimore; expert inautochromatic photography; faculty MD ColIofPharmacy, ColI of Physicians & Surgeons;Franco-Prussian War service. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):268; WWWIA, 1.

Simonhoff, Harry; b. Kovno, Feb 61891; d.Miami Beach, Oct 4 1966.

To US 1896. • BA ColI of Charleston, LLB USc. • Lawyer, legislator, Jewish historian,syndicated columnist, Charleston, SC, Miami,NYC; natl exec Zionist Org ofAm. • See:AJYB, 68:534; WWIAJ, 1928.

Simons, Abraham; b.*; d. 1824.GA colonist, patriot, legislator, wealthymerchant; mem Augusta Jockey Club; may notbe Jewish. • See: PAJHS, 33:231-36.

Simons,AlexanderMcDougall;b.Chicago,Sep 12 1891.

BS, MS U IL. • Commn merchant, Chicago;officer Boy Scouts. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Simons, Charles Caspar; b. Detroit, May 211876; d. Monroe, MI, Feb 21964.

BL, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, chief justice UScourt of appeals, legislator, Detroit; mem CityCouncil; exec com Am Jewish Com; dir Bd of

Simson, Sampson (the elder)

Commerce. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:204,66:581;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 4;NlTimes, Feb 3 1964,27:3.

Simons, David W; b. ca 1857; d. Detroit,May 141932.

Zionist & communalldr, Detroit. • See: AJYB,34:112.

Simons, Lester H; b.*; d. Bradford, PA,Mar 1934.

Spanish-Am War veteran, Bradford, PA. • See:AJYB, 36:286.

Simons, Samuel George; b. Hartford, Aug 41900.

Insurance broker, Springfield, MA; officerJewish Community Council, professional org,synagog; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Simonson, Gustave; b. Germany, Sep 241864.

MD NY Med School, Columbia. • Author,lecturer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 24:204; WWWIA,4.

Simonson, Lee; b. NYC, June 26 1888; d.Yonkers, Jan 22 1967.

AB Harvard, post-grad Paris. • Scene designer,NYC; fdr, dir Theatre Guild; consult colis;author in field; WWI army interpreter. • See:UJE; AJYB, 24:204; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NlTimes, Jan 241967,28:4.

Simpson, Herman; b. Russia.Editor, writer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 24:204.

Simpson, Seymour David; b. NYC, Dec 311923; d. Dec 1982.

CCNY. • Food chain exec, NYC; officer tradeorgs; active United Jewish Appeal; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Simsohn, Julian Stem; b. Philadelphia, Jan191890.

BS U PA. • Industrial engineer, patent holder,Philadelphia; mem Cheltenham School Bd, .Bryn Athyn Academy of the New Church. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Simson, Fannie (Mrs Alex L Simson); b.Riga, 1900?; d. NYC, Oct 21964.

Zionist ldr, pianist; natlldr Hadassah; a fdr AmIsrael Cultural Found. • See:AJYB, 66:581;NlTimes, Oct 3 1964, 29:4.

Simson, Joseph; b. Germany, 1686; d.NYC, Nov 1787.

To NY 1718. • NYC colonial resident; officerShearith Israel; learned in Heb. • See: UJE(sub Simson); PAJHS, 25:87-91; BDEAJ.

Simson, Nathan; b. Germany; d. London,1725.

To NYC 1704? • NYC colonial merchant­shipper. • See: UJE (sub Simson); PAJHS,25:87-91,28:246-48; BDEAJ.

Simson, Sampson (the elder); b. NYC, ca1725;d.NYC, 1773.

NYC businessman, merchant, shipowner; fdrChamber of Commerce. • See: UJE (subSimson); EJ (sub Simson).

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Simson, Sampson (the younger); b.Danbury, CT, 1781; d. 1857.

LaWyer, philanthropist, NYC; fdr Mt Sinai; co­fdr North Am Relief Soc for the Indigent JewsofPalestine, Jewish Orphan Asylum; deliveredColumbia graduation oration in Heb. ~ See: EJ(sub Simson); PAJHS, 10:109-17,37:430-34.

Simson, Solomon Ooseph); b. NYC, Sep1738; d. NYC,Jan 17 1801.

Businessman, synagog Idr, merchant, NYC; afdr Chamber of Commerce, Democratic­Republican Party; prominent Mason. • See:UJE (sub Simson); EJ (sub Simson); PAJHS,49:39-52; BDEAJ.

Sinai, Aaron Herman; b. ca 1841; d.Minneapolis, Sep 9 1903.

Rabbi, Minneapolis. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):372.

Sinai, Nathan; b. Stockton, CA, Nov 281894.

DVM San Francisco ColI, Dr Pub Health UMI. • Public health expert; faculty U MI; presWorld Health Found; consult US PublicHealth Service, World Health Org; officerprofessional orgs; author in field. • See: UJE;WWWIA, 7.

Sincere, Ben E; b. Chicago, Nov 191876; d.Elkhorn, WI, Oct 1941.

Stock broker, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct61941, 17:4.

Sincere, Charles; 1>. Chicago, July 3 1874;d. Chicago, Apr 1937.

Stock, bond & grain broker, Chic-ago. • See:WWIAJ,I926;NYTimes,Apr211937,23:5.

Sincoff, Abraham; b. Odessa, Oct 9 1880?;d.Jan 15 1939.

To US 1891.· Yiddish & English stage,vaudeville, movie actor, radio announcer,NYC; pres Yiddish Theatrical Alliapce; dirYiddish Actors Union. • See:AJYB, 41:431;WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 171939,21:5.

Sincoff, Jacob; b. ZlatopolialOdessa, Sep 291885/1886; d. NYC, May 191965.

To US 1890. • Paper merchant, philanthropist,NYC; natl officer United Jewish Appeal;adjudicator Jewish Conciliation Court ofAm. •See:AJYB, 67:543; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,May 20 1965,43:3.

Sindeband, Maurice Leonard; b. Russia,Apr 14 1885/1887; d. Dec 5 1971.

To US 1890.· CCNY, EE Columbia.·Consulting engineer, NYC; officer Am Gas &Electric Co; inventor electrical transmissionsystems.· See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Dec 6 1971,42:4.

Siner, Emanuel; b. NYC,]an 11888; d.Nov 1957.

NYUlBellevue, Lying In Hospital, Englewood(NJ) Hospital. • Physician, Richmond Hill,NY; officer synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928;NYTimes, Nov 101957,86:7.

Singer, Berthold; b. Jaszbereny, Hungary,1860.

To US 1884. • U Budapest, U Berlin;honorary degree. • Consul of Spain, CostaRica, El Salvador; consul general Nicaragua,Costa Rica, Turkey; bd De Paul; author oninternatllaw, patents. • See: UJE; WWWIA, 5.

Singer, Eli; b.*; d. Nov 161943.Rabbi, Newark. • See:AJYB, 46:346.

Singer, Emanuel; b. Hungary, 1885;d.NYC, Nov 51967.

Physician, communalldr; specialty:tuberculosis; a fdr Maimonides Hospital(Liberty, NY); active professional org. • See:AJYB, 69:612; NYTimes, Nov 7 1967, 39:3.

Singer, Henry Bergman; b. Carbondale,PA, Oct 211873; d. Feb 1969.

PhB, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; counselWWI draft bd. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Feb 22 1969, 29:4.

Singer, Herschel; b. Poneviezh, Russia, Apr1847.

Cantor, preacher, Buffalo. • See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):100.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Bashevis Singer,Isaac); b. Radzynin, Poland, 1904.

To US 1935. • Yiddish writer, short stories,novels, NYC; Nobel laureate; assocd Forward(pseud=Yitzchok Varshavsky). • See: UJE (subSinger, IsraelJoshua); EJ (sub Bashevis Singer,Isaac); EJ:1973-1982.

Singer, Isidore; b. Weisskirchen, Moravia,Nov 101859; d. NYC, Feb 201939.

To NYC 1895 to carry outJE. • PhD UViennaIU Berlin. • Editor, encyclopedist,prolific author in German, French, English,NYC; major work JE; defender of Dreyfus. •See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):188-89,24:204,41:431; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEGAJ; Eisenstadt, 47-48; WWWIA, 1.

Singer, IsraelJoshua; b. Bilgoraj, Poland,Nov 301893; d. NYC, Feb 10 1944.

To US 1934. • Prominent Yiddish author,novelist, playwright, journalist, NYC;contributor to magazines, Forward; WWIRussian army service. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,46:346; WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 2;'DAB, 3; NYTimes, Feb 11 1944, 19:1.

Singer, Jacob; b. Staunton, VA, Oct 221860; d. May 281936.

BA Central High School (Philadelphia), LLBU PA. • Lawyer, civic & communalldr,Philadelphia; officer JTS; dir B'nai B'rithManual Training School; active natl B'naiB'rith, Republican politics. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):189,38:435.

Singer, Jacob; b. Kruspils, Kreutzburg,May 5 1883; d. Chicago, Aug 51964.

To USJ89211901.· AB, MA U Cincinnati,ordained Heb Union ColI, post-grad JohnsHopkins, Peabody Conservatory, PhD U NE.• Rabbi, composer, author, Chicago; faculty UNE, Northwestern; bd Heb Union ColI;chaplain WWI. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:204,66:581; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEGAJ,NYTimes, Aug 61964,29:1.

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Singer, Jacob Jesse; b. Leeds, July 12 1882;d. Beverly Hills, Apr-1954.

To St Louis 1885. • MD Washington U (StLouis). • Physician, St Louis, Los Angeles;specialty: chest diseases; faculty Washington U,U Southern CA; med dir City of Hope; consultUS Public Health Service; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Apr15 1954,29:4.

Singer, Jacques (Kuba); b. Przemysl,Poland, May 91917; d. Aug 111980.

To US 1921. • Curtis, Juilliard; honorarydegree. • Conductor, Dallas Symphony,Vancouver Symphony; music dir ORSymphony Orchestra; faculty Northern IL U;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Singer, Joe; b. Orchiv, Russia, Mar 281883.

To US 1906. • Apparel mfr, NYC; presOrchiver Benevolent Soc. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Singer, Joseph; b. NYC, June 281901; d.NYC, June 1958.

NYU. • Banker, NYC; WWII service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June 7 1958, 19:1.

Singer, Joseph Charles; b. Brooklyn, Aug181902.

LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officerCentral Queens Passover Fund, trade assns,synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Singer, Joshua; b. Russia, 1848.Rabbi, author, Buffalo. • See: Eisenstadt, 75.

Singer, Louis; b. Russia, ca 1883; d. Miami,Feb 141937.

To US ca 1887. • Communal & philanthropicworker, Brooklyn; fdr Home of Old Israel. •See:AJYB, 39:597; NITimes, Feb 16 1937,23:5.

Singer, Max; b. Chertovisk, Russia, Sep1881.

Merchant, communalldr, Portland, OR; orgrHeb Sick Benefit Assn; active Zionist Org ofAm, Mizrachi; Heb author onJewish holidays.• See: BEGAJ.

Singer, Milton; b. Chicago, 1912.Anthropologist, Chicago; specialty: India;faculty U Chicago. • See: EJ.

Singer, Mortimer H; b. Oconomowoc, WI,May 291877; d. Mar 1944.

Theatre co pres, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ,1928,1938; NYTimes, Mar 301944,21:6.

Singer, Mrs S J; b. ca 1891; d. Apr 111937.Zionist, communal worker, Oklahoma City. •See:AJYB,39:597.

Singer, Murry M; b. 1893?; d. Encino, CA,Jan 11966.

Business exec; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Am Jewish Com. • See: AJYB,68:534; NYTimes, Jan 41966,27:3.

Singer, Zev; b. ca 1885; d. NYC, July 11923.

Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 26:157.

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Sinsheimer, Alexander; b. ca 1824; d. NYC,Jan 1913.

Merchant, Civil War veteran, NYC. • See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):274.

Sinsheimer, Allen; b. Chicago, June 4 1888.Journalist, editor of trade journals, Chicago;exec dir Natl Assn of Retail Clothiers; WWIwith War Industries Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sinsheimer, Sidney W; b. ca 1875; d. Oct 31933.

A fdr sugar beet industry, Denver. • See: A]YB,36:286.

Sions, Harry; b. Philadelphia, Feb 201906;d. Mar 261974.

U PA. • Editor, NYC; with Holiday, Little,Brown; advisory bd William E Wiener OralHistory Library of Am Jewish Com; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar 281974,42:2.

Siporin, Mitchell; b. NYC, May 5 1910; d.June 11 1976.

CraneJr Coli, Chicago Art Inst. • Artist;faculty Brandeis; artist-in-residence AmAcademy (Rome); trustee Boston Arts Festival;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Siris, Irwin; b. Philadelphia, Mar 6 1894.MD NYU. • Surgeon, Brooklyn; faculty NYU;dir United Jewish Aid Soc; officer professionalorg; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sirmay (Szirmai), Albert; b. Budapest,1880; d.Jan 1967.

To US after WWI. • Composer, arranger ofoperettas; Songs ofthe Rivers ofAm. • See: UJE;NYTimes, Jan 17 1967,39:4.

Sirovich, Jacob; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, July 21921.

Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:103.

Sirovich, William Irving; b. York, PA, Mar181882; d. NYC, Dec 17 1939.

AB CCNY, MA, MD Columbia. •Congressman, New Deal supporter, physician,labor arbitrator, playwright, author, NYC;sponsor Federal Theatre Project, child welfareprovisions, widows pensions. • See: UJE;A]YB, 42:484; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Dec 18 1939,23:1.

Sisisky, Samuel; b. ca 1895; d.Thompsonville, CT,July91929.

Lawyer, legislator, Thompsonville, CT. • See:A]YB,32:155.

Siskin, Hyman; b. Zhagory, Kovno, 1889.To US 1921. • Heriot Watt Coli (Edinburgh).• Rabbi, Edinburgh, Shenandoah, PA • See:WWIA],·1926.

Siskind, Aaron; b. NYC, 1903.Abstract expressionist photographer; faculty ILInst ofTechnology. • See: EJ.

Siskind, Harold Meyer; b. Lawrence, MA,Feb 251894.

LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, juvenile probationofficer, Lawrence, MA; officer Red Cross,

Chamber of Commerce, N atl Conf ofChristians & Jews. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

Sisserman, Samuel; b. ca 1865; d.Mlwaukee,Jan 181937.

Long time sexton, Milwaukee. • See: A]YB,39:597.

Sissman, Peter; b. HorocliszcylHorodishtch, Minsk, May 1 1868; d.Chicago, Sep 1941.

To US 1886.· LLB Chicago Coli of Law. •Lawyer, labor ldr, pioneer in Jewish labormovement, Chicago; secy Cloakmakers Union;in practice with Clarence Darrow. • See:A]YB, 44:344; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;NYTimes, Oct 11941, 21:6.

Sisson, Jean; b. Boston, May 141892.AB, LLB Harvard.· Lawyer, Boston.· See:WWWIA,5.

Sitrick, Philip; b. Russia, June 13 1895.Insurance agent, Davenport; a fdr, dir Tri-CityJewish Charities; officer synagog. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ.

Sitrin, Charles T; b. Poland, ca 1897; d.Utica, July 23 1942.

To Utica as child. • Merchant, communalworker, Zionist, Utica; officer Fedn ofJewishCharities, Jewish Community Council, YouthAliyah Campaign. • See:A]YB, 45:394;NYTimes,July25 1942, 13:2.

Sittenfield, MauriceJ; b. ca 1877; d. Dec 11938.

Radiologist, surgeon, pathologist, NYC;faculty Columbia. • See:A]YB, 41:431;NYTimes, Dec 3 1938, 19:5.

Sittenfield, Milton M; b. Elmira, NY, Aug12 1884.

Columbia Law. • Lawyer, NYc. • See:WWIA],1928.

Sivitz, Moses Simon; b. Citovyan, Kovno,Nov 15, 1853/1855/1858/1861; d. July 301936.

To US 1886. • Rabbi, talmudist, Pittsburgh,earlier Baltimore, Cleveland, Toledo; fdrPittsburgh Heb School. • See:A]YB, 5(1903­1904):100,39:597; WWIA], 1926,1928;Eisenstadt, 45-46; Gottlieb, 312.

Sivin, Solomon; b.*; d. aboard USS Tacomanear Vera Cruz, Mexico, Jan 21 1924.

Radio operator, US Navy.· See:A]YB,26:157.

Siwek, Manuel; b. NYC, June 23 1908; d.Captiva, FL, Feb 21 1976.

NYU. • Publisher, NYC; exec Grosset &Dunlap, Bantam Books; dir Am BookPublishers Council; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Feb 23 1976, 28:3.

Skaist, MaxJ; b.*; d. Aug 91932.Zionistldr, Reading, PA; a fdr UnitedPalestine Appeal. • See:A]YB, 35:129.

Skall, David G; b. Cleveland, Oct 281902;d. Chicago, Jan 1965.

LLB Western Reserve. • Stockbroker,

Skalsky, Sidney

investment banker, Cleveland, Chicago; presCleveland Stock Exchange; bd Midwest StockExchange: • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan18 1965, 35:1.

Skeer, Jacob; b. Boston, Feb 2 1893.MD NY Med ColI. • Dermatologist,Brooklyn; pres med soc; author in field; reserveservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Skidelsky, Rachel S; b. ca 1856; d.Philadelphia, May 13 1909.

Physician, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 11(1909­1910):109.

Skirball, Jack Harold; b. June 23 1896; d.Los Angeles, Dec 81985.

Ordained Heb Union Coli-Jewish Inst ofReligion, U Cincinnati, AB Western Reserve,post-grad U Chicago; honorary degrees. •Rabbi, motion pictUre exec, producer; assocdEducational Films Corp; active Jewish WelfareBd, Community Chest, Big Bros, FamilyWelfare Assn; benefactor Skirball Inst on AmValues, Heb Union Coli-Jewish Inst ofReligion;· See:A]YB, 87:443-44; WWIA],1926,1938.

Skirball, Joseph Jacob; b. Boston, Apr 191894.

MD Tufts. • Ophthalmologist, Boston; facultyBoston U; surgeon Paris Peace Conf; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Skirball, Miriam Franc (Mrs LouisSkirball); b.*; d. Newton, MA,Jan 71937.

Author, lecturer, Newton, MA. • See: A]YB,39:597; NYTimes, Jan 10 1937, II 10:7.

Sklar, Max H; b. 1895; d. NYC,Sep 8 1975..Business exec, philanthropist, NYC; a fdrAlbert Einstein Coli ofMed, NYUJudaicLibrary, Max H Sklar Scholarship Fund; bdFedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB,77:600; NYTimes, Sep 10 1975,48:4.

Sklar, Samuel Barton; b. Lazday, Lithuania,May 141897.

To US 1912. • BS U MN, MIT, DSc Polytech(Leipzig). • Research chemist & engineer,inventor, Memphis; dir research labs; WWINatl Guard service. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938.

Sklare,.Marshall; b. Chicago, 1921.Sociologist; faculty Yeshiva U, Brandeis; withAm Jewish Com; authority on sociology of USJewry; author in field. • See: E].

Sklovsky, Max; b. Chicago, June 6 1878.BS, MS Armour Inst. • Consulting mechanicalengineer, Moline, IL; author in field. • See:A]YB, 24:204; WWIA], 1928.

Skolnik, MelvinD; b. Chicago.U MI. • CPA, corporate conglomerate bldr. •See: WS] story, Aug 27 1969.

Skolsky, Sidney; b. NYC, May 21905; d.May 3 1983.

NYU. • Broadway &Hollywood reporter,movie producer, Los Angeles; The ]olson Story. •See: WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, May 51983,20:1.

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Skomeck, Alan Bemard; b. Morristown,NJ, Feb 11917; d. Apr 281974.

MD U MN. • Physician, radiologist, LosAngeles; faculty UCLA; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,6.

Skoss, Solomon Leon (Zalman Leib); b.Tchusovaya, Perm, Russia, May 4 1884;d. Philadelphia, Apr 61953.

To US 1907.· AB, MA U Denver, PhDDropsie, post-grad U PA, U Cairo, Am U(Cairo). • Arabic scholar, philologist, professorof Romance & Arabic languages; facultyDropsie; author in field; Russian army service;autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 55:459;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes,Apr 7 1953,29:3.

Skudkin, Joseph; b. ca 1862; d. NYC, Dec141922.

Chief chemist, Mt Sinai, NYc. • See: AJYB,25:141.

SkuInik, Menashe (Menasha); b. ChmeInik,Poland, May 15 1892/1894; d. NYC, June3/41970.

To US 1913/1914.· Noted character actor,comedian; assocd Philadelphia YiddishTheatre, Jewish Art Theatre; radio "TheGoldbergs."· See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 72:545;WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA., 5; NITimes, June 51970,35:1.

Skutch, Rachel Frank; b. Baltimore, Oct 251880.

Clubwoman, Baltimore; exec dir VolunteerBureau, Nat! Council ofJewish Women;officer MD Fedn ofWornens Clubs.· See:WWIAJ,1938.

Skvirsky, Solomon Louis; b. Kiev, Mar 151897.

To US 1901. • MD Tufts, post-grad Harvard.• Physician, volunteer social worker, Holyoke,MA; med examiner YMCA; bd YMHA, MATuberculosis Assn; orgr Newsboys Assn; activeB'nai B'rith, Christmas Seal Sale; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Slater, Albert H; b. Austria, Mar 4 1879; d.June 1961.

To US 1892. • Merchant, banker, Paterson;mem Bd of Education. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes,June 121961,29:5.

Slater, Harry Gilmore; b. Milwaukee, Mar61905; d. Dec 1970.

LLB Marquette. • Lawyer, legislator,Milwaukee; mem Aviation Commn; delegate1st Aeronautical Convention; orgr Midwest AirParley; chr 1st Youth Conf for State ofWI;active Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, Dec 29 1970, 32:3.

Slater, Louis N; b. Lithuania, Sep 271886.Banker, furniture merchant, Fresno; mem CASocial Welfare Bd; bd Fresno State ColI; presB'nai B'rith; chr draft bd. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Slavin, Abraham; b. NYC, Oct 16 1894; d.Bronx, Dec 1966.

Reb Technical Inst, CE Brooklyn Polytech,Columbia. • Civil engineer, architect, NYC;

designer water & sewer projects; officer NYSoc ofProfessional Engineers, NY Soc ofArchitects. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,Dec 91966,37:5.

Slavit,Joseph; b. Russia, June 15 1883.To US 1890.· MD Cornell, post-grad LI ColIHospital, U Vienna. • Med economist, NYC;with Union Health Center; officer MedLeague for Socialized Med, Am League forPublic Med; author/editor in field. • See:WWWIA., 7.

Slavson, Samuel Richard; b. Russia, Dec 251890; d. Aug 51981.

To US 1903. • Cooper Union, post-gradCCNY, Columbia. • Psychotherapist, NYC;expert on group therapy; consult WaldenSchool, Madison House, Jewish ChildGuidance Clinic; lecturer NYU, Yeshiva U;author in field. • See: E); WWWIA, 8.

Slawson, John; b. Russia, Apr 16 1896.To US 1903. • BS, MA, PhD Columbia. •Social welfare admr, public servant; with NYState Bd of Charities, Jewish Bd of Guardians(NYC), Jewish Welfare Fedn (Cleveland);officer Am Jewish Com; author in field. • See:UJE; EJ; WWIAJ; BEOAJ.

Slenczynski, Ruth; b..Sacramento, Jan 151925.

Concert pianist, Paris, Berkeley. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Slepian, Joseph; b. Boston, Feb 111891; d.Pittsburgh, Dec 191969.

AB, MA, PhD Harvard, post-grad Germany,France; honorary degrees. • Researchengineer, inventor, Pittsburgh; officerprofessionalorg. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Dec 22 1969,33:3.

Slepian, Philip; b. Boston, June 7 1896.AB Harvard. • Social worker, Boston; exec secyJewish Big Brother Assn. • See:BEOAJ.

Slesinger, Donald; b. NYC, Dec 27 1897; d.Oct 13 1977.

AB Columbia, post-grad Harvard. •Psychologist, law professor; faculty Yale, UChicago; dir management training Nat! AssnofHousing Officials; consult TVA, War Dept;WWI service; Episcopalian. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7; NITimes,Oct 141977, IT 6:3.

Slesinger, Tess (Mrs Frank Davis); b. NYC,July 16 1905.

Swarthmore, Litt B Columbia. • Author,screenwriter, Culver City; contributor tomagazines. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Slesnick, Archie N; b. Chicago, July 141897.

PA State. • Editor, Stark Jewish News, Canton,OH. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Slimmer, Abraham; b. ca 1835; d. Dubuque,Aug 15 1917.

Philanthropist, Waverly, IA; benefactor bothJewish & non-Jewish causes. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):103,20(1918-1919):231.

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Sloane, Cecelia Wolf (Mrs); b. ca 1860; d.June 18 1936.

Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,38:435.

Slobin, HermanlHermon Lester; b.Smolian, Russia, June 191883; d. Feb 221951.

To US 1895.· AB, PhD Clark, Cambridge U.• Mathematician; faculty U NH, San DiegoState; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Feb 241951,13:5.

Slobodin, Roman; b.NYC, 1907; d.Philadelphia, May 111982.

Journalist, public relations dir; with Fedn ofJewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, Am.Joint Defense Com, J ewish TelegraphicAgency; nat! officer Am Jewish PublicRelations Soc. • See:AJYB; 84:339-40.

Slobodkin, Louis; b. Albany, NY, Feb 191903; d. May 81975.

Beaux Arts. • Sculptor, illustrator, NYC;assocd Master Inst ofUnited Arts, RoerichMuseum; head NYC Art Project; authorchildrens books. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 6; NITimes, May91975, 38:2.

Slobodkin,SamueIGarson;b.Malden,~

Sep 261897.Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician,Brooklyn; specialty: juvenile diabetes; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Slochower, Harry; b. Bucovina, Austria,1900/Sep 11901.

To US 1913. • BSS CCNY, MA, PhDColumbia. • German literature scholar, writer,literary critic, NYC; faculty Brooklyn ColI; fdr,pres Union Against Reaction. • See: UJE;WWIAJ,1938.

Sloman, Adolph; b. ca 1859; d. Detroit, Oct101933.

Lawyer, professor, Detroit. • See: AJYB,36:286.

Sloman, Joseph; b. Philadelphia, DeclO1879/1883/1884.

Academy of Fine Arts, Drexel. • Illustrator,glass designer, Union Hill, NJ; designedmemorial windows in synagogs. • See: AJYB,24:204; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Slomka, Mathilde (Mrs AdolfSlomka); b.Konigsberg, Sep 161868; d. Brooklyn,July 191942.

Communalldr, Brooklyn; orgr Heb LadiesAuxiliary; officer Ladies Auxiliary ZionHospital, J ewish Welfare Bd. • See: AJYB,45:395; NITimes, July 20 1942, 13:5.

Slomovitz, Philip; b. Novogrodek, Minsk!Lida, Vilna, Dec 5 1896.

To US 1910.· U MI.· Newspaperman,Zionist ldr; editor DetroitJewish Chronicle,Jewish News; orgr Young Judea; nat! exec bdZionist Org ofAm; officer Am Jewish Congo •See: UJE;AJYB, 24:204; WWIAJ, 1928,1938;BEOAJ.

Slone, Dennis; b. Pretoria, Jan 91930; d.May 1982.

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To US 1961. • U Witwatersrand, Harvard. •Physician; faculty Tufts, Boston U; author infield. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Slone, Victor; b. Bialystok, Oct 311890.To US 1900.· LLB U Pittsburgh.· Lawyer,Kansas City; Edr, editor Kansas CityJe1lJishChronicle; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.

Slonim, Joel; b. Drogatzin, Russia, Oct 121884/1885; d. NYC,Oct 261944.

To US 1886. • Yiddish poeF, journalist, NYC;staff Warheit, The Day; specialty: modemYiddish poetry; mem central com Poale Zion,exec com Am Jewish Cong, Non-SectarianAnti-Nazi Commn. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:204,47:532; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct28 1944, 15:4.

Slonim, Joseph Jacob; b. Brest-Litovsk, Feb12 1890.

To NYC 1892.· Bank exec, NYC; officerZionist Org ofAm, synagog; advisory bd AmJewish Cong; dir East Side Chamber ofCommerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Slonim, Marc; b. Novgorod, Mar 26 1894;d. France, May 81976.

To US 1941. • V Petrograd, PhD V Florence.• Author, critic; mem Russian ConstituentAssembly (1917-1918); faculty SarahLawrence; specialist on Dostoyevsky. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, May 13 1976, 38:4.

Slonim, MosesJ; b. Hartford, Mar 5 1894.NYU, LLB V PA. • Realtor, Zionist &communal worker, St Louis; field secy ZionistOrg ofAm, Keren Hayesod; active Hebeducation; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938.

Slonimsky, Henry; b. Minsk, Oct 9 1884; d.NYC, Nov 12 1970.

To VS 1890. • AB Central High School(Philadelphia), Haverford ColI, V PA, UBerlin, MA, PhD V Marburg. • Philosopher,author, NYC; faculty Columbia, JohnsHopkins, Heb Vnion ColI (NYC); dean JewishInst of Religion; suptJewish Settlement(Cincinnati). • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:204,72:545; WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 141970,32:5.

Slonimsky, Nicolas; b. St Petersburg, Apr271894.

To VS 1923. • St Petersburg Conservatory, VSt Petersburg. • Musicologist, conductor,composer, Boston; faculty Eastman School; asstto Koussevitsky; fdr Boston ChamberOrchestra; assoc editor Ne1lJ Music. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Slonimsky, Solomon; b. ca 1863; d.Philadelphia, Dec 1919.

Communal worker, Heb educator,Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 22:168.

Sloss, Hattie Hecht (Mrs M C Sloss); b.Boston, June 12 1874.

Harvard; honorary degree. • Civic &communal official, San Francisco; mem StateBd of Charities; fdr, officer Community Chest;

bd Assocd Charities, Training School forJewish Social Work. • See: UJE (sub Sloss,Marcus);AJYB, 7(1905-1906):103; WWIAJ,1926,1928.

Sloss, Leon; b.*; d. San Francisco, May 51920.

Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 22:168.

Sloss, LeonJr; b. San Francisco, Sep 231898; d. Dec 1947.

Banker, San Francisco; exec Anglo-Trust Co. •See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 181947,30:2.

Sloss, Louis; b. Bavaria, July 13 1823; d.San Rafael, CA, June 41902.

To VS 1845. • Capitalist, philanthropist, SanFrancisco; officer V CA; active in manycharities; pioneer investor in AK. • See: DAB.

Sloss, Marcus Cauffman; b. NYC, Feb 281869; d. San Francisco, May 171958.

AB, MA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, superiorcourt judge, philanthropist, San Francisco;mem CA Bd of Bar Examiners; officerJewishWelfare Bd, J oint Distribution Com; trusteeStanford, Public Library. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:204,60:357; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 181958,86:6.

Slotkin, George Edward; b. NYC, Feb 221889.

MD V Buffalo, post-grad V Vienna. •Vrologist, Buffalo; with Health Dept; facultyV Buffalo. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Slotkin, Hugo; b. Brooklyn, June 12 1912;d. NYC, Oct 1984.

LI V. • Food products exec, meat packer,NYC; with Hygrade Food Products; officertrade assns. • See: WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Oct101984,20:8.

Slotkin, Samuel; b. Minsk,July 301885; d.Oct 1965.

To NYC 1900. • Meat packer, NYC; fdr, presHygrade Co; active charities. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 311965,87:1.

Slotnick, Michael N; b. ca 1889; d. NYC,Oct 271938.

Yale, Yale Law.· Lawyer, NYC; MAstatelegislator. • See: AJYB, 41:431; NYTimes, Oct281939,23:5.

Slott, Mollie (Mrs C Levinson); b. Chicago,Aug19 1892; d.Jan 1967.

Academy of Fine Arts (Chicago). • Editor,Chicago; comics editor Chicago Tribune. • See:WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 25 1967,43:2.

Slusky, David; b. Kiev, Apr 28 1861.To August, GA 1878. • Merchant, Augusta,GA; mem Levee Commn; officer Heb OrphansHome (Atlanta); advisory bd ChildrensHospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Slutsky, Ben; b. Russia, ca 1900; d. NYC,May 1974.

Smimow, Max Ruskin

To VS early in century. • Fdr, developer,Fallsview Hotel & Country Club, Ellenville,NY. • See: NYTimes, May 14 1974, 40:3.

Slutsky, Yetta Rubin; b. Vilna, 1890; d.Ellenville, NY, Jan 4 1978.

To VS 1902. • Civic & communalldr,Ellenville, NY; owner, manager NeveleCountry Club; active Hadassah, synagog. •See:AJYB, 80:372; NYTimes, Jan 61978, IV13:4.

Smalbach, Jean Ehrlich; b. NYC.Normal ColI, NYU.• Communal worker,Flushing, NY; tchr Walworth Business School;officer Fedn of]ewish Womens Orgs, VisitingNurse Service, Flushing Council ofWomensOrgs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Small, Sidney Herschel; b. San Francisco,Feb 171893.

Author, San Rafael, CA; contributor Colliers. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Smallens, Alexander; b. St Petersburg, Jan11889; d. Nov 241972.

To US 1890. • AB CCNY, Inst ofMusical Art,Paris Conservatory. • Musical director,conductor; with Philadelphia Civic Opera,Boston Opera, Chicago Opera; guestconductor world-wide. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5.

Smart, David A; b. Omaha, Oct 4 1892; d.Oct 161952.

Publisher, Chicago; fdr Esquire, Coronet; WWIservice. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Oct 171952,27:1.

Smelser, Neil Joseph; b. Kahoka, MO,1930.

Sociologist, Berkeley; faculty V CA (Berkeley);author/editor in field. • See: EJ.

Smertenko,JohanJacob; b. Proskurov,Russia, Dec 7 1896.

To VS 1906. • V "WI, Sorbonne. • Journalist,lecturer, critic, NYC; co-editor The Zionist; chrLeague ofZionist-Revisionists ofAm; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Smigel, Erwin 0; b. NYC, Nov 3 1917; d.NYC, Aug 1973.

V NC, MA, PhD NYU. • Sociologist;specialty: sociology ofWall Street, crimesagainst bureaucracy, nursing homes; faculty INV, NYU; officer Am Assn ofV Professors;WWII service. • See: NYTimes, Aug 31 1973,28:1.

Smilansky, Louis; b. Borispol, Russia, Apr 11885.

To VS 1890. • LLB Detroit ColI. • Lawyer,realtor, Detroit. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Smimow, Max Ruskin; b. Elizabethgrad,Mar 13 1881.

To VS 1887.· MD Yale, post-grad JohnsHopkins, Harvard, Vienna. • Bacteriologist,New Haven; instructor Yale; officer JewishHome for the Aged, VnitedJewish Charities;author in field. • See: AJYB, 24:204; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938.

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Smit, Wtlliam. Maurice; b. St Louis, Dec 151881.

Mb Chicago Coil ofMed, post-grad Vienna. •Otolaryngologist, St Louis; instructor St LouisU; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.

Smith, Abraham. Joel; b. Palanga, Lithuania,Apr 211887.

To US 1910. • Merchant, Dallas; officerDemocratic Party, synagog; dir Jewish Fednfor Social Services. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Smith, Jacob Getlar; b. NYC, Feb 3 1898;d. Oct 28 1958.

NatI Academy of Design. • Artist, writer,NYC; known for murals. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Oct 291958,35:2.

Smith, Louis Charles; b. Minsk, Sep 5/101889.

To US1890. • Journalist, Chicago; exec MotorAge; officer Orphans Automobile Day Assn,trade org, synagog; dir Jewish Peoples Inst. •See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

Smith, Maurice; b. Philadelphia, Aug 181899.

DDS U Southern CA. • Dentist, Los Angeles;mem Municipal Housing Commn; officerB'nai B'rith, synagog; author in field. • See:WWIA],1938.

Smith, Maurice Isadore; b. Russia, Nov 171887.

BS CCNY, MD Cornell. • Pharmacologist,US Public Health Servic~,Washington DC;author in field. • See: REOA].

Smith, Merwin; b. NYC, June 30 1908; d.NYC, June 21 1970.

Business exec, NYC; active United JewishAppeal, Am Jewish Com, Israel Bonds, FednofJewish Philanthropies.· See:A]YB, 72:545.

Smith, Moe; b. ca 1887; d. NYC, Dec 1960.Famed liquor agent, NYC; "scourge ofprohibition violators." • See: NITimes, Dec 161960,33:2.

Smith, Morton; b. Philadelphia, 1915..Classical & biblical scholar, historian; facultyBrown, Drew, Columbia; author in field. • See:EJ.

Smith, Moses; b. Chelsea, MA, Mar 4 1901;d. Boston, July 1964.

AB Harvard. • Musician, music critic, free­lance journalist, author, Boston; with ColumbiaRecords.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,4; NITimes, July 291964,33:4.

Smith, NathanieINonnan;b. Slonhn, May301900.

To NYC 1909.· CCNY,NYU,MDCincinnati Call ofMed. • Physician, NYC;officer med assns; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Smith, Ray (Mrs Oscar Smith); b.Brooklyn, ca 1871; d. Nov 171938.

Communal worker, Brooklyn; natI preswornens auxiliaryJewish War Veterans. • See:AJYB, 41:431; NITimes, Nov 191938,17:4.

Smith, Sara Brandstein (Mrs Max MSmith); b. Hungary, July 15 1888~

To US ca 1903. • Yiddish writer, novelist,NYC; feature writer The Day. • See: UJE;WWIAJ,1928.

Smith, Sonia Cheffetz (Mrs Hyde Smith);b. Buffalo, Jan 29 1895.

State Normal School (Worcester), MA StateTchrs ColI, Clark. • Tchr, communalldr,Worcester; officer NatI Council ofJewishWomen, United Jewish Charities; chr NatICivic Fedn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Smith, Wtlliam.; b. Minsk, Aug 9 1898.Commercial School (Minsk), Boston LiberalArts & Polytech, Northeastern, U MA, Dr OptU PA. • Optometrist, Roxbury, MA; dir.Zionist Org ofAm; author/inventor in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Smolar, Ber (Boris); b. Rovno, Ukraine,May271897.

To US 1919/1920. • Northwestern, Columbia.• Journalist, editor, author of childrens books,NYC; staffForoard (Chicago),JewishTelegraph Agency; foreign correspondentexpelled by Nazis. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938. '

Smolens, Maxwell; b. Aug 20 1888.Realtor, Philadelphia; dir Mt Sinai. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Smolenskin, Ozer; b. ca 1862; d. Oct 71934.

Yiddish poet, translator, Philadelphia. • See:AJYB,37:262.

Smoll, Jacob L; b. ca 1890; d.Jan 191933.Composer, Wilkes-Barre; orgr Wilkes-BarreOrchestra.· See:AJYB, 35:129.

Smollar, Israel; b. Rovno, Russia, 1900; d.NYC, Sep 20 1961.

To US 1921. • Bldr, Zionist ldr; a fdrHistadrut Campaign in Am; active LaborZionist Org ofAm,Jewish NatI Fund. • See:AJYB, 64:496.

Smoller, Phineas; b. Jatamir, Russia, Oct 161903; d. Los Angeles, Dec 13 1952.

Rabbi, Los Angeles; fdr Avukah; natI councilJoint Distribution Com, United Jewish Appeal;officer Central Conf of Am Rabbis; activeUnion bfAm Heb Congregations. • See:AJYB, 55:460; NITimes, Dec 141952, 90:4.

Smukler, Max Edward; b. Philadelphia, Nov11887; d. Apr 1940.

MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Ophthalmologist,Philadelphia; assocd Bd ofHealth, HebOrphan Home; invented instruments. • See:WWIA], 1938'; NITimes, Apr 241940,23:1.

Smul,JosefS; b. Czernowitz, ca 1882; d.Ellenville, NY, Aug 1970.

To US as youth. • MD Bellevue, post-gradVienna, Columbia. • Gastroenterologist,NYC; officer professional sacs; author in field.• See: NITimes, Aug 21 1970, 33:4.

Smullyan, Benjamin; b. Atlanta, ca 1896; d.NYC,Apr 1959.

606

GA Inst ofTechnology. • Exec, BotanyBrands, NYC. • See: NITimes, Apr 30 1959,31:5.

Smulyan, Abraham; b. ca 1858; d. Nov 191938.

Rabbi, shohet, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,41:431.

Snapper, Isadore (Isidore); b. Amsterdam,Jan 51889; d.June 1973.

MDU Amsterdam. • Physician; faculty UAmsterdam, Columbia, U Chicago; assocdChinese Med Bd (NYC); author in field. • See:UJE; WWWIA, 8; NITimes, July 11973, 29:4.

Sneider, Frances Magid (Mrs LeopoldSneider); b. NYC, Mar 25 1896; d. NYC,Apr 1967.

Communalldr, NYC; officerJewishReconstructionist Fedn, Soc for AdvancementofJudaism.· See:AJYB, 69:612; NYTimes, Apr111967,41:4.

Sneider, Leopold; b. Burlington, VT, May191896; d. NYC,June 22 1971.

Business exec; officer Soc for Advancement ofJudaism, Jewish Reconstructionist Fedn; bdThe Reconstructionist; exec com Am EconomicCom for Palestine; author on business. • See:AJYB, 73:636; NITimes, June 231971, 48:4.

Sneider, Solomon; b. ca 1897; d.Jan 1936.Poet, pedagogue, translator, Los Angeles. •See:AJYB, 38:435.

Snellenburg, Joseph; b. Philadelphia, May101872; d. Philadelphia, Apr 1941.

Merchant, civic worker, Philadelphia; activeChild Health Soc, NatI Farm School. • See:AJYB, 24:204; NITimes, Apr 28 1941, 15:3.

Snellenburg, Morton E; b. ca 1883; d.Philadelphia,Jan 1959.

Wharton. • Dept store owner, Philadelphia;advisor Salvation Army; active UnitedCampaign, Red Cross, Chamber ofCommerce.· See:NITimes,Jan271959, 33:1.

Snellenburg,Samuel;b. VVestphalia,Aug22 1847; d. Atlantic City, Aug 171923.

To US at early age. • Merchant, clothing mfr,philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,26:157; PAJHS, 29:185-86; NITimes, Aug 181923,9:6.

Snider, Arthur J; b. Iowa City; d. May 211981.

U IA, Northwestern. • Journalist, Skokie, IL;with Chicago Daily News; officer NatI Assn ofNewspaper Writers, NatI Assn of ScienceWriters. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Snitkin, Leonard A; b. Russia, ca 1877; d.NYC,Jan 19 1929.

NY Law. • Municipal judge, NYC; counsel inmany important cases; colorful career;disbarred but reinstated. • See: AJYB, 31 :94;NITimes, Jan 20 1929,29:3.

Snow, Adolph Judah; b. Rzeszow, Galicia,Jan 91894.

To US 1910. • AB, MA OH State, PhDColumbia. • Industrial psychologist; faculty U

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Pittsburgh, Northwestern; technical dir Sears,Roebuck; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938.

Snower, David; b. ca 1883; d. ColoradoSprings, July 29 1936.

Mfr, communal worker, Kansas City. • See:A]YB, 39:597.

Snyder, A (Aaron) Cecil; b. Baltimore, Sep141907; d.June 1959.

AB Johns Hopkins, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,public official, Puerto Rico; US atty, ChiefJustice, Puerto Rico Supreme Court. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes,.June 301959,31:2.

Snyder, Hennan Eliot; b. New Bedford,MA,1901.

BHL, ordained Heb Union ColI, AB UCincinnati, post-grad NY State ColI for Tchrs,U Chicago, U IL. • Rabbi, Springfield, IL; fdrJewish Center, Central IL Religious TchrsCong; officer, fundraiser Joint DistributionCom, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts; chaplain statehospital. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Snyder, Louis; b. Albany, NY,Jan 251897;d.Albany, NY,Jan 1944.

Union U, LLB Albany U. • Lawyer, Albany,NY; dir Jewish Community Center, synagog;active Independent-Progressive Party. • See:BEOA];NYTimes,Jan271944,19:3.

Snyder, Marshall; b. Poland, Oct 14 1887;d. NYC, Apr 1966.

NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, asst district atty,Brooklyn; pres Heb Educational Soc; dir FednofJewish Charities; trustee bar assn, synagog;active Republican politics. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Apr 19 1966, 41: 1.

Snyder, Murray; b. Brooklyn, June 201911;d. Washington DC, Nov 2 1969.

San Antonio ColI, Columbia. • Informationofficer, journalist, political aide, publicrelations specialist, NYC, Washington DC;with Eisenhower adm; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Nov 4 1969, 41:2.

Snydennan, Harry S; b. Russia, Feb 221886.

MD Temple, Medico-Chirurgical ColI(Philadelphia). • Pediatrician, Philadelphia;lecturer Temple U; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1928.

Sobel, Aaron; b. Newburgh, NY, Sep 161885; d. Poughkeepsie, Apr 1975.

Union ColI, MD Albany Med ColI, post-gradU Vienna. • Urologist, Poughkeepsie; assocdBd of Health; officer professional orgs. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Apr 8 1975,40:2.

Sobel, Albert Edward; b. Luke, Hungary, ca1907; d. Brooklyn, June 1967.

Cooper Union, PhD Brooklyn Polytech. •Biochemist, researcher, Brooklyn; withJewishHospital; officer professional socs. • See:NYTimes,June 16 1967,43:1.

Sobel, Bernard; b. Attica, IN, 1887; d. Mar1964.

BS Purdue, PhB U Chicago, MA U WI. •Writer, playwright, NYC; faculty CCNY;editor Dance Magazine; drama critic NY DailyMirror.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,4; NYTimes, Mar 13 1964, 33:1.

Sobel, Herbert Russell; b. Cleveland,.Dec211896.

US Naval Academy. • Naval officer; activeJewish Welfare Bd; WWII service. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Sobel, Isador; b. NYC, Aug 28 1858; d.Erie, Oct 26 1939.

CCNY. • Lawyer, postmaster, communal, civic& Republican Party ldr, Erie; mem CityCouncil; officer Natl Assn ofPostrnasters,communal orphanage, synagog, bar assn,Jewish Welfare Soc. • See: UJE; A]YB,6(1904-1905):189-90,24:204,42:173-77,484;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,Oct 27 1939,23:3.

Sobel, Jacob; b. NYC, Dec 17 1872; d.NYC, July 1954.

AB CCNY, MD Columbia, post-grad abroad.• Pediatrician, NYC; assocd Bureau of ChildHygiene, Health Dept; med advisor Hadassah;faculty Fordham; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, July 261954,17:5.

Sobel, Jacob Zevi Games H Soble); b.Lithuania, 1831; d. Aug 101913.

To US 1876.· Pioneer Heb writer, poet,rabbi, Chicago; broke with Orthodoxy underHaskalah influence; contributor to Heb,Russian, Yiddish & Am press. • See: E]; A]YB,16(1914-1915):166; Eisenstadt, 74.

Sobel, Leon; b. Preszim, Galicia, Nov 11864; d. NYC, Sep 1939.

To US ca 1885. • Bldr, NYC; constructedmore than 400 bldgs; a fdr Yeshiva IsaacElchanan; benefactorJerusalem OrphanAsylum. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes,Sep 241939, 43:2.

Sobel, Louis Harry; b. Shavel, Lithuania,July 41901; d. at sea, Aug 12 1955.

Communal social work exec, author, NYC;exec dir Jewish Child Care Assn; natl &internatl officer professional assns; bd YiddishInst; active Am Jewish Com. • See: A]YB,58:479; NYTimes, Aug 17 1955,27:5.

Sobel, Salomon; b. ca 1858; d. Brooklyn,Sep 141933.

Communal & Zionist worker, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 36:287.

Sobel, Simon; b. Pacroi, Russia, Apr 61885.

To Newark 1900. • Yeshiva ColI. • Furnituremerchant, Somerville, NJ; officer YMHA,synagog.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Sobeloff, Irene Ehrlich (Mrs Simon ESobeloff); b. Rokytcany, Czechoslovakia.

Tchrs Training School (Baltimore), MD InstofArt & Design. • Civic & communalclubwoman, school tchr, Baltimore; officerLegislative Clearing House ofMD, MD FednofWomens Clubs, Fedn ofJewish.Womens

Sobotka, Harry Hennann

Orgs; active refugee work, peace concerns. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Sobeloff, Isidor (Isidore); b. Baltimore,1898/1899.

Communal social workexec, editor, NYC;managing editor Jewish Social Science Quarterly;with Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, TravelersAid Soc, Jewish Welfare Fedn (Detroit, LosAngeles). • See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938.

Sobeloff, Jonathan; b. NYC, Sep 29 1934; d~

June 22 1979.U MI, JD Harvard. • Lawyer, Detroit,Washington DC; staff Office of TaxLegislation, Dept of the Treasury; facultyGeorgetown U.· See: WWWIA, 7.

Sobeloff, Simon Ernest; b. Baltimore, Mar3 1893IDec 3 1894; d. Baltimore, July 111973.

LLB U MD. • ChiefJudge, US Court ofAppeals; US Solicitor General in Brown vs Bd ofEducation; natl officer Am Jewish Cong; bdAssn ofJewish Charities (Baltimore). • See:UJE;E];A]YB, 75:657; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, July 12 1973,42:1.

Sober, Herbert Alexander; b. NYC, Feb 241918; d. Nov 261974.

CCNY, PhD U WI. • Biochemist, Bethesda;assocd Natl Cancer Inst, Natl Inst of Health,US Public Health Service; WWII civilianservice on toxicology. • See: WWWIA, 6;

Sober, Pincus; b. NYC, Mar 21905.AB CCNY, LLB Fordham. • Track athlete,lawyer, NYC; 1/2 mile champion. • See:BEOAJ·

Sobiloff, Hyman Jordan; b. Fall River, MA,Dec 16 1912; d. Montauk, LI, Aug 101970.

U AZ, Boston U, NYU; honorary degree. •Industrialist, filmmaker, philanthropist, poet,author; a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed,Israel Inst ofTechnology. • See:A]YB,72:545; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 13 1970,33:3.

Soble, John Jacob; b. Russia, Jan 141893.To US 1905.· NatlAcademyofDesign.·Painter, etcher, NYC. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Sobol, IraJ; b. London, Dec 201890.To US 1891.· Columbia.· Oil co exec, NYC;officer Fedn cifJewish Philanthropies, LebanonHospital, YMHA; trustee synagog; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOAj.

Sobol, Louis; b. New Haven, Aug 10 1896.Newspaper columnist, author, ghost writer;vaudeville & Broadway reporter NY ]ournal­Am; WWIservice.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 2.

Sobolevsky, Phineas; b. ca 1871; d. Mar 261940.

Rabbi, Hartford.· See:A]YB, 42:484.

Sobotka, Harry Hennann; b. Vienna, Aug 41899; d. Dec 1965.

To US ca 1923. • U Vienna, PhD U Munich.

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• Chemist, lecturer, author, NYC; fellowRockefeller Inst. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 28 1965,25:1.

Socolow, HarryJ; b. ca 1872; d. Aug 271937.

Communal & Zionist worker, Cedarhurst, LI.• See:AJYB, 40:391; NYTimes, Aug 281937,15:6.

Sofer, Abraham (Schreiber); b. 1897.In US 1948-1966. • Rabbi, author, Greece,Italy, Palestine; faculty JTS; settled in Palestine1939. • See: EJ (sub Sofer).

Sofer, Shabsi; b. Minsk province, Jan 71843.

Rabbi, orator, Heb author, collector of moneyfor Palestine, NYc. • See: Eisenstadt, 74-75.

Soffer, Henry Alfred; b. Obertine, Austria,July 4 1889, d. Oct 1951.

To NYC 1894. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC;officer Zionist Org ofAm, NY N on~Sectarian

Anti-Nazi League; syndicated columnist "PoorRichard Up-to-Date"; orgr Am Labor Party;active Commonwealth Fedn, Am Fusion Party.• See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct281951,85:1.

Soglow, Otto; b. NYC, Dec 23 1900; d. Apr3 1973.

Art Students League. • Cartoonist, caricaturist,illustrator; creator "Little King" strip;contributor New Yorker, Colliers. • See: EJ;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Apr 41975,36:2.

Sohn, David; b. Bialystok, Apr 20 1892.To NYC 1912. • Social & reliefworker,author, NYC; fdr Bialystoker in Am,Bialystoker Refugees in Germany, BialystokerCenter ofAm, Bialystoker Credit Union,Bialystoker Stimme, Bialystoker Home for Aged.• See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Sohn, Joseph; b. NYC, Mar 22 1867; d. Mar161935. .

CCNY, Berlin. • Musician, composer, tchr,critic, author, NYC; critic NYAmerican. • See:AJYB, 24:205, 37:262; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,Mar 17 1935, 37:3.

Soifer, Max Emanuel; b. London, Mar 201901; d.Jan 1953.

DDS Baltimore ColI of Dentistry. • ToHartford 1904. • Dentist, Hartford; bd UnitedJewish Charities; natl officer Alpha Omega. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 91953,21:2.

Soihetman, Mordecai; b. Soroko, Russia, ca1884; d. NYC, Feb 111948.

To US 1941. • Rabbi, NYC; fdr Beth IsraelJewish Center.· See:AJYB, 50:523; NYTimes,Feb 12 1948,23:4.

Sokal,Saul;b.Austria, 1889?;d.NYC,Sep61964.

To US 1939. • Communal worker; staffWorldJewish Cong-Inst ofJewish Affairs; a fdr LaborZionist movement (Austria); mem WorldZionist Council Court of Honor. • See:AJYB,66:581; NYTimes, Sep 8 1964,29:4.

Sokobin, Samuel; b. Newark, Apr 281893.

Cornell. • Foreign service officer, scholar,interpreter in China; service in China, Mexico,Japan, Manila. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:205.

Sokole, Miron; b. Odessa, Nov 20 1901.Cooper Union, Natl Academy of Design. •Artist, NYC. • See: BEOAJ.

Sokolik, Harry; b. Lomza, July 121884.To US 1904. • Packing co exec, St Louis. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Sokoloff, Nikolai; b. near Kiev, May 281886; d. Sep 24/25 1965.

To US ca 1900.· Yale; honorary degree. •Violinist, conductor, Cleveland; natl dirFederal Music Project; musical dir ClevelandOrchestra; dir La Jolla Musical Arts Soc. • See:UJE; AJYB, 24:205; WWIAJ, 1926 (addenda),1928, 1938; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 111965,61:5.

Sokolow, Alexander Theodore; b. NYC,Oct 61891; d.July 261934.

NY Law. • Lawyer, Los Angeles; chief counselfor newspapers. • See:AJYB, 37:262;WWWIA, 1.

Sokolow, Anna; b. NYC?, 1915.Dancer, choreographer, tchr, NYC; soloistMartha Graham Dance Co. • See: EJ.

Sokolowsky, Ralph; b. Kovno, ca 1874; d.Columbus, OH,June 251944.

To US 1940. • Throat specialist, Columbus,OH; faculty U Konigsburg, Capitol U. • See:AJYB, 46:346.

Sokolsky, George Ephraim; b. Utica, Sep 51893; d. NYC, Dec 12 1962.

Columbia, Notre Dame, U MT, London. •Journalist, columnist; specialty: Far East;Shanghai correspondent NY World; editor FarEastern Review; dir Am Jewish League AgainstCommunism; author on Judaism. • See: UJE;AJYB, 65:437; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NITimes, Dec 14 1962,16:7.

Sokolsky, Harris; b. ca 1848; d. Monsey,NY, Dec 2 1934.

Realtor, communual & civic worker, NYC. •See:AJYB, 37:262.

Sokolsky-Fried, Sarah; b.*In US permanently 1916. • Royal Academy ofMusic (Germany), Sorbonne. • Concertpianist, organist, tchr, NYc. • See: WWIAJ,1926.

Solader, A; b. ca 1887; d. reported Nov 151936.

Poet, tchr, Chicago; editor Dorenu. • See:AJYB,39:597.

Solender, Samuel Solomon; b. NYC, May 11889; d. Coral Gables, Feb 141960.

Heb Technical Inst.· Social work exec; withHeb Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum,Federal Bd ofVocational Education, YM­YWHA (Washington Heights); officerRiverside Council of Social Agencies. • See:AJYB, 62:452; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Feb15 1960,27:3.

608

Solender, Sanford; b. Pleasantville, NY,Aug 23 1914.

BS NYU, MA Columbia. • Social work exec,NYC; officer NatlJewish Welfare Bd. • See:NYTimes story, May 241963.

Solez, Chester; b. NYC, Oct 29 1894; d.before 1938.

Brooklyn Law, St Lawrence. • Lawyer,Brooklyn; active Fedn of]ewish Charities;helped women vote in election of party districtldrs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Solis, Abraham; b.*Interpreter, in Boston 1790. • See: JE (subSolis).

Solis, Daniel da Silva; b. London, 1784; d.Philadelphia, 1867.

To Am ca 1800. • Businessman, NYC,Wilmington, DE. • See:JE (sub Solis).

Solis, David Hays; b. Mt Pleasant, NY,1822; d. Philadelphia, 1882.

Merchant, communalldr, Philadelphia, NYC;supporter Shearith Israel, B'naiJeshurunEducational Inst; orgr Congregation Beth-EIEmeth (philadelphia) for Isaac Leeser; anti­slaveryadvocate. • See: JE (sub Solis).

Solis, Elvira Nathan; b. Philadelphia; d.Nov 30 1952.

Communal worker, Philadelphia, NYC;donated history materials to Am JewishHistorical Soc; active synagogs; contributor JE.• See:AJHS, 43:253.

Solis, Elvira Nathan (Mrs); b. Philadelphia,ca 1826; d. June 20 1912.

Communal worker, Philadelphia, NYc. • See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):128.

Solis, Isaac Nathan (da Silva); b.Philadelphia, Nov 28 1857; d. Feb 121909.

BA Central High School (Philadelphia). •Lawyer, banker, NYC; active Republicanpolitics; contributor newspapers. • See: JE (subSolis); AJYB, 6(1904-1905):190, 11(1909­1910):108; WWWIA, 4.

Solis,Jacob S (da Silva); b. London, Aug. 41780; d. Mt Pleasant, NY, Dec 291829.

To US 1803. • Merchant, Mt Pleasant, NY,NYC, Wilmington, DE, New Orleans; fdrNew Orleans congregation; active ShearithIsrael (NYC), communal education. • See: JE(subSolis);AJHQ,52:310-19

Solis, Solomon da Silva; b. Mt Pleasant,NY, 1819; d. NYC, 1854.

Merchant, communalldr, writer; fdr firstJewish Publication Soc; contributor Occident. •See: JE (sub Solis).

Solis-Cohen, D Hays; b. Philadelphia, Aug211887.

LLB U PA; honorary degree. • Lawyer,Philadelphia; officer bar assn; bd Dropsie;trustee Jefferson Med CoIl, Fedn ofJewishAgencies. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Solis-Cohen, David Da Silva; b.Philadelphia, Sep 1850/1852; d. Portland,OR, Nov 7 1928.

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Lawyer, OR Commr of Charities, mayor,communalldr, playwright, Portland, OR; a fdrYMHA, Zionist Soc; author of childrens books.• See: UJE; E] (sub Solis-Cohen); A]YB,6(1904-1905):74-75,24:128; 31:94; WWIA],1928; WWWIA,4.

Solis-Cohen, Emily Da Silva Or); b. 1890;d.1966.

Author, welfare worker, Philadelphia; field secyJ ewish Welfare Bd; bd Heb Sunday SchoolSoc; organizer YMHAs; contributor UJE. •See: UJE; E] (sub Solis-Cohen); A]YB, 24:128.

Solis-Cohen, Jacob Da Silva; b. NYC, Feb281838; d. Philadelphia, Dec 22 1927.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MD UPA; honorary degrees. • Surgeon, pioneerlaryngologist, communal worker, Philadelphia;fdr Archives ofLaryngology, PhiladelphiaPolyclinic; Civil War service. • See: ]E; UJE;E] (sub Solis-Cohen); A]YB, 6(1904-1905):75,24:128,30:80; WWIA], 1926; DAB; NITimes,Dec23 1927,19:5.

Solis-Cohen, Jacob Da Silva Jr; b.Philadelphia, June 26 1890; d. 1968.

Realtor, genealogist, Philadelphia; pres JewishPublication Soc; officer Mikveh Israel; bdGratz; trustee JTS; active Big Bros; author onJewish subjects, real estate. • See: E] (subSolis-Cohen); WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].

Solis-Cohen, Judith; b. ca 1817; d.Philadelphia, Feb 61914.

Mother of Dr. Solomon Solis-Cohen. • See:A]YB, 16(1914-1915):162.

Solis-Cohen, Judith Da Silva; b.Philadelphia, 1876; d. Philadelphia, Oct 81927.

Drexel. • Author, illustrator, editor,Philadelphia; authority on dressmaking,costume; editor "Womankind," JewishExponent. • See: UJE; E] (sub Solis-Cohen);A]YB, 30:80; WWIA], 1926.

Solis-Cohen, Leon; b. Philadelphia, June 71889; d. Philadelphia, May 1965.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MDJefferson Med ColI. • Radiologist, poet,playwright, Philadelphia; contributor JewishExponent; trustee Natl Farm School; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];NITimes, May 8 1965, 31 :4.

Solis-Cohen, Leon Da Silva; b.Philadelphia, 1840; d. NYC?, 1884.

Writer, stories & poems based onJewishlegends, Philadelphia, Memphis, NYC;contributor AI; Civil War service. • See: UJE;E] (sub Solis-Cohen).

Solis-Cohen, Mrs Solomon; b. ca 1860; d.Nov21936.

Civic worker, Philadelphia; mem Daughters ofthe Am Revolution.· See:A]YB, 39:597.

Solis-Cohen, Myer Da Silva; b.Philadelphia, May 241877; d.Philadelphia, Jan 8 1960.

AB, MD U PA. • Physician, Philadelphia;faculty U PA, Womans Med ColI (PA); dirMastbaum Research Lab; officer synagog, med

socs; inventor of instruments, describer ofdiseases; author in field; WWI service. • See:UJE;A]YB, 24:129,62:452; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; NITimes, Jan 9 1960, 21 :4.

Solis-Cohen, Solomon Da Silva; b.Philadelphia, Sep 11857; d. Philadelphia,July 12 1948.

AB, AM Central High School (Philadelphia),MD Jefferson Med ColI; honorary degrees. •Physician, communal & civic ldr, Zionist,author, translator, Philadelphia; mem Bd ofEducation; faculty Jefferson Med ColI; fdr,editor Am Heb; fdr JTS, Gratz; author in field,on history & religion. • See: UJE; E] (subSolis-Cohen);A]YB, 50:524; WWIA], 1938;PA]HS, 38:336-40; WWWIA,2;NITimes,July13 1948,27:3.

SolI, Louis; b. Botoshan, Rumania, July 51882; d. Nov 1942.

To US 1898. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC;officer United Synagogue ofAm, Natl Fedn ofJewish Mens Clubs, synagog. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Nov 23 1942,23:2.

SolIod, Isadore Irvin; b. Baltimore, Jan 291907.

LLB U MD. • Social worker, Baltimore,Wilmington, DE; withJewish EducationalAlliance, Jewish Community Center, YM­YWHA.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Solman, Alfred; b. ca 1868; d. Nov 15 1937.Popular song composer, LI City, NY. • See:A]YB, 40:392; NITimes, Nov 241937,23:4.

Solmson, Lewis; b. ca 1878; d. June 101939.

Merchant, communal worker, Westerly, RI. •See:A]YB,41:431.

Solodar, Abraham; b. Russia, 1890; d. 1936.To Palestine 1911, to US 1926. • Heh poet;editor Dorenu (Chicago). • See: E].

Solomon, A E; b. ca 1872; d. Jacksonville,Dec 5 1912.

Philanthropist, Hoboken. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):274.

Solomon, Aaron Harold; b. NYC, May 21906.

DDS NYU. • Dentist, Hollis, NY; officersynagog, Rotary Club. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Solomon, AlanR; b. Quincy, MA, 1921; d.NYC, Feb 181970.

PhD Harvard. • Art expert, NYC; dir JewishMuseum; faculty Cornell, U CA, (Irvine); USCommr, Art Expo 1967 (Montreal); author infield.· See:A]YB, 72:545;NITimes, Feb 191970,47:2.

Solomon, Albert Herman; b. Berlad,Rumania, Sep 20 1902.

To US 1907.· UWA, LLB Columbia.·Lawyer, Seattle; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:WWIA],1938.

Solomon, Alfred P; b. Fresno, Nov 261897.AB U CA, MD U IL. • Neurologist,psychologist, Chicago; faculty U IL; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Solomon, Charles; b. NYC, Oct 291889; d.Brooklyn, Dec 81963.

LLB, Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, magistrate,Socialist Party ldr, legislator, author, Brooklyn;secyto Meyer London; special advisor AFL;active labor movement. • See:A]YB, 65:437;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Dec 101963,43:1.

Solomon, Charles; b. Feb 21896; d.Brooklyn, Sep 15 1955.

Physician, Brooklyn; author in field. • See:A]YB, 58:479;NITimes, Sep 161955,23:5.

Solomon, David; b. NYC, Oct 121893; d.NYC, May 1957.

Heb Technical Inst. • Bldr, Brooklyn; natlCommander in ChiefJewish War Veterans;with New Deal Federal Housing Authority;contributor to newspapers; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 31 1957,19:4.

Solomon, David R; b. Meridian, MS.BS, LLB U MS. • Writer, Birmingham, AL;bd Little Theatre; contributor to newspapers,magazines. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Solomon (Salomon), Edward S; b. Sleswick,Schleswig-Holstein, Dec 25 1836; d. SanFrancisco, July 18 1913.

To US 1854. • Governor WA Territory;alderman, Chicago; soldier, Civil Warbrigadier-general, legislator, San Francisco;officer Grand Army of the Republic. • See: ]E;UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):179-80, 11(1909­1910):108,16(1914-1915):165.

Solomon, Edwin P; b. Cincinnati, May 241882.

MD U Cincinnati. • Surgeon, Birmingham,AL; consult US Employees CompensationCommn (Washington DC). • See: WWIA],1926.

Solomon, Elias Louis; b. Vilna, Mar 231879/Apr 221879; d. NYC, Dec 201956.

To NYC 1888. • AB CCNY, Columbia, DHL,ordainedJTS; honorary degree. • Conservativerabbi, communalldr, talmudic authority, NYC;fdr, pres United Synagogue ofAm; co-fdrJewish Endeavor Soc; officer NY Bd ofJewishMinisters; bd Natl Conf of Christians & Jews.• See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:205, 59:477;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA].

Solomon (Solomons), Ezekiel; b. Berlin; d.1806.

To Montreal, to MI ca 1761. • First knownJewish ~ettler, merchant, MI (Mackinaw);captured by Indians during Pontiac uprising;aided English army; children baptized. • See:E];BDEA].

Solomon, George; b. NYC, Oct 121873; d.Feb 241945.

BA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Savannah; ldr Reform rabbinate;promoter of interracial understanding. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):100,47:532.

Solomon, Hannah Greenebaum (MrsHenry Solomon); b. Chicago,Jan 141858; d. Chicago, Dec 7 1942.

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Welfare worker, civic & communalldr,Chicago; Edr, natl pres Natl Council ofJewishWomen; fdr Bureau of Pers;nal Service, ILFedn ofWornens Clubs; pres IL IndustrialSchool for Girls; active World Parliament ofReligions. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 7(1905­1906):103,45:395; WWlAJ, 1928, 1938; NAW

Solomon, Harry; b. San Francisco, 1873.Painter, NYc. • See:A]YB, 24:205.

Solomon, Harry Aaron; b. Philadelphia, Sep241894; d.Jan 1975.

MD NYU, post-grad Vienna. • Physician,. NYC; faculty NYU; med examiner Dept of

Sanitation; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938; NITimes, Jan 26 1975,48:6.

Solomon, Harry B; b.*; d.June 111939.Communal worker, Little Rock. • See: AJYB,41:431.

Solomon, Harry Caesar; b. Hastings, NE,Oct 25 1889; d. May 1982.

BS U CA, MD Harvard. • Neurologist,psychiatrist, Boston; faculty Harvard;developer of treatments; advocate ofcommunity mental health centers, less restraintof mental patients; officer professional orgs;trustee Assocd Jewish Philanthropies; author infield; WWI service. CJ See: UJE; AJYB, 24:205;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWL4, 8;NITimes, May 25 1982.

Solomon, Harry Meyer; b. Wtlmington,NC, Dec 6 1890.

AB U NC. • Wholesale merchant; officersynagog; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Solomon, Henry; b. Plymouth, England,May 211843; d. Dec 181928.

Businessman, philanthropist, NYC; mem StateCom on Probation, State Commn on Prisons; afdr Montefiore Home & Hospital, JewishProtectory & Hawthorne School; benefactorunderprivileged children. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­1906):103,31:94; WWlAJ, 1926.

Solomon, Hyde; b. NYC, May 3 1911.Art Students League, Pratt, Columbia. • Artist;artist-in-residence, Princeton. • See: WWWL4,8.·

Solomon, Hyman; b. NYC, Mar 10 1889; d.June 15 1930.

AB CCNY, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. •Rabbi, Vineland, NJ, earlier NYC, Atlanta,Boston, Lawrence, MA; active religiousschools, charities, Zionism. • See: AJYB,32:155; WWlAJ, 1928.

Solomon, hvingJ; b. Philadelphia, Dec 161885.

PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, exec, Chicago;officerJewish Welfare Fund, synagog, tradeorgs, Community Fund. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Solomon, Izlar; b. St Paul, MN, 1910.Violinist,.orchestra conductor, East Lansing,MI; state music dir Federal Music Project. •See: UJE.

Solomon, Jacob; b. 1892?; d. Purchase, NY,May 141965.

Mfr, communalldr, NYC; officerJamaicaJewish Center, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,synagog; a fdr Westchester Day School. • See:AJYB, 67:543; NITimes, May 15 1965,31:5.

Solomon, Jacob P; b. Manchester, England,May 22 1838; d. May 261909.

Franklin ColI (Franklin, IN), Notre Dame,LLD Columbia. • Editor, fraternal orgn ldr,author, NYC; with The Reb Standard; officerMasons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias,Royal Maccabees. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):190,11(1909-1910):109; NITimes, May271909,9:6.

Solomon, Joel W; b. Chattanooga, June 221921; d. Nashville, July 29 1984.

Vanderbilt. • Admr, real estate developer,Chattanooga, Nashville; chief General ServicesAdm under Pres Carter.· See: WWWL4, 8;NITimes, July 30 1984.

Solomon, Kalman; b. Russia, May 21959;d. Oct 29 1937.

Cantor, rabbi, Brooklyn.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­1904):100-01,40:392; NITimes, Oct 301937,19:4.

Solomon, Leo J; b. ca 1880; d. NYC, Mar18 1917.

Publisher, Reb Standard, NYc. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):268.

Solomon, Leon L; b. Louisville, Sep 171871.

AB, MD U Louisville. • Physician, Louisville;faculty U Louisville; officer Moorman Homefor Women; mem revision com USPharmacopoeia; author in field. • See: BEGAJ.

Solomon, Lewis Max; b. Memphis.DDS U TN. • Oral surgeon, Memphis; facultyUTN.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Solomon, Louis Howard; b. Philadelphia,June 22 1891/1892; d. NYC, Feb 231964.

Yale, AB, LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, civic &communalldr, NYC; specialty: industriallitigation; bd Academy ofHigherJewishLearning; orgr BronxJewish Center;benefactorJewish Culture Found, NYU. • See:AJYB, 66:581; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;WWWL4, 4; NITimes, Feb 241964,25:3.

Solomon, Mary E (Mrs Morris Solomon);b.*; d. NYC, July 51938.

Communal worker, NYC; officer HebConvalescent Home; active synagog, Heb NatlOrphans Home.· See:AJYB, 41:431;NITimes, July 7 1938, 19:3.

Solomon, Meyer; b. NYC, Dec 3 1887.MD Cornell. • Neurologist, psychiatrist,Chicago; faculty Northwestern, Cook CountyGrad·School ofMed; officer professional orgs;author in field; WWI service. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEGAJ.

Solomon, Milton; b. NYC, Jan 111897.LLB Fordham.• Lawyer, veterans affairs ldr,NYC; natl officer Marine Corps League;officer Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Jewish

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War Veterans, Am Legion; active Democraticpolitics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Solomon, Morris J (Maish); b. Rumania,1892?; d. Brooklyn, Jan 22 1967.

To US 1902. • Communal & civic fundraisingldr, Brooklyn; fundraiser hospitals, nursingservice, orphanages, Fedn ofJewish Charities.• See: AJYB, 69:612; NITimes, Jan 23 1967,43:1.

Solomon, Reuben Albert; b. Indianapolis,Aug 171893.

Butler, BS, MD U IN. • Internist,Indianapolis; faculty IN U; bd Jewish Fedn;WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Solomon, S; b. ca 1868; d.July 11937.Portrait painter, San Antonio. • See: AJYB,40:392.

Solomon, Samuel Joseph; b. WashingtonDC, July 11 1899; d. Dec 8 1977.

Natl U. • Aviation exec; mgr WashingtonAirport; exec Northeast Airlines; officer AeroTraining Soc; chr Aviation History Found. •See: WWWL4, 7.

Solomon, Selig; b. ca 1847; d. Los Angeles,Feb 1935.

Mayor, Au Sable, MI. • See:AJYB, 37:262.

Solomon, Sidney L; b. Salem, MA, Feb 211902; d. NYC, Sep 241975.

Harvard. • Dept store exec, philanthropist,NYC; with Federated Stores; a fdrUnitedJewish Appeal; benefactor Appeal for HumanRelations, Am Jewish Com. • See: AJYB,77:600; WWWL4, 6; NITimes, Sep 26 1975,40:3.

Solomon, Sol; b. Hamilton, Ontario, Sep 11858.

To US 1879. • Wholesale clothier, Rochester,NY; natl officer trade org; Spanish-Am WarRough Riders service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Solomon, Walter L; b. ca 1887; d.Cleveland, Apr 5 1934.

Social worker, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 36:287.

Solomon, William; b. ca 1852; d. NYC, Dec15 1919.

Banker, communal worker, NYc. • See: AJYB,22:168.

Solomon, William; b. NYC, Sep 1 1889.CCNY. • Alderman, NYC; officer DemocraticParty. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Solomon, WilliamJ; b. NYC,June 18 1876;d. Westbrook, CT, Oct 1947.

Editor, publisher, Reb Standard, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:205; WWIAJ, 1926; NITimes, Oct161947,27:5.

Solomons, Adolphus Simon (Simeon); b.NYC, Oct 26 1826; d. Washington DC,Mar 1910.

Am Red Cross co-fdr, social welfare ldr,publisher, Washington DC; mem House ofDelegates; co-fdr Mt Sinai; mem central comAlliance Israelite Universelle; general US agentBaron de Hirsch Fund; orgr Night Lodging-

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House Assn. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB,6(1904-1905):190-91, 12(1910-1911):111;PAJHS, 20:166-70, 33:211-30;AJHQ, 59:331­56; DAB; NITimes, Mar 22 1910, 11:2.

Solomons, Aline Esther; b. NYC.Art Students League. • Portrait painter,Washington DC; fdr, officer Art StudentsLeague; officer Water Color Club. • See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):191.

Solomons, Ezekiel; see Solomon, Ezekiel.

Solomons, Gus (Gus Rogers); b. ca 1869;d.NYC, Oct 19 1908.

Comedian, NYC.· See: A]YB, 11(1909­1910):107.

Solomons, Hannah; b.*; d. San Francisco,Aug41909.

Educator, philanthropist, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 12(1910-1911):108.

Solomons, Levi; b. England, ca 1730; d.Montreal, May 18 1792.

To Am ca 1760. • Merchant, Albany, NY,Montreal, MI Territory; prosecuted forsupplying Am Forces; ldr ShearithIsrael(Montreal). • See: BDEAJ.

Solomons, Lucius L (C?); b. San Francisco,Dec 28 1863/1864; d. reported, May 171940.

U CA (Berkeley). • Lawyer, communal worker,San Francisco; officer B'nai B'rith; RumanianRelief Soc, Immigrant Removal Office; dirJewish Education Soc, First Heb BenevolentSoc. • See: AJYB, 7(1905-1906):103-04,24:205,42:484; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928~

Solomont, James; b. Vilna, Jan 4 1882.To US 1888. • Northeastern. • Realtor,banker, Boston; trustee AssocdJewishCharities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Solon, Harry; b. San Francisco, June 51873; d. Aug 1958.

CA School of Design, Chicago Art Inst. •Artist, NYC, Buenos Aires. • See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 71958,25:5.

Solovei,Jacob; b. ca 1866; d. Aug 211935.Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,38:435.

Soloveichik, Aaron; b. Pruzhany, Russia,1918.

To US 1929. • Yeshiva ColI, RIETS. •Orthodox rabbi, tchr ofTalmud; dean HebTheological ColI (Skokie, IL). • See: EJ.

Soloveichik (Soloveitchik), Joseph Dov; b.Pruzhan, l;loland, 1908.

To US 1932. • PhD U Berlin. • Orthodoxrabbi, talmudic scholar, religious philosopher,Spring Valley, NY, Boston; fdr MaimonidesSchool; faculty RIETS; officer Mizrachi;spiritual mentor ofAm-trained Orthodoxrabbis. • See: EJ (sub Soloveichik); EJ:1973­1982.

Soloveichik (Soloveitchik), Moses; b.Kaslovitz, Russia, 1876/1879; d. NYC,

Jan 311941.Noted talmudist, rabbi, NYC; faculty RIETS,Yeshiva ColI. • See: EJ (sub Soloveichik);AJYB, 43:364; NYTimes, Feb 1 1941, 18:3.

Soloveichik, Samuel; b. Poland, 1908; d.Bronx, Feb 251967.

To US 1939. • Dr Sc U Brussels. • Scientist,chemist; faculty Yeshiva U; "WWII governmentservice. • See: AJYB, 69:612-13; NYTimes, Feb27 1967,29:2.

Soloveitchik, Simchah; b. Brest-Litovsk,1881; d. Brooklyn, Nov 161941.

To US 1924. • Rabbi, noted talmudic scholar,Russia, NYC, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 44:344;NYTimes, Nov 17 1941, 19:2.

Solovetzik, Solomon; b. ca 1868; d. Oct 101938.

Rabbi, cantor, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 41:431;NYTimes, Oct 11 1938, 25:2.

Solow, Eugene Maxwell; b. NYC, Dec 221898; d. Dallas, June 10 1953.

Communalldr, oilman, Dallas; natl exec comJoint Defense Appeal; active Natl Conf ofChristians & Jews, Community Chest. • See:AJYB,55:460.

Solow, Herbert; b. NYC, Nov 201903; d.Westbrook, CT, Nov 26 1964.

BA, BL Columbia. • Editor, writer, NYC;admr New School; bd Fortune; an editor,contributor Time, Menorah Journal. • See:AJYB, 66:581; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Nov 271964, 35:2.

Soloway, Herman Milton; b. Portland, ME,Apr 3 1893.

MD U IL. • Urologist, Chicago; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Solowey, Ben; b. Warsaw, Aug 291900; d.1978.

To Philadelphia 1914. • Graphic Sketch Club,PA Academy of Fine Arts, Paris. • Artist, NYC;assocd NY newspapers. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, June 3 1978, 22:6.

Solowey, Sol; b. Russia, 1898?; d. NYC,Dec 141966.

Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr AlbertEinstein ColI ofMed; benefactor Heb U. •See: AJYB, 68:534; NYTimes, Dec 17 1966,33:5.

Soltes, Avraham; b.NYC, 1917; d. NYC,May231983.

CCNY, MA Columbia, ordained Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, communal culturalldr, radiofigure, military chaplain; chr NatlJewishMusic Council; bd NatlJewish Book Council,B'nai Zion Found; active Am Friends ofTelAviv U; author in field. • See: AJYB, 85:420;NYTimes, May 25 1983, 16:1.

Soltes, Mordecai;b. Dzwiniacze, Poland!Solotwina, Austria, Aug 27/291893; d.NYC, June 28 1957.

To NYC 1899/1900. • BS NYU, MA, PhDColumbia, Supt of School diploma Tchrs ColI.• Communal educator, writer, NYC; natl dir ofJewish educationJewish Welfare Bd; pres

Sommerstein, Emil

Jewish Council; natl exec com Zionist Org ofAm; adm com Am Jewish Congo • See: UJE;AJYB, 59:477; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEGAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, June 291957,17:3.

Somberg, Joseph Sheldon; b. Devils Lake,ND, July 4 1896.

MD Columbia. • Ophthalmologist, NYC;assocd State Dept of Labor; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Somerman, Sumer; b. ca 1871; d.Pittsburgh, Dec 91922.

State legislator, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,25:141.

Sommer, Charles Nathaniel; b. NYC, Apr181886.

Clothes mfr, Montreal; governor MontrealHospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sommer, Sigmund; b. Brooklyn, ca 1917; d.NYC, 1979.

Real estate developer, race horse owner. • See:NYTimes, May 2 1979.

Sommerburg,Miriam;b.Hamburg;d.Sep51980.

To US 1946. • Artist, NYc. • See: WWWIA,7.

Sommerfeld, Martin; b. ca 1894; d. Bristol,VT,July261939.

German language tchr, Smith ColI,Springfield, MA; mem Prussian State Bd ofEducation. • See:AJYB, 42:484.

Sommerfeld, Rose; b.*Research dir Clara de Hirsch Home forWorking Girls, NYc. • See:AJYB, 7(1905­1906):104. • *See entry below.

Sommerfeld, Rose L; b.*; d. Sep 12 1927.Educator, communal worker, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 30:80. • *See entry above.

Sommerfield, Clara Rosenfeld (Mrs JuliusSommerfield); b. Adanta, Mar 4 1870.

Clubwoman, Atlanta; officer Fedn ofJewishWornens Orgs, Fedn of]ewish Social Services;dir Community House for Girls. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Sommerfield, Julius Edward; b. Cincinnati,Feb 12 1865; d. Dec 15 1937.

MD Med ColI of OH, post-grad U Vienna, UBerlin. • Physician, communal & civic worker,Atlanta; chief of staffMorris Hirsch Clinic; bdFedn for Jewish Social Services. • See: AJYB,40:392; WWIAJ, 1938.

Sommerich, Florence Miller (Mrs EdwinSommerich); b. NYC, Mar 4 1876.

AB Hunter, NY School of Social Work.·Communal & civic worker, Far Rockaway; fdrChildrens Home; bd Queens Family WelfareSoc; WWI officer Red Cross. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Sommerstein, Emil; b. Hleszczawa, Poland,July 61883; d. May 25 1957. -

To US 1946.· Lawyer, Zionist & communalldr, Europe; Jewish representative, Polish

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Parliament; officer Zionist Org of Galicia; fdrJewish Academic House (U Lwow); chrCentral Jewish Com; active Jewish CooperativeMovement. • See:AJYB, 59:477; NYTimes,May 28 1957, 34:4.

Son, Charles A; b. San Francisco, Nov 51876.

AB U CA, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, LosAngeles; mem Industrial Accident Commn;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sonderling, Jacob; b. Lipine, Upper Silesia,Oct 19 1878; d. Los Angeles, Sep 301964.

To US 1923. • U Vienna,·U·Breslau, MA,PhD Proseminar, U Briinn, Berlin Lehranstalt.• Rabbi, early Zionist, Los Angeles; co-workerofHerzl; fdr Soc for Jewish Culture; facultyHeb Union ColI (CA); authority onphilosophy; author in field; German armyservice. • See:AJYB, 66:581-82; WWIAJ,1926, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 11964, 35:2.

Sondheim, Phineas; b. NYC, Sep 14 1862;d.July 1943.

CCNY. • Banker, NYC; active Soc for EthicalCulture. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes,July 241943, 13:2.

Sondheim, SidneyJames; b. Mauch Chunk,PA,July 3 1884.

MD UPA, post-grad, UPA, UVienna.·Physician, NYC; officer synagog; bd B'naiB'rith Home; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Sondheim, Walter; b. Baltimore, May 311877.

Dept store exec, Baltimore; dir Morris PlanBank; officer AssocdJewish Charities, RedCross; bd Council of Social Agencies. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Sondheimer, Albert; b. ca 1877; d. NYC,July 13 1942.

To NYC 1940. • Industrialist, Frankfurt,NYC; exec noted German metal firm; activereligious, educational & philanthropic orgs,Germany; officer Help & Reconstruction, Inc.• See:AJYB, 45:395; NYTimes, July 141942,19:4.

Sondheimer, Alexander; b. 1873.Contributor to Muskogee, OK synagog; memPresbyterian Church. • See: UJE (subSondheimer, Joseph).

Sondheimer, Hans; b. GeInhausen,Germany, Dec 61901; d. NYC, 1984.

To US 1939. • Inst ofTech (Munich). • CityOpera lighting designer, NYC; a fdr US Inst ofTheater Technology.· See: NYTimes, Sep 31984,13:7.

Sondheimer, Joseph; b. Bavaria, 1840; d.Muskogee, OK, 1913.

Pioneer, fur trader, pecan buyer, Baltimore, StLouis; Civil War commissary. • See: UJE.

Sondheimer, Rudolph; b. ca 1867; d. Jan 51938.

Lumber merchant, Memphis. • See: AJYB,40:392.

Sondheimer, Samuel; b. St Louis,Jan 211871.

Owner, Joseph Sondheimers Sons, Muskogee,OK; chr Am Jewish Relief Fund; dir UnitedCharities, B'nai B'rith. • See: UJE (subSondheimer,Joseph); WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Sonkin, David; b. NYC, Oct 291897.BS CCNY. • Design & production engineer,NYC; officer professional soc; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Sonkin, Simon; b. NYC, Apr 3 1901; d. Aug1965.

BS CCNY, EE Brooklyn Polytech, MA, PhDColumbia. • Physicist, NYC; faculty CCNY;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Aug 311965,33:4.

Sonn, Ralph A; b. Steinach, Bavaria, July 71859; d. Sep 23 1927.

German-Am Seminary (Milwaukee). •Communal admr, Atlanta; supt Heb OrphansHome; author Heb primer. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):104,30:80.

Sonnabend, Abraham M; b. Boston, Dec 81896; d. Palm Beach, Feb 111964.

Harvard; honorary degree. • Industrialist, exec,philanthropist; pres Boston Found, MA HigherEducation Assistance Corp; dir CommunityChest (Palm Beach); trustee Colby; activeinterfaith relations, civil rights. • See: AJYB,66:582; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 12 1964,33:2.

Sonnabend, Louis; b. ca 1864; d.Dorchester, MA, Sep 5 1916.

Civic worker, Boston; mem Common Council,School Bd. • See: AJYB, 19(1917-1918):268.

Sonne, Isaiah; b. Galicia, 1887; d. 1960.To US 1940. • ColI Rabbinico (Florence). •Scholar, historian, bibliographer; specialty:Italian Jewry; faculty Jewish schools (Lodz,Florence, Rhodes); lecturer, librarian HebUnion ColI. • See: EJ.

Sonneborn, Ferdinand;b. Brehenbach,Germany, Jan 10 1874; d. NYC,June 91953.

To US 1903. • U Marburg, U Munich, PhD UBasle. • Oil refiner, chemist, pioneer Zionist,NYC; authority on use ofpetroleum by­products for med; fdr Am Friends of HaifaTechnion; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Red Cross. • See: AJYB,55:460; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 101953,32:2.

Sonneborn, Helen; b. Washington DC,1876?; d. NYC, Nov 22 1958.

Communal worker, philanthropist; activebringing German Jewish children to Palestine,United Jewish Appeal; benefactor Heb U,Haifa Technion.· See:AJYB, 61:419.

Sonneborn, Rudolf Goldschmidt; b.Baltimore, June 22 1898.

Businessman, Zionist ldr; supporter Haganah;pres Materials for Israel; active refugee aid;WWI service. • See: EJ.

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Sonneborn, Siegmund Bacharach; b.Breitenbach, Germany, Apr 14 1872; d.Baltimore, Sep 19 1940.

To Baltimore 1889. • ABJohns Hopkins. • Oilrefiner, NYC; clothing mfr, author, Baltimore;dir Natl Farm School, Jewish Publication Soc;pioneer in collective bargaining; • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):104,43:364,437-40; WWIAJ,1928 (addenda), 1938; NYTimes, Sep 20 1940,23:6.

Sonneborn, Tracy Morton; b. Baltimore,Oct 5/191905; d.Jan 261981.

AB, PhD Johns Hopkins; honorary degrees. •Scientist, zoologist, Bloomington, IN; facultyIN U; officer Soc for the Study of Evolution,professional orgs; author/editor in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7,8.

Sonnenberg, Benjamin; b. Brest-Litovsk,July 12 1901; d. NYC, Sep 61978.

Public relations exec, legendary press agent,NYC; mem Am Relief Adm (Constantinople).• See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Sep 7 1978.

Sonnenschein, Hugo;b. Chicago, Nov 191883/1884; d. Sep 2 1956.

LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Chicago; dir AllstateInsurance. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Sep 3 1956, 13:6.

Sonnenschein, Robert; b. Chicago, July 101879; d. Nov 81939.

MD Rush Med ColI, post-grad Vienna, Berlin,Konigsberg. • Otolaryngologist, communal .worker, Chicago; faculty Rush Med ColI, UChicago; officer med soc; author in field. • See:AJYB, 42:484; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEGAJ.

Sonneschein, Rosa (Mrs Solomon HSonneschein); b. Prossnitz, Moravia, Mar12 1847; d. St Louis, Mar 5 1932.

To US 1869. • Publisher, editor,AmJewess,Zionist, St Louis; correspondent for German,Am, English press. • See: EJ:1973-1982; AJYB,6(1904~1905):191;AJIi, 68:57-63.

Sonneschein, Solomon H; b. Szent MartonTurocz, Hungary, June 24 1839; d. Oct 31908.

PhD U Jena. • Rabbi, Des Moines, St Louis;officer Natl Conf of Charities & Corrections;contributor to German, English press. • See:JE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):101, 11(1909­1910):107.

Sonnichsen, Albert; b. San Francisco, May5 1878; d. Aug 15 1931.

Author, war correspondent, NYC; investigatedSlavic immigrants for US ImmigrationCommn; promoter consumer cooperatives. •See:AJYB, 24:205; WWWIA, 1.

Sontag, Susan; b. NYC, 1933.Critic, author, philosopher, NYC; facultyCCNY, Sarah Lawrence, Columbia. • See: EJ.

Sopkin, Stefan Abraham; b. NYC, Apr 111900.

Violinist, tchr, NYC; faculty U Cincinnati,Ithaca Conservatory, LA State. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

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Sorcher, Jerome; b. NYC, July 13 1922; d.NYC, Feb 221966.

Chief accountant, Am Jewish Com, NYC.·See: AJYB, 68:534; NYTimes, Feb 24 1966,37:3.

Sorotzkin, Boruch; b. Zdziencol, Poland,Jan 23 1918; d. Brooklyn, Feb 10 1979.

To US 1942. • Rabbi, communalldr,Cleveland; dean Heb Academy; presidiumAgaduth Israel; publisher, editor ShiureiRabeinuHagraiMitelz.· See:AJYB, 81:376.

Sorrin, Sidney; b. NYC, Jan 15 1900.DDS NYU. • Periodontist, NYC; facultyNYU; officer dental assn; active FreeSynagogue; author in field. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ.

Sors (Stem), Ivan; b. Reca, Hungary, 1895.To US 1940. • Artist, cartoonist, illustrator,Prague; contributor UJE. • See: UJE.

Soskin, Samuel; b. NYC, 1904.PhD U Toronto. • Med research worker;faculty U Chicago; specialty: endocrine &metabolic research. • See: UJE.

Soskin, Samuel David; b. Cleveland, Oct 291906; d. Brooklyn, Jan 27 1970.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Brooklyn, earlier Ft Worth; co-editorSocialAction in Review; bd NY ConvalescentHome; pres Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst ofReligion Alumni Assn; WWII chaplain. • See:AJYB, 72:545; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 291970,37:1.

Soskin, William; b. NYC, May 1 1899; d.Mar 1952.

AB Columbia, Columbia Law. • Literary critic,editor, NYC; with NY Post; exec editorStackpole Sons. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Mar 25 1952,27:4.

Sosland, Benjamin; b. Kansas City, Oct 171898; d. Mar 1972.

Newspaper exec, Kansas City, earlier StJoseph, Chattanooga; with Kansas CityJournalPost; dir synagog. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes, Mar141972,46:3.

Sossnitz, Isaac;b. Birzhi, Lithuania, Dec 241872; d. Nov 1967.

To NYC 1891.· MD Baltimore U. •Physician, translator, NYC; med exec OrderSons ofZion; med dir Eastern Life InsuranceCo; contributorJE. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; Eisenstadt, 43-45; NYTimes, Nov 291967,40:7.

Sossnitz, Joseph Judah Oehuda) Lob(Loeb); b. Birzhi, Kovno, Sep 17 1837; d.NYC, Mar 2 1910.

To NYC 1891. • Scholar, talmudist,communal educator, scientific writer; an editorencyclopedia Haeshkol; fdr, principal UptownTalmud Torah. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):192, 12(1910-1911):110; NYTimes, Mar3 1910,9:5.

Sotheran, Alice Hyneman (Mrs Charles ASotheran); b. ca 1831/1835; d. Dec 161919.

Author, lecturer, NYC; active Socialist. • See:AJYB, 22:168; NYTimes, Dec 17 1919, 17:2.

Souza, Kittie (Mrs); b.*; d. May 211936.WWI nurse, Port Chester, NY. • See: AJYB,38:435.

Sovatkin, EdwardJay; b. Minsk, Feb 71886; d. May 1965.

To US 1892.· NY Law. • Mfr, Brooklyn;code officer Nat! Recovery Adm; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities, Joint Defense Com; authoron history & mfr of surgical instruments. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May 19 1965,47:3.

Sovem, Michael Ira; b. NYC, 1931.University admr, legal scholar, arbitrator,NYC; pres Columbia University, earlierColumbia Law School; co-fdr Legal ServicesUnion, Mobilization for Youth, Am CivilLiberties Union; creator television series, "DueProcess for the Accused." • See: EJ; EJ:1973­1982.

Soyer, Abraham; b. Lutzin, Russian, 1867;d. NYC,Jan 13 1940.

To US 1913. • Heb & Yiddish writer, NYC;faculty Yeshiva ColI; author essays, allegoricalchildrens stories, noted Heb textbook;autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Soyer,Raphael);AJYB, 42:484; NYTimes, Jan 141940,42:6.

Soyer, Isaac; b. Russia, Apr 231907; d. July8 1981.

To US 1914. • Heb Tchrs Inst, CooperUnion, Nat! Academy ofFine Arts,Educational Alliance, Europe • Painter, arttchr, NYC. • See: EJ (sub Soyer, Raphael);WWWIA,8.

Soyer, Moses; b. Borisoglobsk, Russia, Dec251899; d. NYC, Sep 2 1974.

To NYC 1912/1913.· Cooper Union, Nat!Academy of Design, Educational Alliance,abroad. • Artist, NYC; a fdr Jewish Art Center,New Art School; faculty Am Artist School,Educational Alliance. • See: UJE; EJ (subSoyer, Raphael);AJYB, 76:518; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 6;NYTimes, Sep 31974,38:1.

Soyer, Raphael; b. Borisoglobsk, Russia,Dec 251899.

To US 1912. • Cooper Union, Nat! Academyof Design, Beaux Arts, Art Students League. •Renowned artist, author; with Federal ArtProject; one man exhibits; painted series ofcontemporary artists portraits. • See: UJE; EJ;WWIAJ,1938.

Spachner, Bertha KalichlKalisch (MrsLeopold Spachner); b. Lemberg, May 171874; d. NYC, Apr 18 1939.

To NYC 1894.· Lemberg Conservatory. •Actress, NYC; part owner theatres. • See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):192,41:425.

Spachner, John Victor; b. Chicago, May 71898; d. May 1974.

Business exec; exec Container Corp ofAm; bdSarah Lawrence, Aspen Inst HumanisticStudies. • See: WWWL4, 6.

Spear, Alex

Spagat, Joseph Wolf; b. ca 1844; d. Norfolk,Apr221915.

Merchant, Norfolk. • See:AJYB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Spalter, Ralph; b. ca 1872; d. Ann Arbor,Apr261942.

Rabbi, Detroit. • See: A]YB, 44:344.

Spanel, Abram Nathaniel; b. Odessa, May15 1901; d. Mar 30 1985.

Mfr, inventor, author; fdr Vacuumizer Mfg,Latex Corp, Spanel Found. • See: WWWIA., 8.

Spar, Samuel; b. Warsaw, Aug 18 1905; d.NYC, Nov 1968.

To US 1913. • St Lawrence U, LLB BrooklynLaw. • Lawyer, Jamaica, NY; fdr, presMizrachi; officer Union of OrthodoxJewishCongregations, Religious Zionists ofAm. •See:AJYB, 70:525; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,Nov 5 1968,44:7.

Sparber, Jean Leah Weinstein (MrsHoward Sparber); b. NYC, Nov 23 1923;d. Feb 1972.

BA Skidmore, MS Columbia. • Journalist,social worker, consult, Morristown, NJ;psychiatric social worker NJ State Hospital;youth page editor Morris County Daily Record.• See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Feb 8 1972,37:1.

Sparberg,.George Louis; b. Des Moines,Jan 91893.

PAState ColI ofAgriculture. • Merchant,broker, purchasing agent, Chicago; districtexec secy Nat! Assn ofWaste Material Dealers;officer trade assn, synagog, religious school;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sparger, Wtlliam; b. Tallya, Hungary, Apr3 1860; d. after 1903.

Rabbinical Seminary (Budapest), RoyalConservatory (Vienna). • Popular Reformcantor, Jewish musicologist, Emanu-EI, NYC;author in field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 5(1903­1904):101.

Spatt, Moses; b. NYC, Feb 211896; d.NYC, Apr 16 1972.

Dentist, realtor, Brooklyn; a fdr Beth MedrashGovoha (Lakewood, NJ); officerJewishCenter, Jewish Community Council; sponsorTorah School (Tiberias, Israel). • See:AJYB,74:559; NYTimes, Apr 18 1972,51:1.

Spatz, Maximilian; b. Vienna, Mar 30 1880.To US 1902. • MD Loyola U, MD Nat! UMed School (Mexico), post-grad UVienna. •Physician, Chicago, Mexico City; med dirB'nai B'rith Clinic (Mexico City); author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Speaker, Henry M; b. Wisoko, Lithuania,Apr 61868; d.July 301935.

To US 1887. • Columbia, MA U PA,JTS, NYLaw. • Educator, author, Philadelphia;principal Gratz; instructorJTS; prisonchaplain. • See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):192,24:205, 38:435; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Spear, Alex; b. ca 1884; d. reported Dec 21937.

Veteran, civic worker, Memphis; ldr veterans

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groups; 4 medals for bravery. • See: A]YB,40:392.·

Spear, IrvingJ; b. Germany, Mar 10 1872.Baltimore City ColI, MD U MD, post-gradAustria, Germany, England. • Neurologist,psychiatrist, Baltimore; faculty U MD; authorinfield.· See:A]YB, 24:205; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938.

Spear, Maurice W; b. ca 1881; d. Apr 201938.

Mfr, communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See:A]YB, 40:392; NITimes, Apr 22 1938, 19:5.

Spear, Nathan B; b. Suwalki, Sep 3 1877.Merchant, Rome, NY; pres synagog; chrUnited Jewish Campaign, United PalestineAppeal; dir Chamber of Commerce, CivicConcerts. See: WWIA], 1928.

Spear, Nathaniel; b. Plymouth, OH, Nov 51867; d. Pittsburgh,June 19 1947.

Business exec, communalldr, Pittsburgh,NYC; officer Irene Kaufmann Settlement,YM-YWHA.• See:A]YB, 50:523;WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, June 201947,19:5.

Speare, Morris Edmund; b. Boston, Mar 211877/1887; d. Feb 27 1974.

AB, MA Harvard, PhD Johns Hopkins. •Editor, author, professor of English, NYC;faculty StJohns, Hunter; editor Pocket Books;Episcopalian.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938(addenda); WWWIA, 6.

Specthrie, Samuel Waldo; b. Aug 13 1908;d. Nov 8 1973.

U IL, Northwestern. • Accountant, Skokie, IL;faculty Northwestern. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Spector, Aaron; b. ca 1834; d. St Louis, Apr11915.

Rabbi, St Louis. • See: A]YB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Spector, Benjamin;b. Brooklyn, July 81893; d. Feb 17 1976.

MD NYU/Bellevue, Mt Desert Island BiologyLab, Mayo Clinic, abroad. • Physician,bioanatomist, author, Brookline, MA; facultyTufts; officer Am Assn of History ofMedicine;chr Friends ofArmed Forces Med Library;trustee Boston Med Library. • See: WWWIA,6; NITimes, Feb 19 1976, 38:2.

Spector, Bertha Kaplan (Mrs MorrisSpector); b. Kobrin, Russia, Oct 9 1896;d. Mar 261938.

BS, MS, PhD U Chicago, post-grad Hamburg.• Bacteriologist, parasitologist, Chicago;authority on amoebic dysentary; faculty U IL;assocd US Public Health Service, U Chicago;author in field; WWI service. • See: A]YB,40:392; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Mar27 1938, II 6:6.

Spector, Hyman Isiah; b. Ukraine, July 151894.

To US 1907. • BS, MD U IL. • Physician,tuberculosis controller, St Louis; assocd StLouis U, Health Dept; mem state tuberculosiscommns. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Spector,Johanna;b.La~a, 1920.To US 1947.· Ethno-musicologist, NYC;facultyJTS; collected, recorded Yemenite,Samaritan music; concentration campssurvivor. • See: E].

Spector, Joseph William; b. NYC, Dec 201903.

LLB U MD. • Lawyer, special asst citysolicitor, Baltimore; nat! officer Brith Shalom;officer Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA],1938.

Spector, Maurice; b. Baltimore, Dec 171880; d. Philadelphia, Oct 261959.

Merchant, communalldr, Philadelphia; nat!officerJoint Defense Appeal; bdJTS. • See:A]YB, 62:452;NITimes, Oct271959, 37:4.

Spector, Mordecai; b. Uman, Russia, 1858;d. NYC, Mar 15 1925.

To US 1921. • Yiddish novelist, journalist,editor, NYC; staffZeit, Tageblatt; memoirs. •See: UJE; E];A]YB, 27:151; NITimes, Mar 181925,21:5.

Spectorsky, A C (Auguste Comte); b. Paris,Aug 13 1910; d. St Croix, Virgin Islands,Jan 171972.

To US as youngster. • BS NYU, post-gradColumbia. • Exec, author, editor, publisher,Chicago; with Playboy Enterprises. • See:WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Jan 18 1972, 34:4.

Spectorsky, Isaac;b.Kalvarie, Suwalki, Nov20 1868; d. Camp Hinsdale, MA, June 71944.

To NY 1882.· Cornell, BS NYU, Master ofPedagogy NYU. • Zionist & communalldr,tchr, camp dir, author, NYC; fdr ChovevayZion Soc (pioneer Zionist soc); assocd Baronde Hirsch Trade School; supt EducationalAlliance; dir Camp Lenore, (Hinsdale, MA);editor Jewish Free Press. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­1906):104, 46:346; WWIA], 1938; NITimes,June 10 1944,15:2.

Speier, Herman; b. Jassy, Mar 9 1871; d.Jan 221939.

To US 1904. • Insurance broker, nat!communalldr, NYC; exec secy UnitedRumanianJews ofAm; a fdr Menorah Home;officerJewish Council, Yassier Assn; consultabout RumanianJews to Am Jewish Cong, AmJewish Com;· See:A]YB, 41:431; WWIA],1938;NITimes,Jan241939,19:5.

Speier, Moritz; b. Melsunger, Germany,May 14 1884; d. June 1963.

To US 1905. ·OrdainedJTS.· Rabbi,Mineola, LI, earlier NYC, Newport, RockvilleCenter. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, June18 1963,37:3.

Speigel, Adolph; see Spiegel, Adolph.

Speiser, Ephraim Avigdor; b. Skalat,Galicia, Jan 241902; d. Elkins Park, PA,June 15 1965.

To US 1920. • Lemberg ColI, MA U PA, PhDDropsie; honorary degree. • Near Eastspecialist, archaeologist, Biblical scholar,Philadelphia; discoverer of Hurrians; faculty UPA; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; E];

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A]YB, 67:543; WWIA], 1928, 1938; WWWIA,4; DAB, 7; NITimes, June 171965, 33:1.

Speiser, MauriceJ; b. NYC, Dec 23 1880;d.Aug 1948.

Lawyer, asst district atty, Philadelphia, NYC;specialty: rights ofperforming artists; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Aug 61948, 17:1.

Spelfogel, Morris Richard; b. Malden, MA,Oct 141907; d. Mar 71969.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston; counselMA state agencies; pres regional UnitedSynagogue ofAm; active Nat! Fedn ofJewishMens Clubs. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Spelke,Max;b.Stamford,CT,Febl01894; d. Miami, Feb 1962.

AB Dartmouth, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,prosecuting atty, special asst to US AttyGeneral, Stamford, CT; active politics, FDRsupporter; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938; NITimes, Feb 241962, 27:1.

Spellman, Benjamin Franklin; b. NYC, Feb61876; d. Apr 1952.

NY Law. • Trial lawyer, advisor to lawyers,NYC; involved in important cases. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928; NITimes, Apr 26 1952,23:3.

Spellman, Howard Hilton; b.*; d. 1978.Public official, lawyer, NYC; mem CityCouncil; active Democratic politics. • See:·WWIA], 1938 (addenda).

Spellman, Louis E; b. ca 1873; d.Jan 71936.

Merchant, communal worker, Larchmont, NY.• See:A]YB, 38:435.

Spenadel, Irving; b. Cracow, Mar 22 1895;d. Apr 1941.

To NYC 1896.· DDS NY ColI of Dentistry. •Orthodontist, NYC; instructor NYU,Columbia, Dewey School; a fdr, officerprofessional orgs; author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Apr 81941,25:4.

Sperber, Alexander; b. Czernowitz,Bucovina, 1897.

To US 1934. • U Vienna, U Berlin, PhD UBonn. • Heb scholar, author; faculty BerlinLehranstalt, U Bonn, JTS, Dropsie. • See:UJE.

Sperka, Joshua Sidney; b. Vlotzlavek,Poland, Nov 15 1904.

To US 1922. • Columbia, BS Lewis Inst, MAU MI, ordained Chicago. • Rabbi, Detroit;execbdJewish Nat! Fund, Zionist Org ofAm,Am Jewish Cong; dir Histadruth Ivrith. • See:WWIA],1938.

Sperling, Isidor Irving; b. NYC, Jan 221897.

Publicity dir, Cleveland; pres FinancialAdvertisers Assn; feature writer ClevelandPlain Dealer. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sperling, Melitta; b. Sniatyn, Austria, Oct15 1899; d. Dec 281973.

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'To US 1938.· MD UVienna, ViennaPsychoanalytical Inst. • PhysiCian, psychiatrist,Brooklyn; faculty SUNY (Brooklyn); consultVA hospitals. • See: WW"WIA, 6; NYTimes,Dec 29 1973,28:4.

Sperling, Saul; b. Nanticoke, PA, 1906; d.Bronx,Jan 91969.

Lawyer, Zionist worker; a fdr Zionist Org ofAm (Westchester), Jewish Center (Yonkers);officer Young Israel; counsel refugees. • See:A]YB, 71:609; NYTimes, Jan 10 1969,47:1.

Spero, Shubert; b. NYC, 1923.Orthodox rabbi, Cleveland, Brookline, MA;lecturer Cleveland Inst ofArt, Case Western;author in field. • See: UJE.

Spero, Sterling D; b. Brooklyn, Nov 201896; d.Jan 2 1976.

Columbia, AB, MA, PhD New School. •Economist, NYC; faculty NYU; dir MunicipalCollective Bargaining Study, 20th CenturyFund; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Jan 4 1976,47:2.

Sperry, Eugene Edward; b. NYC, Apr 101876; d. Deal, NJ, Aug 3 1945.

AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;mayor, Deal, NJ; officer Heb Technical Instfor Boys; WWI draft bd chr. • See:A]YB,48:500; WWIA], 1938.

Sperry, Leonard M; b. Kherson, Oct 161901; d. Los Angeles, Sep 111963.

To US 1904. • Merchant, communalldr; natlofficer Am Jewish Com; natl counCil]ointDefense Appeal. • See: A]YB, 65:437;NYTimes, Sep 13 1963,29:3.

Sperry, Rose Adler; b. Chicago, Mar 301904; d. Los Angeles, July 301972.

Civic ldr, philanthropist, Los Angeles; fdrLeonard M Sperry Center (Rome); bd AmJewish Com; trustee Jewish Community FednCouncil, Immaculate Heart ColI. - See: A]YB,74:559; NYTimes, July 311972,30:5.

Spewack, Bella Cohen (Mrs SamuelSpewack); b. 1899.

Playwright, Los Angeles; co-author withhusband; co-donor sports club for polio victims(Israel). • See: UJE (sub Spewack, Samuel); E};WWIA], 1938.

Spewack, Samuel; b. Bachmut, Russia, Sep161899; d. NYC, Oct 14 1971.

To US 1903. • Columbia. • Journalist,playwright, foreign correspondent, LosAngeles; co-donor sports club for polio victims(Israel); co-author with wife; Tony award;WWII service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 73:636;WWIA], 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,Oct 15 1971,44:1.

Speyer, Edgar; b. NYC, Sep 7 1862; d.NYC, Feb 1932.

To US during WWI. • Banker; mem Lazard &Speyer, firms; fdr Whitechapel Art Gallery(London); controversial figure in Britain,WWI. • See:]E (sub Speyer); UJE; NYTimes,Feb 18 1932,21:3.

Speyer, Eduard Gumpertz (Gustav); b.Frankfurt, Feb 41825; d. Frankfurt, July23 1883.

In NYC 1845-1863. • Banker; mem familyfirm, NYC, Frankfort. • See:]E (sub Speyer).

Speyer, James Joseph; b. NYC, July 221861; d. NYC, Oct 311941.

Internatl banker, philanthropist, finanCier,NYC; a fdr Provident Loan, UniversalSettlement Soc, Moderation League; officerCharity Org Soc; fought for repeal ofProhibition; pro-German during WWI. • See:]E (sub Speyer); UJE; A]YB, 6{1904­1905):193,24:205,44:344; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 3;NYTimes, Nov 11941,15:1.

Speyer, Leo; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, Apr 91913.

Banker, NYc. • See:A]YB, 15{1913­1914):274.

Speyer, Philip; b. Frankfurt; d. NYc.Banker; fdr US firm of Philip Speyer & Co,later Speyer & Co. • See:]E (sub Speyer).

Spicehandler, Abraham; b. Warsaw, July 51888; d. Woodmere, LI,]an 1968.

To NYC 1904. • Merchant, NYC; communalldr, Boro Park; fdr Heb-speaking synagog,Histadruth Ivrith; officer Hadoar, Zionist OrgofAm; bd Yeshivah Etz Chaim. • See: A]YB,70:525; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,Jan271968,29:3.

Spieker, Max; b. Konigsberg, Aug 16 1858;d. NYC, Oct 15 1912.

Leipzig Conservatory. • Musician; musical dir,composer, tchr, NYC; assocd Emanu-EI,Brooklyn Conservatory. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,6{1904-1905):193, 15{1913-1914):274;NYTimes, Oct 161912,13:5.

Spiegel, Adolph; b. Buczacz, Austria, Feb101869; d. Apr 1957.

To US 1890.· NYU, PhD Oskaloosa ColI.·Rabbi, NYC; officerJewish MemorialHospital, Union of OrthodoxJewishCongregations; delegate Berlin Cong (1878);activeJTS, Uptown Talmud Torah; Spanish­Am War chaplain. • See:A]YB, 5{1903­1904):101; WWIA], 1926, 1938 (sub Speigel);NYTimes, Apr 9 1957,33:1.

Spiegel, Arthur Major; b. Cincinnati, Oct25 1884; d. Cincinnati, Oct 3 1947.

AB, U Cincinnati, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,legislator, muniCipal judge, CinCinnati; bdUnited Jewish Social Agencies; trustee UCinCinnati; active communal affairs,Republican politics. • See: UJE (sub Spiegel,Frederich S); A]YB, 50:523; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;NYTimes, Oct41947, 17:4.

Spiegel, Dora Rosenberg (Mrs SamuelSpiegel); b. Vngvar, Austria-Hungary,Nov 27 1879; d. Palm Beach, Feb 141948.

To US 1882.- BS, MA Columbia.·Communal worker, NYC; staff EducationalAlliance; a fdr, natl pres Womens LeagueUnited Synagogue ofAm; natl chr Conf Comof Natl Jewish Wornens Orgs; exec bd Central

Spiegel, Shalom

Jewish Inst, NY Guild for Jewish Blind, AmPro-Falasha Com, Natl Conf of Christians &Jews. • See: UJE; A]YB, 50:523; WWIA],1928, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 16 1948,21:4.

Spiegel, Ernest Adolf; b. Vienna, July 241895.

To US 1931. • Physician, Philadelphia; facultyNeurological Inst, U Vienna, Temple U;author in field; translator Bible. • See: UJE;WWIA],1938.

Spiegel, Frederick Siegfried; b. Hovestadt,Westphalia?lPrussia?, Nov 201857/1858; d. Chicago,Jan 241925.

To Gadsden, AL ca 1872. • Southern Inst(Gadsden, AL), LLB CinCinnati CoIl of Law. •Jurist, statistician, mayor, Civic & communalldr, Cincinnati; mem Bd of Education; chiefOR Bureau of Statistics; officer B'nai B'rith;author in field. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­1905):193-94,24:205; WWWIA, 1.

Spiegel, Frederick Wtlliam; b. Chicago,July 191898; d. Aug 22 1975.

Business exec, Chicago; with Spiegel Inc; presValentine Boys Club; WWI, WWII service.·See: WWWIA, 6.

Spiegel, Irving; b. NYC, Apr 261~07;d.NYC, Mar 311977.

Journalist, NYC; NYTimes expert onJewishaffairs.· See:A]YB, 79:373; NYTimes, Apr 11977,26:1.

Spiegel, Jacob J; b. Boston, Nov 24 1901; d.Apr 91984.

LLB, LLD Boston U, JSD Suffolk U, MA CoIlOptometry, JD Portia Law. • Lawyer, statesupreme judiCial court judge, Boston; legal secyto Senator Lodge; counsel Port of BostonAuthority; chrJudiCial Council ofMA. • See:WWWIA,8.

Spiegel,Joseph; b. ca 1840; d. Chicago, Sep13 1918.

Civil War veteran, Chicago. • See: A]YB,21:207.

Spiegel, Marcus M; b. OH, 1829; d. LA,1864.

Civil War Union colonel; died ofwoundsbefore action on proposed promotion tobrigadier general; published letters: Your TrueMarcus (1985). • See: UJE; PA]HS, 17:340.

Spiegel, ModieJoseph; b.*; d.Jan 81943.Mail order co exec, Chicago; chr Spiegel Inc. •See: WWIA], 1938; WW"WIA, 2; NYTimes, Jan10 1943,48:5.

Spiegel, Sam; b. Austria, ca 1902; d. StMartin, Dec 1985.

Movie producer; winner of several AcademyAwards. • See: NYTimes, Jan 11986,20:1.

Spiegel, Shalom; b. Vnter Stanestie,Bucovina, Jan 26 1899; d. NYC, May 241984.

To NYC 1928. - Berlin Lehranstalt, PhD UVienna. • Scholar ofHeb literature, communalworker, NYC; facultyJTS, Haifa TechnicalInst, Rerzliah Reb Academy, Jewish Inst ofReligion. • See: UJE; A]YB, 86:443-44;

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WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWL4., 8;]TA­DNB, May 25 1984; NYTimes, May 26 1984.

Spiegel-Adolf, Mona (Mrs Ernest Spiegel);b. Vienna, Feb 23 1893.

To Philadelphia 1931. • MD U Vienna. •Physician, Philadelphia; faculty U Vienna,Temple U; author in field. • See: UJE (subSpiegel, Ernest); WWIA], 1938.

Spiegelberg, Flora Langennan (Mrs WtlliSpiegelberg); b. NYC, Sep 10 1857; d.NYC, Dec 1943.

Pioneer civic & communalldr, peace crusader,childrens author, waste disposal pioneer, NYC,earlier Santa Fe; mem Health Commn; fdrFriendly Club. • See: UJE (sub Spiegelberg);WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; A]HQ, 56:371-451;NYTimes, Dec 9 1943,27:1.

Spiegelberg, Frederick; b. NYC, Nov 31862; d. NYC,July 101937.

U Berlin, U Leipzig, Harvard, LLB Columbia.• Lawyer, municipal judge, labor arbiter,NYC; an orgr Educational Alliance; helpedreview municipal court system & housing laws;dir Aguilar Free Library. • See: UJE; A]YB,40:392; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,July 11 1937, II 4:4.

Spiegelberg, George Alfred; b. NYC, Dec311897; d. Nov 61979.

AB Cornell, JD/LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,NYC; faculty NYU; co-fdrJoint ConfLegalEducation; active legal orgns, Republicanpolitics; WWI service; WWII special asst toUS Atty General. • See: UJE (subSpiegelberg); WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 7.

Spiegelberg, Herbert; b. Strasbourg, 1904.To US 1938. • Philosopher; facultySwarthmore ColI, Lawrence U, U Washington(St Louis); author in field; raised as Christian. •See:E].

Spiegelberg, Isaac Newton; b. NYC, Mar 31859; d. 1927.

CE U Hannover (Germany). • Engineer,stockbroker, NYc. • See: UJE (subSpiegelberg); WWIA],1926.

Spiegelberg, Solomon Jacob; b. Westphalia(Natzungen).

To NM 1842. • Pioneer NM merchant, SantaFe; joined by 3 brothers. • See: UJE (subSpiegelberg);A]HQ,56:371-451.

Spiegelberg, Wtlliam I; b. Santa Fe, ca1862; d. Paris,Jan 18 1932.

Merchant, communalworker,NYC;bdEmanu-El; active communal philanthropy. •See:A]YB, 34:112; NYTimes, Jan 191932,21:1.

Spiegelberg, William I; b. NYC, 1904.BS UPA. • Mem, NY Stock Exchange, NYC;dir Heb Orphan Asylum, Corner House. • See:BEOA].

Spiegelberg, Willy (Wtlliam); b.Natzungen, Westphalia, 1844; d. NYC,Feb 11929.

To US 1859, in Santa Fe 1860, to NYC 1888.• Pioneer NM merchant, banker, judge;interested in Navaho culture. • See: UJE (subSpiegelberg); A]YB, 31 :94; A]HQ, 56:371-451.

Spiegelman, Henry Allen; b. Kutey,Rumania, May 18 1897.

To US 1899. • BS Carnegie Tech. • Chemicalengineer, Oil City, PA. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Spiegelman, Sol; b. NYC, Dec 141914; d.Jan 211983.

CCNY, Columbia, PhD Washington U (StLouis); honorary degrees. • Biologist, NYC;faculty Washington U, U MN, U IL,Columbia; mem Natl Cancer Advisory Bd;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Spiegelman, William Zev; b. Siedlee,Poland, Aug 241894; d. NYC, May 151949.

U Cracow. • Journalist, Brooklyn; with Polish,Jewish newspapers; editor ]DB-]TA; exec secyJewish Education Assn of San Francisco. • See:A]YB, 51 :524; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];NYTimes, May 161949,21:5.

Spiegleman, Maurice Hennan; b. Zaslov,Russia, May 8 1889.

To US 1893. • Mt Vernon School(Philadelphia). • Insurance agent, Denver, LosAngeles; officer Central Jewish Council(Denver); fdr congregation (Cheyenne, WY). •See: WWIA], 1938.

Spielberg, Harold; b. Kiev, Mar 15 1879; d.July 1940.

CCNY, LLB NYU.• Lawyer, legislator,NYC; orgr, officer Equitable Surety Co;trustee Peoples Inst ofNY. • See: WWIA],1926, 1928; NYTimes, Aug 1 1940, 21:5.

Spielberg, Rebecca Fishman (Mrs HaroldSpielberg); b. Warsaw, Dec 5 1880.

NYU. • Communal worker, pioneer ZionistIdr, office mgr, NYC; orgr Am Daughters ofZion; natl officer Hadassah; pres EducationalGuild for Social Guidance; active childrens &domestic courts. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Spieler, Irving; b. NYC, June 10 1897.LLB NYU. • Lawyer, asst US atty, NYC;active Republican politics. • See: WWIA],1928.

Spier, LeopoldA; b. New Haven, ca 1877;d. New Haven, Aug 111937.

Coalh1erchant, communal worker, NewHaven; active synagog, Union ofAm HebCongregations.· See:A]YB, 40:392; NYTimes,Aug 12 1937, 19:6.

Spier, Leslie; b. NYC, Dec 13 1893; d. Dec3 1961.

BS CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Anthropologist;with Am Museum of Natural History; facultyU NM, U W A, Yale; specialty: Am Indians;author in field. • See: E]; DAB, 7.

Spiers, Richard N; b. ca 1873; d. May 291936.

Artist, designer of stained glass windows,Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 38:435.

Spiesberger, Herbert Teller; b. Keokuk,IA,Jan 3 1880; d. Mar 1960.

AB U IL, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,clothing mfr, banker, Chicago; officerJewishCharities. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar12 1960,21:2.

Spingarn, Arthur Barnett; b. NYC, Mar 281878; d. Dec 11971.

AB, MA, LLB Columbia; honorary degrees. •Lawyer, NYC; officer NAACP; active NY BarAssn; donated collection of Negro literature toHoward V; WWI service. • See: UJE; E] (subSpingarn);A]YB, 24:205; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 2 1971, 1:2.

Spingarn, Joel Elias; b. NYC, May 171875;d. NYC,July 261939.

CCNY, AB, PhD Columbia, Harvard. •Literary scholar, publisher, civil rights Idr,noted clematis grower; a fdr NAACP,Harcourt Brace & Co; faculty Columbia,dismissed in academic freedom controversy;active Republican & Progressive Natl politics;helped est training camp for Negro officers,WWI. • See: ]E; UJE; E] (sub Spingarn);A]YB, 24:205,42:484; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, July 27 1939,19:1.

Spingarn, Samuel; b. West Hoboken, NJ,Aug 111895.

AB Columbia, Columbia Law, U Poitiers(France). • Lawyer, Union City, NJ; counselBd of Education; active Red Cross, HebOrphan Home, synagog; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Spingold, Nathan Breiter; b. Chicago, Mar6 1886; d. June 14 1958.

Kent ColI of Law. • Business exec, journalist,NYC; exec Columbia Pictures; dir WilliamMorris Enterprises. • See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, June 151958,77:1.

Spira, Abraham H; b. ca 1856; d. Mobile,Oct 181912.

Merchant, Mobile.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Spira, Henry; b. Richwald, Czechoslovakia,June 21 1862.

To US 1879. • Pres, Spira Internatl ExpressCo, banker, Cleveland; pres synagog; dirWelfare Assn for Jewish Children. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Spire,Andrc;b. Nancy, France, 1868;d.1966.

To US 1941, in US during WWII. • Frenchpoet, lawyer, government official, refugeeworker, Zionist; faculty New School; foughtduel over Dreyfus Affair. • See: UJE; E].

Spiro, Eugen; b. Breslau, 1874; d. NYC,Sep 1972.

To US 1941. • Artist, lithographer; facultyAcademie Moderne (Paris), Berlin Academy ofArt; pres Berlin Secession, Free Artists Union.• See: UJE; NYTimes, Sep 27 1972, 50:4.

Spiro, Harry; b. CA, Feb 11875.PhG U CA (Berkeley), MD Stanford. •Cardiologist, San Francisco; faculty Stanford;

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WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938.

Spiro, Marcus; b. North Adams, MA, Apr 81891.

BS Fordham. • Tchr, principal, camp dir,NYC; with public school system; dirEducational Alliance, YMHA camps; "WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Spiro, Melford Elliot; b. Cleveland, 1920.Anthropologist; specialty: social systems,particularly ofkibbutz; faculty U CT,Washington U, U Chicago; author in field. •See:E].

Spiro, Nathan; b. Riess, Poland, July 31867/1869.

Merchant, legislator, Danbury, CT; officer] ewish Relief, Am Legion, Zionist Org ofAm;trustee Salvation Army Home. • See: WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938.

Spiro, Solon; b. Kurnik, Gennany, Mar 11863.

To US 1881. • Mine operator, Salt Lake City;general mgr Silver King Consolidated MiningCo. • See: A]YB, 24:205; WWWIA, 4.

Spitalny, Phil; b. Odessa, ca 1890; d.Miami, Oct 1970.

To US 1905. • Odessa Conservatory. •Conductor of all-female orchestra, music critic,composer, clarinet prodigy, Miami. • See:NYTimes, Oct 12 1970,40:1.

Spitz, Benjamin; b. ca 1859; d. Dec 101936.

Communal worker, justice of the peace, KansasCity.· See:A]YB, 39:598.

Spitz, BenjaminJ; b. Paterson, Jan 3 1894.NYU, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, asst state attygeneral, Paterson; counsel City of Paterson, NJPolice, Commr of Banking; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Spitz, Joel; b. Chicago,July 241888.Yale.· Clothing mfr, Chicago. • See: WWIA],1938.

Spitz, Leo; b. Chicago,]une 301888; d.Hollywood, CA, Apr 161956.

]D/LLD U Chicago. • Lawyer, business exec,Chicago; mem Racing Commn of IL; officerUniversal Internatl Pictures. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 17 1956,31:1.

Sprtz, Leon;b. Ponwez, Lithuania, Dec 151891; d. West Hartford, CT, Nov 281959.

To US 1904. • AB Trinity, MA Columbia,ordained]TS. • Rabbi, communalldr, author,Ozone Park, NY; exec dir Cleveland]ewishCenter; pres CT Zionist Regional Union; natlexec com Zionist Org ofAm, Am]ewish Congo• See: AJYB, 62:452; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Nov 29 1959,86:2.

Spitz, Leopold; b. ca 1887; d. Oct 211935.Lawyer, communalldr, NYc. • See: AJYB,38:435.

Spitz, Mark; b. 1950.Champion swimmer; 5 Olympic gold medals. •See: E]:1982-1985.

Spitz, Moritz; b. Csaba, Hungary, Oct 141848; d. St Louis, Nov 111920.

U Prague. • Rabbi, St Louis; editorJewishTimes, Jewish Voice. • See: JE; AJYB, 5(1903­1904):101-02,23:133.

Spitz, Nancy (Mrs George J Spitz); b.Bangor, July 15 1853.

Communal worker, Allston, MA; dir LeopoldMorse Home, Wornens Sewing Soc; bd LittleHelpers.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):105.

Spitz, Rene A (Mrs); b. Vienna, 1887; d.Denver, Sep 1974.

To US late 1930s. • Child psychologist,psychoanalyst, NYC, Denver; faculty NYPsychoanalytic Inst, CCNY, U CO; author infield. • See: E]; NYTimes, Sep 18 1974,44:2.

Spitzer, Bernard M; b.*; d. Sullivans Island,Jan 1796.

Colonial settler, Philadelphia, Charleston, SCiprominent Mason; a fdr Mikveh Israel; friendofHaym Salomon.· See: BDEA].

Spitzer, Edward L; b. NYC, June 29 1870.Bellevue. • Physician, NYc. • See: WWIA],1926.

Spitzer, Harold Morton; b. Woodmere, LI,Aug 22 1903; d. Dec 1975.

AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, Woodmere, LI;asst district atty Nassau County; activesynagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec16 1975,42:3.

Spitzer, Leo; b. Vienna, 1887; d. Forte deiManni, Italy, Sep 1960.

To US 1936. • U Vienna, U Paris, U Leipzig.• Philologist; faculty U Vienna, U Bonn, UMarburg, U Cologne, U Istanbul,]ohnsHopkins; contributor UJE; author in field. •See: UJE; NYTimes, Sep 18 1960, 86:7.

Spitzglass, Jacob M; b. ca 1869; d. Chicago,Oct 11933.

Inventor, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 36:287.

Spitzglass, Leonard M; b. Russia, Oct 161901.

BS Northwestern. • Businessman, Chicago. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Spivack, Julius Leo; b. Odessa, Oct 3 1889.To Chicago 1922. • Imperial Odessa U. •Surgeon, Chicago; faculty Cook County GradSchool ofMed, U IL; developer procedures;author in field; WWI Russian army service. •See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.

Spivack, Robert Gerald; b. Dayton, OH,Apr 28 1915; d. Riverside, CT, June 251970.

AB U Cincinnati..• Syndicated columnist,journalist, Washington DC; with NY Post;active b,ringing refugees from Nazi Germany,Internatl Student Service. • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,]une 261970,47:3.

Spivacke, Harold; b. NYC, July 181904; d.Washington DC, May 9 1977.

BA, MA NYU, PhD U Berlin; honorarydegree. • Musicologist, government consult,Washington DC; with Library of Cong; memUS Natl Commn for UNESCO; officerprofessional socs.· See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,May 11 1977, II 8:2.

Spivacke, Romana (Mrs); b. ca 1884; d. Dec301938.

Communal & philanthropic worker, NYc. •See:A]YB, 41:431.

Spivak, Charlie; b. New Haven, Feb 171905; d. Greenville, SC, 1982.

Big band ldr, trumpet player. • See: NYTimes,Mar 2 1982.

Spivak, Charles David (Spivakovsky, HayemDavid); b. Krememtschug, Russia, Dec25 1861; d. Denver, Oct 16 1927.

To US 1882. • MD ] efferson Med ColI, post­grad U Berlin. • Physician, gastroenterologist,Denver; faculty Denver School ofMed; studiedhealth of EuropeanJews for]oint DistributionCom; co-author Yiddish dictionary; a fdr] ewish Consumptives Relief Soc; officer medassns; author/editor in field, Yiddish & Hebpress.· See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):194,24:206,30:81; WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA, 1;DAB.

Spivak, Hayem David; b. ca 1893; d.Denver, Nov 23 1932.

Artist, tchr, Denver; military service. • See:AJYB,35:129.

Spivak, John Louis; b. New Haven, June 131897.

Reporter, writer, NYC; Berlin, Moscowcorrespondent, Internatl News Service;interested in fascist activities in US. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.

Spiwak, Jonah; b. ca 1886; d. Feb 271937.Yiddish journalist, author, NYC, Chicago. •See: A]YB, 39:598.

Spizman, Leib (L Szin); b. Warsaw, Jan 61903; d. Brooklyn, June 201963.

To US 1940. • Writer, Poale Zion & LaborZion ldr, translator, editor (Poland); activeCong for Jewish Culture. • See: UJE; AJYB,65:437-38; NYTimes,]une 22 1963,23:6.

Spoehr,Alexander;b. Tucson, 1913.Anthropologist; specialty: Am Indians, PacificIslanders; faculty Yale, East-West Center (UHI); pres professional soc; author in field. •See:EJ.

Sporborg, Constance Amberg (Mrs WilliamDick Sporborg); b. Cincinnati, July 111879; d. NYC,Jan 2 1961.

U Cincinnati; honorary degree. • Natl presNatl Council of]ewish Women, communal &civic worker, NYC, Port Chester, NY; assocdsettlement houses; natl com Common Cause;mem US Natl Commn for UNESCO; originalrepresentative UNRRA; pres NY State Fedn ofWornens Clubs; accredited observer UN. •See: UJE;AJYB, 63:562; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 6;NYTimes,]an 3 1961,29:2.

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Sporborg, William Dick; b. Albany, NY,Oct 17 1873; d.July 13 1933.

Harvard, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, arbitrator,banker, civic worker, NYC, Port Chester, NY;active Boy Scouts. • See:A]YB, 36:287;WWIA],1928.

Sporn, Philip; b. Galicia, Nov 25 1896; d.Jan 23 1978.

To US 1907. • Columbia, post-grad StevensInst, IL Inst ofTechnology, BrooklynPolytech; honorary degrees. • Electricalengineer, electrical co exec, NYC; consult USgovernment, Atomic Energy Commn, NatlResearch Council, Natl Academy of Sciences;mem US delegation Geneva Conf for PeacefulUses ofAtomic Energy; author in field. • See:E]; WWWL4, 7; NITimes,Jan 241978,34:3.

Spotnitz, Miriam Radcliffe (Mrs HymanSpotnitz); b. 1911; d. NYC,June 151977. .

Psychiatric sodal worker, tchr, NYC; facultyCenter for Modem Psychoanalytic Studies; bdLouise Wise Adoption Agency. • See: A]YB,79:374; NITimes, June 17 1977, II 4:6.

Sprayregen, Morris; b. Russia, Jan 23 1888;d.Aug 1974.

Mfr, NYC; pres Coat & Suit Mfrs Assn. • See:WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Aug 201974,38:1.

Spring, Morton Arthur; b. NYC, Aug 121896; d. Aug 1967.

Businessman, motion picture distributor,NYC; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Aug 141967, 31:4.

Spring, Samuel; b. San Diego, Oct 26 1888.Harvard, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston, SanFrancisco, NYC; mem MA Security Commn,Republican State Com (CA); author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;WWWL4,6.

Springer, Carrie Mendelsohn (Mrs EugeneSpringer); b. Philadelphia; d. May 31940.

Social worker, civic & communalldr,Philadelphia; assocd N atl Council ofJewishWomen, Conf of]ewish Womens Orgs,Internatl League; fdr public school classes forwomen.· See:A]YB, 42:484; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, May 41940, 17:4.

Sprintz, Solomon; b. ca 1839; d. Boston,May 251929.

Rabbi, author, Boston. • See:A]YB,32:155.

Squadron, Howard Maurice; b. NYC, 1926.LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,NYC; chr Conf of Presidents ofMajor AmJewish Orgs; active Am Jewish Cong, culturalaffairs. • See: E}:1973-1982.

Srere, Abraham; b. Toledo, Feb 11890.Washington Normal School, LLB DetroitColI of Law. • Lawyer, cotton jobber, Detroit;officer Keren Hayesod, synagog, United JewishCharities, United Heb Schools. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Stachel, Jacob crack); b. Galicia, 1900; d.NYC, 1965/1966.

To NYC 1911. • Communist Party ldr, execsecy; official Trade Union Educational League;led Detroit strike of unemployed; indictedunder Smith Act, imprisoned 5 years. • See:E]; NYTimes, Jan 2 1966, 73:1.

Stack, Morton M; b. ca 1901; d. West PalmBeach, Dec 1967.

Numismatic authority, dealer, noted collector,NYc. • See: NYTimes, Dec 30 1967,23:2.

Stackel (Stackell), Harry;·b. NYC, Mar 171883; d. NYC,Jan 161972.

LLB NYU. • Parole commr, county judge,NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,synagog, B'nai B'rith.· See:A]YB, 74:559;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 20 1972,46:3.

Stadler, Lewis John; b. St Louis, July 61896; d. May 12 1954.

BS U FL, MA, PhD U MO, post-grad CornellU, Harvard. • Geneticist, biologist, Columbia,MO; faculty U MO; staff Dept ofAgriculture;advisor Atomic Energy Commn; WWI service.• See: UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, May 141954, 23:5.

Stadtfeld, Joseph; b. NYC, Aug 211861; d.Philadelphia, Dec 12 1943.

Lawyer, state superior court judge, Pittsburgh;officer bar assns; dir Kaufmann Dept Stores. •See: UJE; A]YB, 46:346; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWL4, 2; NYTimes, Dec 131943,23:2.

Stagel, Jacob; b. Cleveland, ca 1886; d.Cleveland, Sep 111941.

Municipal judge, civic ldr, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 44:344.

Stahl, Abraham M; b. Germany, Mar 241853.

Banker, legislator, Berlin, NH; officerprofessional org; trustee YMCA • See:WWIA],1928.

Stahl, Adolfo; b. Kempen, Germany, Jan 181859.

Wholesale grocer, coffee exporter, Guatemala;orgr Bank of Guatemala; retired to SanFrancisco; officer synagog; dir Mt ZionHospita1.· See: BEGAJ.

Stahl, David; b. ca 1921; d. Pittsburgh, Feb1970.

U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Law. It US court ofappeals judge, state atty general, city solicitor,Pittsburgh; military service. • See: NYTimes,Feb 23 1970,27:5.

Staller, Max; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Mar 1919.Surgeon, philanthropist, Philadelphia; fdr MtSinai.· See:A]YB, 21:207.

Stalmaster, Irvin; b. Odessa, June 5 1897.To US 1906.· LLB Creighton. • Lawyer,state district & supreme court judge, Omaha,Los Angeles; asst atty general, NE; specialty:industrial relations; faculty U Omaha; presJewish Centers Assn of Los Angeles. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1938.

Stamm, Camille Joseph; b. Dallas, Oct 71886.

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MD Medico-Chiurgical ColI (Philadelphia). •Obstetrician, gynecologist, surgeon,Philadelphia; faculty U PA; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Stamin, Max M; b. ca 1877; d. Apr 6 1937.Rabbi, Norwich, CT. • See: A]YB, 39:598.

Stand, Bert; b. NYC, May 7 1901; d. NYC,Apr 1967.

Tammany ldr, NYC; mem Boxing Commn,NY State Athletic Commn. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Apr 271967,45:1.

Stand, Murry William; b. NYC, Feb 8 1897;d.May 1956.

Alderman, NYC; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 18 1956,25:1.

Stang, Judith (Mrs Marvin Stang); b. 1917;d. NYC, Sep 271968.

Communal worker; staffJewish TelegraphAgency; natl dir womens division ofUnitedJewish Appeal; officer B'nai B'rith, WomensLeague for Israe1. • See: A]YB, 70:525;NYTimes, Sep 291968,80:7.

Stankiewicz, Richard Peter; b. Philadelphia,Oct 181922; d. Mar 271983.

Sculptor, tchr, artist-in-residence, Huntington,MA; orgr Hansa Gallery (NYC). • See:WWWIA,8.

Stans, Maurice Hubert; b. Shakopee, MN,Mar221908.

Northwestern. • Secy of Commerce, CPA,investment banker; involved in Watergatescandal. • See: NITimes stories, June 26 1970,Feb 17 1971.

Starer, Robert; b. Vienna, 1924.ToJerusalem 1938, to US 1947. • ViennaAcademy ofMusic, Juilliard. • Composer ofballets, operas, NYC; facultyJuilliard,Brooklyn Col1. • See: E]:1973-1982.

Stark, Abe; b. NYC, Sep 28 1894; d. WestPalm Beach, July 2 1972.

Businessman, city official, acting mayor, NYC;pres Borough of Brooklyn, NYC Council;Commr of Commerce; a fdr Abe StarkPhilanthropies, Abe Stark Hillel Found, ORT;chr bd Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 74:559;NYTimesstory, Sep291960,obituary, July 4 1972, 20:2.

Stark, Edward J; b. Hohenems, Austria,Mar 291863; d. 1918.

Cantor, composer, Temple Emanu-EI, SanFrancisco. • See: UJE; A]YB, 5(1903­1904):102.

Stark, Howard B; b. ca 1872; d. reportedJuly 2 1938.

Communalldr, Albany, NY. • See: A]YB,41:431.

Stark, Jacob Julius; b. Russia, Apr 15 1891.To US 1906. • DDS NYU. • Dentist,Brooklyn; officer Jewish professional org;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Stark, John Reis; b. Cincinnati, Sep 11893;d. Cincinnati, Oct 1949.

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V Cincinnati, MD OH Miami Med ColI. ­Surgeon, gynecologist, Cincinnati; faculty VCincinnati. - See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;NITimes, Oct 18 1949,28:2.

Stark, Louis; b. Tibold Darcz, Hungary,May 11888/1889; d. NYC, May 171954.

To NYC 1891. - NY Training School forTchrs. - Newspaper correspondent, laborreporter, Pulitzer Prize winner, NYC; pioneerin Am labor movement; with NITimes. - See:AJYB, 56:572; WWWIA., 3; DAB, 5; NITimes,May 18 1954,29:4.

Stark, Nathan Neuville;b. NYC, Aug 291877; d. Oct 1960.

BS CCNY, MD Columbia. - Physician, NYC;faculty NYU. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,Oct25 1960,35:1.

Stark, Sigmar; b. Germany, 1863; d.Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia, July 1925.

Surgeon, gynecologist, Cincinnati; faculty VCincinnati. - See: AJYB, 24:206; NITimes, July17 1925, 15:5.

Starkman, Moshe (Mosheh, Yochanan); b.Mosty Wielke, Poland, Sep 25 1906; d.Miami Beach, Feb 2 1975.

To NYC 1921. - Yiddish journalist, NYC;with VnitedJewishAppeal, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies J oint Campaign; city editorDay-MorningJournal; pres Yiddish PEN Club;bd Yiddish Inst. - See: AJYB, 77:600; WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, Feb 41975,36:1.

Starr, Anne Moshinsky; b. 1897; d. NYC,Dec 3 1975.

Communalldr; a fdr Wornens League forIsrael; bd Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, Heb V.- See:AJYB, 77:600; NITimes, Dec 5 1975,42:2.

Starr, Florence Cohen (Mrs); b. DesMoines; d. NYC, July 15 1963.

V MN, MA V Chicago, post-grad Columbia. ­Social worker, NYC; with Jewish Guild for theBlind; author on blind. - See:AJYB, 65:438;NITimes, July 171963,31:5.

Starr, Jacob; b. 1889; d. NYC, May 221976.Business exec, communalldr, philanthropist; afdr, benefactor Womens League for Israel; afdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; trusteesynagog, Heb V. - See: AJYB, 78:546;NITimes, May 241976,32:3.

Starr,Joshua; b. NYC, 1907; d. NYC, Dec 61949.

JTS, V Chicago, NYU, Columbia. - Jewishhistorian, communal worker, linguist, tchr;specialty: Byzantine Jewry; staffAm JewishCong, Joint Distribution Com; secy Commnfor EuropeanJewish Cultural Reconstruction;advisor VS State Dept; author in field; WWIIservice. - See: EJ; AJYB, 52:504.

Starr, Saul; b. Bayonne, ca 1907; d.Brooklyn, Dec 1964.

Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital. ­Pediatrician; faculty Downstate Med Center;officer med soc; noted collector ofsheet music.• See: NITimes, Dec 18 1964,34:4.

Starr, Selig; b. Yanow, Poland, June 151896.

To Chicago 1921. - Ordained HebTheological ColI (Chicago), PhB, MA VChicago. - Professor ofTalmud, HebTheological ColI, Chicago. - See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938.

Starrels, Solomon Elihu; b. Brooklyn, Dec51895; d. Savannah Beach, GA, 1983.

AB V Cincinnati, ordained Reb Vnion ColI,PhD V London. • Reform rabbi, SavannahBeach, GA, earlier New Orleans, Lincoln,NE, London. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;CCARYB.

Startz, Irving Samuel; b. Brooklyn, Jan 211893; d.Aug1954.

MD LI ColI Hospital, VS Army Med School.• Roentgenologist, Elmhurst, LI; WWIservice. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Aug23 1954, 17:6.

Stassevitch, Paul; b. Simferopol, Crimea,May 51894.

To VS 1919. - Petrograd V, PetrogradConservatory. - Concert violinist, pianist,NYC; tchr Mannes. - See: UJE; WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938.

Staub, Hugo; b. Germany, Nov 18 1885; d.NYC, Oct 29 1942.

To VS 1941. - Psychoanalyst; lecturer, expertwitness, Germany; lecturer, dir Inst (SantaBarbara); staff Hawthorne Training School;author in field. - See:AJYB, 45:395; NITimes,Oct 30 1942, 19:3.

Stave, Carl N; b. ca 1902; d. Brooklyn, Feb211944.

Rabbi, Zionist, Brooklyn; fdr Judea Center. ­See: AJYB, 46:346; NITimes, Feb 22 1944,23:3.

Stavisky, Abraham M; b. Makowa, Poland,Oct 29 1876; d. Adantic City, Nov 151953.

Textile merchant, communalldr; officerMizrachi, Vaad Hatzalah; bd RIETS. - See:AJYB, 56:572; NITimes, Nov 161953,25:5.

Stavitsky, Eva L (Mrs Michael Stavitsky); b.Brooklyn, May 5 1895; d. East Orange,NJ, Apr 10 1969.

Communal worker; natl officer wornensdivision Bonds for Israel; officer Hadassah. ­See:AJYB, 71:610; NITimes, Apr 111969,45:3.

Stavitsky, Michael Aaron; b. Fastov, Russia,Jan 8 1895;d. White Plains, Feb 17 1967.

To VS 1903. - BS NYU, post-grad Columbia,School ofJewish Communal Work. - Realtor,insurance broker, Newark; natl field secy/dirYM-YWHA, Jewish Welfare Bd; natlldrVnitedJewish Appeal; pres Am Assn for JewishEducation; exec com World Fedn ofYMHAs& Jewish Community Centers; officerprofessional orgs; author on fundraising; WWI.service.- See:AJYB, 69:613; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOA};JTA-DNB, Feb 201967; NatlJewish Post, Feb 241967; NITimes, Feb 181967,29:1.

Stefan, Paul

Steams, Benjamin; b. ca 1842; d. NewRochelle, Aug 1913.

Communal worker, New Rochelle. - See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):166; NITimes, Aug 281913,9:3.

Steams, L Lawrence; b. NYC, June 9 1888.NYU. - Publisher of architectural works,NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;WWI ordnance dept service. - See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ.

Stecker, Hannah Dora; b. Louisville, Oct15 1887.

AB U Cincinnati, post-grad V WI. - Researchdir, motion picture theatre mgr, Cincinnati;agent Childrens Bureau; statistician LaborBureau; mem Natl Labor Relations panel. ­See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stecker, Robert Donald; b. Philadelphia,May 91901; d. Dec 16 1959.

V PA. - Merchandising exec, culturalldr,Dallas; pres Dallas Theatre Center; dir DallasMuseum, Dallas Symphony. - See: WW'WlA,4;NITimes, Dec 171959, 37:2.

Steckler, Alfred; b. NYC, Dec 181856; d.NYC,June 10 1929.

Columbia Law. - Lawyer, county supremecourt judge, social reformer, NYC; concernedfor legal needs of Lower East Side. - See: JE;UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):194-95, 31:94;NYTimes, June 111929,29:3.

Steckler, David; b. NYC,Jan 301974.CCNY, LLB NYU. - Lawyer, NYC; officerAmos Soc Inc; author in field. - See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938.

Steefel, Robert David; b. Rochester, NY,May 5 1901; d.July 291979.

LLB Harvard. - Lawyer, NYC; memMayorsTask Force on Child Abuse; general counselFedn ofJewish Philanthropies; exec com AmJewish Com. - See: WWWIA, 7.

Steeg, Adolph William; b. 'ca 1875; d. NewOrleans, Mar 17 1933.

Communal worker, New Orleans. - See:AJYB, 35:129.

Steeg, Jacob I; b.*; d. New Orleans, Oct 141946.

Publisher, mgr, Jewish Ledger, New Orleans. ­See: AJYB, 49:618.

Steeg, Moise S Sri b. ca 1880; d. Jan 281940.

Mgr, publisher,Jewish Ledger, New Orleans;communal worker. - See:AJYB, 42:484.

Steele, Edward M; b. Chicago, May 3 1884.East Side Academy. - Merchant, Chicago; ParkCommr, Highland Park. - See: WWlAJ, 1938.

Steep, Thomas; b. Cincinnati, 1880; d.NYC, Sep 3 1944.

Internatl newspaper correspondent; mgr NYbureau Pan Pacific Press. - See: WWW.IA. 2;NITimes, Sep 4 1944, 19:2.

Stefan, Paul; b. Brunn, Germany, 1879; d.NYC, Nov 1943.

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To US 1941. • PhD U Vienna. • Music writer,biographer, critic, Vienna, NYC; tchr MaxReinhardt School; fd! Internatl Soc forContemporary Music; outspoken anti-Nazi. •See: UJE.

Stefansky, George; b. Prague, 1899?; d.NYC, Dec 20 1957.

Economist, NYC; dir economic research IsraelBond Org, UnitedJewish Appeal; facultyNYU; authorin field.· See:A]YB, 60:357;NYTimes, Dec 25 1957,31:5.

Steichen, Edward; b. Luxembourg, Mar 271879; d. West Redding, CT, Mar 251973.

To US 1880. • Honorary degrees. • Worldfamous photographer, artist, plant breeder,NYC; dir dept of photography Museum ofModem Art; WWII service. • See: WfVWIA.,5; NYTimes, Mar 261973,1:7.

Stein, Abraham Cass; b. Pittsburgh, Sep 281880.

U Pittsburgh, U Pittsburgh Law. • Lawyer,legislator, majority ldr, Pittsburgh; activephilanthropic & communal concerns. • See:WWIA], 1926,1928.

Stein, Arthur; b. Frankfurt, June 7 1877; d.NYC,]an 1962.

To US 1907. • MD U Strasbourg. •Gynecologist, obstetrician, NYC; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 181962,29:2.

Stein, Ben H; b. Vicksburg, Dec 271871; d.Jan 111937.

Soule Community ColI. • Merchant, alderman,Vicksburg; mem Waterworks Commn; officerBd ofTrade, synagog, Boy Scouts, UnitedJewish Campaign.· See:A]YB, 40:392;WWIA],1928.

Stein, Benjamin F; b. Chicago, Dec 3 1880.Chicago Academy, Lewis Inst. • Investmentbanker, stockbroker, Chicago; dir Boys CampWork, Young Mens Council for Boys Clubs;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Stein, Clarence S; b. Rochester, NY, June19 1882; d. Feb 7 1975.

Columbia, Beaux Arts (Paris). • Architect,NYC; pres Civic Films; designed TempleEmanu-EI; consult US Housing Authority,Resettlement Adm; officer professional orgs. •See: WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Feb 8 1975,28:2.

Stein, David W; b. ca 1845; d. Brooklyn,Aug291913.

Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):166.

Stein, Elbridge W; b. PA farm, ca 1880; d.Sarasota, Sep 1970.

Handwriting expert, Philadelphia, NYC;involved in Lindbergh kidnap trial. • See:NYTimes, Sep 19 1970,30:1.

Stein, Emanuel; b. NYC, Oct 91908; d.Jan261985.

PhD NYU. • Labor arbitrator, NYC; facultyNYU; exec dir NYU Inst of Labor & SocialSecurity; bdJTS; author in field; mem

r

Regional War Labor Bd. • See: WWWIA., 8;NYTimes,Jan281985,14:1.

Stein, Emil; b. Tarnow, Austria, July 41884; d. Elizabeth, NJ, Mar 1960.

MD NYUlBellevue. • Physician, Elizabeth;pres Bd ofHealth; a fdr Fedn ofHeb Charities;exec bd Am Jewish Physicians Com; trusteesynagog. • See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Mar271960,87:1.

Stein, FredM; b. Allegheny, PA,Jan 71874; d. NYC, Apr 25 1950.

Harvard. • Banker, woolen mfr, NYC; a fdrAltro Work Shops; officer Am Indian DefenseAssn; dir Training School for Jewish SocialWork, Baron de Hirsch Fund, Peoples Inst. •See:A]YB, 52:504-05; WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Apr 26 1950,29:1.

Stein, Gertrude; b. Allegheny City, Feb 31874; d. Paris, July 27 1946.

BA Radcliffe, Johns Hopkins. • Noted writer,critic, art patron, expatriate; settled in Paris;important 20th century art appreciator. • See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 49:618; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA., 2; NAW; DAB, 4; NYTimes,July 28 1946,40:1.

Stein, Hannah; b. Berlin, Mar 30 1920; d.NYC, Sep 111973.

To US 1949/1952.· Ravensfield ColI(London), Ecole Benedict (Switzerland),Pitmans Business (London), Philathea(London, Canada). • Communal exec; withWorld Jewish Cong, National Council ofJewish Women; mem Pres Com onEmployment of Handicapped, Zionist Org ofAm; exec com Fedn of Zion Youth. • See:A]YB, 75:657; WWWIA., 6;NYTimes, Sep 131973,52:3.

Stein, Harold; b. NYC, Oct 211902; d.Philadelphia, May 8 1966.

PhD Yale. • Political scientist, governmentofficial; sta:ffFERA, WPA, Natl LaborRelations Bd, Dept of Labor, UNRRA; facultyU WI, Inst for Advanced Study (Princeton);author in field. • See: WWWIA., 4; NYTimes,May 101966,45:1.

Stein, Herbert; b. Detroit, Aug 27 1916.BA Williams, PhD U Chicago. • Economist,government advisor; mem Council ofEconomic Advisors; author in field.•.See:E]:1973-1982; NYTimes story, Feb 18 1969.

Stein, Herman D; b. NYC, 1917.Social work educator & exec; faculty NYSchool of Social Work, Columbia, CaseWestern Reserve; staffJoint Distribution Com;advisor UNESCO, UNICEF, many internatlcorns. • See: E].

Stein, Herman M; b. Green Bay, Mar 41889; d. Lawrence, NY, Oct 12 1960.

Business exec, accountant; bd Heb Union Coll­Jewish Inst ofReligion; fundraiser Union ofAm Heb Congregations.· See:A]YB, 63:562;NYTimes, Oct 13 1960, 37:1.

Stein, Irving Freiler; b. Chicago, Sep 191887.

Lewis Inst, BS U MI, MD Rush Med ColI. •

620

Obstetrician, gynecologist, Chicago; facultyNorthwestern; officer med soc; author in field.• See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA].

Stein, Isaac F; b. Cracow, Nov 22 1868.To US 1886. • Business colI. • Merchant,Stockton, CA. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Stein,Jacob; b. ca 1879; d. Feb 1938.Spanish-Am War veteran, Hoboken. • See:A]YB, 40:392.

Stein, Jacob; b. Augustow, Russia, May 151897.

To NYC 1910.· Cornell. • Mfr, inventor,patent holder; NYC; mem Palestine EconomicCom. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Stein, Jacob Joseph; b. Sudiva, Lithuania,Apr 251875.

To South Africa ca 1890, to US 1900. •Merchant, Fayetteville, NC, Florence, SC;officer Zionist Org ofAm; active JointDistribution Com; fought in Boer War. • See:WWIA],1938.

Stein, Jacob Morris; b. Jamestown, TN, Jan141889.

Journalist, publisher, Brownsville, TX; officerGeneral Newspapers Syndicate; dir Red Cross,Chamber of Commerce; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Stein, Jacob W; b. ca 1871; d. June 29 1935.Merchant, civic & communal worker, EastLiverpool, OH. • See:A]YB, 38:435.

Stein, Joseph Sigmund; b. Chicago, Mar 311890.

Jeweler, perfumer, Chicago. • See: WWWIA.,8.

Stein, Josie Liebenstein (Mrs Albert Stein);b. Chicago, Sep 4 1872.

Communal, civic & philanthropic worker,Chicago; dir Jewish Peoples Inst, Jewish Inst ofReligion (NYC), Miriam Josephine Club forGirls. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Stein, Jules; b. South Bend, IN, Apr 261896; d. Apr 291981.

U W VA, U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI,post-grad Eye Clinic, U Vienna; honorarydegrees. • Entertainment business exec,ophthalmologist, Chicago; fdr MCA Inc; co­fdr Research to Prevent Blindness; UCLA eyeclinic named for him; military service. • See:WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Apr 301981.

Stein, L Montefiore; b. Chicago, May 11885.

Stockbroker, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Stein, Leo; b. NYC, Sep 17 1850; d. NYC,Mar271939.

Mfr, communal worker, NYC; pres NYLeague for Hard of Hearing; est Stein Fund topurchase hearing aids.· See:A]YB, 41:431;NYTimes, Mar 28 1939,21:1.

Stein, Leo; b. Newark, Dec 27 1875; d.Newark, Nov 291924.

Princeton, NY Law. • Lawyer, civic &communalldr, Newark; mem Bd of Education;

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active synagog, YM-YWHA, B'nai B'rith.·See: PAJRS, 31:292.

Stein, Leo; b. Chicago, Oct 22 1894.Leather goods mfr, Chicago. • See: W'WlAJ,1938.

Stein, Leo Daniel; b. Allegheny, PA, May111872; d. Italy, July 291947.

V CA, Harvard, Harvard Law, Johns Hopkins.• Painter, art critic, collector, expatriate, Paris;contributor New Republic; advised collectors ofmodem art. • See: EJ (sub Stein, Gertrude);AJYB,50:523;NYTimes,July311947,21:5.

Stein, Leon I; b. Philadelphia, Feb 111904.Merchant, mfr, Philadelphia; pres CampCouncil; dir YMHA camp, Fedn of]ewishCharities; trustee synagog. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Stein, Leon K; b. ca 1887; d. New Orleans,Apr 301937.

Communal worker, Minneapolis. • See: AJYB,39:598.

Stein, Leonard; b. Harrisburg, PA, June 221918; d. Silver Spring, MD,July 11985.

Retail furniture merchant, communal worker;bd B'nai B'rith; helped B'nai B'rith build lowincome housing. • See:AJYB, 87:444.

Stein, LeRoy; b. Newark, May 30 1898.LLB Dana CoIl of Law, Newark V, PA State,NYU. • Lawyer, Newark; principal prepschools; editor-in-chief Typesetters Mold; execsecy Philadelphia Typesetters Assn. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Stein, Lewis; b. ca 1833; d. Philadelphia,Feb 2 1915.

Mayor,Alexandria, VA.· See:AJYB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Stein, Louis M; b. Berislaw, Russia, 1883.To Chicago 1910.· Bookbindery owner,Chicago; treasurer Yiddish Inst, YiddishCulture Soc. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stein, Louis P; b. Warsaw, Sep 18 1893; d.June 24 1952.

To VS 1913. • V Heidelberg, V Warsaw. •Beauty supply mfr, Helen Curtis Industries;active in charity causes for asthmatic children.• See: WWWIA, 3.

Stein, Modest; b. Kovno, Feb 13/22 1871;d. Feb 1958.

To VS 1888. • Julien Academie, studied underWilliam Chase (NYC). • Artist, illustrator,NYC; with NY Sun, NY World. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):195,24:206; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Feb 271958,27:5.

Stein, Morris; b. Apr 15 1886.To VS 1901. • Bedding & upholstery mfr,Denver; officer Ex-Patients Tubercular Home,NatlJewish Agencies, Vnited Health Appeal. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stein, Morris; b. Vtlna.Cantor, Port Chester, NY. • See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):102. • *See entry below.

Stein, Morris L; b. ca 1866; d.July 15 1935.Rabbi, communal worker, Port Chester, NY. •See:AJYB, 38:436. • *See entry above.

Stein, Mrs Julius; b. ca 1876; d. May 301936.

Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,38:435.

Stein, Nathan; b. ca 1864; d. Pittsburgh,Oct 11912.

Merchant, Pittsburgh. • See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Stein, Philip; b. Steele, Rhenish Prussia,Mar 12 1844; d. Chicago, Dec 24/251922.

To VS 1854.· BA, MA V WI. • Lawyer,appellate court judge, Chicago; mem Bd ofEducation; active Anti-Defamation League,Cleveland Orphan Asylum. • See: JE; UJE;AJYB,6(1904-1905):195, 24:206, 25:141;PAJRS, 29:186-88.

Stein, Philip; b. ca 1870; d. Sep 7 1937.Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,40:392.

Stein, Philip; b. London, Apr 20 1898; d.Los Angeles, Mar 1958.

To VS 1908. • LLB, LLM Georgetown Law.• Lawyer, Washington DC, NYC, LosAngeles; government & private practice; anorgr Pride ofJudea Childrens Home. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 301958,29:5.

Stein, S Sidney; b. Chicago, Mar 7 1886/1896; d. Chicago, Oct 1945.

AB V MI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chicago. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 301945, 19:5.

Stein, Salo; b. ca 1876; d.June 5 1936.Rabbi, chaplain, NYC.· See:AJYB, 38:435.

Stein, Samuel; b. Russia, June 111889.To Chicago 1893. • MD V IL. • Surgeon,Chicago; faculty V IL; officer med soc; bdYMCA; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938.

Stein, Silas W; b. ca 1854; d. Brooklyn, Nov2 1933.

Merchant, communal worker, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 36:287.

Stein, Simon; b. NYC, Oct 15 1896.MD LI CoIl Hospital. • Otolaryngologist,NYC; author in field; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Stein, Simon H; b. ca 1874; d. ca 1914.Communal worker, Baltimore. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):166.

Stein, Solomon N; b. Rochester, NY, ca1869; d. Rochester, NY, Feb 1 1945.

Mfr, philanthropist, Rochester, NY; benefactorJewish Young Mens & Womens Assn, VRochester, Home for Colored Children. • See:AJYB,47:532-33.

Stein, V A; b. ca 1860; d. Greenville, MS,Aug271933.

Steinberg, Harris B

Cotton planter, merchant, Greenville, MS.•See:AJYB, 36:287.

Stein, William Howard; b. NYC, June 251911; d. Feb 2 1980.

Biochemist, Nobel laureate; with RockefellerInst; advisor Heb V, Natl Inst for NeurologicalDiseases; officer professional orgs. • See:EJ:1973-1982; WWWIA, 7.

Steinbach, Alexander Alan; b. Baltimore,Feb 21894; d. Hollywood, FL, Nov 121978.

AB Johns Hopkins, ordained Heb Union ColI,MA Atlantic U. • Rabbi, author, poet,Brooklyn, earlier Norfolk, VA; pres NY Bd ofRabbis, Book Council ofAm; editor JewishBook Annual; interested in juvenile delinquency.• See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 80:372; WWIAJ, 1938;BEGAJ; NYTimes, Nov 15 1978, II 8:2.

Steinbach, Lewis; b. Vysoka, Bohemia, June41851; d. Philadelphia, Feb 10 1913.

To VS 1870. • MD Jefferson Med ColI. •Physician, surgeon, communal worker,Philadelphia; mem State Anatomical Bd;facultyJefferson Med CoIl, Polyclinic; dirKehillah, Jewish Chautauqua, Alliance IsraeliteVniverselle. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):195, 15(1913-1914):274; PAJRS,22:230-35.

Steinbach, Milton; b. New Haven, 1902; d.NYC, Dec 1 1970.

BS Yale. • Banker, philanthropist, NYC; afdr, trustee MtSinai School ofMed; officerFedn of]ewish Philanthropies. • See:AJYB,72:545; WWWIA., 5; NYTimes, Dec 2 1970,51:1.

Steinbach, Samuel; b. Russia, Oct 1 1890.Exec, communalldr, Baltimore; chr HebFriendly Inn; officer B'rith Sholom; bdJewishSocial Services; active B'rith Abraham. • See:BEGAJ.

Steinberg, David; b. ca 1942.Heb Theological Seminary (Chicago). •Comedian; uses Jewish, Yiddish allusions; one­time rabbinical student. • See: NYTimes story,July 15 1968.

Steinberg, George Solomon; b. Memel, Apr101872.

To Council Bluffs 1906. • Heb ColI (Latvia),ordained Rabbinical ColI (London). • Grocer,realtor, alderman, Council Bluffs; orgr PublicWorks Adm project; Boer War service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Steinberg, Hans Wtlhelm; b. Cologne,.1899.

To VS 1938. • Conductor; musical dirFrankfurt Opera; assisted Toscanini, NBCOrchestra. • See: UJE.

Steinberg, Harris B; b. NYC, ca 1912; d.New Haven, June 1969.

CCNY, Harvard Law.· Noted criminologist,defense lawyer, NYC; worked on Deweyrackets investigating team; advocate of judicialreform, civil liberties. • See: NITimes, June 51969,47:1.

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Steinberg, Isaac Nahman; b. Dvinsk, July13 1888; d. NYC, Jan 2 1957.

To US 1943. • Moscow U, Dr of Laws UHeidelberg. • Russian revolutionary, jurist,writer; mem Socialist Revolutionary Party,Lenin government; bd Yiddish Inst; fdrFreeland League for Jewish TerritorialColonization. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 59:477;NYTimes, Jan 3 1957,33:5.

Steinberg, Israel; b. Lawrence, MA., 1903;d. Phoenix, Feb 1983.

MD Harvard. • Physician, cardiologist;developed diagnostic technique; facultyCornell; author in field. • See: NYTimes, Feb17 1983,47:7.

Steinberg, James; b. Oakdale, CT, Oct 41889.

Cornell, MD Cornell, post-grad, CA, Paris,NYC. • Urologist, Los Angeles; mem AmCommn to Negotiate Peace; US delegate toParis Peace Conf; pres Jewish Big Bros; authorin field; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Steinberg, JeffreyJoshua; b. ca 1947; d.Hempstead, LI, 1981.

U Pittsburgh, NYU School of Film. • Fdr,publisher, Stonehill Communications; co-fdrStraight Arrow, art of Rolling Stone magazineco; opponent ofgovernment restrictions. •See: NYTzmes, June 3 1981.

Steinberg, Joseph; b. ca 1881; d. NYC, Nov271932.

State legislator, NYc. • See:AJYB, 35:129.

Steinberg,Julius; b. Brooklyn, 1915; d.NYC, May 3 1978. .

Business exec, philanthropist; bd, benefactor LIJewish Hillside Med Center. • See: AJYB,80:372; NYTimes, May41978, II 2:3.

Steinberg, Louis Meyer; b. ca 1880; d. StLouis, Nov 8 1932.

Philanthropist, St Louis. • See: AJYB, 35:129.

Steinberg, Mark C; b. St Louis, Aug 231881; d. St Louis, Oct 1951.

Businessman, investment banker, St Louis; partowner Browns baseball team.· See: WWIAJ,1928,1938; NYTimes, Oct 22 1951,23:3.

Steinberg, Martin; b. 1907; d. Bronx, May101980.

Realtor, businessman, communalldr,philanthropist, NYC; active Youth Hostel(Israel); est Cultural Center for Artists. • See:AJYB,82:373.

Steinberg, Martin Remez; b. Crucha,Russia, June 5 1904; d. Philadelphia, Aug23 1983.

To US 1907.· MMed Sc U PA, MD TempleU. • Physician, hospital admr, Medicareadvocate, Philadelphia, NYC; faculty UPA; dirMt Sinai; advisor Sidney Hillman Clinic;officer professional assns; "WWII service. • See:AJYB, 85:420; WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Aug 271983.

Steinberg,Max;b.Lithuania, 1889;d.Cleveland Hgts, Feb 41943.

To Cleveland 1913.· Communal worker,Cleveland; a fdr Jewish Center; officerMizrachi; bdJewish Orthodox Old Age Home,Jewish Orthodox Orphans Home. • See:AJYB,45:395.

Steinberg, Max; b. Sep 13 1890.Columbia. • Engineer, NYC; with US Coast &Geodetic Survey, War Dept. • See: WWIAJ,1926.

Steinberg, Milton; b. Rochester, NY,Nov251903; d. NYC, Mar 201950.

AB CCNY, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. •Conservative rabbi, communalldr, author,Zionist, NYC, earlier Indianapolis; instructorCCNY, JTS; adm com Zionist Org ofAm;exec council Rabbinical Assembly ofAm;editorial bd Reconstructionist. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 52:505; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 3; DetroitJewish News story, Mar 271981; NYTimes, Mar 21 1950,29:1.

Steinberg, Moses Elias; b. Akkerman,Bessarabia, Aug 61888.

To US 1906. • BS U CA, MS U Chicago, MDRush Med Call, post-grad U Vienna. •Surgeon, Portland, OR; assocd US PublicHealth Service Hospital, US VeteransHospital; military service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Steinberg, Nathaniel Philip; b. Jerusalem,Feb 15 1895.

To US 1902. • Chicago Art Inst. • Artist,portrait painter, etcher, illustrator, Chicago. •See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Steinberg, Philip; b. ca 1843; d. Baltimore,Apr 61917.

Civil War veteran, Baltimore. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):268.

Steinberg, Saul; b. Ramaicol-Sarat,Rumania, 1914.

To NYC 1942. • Cartoonist, artist, NYC;architect, Milan; assocd The New Yorker. • See:EJ; NYTimes Magazine story, Apr 16 1978.

Steinberg, Wtlliam; b. Cologne, Aug 11899; d. May 16 1978.

To US 1938. • U Cologne. • Orchestraconductor, Atherton, CA; music dir FrankfurtOpera. • See: WWWIA, 7; DetroitJewishNews, May 19 1978; NYTimes, May 17 1978, II2:1.

Steinberger, Louis; b. Szegedin, Hungary.Inventor, artist, Brooklyn; invented insulatingmaterial. • See: AJYB, 24:206; WWIAJ, 1926,1928. .

Steinbock, Max; b. NYC, Feb 181917; d.June 17 1975.

Cooper Union. • Union worker, tradepublication editor; with Retail Wholesale &Dept Store Union, Labor League on HumanRights; exec dir Liberal Party; exec com AmTrade Union Council for Histadrut;"WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 191975,38:5.

Steinbrink, Meier; b. NYC, Feb 28 1880; d.Dec 71967.

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NYU Law; honorary degree. • Lawyer, statesupreme & appellate court judge, publicinvestigator, NYC; counsel Bd of Estimates;officer Fedn of]ewish Charities, NY Fedn ofReform Synagogues; active Republican politics,Anti-Defamation League. • See: UJE; AJYB,24:206,69:513; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; NYTimes, Dec 8 1967,42:4.

Steinbrink, Stuart Henry; b. Brooklyn, Feb51908.

AB Princeton, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,NYC; officerJr Fedn ofFedn ofJewishCharities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Steindler, Arthur; b. Vienna, June 22. 1878;d.July 211959.

To US 1907. • U Prague, MD U Vienna. •Orthopedic surgeon, Iowa City; faculty Drake,IA State; officer med soc; author in field. • See:UJE; AJYB, 24:206; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3.

Steinem, Pauline (Mrs Joseph Steinem); b.Radziewo, Russian Poland, Aug 4 18-?;d. Jan 1940.-

State Normal School (Bavaria). • Civic ldr,speaker, writer, Toledo; mem Bd of Education;pres OH Womens Suffrage Assn; officer NatlCouncil ofJewish Women; trustee PublicLibrary.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):105;WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 7 1940, 49:3.

Steiner, Bernard Sigfried; b. Birmingham,AL, Apr 13 1905; d. Nov 3 1974.

U PA. • Banker, exec, Birmingham, AL; officersynagog.· See: WWWIA, 6.

Steiner, Burghard; b. ca 1858; d.Birmingham, AL, Mar 1923.

Banker, Birmingham, AL. • See:A]YB, 25:141;NYTimes, Mar 10 192 3, 13:4.

Steiner, Dorothy Levy (Mrs Bernard SSteiner); b. Louisville, Dec 211907.

AB Wellesley. • Civic & communal worker,Birmingham, AL; officer N atl Council ofJewish Women; bd League ofWomen Voters,Maternal Welfare Clinic.· See: WWIAJ,1938.

Steiner, Edward Alfred; b. Szenitza,Czechoslovakia, Nov 11866; d.Claremont, CA, 1956.

U Heidelberg, BD Oberlin Call, U Gottingen,post-grad U Berlin. • Sociologist, theologian,author, Grinnell, IA; faculty Grinnell Call;active immigrant aid; ordained Congregationalminister. • See: UJE (sub York-Steiner);WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes,July21956,21:3.

Steiner, Edwin; b.Newark, Nov 29 1877; d.Newark, Feb 1961.

MD Jefferson Med Call. • Surgeon, Newark;officer med sacs; with US Public HealthService WWII. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Feb 28 1961,33:2.

Steiner, Eugene Joseph; b. Utica, Aug 21897.

BS U PA, LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, CPA,Albany, NY; co-chr United Jewish Appeal;officer professional soc; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

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Steiner, Frederick G; b. Vienna, ca 1890; d.Zurich, Aug 1968.

Dr of Laws UVienna. • Internatl banker,Paris; with Dillon Read, Lazard Freres; execcom Am Jewish Com.· See: NYTimes, Aug 271968,41:2.

Steiner, Gabriel; b. Ulm, Germany, 1883.To U~ 1936.· MD U Strasbourg.• Physician,DetroIt; faculty U Strasbourg, U Heidelberg,Wayne; fdr center for brain research at Wayne.• See: UJE.

Steiner, George Simon; b. Chicago, Aug 271887.

M~:~ant, Chicago; pres Steiner Electric Co;WWl service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Steiner, Gustave; b. ca 1858;d. Astoria, LI,Apr 81932.

Communal & civic worker, Astoria, LI. • See:A]YB,34:113.

Steiner, Herbert E; b. Birmingham, AL,Dec 211890. .

BS U PA. • Broker, Birmingham, AL; natl presZeta Beta Tau; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ1938. '

Steiner, Joseph; b. ca 1854; d. Jan 11937.Fur dealer, communal worker, Lynbrook, NY.• .See: A]YB, 39:597; NYTimes, Jan 2 1937,14:1.

Steiner, Leo K; b. Kurshin, Bohemia, Feb181870; d. Oct 22 1944.

To US 1885. • Eastman Business ColI(Poughkeepsie). • Banker, broker,Birmingham, AL; pres synagog. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 2.

Steiner, Max; b. Vienna, May 10 1888/1893; d. Dec 28 1971.

To US 1914. • Vienna Conservatory.·Composer of musicals & movies scores,conductor, Beverly Hills. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 29 1971,34:1.

Steiner, Oscar Hershel; b. Cleveland, Apr171896.

BS Case. • Exec, communalldr, Cleveland;orgrJewish Big Bros, Volunteer Assn, OH BigBrother & Sister Conf; officer synagog; dirJewish Social Services, Zionist Org ofAm;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Steiner, Ralph; b. Cleveland, Feb 8 1899.AB Dartmouth, Clarence White School ofPhotography. • Photographer, illustrator,maker of documentary films, NYC; assocd USResettlement Adm; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Steiner-Prag, Hq.go; b. Prague, 1880; d.NYC, Sep 10 1945.

To NYC 1941. • Artist, book designer, NYC;faculty Academy of Graphic Arts (Leipzig),NYU. • See: UJE; AJYB, 48:500; NYTimes,Sep 111945,23:3.

Steinert, Alexander; b. ca 1861; d. Boston,Nov 15 1933.

Piano mfr, art & music patron, civic worker,Boston.· See:A]YB, 36:287.

Steinert, Henry M; b. ca 1856; d. StatenIsland, Feb 2 1913.

Municipal judge, NYC; active Democraticpolitics. • See: A]YB, 15(1913-1914):274;NYTimes, Feb 3 1913, 11:4.

Steinert, Morris; b. Scheinfeld, Bavaria,Mar 9 1831; d. Jan 211912.

!o US ca 1855. • Violinist, optician, opticalInstrument maker, New Haven; donorcollection ofmusical intruments to Yale- fdrNew Haven Symphony Orchestra; ,autobiography. • See: AJYB, 14(1912­1913):125; DAB; NYTimes, Jan 22 1912,9:5.

Steinfeld, Albert; b. Hannover, Dec 231854; d. Feb 8 1935.

To US 1863.· Merchant, NYC, Denver,Tucson.· See: U'WMA, 1.

Steinfeld, Alexander Michael; b. Zanesville,OH, Jan 1 1873.

MD OH State, post-grad Vienna, Munich,Berlin. • Surgeon, Columbus, OH; faculty OHState; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928,

Steinfeld, Emile; b. Louisville, July 211879.

LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, Louisville; officersynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Steinfeld, Jacob; b. ca 1845; d. Cleveland,Nov61912.

Merchant, philanthropist, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):274.

Steinfeld, Lewis; b.Jassy, May 2 1901.To US 1901.· CCNY, LLB Fordham.·Lawyer, NYC; specialty: transportation; officerShield ofDavid Home for Orphan Girls,synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Steinfeld, Martha Levy (Mrs Maurice LSteinfeld); b. 1889; d. St Louis, Sep 241934.

Communal worker, author, St Louis; officerNatl Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods; exec bdUnion ofAm Heb Congregations. • See: UJE;AJYB,37:262.

Steinfield, Edward; b. Carmel, NJ, Nov 11890.

MD U PA. • Physician, laboratory dir,Philadelphia; faculty U PA; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Steinfield, Rose Kleinman; b. Warano,Austria-Hungary, Apr 71863.

To US 1887. • Communal worker, Seattle;officer Ladies Montefiore Aid Soc, Heb LadiesFree Loan Soc, Ladies Heb Immigrant AidSoc.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Steinglass, Meyer F; b. NYC.AB CCNY, Columbia. • Journalist; editorBrooklyn Examiner, New Palestine, TorontoJewish Standard; staff Seven Arts FeatureSyndication. • See: BEOAJ.

Steingold, Max; b. ca 1868; d. Apr 141938.Realtor, author, Detroit. • See:AJYB, 40:392.

Steinhart, Amy S (Mrs)

Steingut, Irwin; b. NYC, Oct 171893; d.Brooklyn, Sep 261952.

LLB StJohns. • Lawyer, legislator, speaker ofthe house, realtor, insurance broker, Brooklyn;mem state cabinet; dir Fedn ofJewishCharities; active Democratic Party, sponsor ofreform legislation. • See: UJE; EJ (subSteingut);A]YB, 55:460; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Sep 271952,1:5.

Steingut, Stanley K; b. Brooklyn, May 201920.

Union ColI, StJohns Law. • Democratic Partyldr, legislator, Brooklyn; fought cuts ineducation, health care; WWII service. • See:E]; NYTimes story, Nov 20 1962.

Steinhardt, Amelia (Mrs); b. ca 1854; d.Aug251938.

Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,41:431; NYTimes, Aug 27 1938, 13:4.

Steinhardt, Emanuel; b. ca 1856; d. NewOrleans, Dec 291912.

Grain merchant, New Orleans. • See: A]YB,15(1913~1914):274.

Steinhardt, Irving David; b. NYC, Jan 191878;d. Feb 1942.

MD Columbia. • Surgeon, NYC; officerPhysicians Mutual Aid Assn, BoyScouts;author sex education books for children' WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,' Feb 261942,19:4.

Steinhardt, Joseph; b.Tauberbischopsheim, Germany, ca 1864;d. NYC, Dec 1926.

To US ca 1877. • CCNY. • Producemerchant, NYC; created European & Easternmarkets for Western apples; supplied US Armyduring Spanish-Am War. • See: WWIA],1926; NYTimes, Dec 11 1926, 17:3.

Steinhardt, Lawrence Adolph; b. NYC, Oct61892; d. near Ottawa, Canada, Mar 281950.

AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, economist,diplomat; important ambassadorships; memDemocratic Natl Com; exec com Am Fedn ofZionists; WWI service, decorated. • See: UJE;E];AJYB, 52:505; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938;U'WMA, 2; DAB, 4;AJH, 70:331-46;NYTimes, Mar 291950,1:3.

Steinhardt, Maxwell; b. NYC, Nov 6 1889;d. NYC, Oct 4 1977.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC; natl officerPhilanthropic Fund, Am Council for Judaism;pres Shaw Soc ofAm, Heb Technical Schoolfor Girls; officerJewish Found for EducationofWomen; WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 79:374;WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct 5 1977,IV 19:4.

Steinhardt, Melville Grover; b. Brooklyn,Nov61884.

Packard Business ColI. • Merchant, businessexec, NYC, LI City; officer Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; fundraiser NY Worlds Fair;natl guard service. • See: WWIAJ 1938·BEOAJ. ' ,

Steinhart, Amy S (Mrs); b.*; d. SanFrancisco, Apr 111932.

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Mem, CA Bd of Education, San Francisco. •See: AJYB, 34:113.

Steinhart (Steinhardt), Frank Maximillian(Maximilian); b. Munich, May 12 1864;d. Dec 91938.

Public utility & railroad exec, Am Consul­General, Havana; agent US War Dept; militaryservice. • See: UJE, WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;BEOAJ; WWWIA, I;NYTimes, Dec 10 1938,17:3.

Steinhart, Ignatz; b. ca 1840; d. SanFrancisco, May 14 1917.

Philanthropist, San Francisco. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):268.

Steinhart, Jesse Henry; b. San Francisco,May 11 1881; d. San Rafael, CA, Mar 251965.

AB, BS U CA, LLB Hastings. • Lawyer, civic& communalldr, San Francisco; regent U CA;a fdr Am Jewish Com; pres Mt Zion Hospital;dir Legal Aid Soc; trustee Bureau ofMunicipalResearch. • See:AJYB, 67:543; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Mar 28 1965,93:1.

Steinharter, Edgar Clifford; b. Cincinnati,Sep 8 1883/1886.

BS MIT, MD Harvard. • Surgeon,gynecologist, Cincinnati; author in field; WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.

Steinitz, Wtlhelm; b. Prague, May 17 1836;d. Wards Island, NY,June 22/Aug 121900.

To NYC 1893. • World championchessmaster; developed techniques; author/editor in field. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB,2(1900-1901):644; WWWIA, 1; DAB;NY7'imes, Aug 14 1900, 5:7.

Steinman, Abraham; b. ca 1839; d. NYC,Jan 18 1914.

Communal worker, NYc. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):166.

Steinman, Bernard Ulman; b. ca 1848; d.San Francisco, Mar 7 1914.

Mayor, Sacramento. • See: AJYB, 16(1914­1915):166.

Steinman, David Barnard; b. NYC, June 111886; d. NYC, Aug 211960.

BS CCNY, CE, MA, PhD Columbia; honorarydegree. • Bridge engineer, NYC; faculty U ID,CCNY; fdr David B Steinman Found; bdEcole des Hautes Etudes; consult GeorgeWashington Bridge; author in field. • See:UJE;AJYB, 24:206, 63:562; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938 (addenda); BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4;DAB, 6; NYTimes, Aug 23 1960,29:2.

Steinmetz, Charles Proteus; b. Breslau,Apr 91865; d. Schenectady, Oct 261923.

To US 1889. • U Breslau, U Berlin, U Zurich;honorary degree. • Mathematician, electricalengineer, patent holder, author, Schenectady;pres Bd of Education; assocd General Electric;faculty Union ColI; fled Germany for socialistactivities; no proof ofJewishness. • ·See: UJE;E]; PAJHS, 32:123-24; WWWIA, 1; DAB;NYTimes, Oct 30 1923, 19:3.

Steinmuller, Stephen; b. ca 1845; d.Baltimore, Apr 10 1917.

Civil War veteran, Baltimore.· See:A]YB,19(1917-1918):268.

Steinthal, Albert E; b. NYC, June 6 1874.Merchant, NYC; exec Acme Theatre Co; presMens League ofThursday Hospital AfterCare; active Home for Heb Infants. • See:WWIAJ, 1926.

Stember, Charles; b. 1917; d. Princeton,Aug 191982.

Sociologist, social pyschologist; facultyColumbia, PA State, U Chicago, Rutgers;consult Am Jewish Com; author in field. • See:AJYB, 84:340.

Stemple, Frank; b. NYC, Feb 111894; d.Sep 161964.

Columbia. • Banker, officer, Small BusinessAdm, Washington DC. • See: WWWIA,4.

Stepansky, Nahum (Nachum); b. 1924?; d.Far Rockaway, Feb 14 1964.

Rabbi; tchr Heb Inst ofLI, Yeshiva U TchrsInst; fdr religious institutions in Israel. • See:AJYB, 66:582;NYTimes, Feb 171964, 31:5.

Sterling, Philip; b. Philadelphia, Apr 101887.

AB, LLB UPA.· Lawyer, legislator,Philadelphia; mem PA Commn on PenalAffairs of the Public Charity Assn; dirHomewood School, Nat! Farm School. • See:BEOAJ.

Sterman, Moses; b. Poland, ca 18·68; d. Dec91938.

To US ca 1903. • Rabbi, NYC; a fdrTalmudical Academy of Harlem; activeKashruth supervision. • See: AJYB, 41:431;NYTimes, Dec 111938,61:1.

Stern, Aaron; b. ca 1848; d. Chicago, July211914.

Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 16(1914­1915):222.

Stern, Adolph; b. Eger, Austria-Hungary,Nov 4 1878; d. NYC, Aug 23 1958.

To US 1886. • AB CCNY, MD Columbia;studied in Vienna under Freud. •Psycholanalyst, internat! specialist in nervous& mental diseases, NYC; with VanderbiltClinic (Columbia), NY Psychoanalytic Soc;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Aug 23 1958,15:5.

Stern, Adolph; b. NYC, July 28 1882.Cooper Union, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,legislator, municipal judge, NYC; officer B'rithAbraham, Am Jewish Cong, aRT, EmergencyCom onJewish Refugees; bd League for AmCitizenship. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Stern, Alexander; b. ca 1858; d.June 1934.Merchant, banker, bldr, mayor, legislator,Fargo, • NO.· See:AJYB, 36:287.

Stern,AlexanderA;b. Kingston, NY, ca1889; d. Kingston, NY, Feb 1938.

Physician, surgeon, philanthropist, Kingston,

NY.• See:AJYB, 40:392;NYTimes, Feb 281938, 15:1.

Stern, Alexander William; b. NYC, Nov 301898.

Cooper Union, CCNY, U MI. • Civilengineer, research physicist, Brooklyn; withPublic Service Commn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stern, Alfred Kaufman (Kaufmann); b.Fargo, ND, Nov 29 1897.

Harvard. • Civic ldr, housing authority, exec,Chicago; chr IL State Housing Commn; memRecreational Commn, Crime Commn; dirJulius Rosenwald Fund, Citizens HousingCouncil (NY). • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926.

Stern, Alfred mrital; b. NYC, June 101881; d. Chicago, May 3 1960.

Harvard. • Lincoln buff, clothing exec,Chicago; donor Lincoln collection to Brandeis,Library of Congo • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,May 5 1960,35:4.

Stern, ArthurJ; b. ca 1879; d. Brooklyn,Mar 211933.

Lawyer, charter & condemnation expert,Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 35:129; NYTimes, Mar221933,17:1.

Stern, Arthur K; b. Philadelphia, Jan 13 .1885.

U PA, Columbia. • Educator, author,Philadelphia; pres Jewish Chautauqua. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Stern, Benjamin; b. ca 1858; d. NYC, Mar 81933.

Merchant, philanthropist, NYC. • See: AJYB,35:129; NYTimes, Mar 91933,13:3.

Stern, Benjamin L; b. Newark, May 141913; d. South Orange, NJ, Mar 11 1971.

Business exec; pres New England Life LdrsAssn, NYC Estate Planning Council; bd AmJewish Soc for Service. • See:AJYB, 73:636;NYTimes, Mar 12 1971,40:3.

Stern, Benjamin Morris; b. Boston, Mar 191903.

Journalist, Washington DC; secy to INsenator; officer Veterans of Foreign Wars;military service. • See: BEOAJ.

Stern, BernhardJoseph; b. Chicago, June19 1894; d. Nov 22 1956.

U Chicago, AB, MA U Cincinnati, PhDColumbia, ordained Heb Union ColI, post­grad U MI, London School of Economics. •Sociologist; faculty U WA, Columbia, NewSchool, CCl\'Y; bd Am Com for the Protectionof the Foreign Born; mem Communist Party;prolific author!editor in field. • See: UJE; EJ;WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 241956,19:2.

Stern, Bessie Cleveland; b. Hornell, NY,Feb 141888.

AB Cornell U, EdM Harvard. • Statistician,Baltimore; assocd NYC Bd of Estimate, USShipping Bd, MD State Dept of Education;officer Nat! Assn for Study of Platoon Schools,State Dirs of Educational Research. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

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Stem, Bill; b. Rochester, NY,July 11907;d. Rye, NY, Nov 19 1971.

BS PA Military ColI. • Controversial sportsannouncer; NYC; with NBC, Mutual. • See:NYTimes, Nov 201971,34:4.

Stem, Charles; b. Hungary, Feb 13 1886.Mfr,(inventor, engineer, railroad worker,Hoboken; officer synagog; dir Heb Free LoanSoc. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Stem, Charles Mann; b. Albany, Sep 161876.

LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, deputy state attygeneral, county treasurer, communal worker,Albany, NY; natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc,Joint Distribution Com; pres Albany BoysClub; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938.

Stem, Clara; b. Milwaukee, 1902; d.Bridgeport, CT, Nov 91981.

Communalldr, Bridgeport, CT; exec dirJewish Community Council; fundraiser IsraelBonds; active interfaith cooperation, HebImmigrant Aid Soc, Yiddish Inst, JewishFamily Services. • See:AJYB, 83:363.

Stem, Clara Joseephy (Mrs Wtlliam Stem);b. 1878; d. 1945.

Psychologist, collaborator with husband; herdiaries formed a basis for her husbands work;author in field. • See: EJ (sub Stern, William).

Stem, Curt; b. Hamburg, Aug 301902; d.Oct 241981.

To US 1933. • PhD U Berlin; honorarydegree. • Zoologist, Orinda, CA; assocd KaiserWilhelm Inst, U Berlin; faculty U CA(Berkeley); advisor Atomic Energy Commn;officer professional orgs; author/editor in field.• See: WWWIA, 8.

Stem, David; b. ca 1857; d. Cincinnati, Nov81914.

Professor of chemistry, OH Dental ColI,Cincinnati.· See:AJYB, 17(1915-1916):222.

Stem, David; b. Odessa, 1891.MIT. • Mfr, Boston; exec Natl Can Co; trusteeBerman-Stern Families Assocd Trust; dirsynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Stem, David; b. Poland, 1899; d. NYC, Apr231969.

To US early 1930s. • Philanthropist, Zionist;donor David & Lillian Stern Am-Israel YouthCenter (Israel).•,See:A]YB, 71:610.

Stem, David; b. Rovno, Feb 61901.To US 1906. • AB, MD Harvard. • Internist,Boston; instructor Tufts. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Stem, David Becker; b. Danville, IL, June12 1880; d. Nov 28 1960.

PhB U Chicago.· Corp exec, investmentbroker, Chicago; trustee U Chicago. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,4.

Stem, David 3rd; b. Philadelphia 1909.Newspaperman, drama critic; pen name=PeterStirling; with Philadelphia Record. • See: UJE(sub Stern, Julius David).

Stem, Edgar Bloom; b. New Orleans,Jan23 1886; d. Price, UT, Aug 241959.

Tulane, AB, MA Harvard. • Cotton merchant,civic ldr, business exec, New Orleans; memCharter Revision Com; chr "WDSUBroadcasting Corp; exec com Am Jewish Com;bd Natl Refugee Service; WWI service. • See:UJE;A]YB, 62:452; WWIA], 1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Aug 26 1959,30:5.

Stem, Edith Mendel; b. NYC, June 241901; d. Feb 8 1975.

AB Barnard. • Editor, writer; with KnopfPublishers; mem MD Bd ofMental Hygiene;consult Natl Inst Mental Health; dir EpilepsyLeague'.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,6;NYTimes, Feb 141975,35:3.

Stem, Edith Rosenwald; b. Chicago, May311895; d. New Orleans, Sep 111980.

Philanthropist, civic'& communalldr, NewOrleans; mem Natl Cultural Advisory Com onthe Arts; fdr The Stern Fund, Dillard ColI,Metairie Park Country Day School; benefactorAm Jewish Com, United Jewish Appeal. • See:A]YB, 82:373;NYTimes, Sep 121980,3:2.

Stem, Edward; b. ca 1849; d. Philadelphia,June 71923.

Printer, communal worker, Philadelphia. •See: A]YB, 26:157.

Stem, Edward; b. NYC, Nov71881; d.NYC, Nov 1953.

Rare stamp dealer, NYC; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Nov 17 1953, 17:2.

Stem, Edwin Hyman; b. NYC,Jan 141915;d. NYC, Mar 9 1968.

Cornell. • Stockbroker, NYC; governor NYStock Exchange; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: A]YB, 70:525; NITimes,Mar 10 1968,92:8.

Stem, Elizabeth Gertrude Leven (MrsLeon Stem); b. Poland, Feb 141890; d.Jan 1954.

To US 1892. • AB U Pittsburgh, NY School ofSocial Work. • Author, columnist, socialworker, Media, PA; pen name=Leah Morton;assocd East Side House Settlement (NYC),Schiff Immigration Bureau (Galveston); memAm Friends Service Com. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOAJ;NITimes,Jan 101954,86:1.

Stem, Elizabeth-Vera Loeb (Mrs RichardStem); b. Cincinnati, Mar 9 1893.

AB Hunter, MA Columbia. • Professor ofEnglish, speech, NYC; faculty Hunter. • See:WWIA],1938.

Stem, Emanuel A; b. NYC, Mar 191891; d.Westport, CT, Dec 1969.

CCNY, NY Law. • Lawyer, business exec,NYC; involved in many,notable cases. • See:WWIA], 1926;NITimes, Dec 151969,47:5.

Stem, Eugene M; b. Philadelphia, Mar 231865; d. Mar 291924.

Wholesale jeweler, communalldr &

Stem, Heinrich

philanthropist, Philadelphia; dir Natl FarmSchool, Heb Sunday School Soc, Juvenile AidSoc. • See: PAJRS, 31:292-93.

Stem, Eugene W; b.*Engineer, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:206.

Stem, Frances; b. Boston, July 3/4 1873; d.Newton, MA, Dec23 1947.

Garland Kindergarten Training School(Boston), MIT, London School of Economics.• Social worker, dietician, Boston; withDispensary Food Clinic & NutritionEducation Dept; inspector State Bd of Labor &Industries; author in field; WWI with RedCross in Europe. • See: A]YB, 50:523-24;NAW; NYTimes, Dec 25 1947,21:6.

Stem, Frederick M; b. Posen, Dec 1 1889;d. NYC, May 6 1977.

To US 1937. • Author; dir Self Help Org, LeoBaeck Inst. • See: A]YB, 79:374; NITimes,May 9 1977, 34:4.

Stem, Gabriel Manuel; b. Boston, June 191897.

Boston U. • Advertising mgr, Boston; staffBostonAm; officer United JewishBrotherhoods, Am Legion; dir Heb Home forAged; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOAJ.

Stem, Gustav; b. Fulda, Germany, 1904; d.NYC, May 5 1969.

To US late 1920s. • Business exec,philanthropist; fdr Rabbinical Court ofAm,Gustav Stem Found; benefactorJewishMuseum, Internatl Synagogue; exec comWorld Academy Gerusalem). • See: A]YB,71:610; NYTimes, May 7 1969,48:1.

Stem, Harold P; b. ca 1923; d. Apr 3 1977.PhD U MI. • Art museum dir, author,Washington DC; dir Freer Gallery,Smithsonian Institution; Japanese languagestudent during WWII. • See: WWWIA, 7;NITimes, Apr 41977,32:6.

Stem, Harry A; b. NYC, Jan 9 1888.Columbia. • Stockbroker, publisher, Denver;pres Ex-Patients Tubercular Home, Council ofNatlJewish Agencies, Denver Stock Exchange.• See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAj.

Stem, HarryJoshua;b. Eragoly, lCovno,Apr 241897; d. 1984.

To US 1908. • AB U Cincinnati, BHL,ordained Reb Union ColI, post-grad UChicago; honorary degree. • Rabbi,Uniontown, PA, Montreal; officer Fedn ofReligious Schools, World Jewish Cong; editorJewish publications; active interfaith causes. •See: UJE; EJ:1973-1982; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; CCARYB.

Stem, Heinrich; b.Frankfurt, Jan 28 1868;d. NYC, 1918.

MD St Louis ColI of Physicians & Surgeons. •Physician; faculty NY School of Clinical Med;dir Inst for Med Diagnosis & Research; fdr AmColI of Physicians; author/editor in field. •See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):195-96;NYTimes, Feb 2 1918,11:4.

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Stern,I1enry;h.Jochsherg,(;e~any,i\pr

3 1885.Investment banker, real estate exec, KansasCity. - See: WWWIA, 7.

Stern, I1enry Emanuel;h. Mhany, NY, i\pr8 1857; d. Sep 25 1937.

Lawyer, municipal judge, Albany, NY; memAlbany Burgesses Corps; - active Jewish SocialServices; charter mem bar assn. - See: A]YB,40:392; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Sep 261937,II 8:3.

Stern, I1enry Michaels; h. Rochester, NY,June 11 1878; d. Rochester, NY, i\ug·1950.

BS Cornell. - Mens clothing mfr, Rochester,NY; chr League for Defense ofJewish Rights,Joint Distribution Com, United PalestineAppeal drives, Community Chest, Red Cross,Eastman Concert Com. - See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, Sep 11950,21:4.

Stern, I1enry Root; h. NYC, Sep 22 1882;d. May 41959.

AB Yale, LLB, MA Columbia. - Lawyer,public servant, Republican party worker,NYC;mem NY Temporary Emergency ReliefAdm,NY Bd of Social Welfare; WWI service. - See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3.

Stern, I1enry Sycle; h. Richmond, i\pr 31893.

U Richmond, MDMed ColI ofVA, post-gradNYC. - Pediatrician, Richmond; assocd HealthDept; faculty Med ColI ofVA; officerprofessional org; WWI service. - See: WWIA],1928, 1938.

Stern, I1e~an;h. ca 1845; d. Cleveland,Feh 11923.

Civil War veteran, Cleveland. - See: A]YB,25:141.

Stern, I1orace; h. Philadelphia, i\ug 7 1878;d. Philadelphia, i\pr 14 1969.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), BS,LLB U PA;honorary degrees. - Lawyer, chiefjustice state supreme court, communal & civicldr, Philadelphia; pres Fedn ofJewishCharities; officer Dropsie, Jewish PublicationSoc; exec com Am]ewish Com, Union ofAmHeb Congregations; WWI service. - See: UJE;E]; A]YB, 24:206, 71:610; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,Apr 15 1969,47:1.

Stern, Isaac; h. ca 1840; d. NYC, Dec 51910.

Communal worker, NYc. - See: A]YB,13(1911-1912):136; NYTimes, Dec 6 1910,13:4.

Stern, Isaac; h. Cumherland, MD, ca 1889;d. NYC, Sep 121967.

Natl Farm SchooL - Business exec, communalworker, NYC; a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; trustee Union ofAm HebCongregations, Miami Heart Inst; bd synagog.- See:A]YB, 69:613;NYTimes, Sep 13 1967,47:1.

Stern, Isaac; h. Kremenets, Ukraine, 1920.To San Francisco 1921. - World-renowned

violinist; responsible for saving Carnegie Hall;pres Am-Israel Cultural Found. - See: E];E]:1973-1982.

Stern, Isaac Farber; h. Chicago, Nov 211871; d. Sep 10 1949.

CE U MI. - Construction engineer, Chicago;designed railroad bridges; WWI & WWIIconsult; - See: WWWIA, 3.

Stern, Jacoh; h.*; d. Erie City, NY, Sep 21910.

Probate judge, Erie City, NY.- See: A]YB,13(1911-1912):135.

Stern,Jacoh; h. Paterson, Sep 15 1900.Tire distributor, Paterson; mem Bd ofEducation. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Stern, Jacoh Ludwig; h. Creglingen,Wiirttemherg, Nov 28 1856; d. Feh 101923.

PhD U Wurzberg. - Rabbi, author,Cumberland, MD, Salt Lake City; communalworker, Baltimore; tchr Jewish schools,Brighton, England, NYC, St Louis. - See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):102; 25:141.

Stern, Jacques; h. Paris, 1881/1882; d.1949.

To US 1942. - French politician, governmentofficial, author. - See: UJE; E].

Stern, Jean (;ordon; h. NYC, ca 1904; d.NYC, Oct 1985.

Owner, publisher, Dance Magazine, NYC; co­fdr Advance Pattern Co. See: NITimes, Oct 251985.

Stern, Joseph; h. ca 1833; d. Apr 1919.Civil War veteran, slaughterhouse owner,NYC; a fdr Emanu-El. - See:A]YB; 21:207;NYTimes, Apr 291919,15:4.

Stern, Joseph Smith; h. Cincinnati, Sep 101891; d. May 1971.

AB Cornell. - Shoe mfr, Cincinnati; with USShoe; active Community Chest, Jewish SocialAgency. - See: BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes;May23 1971,60:2.

Stern, Joseph William; h. NYC, Jan 111870; d. Brightwaters, LI, Mar 31 1934.

Music publisher, songwriter, NYC; pioneer inadvertising. - See:A]YB, 36:287; WWWIA, 4;DAB; NYTimes, Apr 1 1934,29:1.

Stern, Julius; h. Silesia, ca 1853; d. NYC,Nov 101941.

To US 1938. - Physician; longtime officerBerlinJewish Center; ldr Heb Immigrant AidSoc. - See: A]YB, 44:344; NITimes, Nov 111941,23:4.

Stern, Julius David (J David); h.Philadelphia, Apr 11886; d. Oct 1971.

AB U PA, LLB U Berlin. - Newspaperpublisher, owner, NYC, Philadelphia,Camden, NJ; owner Philadelphia Record, NYPost; supporter FDR; memoirs. - See: UJE; E];A]YB, 24:206; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Oct 111971,38:1.

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Stern, Kurt (;uenter; h. Tilsit, (;e~any,Sep 191904; d. London, Feh 3 1956.

To US 1935. - PhD Friedrich-Wilhelms U.­Biochemist, author; with Overly BiochemicalResearch Found, Woods Hole Marine BiologyLab; faculty Yale, Brooklyn Polytech. - See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 58:479; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6.

Stern, Laurence Marcus; h. NYC, June 161929.

U MO, Brooklyn ColI, New School. ­Newspaper editor, writer; chief Saigon bureau,staffWashington Post; WWII service. - See:WWWIA, 7.

Stern, Lawrence Fish; h. Chicago, i\ug 21888; d.Apr 23 1967.

Dartmouth. - Banker, investment broker,Chicago. - See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4.

Stern, Leo; h. Brooklyn, Dec 211895; d.i\ug 13 1973.

Columbia. - Stockbroker, NYC; pres EthicalCulture Soc; trustee Leo & Majorie SternFound; WWI service. -. See: WWWIA, 6;NITimes, Aug 141973, 36:4.

Stern, Leon; h. Rochester, NY, i\pr 9 1867;d. hefore 1938.

BS Cornell. - Architect, Rochester, NY; memState Bd of Bldg Commrs; dir Baden StSettlement. - See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905): 196,24:206; WWIA], 1928.

Stern, Leopold; h. Monzingen, (;e~any,ca 1848; d. Dec 29 1928.

Importer, political, civic & communal worker,NYC; state commr Pan-Am Exposition; presDiamond Cutters Mfrs Assn; trustee synagog.- See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):105, 31:94;WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Dec 301928,20:1.

Stern, Levi; h. ca 1820; d. Philadelphia, Feh13 1912.

Merchant, Philadelphia. - See:A]YB, 14(1912­1913):126.

Stern, Louis; h. Simmern, (;e~any,Feb101847; d. Washington DC, i\pr 291920.

Rabbi, Washington DC, earlier Westphalia. ­See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):102,22:168;NITimes, Apr 301920,13:5,

Stern, Louis; h. Ziegenhain, I1esse-Cassel,Feh 22 1847; d. Paris, June 21 1922.

To Albany, NY 1853. - Merchant, NYC; USCommr Paris Exposition; chrNY Commn StLouis Exposition; pres Heb Orphan Asylum;active Republican politics. - See: ]E; A]YB,6(1904-1905):196; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, June23 1922, 17:1.

Stern, Louis; h. Newark, Feh 291904; d.Toronto, Nov 11 1972.

BS, PhD U PA. - Broker, communalldr,NYC; natl officer Council ofJewish Fedn &Welfare Funds, Jewish Welfare Bd; officerJewish Community Council; bd Am JewishCom. - See: E];A]YB, 74:560; WWWIA, 5;NITimes story, Nov 12 1972,26:1, obituary,Nov 13 1972,40:3.

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Stern, (Louis) William; b. Berlin, Apr 291871; d. Durham, NC, Mar 271938.

To US 1934. • PhD U Berlin. • Psychologist,admr, Durham, NC; faculty U Breslau, UHamburg, Duke; pioneer in IQ & Gestalttheory; collaborated with Clara Joseephy;editor in field. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB,40:392; NYTimes, Mar 281938,15:2.

Stern, M Samuel; b. NYC, May 311866; d.Oct 281929.

Communal & civic ldr, NYC; pres Bd ofEducation; mem Governors ReconstructionCom.· See:AJYB, 32:155; WWIAJ, 1928;NYTimes, Oct291929, 31:3.

Stern, Malcolm Henry; b. Philadelphia,1915.

Ordained Heb Union ColI. • Reform rabbi,synagog musician, historian, genealogist,Philadelphia, Norfolk; head of placement forReform rabbis; author in field; WWIIchaplain. • See: EJ.

Stern, Marion Levi (Mrs Harold M Stern);b. NYC, June 28 1899.

AB Barnard, post-grad Columbia. •Communalworker, Los Angeles; officer NatlCouncil ofJewish Women; trustee UnitedJewish Welfare Campaign; active CommunityChest, Girl Scouts, child welfare, world peace.·'See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stern, Martin; b. Munich, Sep 17 1924.To US 1938. • BA, MBA NYU. • Advertisingagency exec, NYC; instructor Queens ColI. •See: WWWIA, 8.

Stern, Maurice; b. Ermershaus, Bavaria, Jan61855; d. Apr 14 1919.

To US 1871. • Lawyer, business exec,communal worker, New Orleans; mem StateBd of Education; officerJewish Widows &Orphans Home; exec com Pan-PacificExposition, Union ofAm Heb Congregations.• See:AJYB, 21:207; PAJHS,28:309-1O.

Stern, Max; b. Fulda, Germany, Oct 221898; d. NYC, May 201982.

To US 1926. • Business exec, philanthropistfor Orthodox causes, NYC; bd Union ofOrthodox Congregations; active Stern ColI forWomen, Yeshiva U, Albert Einstein ColI ofMed. • See: EJ; AJYB, 84:340; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.

Stern, Max; b.*; d. Mar 1916.Civic ldr, Fargo, ND; mem Bd of Education,City Council. • See: AJYB, 18(1916-1917):110.

Stern, Maximillian' (Maximilian); b.Newark, Oct 201877; d. DaYtona Beach,FL,Jan 19 1946.

MD Columbia. • Urological surgeon, NYC;facu1ty NY Post-Grad Hospital; fdr, dir BroadSt Hospital; devised instruments, techniques. •See:AJYB, 48:500; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;NYTimes, Jan 22 1946,28:2.

Stern, Meyer; b. ca 1868; d. NYC, Jan 291938.

Rabbi; NYC; tchr Yeshiva Jacob Joseph. • See:AJYB, 40:392;NYTimes, Jan 31 1938,19:3.

Stern, Milford; b. NYC, Feb 22 1882; d.Detroit, Feb 28 1932.

AB CCNY, LLB Detroit ColI of Law, post­grad NYU, Virgil School ofMusic (NY). •Lawyer, Detroit; officer]ewish Welfare Fedn,World Union for Progressive Judaism; goodwill mission to Mexico for Council ofChurches.· See: UJE;AJYB, 34:311; WWIAJ,1928; Am Heb, Mar41932; NYTimes, Mar 11932,23:5.

Stern, Mordecai Alimelech; b. Nowotaniec,Poland, Feb 13 1903; d. Lakewood, NJ,Dec 221963.

To NYC 1920. • Ordained Yeshiva ColI,NYU. • Rabbi, Richmond Hill, NY; honoraryofficer Union of OrthodoxJewishCongregations, Mizrachi. • See: AJYB, 65:438;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 23 1963,25:2.

Stern, Morley A; b. Rochester, NY, 1854; d.Rochester, NY, Feb 18 1939.

Merchant, clothing mfr, Rochester, NY. • See:AJYB, 41:432;NYTimes, Feb 191939,39:2.

Stern, Morris; b.*; d. NYC, Aug 151909.School commr, NYc. • See:AJYB, 12(1910­1911):108.

Stern, Morris; b. Danzig, Apr 2 1864; d.San Antonio, Dec 3 1944.

To US 1883, • Merchant, civic ldr, SanAntonio; memCommnon Public HealthNursing, Bd ofHealth; pres TX Chamber ofCommerce; officerJewish Social ServicesFedn; supporter Heb Union ColI. • See: AJYB,47:533; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Stern, Morris; b. Pompian, Kovno, May 151870.

To US 1890. • Clothing mfr, Zionist, NYC;officer United Synagogue ofAm, trade assns,YMHA; bd Kehillah; helped build several NYsynagogs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Stern,Mrs Charles N; b.*; d. Aug 211936.Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 39:598.

Stern,Myer;b.Bavaria, 1824;d.NYC,1899.

To US 1849.· Communalldr, NYC; pres Instfor the Instruction of DeafMutes, HebBenevolent & OrphanAsylum Soc; a fdrJewish Publication Soc. • See: UJE.

Stern, Nathan; b. NYC, Feb 12 1878; d.NYC,Jan 241945.

BA, MA, PhD Columbia, ordained Heb UnionColI, post-gradJTS, Cambridge U. • Rabbi,communalldr, author, Providence, NYC; fdrInst for Youth Leadership, Interfaith Com;officer NY Bd ofJewish Ministers, professionalassns; bdJewish Big Bros, Heb Union ColI. •See: UJE;AJYB, 7(1905-1906):124,47:533;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,2; NYTimes, Jan 25 1945, 19:1.

Stern, Nathan D; b. Greenville, NC, ca1876; d. NYC, Sep 15 1932.

NYU Law. • Corporation lawyer, NYC;specialties: real estate, theatre. • See: AJYB,35:129; NYTimes, Sep 16 1932,21:1.

Stern,SarnuelFUka

Stern, Neuton Samuel; b. Memphis, Apr 91890.

Harvard, MD Harvard, post-grad London. •Physician, Memphis; faculty U TN; editor infield. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926.

Stern, Oscar David; b. Russia, Oct 13 1888;d. Nov 28 1973.

To Chicago 1897. • U Chicago, LLBNorthwestern. • Lawyer, Chicago; presStandard Club; officer Palm Springs DesertMuseum. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6.

Stern, Otto; b. Sorau (Sohrau), Germany,Feb 171888; d. Berkeley, Aug 17 1969.

To Pittsburgh 1933. • PhD U Breslau. •Physicist, Nobel laureate, Berkeley; workedwith Einstein; faculty U Frankfurt, U Rostock,U Hamburg; lab built for him at CarnegieTech; author in field. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;DAB, 8; NYTimes, Aug 19 1969, 43:3.

Stern, Philip Van Doren; b. Wyalusing, PA,ca 1901; d. Sarasota, FL,July 1984.

Rutgers. • Historian, novelist, author, editor,NYC; specialty: Civil War era. • See:NYTimes, Aug 1 1984.

Stern, Renee B; b. ca 1875; d. May 191940.Author, journalist, child welfare expert,librarian, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 42:484;NYTimes,May20 1940, 17:6.

Stern, Richard M; b. NYC, Nov 12 1890; d.1983.

AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Statistician,NYC; rabbi New Rochelle, Nashville. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.

Stern, Robert; b. Zweibruecken, Pfalz,Germany, Jan 201888.

To TX 1907.· Mannheim Business School.·Exec, loan & insurance broker, Dallas; memCity Planning Commn; dir Jewish Fedn ofSocial Services; active Community Chest;charter mem, officer professional assns. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Stern, S Walter; b. New Orleans, Mar 51884.

AB Tulane, AB Harvard. • Cotton broker,exec, philanthropist, New Orleans; officerCommunity Chest; bd Tulane; dir NatlCouncil ofJewish Fedns, Union of Am HebCongregations, Family Service. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.

Stern, Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Mar 3 1878;d. Adantic City, Feb 1942.

MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Physician,researcher, Atlantic City; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Feb 19 1942, 19:3.

Stern, Samuel David; b. Milwaukee, Aug 281891.

Marquette Law. • Lawyer, police court judge,West Allis, WI.· See: WWIAJ,1938.

Stern, Samuel Rika; b. Syracuse, July 71855; d. Seatde, reported May 28 1937.

Lawyer, superior court judge, Spokane; presState Bar Assn; officer Planning Commn,Social Welfare League; ldr B'nai B'rith. • See:

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UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):196, 39:598;WWIA],1928; BEOA].

Stem, Sara Messing (Mrs Leon Stem); b.Indianapolis, Dec 4 1880.

Indianapolis Tchrs ColI. • Writer, socialwelfare worker, newspaper feature writer,Terre Haute; officer Nat! Council ofJewishWomen, IN Fedn of Clubs, FlorenceCrittenden Home. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Stem, Sigmund; b. Bavaria, Dec 4 1878; d.Dec 311955.

To US 1892. • Investment banker, KansasCity; officer Community Chest, United JewishSocialServices. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 3.

Stem, Simon Adler; b..Philadelphia, Dec 81838; d. Philadelphia, May 2 1904.

Businessman, banker, author, editor, critic,violinist, Philadelphia; editor Penn Monthly. •See:]E; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):373, 387;PA]HS, 16:203-05; WWWIA, 1.

Stem, Solomon; b. ca 1830; d. NewOrleans, Nov41917.

Communal worker, Civil War veteran, NewOrleans.· See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):231.

Stem, Tobias; b. ca 1898; d. White Plains,Oct 1970.

Jewelry mfr, NYC, White Plains; active FednofJewish Philanthropies, United JewishAppeal, Jewish Community Center. • See:NYTimes, Oct 6 1970, 50:5.

Stem, Walter Gustave; b. Chattanooga,Dec 61874; d. Cleveland, June 81941.

Adelbert ColI, AB, MD Western Reserve,post-grad U Vienna. • Orthopedic surgeon,Cleveland; specialty: crippled children; facultyColI ofPhysicians & Surgeons; author in field.• See:A]YB, 43:364; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Stem, Wtlliam; b. Fargo, 1886; d.Rochester, MN, 1963/1964.

Banker, Fargo, ND; US observer Japanesepeace treaty conf; active nat! Republicanpolitics, Am Legion. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Jan 2 1964,27:2.

Stem, William; b. Rochester, NY,]uly 11907.

BS PA Military ColI. • Stage dir, NYC; assocdRKO, Radio City Music Hall. • See: BEOAJ.

Stem, Wtlliam A; b. ca 1860; d. Sep 41914.Railroad dir, PA. • See: A]YB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Stem, William A; b. Philadelphia, ca 1898;d. Salzburg, June 1965.

Columbia Law. • Lawyer, champion crosswordpuzzler, Washington DC, Miami; assocdJustice Dept; author iIi field; WWI service. •See: NYTimes, June 9 1965,47:5.

Stem (Sternseher), Wtlliam Morris; b.Zablatow, Austria, Dec 41896; d. 1965.

To US 1900. • AB U Cincinnati, BHL,ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, Oakland,CA, earlier AR, IN; exec Zionist Council,

Jewish Com for Personal Service in State Insts,Birth Control League, Central Conf ofAmRabbis.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];CCARYB.

Sternberg, David; b. ca 1865; d. Dec 131938.

Tobacco dealer, financier, communal worker,Memphis. • See:A]YB, 41:432.

Sternberg, Harry; b. NYC, July 19 1904.Art Students League. • Etcher, lithographer,NYC; tchr Art Students League. • See:BEOA].

Sternberg, Joseph Von; see Von Sternberg,Josef..

Sternberg, Samuel; b. Roman, Rumania,Apr 251899.

To Detroit 1905. • LLB Detroit ColI of Law.• Lawyer, public admr, Detroit; WWI service.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Sternberg, Thom George; b. Detroit, Sep271908.

LLB Detroit ColI of Law. • Lawyer, specialstate asst atty general, special prosecutor,special public admr, Tawas City, MI; officerYoung Democrats. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sternberg, Waldemar M; b. Russia, 1884.Physical chemist, colI professor, Rolla, MO. •See: A]YB, 24:206.

Sternberger, Estelle Miller (Mrs J MaxWeis); b. Cincinnati; d. Dec 23 1971.

U Cincinnati, School ofJewish Philanthropy(Cincinnati). • Communal & civic orgn ldr,author, NYC; exec secy Nat! Council ofJewishWomen; exec dir World Peaceways Inc; nat!co-chr Good Neighbor League; nat! exec bdNat! Fedn Temple Sisterhoods; exec com Nat!Conf of Christians & Jews; trustee Bethune­Cookman ColI; editorJewish Woman. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,5; NYTimes, Dec 241971,28:5.

Sternberger, Leon Sri b.ca 1870; d.July 231936.

Civic & communal worker, Memphis. • See:A]YB,39:598.

Sternberger, Moses; b. ca 1835; d.Brownsville, TN, Jan 1915.

Civil War veteran, Brownsville, TN. • See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222.

Sternberger, Pauline (Mrs); b. ca 1837; d.NYC, Mar 5 1915.

Philanthropist, NYc.. See:AJYB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Sternberger, SidneyJoseph; b. Huntington,W VA, Dec 8 1886.

Clothing mfr, Indianapolis; officer B'naiB'rith; dirJewish Community Center, JewishHome of Cleveland. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOA].

Sterne, Anselm; b.*; d. Anniston, AL, Feb1914.

Civil War Confederate veteran, Anniston, AL.• See:A]YB, 16(1914-1915):166.

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Sterne, Eugene; b. ca 1840; d. St Louis,Mar 71912.

Merchant, StLouis.· See:A]YB, 14(1912­1913):126.

Sterne, Maurice; b. Libau, Russia, July 131878; d.July 23 1957.

To NYC 1889. • Nat! Academy ofDesign,post-grad Paris, Rome, Greece. • Painter,sculptor, draftsman, muralist; tchr CA SchoolofFine Arts (San Francisco); Museum ofModern Art retrospective. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 24:206; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NYIimes, July241957,25:4.

Sterne, Mervyn Hayden; b. Anniston, AL,Aug 21892.

Banker, Birmingham, AL; officer UnitedJewish Fund; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Sterne, Nathaniel (Niel) Paul; b. Albany,GA, Dec 25 1883; d. Feb 13 1939.

Noble Military Inst (Anniston, AL), LLB YaleLaw. • Lawyer, Anniston, AL; trustee BoyScouts, Community Chest, Carnegie Library. •See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; WWWIA, 1;NYIimes, Feb 141939, 19:6.

Sterne, Samuel B; b. ca 1884; d.Birmingham, AL, Dec 1917.

Mem, City Council, Birmingham, AL. • See:AJYB, 20(1918-1919):231.

Sterne, Simon; b. Philadelphia, July 231839; d. NYC, Sep 22 1901.

U Heidelberg, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, civicreformer, jurist, NYC; ldr anti-Tweed RingCommn of 70; fought for ICC, civic reform;editor NY Social Science Review. • See: UJE; EJ;A]YB, 4(1902-1903):196; WWWIA, 1; DAB;NYIimes, Sep 23 1901,9:6.

Sterne, Vera Segal (Mrs Maurice Sterne);b. ca 1904; d. Provincetown, MA, 1963.

Dancer; pupil of Isadora Duncan. • See: UJE(sub Sterne,-Maurice); NYIimes, Nov 4 1963,35:1.

Sterner, Albert. Edward; b. London, Mar 81863; d. NYC, Dec 161946.

To US 1879/1881. • Beaux Arts (Paris),JulienAcademy. • Artist, painter, engraver,illustrator, Chicago, NYC; instructor ArtStudents League. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,6(1904-1905):196-97,24:206,49:618; WWIA],1938; WWWIA,2;NYTimes,Dec 171946,31:3.

Sternfeld, Harry; b. Philadelphia, 1883.U PA, Beaux Arts (Paris), Am Academy(Rome). • Architect; faculty Carnegie Tech, UPA; designed Appomattox Memorial. • See:UJE.

Sternhell, Charles Max; b. Brooklyn, Dec 61915; d. NYC, Aug 311971.

BS CCNY. • Insurance exec, actuary, NYC;pres NY Life; author in field; WWII service. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYIimes, Sep 11971,40:2.

Sternherz, Victor; b. Podolien, Dec 101865.

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To US 1906. • Chicago Lutheran Seminary,Augustana Theological Seminary.· Lutheranpaster, Minneapolis; editor Friend o/Zion;baptized. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stems, Albert Henry; b. Chelsea, MA, Apr15 1894.

MD Tufts. • Physician, New Bedford, MA;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stems, Morton W; b. NYC, July 2 1892; d.before 1938.

Lehigh. • Radio research engineer, businessexec, Jamaica, NY; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1926.

Stemstein, Joseph Philip; b. 1927.Conservative rabbi, Zionist ldr, author, NYC;pres Zionist Org ofAm; exec com WorldUnion of General Zionists. • See: EJ:1973­1982.

Stem-1raeubler,Sehna;b.~ppenhettn,

Baden, 1890.To US 1941.· Historian of German Jewry,author, archivist, Cincinnati; with BerlinLehranstalt, Am Jewish Archives; author infield. • See: UJE; EJ.

Stetehnan, Louis; b. ca 1875; d.July 191938.

Civic ldr, Columbus, OH. • See: AJYB,41:432.

Stetten, DeWitt; b. NYC,Jan 22 1881; d.Nov 10 1951.

MD Columbia, post-grad Vienna, Prague,Breslau. • Surgeon, NYC; faculty Columbia,NYU; officer med soc; Spanish-Am War &WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 11 1951,91:1.

Stetthettner, Florine (Mrs Walter WStettheimer); b. Rochester, NY, Aug 191871; d. NYC, May 111944.

Painter, art salon holder, theatrical designer;Museum ofModern • Art memorial show. •See: NAW; NYTimes, May 141944,46:1.

Stetthettner, Julie; b. ca 1821; d. Brooklyn,Sep 301912.

Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,15(1913-1914):274.

Stettheimer, Walter W; b. Rochester, NY,July 171873; d. Oct 1954.

Merchant, business exec, San Francisco; officertrade assns, Chamber of Commerce; dir SanFrancisco Exposition Co. • See: WWIAJ,1928; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct 161954, 17:2.

Steuben, John (born Rijock, Itzak); b.Brailov, Ukraine, Oct 31 1906; d.Flemington, NY, May 9 1957.

1ro US 1923. • Union orgr, radical activist,labor editor, author; theoretician USCommunist Labor Movement; orgr Steel &Metal Workers; anti-Stalin after Hungary;author in field; WWII service. • See: DAB, 6;NYTimes, May 101957,27:4.

Steuer, Aron; b. NYC, Oct 22 1898.AB Harvard, LLB Columbia Law. • Lawyer,municipal judge, NYC; trustee YMHA; active

Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; WWI service. •See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.

Steuer, Max David; b. Homino, Austria,Sep 6 1870/1871; d. Jackson, NH, Aug 211940.

To NYC 1876/1877.· CCNY, LLBColumbia, LLD John Marshall; honorarydegree. • Trial lawyer, NYC; defended manynoted people, orgns; trustee Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:206,43:364; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 4; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Aug 22 1940,1:3.

Steuennann, 'Clara; b. Los Angeles, Feb 101922; d. Jan C} 1982.

AB, MA UCLA, MLS Columbia. • Musiclibrarian, archivist, NYC, Los Angeles; assocdJuilliard, Cleveland Inst ofMusic, ArnoldSchoenberg Inst, Curtis; officer professionalorgs. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Steuennann, Edward; b. Sambor, Poland,June 18 1892; d. Nov 111964.

To US 1936. • Honorary degree. • Concertpianist, composer, pioneer of contemporarymusic; faculty Juilliard"PhiladelphiaConservatory; editor Brahms pianocompositions. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,Nov 13 1964,32:7.

Stich, Hennan; b. NYC, Jan 16 1894.AB CCNY. • Writer, reporter, NYC;historical articles, "Out of the Beaten Track." •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stiedry,Fritz;b.Vienna, 1883.To US 1938. • Vienna Conservatory, Dr LawU Vienna. • Orchestra & opera conductor,Austria, Russia, Germany, US. • See: UJE.

Stiefel, Hennan; b. ca 1850; d. NYC, July 31930.

Lawyer, civic worker, NYC; Grandmaster FreeSons ofIsraei. • See:AJYB, 33:128.

Stiefel, Israel; b. Odessa, Dec 31 1898.To Philadelphia 1923. • Heb Seminary forTchrs Gerusalem), BA, MA, LLB U PA. •Lawyer, legislator, chief auditor, Philadelphia;editor The Democrat, The Rooseveltian; authoron Jewish subjects; fought against Arabs inPalestine, 1920. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stieglitz, Albert; b. ca 1857; d. Apr 281936.Stockbroker, philanthropist, NYC. • See:AJYB, 38:436.

Stieglitz, Alfred; b. Hoboken, Jan 1 1864; d.NYC,July 13 1946.

CCNY, Berlin Polytech, U Berlin. • Notedprizewinning photographer, gallery owner,exhibition orgr, NYC; promoted US artists;orgr first Am exhibitions ofMatisse, Picasso,Brancusi; author!editor in field. • See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 24:206,49:618; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 4;NYTimes, July 141946,38:1.

Stieglitz, Edward Julius; b. Chicago, June 61899; d.June 1958.

BS, MS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •Physician, Chicago; faculty Rush Med ColI. •

Stix, Nathan

See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 13 1958,23:1.

Stieglitz, Julius Oscar; b. Hoboken, May 261867; d. Chicago, Jan 10 1937.

U Gottingen, PhD U Berlin; honorarydegrees. • Chemist, research scientist, notedtchr, Chicago; faculty, dir oflabs U Chicago;special expert US Public Health Service;officer professional orgs; author in field. • See:JE; UJE; AJYB, 24:206, 39:598; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2.

Stieglitz, Leopold; b. Hoboken, May 261867; d. NYC, Oct 1956.

MD U Heidelberg. • Physician, NYC; heldNY License #1. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938(addenda); NYTimes, Oct 8 1956,27:2.

Stitskin, Leon D; b. Cracow, July 2 1908/1910; d. Nov 61978.

To Toronto 1919, to US 1925.· OrdainedYeshiva Coll, AB Hiram Coll, CCNY, RlETS.• Rabbi, educator, author, Warren, OH,Rochester, NY, Philadelphia; fdr West CoastInst ofJewish Studies, Yeshiva U; officerZionist Org ofAm, B'nai B'rith, Anti­Defamation League. • See: AJYB, 80:372;WWIAJ,1938;BEOAJ.

Stivehnan, Barnet Packer; b. Podol, Russia,Jan 271894.

To NYC 1906. • MD LI Coll Hospital. •Physician, pulmonary specialist, NYC; med dirBedford Hills Sanatorium; consult HealthDept; author in field; military service. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.

Stix, Charles A; b. ca 1861; d. Chicago, Sep41916.

Dept store exec, communal worker, St Louis;officer professional assns. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):268; NYTimes, Sep 6 1916,9:4.

Stix, Ernest William; b. Cincinnati, Nov 161878; d. Sep 28 1955.

AB Harvard. • Business & mfr exec, St Louis;officer Sommers Shelter Home, SommersChildrens Welfare Bureau; dir Jewish Fedn ofCharity, Red Cross; trustee Washington U. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Sep 30 1955,25:3.

Stix, Harry F; b. Cincinnati, Oct 111882.MIT. • Investment banker, St Louis; officerBig Bros; dir Better Business Bureau. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Stix, Henry; b. Gennany, ca 1825; d.Cincinnati, Sep 201908.

Clothing merchant, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,11(1909-1910):107;NYTimes, Sep211908,7:6.

Stix, Louis M; b. ca 1865; d. Brussels, July 61934.

Wholesale merchant, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,37:262. -

Stix,Nathan;b.ca1836;d.Cincinnati,Mar291908.

Communal worker, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,10(1908-1909):130.

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Stix, Sadie Fraley (Mrs Charles Stix); b. StLouis;

Social welfare worker, St Louis; officer FirstJewish Convalescent Home; active WornensCouncil ofDefense for MO. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Stix, Sylvan L; b. NYC, May 28 1871; d.1960.

MIT.· Wholesale grocer, business exec, NYC;nat! officer trade assns; officer FellowshipHome; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,Joint Distribution Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Sep 2 1960,23:1.

Stix, William; b. ca 1837; d. St Louis, June12 1914.

Philanthropic & communal worker, St Louis. •See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):166. • *See entrybelow~

Stix, William; b.*Communal worker, Cleveland; pres JewishOrphan Asylum. • See:AJYB, 7(1905­1906):105. • *See entry above.

Stock, David; b. Philadelphia, Apr 71897.BS, LLB UPA.· Tax lawyer, NYC; mem USSenate Com to investigate NY StockExchange; special counsel IRS; lecturer U PA,Am Inst ofBanking. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stockner, E; b. ca 1846; d. LakeProvidence, MS, Nov 181916.

Mayor, Lake Providence, MS. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):268.

Stokes (Wieslander), Rose Harriet Pastor;b. Augustow, Suwalki, July 18 1879; d.Frankfurt, June 201933.

To Cleveland ca 1891. • Bell Lane Free School(London). • Radical socialist writer, laboragitator, reformer, lecturer; staffJewish DailyNews; sentenced under Espionage Act, neverserved. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:207,35:129;WWIAJ, 1928; Fink, 339; WWWIA, I;NAW;DAB; NITimes, June 21 1933, 17:1.

Stolberg, Benjamin; b. Munich, Nov 301891; d. NYC, Jan 21 1951.

To US 1908. • Washington U Med ColI, ABHarvard, MA U Chicago. • Sociologist,journalist, author, NYC; faculty U OK., U KS;chr NYC League for Industrial Democracy; dirvocational education; anti-New Deal. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5;NITimes,Jan 22 1951, 17:5.

Stoll, Harry; b, NYC, Mar 5 1905; d. Aug12 1962.

Columbia. • Merchandiser, exec, Chicago. •See: WWWIA, 4.

Stoll, Lottie Cohen (Mrs); b. ca 1877; d.NYC, Nov 11938.

Communal & philanthropic worker, NYc. •See:AJYB, 41:432; NITimes, Nov 2 1938,23:1.

Stoller, Morton Joseph; b. NYC, May 231917; d. Bethesda, June 13 1963.

EE CCNY, MEE U VA. • Electrical engineer,goverrpnent official; with NASA. • See:WWWIA, 4; NITimes, June 141963,29:1.

Stollman, Isaac; b. Rubel, Minsk, Feb 271896.

To Detroit 1924. • Rabbi, author, Russia,Detroit; pres Mizrachi Council, United HebSchools House of Shelter. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Stollnitz, Henry Sande; b. Ostrovo,Lomzha, Russia, 1865.

Rabbi, cantor, Germany, Hoboken, Corsicana,TX, Tampa. ·See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):102,7(1905-1906):124.

Stoloff, Charles Irving; b. NYC, Apr 31896.

CCNY, DDS NYU. • Dentist, NYC; inventednew methods for dentures; consult Home forDaughters ofJacob; lecturer on dental hygiene;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.

Stoloff, Isaac Arthur; b. NYC, Feb 25 1886;d. Dec 1950.

CCNY, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad UVienna. • Surgeon, NYC; faculty NYPolyclinic Med School; author in field.•.See:WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NITimes, Dec 20 1950,31:3.

Stolper, David; b. Russia, ca 1873; d. SanFrancisco, Dec 11946.

Rabbi, San Francisco; dir Jewish EducationSoc. • See:AJYB, 49:618.

Stolper, Gustave; b. Vienna, 1888; d. Dec271947.

To US 1933.· Dr Law & EconomicsUVienna. • Economist, economic correspondent& advisor, author, Germany, US; memReichstag; editor liberal paper; WWI headGerman Statistical Division, War Economy. •See: UJE; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Dec 28 1947,40:1.

Stolper, Isaac; b. Stokmanshof, Latvia, Nov301880.

To US 1906. • DDS U St Vladimir (Kiev),Eron School (NYC), DDS, post-grad NY ColIof Dentistry. • Surgical dentist, Zionist,Bn:>oklyn; fled Russia after sentenced forRevolutionary activity; developed newinstruments; fdr Baltic Relief; officer dentalsocs; active Am Jewish Congo • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Stolper, J H; b. Bordeaux, France, 1871.General supt, Sanitary Dept, Sante FeRailroad, Galveston; writer. • See: A]YB,6(1904-1905):197.

Stolz, Benjamin; b. Syracuse, Oct 13 1867;d. May 291937.

LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, civic &philanthropic ldr, Syracuse; state pres Fedn ofJewish Charities; officer Heb Free Loan Assn,Flower Memorial Fund; active Am JewishCom, politics. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):105,24:207,39:598; WWIAJ, 1928; BEGAJ;WWWIA, 1; NITimes, May 30 1937, 19:2.

Stolz, Joseph; b. Syracuse, Nov 3 1861; d.Chicago, Feb 71941.

BL U Cincinnati, DD, ordained Heb UnionColI; honorary degree. • Rabbi, Chicago;.mem

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Bd of Education; pres Central Conf ofAmRabbis, Chicago Rabbinical Assn; bd Union ofAm HebCongregations; known as "Dean ofReform Rabbinate in US." • See: UJE; AJYB,5(1903-1904):102-03,24:207,43:364,441-44;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA,1; NITimes, Feb 8 1941, 15:6~

Stolz, Joseph Henry; b. Syracuse, June 131877; d. 1953.

PhB Syracuse U, ordained Heb Union ColI,MA U Chicago. • Rabbi, social worker, LosAngeles, earlier NY, TX, IL. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):125; WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.

Stolz, Leon; b. Chicago, Sep 12 1893; d.Oct 141968.

PhB U Chicago. • Newspaperman,Chicago;with Chicago Tribune; WWI service. • See:WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Oct 15 1968, 47:1.

Stolz, Max Landsberg; b. Syracuse, Dec 101899.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Syracuse; officerUnited Jewish Charities, synagog; dir JewishCommunal Center, bar assn. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEGAJ.

Stolz, Melvin L; b. ca 1888; d. Pensacola,May819H.

Ensign, US Navy Aviation Corps, Pensacola. •See: AJYB, 17(1915-1916):222.

Stolz, Rose Landsberg (Mrs BenjaminStolz); b. Rochester, NY, Sep 7 1874; d.Rochester, NY, Nov 1955.

Social worker, Syracuse; secy Syracuse StateSchool Bd ofVisitors; officer EmploymentSoc; bd Childrens Bureau, Natl Council ofJewish Women, Womens Internatl League forPeace. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Dec 11955,35:1.

Stone, Abraham; b. Russia, Oct 30/31 1890;d. NYC,July 3 1959.

To US 1905. • MD NYU. • World ldr in birthcontrol & marriage counseling, physician,author, NYC; staff Health Dept, Union HealthCenter; faculty NYU, New School, NY Post­Grad Med School; officer Planned Parenthood;consult WHO; authorleditorin field, technical& popular. • See: WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6;NITimes, July 41959, 15:1.

Stone, AdolfF; b. ca 1870; d.July 13 1936.Chain store merchant, grower of citrus fruits,art patron, NYc. • See: AJYB, 39:598.

Stone, Benjamin C; b. Gaisin, Russia, Aug181890; d. NYC, Mar 81953.

Jewish agriculturist; with Jewish AgricultureSoc; editor Jewish Farmer; author in field. •See: AJYB, 55:460; NITimes, Mar 10 1953,29:4.

Stone,Charles Arthur; b. Chicago, Aug 171893; d. Aug 141944.

Crane J r CoIl, BS, MA U Chicago; honorarydegree. • Mathematics tchr, text book writer,Chicago; with U Chicago lab schools; facultyDePaul.· See: UJE;AJYB, 47:533; WWIAJ,1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Aug 161944,19:2.

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Stone, Dewey David; b. Brockton, MA, Aug31 1900; d. Brockton, MA, Nov 19 1977.

Boston U; honorary degree. • Business exec,communalldr, Zionist; nad officer Zionist OrgofAm; nad chr UnitedJewish Appeal, UnitedIsrael Appeal; chr Weizmann Inst; fdr AmJewish League for Israel; benefactor Truman.Library, Haganah; bd Jewish Agency; WWIservice. • See: EJ;AJYB, 79:374; WWWL4, 7;AJH, 69:5-:14; NITimes, Nov 211977,40:4.

Stone, Elihu David; b. Meretz, Lithuania,July 18 1888; d. Boston,Mar 1952.

To Boston 1906. • LLB Boston U. • Lawyer,legislator, US asst atty general, early Zionistldr, Dorchester, MA; a fdr New EnglandZionist District; officerZionist Org ofAm,synagog, United Synagogue ofAm. • See:UJE;A]YB, 54:541; WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes,Mar 23 1952, 92:2.

Stone, Goldie Tuvin (Mrs Julius Stone); b.Lul, Lithuania, Jan. 20 1874.

To US 1889/1890. • Communal welfareworker, Chicago; orgr Jewish Charities,Orthodox Fed Charities; officer OrthodoxJewish Home for Aged, Jewish Peoples Inst; dirChicago Heb Inst. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.

Stone, Hannah Meyer (Mrs AbrahamStone); b. NYC, ca 1893; d.July 101941.

Physician, pioneer for legal birth control; meddir Margaret Sanger Research Bureau. • See:AJYB, 44:344; NITimes,July 111941,15:4.

Stone, Harold Frederick; b. NYC, Aug 91895.

Investmentsecurities dealer, NYC; officer BoyScouts, Am Legion; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Stone, Harry K; b. Boston, Mar 51897; d.Brockton, MA,Dec 2 1969.

County probate judge, philanthropist; a fdrBoston ColI; officer Zionist Org ofAm;supporter Weizmann Inst. • See: AJYB,71:610.

Stone, I F (hom Isidor Feinstein); b.Philadelphia, 1907.

U PA. • Political writer & gadfly, newsletterowner, Washington DC.· See: WS] story,July 14 1970.

Stone, Irvin Leberman; b. Philadelphia, Feb281885/1887; d. Apr 1950.

Stockbroker, philanthropist, Philadelphia;officer J ewish Welfare Bd, Boy Scouts; execcom YM-YWHA; bd Womens Med ColI ofPA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes,Apr 29 1950, 15:2.

Stone, Irving; b. San Francisco, 1903.USC. • Writer of fictionalized biography, LosAngeles; Lustfor Life; The Agony and theEcstasy.• See: UJE.

Stone, Jacob Chauncey; b. North Adams,MA, June 15 1894; d. Palm Beach, Mar211981.

Williams. • Securities co exec, NYC; ldrNY Stock Exchange; benefactor Williams;

active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; WWIIservice.· See: WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Mar 221981.

Stone, Jacob Jacques; b. NYC, Aug 101907.

AB CCNY, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC;faculty School for Jewish Studies; secy Inst ofYouth Leadership, Union ofAm HebCongregations. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Stone, Joseph; b. ca 1857; d. Boston, Apr 21918.

Philanthropist, communal worker, Boston. •See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):231.

Stone, Julius; b. East Boston, MA, Aug 141901.

LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, acting court clerk,communal worker, Boston; officer Zionist OrgofAm, YMHA, bar assn; active Fedn ofJewishCharities. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Stone, Julius; b. Leeds, July 71907.AB, BCL Oxford U, LLB U Leeds, SJDHarvard. • Lawyer, author, Cambridge, MA;faculty Harvard, Fletcher School. • See:BEOAJ.

Stone, L (Lawrence) Joseph; b. WA, May201912; d. Dec 13 1975.

BA Cornell, MA, PhD Columbia. •Psychologist, NYC; faculty Columbia, Vassar,Brooklyn Call, CCNY; advisor SUNY Bd ofRegents; WWII with US Public HealthService. • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NITimes, Dec 141975,75:3.

Stone, Leonard; b. 1899?; d. NYC, May 301966.

Industrialist, philanthopist; a fdr AlbertEinstein ColI ofMed; governor BrooklynMuseum; est scholarships; torest named forhim in Israel. • See: AJYB, 68:534; NITimes,June 11966,47:2.

Stone, Maurice L; b. NYC, Nov 9 1897; d.NYC, Feb 19 1955.

Realtor,communalldr,~C;presJewish

Agricultural Soc; bd Baron de Hirsch Fund. •See:A]YB, 57:608;NITimes, Feb 211955,21:5.

Stone, Moses Jacob; b. Meretz, Lithuania,Aug 181895.

To Boston 1911. • MD Tufts. • Physician,pulmonary specialist, Boston; faculty Boston U;active Jewish Tuberculosis Sanatorium,synagog religious school; author in field. • See:WWIA],1938.

Stone, Nahum Isaac; b. Odessa, July 291873; d. Oct 241966.

To US 1891. • AB Gymnasium (Odessa), EEArmour Inst, AM, PhD Columbia. •Economist, tariff expert, statistician, consult;mem US Tariff Commn; with Dept ofCommerce, Wage Scale Bd; officerprofessional assns; active Zionist orgs; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904:­1905):197,24:207; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 26 1966,47:1.

Stovin, Joseph Samuel

Stone, Nathan (Nat); b. Sep 22 1866; d.Milwaukee, Jan 201931.

Merchant, civic & communalldr, Milwaukee.•See:A]YB, 33:128; WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA, 1.

Stone, Nathan Hubbard; b. NYC, Sep 121882; d. Apr 1962.

CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, special statedeputy atty general, NYC; officer Beth IsraelHospital; active Republican politics. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Apr 12 1962,35:3.

Stone, Norman H; b. Chicago, Dec 201901; d. Mar 16 1985.

Corporate exec, Chicago; officer Stone Found,trade assn; bdJewish Youth Service, MentalHealth Assn, N ad Conf of Christians & Jews. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Stone, Richard; b. 1928.Senator, FL secy of state, legislator, city atty,Democratic politician, Miami; activecommunal & Zionist affairs. • See: E]:1973­1982.

Stone, Rosetta; b. NYC, July 20 1875.Normal ColI, Metropolitan School of FineArts, Art Students League, NY School ofArt. •Commtinal worker, artist, NYC; tchr NYSchool ofApplied Design for Women; activework with delinquent girls. • See: A]YB,7(1905-1906):106.

Stone, Seymour Millais; b. Russia, June 111877.

To US ca 1883. • Chicago Art Inst, RoyalAcademy (Munich), Julien Academie. •Portrait painter, NYC; painted portraits ofAmpresidents, military officers. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1938.

Storch, Adolph D; b. 1921; d. NYC, Mar 121978.

Business exec, philanthropist; bd Mizrachi,professional org; est School of Pharmacy;trustee LI U, Optometric Center, synagog. •See:A]YB, 80:372; NITimes, Mar 14 1978,38:3.

Storm, Jack; b. NYC, Dec 23 1927; d. Mar261975.

MD SUNY (Brooklyn). • Pediatrician, Roslyn,NYjmed dir Assn for Help Retarded Children;military service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,Mar 28 1975, 30:2.

Storrs, Frank Vance; b. Columbus, OH,Jan41873; d. Mar 1939.

Advertising exec, theatre owner, realtor, NYC;fdr NY Theatre Program Corp; Episcopalian.• See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Mar 91939,21:5.

Stossel, Oscar; b. Neunkirchen, Austria,1879.

To US 1938. • Painter, etcher; painted portraitofFDR. • See: UJE.

Stovin, Joseph Samuel; b. New Haven, Dec261895.

PhB Yale, MD U MD. • Otolaryngologist,NYC.· See: WWIA], 1938.

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Strafford, Lloyd (born Strasfogel, Ignace);b. Warsaw, July 171909.

Pianist, NYC; accompanied violinist Szigeti;assocd NY Philharmonic. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Strahl, Jacob Stone (Isaac); b. NYC, Sep 21876; d.Jan 23 1965.

LLB, LLM NY Law. • Lawyer, municipaljudge, Brooklyn; chr Williamsburg ParkCommn; an orgr Am Jewish Cong, KerenHayesod; officerJr League ofPenny CharitySoc, Agudath Israel Youth Council, JudeaIndustrial Corp, Judea Life Insurance, YMHA.• See: UJE; AJYB, 67:543; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938 (Isaac); NYTimes, Jan 241965,81:1.

Strahl, Robert; b. ca 1848; d. Aug.11935.Realtor, communal worker, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 38:436.

Strakosch, Carl; b. Denmark, 1870; d.NYC, Dec 251946.

To US 1939. • Opera impresario, publisher,producer, Denmark. • See: AJYB, 49:618;NYTimes, Dec 261946,25:5.

Strakosch, Celia L; b. Truckee, CA, Nov 141879; d. Bronx, May 91961.

San Francisco Normal ColI. • Vocationalguidance ldr, NYC; orgr YMHA vocationalguidance bureau; dir Emanu-EI FedEmployment Service, Fed Employment Bureaufor Jewish Girls. • See:AJYB, 63:562; WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, May 10 1961,45:3.

Strakosch, Max; b. Gross-Seelowitz,Moravia, Sep 27 1835; d. NYC, Mar1892.

Impresario, mgr. • See: UJE (sub Strakosch,Maurice); NYTimes, Mar 18 1892, 1:6.

Strakosch, Moritz (Maurice); b. Gross­Seelowitz, Moravia, 1825; d. Paris, Oct 91887.

To US 1848. • Pianist, singer, impresario,opera composer; dir Italian Opera (NYC);author memoirs. • See: JE; UJE; NYTimes, Oct101887,5:5.

Stralem, Casimir I; b. ca 1875; d. Mt Kisco,NY,July 15 1932.

Lawyer, internat! banker, civic worker, NYc. •See:AJYB, 24:207; 35:129.

Stransky, Josef; b. Humpoletz, Bohemia,1872/1874; d. NYC, Mar 6 1936.

U Prague, U Leipzig; Vienna. • Conductor,composer, art dealer & collector, NYC;conductor Nat! Theatre (Prague), NYPhilharmonic. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:207,38:436; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Mar 7 1936,15:3.

Strasberg, Lee (born Strassberg, Israel); b.Budanov, Poland, Nov 171901; d. NYC,Feb 171982.

To NYC 1909. • Theatrical dir, tchr, PulitzerPrize winner, NYC; staffTheatre Guild; co-fdrGroup Theatre; dir Habimah productions. •See: EJ; AJYB, 84:340; WWWIA, 8; NYTimes,Feb 18 1982, 16:1.

Strasberg, Susan; b. 1938.

Actress, The Diary' ofAnne Frank. • See: EJ(sub Strasberg, Lee).

Strasbourger, Samuel; b. NY, May 23 1867;d. NYC, Nov41943.

CCNY, NYU Law. • Lawyer, tax commr,municipal judge, communalldr, NYC; officerHeb Orphan Asylum; trustee Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; active Republican politics. •See:AJYB, 46:346; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Nov 5 1943, 19:3.

Strasburg, Max; b. Chicago, Apr 6 1893.Jeweler, Hollywood, CA; officer B'nai B'rith,trade assns; dir Personal Service Commn forPenal Instns, synagog. • See: WWJAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.

Strasburger, Joseph; b. ca 1856; d. AdanticCity, July 30 1922.

Civic & communal worker, Washington DC. •See:AJYB,25:141.

Strasburger, Milton; b. Washington DC,Nov 23 1876; d. Feb 61955.

LLB, LLM(?) Georgetown U, DCL GeorgeWashington. • Lawyer, municipal judge,Washington DC; mem Welfare Code Commn;faculty Nat! U Law School; author in field;WWI with adjutant generals office. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,3.

Strasburger, Montrose; b. Baltimore, May30 1884; d. Apr 1952.

LLB U MI. • Lawyer, NYC; counsel NewDeal agencies; officer B'nai B'rith; activeDemocratic politics; WWI draft bd counsel. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 231952,29:2.

Strasfogel, Ignace; see Strafford, Lloyd.

Strass, Emanuel H; b. ca 1852; d. May 281939.

Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,41:432.

Strassburger, Eugene Bonn; b. Pittsburgh,Sep 23 1886; d. Mar 10 1978.

AB, LLB Harvard; honorary degree. • Lawyer,Pittsburgh; faculty Duquesne; officer ForeignPolicy Assn, Jewish Big. Brother Club; chrUnited Heb Relief Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7.

Strassburger, WtlliamJoseph; b..Pittsburgh, July 6 1879.

U Pittsburgh, Columbia. • Exec, Pittsburgh;dir Art Soc; author on glass, Mexico, officebldgs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Straus, Aaron; b. Baltimore, Dec 2 1864; d.Baltimore, Jan 19/20 1958.

Furniture merchant, philanthropist, Baltimore;a fdr Am Council for Judaism; donor money toJohns Hopkins, art collection to Smithsonian;est Aaron & Lillie Straus Found. • See: UJE;AJYB, 60:357; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes,Jan211958,29:2.

Straus, Abe; b. Florence, GA, Mar 2 1885.Hosiery mfr, Columbus, GA; officer trade assn;bd Salvation Army. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Straus, Adolph Delisle; b. Kirchheim­Bolanden, Bavaria, May 13 1839; d.NYC, Apr 30 1925.

To US 1849. • Journalist, export firm owner,Nicaraguan consul-general, NYC; Civil Warservice, fought in Nicaragua. • See: UJE;AJYB, 24:207;PAJHS, 31:293-95; WWWIA, 1;NYTimes, May 11925,19:5.

Straus, Alexander; b. ca 1831; d. Cincinnati,Oct 31916.

Communal worker, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):268.

Straus, Arthur J; b. Mainz, Sep 23 1882.Investment banker, Milwaukee. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Straus, Arthur W; b. ca 1880; d. MiamiBeach, Feb 26 1937.

Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,39:598.

Straus, Aubrey Hamilton; b. Richmond,Mar 11887.

U MI, MIT, Johns Hopkins, BA U Richmond,MA William & Mary. • Bacteriologist,Richmond; assocd City of Richmond, StateHealth Dept; orgr State Bureau ofEpidemiology; faculty Med ColI ofVA; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Straus,Bernard;b.ca1912;d.NYC,July1983.

NYU, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-gradColumbia. • Medical dir, geriatrics worker,tchr, NYC; with Beth Israel, Mt Sinai SchoolofMed. • See: NYTimes, Aug 1 1983.

Straus, David C; b. Chicago, July 111882.BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med School, post­grad Vienna, Berlin. • Surgeon, Chicago;faculty Rush Med ColI; prolific author in field;WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEOAJ.

Straus, Dorothy; b. NYC, Apr 12 1888; d.Bar Harbor, July 22 1960.

AB Bryn Mawr ColI, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,NYC; with Mayors Com on Plan & Survey,Nat! Urban League, Com to InvestigateUnemployment, State Planning Council; orgrLeague for Business Opportunities forWomen.· See:AJYB, 63:562; WWIAJ, 1938.

Straus, Gladys Guggenheim (Mrs Roger WStraus); b. Elberon, NJ, Aug 15 1895; d.Mar 13 1980.

Finch School (CT). • Home economist, statenutrition commr, civic worker, NYC; chrDaniel & Florence Guggenheim Found;council State ColI Home Economics; bdWomens Nat! Republican Club; asst editorGourmet; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7.

Straus, Harold Hirsh; b. Baltimore, Jan 21885; d. NYC, Jan 41947.

Baltimore City ColI, LLB NY Law, • Lawyer,NYC; prosecutor Nat! Recovery Adm; bd AJDworsky Found, Home of Daughters ofJacob;WWI draft bd service. • See: AJYB, 49:618-19;WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda), 1938; NYTimes, Jan 51947,53:6.

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Straus, Helen Sachs (Mrs Nathan Straus);b. Long Branch, NJ,July 121895.

Columbia Tchrs ColI. - Communal & civicldr, NYC; mem Survey of NYC PublicSchools; state officer Nat! Council ofJewishWomen; advisor Childrens Bureau; dir FednofJewish Philanthropies.- See: WWIAJ,1938.

Straus, Henry; b. ca 1835; d. Alexandria,VA, Oct 101908.

Mayor, Alexandria, VA.· See:AJYB, 11(1909­1910):107.

Straus, Henry H; b. Chicago, Aug 26 1898.AB Cornell. • Steel mfr, Chicago. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Straus, Herbert Cerf (H Cert); b. Denver,Sep 61895.

Heb Union ColI, AB U Cincinnati, USouthern CA, DD Webster U. • Insuranceunderwriter, rabbi, Santa Barbara, CA; fdr,publisher Southern Israelite. • See: WWIA],1928, 1938.

Straus, Herbert Nathan; b. NYC, Nov 21881; d. NYC, Apr 61933.

AB Harvard. • Merchant, business exec, NYC;officer State Republican Com; dir GA WarmSpring Found. • See: UJE (sub Straus); AJYB,35:129; WWWIA., 1; NYTimes, Apr 7 1933,19:1.

Straus, Hiram; b. ca 1856; d. Cleveland,Mar 201915.

Editor, publisher, Cleveland; owner ClevelandObserver. • See:AJYB, 17(1915-1916):222;NYTimes, Mar 22 1915,9:4.

Straus, Hugh Grant; b. NYC, Sep 21 1890;d. NYC, Nov 11 1961.

Litt B Princeton. • Dept store exec,philanthropist, NYC;dir Nat! Refugee Service,Fedn ofJewish Charities; WWI service. • See:UJE (sub Straus); AJYB, 64:496; WWIAJ,1926,1928; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Nov 12 1961,86:5.

Straus, Ida (Mrs Isidor Straus); b.*; d. onthe Titanic, Apr 14/15 1912.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,14(1912-1913):127.

Straus, Isaac Lobe; b. Baltimore, 1871; d.Baltimore, Feb 4 1946.

Baltimore City ColI, Johns Hopkins. • Lawyer,state atty general, legislator, Baltimore;supported many public interest measures. •See: UJE; A]YB, 48:500.

Straus, !sidor; b. Otterberg, Bavaria, Feb 61845; d. on the Titanic, Apr 14/15 1912.

To Talbotton, GA 1854. • Collinsworth Inst(Talbotton, GA); honorary degree. •Congressman, dept store exec, philanthropist,NYC; a fdr Am Jewish Com,JTSi presEducational Alliance; represented Confederacyin London. • See: JE (sub Straus); UJE (subStraus); EJ (sub Straus); AJYB, 2(1900­1901):523, 6(1904-1905):197-98, 14(1912­1913):127; PAJHS, 22:235-239; WWWIA., 1;DAB; NYTimes, May91912, 11:4.

Straus, Jack Isidor; b..NYC, 1900; d. Oct1936.

BA Harvard. • Dept store exec, NYC; bdWOR, Jewish Bd ofGuarmans.· See: UJE(sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus); NYTimes, Oct 51936,1:4.

Straus, Jacob; b. ca 1830; d. Ligonier, IN,Sep 15 1914.

Banker, Ligonier, IN.· See:AJYB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Straus, Jesse Isidor (Isidore); b. NYC, June25 1872; d. NYC, Oct 41936.

AB Harvard. • Ambassador to France, deptstore exec, philanthropist, NYC; head StateTemporary Emergency ReliefAdm; mem StateCommn for Revision ofTax Laws; officertrade assns; active Democratic politics, friendofFDR; benefactor NYU, Harvard.· See: UJE(sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus);AJYB, 39:598;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1;DAB, 2; NYTimes, Oct 5 1936, 1:4.

Straus, Joseph H; b. ca 1848; d. Baltimore,May 23 1914.

Brewer, Baltimore.· See:AJYB, 16(1914­1915):166.

Straus, Lazarus; b. 1809; d. NYC, Apr 1898.To Talbotton, GA 1852, to NYC 1865. •Merchant; fdr of Straus family in US. • See: JE(sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus)'.

Straus, Leon Moise; b. St Helena, CA, Oct101874.

Lawyer, Honolulu; officer Odd Fellows; memAnti-Death Penalty League ofAm. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Straus, Lesseman; b. ca 1827; d.Parkersburg, WVA, Nov 101912.

Civil War veteran, Parkersburg, W VA. • See:AJYB, 15(1913-1914):274.

Straus, Lewis; b. Newark, Apr 6 1869; d.Dec 181935.

Merchant, communal worker, philanthropist,Newark; pres Schubert Oratorical Soc,Downtown Club; officer Heb Orphan Asylum.• See: AJYB, 38:436; WWIA], 1926.

Straus, Lina G (Mrs N Straus); b. ca 1854;d. May 4 1930.

Communal worker, Mamaroneck, NY.• See:A]YB, 32:155; NYTimes, May 5 1930,23:1.

Straus, Lionel F; b. ca 1871; d. Dec 81936.Industrialist, civic & communal worker,philanthropist, NYC.· See:A]YB, 39:598.

Straus, Louis; b. Baltimore, Feb 281863.Welfare worker, St Louis; orgrJewishHospital, Jewish Sanatorium, YMHA; officersynagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Straus, Melvin Leo; b. Chicago, July 301888.

Banker, Chicago; dir Michael Reese Hospital.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Straus, Mitte1dorfer; b. Richmond, Jan 211880.

Art Students League (Washington DC), Pratt,

Straus, Percy Selden

abroad. • Decorative designer, illustrator,painter, NYC; interested in peasant crafts;created decorative novelties; author in field. •See:AJYB, 24:207; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEOAJ.

Straus, Morris S; b. ca 1863; d.June 71934.Merchant, cominunal worker, San Diego;mayor, Casselton, CA. • See:A]YB, 36:287.

Straus, Moses; b. Baden, ca 1831; d. Deal,NJ, July 1910.

Leather mfr, communal worker, Newark; memBd of Health. • See: AJYB, 13(1911-1912):135;NYTimes,J,uly21191O,7:4.

Straus, Nathan; b. Otterberg, RhenishBavaria, Jan 311848; d. NYC,Jan 111931.

To Talbotton, GA 1854. • Collingsworth Inst(Talbotton, GA), Packards Business ColI(NYC). • Dept store exec, philanthropist, parkcommr, NYC; pres Bd ofHealth; est soupkitchens, health bureau aerusalem); sponsorPasteurization, milk stations, Free Synagogue.• See: JE (sub Straus); UJE (sub Straus); EJ(sub Straus);AJYB, 6(1904-1905):198, 24:207,33:128, 135-54; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; DAB;NYTimes, Jan 12 1931,1:6.

Straus, NathanJr; b. NYC, May 271889; d.Massapequa, NY, Sep 13 1961.

U Heidelberg, Princeton. • Dept store & radiostation exec, public servant, legislator, NYC;head US Housing Authority; state admr Nat!Recovery Adm; officer Jewish Instof Religion;publisher Puck; dir Nathan Straus Found,Palestine Economic Corp; author on housing.• See: UJE (sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus); A]YB,64:496; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 4;]TA-DNB, Sep 151961;NYTimes, Sep 141961, 1:3.

Straus, Oscar; b. Vienna, Mar 6 1870; d.Jan 1954.

To US 1925, in US 1940-1948. • ViennaConservatory, Berlin. • Conductor, symphony& pops, waltzes & operetta composer. • See:UJE; EJ; WWWIA., 3; NYTimes, Jan 12 1954,23:3.

Straus, Oscar IT; b. 1914.Government servant, business exec; presGuggenheim Exploration Co; WWII withState Dept. • See: EJ (sub Straus).

Straus, Oscar Solomon; b. Otterberg,Rhenish Bavaria, Dec 23 1850; d. NYC,May 31926.

To Talbotton, GA 1854. • AB, AM, LLBColumbia; honorary degrees. • Secy ofCommerce & Labor, diplomat, jurist, author;mem Internat! Court ofArbitration; opposedpolitical Zionism; fdr Baron de Hirsch Fund,Am Jewish Com; active WWI JointDistribution Com, Jewish Welfare Bd;autobiography. • See: JE (sub Straus); UJE(sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus); A]YB, 6(1904~1905):108:-09, 24:207,28:117,145-55;AJHS,40:1-16; PAJHS, 31:295-97; WWWIA,I;DAB; NYTimes, May41926, 7:1.

Straus, Percy Selden; b. NYC, June 271876; d. NYC, Apr 61944.

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AB Harvard; honorary degree. - Dept storeexec, public servant, philanthropist, civic &cominunalldr, NYC; served public commns;officer NYU, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,Jewish Agricultural Soc; dir Refugee EconomicCorp; benefactor NYU, Harvard. - See: UJE(sub Straus); AJYB, 46:346; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3;NITimes, Apr 81944,13:1.

Straus, Robert Eli; 'b. Chicago, Aug 291903; d. Nov 11973.

U WI. - Bank exec, Chicago; bd Lincoln ParkZoological Assn, Jewish Fedn; trusteeNorthwestern. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA,6.

Straus, Robert Kenneth; b. NYC, Oct 221905.

Harvard, Trinity ColI (Cambridge U), MBAHarvard. - New Deal politician, admr,government official; mem City Council; withNY Temporary Emergency Relief Adm, N atlRecovery Adm, State Dept; active Am LaborParty. - See: UJE (sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus);WWIAJ,1938;BEOAJ.

Straus, Roger Williams; b. NYC, Dec 141891; d. Liberty, NY, July 1957.

Litt B Princeton; honorary degrees. ­Industrialist, communalldr, philanthropist;mem NY Bd of Regents; orgr Natl Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods; fdr, endower Natl Confof Christians & Jews, World Council ofChristians & Jews; bd Union ofAm HebCongregations, Am Jewish Com; activeRepublican politics. - See: UJE (sub Straus);EJ (sub Straus); AJYB, 60:357-58; WWIAJ,1926,1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; DAB,6; NYTimes,July 26 1957, 1:3.

Straus, Roger Williams Jr; b. 1917.Publisher; fdr Farrar, Straus & Co. - See: EJ(sub Straus).

Straus, Ronald Peter;b. 1917.Broadcasting exec, orgn admr; with InternatlLabor Org (Geneva), US Office InternatlLabor Org, US foreign aid program to Mrica.- See: EJ (sub Straus); NYTimes stories, June12 1962, Aug 12 1966.

Straus, Samuel; b. ca 1844; d. Chattanooga,May 101913.

Indian agent, Chattanooga. - See: AJYB,15(1913-1914):274.

Straus, Samuel} Tilden; b. Ligonier, IN,July 2/12 1876; d. Chicago, Dec 281942.

Metropolitan Business ColI (Chicago). ­Banker, city developer, Chicago. - See: AJYB,45:395; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Dec 301942,23:4.

Straus, Sarah Lavanburg (Mrs Oscar SStraus); b. NYC, 1861; d. NYC, Nov 91945.

Philanthropist, explorer, NYC; fdrHannahLavanburg Home for Girls, Clara de HirschHome for Immigrant Girls; financed,accompanied Am Museum of Natural Historyexpedition to Mrica. - See: UJE (sub Straus);AJYB, 48:500; NYTimes, Nov 10 1945, 15:3.

Straus, Simon William; b. Ligonier, IN,Dec 231866; d. NYC, Sep 71930.

Investment banker, pioneer skyscraper bldr,communal worker, author, Chicago, NYC; fdrAm Soc for Thrift, Franklin Trust; helpedfinance employee-management plan. - See:AJYB, 24:207, 33:128; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Sep 81930,1:4.

Straus, William Levi (Louis) Jr; b.Baltimore, Oct 291900; d.Jan 281981.

Harvard, AB, PhD, Johns Hopkins. - Physicalanthropologist, anatomist, Baltimore; memstate anatomy bd; facultyJohns Hopkins;officer professional socs; editor in field. - See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.

Strause, Clifford Philip; b. Peoria,Jan 11897.

BradleyColl, BS U Chicago, MD Rush MedColI. - Surgeon, Peoria; pres MethodistHospital; military service. - See: WWIAJ,1938.

Strause, George; b. Germany, ca 1834; d.NYC, 1912.

To NYC ca 1852. - Pioneer beefpacker,NYC; Civil War Union service. - See:AJYB,15(1913-1914):274; NYTimes, July 3 1912,11:6.

Strauss, Aaron Louis; b. Kiev, Sep 15 1883.Paper mfr, Boston; pres Corrugated PaperMills. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Strauss; Abraham; b. Pawtucket, RI, ca1893; d. Cleveland Hgts, Jan 301946.

Physician, surgeon, radiologist, Cleveland;trustee museum, med library; military service.- See: AJYB, 48:500; NYTimes, Feb 1 1946,23:2.

Strauss, Albert; b. NYC, Aug 26 1864; d.NYC, Mar 281929.

CCNYINYU. - Banker, philanthropist, NYC;withJ & W Seligman, Federal Reserve. - See:AJYB, 24:207, 31:94; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,Mar 291929,23:3.

Strauss, Alvin Weil; b. Pine Bluff, AR, May101890.

BS, MD Tulane. - Surgeon, Little Rock;faculty U AR; bd Leo N Levi MemorialHospital; dir synagog; WWI service. - See:WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Strauss, Arthur;b. Aappenau, Germany,July 10 1888; d. Feb 1946.

To Chicago 19.16. - Insurance broker,Chicago; officer Natl Fedn ofTempleBrotherhoods; dir Jewish Education, ILConsumers Council; WWI service. - See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 23 1946, 13:4.

Strauss, Arthur Edgar; b. St Louis, Dec 11889.

BS, MD Harvard. - Physician, St Louis; dirOccupational Therapy Workshop, St LouisTuberculosis Soc; WWI service. - See:WWIAJ,1938.

Strauss, Bella; b. NYC, Oct 61864.Hunter, NYU, Columbia. - Principal, NYC,

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Brooklyn public schools; exec council FreeSynogogue. - See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Strauss, Carrie L; b. ca 1847; d. Chicago,Nov211911.

Philanthropist, Chicago. - See: AJYB,14(1912-1913):125.

Strauss, Charles; b. 1854; d. Apr 11 1934.CCNY, Columbia Law.- Lawyer, commr ofeducation, civic ldr, NYC; pres NY Bd ofWater Supply; trustee CCNY. - See: AJYB,24:207, 36:287; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Apr 121934,23:1.

Strauss, David; b. Cincinnati, Nov 23 1868.Iron & steel co exec, NYc. - See: WWIAJ,1938.

Strauss, Eduard; b. Kreuznach, Germany,Feb 18 1876; d. NYC, Aug 23 1952.

To NYC 1939. - U Bonn, U Munich, UBerlin. - Chemist, philosopher, communaleducator, Frankfurt, NYC; bdJewish CentralVerein; author in field, other subjects. - See:UJE;AJYB,55:460;NYTimes,Aug251952,17:2.

Strauss, ErnilL; b. ca 1881; d. Cleveland,Dec 111918.

Communalldr, Cleveland; pres Natl Assn ofBrass Mfrs. - See: AJYB, 21:207; NYTimes,Dec 13 1918,15:3.

Strauss, Ferdinand; b. Boston, Apr 81952;d. Apr 241922.

Communal worker, Boston; mem LeopoldMorse & Co; pres Baron de Hirsch Fund; dirFedn ofJewish Charities. - See: AJYB, 7(1905­1906):106,24:103.

Strauss, Florence Levi (Mrs Charles HStrauss); b. NYC, 1882.

Motion picture screenwriter, editor, NYC;with GoldwynPictures, First Natl Pictures. ­See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Strauss, Frank Abraham; b. Wilkes-Barre,Oct 161893.

AB Cornell, MA, PhD Columbia. - Chemist,consult, NYC; officer Staten Island HistoricalSoc; author in field; WWI service. - See:WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Strauss, Frederick; b. ca 1865; d. Aug 111937. '

Banker, NYc. - See:AJYB, 40:392; NYTimes,Aug 12 1937,19:3.

Strauss, Harold; b. NYC,June 18 1907; d.NYC, Nov271975.

BS Harvard. - Editor, contributor to majormagazines, NYC; dir NYC Federal WritersProject; editor NY Guide; officer PEN,Camera; known for introducing Japaneseliterature to US; WWII service. - See:WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov 30 1975,73:4.

Strauss, Helen Fleischer (Mrs SamuelStrauss); b. Newark, Aug 24 1881.

Communal worker, NYC; chr Heb ShelteringHome.- See: WWIAJ, 1938.

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Strauss, Helen Louise; b. Cincinnati, Jan 261898.

AB U Cincinnati, tchrs diploma Heb UnionColI, U CO, U Chicago. • Social worker,Cincinnati, NYC; exec secy Natl Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods, BrooklynJr Fedn; staffFedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Strauss, Herbert David; b. Rochester, NY,Apr 211909; d. Mar 171973.

BS U PA. • Advertising exec, NYC; officerprofessional assns; active Boy Scouts, BetterBusiness Bureau; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Mar 18 1973, 65:1.

Strauss, Irving; b. Brooklyn, May 3 1894.Dr of Optometry PA ColI of Optics. •Optometrist, NYC; health commr, LongBeach, NY; helped make eye tests compulsoryfor NY state drivers; officer professional assn;author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Strauss, Isaac C; b. Florence, SC, May 101873.

USC. • Lawyer, business exec, bankruptcyreferee, Sumter, SC. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938.

Strauss, Israel; b. Pawtucket, June 23 1873;d. NYC, Apr 41955.

AB BroWn, AM, MD Columbia. • Neurologist,NYC; faculty Cornell; fdr Jewish MentalHealth Soc; officer med socs; author in field. •See:AJYB, 57:608; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.

Strauss, Joseph; b. Mt Morris, NY, Nov 161861; d. Bethesda, Dec 301948.

US Naval Academy. • Naval officer, rearadmiral, Washington DC; inventor battleshipturret system; mem Hydrographic surveys,Bureau of Ordnance, Conunn to InvestigateMaine explosion. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):199,24:207,51:524; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; BEGAJ; NYTimes, Dec 31 1948,15:1.

Strauss, Joseph; b. ca 1867; d. Chicago, July23 1933.

Public official, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 36:287.

Strauss, Joseph Baennan(n); b. Cincinnati,Jan 9 1870; d. Los Angeles, May 16 1938.

CE U Cincinnati; honorary degree. • Bridgeengineer, patent holder, San Francisco,Chicago; helped design & build over 400bridges including the Golden Gate. • See:UJE; AJYB, 24:207,40:392; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2;NYTimes, May 17 1938,23:1. .

Strauss, Julius; b. Stuttgart, July 211899; d.Manhasset, NY, Sep 3 1976.

To US 1936. • U Munich. • Cigar mfr exec,NYC; numerous industry awards. • See:WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Sep 5·1976, 41 :4.

Strauss, Lawrence; b. Portland, OR, July 111882.

Singer, tchr, Berkeley; faculty U CA; officerprofessional orgs. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Strauss, Leo; b. Kirchhain, Hesse, Sep 201899; d. Oct 18 1973.

To US ca 1938.· PhD UHamburg, Freiburg.• Philosopher, political scientist; faculty BerlinLehranstalt, New School, U Chicago; specialinterests: Spinoza, medieval]ewish & Arabicwriters; author in field; WWI German militaryservice. • See: UJE;EJ; AJYB, 76:91-97;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,Oct 21 1973, 77:3.

Strauss, Leon; b. ca 1851; d. Turin, Italy,Feb 11913.

Newspaper correspondent. • See: AJYB,15(1913-1914):274.

Strauss, Leonard A; b. Chicago, May 41895.

U Chicago. • Tailoring co exec, Indianapolis;pres Jewish Community Center Assn; dirJewish Fedn, Indianapolis SymphonyOrchestra.•. See: WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda),·1938.

Strauss, Levi; b. Bavaria, 1829; d. 1902.To NY 1848. • Mfr, philanthropist, dry goodsmerchant, Sacramento, CA, San Francisco;developed Levis; est scholarships. • See: EJ.

Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein; b. Charleston,WVA,}an 311896; d. Brandy Station, WVA, Jan 211974.

Banker, business exec, controversial publicservant, naval officer, communalldr,philanthropist; mem Atomic Energy Commn;bd Am ReliefAdm of European ChildrensFund; officer Am Jewish Com,JointDistribution Com. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,76:518; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Jan 22 1974,1:1.

Strauss, Lewis S; b. ca 1868; d. NYC, July23 1937.

Banker, philanthropist, Richmond. • See:AJYB, 40:392;NYTimes,July241937, 15:5.

Strauss, Lillian Johanna; b. Cleveland, Jan23 1898; d. NYC, Oct 6 1959.

AB Western Reserve, Chicago School of Civics& Philanthropy. • Social work exec, NYC;with Maxwell Settlement House (Chicago),J ewish Welfare Center (Boston), HebEducational Soc (Brooklyn), Mt PleasantHouse; officer professional orgs. • See: AJYB,62:452; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 7 1959,43:1.

Strauss, Lillian L (Mrs Berthold Strauss); b.Little Rock, 1889; d. Philadelphia, Oct 61945.

Pioneer public health advocate, Philadelphia;specialty: children, adoption; fdr communityhealth centers; conducted milk survey; authorin field. • See:AJYB, 48:501.

Strauss, Louis A; b. Chicago, Mar 26 1872;d. Sep 27 1938.

BL, PhM, PhD U MI, post-grad U Munich. •English literature scholar, editor, author, AnnArbor; facultyU MI. ·.See:AJYB, 41:432;WWIAJ, 1926,1928; NYTimes, Sep 281938,25:1.

Strauss, Louis M; b. ca 1875; d. June 141938.

Chain store merchant, communal worker,

Strauss, Myer

Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 40:392; NITimes, June161938,23:2.

Strauss, Malcolm Atherton; b. NYC, Sep 191879; d. Apr 10 1936.

Columbia. • Pen & ink artist, illustrator, NYC;contributor Life, NY Herald; military service. •See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):199,24:208,38:435..

Strauss, Manes; b. Baltimore, May 141873.Merchant, Baltimore; pres synagog. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Strauss, Martin; b. NYC, Sep 20 1867; d.Far Rockaway, Feb 3 1935.

CCNY. • Importer, NYC; dfficer synagog;active in religious, social welfare & fraternalorgs. • See:AJYB, 37:262; BEGAJ.

Strauss, Maurice Benjamin;b. Brooklyn,Mar 51904; d. Apr 191974.

AB Amherst ColI, MD Johns Hopkins. •Physician, Boston; faculty Harvard, Boston U,Tufts; author in field; WWII service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6.

Strauss, Maurice J; b..New Haven, Jan 31893; d. Feb 2 1958.

AB Yale, MD Columbia. • Dermatologist,syphilologist, New Haven; faculty Yale; dirMunicipal Venereal Disease Clinic; .WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Feb 41958, 29:2.

Strauss, Max; b. Dromersheim, RhenishHesse, June 18 1886; d. NYC, Sep 1944.

To US 1908. • U Frankfurt. • Investmentbroker, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Sep 12 1944, 19:4.

Strl;lusS, Michael W; b.ca 1897; d.Chamberlain, ME, Aug 1970.

U WI. • US Dept of Reclamation Commr,Truman aide, Washington DC; earlierjournalist; advocate ofpublic power; author onconservation. • See: NITimes, Aug 11 1970,33:4.

Strauss, Morris; b. NYC, Nov 6 1877; d.NYC, Sep 1953.

AB, AM, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asst corpcounsel, NYC; authority on workmen'scompensation; officer bar assns; activephilanthropic & civic orgs. • See: BEGAJ;NYTimes, Sep 14 1953, 27:2.

Strauss, Morris; b. Cincinnati, Mar 191897.

IN U. • Editor, freelance writer; editor INJewish Chronicle; officer B'nai B'rith, ZionistOrg ofAm,Jewish War Veterans; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Strauss, Moses; b. Keokuk, IA, Nov 9 1872;d. July 14 1938.

U Cincinnati, Heb Union ColI. • Journalist,editor, Cindnnati; managing editor Times Star;mem OH Safety Com; officer Comm~tyChest; WWI Home Guards service. • See:AJYB, 41:432; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEGAJ; WWWIA,l;NITimes,July 151938,17:5.

Strauss, Myer; b. Baltimore, Aug 18 1879;d. Baltimore, Mar 22 1951.

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Baltimore City ColI. • Wholesale dry goodsmerchant; communalldr, Baltimore; dir JewishSocial Services, Jewish Childrens Soc, HebHome for Aged; aided victims of the Nazis. •See:A]YB, 53:526;WWIA], 1938.

Strauss, Nat (Nathan); b. "Wissenbourg,Alsace, Sep 10 1835; d. Nov 2 1915.

To US ca 1851. • Civic & communal worker,AI.. legislator, Mobile, New Orleans; officerB'nai B'rith; Confederate Army service. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):106, 18(1916-1917):110.

Strauss, Nathan; b. NYC, July 17 1868; d.Oct 141933.

Dry goods merchant, bank exec, Brooklyn,Portland, OR; officer· Federated Jewish Soc,Public Welfare Bureau; dir Federal ReserveBank (Portland branch). • See:.{1]YB, 36:287;WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1.

Strauss, Nathan; b. Bavaria, Feb 10 1879; d.Apr61936.

Merchant, philanthropist, publisher, Brooklyn;publisher Brooklyn Record; dir Orphan Asylum;trustee synagog. • See:A]YB, 38:436; WWIA],1928.

Strauss, Raphael; b. Bavaria, 1830; d.Cincinnati, 1901.

To Cincinnati 1854. • Miniature painter,Cincinnati; officer Cincinnati Art Club. • See:UJE.

Strauss, Robert; b.*Government official. • See: NITimes Magazinestory,July 16 1978.

Strauss, Samuel; b. Des Moines, 1870; d.NYC,Apr 1953.

Notre Dame. • Journalist, publisher, author,Des Moines, NYC; with Des Moines Leader. •See:A]YB, 24:208; NITimes, Apr 13 1953,27:3.

Strauss, Seligman Joseph; b. Wilkes-Barre,Aug 191852; d. Wtlkes-Barre, May 31926.

AB, BS, MA CCNY. • Lawyer, county judge,communal worker, Wilkes-Barre; mem Schoolbd; a fdr B'nai B'rith Orphanage; pres JewishOrphan Soc. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):199,24:208,29:117; PA]HS, 31:297-98.

Strauss, Seymour A; b. Richmond, Mar 271866; d. NYC, May 1953.

Merchant, NYC; mem Nat! Clothing MfrsResearch Bd; bd synagog; donor scholarshipsUVA.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;NYTimes,May 26 1953,29:4.

Strauss, Sidney; b. Pittsfield, IL, Aug 291878.

AB, MD Harvard. • Physician, Chicago;specialty: internal medicine; faculty Rush MedColI, U IL.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Strauss, Sigmund (Siegmund); b. Znaim,Czechoslovakia, 1875; d. NYC, Mar 291942.

To NYC 1940. • Inventor, patent holder inradio, medicine, x-rays, scientific instruments;lab in Vienna. • See: UJE; A]YB, 44:344;NYTimes, Mar 30 1942, 17:3.

Strauss, Simon; b. Richmondville, NY, Mar18 1868; d. St Petersburg, FL, Apr 1951.

MD NYU, U Berlin. • Surgeon, NYC;specialty: cancer research; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes,Apr 10 1951,28:3.

Strauss, Sol; b. NYC, ca 1879; d. NYC, Dec1967.

NY Law. • Lawyer, boxing promoter,legislator, NYC; counsel 20th CenturySporting·Club; active Republican politics. •See: NYTimes, Dec 14 1967, 68:7.

Strauss, Walter Littwitz; b. Loudonville,OH, July 11 1899.

Oberlin,. Harvard. • Realtor, Erie; officerJewish Welfare Soc, Community Chest; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Strecker, Charles B; b. ca 1864; d. Boston,Sep 12 1931.

Civic & communal worker, editor, Boston. •See:A]YB, 34:113.

Street, Bernard; b. ca 1860; d. Baltimore,Aug 101914.

Rabbi, Baltimore. • See: A]YB, 17(1915­1916):222.

Streisand, Barbra; b. Brooklyn, 1942.Popular actress, singer on stage & screen. •See: EJ.

Streit, Saul Sj b. Poland, May 51897.To US 1901.· LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, courtof special sessions judge, NYC; activeDemocratic Party. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Strelitz, Victor; b.*; d. Chicago, Mar 211913.

Merchant, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):274.

Strelsin (Strelzin), Alfred A; b. Anufrehifka,Ukraine/Antwerp, Feb 27 1898; d. Aug251976.

To US 1906. • U WI. • Industrialist, Zionist;exec General Scientific Corp; orgr model city(WI); chr Am Com for aJewish Army; afinancier The Eternal Road; War Production Bdconsult. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928; BEOA];WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Aug 28 1976,24:4.

Stricker, Louis Julius; b. Cincinnati, June 91899.

LLB, LLM U Cincinnati, Harvard Law. •Lawyer, Cincinnati; dir County Blind Relief;WWI chemical warfare work. • See: WWIA],1938.

Stricker, Sidney George; b. Cincinnati,May261871.

LLB Cincinnati, Harvard Law. • Lawyer,Cincinnati; active Democratic Party. • See:WWIA],1938.

S~g,Theodore;b.Shavli,Lithuania.To US 1904.· Brooklyn CoIl ofPhannacy.·Pharmacist, NYC; communalldr, Los Angeles;officer Zionist Org ofAm; chr nat! councilJewish Nat! Fund; dir Nathan Strauss PalestineSoc. • See: WWIA], 1938.

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Stromberg, Hunt; b. Louisville, July 121894; d. Aug 1968.

Movie producer, journalist, publicity dir, LosAngeles; with MGM, United Artists. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 25 1968,88:6.

Strongin, Sidney; b. Russia, ca 1887; d.Palm Beach, Jan 1971.

NYU Law. • Lawyer, Brooklyn; pres bar assn;bd Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center; dirNY Fedn of Reform Congregations. • See:NYTimes,Jan261971,37:1.

Stroock, Allan (Alan Maxwell); b. NYC,Nov 12 1907; d. NYC, Mar 291985.

AB Harvard,JD Yale; honorary degrees. •Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; mem US Nat!Commn for UNESCO; a fdr Commentary;clerk for Justice Cardozo; officerJTS, AmJewish Com, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;pres of corp Harvard. • See: E] (sub Stroock);A]YB, 87:444; WWWIA, 8.

Stroock, Hiida W (Mrs Sol M Stroock); b.NYC, ca 1876; d. NYC,July 291945.

Social welfare worker, philanthropist, NYC;officer City Work & ReliefAdm; bd StateConf on Social Work. • See: E] (sub Stroock);A]YB, 48:501; NYTimes, July 301945, 19:4.

Stroock, James Ely; b. Boston, Sep 4 1891;d.July 22 1965.

Mfr, theatre investor, NYC; columnist NYGlobe; investor over 200 shows; active theatricalcharity fundraising. • See: WWWIA, 4;NYTimes,July23 1965,29:1.

Stroock, Joseph; b. NYC, 1869; d. Deal, N],Aug261946.

Textile mfr, communalldr; a fdr FreeSynagogue, Jewish Inst of Religion. • See: E](sub Stroock);A]YB, 49:619.

Stroock, Louis S; b. 1855; d. Atlantic City,Mar 28 1925.

Testile mfr, communal worker, philanthropist,NYC; endowed scholarships. • See: E] (subStroock);A]YB, 27:151; NYTimes, Mar 301925,17:5.

Stroock, Marcus; b. Germany.To US mid 1800s. • Textile mill owner,Newburgh, NY. • See: E] (sub Stroock).

Stroock, Mark; b. 1863; d. 1929.Textile mfr; exec S Stroock & Co. • See: E](sub Stroock).

Stroock, Moses J; b. NYC, Aug 18 1866; d.NYC, Oct 271931.

BS CCNY, LLB Columbia.. • Lawyer,communal & civic worker, NYC; chr Bd ofHigher Education; trustee CCNY; dir JewishBd of Guardians, School for Training JewishSocial Workers. • See: UJE; E] (sub Stroock);A]YB, 34:113; WWIA], 1926, 1928; NITimes,Oct 28 1931,23:1.

Stroock, Regina Dreicer; b. NYC, 1875; d.Scarsdale, NY, Aug 1948.

Barnard. • Communalldr, NYC; fdr GirlsHome Club, Boys Home Club; chr wornensdiv United NY Appeal for Joint DistributionCom & Nat! Refugee Service; bd Heb Orphan

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Asylum, Jewish Child Care Assn, ChildrensCenter. • See: E] (sub Stroock); NYTimes, Aug15 1948,60:2.

Stroock, Samuel; b. NYC, ca 1898; d. June301939.

Paint importer, civic & communal worker,NYC; WWI service.· See:A]YB, 41:432;NYTimes, July 1 1939, 17:4.

Stroock, Solomon Marcuse; b. NYC, Sep 221873/1874; d. White Sulphur Springs, WVA, Sep 111941.

BS CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia; honorarydegrees. • Lawyer, nat! communal & civic ldr,author, NYC; specialty: constitutional law; presFedn ofJewish Philanthropies; exec com AmJewish Com; non-Zionist mem Jewish Agencyfor Palestine; active supporterJTS. • See: UJE;E] (sub Stroock); A]YB, 24:208, 44:53-60, 344;WWlA], 1926,1928, 1938;BEOA];PA]HS,37:479-80; WWWlA, 1; NYTimes, Sep 121941,21 :1.

Strouse, Benjamin; h. ca 1847; d. Feb 231933.

Mfr, MD.· See:A]YB, 35:129.

Strouse, Eli; h. Baltimore, May 24 1871.Eastman Business ColI (Poughkeepsie, NY). •Merchant, mfr, Baltimore; officer trade assns;an orgr YMHA; active in communal affairs. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Strouse, Henni (Mrs Eli Strouse); b.Baltimore, May 25 1864.

Communalldr; nat! dir Nat! Council ofJewishWomen; bd Jewish Chautauqua; activesynagog, MD State Fedn ofWornens Clubs;dir Baltimore Playground Assn. • See: A]YB,7(1905-1906): 106-07.

Strouse, Henry; b. NYC, Sep 26 1869.Banker, Philadelphia; pres GolfAssn. • See:WWIA],1938.

Strouse, Irving Sittenfie1d; b. NYC, Oct 211897.

BS Columbia. • Publicity counselor, Broadwayproducer, popularized backgammon, NYC;introduced miniature golf courses; publicrelations dir Nat! Tuberculosis Seal Campaign;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Strouse, Isaac; b. ca 1835; d. Baltimore,Dec 121912.

Merchant, Baltimore. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):275; NYTimes, Dec 13 1912,15:4.

Strouse, Myer (Meyer Strauss); b.Oberstrau, Bavaria, Dec 161825; d.Pottsville, PA, Feb 1878.

To Pottsville, PA 1832. • Congressman, lawyer;fdr, editor North AmFarmer; defended MollyMaguires.· See:]E; UJE; E];A]YB, 2(1900­1901):523-24; NYTimes, Feb 12 1878,5:3.

Strouse, Samuel; b. ca 1834; d. Baltimore,Sep 15 1909.

Communal worker, Baltimore. • See:A]YB,12(1910-1911):109.

Strouse, Solomon; b. Baltimore, June 291882.

AB, MD Johns Hopkins. • Physician, Chicago,Los Angeles; IL Commr to Study ConditionsofWomen in Industry; faculty Rush Med ColI,Northwestern; bd Chicago Jewish Charities;author in field, popular; military service. • See:A]YB, 24:208; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Strouss, ClarenceJ; b. ca 1887; d.Youngstown, OH, Mar 7 1947.

Merchant, communalldr. • See: A]YB, 49:619.

Strully, Jacques Miron; b. Bacau, Rumania,Apr 141884.

To US 1900. • NYU ColI of Dentistry, DDSMedico-Chirurgical ColI (Philadelphia). • Oralsurgeon, Brooklyn; officer dental socs; co-fdrsynagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Strunsky, Anna (Mrs Wtlliam E Walling);b. Babinotz, Russia, Mar 211879/1881;d. NYC, Feb 1964.

To US 1886. • Poet, lecturer, writer, socialist,San Francisco, NYC; a fdr NAACP; assocdwithJack London. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):199,24:211; WWIA], 1928, 1938;WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Feb 261964,35:4.

Strunsky, Manya Gordon (Mrs SimeonStrunsky); b. Kiev, ca 1882; d. NewCanaan, CT, Dec 27 1945.

To US ca 1896. • Writer, socialist, NYC;aided refugees from Russian Revolution;author on Russian politics, economics,literature. • See: A]YB, 48:501.

Strunsky, Rose (Mrs Louis Levine); b.Russia.

Writer, Beloit, WI. • See: A]YB, 24:208.

Strunsky' Simeon; h. Vitebsk, June 231879; d. Princeton, Feb 5 1948.

To US 1887. • AB Columbia; honorarydegree. • Editor, essayist, novelist, NYC; staffNew Internatl Encyclopedia, NY Evening Post;contributor Atlantic Monthly. • See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):200, 24:208, 50:524;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,2; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Feb 6 1948,23:1.

Stueckgold, Jacques; b. Warsaw, Jan 291882.

To US 1937. • Music Conservatory (Venice,Italy). • Vocal instructor, Munich, Milan,Berlin, NYC; facility CCNY. • See: WWIA],1938.

Stulberg, Louis; b. Bogria, Poland, Apr 141901; d. NYC, Dec 141977.

To US 1919. • Harbord ColI Inst (Toronto),U Chicago. • Trade union officer, NYC; memUS delegation to UN, Com on ConsumerInterests; pres ILGWU; officer AFL-CIO; fdrEast River Housing Corp, Am Labor ORT;officer League for Individual Democracy,Negro Labor Com; Jewish Legion service. •See:A]YB, 79:374; Fink, 341-42; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Dec 151977, IV23:1.

Stumes, Bernhard; b. ca 1846; d.Charlevoix, MI, Aug 271914.

Communal worker, Milwaukee. • See:A]YB,17(1915-1916):222.

Sturm, Samuel W; b. Cincinnati, June 301867; d. Cincinnati, Apr 1948.

Sudarsky, Mendel I

Harvard. • Clothing mfr, then insurancebroker, Cincinnati; dir Red Cross; leadingMutual agent in country. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Apr 141948,27:2.

Stunndorf, Arnold; b. Vienna, Aug 261861/1862; d. NYC, Nov 13 1934.

U Vienna, MD Columbia. • Gynecologist,NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic; officer medicalassns; author in field. • See: UJE; A]YB,37:262; WWIA], 1928.

Sturtz, Samuel; b. NYC, Mar 3 1874; d.before 1938.

CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; natlofficer Free Sons ofIsrael. • See: WWIA],1928.

Sturz, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Nov 2 1885;d. Hollywood, FL, Feb 1958.

NYU, Columbia. • Income tax accountant,NYC; officer WorldJewish Cong; active AmJewish Cong; WWI draft bd service. • See:WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 141958,24:1.

Stutchkoff, Nahum; b. Warsaw, June 91893; d. Brooklyn, Nov 6 1965.

To US 1923. • Yiddish author & playwright,philologist, NYC· See: A]YB, 67:543;NYTimes, Nov 9 1965,43:3.

Stutz, George Morton; b. Chotimsk,Russia, Dec 25 1904.

To US 1913. • Detroit Community ColI, LLBDetroit CoIl of Law. • Lawyer, prosecutingatty, asst atty general, public admr, bank dir,Detroit; fdr Emergency Relief Soc; officerJewish Social Service Bureau, Allied JewishCampaigns. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Stybel, Abraham Joseph; b. Zharki, Poland,1884/1885; d. NYC, Sep 16 1946.

To US ca 1939-1940. • Publisher, patron ofHeb literature; assocd Stybel Publishing Co. •See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 49:619; NYTimes, Sep 171946,7:4.

Subin, Harry; b. Philadelphia, July 6 1898;d.Apr 1969.

MD Jefferson Med ColI, post-grad Columbia,U PA. • Surgeon, Atlantic City; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Apr 9 1969,47:4.

Suchman, Harry;b.NYC, ca 1895; d.NYC,May 1965.

CCNY, BS Columbia Tchrs CoIl, ColumbiaLaw. • Lawyer, NYC; orgr Rent Clinic;charter mem, candidate Liberal Party. • See:NYTimes, May 22 1965,32:3.

Sudarsky, John; b. Hartford, July 4 1888; d.Dec 1960.

Newspaperman, Hartford; interested in civic &charitable causes. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, Dec 201960,33:2.

Sudarsky, Mendel I; b. Kovno province,Dec 14 1886; d. NYC, Dec 30 1951.

To US 1937. • Ophthalmologist, communalldr, editor, author, NYC; columnist The Day;dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, ORT. • See:A]YB, 54:541j NYTimes, Jan 11952,25:4.

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Sudran, Abe L; b. Hoboken, May 14 1909;d. West Orange, N}, Mar 12 1978.

Civlc & communalldr, Cleveland; specialty:vocational adjustment; with GovernorsCommn on Veterans Adm, OccupationalPlanning Com; bd Health & Welfare Council(Kansas City); consult Council ofJewishFedns & Welfare Funds; secy Jewish News. •See:AJYB, 80:373; NYTimes, Mar 13 1978,19:6.

Sufrin, Solomon; b. ca 1882; d. Brooklyn,Apr 21931.

Legislator, communalldr, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 33:128.

Sugar, AbrahamJ; b. Europe, ca 1859; d.Baltimore, Dec 301945.

To US ca 1880. • Philanthropic worker,Baltimore; fdr Heb Home for Aged; nat! dirJewish Consumptives Relief Soc. • See: A]YB,48:501.

Sugarman,EliasEugene;b.~C,Dec27

1901. .CCNY. • Newspaperman, NYC; staff, editor,general mgr Billboard; active Jewish TheatreGuild. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Sugarman, Morris Henry; b. Russia, Dec 151889; d. ~C, Oct 12 1946.

To US 1890. • Architect, NYC; designedHotel New Yorker, Long Beach Hospital;WWI service. • See: A]YB, 49:619; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Oct 13 1946,60:1.

Sugarman,RobertReuben;b.~C,June

171898; d. ~C,June 1974.AB CCNY, LLB, JD Brooklyn Law; honorarydegree. • Lawyer, NYC; faculty BrooklynLaw; author in field; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, June 171974,34:4.

Sugarman, Sidney; b. Boston, Sep 4 1904;d. Hallandale, FL, Aug 91974.

District court judge, special deputycomptroller, NYC; counsel Bronx CountyClerk; officer B'nai B'rith; bdJTS. • See:A]YB, 76:518; NYTimes, Aug 10 1974, 32:5.

Sugerman, Herbert; b. ca 1888; d. LosAngeles, Nov 1932.

Physician, Los Angeles. • See:A]YB, 35:129.

Suhler, Aaron; b. ca 1846; d. Waco, Mar 11916.

Rabbi, Waco.· See:AJYB, 18(1916-1917):110.

Sukoenig, Abraham; b. ca 1878; d. July 31936.

Hazzan, composer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 39:598.

Sukoenig, Sidney; b. ~C,Aug 261907; d.Syracuse, Oct 14 1961.

BSS CCNY, Inst ofModern Art, Juilliard,Europe: • Pianist, composer, NYC, Syracuse;facultyJuilliard, Syracuse U, WestchesterConservatory, 92nd Street YMHA. • See: UJE;A]YB, 64:496; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];NITimes, Oct 161961,29:2.

Sultan, Wtlliam; b. Liverpool, Apr 11 1975.To US 1878. • Furniture merchant, life

insurance agent, Chicago; assocd ILEmergency Relief Commn; officerJewishOrphans Home, Nat! Jewish Hospital, tradeassils, B'nai B'rith; Nat! Guard service. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA].

Sulzbach, Walter; b. Frankfurt, 1889.To US 1937. • Sociologist, author; faculty UFrankfurt; specialty: sociologyofnations,classes, politicalparties; author in field. • See:EJ.

Sulzbacher, B L; b.*; d. Kansas City, Nov1933.

Physician, professor, Kansas City. • See: A]YB,36:287.

Sulzbacher, Louis; b. Kirchheimbolanden,Bavaria, May 101842; d. ~C,Jan 17/221915.

Lawyer, jurist, New Mexico; federal courtjudge, Puerto Rico, Indian Territory. • See:JE; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):200,17(1915­1916):223; WWWIA, 1.

Sulzberger, Abraham; b. May 20 1810; d.1880.

To Philadelphia ca 1848. • Hazzan,Philadelphi'a; tchr Germany; orgrJewishHospital. • See:]E (sub Sulzberger).

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays; b. ~C, Sep 211891; d. ~C, Dec 11 1968.

BS Columbia; honorary degrees. • NITimespublisher, communal & Reform Jewish ldr,NYC; orgrJewish Big Bros; bd Union ofAmHeb Congregations; dir Baron de HirschFund, Welfare Council, JTS; WWI service. •See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 70:525; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8;NYTimes, Dec 12 1968, 1:2.

Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs; b. 1926.Publisher, pres, NITimes, 'NYC; WWIIservice. • See: E] (sub Sulzberger, ArthurHays).

Sulzberger, Beatrice J (Mrs LeoSulzberger); b. Chicago.

Communal worker, NYC; pres Nat! Council ofJ ewish Women, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;officer Maternal Aid Soc,Jewish WorkingGirls Vacation Soc, League ofWomen Voters;active Democratic politics. • See: WWIA],1938.

Sulzberger, Cyrus L; b. Philadelphia, July11 1858; d. ~C, Apr 30 1932.

Textile exec, merchant, communal & ciVic ldr,philanthropist, NYC; pres Borough ofManhattan, United Heb Charities; a fdr AmReb; officer Fedn ofAm Zionists; exec com AmJewish Com, Nat! Conf ofChristians & Jews,J oint Distribution Com. • See:]E (subSulzberger); UJE; A]YB, 7(1905-1906):107,24:208,34:113,35:145-56; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB; NITimes, May 11932, IT 5:1.

Sulzberger, Cyrus Leo; b. 1912.NYTimes foreign affairs columnist. • See: E](sub Sulzherger, Arthur Hays).

Sulzberger, David; b. Heidelsheim, Baden,May 1 1838; d. Philadelphia, Mar 151910.

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To US in infancy.· Perfume mfr, communalworker, Philadelphia; mem PA Prison Soc;officer Heb Education Soc, Dropsie; devotedtime to the poor. • See: UJE; AJYB, 7(1905­1906):107, 12(1910-1911):110; PA]RS,20:170-72.

Sulzberger, David H; b. ~C, Dec 11 1897;d. ~C, Sep 21962.

Broker, communalldr, NYC; officer Nat!Refugee Service; exec com Am JewishCom;traveled to Italy, Austria for Joint DistributionCom, UNRRA; WWI service. • See: A]YB,65:438; NITimes, Sep 3 1962, 15:4.

Sulzberger, Elsie K (Mrs Mayer BSulzherger); b. Hungary, Sep 5 1884.

Hunter, Barnard, AB Columbia. • Communal& ciVic worker, essayist, poet, short storywriter, Detroit; fdi- birth control clinic; bd MIBirth Control League; officer Nat! Council ofJewish Women.· See: BEOA].

Sulzberger, Ferdinand; b. ca 1831; d.Konstanz, Germany, Aug 61915.

Fdr, meat packing company, NYC. • See:A]YB, 18(1916-1917):110; NITimes, Aug 71915,7:7.

Sulzberger, Frank Leopold; b. Chicago,Dec 3 1887.

U Chicago. • Mfr exec, Chicago; pres JewishCharities; trustee Julius Rosenwald Fund;active trade assns. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Sulzherger, Iphigene Ochs (Mrs ArthurHays Sulzherger); b. Cincinnati, Sep 191892.

AB Barnard. • Communal & ciVic worker,NYC; pres Park Assn; officer Boy Scouts; ,dir State Charities Aid Assn, Urban League,Inwood House. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sulzherger, Jacoh; h. Heidelsheim, Baden,Jan 11845; d.Philadelphia, Sep 141897.

To Philadelphia 1849. • AB, AM CentralHigh School (Philadelphia). • Merchant,poet, Philadelphia; contributor JewishExponent; active literary socs. • See: PAJRS,8:151-52.

Sulzherger, Joseph E; b. ca 1842; d.Jan 51931.

Mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB,33:128.

Sulzberger, Leo; h. NYC, 1885; ,d~ ~C,

Jan 1926.Textile exec, pioneer in color-fast cotton,NYC; orgrJewish Boys Brigade; officer FednofJewish Philanthropies; active EducationalAlliance; WWI service. • See: UJE; NITimes,Feb 1 1926, 19:3.

Sulzherger, Marion Baldur; h. ~C,Mar12 1895; d. San Francisco, Nov 241983.

Harvard, Sorbonne, MD U Zurich. • AViator,dermatologist, NYC, San Francisco; facultyNY Post-Grad Med School, NYU, U CA(Berkeley); author/editor in field; WWIaViation instructor. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 8;NITimes, Nov261983.

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Sulzberger, Mayer; b. Heidelsheim, Baden,June 22 1843; d. Philadelphia, Apr 201923.

To Phildelphia 1849. • AB Central HighSchool (philadelphia), business coIL • Jurist,scholar, Hebraist, communalldr, Philadelphia;fdr, first pres Am Jewish Com, YMHA; an orgrJTS; continued Occident after Leeser's death;donated Heb collection to JTS, Arabic,Ethiopian, Samaritan manuscripts to Dropsie.• See:]E (sub Sulzberger); UJE; E}; A]YB,6(1904-1905):200,24:208,26:373-403;PA]HS, 29:188-93; WWWIA, 1; DAB;Eisenstadt, 45; NITimes, Apr 211923,11:5.

Sulzberger, Myron; b. NYC, June 14 1878;d. NYC, Sep 1956..

CCNY, Weingart Inst, LLB NY Law. •Lawyer, municipal judge, legislator, NYC;officer B'nai B'rith; bd Yonkers Home forAged & Infirm; active Democratic politics. •See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;NITimes,Sep 17 1956,27:3.

Sulzberger, Rachel Hays (Mrs CyrusSulzberger); b. NYC, ca 1861; d. Feb 101938.

Communal & civic ldr, NYC; officer NatlCouncil ofJewish Women, Jewish WorkingGirls Vacation Soc; mem Daughters of the AmRevolution; active Educational Alliance,Aquilar Free Library. • See: A]YB, 7(1905..:1906):107,40:392; NITimes, Feb 11 1938,23:3.

Sulzberger, .Solomon; b. Odeitheim, Baden,July 17 1838; d. NYC, Jan 4 1918.

Communal exec, NYC; officer B'nai B'rith,Union ofAm Heb Congregations, MaimonidesFree Library; active Sabbath schooL • See:UJE (sub Sulzberger, Myron); A]YB, 7(1905­1906):108,20(1918-1919):231.

Sulzberger, Solomon; b. ca 1838; d.Minneapolis, Apr 1 1917.

Communal worker, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):268.

Sulzer, Marcus R; b. Madison, IN, Apr 191860.

Lawyer, drug mfr, mayor, postmaster,legislator, city atty, Madison, IN; officer B'naiB'rith; mem Republican State Com. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):108; WWIA], 1928;BEOA].

Sumberg, Samuel Leslie; b. Utica, July 271903.

BA, MA U Toronto. • German instructor,NYC; faculty CCNY, Columbia. • See:WWIA],1938.

Summerfield, Isaac; b. ca 1871; d. Jan 41938.

Civic & communalldr, philanthropist, St PauL• See:A]YB, 40:392.

Summerfield, Samuel; b. St Louis, July 11873; d. Aug 3 1938.

Exec, civic & communal worker, St Louis,Detroit.· See:A]YB, 41:432; WWIAJ, 1928.

Summerfield, Solon E; b. Lawrence, KS,1877; D. Santa Monica, Sep 2 1947.

AB, LLB U KS. • Hosiery mfr, NYC; estneed-based scholarships U KS. • See:WWWIA, 2;NITimes, Sep41947, 25:3.

Summit, William Allen; b. Wtlkes-Barre,Oct 15 1899.

LLB Youngstown Law, post-gradJudgeGusweilers School of Law (Cincinnati). •Lawyer, Canton, OH; sponsor law establishingCanton Municipal Court; mem RepublicanCampaign Com; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Sundelson, Adolph H; b. Libau, Courland,Feb 3 1870; d. Sep 7 1929.

MD U Dorpat, post-grad U Moscow,Germany, Switzerland. • Physican, NYC;officer B'rith Sholom; bd Heb Speaking MedAssn, Courland Young Mens Mutual Aid Soc.• See: WWIA], 1928, 1938 (sub Sundelson,Ray).

Sundelson, Ray Wooer (Mrs Adolph HSundelson); b. Smolian, Russia, Sep 181882; d. Feb 1951.

To US 1893. • Packard Business ColI, NYULaw. • Insurance exec, NYC; only womangeneral agent with Equitable Life Assurance;natl officer Mizrachi; officer trade orgs; dirHeb Day Nursery. • See: WWIA], .1938;BEOA]; NITimes, Mar 11951,27:3.

Sundheim, Harry Garfield; b. Philadelphia,Aug 301880; d. Philadelphia, 1956.

LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; dir FednofJewish Charities, Eaglesville Sanatorium. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Dec 41956,39:4.

Sundheim, Joseph H; b. Philadelphia, Dec111878.

LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; pres,counsel PA League of Bldg & Loan Assns;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sundlun, ArthurJerome; b. Warsaw, July261888.

To US 1889. • Browrt.· Wholesale jeweler,Providence, Washington DC; officer Bureau ofRehabilitation, J ewish Welfare Fedn, tradeassns. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Sunkin, Irving Burton; b. NYC, July 91932; d.Jan 91979.

Washington U (St Louis), NYU,JDColumbia. • Lawyer, NYC; exec Revlon;editor Columbia Law Review; military service. •See: WWWIA, 7.

Sunshine, Oscar; b. Salgotarjan, Hungary,June 30 1902; d. NYC, Nov 24 1971.

Business exec; officer World Fedn ofHungarianJews,Am Jewish Refugee Aid Soc;bd RabbiJacobJoseph Yeshiva, Natl ORTLeague, B'nai Zion; benefactor Yeshiva OneiMoshe. • See:A]YB, 73:636.

Sunstein, Abraham Jacob; b. Suwalki, Jan25 1861; d. Dec 8 1926.

Liquor & distilling exec, communalldr,Pittsburgh; pres Natl Assn of Distillers; officerIrene Kaufmann Settlement, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies.· See:A]YB, 29:117; WWIAJ,1926.

Suss, Simon

Surasky, Herman; b. Birmingham, England,Oct 101906.

To US 1910.· Eastman School ofMusic. •Violinist, Rochester, NY; tchr DavidHochstein Memorial Music School, 1stSettlement Music School (Buffalo); memCivic Orchestra. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Sure, Barnett; b.Vtlkomir, Feb 7 1891; d.June 1960.

To US 1908. • BS, MS, PhD U WI. •Biological chemist, discover ofvitamin BX,Fayetteville, AR; faculty U AR; author in field.• See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, June 51960,86:5.

Sure, Julius Hilton; b. Libau, Latvia, Sep 291879.

U IL, post-grad Vienna, Berlin, Dublin, NYC.• Obstetrician, Milwaukee; faculty Wise ColIof Physicians & Surgeons, Marquette; dirTalmud Torah. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Surnamer, Isaac; b.*; d. Apr 1937.Physican, communal & educational worker,Paterson. • See: A]YB, 39:598; NITimes, Apr241937, 19:2.

Surowich (Surovitch), Boris; b. Sevastopol,Dec 6 1882; d. NYC, May 24 1953.

Communal educator & ldr; with World ORT;specialty: Jewish preschool; ldr Yiddish school(Poland). • See: A]YB, 55:460; NITimes, May251953,25:6.

Surrey, Stanley Sterling; b. NYC, Oct 31910.

BS CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,Cambridge, MA; with Natl Recovery Adm,Natl Labor Relations Bd; faculty U CA(Berkeley), Harvard; asst secy Treasury Dept;overseer Brandeis. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Surut, Louis; b. NYC, Feb 28 1890; d. Oct1950.

Woolen merchant exec, philanthropist, NYC;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,HebSheltering & Guardian Soc. • See: WWIA],1926,1938; NITimes, Oct 6 1950,27:2.

Suskind, Richard Raphael; b. Bronx, May 21925.

Author, researcher; WWII service. • See:NITimes story, Feb 10 1972,36:1.

Susman, Harry; b. Brooklyn, Feb 271899;d~ Houston, May 1949.

Yale, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, special asst US attygeneral, Houston; mem Welfare Bd; officerUnited Jewish Campaign; orgr Yale ZionistSoc. • See: WWIA], 1926; NITimes, June 11949,31:4.

Susman, Moses; b.*; d. NYC, 1727.Thief; onlyJew known to be executed for acapital crime in 18th century Am. • See:BDEA].

Suss, Simon; b. ca 1851; d. St Louis, Apr 91912.

Merchant, StLouis.· See:A]YB, 14(1912­1913):127.

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Susskind, Walter; b. Prague, May 11913; d.Berkeley, Mar 25 1980.

Prague State Conservatory, Prague Academy ofMusic; honorary degrees. - Orchestraconductor, pianist, NYC; fdr Nat! YouthOrchestra; dir Aspen Festival; advisorCincinnati Symphony Orchestra; guestconductor world-wide. - See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Mar 27 1980.

Sussman, A Allen; b. Seaford, DE, Apr 131898.

Baltimore City ColI, BS, DDS, MD U MD,post-grad U Vienna. - Physician, heartspecialist, Baltimore; faculty U MD School ofDentistry, U MD School ofMedicine; militaryservice. - See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Sussman, Harris; b. Russia, ca 1871; d. MtVernon, NY, Apr 1940.

To US 1888. - Steel mfr, philanthropist,communalldr, Zionist, LI City; a fdr BethDavid Hospital, synagog. - See: NYTimes, Apr151940,23:2.

Sussman, Henry A; b. ca 1891; d. Oct 161938.

Physician, Brooklyn; faculty LI ColI Hospital.- See:A]YB, 41:432;NYTimes, Oct 171938,15:5.

Sussman, HerbertB; b. Limanova, Poland,Dec 14 1881; d. NYC, Feb 16 1960.

To US 1897. - Labor exec, labor relationsmgr, NYC; with NY Clothing ContractorsAssn; a fdr United GalicianJews ofAm; activeUnited]ewish Appeal, aRT. - See:A]YB,62:452; NYTimes, Feb 17 1960,35:2.

Sussman, Maurice; b. ca 1840; d.Cincinnati, Dec 5 1914.

Civil War veteran, Cincinnati. - See: A]YB,17(1915-1916):223.

Sussman, Maxwell Howard; b. NYC, Mar23 1884.

EE Columbia. - Consult engineer, NYC; withAcme Meter Service Co; designed meterequipment. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Sussman, Mendel; b. Ponedel, Lithuania,July 25 1871.

To US 1892. - Mfr, Philadelphia; dir YeshivaMishkan Israel. - See: WWIA], 1918, 1938.

Sussman, Otto; b. Bavaria, Jan 311879; d.NYC, Feb 3 1947.

To US 1904. - Mining Eng Royal Academy ofMines (Bavaria), PhD U Wiirzburg, post-gradU Munich, U Leipzig. - Mining expert, metalco exec, NYC; pioneer in developing mines inRhodesia & US. - See: A]YB, 49:619; WWIA],1938; WWWJA, 2; NYTimes, Feb 41947,15:1.

Sussman, Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Jan 191895.

Philadelphia School ofPedagogy, BS U PA,PhD Dropsie. - Communal educator, author,Philadelphia; principal Har Zion Temple HebSchool; editor Jewish Current Events, JewishNews; officer Council for]ewish Education,Congregational Tchrs Assn; WWI service. ­See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Sussman, Sidney X; b. NYC, July 5 1919; d.Dec 11984.

BBA CCNY,]D UToledo. - Accountant,lawyer, Sylvania, OH; officer State AssnRetarded Children; WWII service. - See:WWWJA,8.

Sussman, Sol; h. Kovno, Oct 7 1886; d.Brooklyn, Aug 1959.

To US 1890. - Merchant, textile jobber,Brooklyn; bd Morris] Solomon SunshineFund; dir Brooklyn]ewish Center,]ewishEducational Soc; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Heb Day & Night Nursery. -.See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 151959,17:2.

Sussman, William S; b. Budapest, Jan 301871; d. Boston, May 1950.

To US ca 1887. - UVienna, LLD Royal U(Budapest). - Realtor, NYC; active numerouscharities, Democratic politics. - See: WWIA],1928; NYTimes, May 11 1950, 30:3.

Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph; b. Aachen,Apr 29 1830; d. San Francisco, Aug 81898.

To US 1848/1850. - Engineer, civicldr,landowner, mayor, San Francisco; conceivedidea for Sutro Tunnel; donated book collectionto Sutro Library U San Francisco; benefactorEthical Culture Soc. - See~ UJE; E]; DAB;NYTimes, Aug 9 1898, 7:5.

Sutro, Alfred; b. Victoria, BC, Oct 151860;d. Mar 91945.

To US 1875. - Harvard, LLB Hastings. ­Lawyer, business exec, San Francisco. - See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,2;NYTimes,Mar 111945,40:1.

Sutro, Charles W; b. ca 1865; d. Apr 261936.

Financier, San Francisco.- See:A]YB, 38:436.

Sutro, Emil; b. ca 1832; d. NYC, Oct 271906.

Author on human voice, NYc. - See: A]YB,9(1907-1908):504.

Sutro, Florentine Scholle; b. ca 1866; d.Dec 20 1939.

Civic & communal worker, peace advocate,NYC. - See: A]YB, 42:484; NYTimes, Dec 211939,26:2.

Sutro, Lionel; b. ca 1859; d. Santa Monica,July 28 1931.

Philanthropist, NYc. - See: A]YB, 34:113.

Sutro, Oscar; b. Victoria, BC, June 181874; d. June 9 1935.

To US 1875. -BL U CA (Berkeley). - Lawyer,legislator, San Francisco; active sugar interests.- See: WWWIA, 1.

Sutro, Richard; b. NYC, Dec 24 1863; d.Aug 31930.

CCNY. - Banker, NYC; exec CT ElectricService Co. - See: WWWIA, 1.

Sutro, Theodore; b. Aix-la-Chapelle, Mar141845; d. NYC, Aug 281927.

To US 1850. - Harvard, Columbia Law.-

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Lawyer, Commr ofTaxes, art collector,author, NYC; helped finance Sutro Tunnel;orgr Comstock Tunnel Co; honorary presGerman-Am Alliance. - See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,24:208; WWWJA, 1; NYTimes, Aug 29 1927,17:3.

Svedofsky, Michael; b. ca 1874; d. July 61936.

Violinist, NYC,]ackson Hgts, NY; withMetropolitan Opera. - See: A]YB, 39:598.

Sverdlik, Aaron; b. Bender, Rumania, Aug15 1894; d. July 1948.

To NYC 1904. - Importer of precious stones,NYC; active United Palestine Appeal, Fedn of] ewish Philanthropies, ] oint Distribution Com;dir Welfare Workers of NYC. - See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes,]uly6 1948,23:3.

Swaab, Jacques M; b. Philadelphia, Apr 211894.

BS U PA. - Aeronautical consult, NYC; WWIservice. - See: WWIA], 1928.

Swaab, Solomon M; b. Philadelphia, ca1871; d. Philadelphia, June 13 1947.

School of Industrial Art, U PA.- Engineer,Philadelphia; designer, bldr subways, bridges;officer Eaglesville Sanitarium, Gratz, synagog.- See~ A]YB, 24:208, 50:524; WWIA], 1926,1928;NYTimes,]une 141947,15:3.

Swadesh, Morris; b. Holyoke, MA, 1909; d.1967.

Anthropological linguist; research assoc Yale;faculty U Mexico; specialty: Am Indian &prehistoric linguistics. - See: E].

Swados, Harvey; b. Buffalo, Oct 28 1920; d.Dec 111972.

BA U MI. - Author; faculty Sarah Lawrence, UMA. - See: WWWJA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 121972,52:4.

Swartsberg, Jerome F; b. Brooklyn, ca1912; d. Cincinnati, May 271966.

Northwestern, CCNY.- Dept store exec,Cincinnati; with Federated Stores; WWIIservice. - See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 281966,27:2.

Swartz, Arthur L; b. ca 1889; d.·Kenmore,NY, May 1940.

Sportsman, legislator, professional basketballmgr;dir NY State Semi-Pro Baseball Conf; fdrPony Baseball League. - See: NYTimes, May 151940,25:4.

Swartz, DavidJ; b. NYC, June 111898; d.Brooklyn, Dec 5 1963.

Education admr, textbook author, NYC;asst supervisor Bd of Education; bd aRT. ­See: A]YB, 65:438; NYTimes, Dec 6 1963,36~3.

Swartz, Edward James; b. Buffalo, Apr 191848; d. 1910.

] ournalist, playwright, Philadelphia; withEvening Telegraph. - See: WWWIA, 1.

Swartz, Jacob; b. Poznan, Poland, ca 1922;d. Boston, Mar 1981.

To US as child. - MD Boston U. -

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Psychologist, psychoanalyst, Boston; specialty:death & dying; faculty Boston U; author infield; WWII service. • See: NITimes, Apr 11981, 11:1.

Swartz, Jacob Hyams; b. Russia, May 101896; d. Aug 171971.

To Boston 1906. • Tufts, MD, post-gradHarvard. • Dermatologist, Boston; facultyHarvard; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;WW'WIA,6.

Swartz, Mano; b. Kisvarda, Hungary, July 41964.

To US 1886. • Debreczen Collegium(Hungary). • Fur merchant, Baltimore; presBaltimore Heb ColI. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Swartz, Sidney A; b. NYC, Jan 30 1893.BA CCNY, post-grad NYU. • Educator,NYC; tchr, principal public high schools. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Swartzberg, Roy Edward; b. Asheville, NC,July 19 1891.

UVA, U Chicago. • Merchant, clothier,Asheville, NC; officer trade assn, B'nai B'rith,synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Swarzenski, Georg; b. Dresden, 1876; d.June 1957.

To US 1938. • Art historian, museum dir,author; with museums in Berlin, Florence,Frankfurt; faculty U Frankfurt. • See: UJE.

Sway, David Hyman; b. Dvinsk, June 11880; d. Cincinnati, Aug 311954.

Yiddish journalist; editor Jewish Warld. • See:A]YB, 57:608; NITimes, Sep 1 1954,27:2.

Sweedler, Nathan; b. Vilna, May 12 1885;d. Brooklyn, Aug 25 1960.

To US 1892.· LLB StLawrence.· Lawyer,municipal judge, Brooklyn; orgrNeighborhood Improvement Assn, Good WillCourt; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities, HebEducation Soc.· See:A]YB, 63:562; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Aug 26 1960,25:2.

Sweet, Samuel; b. Minsk, Aug 2 1904.To US 1909. • Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,NYC; dir Israel Zionist Hospital, UniversitySettlement; active Republican politics. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Sweitzer, Louis P; b. Dnepropetrovsk,Russia, Feb 5 1899; d. aboard 55 France,Sep 201971.

To US 1903.· Che!I1ical engineer,philanthropist; fdr Vera Inst ofJustice;benefactor Pacifica Found, Albert EinsteinCoIl ofMed, Jewish Home for the Elderly(Fairfield, CT). • See:A]YB, 73:636.

Swerdlin, Nathan; b. Vilna, Dec 71907; d.Bronx, June 91981.

To US 1933. • Yiddish & Polish journalist,Vilna, NYC; with The Day, FO'f7lJard; officerFilm Critics Circle of the Foreign LanguagePress; active United Jewish Appeal, JewishWriters Assn. • See: A]YB, 83:363.

Swerdloff, Jessie D; b.*; d. Buffalo, June1934.

Communal & Zionist worker, Buffalo. • See:A]YB, 36:287.

Swem, Daniel; b. NYC,Jan 211916.BS CCNY, MA Columbia, PhD U MD. •Chemist, Philadelphia; assocd US Dept ofAgriculture; faculty Temple U, Drexel; authorin field. • See: WW'WIA, 8.

Swett, Julia (Mrs Isaac Swett); b. Odessa,Oct 201882.

To US 1883.· Normal School (Ft Scott, KS),Kansas City Business ColI. • Social work admr,Portland, OR; exec secy Fedn ofJewish Socs;mem mayors com for revising housing code,governors com for investigating state instns; bdCouncil for Prevention ofWar. • See:WWIA],1938.

Swett, Zachary; b. Odessa, July 4 1869.To US 1882. • Business colI. • Exec,merchant, Portland, OR; a fdr Heb Aid Soc;officer Zionist Org ofAm; dir B'nai B'rithCenter, Jewish Educational Assn. • See:WWIA],1938.

Swick, David Aaron; b. Riga, Feb 22 1879;d. Mar 1973.

To US 1887. • BS CCNY, MD Columbia. •Ophthalmologist, NYC; med dir Yeshiva CoIl;chief of clinic Jewish Memorial Hospital. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 211973,48:5.

Swick, Moses; b. NYC, Feb 161900; d.NYC, Aug 1985.

BS, MD Columbia, post-grad Germany. •Surgeon, developer ofmethods ofurography,NYC; faculty Mt Sinai; author in field; WWIIservice. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NITimes,Aug 12 1985, 13:7.

Swiff, Joseph H; b. Liskowo, Russia, July 161882.

To US 1904. • Cotton & bagging merchant,Galveston; natl council Joint DistributionCom; officer Zionist Org ofAm, B'nai B'rith. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Swig, Benjamin Harrison; b. Taunton, MA,Nov 171893; d. San Francisco, Oct 311980.

Honorary degrees. • Banker, realtor, hotelowner, San Francisco; lost bank in Ponziscandal; natl council Am Jewish Com, JointDistribution Com; bd U Judaism, CareersUnited for Women; active Democratic politics,Salvation Army. • See: E]; A]YB, 82:373-74;WWWIA, 7; Detroit]ewish News, Nov 7 1980.

Swig, Louis; b. Springfield, MA, July 301882; d. May 13 1931.

LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, civic & communalworker, Taunton, MA; mem MAConstitutional Convention, Park Bd, SinkingFund Commn; fdr, pres Old ColonyCooperative Bank; officer bar assn. • See:A]YB, 33:128; WWIA], 1926,1928.

Swig, Simon; b. Lithuania, ca 1864; d.Taunton, MA,July 301939.

Banker, legislator, peddler, civic worker,Boston; active Republican politics. • see: E]

Swyer, Solomon Pinchus

(sub Swig, Benjamin Harrison);A]YB, 42:484;NITimes,July31 1939,13:3.

Swimmer, Maurice; b. NYC, Oct 15 1899.Real estate & life insurance broker, communalfundraiser, Chester, PA. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Swiren, Anna Regina; b. Rossiena,Lithuania, Dec 111890.

Gratz, Gratz Tchrs, Temple U. • Co~munaleducator & worker, Philadelphia; tchr Gratz;fdr, principal Heb Kindergarten; officer FednSynagogue Sisterhoods of PA; presented foodsaving plan to Hoover Com. • See:WWIA],1928, 1938.

Swiren, David Bernard; b. Smargon,Poland,Jan 10 1886/1889; d.Philadelphia, Mar 3 1944.

To US 1906.· RIETS, CCNY.· Orthodoxrabbi, author, Philadelphia; officer HebImmigrant Aid Soc, Mizrachi; bd Union ofOrthodox Rabbis ofAm. • See: UJE; A]YB,46:346; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes,Mar41944,13:2.

Swiren, Max; b. Sioux City, lA, Sep 1 1904;d.Mar 71969.

Northwestern, PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer,Chicago. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Switzer, Maurice; b. New Orleans, Oct 161870/1873; d. Apr 1929.

Tire co exec, NYC; author ofhumorous works& articles on advertising. • See: A]YB, 24:208;WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1.

Swope, Gerard; b. St Louis, Dec 11872; d.NYC, Nov 20 1957.

BS MIT; honorary degrees. • Electricalengineer, exec, Zionist, NYC; pres InternatlGE; officer Playground Commn (St Louis),NYC Housing Authority, Coal Arbitration Bd;mem presidential advisory councils; developed"Swope Plan" to stabilize industry; advisorNew Deal agencies; active Hull House; WWIservice. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,60:358;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes,Nov211957,33:1.

Swope, GerardJr; b. St Louis, Dec 13 1905;d. Sep 27 1979.

Dartmouth, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC;counsel GE; chr Teatown Lake Reservation;trustee Brooklyn Inst ofArts & Sciences,Horace Mann School; WWII service. • See:WW'WIA,7.

Swope, Herbert Bayard; b. St Louis, Jan 51882; d. Sands Point, NY,June 201958.

Honorary degrees. • Pulitzer Prize winningjournalist; exec editor, developer of op-ed pageNY World; fdr Overseas News Agency; activeinterfaith relations; WWI war correspondent.• See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 60:358; WWIA], 1916,1928,1938; REOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6;NITimes,June 211958,1:6.

Swyer, Solomon Pinchus; b. Villaika, Vilna,Jan 10 1875; d. Mar 1953.

Merchant, Albany & Glens Falls, NY; officerKeren Hayesod, Jewish Center Heb School;delegate 1st Am Jewish Cong.· See: WWIA],1938; NITimes, Mar 27 1953,23:2.

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Sykes, Philip Louis; b. Lithuania, Feb 171884.

To US 1889. - Baltimore City ColI, LLB UMD, MAJohns Hopkins. - Lawyer, chiefjudge orphans court, Baltimore; mem State BdofParole; pres United Heb Charities, Bd ofJewish Education; activeJewish Big BrotherLeague; author in field. - See: UJE; WWIA],1928.

Sylvester, Allie Lewis; b. NYC, Dec 171864; d. NYC, Jan 1962.

Tobacco mfr; exec Am Cigar Co. - See:WWWIA.,4;NYTimes,Jan281962, 76:5.

Sylvester, James Joseph; b. London, Sep 31814;d. Mar 15 1897.

To US 1842, 1876. - Royal Inst (Liverpool), StJohns (Cambridge U), BA, MA U Dublin.­Mathematician; faculty U ColI (London), UVa, Johns Hopkins, Royal Military Academy(Woolwich); editor in field. - See: DAB;NYTimes, Mar 161897,9:5.

Syman, Louis Lawrence; b. Cleveland, June5 1871.

AB, MA Wittenberg ColI, post-grad Brown,MD OH State. - Physician, Springfield, OH;staff railroad & steamship cos; bd Boy Scouts;Spanish-Am War &"WWI service. -See:WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Symons, (George) Gardner; b. Chicago,1865; d. Hillside, NJ, Jan 12 1930.

Chicago Art Inst, Munich, London, Paris. ­Landscape painter, Brooklyn, Colrain, MA. •See: WWWIA, 1; DAB.

Syrkin, Ephraim (Froim) E; b. Bielsk, Oct13 1889; d. Brooklyn, Mar 1941.

To US 1920. - Breslau Med ColI, post-gradBerlin, Berne, Paris. - Physician, Brooklyn;med dir Joint Distribution Com (Galicia); supt,med dir Beth Abraham Home for Incurables,Beth Moses Hospital; author in field; Russianarmy service. - See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes,Mar 27 1941,23:2.

Syrkin,Marie;b.Bern, 1899/1900.To US 1907. - Cornell. - Author, translator,educator, biographer; editor Jewish Frontier;faculty Brandeis; exec Jewish Agency. - See:UJE (sub Syrkin, Nachman); E].

Syrkin, Nachman; b. Mogilev, 1868; d.NYC, Sep 6 1924.

To US 1907. - U Berlin, PhD U Zurich. ­Socialist, Zionist ideologue & ldr; participant1st Zionist Cong; fdr Russian-Jewish ScientificSoc (Berlin), Socialist Zionist groups inEurope, Am Jewish Cong; ldr Am Poale-Zion;contributor Ha-Meliz. - See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:208,27:151;NYTimes, Sep81924, 15:2.

Szajkowski (Frydman, Szako, Szajko), Zosa;b. Zareby, Poland, 1911; d. Sep 261978.

To US 1941. - Historian, bibliographer, NYC;researchfellow Yiddish Inst; specialty: FrenchJewry, Am Jewish immigration; author in field;WWII US & French service. - See: E]; A]H,69:273-76.

Szasz, Otto; b. Alsoszus, Hungary, Dec 111884; d. Switzerland, Sep 19 1952.

To US 1933. - Mathematician, Cincinnati;faculty U Frankfurt, U Cincinnati; prolificauthor in field. - See:A]YB, 55:460; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Sep 211952,88:1.

Szatensztejn (Shatton), Wladyslaus Joseph;b. Warsaw, 1893.

To US 1939. - LLD UWarsaw. - Jurist,professor of law; faculty U Vilna; advisorRussian Ministry of Finance, Polish Ministryof Finance; author on finance. - See: UJE.

Szego, Gabriel; b. Kunhegyes, Hungary,1895.

To US 1934. - U Budapest, U Berlin, UGottingen, PhD U Vienna. - Mathematician;faculty U Berlin, U Konigsberg, WashingtonU (St Louis), Stanford; author in field. - See:UJE.

Szell, Georg (George);b. Budapest, June 71897; d. Cleveland, July 301970.

To US 1940. - Noted conductor, child pianoprodigy, Europe, US; with ClevelandOrchestra. - See: UJE; DAB, 8; NYTimes, July31 1970, 1:2.

Szereszowski, Raphael; b. Warsaw, 1869; d.Ellington, CT, Apr 261948.

To US 1941. - Banker, industrialist, publicofficial, communal worker, Warsaw; memPolish parliament, Warsaw Municipal Council;exec Soc for the Propagation ofJewishSciences in Poland. - See: UJE; E]; A]YB,50:524; NYTimes, Apr 27 1948,25:5.

Szerlip, Leopold; b. NYC,Jan 21895.NYU, MDNYU. - Orthopedic surgeon,Newark;"WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Szigetti, Joseph; b. Bu~apest, Sep 5 1892; d.Lucerne, Feb 201973.

To US 1st time 1925.- Noted concertviolinist, child prodigy, author. - See: UJE;WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Feb 211973, 1:4.

Szilard, Leo; b. Budapest, Feb 111898; d.LaJolla, CA, May 301964.

To US 1937/1938. - Budapest Inst ofTechnology, D Phil U Berlin. - Nuclearphysicist, atomic bomb developer; faculty UBerlin, U Chicago; with Salk Inst, Fermi Inst;fought to ban nuclear weapons; "WWI Austrianarmy service. - See: E]; A]YB, 66:582;WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;]TA-DNB, June 11964;NYTimes, May 311964,1:6.

Szneidennan, S L (Shemuel Leib) (penname=A Lubliner); b. Kazimierz, Poland,1906.

To US 1940. - Journalist, poet, translator,editor. - See: UJE.

Szold, Benjamin; b. Nemiskert, Hungary,Nov 15 1829; d. Berkeley Springs, WVA, July 311902.

To Ba:Itimore, 1858. • Presburg TalmudicColI, Vienna, U Breslau. - Rabbi, scholar, earlyZionist, Hebraist, innovator in ritual,Baltimore; developed Avodat Yisrael; aidedRussian immigration. - See: ]E; UJE; E];A]YB, 4(1902-1903):197; DAB.

Szold, Bernard; b. Peoria, IL, July 31 1898;d. Nov 1960.

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Depauw, Northwestern, Carnegie Tech,Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. - Theatricaldirector, playwright, Birmingham, AL; headSzold School of Dramatic Art; faculty RockyMt School of the Arts (Estes Park, CO); dirYamakita School ofArts, Birmingham LittleTheatre. - See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Nov171960,37:2.

Szold, Edwin Daniel; b. Deer Creek, IL,Oct 291900.

PhB U Chicago, LLB John Marshall. • Writer,admr, Chicago; with Better Business Bureau,Sanitary Inst of Am; code authority NatlRecovery Adm. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Szold, Henrietta; b. Baltimore, Dec 211860; d.Jerusalem, Feb 13 1945.

JTS. - Natl Zionist ldr, author; fdr Hadassah;editorial secyJewish Publication Soc; officerZionist Org ofAm; aided resettlement toPalestine ofJewish refugee children.· See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:208,47:542-43; WWIA],1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; PA]HS, 37:481-84;WWWIA., 2; NAW; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Feb 141945,19:1.

Szold, Robert; b. Streator, IL, Sep 291889;d. NYC, Nov 9 1977.

BS, MA Knox ColI, LLB Harvard. - Zionistldr, lawyer, NYC; asst atty general, PuertoRico; fdr Am Emergency Com for ZionistAffairs; officer Palestine Economic Corp,Jewish Agency; chr Zionist Org ofAm. - See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:208, 79:374-75; WWIA],1926,1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA., 7;NYTimes, Nov 101977, IV23:1.

Szold, Zip l'alk (Mrs Robert Szold); b.Savannah, Apr 191888; d. NYC, July 121979.

Meminger Normal (Charleston, SC), AB BrynMawr ColI. - Communalldr, social worker;natl officer Hadassah; with Friendly ServiceSoc (Bloomfield, NJ), Assocd Charities ofPittsburgh, Woods Run Industrial House(pittsburgh); exec secy DC Consumers League.• See: UJE;A]YB, 81:376; WWIA], 1928,1938.

Sztejnwaks, Pinhus; b. Sokolow, Poland,July 171905; d. NYC, May 111977.

To US 1941. • Journalist, Yiddish author,Labor Zionist ldr, UN correspondent,Warsaw, NYC; withJewish Agency; pres PoaleZion; editor Tzion Neiss. • See: A]YB, 79:375.

Szwarc, Michael; b. Bedzin, Poland, 1909.To US 1952. - Warsaw Polytech, Heb U. ­Physical chemist; faculty Heb U, UManchester, SUNY Forestry, Syracuse U;author in field. - See: E].

Szyk, Arthur; b. Lodz,June 3 1894; d.NewCanaan, CT, Sep 13 1951.

To US 1937. - Commercial colI (Lodz),Academy of Fine Arts (Cracow), School of FineArts (Paris), AcademieJulien. - Artist,illustrator, illuminator, cartoonist, miniaturist,New Canaan, CT; contributor Time, Life;designer postage stamps; Russian & Polisharmy service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 54:541;WWWIA., 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes, Sep 14 1951,25:1.