S | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

Transcription

s
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.
Saal, Irving Randolph; b. Petersburg, VA,
Oct 71879.
LLB Tulane, UVA. • Lawyer, New Orleans.·
See: WWWIA, 6.
Sable, Daniel E; b. Pittsburgh, 1885.
U Pittsburgh. • Surgeon, Pittsburgh; mem
Dept of Public Safety; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Saal, Raymond H; b. Petersburg, VA, May
221895.
Lawyer, New Orleans. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
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.
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 oral polio vaccine,
physician, Cincinnati; pres Weizmann Inst;
mem Nad Academy of Science, Nad Academy
ofArts & Sciences. • See:EJ.
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;
officer Jewish 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, 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, 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, Oct
20 1879; d. Hoboken, 1931.
To US 1908. • U Berlin, Agricultural
Hochschule, 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; 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;
relief worker 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 ofMusical 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
Sachs, Hanns
548
Berlin, Vienna, London. • Neurological
surgeon,.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.
AB, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, communal & Zionist
ldr, New Haven; active Am Jewish Cong,
Jewish Natl Fund, Jewish Welfare Soc; editor
Yale Law]ournal. • See:A]YB, 44:343;
WWIA], 1938; BEOAl
Sachs, Hanns; b. Vienna, Jan 10 1881; d.
Boston, Jan 10 1947.
To US 1932. • St Lawrence. • Psychoanalyst,
prolific author, Zurich, Berlin, Boston; friend
of Freud; faculty Harvard; fdr, editor The Am
Imago.· See: E]; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Jan 11
1947,19:4.
Sachs, Morris A; b. ca 1847; d. Louisville,
July 28 1920.
Lawyer, Louisville; mem KY constitutional
convention. • See:A]YB, 23:133.
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; fdr
Gillette Safety Razor Enterprise; active Natl
Jewish Hospital, Natl Farm School, Am Jewish
Com, Golden Rule Found of NY, Sachs
Found. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Apr 161952,27:5.
Sachs, Howard Joseph; b. NYC, Jan 23
1891; d. Dec 71969.
AB Harvard. • Investment banker, NYC; with
Goldman, 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 Palestine
Appeal, YMHA, Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies. • 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; civic
ldr, Pound Ridge, NY; fdr NcwS71Jeek; assoc
withAm 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, Morris Bernard; b. Lithuania, Mar
23 1896; d. Sep 23 1957.
To US 1910.· Clothingmfr, Chicago; fdr
Amateur Hour on Radio; dir Chicago Med
School Research Found. • See: WWW1A, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 241957,35:1.
Sachs, Morris Moses; b. ca 1877; d. Mar 25
1939.
Insurance exec, communal worker, North
Bergen, NJ. • See:A]YB, 41:430.
Sachs, Nathan !sack; b. Lithuania, Mar 3
1900.
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; active
Jewish Conciliation Bd, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, 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; faculty
Harvard; dir Fogg Museum; adm com
Dumbarton Oaks; trustee Ella Sachs Plotz
Found 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'nai
B'rith; bd Boy Scouts; active synagog. • See:
BEOAl
Sachs, Rosa F; b.*; d. Cincinnati, Aug 25
1911.
Communal worker, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,
14(1912-1913):124.
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, Samuel; b. Lithuania, Sep 1 1893/
1894.
To US 1907. • AB, post-grad Columbia,
ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Brooklyn, Portland,
OR, Toronto; editor The Scribe; active Zionist
Org ofAm, Canadian Jewish Congo • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Sachs, Lippmann; b.*; d. San Francisco,
June 10 1912.
Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:
A]YB, 14(1912-1913):128.
Sachs, Samuel; b. ca 1852; d. Mar 2 1935.
Investment banker, philanthropist, NYC; fdr
Goldman, Sachs. • See: E] (sub Sachs); A]YB,
37:261.
Sachs, Manuel S; b. New Haven, Feb 27
1902; d. Woodsville, NH, July 12 1941.
Sachs, Samuel S; b. ca 1868; d. Cleveland,
Apr 181941.
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 2
1868; d. Chicago, Apr 2 1916.
To US ca 1889. • U Odessa, MD U IL. •
Tuberculosis specialist, public health worker,
Chicago; fdr Jewish Aid Dispensary, Robert
Koch Sot, Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium.
• See: UJE;A]YB, 18(1916-1917):140; DAB.
Sachs, Walter Edward; b. NYC, May 28
1884; d. Aug 211980.
AB Harvard, Harvard Law, abroad. •
Investment banker, NYC; with Goldman,
Sachs; officer Chamber of Commerce; trustee
Mt Sinai. • See: E] (sub Sachs); WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 7.
Sachse, Victor AJr; b. Baton Rouge, Sep 12
1903; d.Jan 11979.
LLB LA State. • Lawyer, Baton Rouge; active
Council for a Better LA, bar assns, Am Jewish
Com; 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 U
Petrograd. • Lawyer, government advisor,
author, Russia, Estonia; facility U Paris,
Academy of Internatl Law (The Hague); mem
Com on Peace; active Am Jewish Com; WWI
Russian military service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, May 311955,27:3.
Sack, Alfred N; b. Greenville, MS, Oct 22
1898.
Washington U (St Louis). • Motion picture
distributor, 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 envoy
Costa Rica; dir Washington Bureau Am
Zionist Emergency Council; benefactor Costa
549
Rica Red Cross; WWI service. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 3;
Sack, Lester J; b. Greenville, MS, July 21
1907.
BJourn U MO. • Reporter, motion picture
distributor, San Antonio. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Sackennan, Louis Frank; b. Staunton, VA,
Aug 311883.
Polytech Inst. • Mfr, Baltimore; dir Betsy Levy
Memorial Home, Levindale Orphans Home,
Lewis Bear Found; active AssocdJewish
Charities, trade assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Sackheim, Sol; b. Moscow, Nov 20 1887.
Chicago Normal ColI, Armour Inst, post-grad
U Chicago. • Statistical engineer, secondary
school 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 production
Jewish Communal Register. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Sackler, Howard; b. NYC, 1929; d. Oct 14
1982.
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 3
1898.
To US 1906. • LLB Cleveland Law. • Lawyer,
prosecutor, Akron; active Jewish Welfare
Fund, Jewish Social Service Fedn, Aid for
Dependent Children, bar assn. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Sacks, Emanuel; b; Philadelphia, Jan 30
190211904; d. NYC, Feb 91958.
Broadcasting & television exec; dir Columbia
Records, RCA; bd Albert Einstein ColI of
Med.· 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, MB
Northwestern. • Pharmacologist, Ann Arbor;
faculty U MI; author in field. • See: WW1AJ,
1938.
Sacks, Joseph; b. Shavli, Lithuania, Sep 1
1887.
To US 1889.· PAAcademyofFineArts.·
Portrait painter, Philadelphia. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Sagalowitch, Jacob M
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.
Social Services; MN Natl Guard service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Saenger, Israel; b. ca 1842; d. Shreveport,
Dec 271918.
Rabbi, Shreveport. • See: AJYB, 21:206.
Sacks, Samuel Isaiah; b. Wtlmington, DE,
July 81892.
BS, CE U PA, LLB Temple U, Gratz, Neff
ColI of Oratory. • Engineer, lawyer,
Philadelphia; active professional orgs; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Saenger, Joseph; b. Elizabeth, Aug 23 1863.
Civic & communal worker, Belleville, IL;
active Joint Distribution Com, B'nai B'rith; dir
WWI Bur of Conservation ofManpower •
See: WW1AJ, 1928.
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.
Saenger, Samuel; b. Saager, Lithuania,
1864; d. Los Angeles, May 9 1944.
To US 1941. • U Berlin,U Heidelberg, U
Freiburg. • Writer, German minister to
Czechoslovakia; editor Die Neue Rundschau. •
See: UJE; NITimes, May 10 1944, 19: 1.
Sacks, Solomon; b. Wtlmington, DE, Dec 8
1893.
BS, MS Temple U. • Public school tchr,
principal, Philadelphia; officer Judaic Union;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
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.
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.
Saffer, Simon; b. ca 1861; d. Brooklyn, July
141936.
Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 39:596.
Sadler, M B; b. ca 1841; d. St Louis, Jan
1918.
Civil War veteran, St Louis. • See:AJYB,
20(1918-1919):230.
Sadow, Leonard Bernard; b. NYC, Feb 22
1914; 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: NYTimes
story, Mar 1 1972.
Sadowsky, Hirsch; b. Mosoli, Russia, Oct 3
1883; d. Miami, Apr 4 1939.
To US 1904. • U Odessa, StJohns, MD
Fordham. • Physician, NYC; med dir Crotona
Park 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 Beth
Israel Hospital; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, 86th StJewish Center. • See:
AJYB, 46:345; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Sadowsky, Solomon S; b. Russia, May 5
1879; d. Rochester, NY, Oct 311946.
To US 1902. • Rabbi, Rochester, NY; active
Mizrachi, Orthodox Orphans Home, Heb
Dietary 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 of
Am, Universal]ewish Council, Jewish Fedn for
Safir, Shelley Ray; b. NYC, June 20 1890.
AB CCNY, PhD, MA Columbia. •
Biologist,communal educator, NYC; with
Woods Hole Marine Biology Lab; principal
Talmudic Academy, RIETS; dean Yeshiva
ColI; fdr, dir Jewish Academy of Arts &
Sciences. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda),
1938.
Safran, Hyman; b. Detroit, Feb 91913; d.
Dec 1983.
Printing co exec, Detroit; active Jewish
Welfare Fedn, Jewish War Veterans; WWII
service. • 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 of
Pharmacy, 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.
Sagan, Carl Edward
Sagan, Carl Edward; b. NYC, 1934.
PhD U Chicago; honorary degrees. •
Astronomer, popularizer of science; faculty
Cornell; Pulitzer Prize winner; author in field.
• See: E]:1973-1982.
Sagan, George; b. Satonov, Russia, Apr 14
1895; d. West Orange, N],Jan 301975.
To US 1910.· Exec, communal worker; fdr
Sagan Found; chr Place of Immigrants Service
(Newark); bd Weizmann Inst,JTS. • See:
A]YB, 77:598; NYTimes, Feb 11975,30:5.
Sagarin, Samuel Wtlliam; b. Vilna, Mar 15
1877.
Realtor, pioneer Zionist, Pittsfield, MA; active
Zionist Org of Am, 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 Org
ofAm, World Jewish Cong.· See:A]YB,
78:546.
550
To US 1933. • Plastic surgeon, practiced
worldwide, aided victims of Hiroshima. • See:
A]YB, 63:562; NYTimes, Sep 91960,29:3.
Sakolski, Aaron Morton; b. Baltimore, May
12 1880; d. Dec 29 1955.
PhB Syracuse U, PhD Johns Hopkins. •
Statistician, author in field, NYC; faculty
CCNY; WWI examiner Federal Trade
Commn. • 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, Home
Farming Club, Fedn ofJewish Charities; WWI
service. • 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 8
1912.
Merchant, NYc.. See:A]YB, 14(19121913):126; NYTimes, Apr 91912, 11:3.
Sagoff, Philip; b.*; d. Apr 12 1936.
Communal & Zionist worker, Cambridge,
MA. • See:A]YB, 38:434.
Saks, Horace A; b. Baltimore, July 14 1882;
d. NYC, Nov 27 1925.
Princeton. - Merchant, Chinese porcelain
collector, NYC; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
24:198; NYTimes, Nov 28 1925, 7:1.
Sagorsky, Isidor S; b. Zagar, Russia, Dec 27
1878.
Communal worker, Philadelphia; active
Zionist Org of Am, Jewish Community Center.
• See: WWIA], 1928.
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.
Saidel, Myer; b. Swentopa, Russia, Mar 22
1889.
Harvard, Harvard Law. • Lawyer, communal
& civic ldr, Manchester, NH; active NH War
Relief Drive, Keren Hayesod, NH Childrens
Aid Soc, Planning & Zoning Bd. • See:
WWIA], 1926.
Saidenberg, Daniel; b. Wtnnipeg.
To US 1907.· Paris Conservatory,Juilliard.·
Cellist, conductor, Chicago; faculty Chicago
Musical ColI. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Saipe, Morris Joel; b. Leeds, Sep 2 1891.
To US 1906. • Northwestern, Walton School
of Community (Chicago). • Public accountant,
realtor, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sakall, S Z; b. Budapest, 1885; d. Feb 13
1955.
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 2
1957.
To US 1936/1937. • Call Brno, MD U
Vienna. • Psychiatrist, physician, Berlin, NYC;
research specialty: insulin & insulin shock; fdr
Manfred Sakel Research Found. • See: U]E;
E];A]YB, 60:357; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6;
Sakin, Genia I; b. Lithuania; d. Boston, Sep
1960.
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 15
1886.
MD Medico-Chirurgical Call (Philadelphia). •
Physician, Atlantic City; active Visiting Nurses
Assn; 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'nai
B'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 Veterans
Welfare Assn; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Sale, Lee; b.*
Lawyer, St Louis. • See: UJE (sub Sale, Moses
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; first
Am-born rabbi. • See: UJE (sub Sale, Moses
N);A]YB, 5(1903-1904):94,24:198,40:390;
WWWIA, 1.
Salem, Ralph;b. 1898; d. 1963.
Mathematician; faculty Harvard, MIT, U
Paris; author in field. • See: E].
Sales, Grover Granman; b. Louisville, Sep
171887.
AB Columbia, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
Louisville; faculty U Louisville; active Jewish
Welfare Fedn, Fresh Air Home, Legal Aid Soc,
Am Civil Liberties Union.· See: WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938.
Saleski, Gdal; b. Kiev, Feb 111888; d. Oct
81966.
Kiev Imperial Music School, Leipzig
Conservatory. • 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; officer
trade assns; dir Allied Jewish Appeal. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Apr 11963, 36:5.
Salesky,J L; b.*; d. Brockton, MA, Sep
1917.
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.
a
Salinger, Jerome David D); b. NYC,
1919.
Valley Forge Military Academy. • Noted
author, recluse; Catcher in the Rye; WWII
service. • See: E].
Salinger, Louis; b. Chicago, Mar 15 1876.
U Chicago, LLB Kent Call of Law. • Lawyer,
Chicago; dir synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Salinger, Pierre Emil George; b. San
Francisco,Jan 14 1925.
Journalist, presidential press secy, pianist. •
See: NITimes story, Mar 201964.
N).
Sale, Moses N; b. Louisville, Oct 17 1857;
d. St Louis, Jan 291930.
U Louisville, U lL. • Lawyer, circuit court
judge, St Louis; WWI draft board service. •
Salinger, Samuel; b. Cleveland, Jan 31885.
MD U Louisville, MD Chicago Call ofMed,
U Vienna. • Otolaryngologist, Chicago; faculty
Loyola; active med soc. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.
551
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, Aug
12 1908.
AB, MA, LLB U WI. • Lawyer, Sheboygan;
active Vocational School, Fedn ofJewish
Charities, U WI Hillel, U WI Church
Council. • See: WWIA], 1938.
SaIit, Harris; b. ca 1865; d. Brooklyn, Nov
261934.
Realtor, philanthropist, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB,
37:261.
SaIit, Michael; b. Kovno, July 1868; d.
Miami,Jan 51941.
To US 1887; • Artist, merchant, Zionist, Long
Beach, NY; active United Synagogue of Am,
Fedn Am Zionists, Keren Hayesod, Achooza
Aleph (Palestine). • See:A]YB, 43:363;
WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Jan 7 1941,23:5.
Salomon, Max
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 dir
Salmon Found. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
July 11 1963,29:2.
Sahnony, Alfred; b. Cologne, 1890; d. May
2 1958.
To US 1934.· UVienna, PhD UBonn.·
Historian of eastern art; asst dir Cologne
Museum; author/lecturer. in field. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, May 3 1958, 19:5.
Sahnowitz, Atnold; b. Brooklyn, Apr 30
1906.
AB Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, Richmond Hill;
NY.• See: WWIA], 1938.
SaIit, Norman; b.Brooklyn, June 8 1896; d.
NYC, July 21 1960..
AB CCNY, JD NYU, JTS, MA Columbia. •
Rabbi, lawyer, communalldr, NYC; active
Rabbinical Assmembly ofAm, United
Synagogue 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.
Salomon, Abram; b. Mlawa, Poland, May 23
1912; d. NYC, Oct 91976.
To US 1950. • Zionist ldr; active General
Zionist Constructive Fund (Israel), Zionist
Fedn of Australia & New Zealand, Zionist Org
ofAm, WorldJewishCong.· See:AJYB,
78:546;NYTimes, Oct 111976, 30:3.
Salk, Jonas Edward; b. NYC, 1914.
Developer of polio vaccine; advisor World
Health Org; fdr Salk Inst (San Diego). • See:
E].
Salomon, Adolph Z; b. ca 1839; d. Denver,
Nov81910.
Mercharit, Denver. • See:A]YB, 13(19111912):136.
Salkey, J Sydney; b. Los Angeles, July 8
1888.
LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer, St
Louis. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Salomon, Albert; b. Berlin, Dec 8 1891; d.
Dec 181966.
To NYC 1935.· PhDUHeidelberg,German
Academy for Politics. • Sociologist, NYC;
faculty Hochschule fur Politik (Berlin), New
School; editor Gesellschaft; WWI German an;ny
service. • See: E]; A]YB, 68:533; WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Dec 19 1966, 37:3.
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, May
281887.
LLB Albany Law, Eastman ColI. • Lawyer,
asst district atty, mayor, Amsterdam, NY;
Salomon, Alice; b. Berlin, 1872; d. Aug
1948.
To US ca 1937. • Honorary degree. •
Womens ldr, social worker, author; active
Internatl Womens Cong, Internatl Council of
Women. • 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, June
12 1935.
Civic & philanthropic ldr, Memphis. • See:
A]YB, 37:261.
Saloman, Ezekiel; b. Philadelphia, July 20
1778; 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 23
1920; d. Great Neck, NY, May 81981.
To US 1937. • Editor, communal worker;
active Am Jewish Com; author on Jewish
subjects. • See:A]YB, 83:362.
Saloman (Solomon), Haym; b. Lissa,
.Poland, ca 1740; d. Philadelphia, Jan 1
1785.
To Am 1775. • Merchant, financier,
Revolutionary War patriot, army supplier;
made free loans to members of Continental
Cong; 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, Feb
15 1858.
Merchant, NYC; led lifetime fight to recover
debts he believed US government owed his
father, 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 8
1951,29:6.
Salomon, Irving; b. Chicago, Aug 23 1897;
d.Jan 11979.
Northwestern. • Exec, UN supporter, cultural
ldr, author, San Diego; active Special Fund of
UN, 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 Chemed
Orthodox Youth Synagogue (Long Beach,
NY), Sephardic Studies program Yeshiva U;
active Heb Relief Soc. • See:A]YB, 74:559.
Salomon, Louis Bernard; b. Louisville, Apr
291908.
AB U Louisville, MA, PhD UPA. • English &
Am literature specialist,. Bowling Green, KY;
faculty Western KYTchrs ColI; author in
field. • 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.
Saloman, Edward S; see Solomon, Edward
S.
Salomon, Max; b. ca 1863; d. San Francisco,
July 1933.
Physician, San Francisco. • See:A]YB, 36:285.
Saloman, Emil; b. NYC, Dec 22 1883.
Editor, insurance agent, Tulsa; with St Louis
Post-Dispatch, Tulsa Oklahoma-World, Tulsa
]ewish Review. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Salomon, Max; b. NYC, Sep 6 1876; d. VA
Beach, Aug 12·1944.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, court of special sessions
judge, NYC; trustee Heb Natl Orphan Home;
552
Salomon, Moise
autobiography. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
NITimes,Aug 13 1944,35:3.
assocd Chicago Evening Post; contributor to
magazines.· See: WWU'IA; 8.
See:A]YB, 48:499; WWIA], 1928,1938;
NITimes, Dec 301945,14:3.
Salomon, Moise; b.*; d. San Franci~co, Mar
15 1915.
Cantor, San Francisco. • See: A]YB, 17(19151916):222.
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 9
1945,22:2.
Salvador, Francis; b. London 1747; d.
Esseneka, SC, Aug 1 1776.
To Am 1773. • Revolutionary War soldier,
patriot, plantation owner; mem first SC
Provincial Congo • See:]E; UJE; PA]HS,
9:107-22; 22:108; BDEA].
Saltiel, William David; b. Chicago, Oct 21
1895.
LLB Kent ColI of Law. • Lawyer, public
speaker, Chautauqua lecturer, Chicago;
speaker Republican Natl Com; active Political
Education League, Tree Preservation, Assn of
.Commerce, Chicago City Opera, German Aid
Soc. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Salvador,Joseph;b.LondonllIolland,Jan
211716; d. Charleston, SC, Dec 291786.
To Am 1784. • Merchant, philanthropist,
landowner; fellow Royal Soc; fought for Jewish
naturalization; first Jewish mem Dutch East
India Co. • See: UJE; BDEA].
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.· Church
historian, 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; officer
Educational Alliance; active Americanization. •
See:]E; PA]HS, 28:300-01.
Salon, Nathan Lehman; b. Kriva, Russia,
Aug261896.
To US 1899. • MD U MI. • Surgeon, Ft
Wayne; active synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Salpeter, Harry; b. Lemberg, Aug 16 1895;
d. Nov 13 1967.
To US 1899. • Art dealer, NYC; editor NY
World; 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 for
Social Work. • Social welfare admr; active
Internatl 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; active
Jewish Community Center, synagog. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Salsburg, Philip; b. Wilkes-Barre, Oct 9
1891.
Social worker, Scranton; active Community
Welfare Assn, PA Assn for the Blind, Lions
Club, 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 Los
Alamos Science Lab, Lawrence Livermore
Lab; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Salsbury, Nate; b. Newburgh, NY, Apr 27
1888.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, free lance writer;
Saltzman, Joel (Edward); b. Brooklyn, May
241915; d. Feb 5 1967.
NYU, Columbia. • Book publisher, NYC; pres
Bookman Assoc. • See: WWU'IA, 4; NITimes,
Feb 7 1967,39:1.
Saltzman, Nathan Jack; b. Slonim,June 1
1902.
To US 1904. • LLB Boston U. • Lawyer,
Springfield, MA; active YMHA, Jewish Social
Service Bureau, Zionist Org ofAm, synagog. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Saltzman, Samuel; b. Keene, NH, Feb 19
1898; d. NYC, Nov 16 1978.
Ophthalmologist, NYC; faculty NY Med ColI;
a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; worked to
est 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 for
Palestine.· See:A]YB, 50:522; NITimes, Mar
22 1947, 13:1.
Saltzstein, Benjamin Franklin; b. Plock,
Poland, Nov41884.
To US 1888.· LLB U MI.· Lawyer,
Milwaukee; bd Sholom Aleichem Circle; active
Jewish Welfare Fund, Am Jewish Com, Natl
Conf 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, July
2 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 30
1872; d. Philadelphia, Dec 291945.
LLB U PA. • Lawyer, legislator, pres pro tern
PA senate, Philadelphia; mem city council. •
Salvin, Arthur Abram; b. Lodz, Jan 26 1881;
d. Nov 191947.
To US 1923. • MD U Zurich. • Physician,
surgeon, NYC, Berlin, Moscow; pres Russian
Med Soc of US; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Nov 20
1947,29:3.
Sali, Arthur; b. Staab, Bohemia, 1881.
To US 1934. • U Berlin, U Munich. • Political
economist, sociologist, Columbus, OH; faculty
U 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 27
1901.
MD NY Med ColI. • Obstetrician,
gynecologist, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Salzman, Marcus; b. Baltimore, Dec 11
1871; d. 1948.
Heb Union ColI, BA U Cincinnati, PhD
Columbia. • Rabbi, author, Wilkes-Barre;
active Heb Union ColI Alumni, Community
Welfare Fedn, Central Conf ofAm Rabbis. •
See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):94; WWIA], 1926,
1928; CCARYB.
Salzman, Samuel; b. Brooklyn, July 20
1896.
Columbia. • Mfr, merchant, NYC; active Heb
Orphans Asylum, Fedn ofJewish Charities,
synagog; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Salzman, Samuel Robert; b. Austria, Oct 16
1882.
MD, BS U IL. • Physician, Toledo; trustee
Toledo 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
553
the Advancement ofJudaism, Herzliah Heb
Tchrs CoIl, Matz Found; autobiography. • See:
EJ; AJYB, 72:544; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,
July 13 1970,31:5.
Salzmann, Jacob Amos; b. Philadelphia, Oct
11901.
DDS U PA. • Orthodontist, Philadelphia,
NYC; author/editor in field. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Sam, Joseph; b. ca 1865; d. Houston, Feb
1915.
Lawyer, city atty, Houston. • See: AJYB,
17(1915-1916):222.
Samalman, Alexander; b. NYC, Jan 11
1904; d.Jan 211956.
CCNY. • Editor, NYC; editor Fourth Estate;
syndicated feature writer NY Morning
Telegraph; 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; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Samfield, Max; b. Marksteft, Bavaria, Feb 6
1846; d. Memphis, Sep 1915.
To US 1867. • PhD UWiirzburg.· Rabbi,
Shreveport, Memphis; fdr United Charities,
YMHA, Jewish Spectator, 'IN Soc for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals & Children;
pres Southern Rabbis Assn, Heb Relief Assn,
United Charities; governor Heb Union ColI. •
See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):94-95,
18(1916-1917):110; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Sep
28 1915, 11:3.
Samilson, Philip H; b. ca 1859; d.Jan 6
1934.
Mfr, Far Rockaway; fdr philanthropic &
religious institutions. • See: AJYB, 36:285.
Saminsky, Lazare, b. Vale-Gotzulovo, Oct
27 1882/Aug 1 1883; d. Port Chester,
NY,June 30IJuly 11959.
To US 1920. • U Petrograd, Conservatory of
Petrograd. • Composer, musical dir, NYC; fdr
Soc 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 2
1959,25:3.
Samisch, Alfred; b. NYC, July 22 1871.
Printer, night school tchr, NYC; active Union
Label League, Labor Bulletin, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sammis, Arthur Maxwell; b. Bridgeport,
CT, Sep 23 1911.
ColI of Pacific, U CA (Berkeley), JD Hastings.
• Lawyer, San Francisco; faculty,dean
Hastings; active bar assn; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 5.
Samoiloff, Lazar (Lazare) S; b. Kiev, Jan 12
1877/1878.
U Vienna Med ColI, Vienna Conservatory,
Milan Conservatory. • Singer, tchr, NYC; dir
Master School ofMusical Arts. • See: A]YB,
24:198; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Samuels, Ellen Phillips
Samonisky, Harris; b. Delaware City, June
281895; d.June 22 1951.
AB U DE. • Editor, Wilmington, DE; active
Prisoners Aid Soc, Soc for the Control of
Cancer; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, June 23 1951,15:5.
Sampliner, Paul H; b. Cleveland, May 16
1898; d. NYC,Jan 71975.
Publisher, civic worker, NYC; mem Nat! Civil
Rights Commn, State Commn on
Discrimination, NYC Anti-Crime Commn; Idr
Anti-Defamation League. • See:A]YB, 77:59899; NITimes, Jan 8 1975,40:4.
Family & Childrens Services, Sarah Lawrence;
advisor Columbia School of Social Work;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
a
Samuel, Joseph Bunford Bunford); b. ca
1854; d. Philadelphia, Jan 11929.
Philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
24:198,31:93.
Sampliner, William; b. ca 1882; d.
Cleveland, Apr 71938.
Dermatologist, Cleveland. • See: A]YB,
40:391.
Samuel, Maurice; b. Macin, Rumania, Feb 8
1895; d. May 41972.
To England, to US 1914.· UVictoria, U
Manchester. • Noted author, lecturer,
translator, Zionist; investigated pogroms
(1919); author histories, novels, biblical
subjects; 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.
Sampson, Arthur Fichell; b. Georgetown,
SC,July 11855; d. 1934.
Washington & Lee, MD UVA, post-grad U
PA, NYU. • Physician, public health officer,
Galveston, San Francisco; inventor of med
instruments. • See: UJE (sub Sampson, John
Jacob); A]YB, 6(1904-1905):180.
Samuel, Ralph Eugene; b. Rochester, NY,
Nov 5 1892; d. Israel, Oct 161967.
Dartmouth. • Corp exec, investment banker,
NYC; officer Am Jewish Com, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Am-Jewish Tercentenary. •
See: E]; A]YB, 69:612; WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 17 1967, 47: 1.
Sampson, John Jacob; b. Galveston, Apr 21
1898.
AB, MA U CA, MD Harvard. • Cardiologist,
San Francisco; faculty U CA (Berkeley); officer
Heart Assn; active Tuberculosis Assn, Visiting
Nurses Assn. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:198;
WWIA],1938.
Samuels, A Bertram; b. ca 1886; d. NYC,
Sep 41934.
Lawyer, civic worker, public official, NYc. •
See:A]YB, 37:261.
Sampter, Jessie Ethel; b. NYC, Mar 22
1883; d. Givat Brenner, Palestine, Nov
111938.
To Palestine 1919. • Author, poet, Zionist
writer, early Hadassah Idr; friend of Henrietta
Szold. • See: UJE; EJ; A]YB, 24: 198; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; NAW; NITimes, Nov 26
1938,16:3.
Samstag, Gordon; b. NYC, June 21 1906.
Nat! Academy of Design, Colaross School,
Paris. • Artist, tchr, NYc. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Samstag, Henry Frederick; b. Washington
DC, Sep 6 1862; d. Feb 23 1940.
Merchant, communal worker, philanthropist,
NYC; a fdr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;
active Educational Alliance, Nat! Conf of
Christians & Jews. • See:A]YB, 42:483;
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Feb 24 1940, 13:4.
Samuel, Bunford; b. Philadelphia, Sep 16
1857; d. before 1938/May 19 1949.
Librarian, Philadelphia; indexer of 70,000
portraits.· See:A]YB, 24:198; WWIA], 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 2.
Samuel, David B; b. Little Rock, May 8
1874; d. May 241937.
LLB U AR. • Lawyer, legislator, municipal
judge, Shreveport; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:
A]YB, 39:596; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Samuel, Donald Carol; b. NYC, May 26
1919; d. Feb 201980.
Investment co exec, NYC; trustee Jewish
Samuels, Abraham Samuel; b. Woltzin,
Poland, May 15 1894; d. Apr 23 1960.
To US 1922.· Elmira ColI.· Rabbi,
communalldr, Elmira, NY, NYC; officer
Jewish Bd of Education, United Charities for.
Palestine, Mizrachi, J ewish Forum. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Apr 24
1960,88:8.
Samuels, Abram; b. Baltimore, Aug 27
1876.
AB Loyola, Pharm D, MD U MD. •
Gynecologist, surgeon, Baltimore; faculty U
MD; trustee Levy Family Fund; author in field.
• See:A]YB, 24:198; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].
Samuels, Arthur Hiram; b. Hartford, Apr
151888; d. Mar 201938.
AB Princeton. • Reporter, advertising exec,
radio producer, Washington DC, NYC; an
editor New Yorker, Harpers Bazaar; cocomposer "Poppy." • See:AJYB, 40:391;
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, I;NITimes, Mar21
1938, 15:1.
Samuels, Benjamin; b. Chicago, Mar 31
1878; d. Chicago, Mar 291961.
U Chicago, LLB Harvard. • Business exec,
civic & communalldr, Chicago; a fdr Leo N
Levi 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, Los
Angeles.• See:A]YB, 38:434.
Samuels, Ellen Phillips; see Phillips, Ellen.
Samuels, George E
Samuels, George E; b. ca 1858; d. Dec 27
1925.
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, ca
1920.
Undersecy of Commerce, Johnson adm. - See:
NYTimes story, Dec 1 1967.
Samuels, HowardJ; b. Rochester, NY, Dec
3 1919; d. NYC, Oct 261984.
MIT. - Business exec, politician, public
servant, Zionist; pres NY Off-Track Betting
Corp, North Am Soccer League; officer Am
Jewish Cong; active civil rights movement,
Israel Bonds, Democratic politics; WWII
service. - See: A]YB, 86:442; NYTimes, Oct 27
1984.
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 14
1891.
AB Park CoIl (Parkville, MO), LLB Kansas
City School of Law. Insurance agent, Denver;
officer Council of Social Agencies, CO Canf of
Social 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 10
1900; d. NYC, July 1984.
Dept store owner, philanthropist, donated
millions toLincoln Center, NYc. - See:
Samuels, Levi; b. ca 1842; d. NYC, May 8
1915.
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 Power
Commn (Washington DC); author in field. See: "WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan
301949,60:5.
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.
554
Samuels, Samuel N; b. NYC, June 81878;
d. Feb 3 1936.
Heb Technical Inst. - Mfg furrier, communal
worker, philanthropist, NYC; advisor Coolidge
Adm; active Jewish Education Assn,
Institutional Synagogue, trade assns. - See:
A]YB, 38:434; "WWIA], 1926, 1928.
To US 1886. • Industrial School (Hannover),
Corcoran Science School. • Inventor,
engineer, mfr, banker, Washington DC; pres
Gyro Co. - See: "WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;
NYTimes, Aug 23 1960,29:1.
Samuels, Saul Simon; b. Brooklyn, Apr 25
1895; d. Oct 1961.
AB, MA, MD Columbia. - Urologist, NYC; bd
Stuyvesant Polyclinic; author in field; WWI
service. - See: UJE; "WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA];NYTimes, Nov 2 1961,37:1.
Sanders, Leon; b. Odessa, May 25 18{)7; d.
Aug 1937.
NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, municipal court
justice, Tammany politician, NYC; officer Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc, Am Jewish Cong, B'rith
Abraham.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):180; ,
"WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 23
1937, 19:5.
Samuelson, Aaron; b. Odessa, Jan 71903;
d. NYC, Mar 19 1965.
To US 1906. -Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; a
fdr, officer Bronx House, Jewish Ladies Day
Nursery, YM-YWHA; officer bar assn; author
in field. - See:A]YB, 67:541; NYTimes, Mar 20
1965,27:4.
Sandground, Jack Henry; b. Johannesburg,
1899.
To US early 1920s.· U South Africa, Johns
Hopkins. • Parasitologist; faculty U
Witwatersrand, Johns Hopkins, Harvard;
curator Museum of Comparative Zoology
(Harvard). • See: UJE; E].
Samuelson, Hyman; b. Russia, 1868.
Cantor, San Francisco, NYC. - See: A]YB,
5(1903-1904):95.
Sandhaus, Morris A; b. Cleveland, 1913; d.
Washington DC, June 41969.
Rabbi; officer Jewish War Veterans; active
Chaplains Service of VA, Jewish Chaplains of
Armed Forces. - See:A]YB, 71:608; NYTimes,
June 7 1969,35:5.
Samuelson, Lee (Leo) Israel; b. Chicago,
July!71879.
US Military Academy. - Army officer, Los
Angeles. - See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905): 180;
"WWIA], 1938.
Samuelson, Paul Anthony; b. Gary, IN,
May 15 1914.
U Chicago, PhD Harvard. - Economist, Nobel
laureate; faculty Harvard, MIT; author in field.
- See:E];]TA-DNBstory, Oct271970;
NYTimes story, Oct 27 1970.
Samuelson, Sidney Edgar; b. NYC, Jan 29
1895.
BS CCNY. - Theatre owner, mgr, Newton,
N]i officer Bd of Recreation, Boy Scouts, trade
orgs. - See: "WWIA], 1938.
Sandberg, Marta Ehrlich; b. Cottbus,
Germany, Apr 28 1896.
To US 192 3. - PhD U Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm
Inst. • Biochemist, NYc. - See: "WWIA],
1938.
Sandelowitz, Nahum Benzion; b. Kovno
province.
In US by 1907. - Rabbi, Kovno, Denver. - See:
Gottlieb,300.
Sanders, Arthur Charles; b. ca 1894; d. Apr
91938.
WWI veteran, mem "Lost Battalion," NYC. See:A]YB, 40:391; NYTimes, Apr 111938,
15:4.
Sandler, Bernard Hirsch; b. NYC, Oct 22
1884; d.June 2 1958.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; counsel
Methodist Bd of Temperance; assoc editor
Laws ofthe Air; active Holy Cross Rectory
GoldenJubilee, anti-Nazi movement. - See:
"WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 3 1958,
31:1.
Sandler, Harry Nathan; b. Baltimore, Jan
171889.
LLB U MD. • Lawyer, circuit court judge,
legislator, speaker pro-tem, Tampa; trustee
Temple 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; fdr
Womens Auxiliary, Beth Israel Hospital; exec
dir Bikur Cholim Hospital. - See: "WWIA],
1938.
Sandler, Jacob (Peretz) Koppel; b.
Bielozwerkvo, Russia, Aug 61856; d. Feb
23 1931.
To US 1888. - Composer, music & choral dir,
NYC; dir Yiddish theatre choruses; composer
operettas; 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.
Sanders, Ira Eugene; b. Rich Hill, MO,
May 61894; d. 1985.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIl,
MA Columbia. • Rabbi, Little Rock; faculty U
AK; active Urban League, Fedn ofjewish
Charities, AK Conf of Social Workers,
Eugenics Assn. - See: "WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; CCARYB.
Sanders, Joseph; b. Gerden, Germany, Oct
181877; d. Washington DC, Aug 1960.
Sandler, Samuel; b. Kiev, Feb 19 1886.
To US 1891. • MD Tufts. • Urologist, Fall
River, MA; assocd Bd of Health, General
Hospital, Union Hospital; officer med soc. •
See: "WWIA], 1938.
Sandler, William; b. Russia, July 4 1883.
Business exec, Detroit; officer House of
Shelter, synagog; dir Old Folks Home,
Kashruth Council. • See: BEOAJ.
555
Sandmel, Samuel; b. Dayton, OH, Sep 23
1911; d. Cincinnati, Nov 41979.
U MO, ordained Heb Union CoIl, Duke, PhD
Yale. • Biblical scholar, rabbi, author,
Cincinnati; faculty Vanderbilt, Heb Union
CoIl, U Chicago Divinity School; author in
field; WWII chaplain service. • See: E]:19731982;AJYB, 81:374-75; WWWIA, 7.
Sandor, Gluck; b. NYC, July 4 1899; d. Mar
1978.
Choreographer,dir, dancer,~C;~th
Neighborhood Playhouse, Earl Carroll
Vanities, motion pictures, Met Opera; author
in 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 Natl
Guard service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Mar 6 1945,21:4.
Sandrow, Edward T; b. Philadelphia, Dec
23 1905/1906; d. Cedarhurst, NY, Dec
161975.
AB U PA, ordainedJTS. • Conservative rabbi,
communalldr, Portland, OR, LI, Cedarhurst,
~; faculty NYU, JTS; pres Rabbinical Assn
of Am, ~ Bd of Rabbis; active Zionist Org of
Am; WWII chaplain. • See: EJ; AJYB, 77:599;
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 171975,48:3.
Sands, Eva (Mrs); b. ca1874; d. May 27
1939.
Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,
41:430.
Sands, Irving Jesse; b. Russia, Mar 271891;
d. Oct 1958.
MD Columbia. • Neurologist, Brooklyn; active
Reb 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 Public
Health Service; active Heb Benevolent Soc,
J e~sh Social Service Bureau. • See: WWWIA,
4.
Sang, Philip David; b. Chicago, Nov 27
1902; d. May 161975.
IL Inst of Technology. • Ice cream co exec,
Chicago; pres AmJe~sh Historical Soc;
officer Civil War J e~sh Historical Commn,
Civil War Centennial Corhmn ofIL; bdJewish
Fedn, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Symphony, Heb Union CoIl, Weizmann Inst.
• See: WWWIA, 6.
Sanger, Adolph L; b. Baton Rouge, 1842; d.
NYC,Jan 3 1894.
CC~, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, public
official, alderman, acting mayor, ~C; officer
Sapiro, Aaron
Union Am Heb Congregations; active B'nai
B'rith. • See: JE; UJE.
Bolet, Gary Grafman. • See: NYTimes, July 6
1970, 31 :4. • *See Saperstein, David.
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.
Saphier, Conrad J; b. Amstetdam, Apr 27
1884.
NYU, Inst ofMusical Art. • Business &
religious educator, ~C; instructor CC~;
fdr, dir Saphier String Orchestra. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926.
Sanger, Eli; b. Dallas, Oct 261877.
Columbia, Weaving School (Berlin). •
Merchant, civic ldr, Dallas; officer Music
Center, Art Assn, Better Business Bureau;
active Boy Scouts. • See: WWL4J, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Saphir, Joseph Frederick; b. Austria, Jan 12
1881; d. Nov 1959.
CC~, MD Columbia. • Proctologist,~C;
officer med assns; author in field. • See:
WWL4J, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Nov
27 1959, 26:6.
Sanger, Raphael; b. ca 1835; d. Washington
DC, Apr 1921.
Civil War veteran, Washington DC. • See:
AJYB, 23:133.
Saphir, Otto; b. Vienna, Aug 281898; d.
Nov 1963.
To US 1923.· MD UVienna.· Pathologist,
Chicago, Cleveland; faculty Western Reserve;
chr Joint Com for the Readjustment of
GermanJews. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Nov 27 1963,37:1.
Sanguinetti, Percy A; b. ca 1845; d. Mt
Vernon, 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. Mar
1966.
To US 1907. • Basketball promoter,
entertainer, NYC; fdr Harlem Globetrotters. •
See: EJ; NYTimes, Mar 19 1966, 45:2.
Saperstein, David; b. Hoboken, June 4
1900.
AB NYU, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
Washington DC; helped draft Securities
Exchange Act. • See: WWL4J, 1938.
Saperstein, David; b. *
Pianist, ~C.. See:AJYB, 24:199. • *See
Saperton, David.
Saperstein, Harold Irving; b. Troy, Dec 9
1910.
AB Cornell, MHL, ordainedJIR. • Rabbi,
Lynbrook, LI; chaplain Wallkill, ~ State
Prison. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Saperston, Alfred Morton; b. Buffalo, Apr 7
1898; d. Mar 281983.
LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, Buffalo; mem State
Com on Child Care; exec com Research &
Planning Council, United Funds; trustee
United Jewish Fedn, Cornell. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA, 8.
Saperston, Willard Wolf; b. Leeds, Mar 18
1863.
To US 1863. • LLB U Buffalo.· Lawyer,
Buffalo; officer J e~sh Orphan Home; active
Charity Eye & Ear Hospital,Je~shFedn of
Charities, 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
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 17
1974,26:4.
Saphire, Shelley Ray; b. NYC, June 20
1890; d. Oakland, CA, Apr 21970.
Honorary degree. • Biologist, ~C; dean
Yeshiva CoIl; active communal schools, Jewish
Forum Found, Bar-TIan, Je~sh Academy of
Arts & Sciences. • See:AJYB, 72:544;
NYTimes, Apr 4 1970,29:6.
Saphirstein, Jacob; b. 1853/1854; d.June 1
1914.
To US ca 1888. • Editor, publisher, litterateur,
Zionist; ~C; fdr, editor Yiddish Morning
Journal. • See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):165;
Eisenstadt, 75-76; NYTimes, June 2 1914,11:6.
Sapinsley, Milton C; b. Louisville, Nov 18
1895.
Mfr, charity fundraiser, Pawtucket, RI; pres
J e~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, U
Chicago, Yale; assocd Yiddish Inst; active
professional orgs; author in field. • See: UJE;
EJ;AJYB, 41:430; WWIAJ, 1928,1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Feb 5
1939,40:6.
Sapiro; Aaron; b. San Francisco, Feb 5
1884; d. Nov 1959.
AB, MA U Cincinnati, Heb Union CoIl, BL U
CA. • Lawyer, Los Angeles; orgr Canadian
wheat pool, US agricultural cooperatives;
counsel CA Industrial Accident Bd; known for
suit against Henry Ford over Protocols; author
556
Sapirstein, Jacob
Sapirstein, Jacob; b. Grajeyre, Russia, Oct
301885.
To US 1876. • Yiddish & Heb newspaper
publisher, Heb scholar, NYC; fdr Jewish Daily
News, 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.
To US 1905.· Mfr, Cleveland; fdr Am
Greeting Corp; dir Heb Academy, Young
Israel. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Sarasohn, IsraelJoshua; b. Vilna, Dec 15
1891; d. Clemmons, NC, 1972.
on cooperatives; WWI service. • See: E];
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Nov 25 1959,29:1.
Sapirstein, Louis; b. Vilna, Jan 25 1889; d.
Feb 1971.
To US 1892.· DDS Columbia.· Dentist,
Jamaica, NY; active Zionist Org of Am,
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb
21 1971, 64:5.
Saposs, DavidJoseph; b. Kiev, Feb 22 1886;
d. Washington DC, Nov 196~.
To US 1895. • UWI, Columbia.· Labor
economist, author, consult, Katonah, NY;
faculty Brookwood Labor ColI; chief
economist Natl Labor Relations Bd; author in
field. • See: U]E; WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Nov 16 1968,
37:1.
Sapper, Harry Joseph; b. Winnipeg, Jan 11
1898; d. Oakland, CA, Apr 8 1965.
AB, PhD Columbia, ordainedJTS.·
Conservative rabbi, scholar, prison chaplain,
NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; pres NY Bd of
Rabbis; author in field. • See: E]; A]YB,
55:459; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 16
1953,27:6.
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.
Sashin, David; b. Russia, Feb 23 1900; d.
Sep 1974.
Saslavsky, Alexander; b. Kharkov, Feb 8
1876; d. San Francisco, Aug 2 1924.
To US 1871. • Pioneer Yiddish & Heb
newspaper publisher, early Zionist, communal
ldr, NYC; fdr Di Yidishe Gazeton; Yidishes
Tagblatt, 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.
To US 1893. • Vienna Conservatory ofMusic.
• Violinist, conductor; mem NY Symphony
Soc; orgr Russian Symphony Orchestra;
conductor Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. •
See:A]YB, 24:199; WWWIA, 1; DAB;
NYTimes, Aug 4 1924, 13:4.
Sarason, Samuel Davis; b. Vilna, June 21
1883; d. Syracuse, Sep 10 1946.
To US 1892. • PhB Yale. • Civil engineer,
Syracuse; faculty Syracuse U; consult State
Bldg Code; author in field. • See: A]YB,
49:617; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Sep 12 1946, 7:4.
Sar, Samuel Leib; b. Ligniany, Poland, Mar
15 1893; d. NYC, June 211962.
Sarachek, Joseph; b. NYC, July 1 1892/
1893/1894; d. Long Beach, LI,June 15
1953.
Revolutionary War soldier, Savannah;
physician, Charleston, Sc. • See: BDEA].
Sarasohn, Kasriel Hersch; b. Paiser,
Suwalki, 1835; d. NYC, Jan 12 1905.
Sarecky, Barney A; b. NYC,June 91895.
To US 1903. • AB U Rochester, LLB Harvard.
• Lawyer, state supreme court judge,
Rochester, NY; active Tax Revision, State
Investigation Commn, Jewish Forum, synagog.
• See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes story, Feb 28
1969, obituary, July 3 1985.
Sarzedas, David; b. ca 1760; d. July 28 1841.
Columbia, MD U MD. • Orthopedic surgeon,
NYC; author in field. • See: BEOA]; NYTimes,
Sep 141974,32:4.
AB Syracuse U. • Journalist, motion picture
producer, Universal City, CA; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Sarachan, Goodman Alexander; b. Vilna,
Sep 30 1893/Sep 291898; d. Rochester,
NY,July 2 1985.
15(1913-1914):273.
AB Clark, MA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb
Union ColI. • Rabbi, Leavenworth; active
United Jewish Campaign, Child Labor
Commn, J ewish Welfare Bd; WWI chaplain. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; CCARYB.
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.
To US 1914. • Talmudic scholar, rabbi, NYC;
dean Yeshiva U; bd Bar-Han; active Religious
Zionists of Am; author in field. • See: A]YB,
64:496;]TA-DNB, June 25 1962; NYTimes,
June 22 1962,25:1.
Sartorius, Philip; b.*; d. Vicksburg, Jan 15
1913.
Civil War veteran, Vicksburg.· See:A]YB,
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 draft
board.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938; NYTimes,
Apr 91956,27:5.
Sarnoff, David; b. Uzlian, Russia, Feb 27
1891; d. NYC, Dec 12 1971.
To US 1900. • Pratt; honorary degrees. •
Broadcasting & electronics pioneer, exec; with
RCA; fdr Natl Broadcast Network; bd
Educational 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 Fedn
of] ewish Philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938;
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] (sub
Sarnoff, David).
Saslow, Daniel L; b. Chicago, Oct 281926;
d. Dec 1983.
Northwestern. • Dental supply exec, Chicago;
Sasuly, Max; b. Satanow, Austria, Feb 7
1888.
To US 1898/1899.· UWI, BS,MS U
Chicago. • Statistician; with US Bureau of
Standards, Brookings Inst, Natl Recovery
Adm, Social Security; author in field. • See:
U]E; WWIA], 1938.
Satenstein, David Lawrence; b. NYC, ca
1880; 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-Stratford
Press; 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; inventor
bookbinding 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; active
Jewish Maternity Hospital, Home of the
Daughters 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, business
exec, NYC; mem State Bd of Social Welfare,
Mayors Com for Scholastic Achievement; dir
Anti-Defamation League. • See:A]YB, 63:562;
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 24 1961,29:3.
557
Satin,A1onrisA1;b.Philadelphia,Apr27
1901; d. NYC, Sep 201971.
Business exec, NYC; officer Bd ofJewish
Education; active Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies, 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, communal
ldr, philanthropist, Philadelphia; officer Jewish
Family Services, Fedn of]ewish Agencies, ] oint
Distribution Com, Dropsie. • See: E]j A]YB,
68:533;]TA-DNB, Nov71966;NYTimes, Nov
6 1966, 88:2.
Satter, A1arkJ; b. Chicago, Feb 22 1916; d.
July 12 1965.
Peoples]r ColI, LLB DePaul. • Lawyer, civic
worker, Chicago; mem Housing Advisory
Com, Commn on Human Relations; counsel
Nat! 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 Sugar
Trade Lab; faculty CCNY, Brooklyn ColI;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
June 28 1977, 34:4.
Satz, David A1eyer; b. Columbus, TX, Nov
19 1892; d. Nov 1959.
BS Harvard, Columbia Law.· Lawyer,
Newark; trustee Intercoll Menorah Assn. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 7
1959,23:2.
Satz, Ludwig; b. Lemberg, Feb 18 1891/
1893.
To US 1914.· Columbia. • Yiddish actor, dir,
NYC; fdrYiddish Art Theatre. • See: U]Ej
AJYB, 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; active
communal charities. • See: A]YB, 52:504;
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 Philadelphia Jewish Warld, Jewish
Day; fdr Assn of Lithuanian]ews, Union of
Russian]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.
Scalettar, Louis William
To US 1911. • Plumber, sculptor, Newark; dir
New 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 War
Sufferers; overseas representative for]oint
Distribution Com, Am Red Cross; active Am
Jewish Cong, old age care.· See: WWIAJ,
1926, 1938;AJYB, 45:393.
Savitz, David S; b. Everett, l\1A, Jan 16
1902.
Harvard, U WI, CT State, Columbia,
Fordham, ordained Yeshiva ColI. • Rabbi,
Zionist, Bronx; officer Bronx Council of
Rabbis; active prison reform, Assembly of
Orthodox 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;
faculty Jefferson Med ColI. • See: WWIAJ,
1928; NYTimes, Dec 11950,27:6.
Savransky, Gilbert; b. Cleveland, Dec 2
1924; d. Cleveland, Dec 121975.
Lawyer, Cleveland; nat! officer Zionist Org of
Am; active]ewish Community Fedn; author in
field. • See:AJYB, 77:599.
Sawyer, A1ende1; b. ca 1856; d. May 15
1938.
Communal worker, Roxbury, MA. • See:
AJYB, 40:391.
Sawyer, A1eyer Joshua; b. Boston, Dec 9
1886.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, Washington DC;
trustee Temple U, Boston U; active
Republican politics. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Sax, George David; b. Peoria, Apr 14 1904;
d. Mar 12 1974.
Browns Business ColI (Peoria). • Banker, Glen
Ellyn, 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; active
synagog, 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.
Saxe, Leonard S; b. Boston, Apr 17 1889; d.
NYC, June 1968.
Harvard, Harvard Law. • Legal expert, music
manuscript collector, NYC; mem State Crime
Commn, 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; officer
professional 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 tanning
techniques. • 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, July
161912.
Merchant, St Louis. • See:A]YB, 15(19131914):273.
Saylin, George Joseph; b. Riga, Feb 15
1876; d. Los Angeles, Aug 41942.
To US 1889. • Pharm, MD U Buffalo. •
Physician, communal education & welfare ldr,
Buffalo, Los Angeles; officer Epic; orgr
Maimonides Club, Hazimrah Soc & School of
Music, Zionist Org of Am (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, state
supreme court judge, NYC; counsel State
Constitutional Convention. • See: WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, stories]an 7 1965,]an i9 1971,
obituary,]uly 11977, 21:1.
Saypol, Ronald Dietz; b. NYC, Nov 12
1929.
Dickinson ColI, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Exec,
Lionel Corp, Ideal Toy, NYC; chr Boy Scouts;
supporter Brandeis; active Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies, United]ewish Appeal. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Scalettar, Louis William; b. NYC, Feb 13
1899; d.June 1966.
DDS Columbia. • Dental surgeon, Good Will
Court judge, Brooklyn; active Huron Club
Matzoth Fund, professional orgs; unofficial
Schaap, Michael
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 Education
Assn. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 3;
Schaar, Bernard Edward; b. Cincinnati, Apr
11884.
Chern E U Cincinnati. • Chemical engineer,
Chicago; pres Maxwell Settlement House;
active Zionist Org of Am; author in field. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Schaar, Sarah Blumenthal (Mrs Bernard E
Shaw); b. Lincoln, NE,Jan 111890.
U Chicago Grad School of Social Service Adm.
• Social worker, Chicago; withJewish Social
Services Bur; officer professional orgs; active
Bureau of Federal Transient Services, IL Com
on Social Legislation. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schachet, Herman; b. Suwalki, Feb 23
188l.
Communal worker, Charleston, WVA; pres
Heb School, Zionist district; contributor to
Yiddish 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; publicist
Am Jewish Com, Natl Council ofJewish
Women; author Am histories; WWI service. •
See: A]YB, 58:478; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Oct
3 1955,27:3.
Schacht, Al;b. ca 1893; d. Waterbury, CT,
July 14 1984.
Comedian, baseball pitcher & coach, baseball
clown; 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 est
Schacht 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, May
241907.
To NYC 1914. • AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, NYC, Houston;
playwright The Eternal People. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Schachter, Herschel; b. Brooklyn, 1917.
Ordained RIETS. • Rabbi, natl communalldr,
558
Stamford, CT, NYC; pres Religious Zionists
of Am, Conf of Presidents of Am Jewish Org;
WWII chaplain. • See: E].
Drug co exec, Pittsburgh; Natl Commander in
ChiefJewish War Veterans; active Am Jewish
Cong, Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League,
synagog; WWI service.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Schack, Sarah Carmel (Mrs William
Schack); b. Jerusalem, Sep 30 1889.
To US 1907. • AB Hunter, MA Columbia. •
Communal educator, NYC; principal
Progressive School erusalem); exec secy
Intercoll Zionist Soc; specialty: Yiddish
folksongs. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schaffer, Louis Hutzler; b. Baltimore, Nov
51930; d. Feb 41973.
MD Johns Hopkins. • Physician, Baltimore;
active Assn ofJewish Charity & Welfare
Funds, symphony orchestra; military service. •
See: WWWIA, 6.
Schackman, Nathaniel Hiram; b. Brooklyn,
Nov 20 1901.
CCNY, U Southern CA, LLB Brooklyn Law.
• Lawyer, Woodside, NY; officer United
Synagogue of Am,Jewish Community Center,
synagog, Ridgewood Plateau Civic Assn. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Schaffer, Nathan; b. Newark, ca 1906; d.
Livingston, N],Jan 61966.
BS, MD U MI. • Noted allergist, sculptor,
Newark; officer med socs; consultJewish
Asthmatic Home for Children (Denver);
author in field; WWII service. • See: NYTimes,
Jan 7 1966,27:6.
~Schaechter, Mordkhe;
Schaffer, Schepschel (Schepsel); b. Bausk,
Courland, May 41862; d. Sept 281933.
U Berlin, PhD U Leipzig, Berlin Lehranstalt. •
Rabbi, pioneer Zionist, Baltimore; delegate
Zionist 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.
a
b. Cernauti,
Rumania, 1927.
To US 1951. • Yiddish linguist, NYC; faculty
JTS, Yeshiva U, Columbia; co-editor Oyn
Shvel; co-creator Yugntruf(Youth for Yiddish).
• See: E].
Schaefer, Bertha; b. YazooCity, MS; d.
May24197l.
BA, MS State Coll for Women, Parsons School
of Design. • Gallery dir, interior decorator,
NYC; assocd with designing of Washington
Heb Congregation; officer professional org. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, May 261971,46:1.
Schaefer, Jacob; b. ca 1890; d. Dec 1 1936.
Composer, conductor, NYC; "fatherof
proletarian music in Am." • See: A]YB, 39:596.
Schaefer, Jacob; b. Cernauti, Rumania, Oct
41892.
To US 1893. • Trinity, MD Tufts. •
Physician,. Hartford; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Schaefer, Solomon Weinschenk; b. Yazoo
City, 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 U
Budapest, U FL; consult Pres Commn on Law
Enforcement; author in field. • See: E].
Schaffel, Paul Henry; b. Leipzig, Dec 25
1877.
Roman Catholic priest, Milwaukee. • See:
WWIA], 1938 (addenda).
Schaffer, Aaron; h. Baltimore, May 181894;
d. Feb 241957.
AB, PhD Johns Hopkins, U Paris, Coll de
France. • 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 26
1895.
Schaffner, Henry Gabriel; b. Erie, Sep 9
1895.
Meat packer, civic ldr, Erie; officer Rotary,
Safety Council, trade orgs, Girl Scouts, Red
Cross, Booker T Washington Center. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Schaffner, Herbert Theodore; b. Chicago,
Mar 18190l.
Security salesman, Chicago; dir Young Mens
Jewish Charities, Community Council. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Schaffner, Morris; b. Hessloch, Germany,
Nov281866.
Exec, philanthropist, communal & civic ldr,
Erie; mem Fire Commn; officer Joint
Distribution Com; active B'nai B'rith Home
for Friendless Children, Jewish Welfare Bd. •
See: WWIA], 1928.
Schaffner, Robert Centennial; b. Chicago,
July 61876; d. Nov 13 1946.
Business exec, broker, Chicago; supporter Art
Inst, Historical Soc; a fdr Century of Progress
in Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938; EEOA];
WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Nov 141946, 29:2.
Schaffner, Sara Halle (Mrs Joseph
Schaffner); b. Cleveland, ca 1862; d.
Chicago, May 1957.
Philanthropist, Chicago; donated liberally to
Northwestern.· See: EEOA]; NYTimes, May
101957,27:5.
Schaikewitz, Nahum Meyer (Meir)
(pseud=Shomer); b. Minsk, Dec 18 1849;
d. NYC, Nov241905.
Yiddish & Heb writer, playwright, NYC;
editor The Jewish Puck; Haskalah Movement
induced him to write in Yiddish; author more
than 200 Yiddish novels. • See: ]E; U]E; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):181,8(1906-1907):224;
NYTimes, Nov 27 1905,9:3.
559
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, Big
Brother Assn, Jewish Chautauqua Soc. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Schamberg, Jay Frank; b. Philadelphia,. Nov
6 1870; d. Philadelphia, Mar 30 1934.
AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MD,
PhD U PA, post-grad Vienna, Paris, Berlin. •
Dermatologist, scientist, Philadelphia; faculty
Philadelphia Polyclinic, Temple U, Jefferson
Med Coll, U PA; a fdr The Pharisees, Jewish
Studies 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.Great
Neck, May 1953.
DDS U PA, MD Medico-Chirurgical
(Philadelphia). • Oral surgeon, Philadelphia,
NYC; faculty Medico-Chirurgical, Post-Grad
Hospital, 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 Social
Agencies. • 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 20
1862; d. Miami, Mar 41942.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union Coll,
post-grad Johns Hopkins; honorary degrees. •
Rabbi, editor, nat! Reform ldr, Chicago; editor
Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Comment, Reform
Advocate; 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, Apr
10 1876.
To Minneapolis 1886. • Business coll
(Minneapolis). • Communal worker,
Minneapolis; officer Jewish Shelter Home; chr
United Jewish Campaign; dir Am Jewish Com,
Jewish Family Welfare Assn, BellefaireJewish
Orphan 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; officer
Williamsburg Park Commn, Jewish Big
Brother & Big Sister, Zionist Org of Am, Fedn
ofJ,ewish Charities. • See: AJYB, 72:544;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 29
1970,25:3.
Schary, Saul
Schapira, Mendel Zacheri; b. Jaroslau,
Austria, Mar 3 1878.
To NYC 1913. • Insurance broker, NYC;
officer Jewish Orphan Asylum, Am Jewish
Cong, United Orthodox Synagogues, High
Talmudic ColI (poland), Kashruth Assn, B'rith
Abraham; author talmudic stories. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Schapira, Samuel Wtlliam; b. Vilna, Oct 10
1872; d. NYC, Nov 211936.
MD NYU, post-grad Berlin, Paris.· Surgeon,
physician, NYC; faculty Fordham; introduced
cystoscopy; W\VI service. • See: UJE; AJYB,
39:596; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;NYTimes, Nov 22
1936, II 8:6.
Schapiro, Harry; b. Philadelphia, Oct 25
1891; d. NYC, Oct 27 1968.
NYU, NYU Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer NY
Fedn 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 1
1936.
Interpreter, city supreme court,
microphotographer, Baltimore. • See: AlYB,
38:434.
Schapiro, Israel; b. Sejny, Russia, Dec 5
1882; d. 1957.
To US 1911. • PhD U Strasbourg, PhD Berlin
Lehranstalt. • Semitic scholar, librarian,
bibliographer, Washington DC; helped
develop Semitic & Oriental division Library of
Cong; 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 of
modern Europe, NYC; faculty CCNY; active
NY 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 13
1945.
To US 1890.· BS CCNY,MD Columbia.·
Pediatrician, NYC, Union City, NJ; med dir
Union City public schools; dir Bureau of Child
Guidance; 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 Health
Johns Hopkins. • Public health & sanitation
physician, NYC; with Rockefeller Inst; active
in the Philippines, Costa Rica, Columbia,
Panama.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Schapiro, Meyer; b. Sigauliai, LithUania
1904.
.
,
To US ca 1907. • PhD Columbia. • Art
historian, NYC; faculty Columbia; author in
field. • See: EJ:1973-1982.
Schapiro, Sylvan Benjamin; b. Baltimore,
Oct 251902.
Baltimore Polytech, ME Cornell. • Mechanical
engineer, 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 14
1888; d. Apr 1967.
BS, MS MIT. • Consulting engineer, exec,
NYC; consult NJ Bd of Health, government
agencies; author in field; W\VI & W\VII
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,5;
Scharfman, Isidore; b.Jassy, May 51885.
To US 1892. • Dress mfr, NYC; officer Home
of the Daughters of Israel;" active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies, synagog. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Scharfstein, Zevi (Zebi); b. DunayevtzyPodalia, Mar 15 1884; d; New Haven,
Oct 111972.
"
To US 1914.· Heb editor, educator,textbook
writer, Brooklyn; principal Heb school; orgr
tchrs org (Galicia); assocd Bureau ofJewish
Education,JTS Tchrs Inst. • See: UJE; EJi
AJYB, 24:199, 74:559; WWIAJ, 1926;
NYTimes, Oct 12 1972.
Scharkansky, Abraham M; b. Suwalki, Sep 6
1867/1869; 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 of
Fine Arts. • Artist, Germany; WWI German
army service. • See: U1WW1A, 3; NYTimes,
Dec 91954,33:2.
Scharrer, ErnstA;b.Munich, 1906?;d.
Sarasota, Apr 291965.
To US late 1930s. • Biologist; faculty Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed, U CO, Case Western, U
Frankfurt; author in field. • See:AJYB, 67:542;
NITimes, Apr 30 1965, 35:1.
Schary, Dore (Isidore); b. Newark, Aug31
1905; d. NYC, July 71980.
Filmwriter, producer, author, communalldr;
with MGM; chr Anti-Defamation League; bd
JTS; trustee Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial
Found; 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,
Schattenstein, Nikol
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 of
Naturopathy, Metropolitan School of
Physiotherapy, DSc NYU. • Physiotherapist,
NYC; pres Schattners Physical Culture Shoe
Shop.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Schatz, Daniel Leon; h. Milwaukee, Oct 5
1908.
Milwaukee Art Inst, Layton Art Inst, Chicago
Art 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 27
1893; d. Mar 16 1956.
LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, realtor, alderman,
police court judge, Hartford; officer CT
Republican 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, May
81884; d. Los Angeles, Oct 41953.
Jewish religious historian, tchr, Los Angeles,
NYC; faculty JTS Tchrs, ColI ofJudaic
Studies; author in field. • See: A]YB, 56:571;
NYTimes, Oct 6 1953,29:4.
Schaver, Emma Lazaroff (Mrs Morris
Schaver); h. Russia, Mar 15 1905.
Detroit Inst of Musical Art. • Concert & opera
singer, Detroit; an orgr Halevy-Hazomir
Choral Soc; gave many benefits for communal
causes. • See: BEOA].
Schaver, Morris L; h. Warsaw, Dec 25
1893; d. Detroit, Oct 28 1961.
To US 1914. • Business exec, Zionist ldr; bd
Ampal-Am Israel Trading Corporation, Natl
Com Labor, Am Israel Cultural Found,
Farband Labor Zionists. • See: A]YB, 64:496.
Schayer, Isidore (Isadore); h. Breslau, May
11879.
MD U Cincinnati. • Hygienist, physician,
Columbia, SCi faculty USC; pres Assn of
Officers, SC Natl Guard; trustee synagog;
WWI service. • See: A]YB, 24:199; WWIA],
1928.
560
Schayer, Milton Mincha; h. Denver, Apr 30
1876; 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 Jewish
Rome (1930). • See: E] (sub Schechter,
Abraham Israel).
Schechter, Frank Isaac; h. ca 1890; d. Sep
261937.
Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; authority on
trademark law; military service. • See: A]YB,
40:391; NYTimes, Sep 271937,21:1.
Schechter, Hilda Marshak (Mrs Jack
Schechter); 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 Solomon
Schechter); h. ca 1859; d. Aug 271924.
Communalldr, NYC; fdr Womens League
United Synagogue of Am. • See: A]YB, 27: 151;
NYTimes,Aug281924,17:5.
Schechter, Meta Johanna (Mrs Jacoh
Schechter); h. NYC, Feh 2 1892.
AB Hunter. • Tchr, civic & communalldr,
NYC; officer State Cong of Parents & Tchrs,
United Parents Assns of NYC, Am Jewish
Congo • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schechter, Solomon; h. FocshaniIFokshan,
Rumania, ca Dec 7 1847/1848/1850; d.
NYC, Nov 1915.
.
To England 1882, to US 1902.· AM
Cambridge U, U Lemberg, U Vienna, Berlin
Lehranstalt. • Pres, JTS, NYC; Conservative
Idr, theologian, scholar, author; discovered
Genizah (Cairo) documents; dir Educational
Alliance. • 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 19
1891; d. Douglaston, NY, Mar 11970.
To US 1941. • U Novorossisk, Dr Law U
Berlin. • World Zionist ldr, authority on
population movements; mem All-Russia Jewish
Cong, Ukrainian Natl Assn; co-fdr World
Union of Zionist Revisionists; dir Research
Bureau 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 United
Jewish Appeal, Heb Education Soc; fdr
Athletic Club. • See: WWIA], 1926; NYTimes,
June 15 1962,27:3.
Schecter, Abraham Israel; h. \Viznitz,
Russia, 1894; d. Providence, Sep 51936.
To US 1922. • U Bern, PhD Dropsie. • Rabbi,
author, Houston, Providence; faculty Heb
Theological ColI; fdr ColI ofJudaic Studies;
dir Jewish Welfare Assn; custodian Natl
Library (Zurich); donated Hebraica to U TX. •
See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 39:596; WWIA], 1926,
1928.
Schecter, Saul N; h. ca 1907; d. East
Stroudsherg, PA, Apr 1962.
Dickinson Law. • Lawyer, judge, deputy atty
general, Newark; officer bar assn. • See:
Schedletzsky, Nathan; h. Poland, Aug 20
1889; d. NYC, July 201949.
Union official, NYC; active Amalgamated
Clothing Workers. • See: A]YB, 52:504.
Scheeline, Isaiah; h. Altoona, PA, Mar 10
1878.
Lafayette ColI, LLB Dickinson. • Lawyer,
communal & civic ldr, Altoona; officer B'nai
B'rith Orphanage, Bd ofWelfare; active
Democratic politics. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938.
Scheeline, Julia Schoenfeld (Mrs Isaiah
Scheeline); h. Bellaire, OH, Apr 19.1878.
AB Allegheny ColI, MA Columbia, Womans
Med Center (Toronto); honorary degrees. •
Social worker, Altoona; head resident
Columbia Settlement, Irene Kaufmann
Settlement; officer Fedn ofHeb
Philanthropies, Playground & Recreation Assn
of Am. • 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 27
1892; d. Feh 1972.
MD NYU. • Otolaryngologist, NYC; faculty
NY Polyclinic; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Feb 12 1972, 32:4.
Scheer, Max; h. Zaranaw, Austria, Nov 1
1883; d. NYC, Mar 1953.
To US 1885. • CCNY, MD Columbia. •
Dermatologist, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad
Hospital; consult Heb Orphan Asylum. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 5 1953,27:5.
Scheffler, Israel; h. NYC, 1923.
Philosopher, educator; specialty: philosophy of
education; faculty Harvard; author in field. •
See: EJ.
Scheftel, Stuart; h. NYC, Sep 18 1910.
Oxford. • Public official, journalist,
entrepreneur, NYC; head Youth Bd; active
Republican politics, Urban Coalition. • See:
NYTimes story, Jan 9 1969, 14:1.
561
Schereschewsky, John Forby
Scheibel, Morris William; b. NYC, Mar 5
1887.
Rabbi, Detroit, earlier many other places. •
See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):22 3.
Heb Inst Technology, Columbia. • Architect,
Cleveland, Youngstown, OH; mem City
Planning Commn; dir Jewish Fedn; active
Zionist Org of Am, professional orgs. • See:
Scheman, Louis; b. NYC, Dec 251907; d.
Nov 31972.
WWIA], 1938.
Scheider, Henrietta Rinaldo (Mrs Alfred M
Scheider); b. NYC; d. NYC, Feb 11948.
Educator, NYC; ldr & innovator in education
of disabled & handicapped children; principal
special school. • See: A]YB, 50:522; NYTimes,
Feb 2 1948, 19:3.
MD NYU. • Orthopedist, surgeon, Chicago;
faculty U Chicago; WWII service. • See:
Scher, Jacob; b. ca 1909; d. Chicago, Sep
1961.
WWWIA,6.
CraneJr CoIl, U IL Law. • Lawyer, journalist,
Chicago; faculty Northwestern; counsel House
Rules Com; dir"WPA IL Writers Project;
advocate of open government. • See: NYTimes,
Sep 29 1961, 35:2.
Schenck, Joseph M; b. Ryhinsk, Russia,
Dec 25 1878/1882; d. Hollywood, CA,
Oct 22 1961.
Scheier, Henry; b. Plattsburg, NY, Dec 14
1968; d. before 1938.
To US 1890/1892. • Motion picture exec,
producer, NYC; a fdr 20th Century Fox; mgr
Norma Talmadge. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:199,
64:496; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 23 1961, 1:2.
Exec, civic & communal worker, alderman,
Plattsburg, NY; officer Bd of Health, synagog,
United Jewish Campaign, B'nai B'rith. • See:
Schenck, Nicholas Michael; b. Rybinsk,
Russia, Nov 141881; d. Mar 3 1969.
WWIA],l928.
Scheimberg, Hennan; b. NYC, Nov 3 1888.
Master of Chiropody, First Inst of Podiatry,
NYc. • Podiatrist, Brooklyn; faculty First Inst
of Podiatry; 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 Immigrant
Aid Soc, Jewish Consumptive Home. • See:
WWIA],l926.
Schein, Marcel; b. Trstena,
Czechoslovakia, June 91902; d. Feb
1960.
To US 1938. • UWiirzburg, PhD U Zurich. •
Research physicist; faculty U Odessa, U
Chicago; 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 of Am
Zionists; 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 18
1954.
AB U MI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, municipal
NYU. • Broadway producer, real estate
developer, philanthropist, NYC; officer
synagog; activeJTS, United Jewish Appeal. •
See: NYTimes, Aug 5 1985.
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 13
1894; d. Brooklyn, Nov 1965.
MD Bellevue. • Obstetrician, Brooklyn; active
United Jewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; author in field. • See: WW1A],
1926, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 27 1965, 31:5.
Schenk, Faye Libby; b. Des Moines, Aug 17
1909; d.Jerusalem, Aug 171981.
Zionist ldr; natl pres Hadassah; with Womens
Internatl Zionist Org; bd Jewish Agency, Heb
U, Ampal-Amer Israel Corporation, Heb
Union CoIl-Jewish Inst of Religion
Gerusalem). • See: E]:1973-1982;A]YB,
83:362.
Scherago, Jacob; b. Roman, Rumania, Oct 1
1898.
To NYC 1899. • CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law.
• CPA, lawyer, business exec, NYC; active Am
Jewish Cong, United Palestine Appeal,
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Scherago,Morris;b. Roman, Rumania, Dec
251895.
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, Israel
government. • See: WWWIA, 4.
.
Scherck, Gordon; b. St Louis, 1903; d. Nov
201967.
Washington U (St Louis). • Corporate exec,
communal worker, St. Louis. • See: WWWIA,
5.
Schenk, Henry (Harry) Leo; b. NYC, Oct
24 1898; d. Mar 10 1973.
Scherck, Henry Joseph; b. New Orleans,
Dec 5 1867.
Banker, NYC; with Trade Bank of NY. • See:
WW1A], 1938; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Mar 12
1973,34:4.
BS St Louis U, BA, MD Tulane, U
Heidelberg, U Dresden. • Physician, St Louis;
faculty St Louis U; officer med assn; author!
editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Schenk (Schenck), Karl; b. Slabetz,
Bohemia, Feb 23 1874; d. NYC, 1947.
To US 1893. • Banker, NYC; with Trade Bank
of NY; officer Am-Hungarian Chamber of
Commerce, Jewish Memorial Hospital. • See:
WW1A], 1926, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 41947,
17:2.
Schenk, Louis; b. ca 1856; d. Paterson, Oct
2 1922.
Rabbi, Paterson.· See:A]YB, 25:141.
Schenk, Max; b. Berne, Jan 91905; d. NYC,
May251974.
To US 1907. • AB CCNY, MHL, ordained
judge, Los Angeles; officer Zionist district, Am
Jewish Com; helped est postwar Berlin court
system; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 56:571-72;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 19 1954,34:2.
JTS, post-grad Heb Union CoIl, U Chicago, U
lA, Columbia. • Rabbi, Zionist ldr, Iowa,
Australia, Brooklyn; pres Bd of Rabbis, Assn of
Reform 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.
Scheinman, Jacob Hirsch; b. Saane, Russian
Poland, May 12 1844.
Schenker, Joel W; b. NYC, ca 1901; d.
NYC, Aug 1985.
Scherck, Louis; b. ca 1838; d. New Orleans,
'May 51930.
Civil war veteran, communal worker, New
Orleans. • See:A]YB, 32:155.
Scherer, Emanuel; b. Cracow, 1901; d.
Dobbs Ferry, NY, May 31977.
To US 1939. • Labor ldr, editor; ldr Jewish
Labor Bund; mem Warsaw Jewish Labor Bund
Central Com, Warsaw City Council; editor
Unser Zeit. • See: A]YB, 79:372; NYTimes, May
5 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 to
Episcopalianism. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,
Feb111969,31:2.
562
Schereschewsky, Joseph William
Schereschewsky, Joseph William; b.
Peking, Mar 6 1873; d. July 9 1940.
To US in infancy. • AB Harvard, MD
Dartmouth. • Physician, editor, Washington
DC; with US Public Health Service;
Episcopalian.· See:A]YB, 24:199; WWWIA,
1; NYTimes, July 11 1940, 19:1.
Lynchburg, VA; mem City Council; officer
League ofVA Municipalities, InterFaith
Group. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schey, Jacob S; b. Central City, CO, July 11
1881.
PhB U CO, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
Longmont, CO; officer bar assn. • See:
Shereschewsky, Samuel Isaac Joseph; b.
Tauroggen, Lithuania, May 6 1831; d.
Tokyo, Oct 15 1906.
To US 1854. • U Breslau, Western
Theological Seminary (Allegheny, PA),
General Theological Seminary (NYC). •
Episcopal missionary to China, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop, Shanghai; translated Old
Testament 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, pres
Book of the Month Club, NYC; advertising
exec; co-fdr Little Leather Library; active
United Jewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; author on economic & other
subjects. • See: UJE; A]YB, 71:608; WWIA],
Nov 13 1969,47:1.
Schermer, Frances Mary; b. Herkimer, NY,
June 30 1877.
Utica Conservatory of Music, Albany State. •
Tchr, security salesman, Herkimer, NY; state
officer Natl Council ofJewish Women; org
Herkimer 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; officer
Fedn ofJewish Temple Sisterhoods; active
League 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 17
1893.
Internatl trade exec; NYC; exec dir Foreign
Economic 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,
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 of
Transportation; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Aug 251973,26:5.
Schiff, Dorothy; b. NYC, 1903.
Publisher, New York Post, NYC; mem Ellis
Island Investigating Commn, Womens Trade
Union League, Bd of Child Welfare; dir Henry
St Settlement; Mt Sinai. • See: E].
Schiff, Fritz;b. Berlin, 1889; d. New
Rochelle, July 1940.
To US after 1935. • Physician, serology
pioneer; 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.
Schick, Bela; b. Bolgar, Hungary, July 16
1877; d. NYC, Dec 61967.
To US 1923.· MD Karl Franz U (Graz,
Austria). • Pediatrician, NYC; devised Schick
Test for diphtheria; faculty Columbia, Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed; fdr Academy of
Pediatrics; 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 11
1892; d. NYC, Mar 171938.
To US 1922. • Rabbinical Seminary for
Orthodox Judaism (Berlin). • Rabbi, Budapest,
NYC; author in field; WWI Austro-Hungarian
army chaplain. • See: UJE; A]YB, 40:391;
WWIA], 1928,1938; NYTimes, Mar 181938,
19:4.
Schiekler, Isaac; b. ca 1833; d. NYC, Aug
161911.
Rabbi, NYc. • See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):123.
Schier, Philip; b. Rogasen, Germany, Oct
12 1864; d. Apr 301935.
Pharmaceutical co exec, communal worker,
philanthropist, Kansas City; dir Jewish Orphan
Home,JewishFedn of Charities. • See:A]YB,
Schiff, Jacob; b.*; d.Miami, Dec 191938.
Hazzan, reader, communal worker, Cleveland.
• See:A]YB, 41:430.
Schiff, Jacob Henry; b. Frankfurt, Jan 10
1847; 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; mem
Real Estate Bd; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Schiff, John Mortimer; b. Roslyn, NY, Aug
261904.
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 Prison
Assn; WWII service. it See: UJE (sub Schiff,
Mortimer); WWIA], 1938.
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 settlement
house. • See: A]YB, 35:128; NYTimes, July 8
1932,17:1.
Schiff, Arthur F; b. NYC, Jan 21 1899.
Columbia. • Investment banker, NYC; bd Free
Synagogue. • See: BEOA].
Schiff, Lawrence Fred; b. Bronx, June 21
1937; d. oct 71976..
CCNY, PhD Harvard. • Psychiatrist, hospital
admr; 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 in
field. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Jan 23
1971,32:1.
Schiff, Meyer; b.*; d. Apr 23 1939.
Schiff, Benjamin Joshua; b. Mariampol,
Lithuania, Mar 11861; d. Chicago, Mar
241942.
To US 1863. • Banker, civic & communal
worker, Chicago; officer Jewish Peoples Inst;
dir Jewish Charities, OrthodoxJewish Home
for Aged, Marks Nathan Orphan Home.· See:
A]YB, 44:343; WWIA], 1938.
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 Orthodox
Rabbis. • See: WWIA], 1938.
81:374; WWWIA, 7..
Schewel, Abe Moses; b. Riga, June 1 1889.
Armour Inst. • Merchant, civic ldr,
Schiff, Bemard; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Dec 14
1934.
Oriental art expert, NYC. • See:A]YB, 37:261.
Schiff, Mortimer L; b.NYC, June 5 1877;
d. NYC,June 41931.
Amherst ColI, Columbia~ • Banker, civic &
communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; officer
563
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 Assn
for the UN; consult USO, US Office of
Education; active Jewish Welfare Bd,
professional orgs. • See:A]YB, 60:357;
NYTimes, Feb 15 1958, 17:2.
Schindler, Kurt
Schifrin, Isidor; b. Rochester, NY, Apr 5
1889; d. Cincinnati, Mar 15 1977.
Business & advertising exec, natl communal
ldr; natl bd Am Assn for Jewish Education, Boy
Scouts, 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. • Theoretical
physicist, anti-Vietnam War; est Center for
Relativity Theory, U TX. • See: NYTimes, May
25 1977, IV 19:4.
Schiff, Robert Wtlliam; b. Leizevo,
Lithuania, July 4 1886; d. Columbus,
OH,1971.
To US 1905. • Shoe mfr, retailer,
philanthropist, Columbus, OH; pres Shoe
Corp of Am; dir Joint Distribution Com,
United Jewish Appeal. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA., 5, 7; NYTimes, Dec 3 1971,
44:4.
Schilder, Paul Ferdinand; b. Vienna, Feb 15
1886; d. NYC,Dec 81940.
To NYC 1929.· MD UVienna, PhD U
Halle. • 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.
Schiff, Sydney Kaufman; b. Milwaukee, Aug
211900; d. May 15 1973.
PhB U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; faculty U
Chicago. • See: WWJA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
WWWIA.,6.
Schildkraut, Jacob Max; b. Philadelphia, Jan
11891.
MD U PA.· Dermatologist, Trenton; exec
com Zionist Org of Am; officer professional
orgs, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schiff, Therese Loeb (Mrs Jacob H Schiff);
b. Cincinnati, Nov61854; d. NYC, Feb
261933.
Communal & philanthropic ldr, NYC; active
Henry St Settlement, Boy Scouts, Emanu-EI
Sisterhood for Personal Service. • See: A]YB,
35:128; NYTimes, Feb 28 1933,20:5.
Schildkraut, Joseph; b. Vienna, Mar 22
1895/1896; 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.
Schiff, Wtlliam; b. Harrison, N], Nov 16
1887; 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 5
1899.
U MN. • Salesman, journalist, publisher,
Atlanta; publisher Southern Israelite, Southern
Israelite 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 10
1935.
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. Dec
27 1938.
Civic & communal worker, Chicago. • See:
A]YB,41:430.
Schildkraut, Rudolph; b. Constantinople,
1862; d. Hollywood, CA,July 15 1930.
To US 1911. • German, Yiddish, English stage
& screen actor, Germany & US; leading mem
Max 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 Electrical
School. • Electrical contractor, Newark; orgr
Zionist Org of Am, Zeire Zion of Bayonne;
field secyJewish Natl Fund. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Schiller, A Arthur; b. San Francisco, Sep 7
1902; 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 Roman
law; mem Inst for Advanced Study (Princeton).
• See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWM, 7;
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, Nov
191891.
MD Detroit Coll ofMed. • Dermatologist,
Detroit; officer professional orgs; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Schiller, Avery Reubens; b. Spokane, May
191890; 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 July
161871.
'
U Prague, post-grad Prague, Vienna, Berlin.•
Gynecologist, Chicago; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1926,1928.
Schiller, Herbert Maurice; b. Salt Lake
City, July 17 1893.
AB U Utah, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, state
district court judge, Salt Lake City; mem Bd of
Education, State Tchrs Retirement Bd; faculty
U UTi exec com Boy Scouts, Natl Council of
Jewish Fedns & Welfare Funds. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ.
Schiller, Jay Arthur; b. Elgin, IL, Feb 10
1894; 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 24
1850.
To US 1895. • Laborldr, Single Tax
proponent, 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 Petersburg
Conservatory & Classical Coll. • Composer;
tchr, musicologist, radical music theorist; dean
State Academy of Music (Ukraine); faculty
State 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 Des
Pins, 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, Oct
41919.
Philanthropist, Turkish cigarette business
pioneer, US,NYc.· See:AJYB, 22:168.
Schindel, Abraham; b. Newark, Oct 24
1886; d. Newark, Dec 211939.
Dept store exec, Newark; civic & communal
worker, Orange, N]; with Kresge Department
Store.· See:AJYB, 42:483; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Dec 22 1939,19:5.
Schindler, Alexander M; b.Munich,1925.
CCNY, ordained Heb Union ColI. • Natl
Reform & communal educationalldr, Zionist;
pres Union Am Heb Congregations. • See:
EJ:1973-1982.
Schindler, Kurt; b. Berlin, Feb 17 1882; d.
NYC, Nov 16 1935.
564
Schindler, Rudolf
To NYC 1905.· UBerlin, U Munich.·
Composer, dir, folk: music authority, NYC;
conductor Metropolitan Opera House; fdr
MacDowell Chorus, Schola Cantorum;
organist, choirmaster Emanu-EI; author in
field. • 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 the
gastroscope; faculty U Chicago; author in field
& childrens stories; WWI German army
service. See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Sep 91968,47:4.
Schindler, Rudolph Michael; b. Vienna, Sep
5 1887; d. Los Angeles, Aug 22 1953.
To Chicago 1914.· Imperial Inst of
Engineering, Vienna Academy of Firie Arts. •
Architect, Chicago, Los Angeles; joined Frank
Lloyd Wright; highly innovative works. • See:
DAB,5.
Schindler, Solomon; b. Neisse, Germany,
Apr 241842; d. May 51915.
To US 1871. • OrdainedJTS (Breslau), Royal
Tchrs Seminary (Buren). • Radical Reform
rabbi, social worker, Boston; mem School Bd;
supt Fedn ofJewish Charities, Leopold Morse
Home; 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 6
1915,13:6.
Schine, Harold L; b. Bridgeport, CT, Dec 9
1917; d. New Haven, Sep 261977.
Schlachman, Boris; b.*; d. Miami,June 19
1937.
Hazzan, social worker, Miami. • See: A]YB,
Schlesinger, Amanda Ebert (Mrs Adolph
Schlesinger); b. San Francisco, June 19
1879.
40:391.
Normal School. • Lawyer, San Francisco;
officer Fedn ofWomens Clubs; dir Juvenile
Protective Soc, Legal Aid Soc, Nat! Council of
Jewish Women. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Schlacht, Harry H; b. NYC, Apr 14 1895; d.
NYC,May31961.
Newspaper publisher, civic ldr, NYC; Welfare
Commr (Ellis Island); mem Mayors Housing
Commn; officer Chamber of Commerce, Child
Welfare Com ofAm; publisher East Side Home
News, Bronx Times. • See: WWIA], 1928;
A]YB, 63:562; NYTimes, May41961, 37:3.
Schlager, Simon; b. Dembitz, Austria,
1865/Cracow, May 1 1869; d. New
Rochelle, 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; performed
for troopsduring WWI. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):223,45:394; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 23
1943,21:1.
Schlamme,Martha;b.Vienna,ca1930;d.
Jamestown, NY, Oct 6 1985.
To US 1948. • Singer, entertainer; specialized
in Heb & Yiddish Jewish folk songs. • See:
A]YB, 87:443.
Schlanger, Ben; b. NYC, Nov 20 1904; d.
NYC, May 3 1971.
Columbia, Nat! Inst for Architectural
Education. • Architect, theatre designer, NYC;
revisor Bldg Code; helped design Lincoln
Center; active professional socs. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, May 51971,50:1.
Schleifer, Louis; b. near Lomzhe, Russia,
Jan 291893; d. Brooklyn, Jan 17 1956.
Business exec, civic & communalldr,
Bridgeport, CT; officer Jewish Service Bureau,
Jewish Family & Childrens Bureau; bd United
Jewish Council; WWIIservice. • See: A]YB,
79:373; NYTimes, Sep 28 1977, II 2:3.
Realtor, communalldr, Brooklyn; a fdr Bar
l1an, Albert Einstein CoIl of Med, Yeshiva U;
chr bd United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth. • See:
A]YB, 58:478; NYTimes, Jan 18 1956,31:4.
Schine,J Myer; b. Russia, 1892; d. May
1971.
Schleimer, Samuel; b. Przemyslaner,
Poland, Dec 30 1891.
Exec, hotel & theatre owner, Gloversville, NY;
dir Nathan Littauer Hospital. • See: WWWIA,
5; NYTimes, May 10 1971,36:3.
To NYC 1901. • LLB Brooklyn Law. •
Lawyer, financier, NYC; adm com Zionist Org
ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schiresohn, Joseph B; b. ca 1844; d. New
Bedford, MA,June 71913.
Schlein, Samuel; b. ca 1876; d.
Philadelphia, Apr 1934.
Scholar, journalist, New Bedford, MA. • See:
A]YB, 15(1913-1914):273.
Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •
See: A}YB, 36:286.
Schireson, Bernard; b. ca 1881; d.June 16
1940.
Schlenker, Irvin Morris; b. Natchez, Apr 12
1905; d. Dec 291971.
Communal & Zionist worker, Los Angeles. •
See:A]YB,42:483.
LA State. • Exec, banker, Houston; pres
United Fund, Jewish Inst ofMed Research, TX
Med Center; bd Union ofAm Heb
Congregations, Nat! Conf of Christians &
Jews.· See: WWWIA, 5.
Schireson, Henry Junius; b. NYc.
Cooper Union, MD MD Med ColI, post-grad
Germany, 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 Detroit
Symphony Orchestra; mem Detroit String
Quartet. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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.
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier; b. Xenia, OH,
Feb 27 1888; d. Cambridge, MA, Oct 30
1965.
BA OH State, PhD Columbia. • Historian;
specialty: American history; faculty U IA,
Harvard; a fdr Social Science Research
Council, New England Quarterly; author in
field. • See:A]YB, 24:200; DAB, 7; NYTimes,
Oct 31 1965,86:2.
Schlesinger, Benjamin; b. Krakai, Kovno,
Dec 25 1876; d. Colorado Springs, June
6 1932.
To Chicago 1891. • Labor ldr, NYC; a fdr,
pres ILGWU; pres Chicago Cloakmakers
Union; mgr Forward; active Socialist Labor
Party, 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, July
27 1911; d. Aug 211974.
MD Columbia, MPH Johns 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 20
1880; d. Aiken, SC, Feb 201929.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chicago; general
counsel 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; honorary
degree. • Astronomer, pioneer stellar
photographer; dir Allegheny Observatory, Yale
U Observatory; faculty U Pittsburgh; officer
professional 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; assocd
government 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 1
1896.
565
Realtor, Newark; officer Real Estate Bd; WWI
service.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Schlesinger, Lionel Teller; b. Philadelphia,
July 29 1882.
LLB U P A. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; officer
B'nai B'rith; WWI reserve service. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Schlesinger, Louis; b. Newark, Dec 16
186S;d. Newark, Sep 15 1942.
Real estate & insurance agent, Newark; orgr
NJ Assn of Real Estate Bds; with Natl Farm
School; 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, Feb
18 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 29
1919,9:3.
Schlesinger, Monroe]; b. NYC,June 21
1892.
BS CCNY, MD, PhD Harvard. • Physician,
pathologist, Boston; faculty Harvard; author in
Schlesinger, Morris Sulzberger; b.
Philadelphia, Apr 11874; d. May 1944.
Heb Union Coll,JTS. • Reporter, theatre
exec, Newark; active numerous Jewish & civic
concerns. • 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, choirmaster
synagog; 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; assocd
Bureau of Charities & Correction; author in
field; WWI service. • See: BEOA].
Schlessinger, Jacob; b. ca 1845; d. Los
Angeles, 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; officer
Heb Education Soc, Brooklyn Tchrs Assn; dir
Educational Alliance. • See: WWIA], 1928;
Schmidt, Arnold Moses
Schloessinger, Max; b. Heidelberg, Sep 4
1877; 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 16
1899.
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;
1926,1928,1938.
Schlosberg, Morris; b. NYC, Dec 25 1899.
Natl Farm School, BS, MS OH State. •
Entomologist, Toledo; with US Dept of
Agriculture. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Schloss, Eli; b. ca 1875; d. Indianapolis, Apr
211936.
Civic & communal worker, Indianapolis. • See:
A]YB, 38:435.
Schloss, Fannye Kemgood (Mrs Harry 0
Schloss); b. Rochester, NY, Apr 27 188l.
AB U MI,Johns Hopkins. • Communal, civic
& peace worker, Baltimore; chr MD Peace
Com, Womens Internatl League for Peace;
assocd Natl Recovery Adm; in$pector Labor
Dept.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Schloss, Harry; b. Scranton, Nov 101899.
Carpet merchant, Hamilton, OH; officer
Schloss, Henry W; b. Adrian, MI, Aug 21
1855; d. before 1938.
Mfr, merchant, Castle Braid Co, NYC; officer
trade 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, acting
mayor, Terre Haute; pres Burial Assn,
synagog. • See: UJE.
Schloss, Seligman; b. Kleinsteinach,
Bavaria, Apr 30 1830; d. Sep 1 1913.
Railroad exec, philanthropist, Detroit; donor
Hannah Schloss Memorial Bldg (community
center). • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):100,
16(1914-1915):165.
Schloss, Sidney P; b. Terre Haute, IN, Jan
201882.
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):13 7.
Schloss, William; b. ca 1859; d. Oct 23
1922.
Philanthropist, Providence; mem Chamber of
Commerce. • See:A]YB, 25:141.
Schlossbach, Isaac; b. New Jersey, Aug 20
189l.
US Naval Academy. • Naval officer, explorer;
Chief Pilot 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; active
Democratic politics. • See: NYTimes, Nov 12
1968,47:3.
Schlossberg, Joseph; b. Kaidonov, Russia,
May 11875; d. NYC,Jan 15 1971.
To US 1888. • Columbia. • Laborldr,
journalist, socialist, NYC; secy-treas
Amalgamated Clothing Workers; mem Bd of
Higher Education; editor Abend Blatt, Der
Arbeiter; 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). • Communal
educator; principal Heb schools, Sioux City,
Chattanooga, Cleveland; officer Jewish Natl
Fund. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Schlossberg, Morris Joseph; b. Russia,
188l.
Investment & lean exec, Roanoke; trustee
synagog.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Schmalhausen, Samuel Daniel; b. NYC, Sep
141889.
AB CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. •
Psychologist, social analyst, NYC; consult
Clinic for Problem Children, Workers
Cooperative Colony, Labor Temple School;
author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Schmertz, RobertJ; b. 1928; d. NYC, July
23 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, Oct
111890; d. NYC,June 14 1939.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,
Brooklyn; pres Training School for Nurses; bd
Union ofAm Heb Congregations, Natl Fedn
of Temple Brotherhoods. • See:A]YB, 41:430;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, June 15
1939,23:3.
566
Schmidt, Moses Bernhard
Schmidt, Moses Bernhard; b. NYC, Apr 9
Bryant & Stratton Business CoIl. • Merchant,
toy importer, Brooklyn; commr Disciplinary
Training School; a fdr Heb Educational Soc,
Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, Nov 13 1954, 15:6.
Schmidt, Samuel M; b. Kovno, June 14
1883; d. Cincinnati, Nov 1 1965.
To US 1896. • MIT.· Educator, communal
worker, Zionist, Cincinnati; fdr Every Friday;
secy Bureau ofJewIsh Education. • See: A]YB,
67:542; AI, Nov41965;]TA-DNB, Nov 3
1965.
Schmulen, Leon Bendel; b. ca 1889; d. Sea
Bright, NJ,July 1961.
Fashion consult, NYC; "Mr Leon"; exec Henri
Bendel; WWI service. • See: NITimes, July 22
1961,21:3.
AB, MA, PhD Columbia, post-grad Hungary.
• Rabbi, author, Baltimore; early ordained Am
born rabbi; active Am Jewish Com, Union of·
OrthodoxJewish Congregations, Heb
education. • 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 Chrystie
St Settlement House; mem US Dental
Research Corp; officer dental socs; author in
field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 2
1959.
Schmulowitz, Nat; b. NYC, Mar 29 1889.
BS U CA, Hastings. • Lawyer, San Francisco;
mem Library Commn, Art Commn; officer
Fedn ofJewish Charities; bd Maimonides
Health Center; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 8.
Schneerson, Menahem Mendel; b. 1902.
Schneider, Ralph Edward; b. NYC, June 26
1909; d. Nov 2 1964.
To US 1941. • Hassidic rabbi, Brooklyn; ldr
Hahad-Lubavitch movement. • See: E]:19731982.
U PA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC; fdr The
Diners Club Inc. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,
Nov 3 1964,31:4.
·Schneider, Benno; b. Nijni-Novgorod, May
13 1902.
Schneider, Samuel Ralph; b. NYC, Feb 14
1894; d. Adantic City, Oct 1965.
To NYC 1927. • Artists Academy ofMoscow.
• Theatrical dir, NYC; mem Habimah, stayed
in US after Habimah tour. • See: UjE;
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, political worker, NYC;
campaign mgr Mayor Mitchell; publisher,
editor NY Sentinel; officer Mens Progressive
League, Nat! Jewish We1fare League, Voters
Council. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
NITimes, Oct 26 1965,45:4.
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.
See:]E; UJE; PA]HS, 8:150-51.
To US 1902. • CCNY. • Editor, author, poet,
novelist of working class themes, NYC; active
Internat! Labor Defense, Nat! Com In
Defence of Political Prisoners, Am League
Against War & Fascism.· See: UJE; WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Aug 61967,20:5.
Schnadig, Edgar L; b. NYC, Apr 16 1892; d.
Nov291884.
Schneider, Lou; b. NYC, Sep 17 1892; d.
Rome, May 13 1966.
U Chicago. • Business exec, Chicago; pres
Boston Store, We The People; faculty Notre
Dame; dir Chicago Patriotic Found. • See:
WWWIA,8;
Clothing exec, mfr, philanthropist, NYC; dir
Heb Home for Chronic Invalids; active Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: A]YB, 68:533;
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 141966, 31:5.
Schnadig, Emanuel M; b. Shelbyville, IL,
Apr 191870.
Schneider, Louis; b. Vienna, Mar 22 1915;
d. Mar 171979.
Merchant, Chicago; exec Chicago Mail Order
Co; active Anti-Defamation League. • See:
To US 1921.· CCNY, PhD Columbia.·
Sociologist; faculty Purdue, U IL, U TX;
author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Schnadig, Jacob; b. ca 1876; d.July 12 1935.
Furniture mfr, communal worker, Chicago. •
See:A]YB, 38:435.
Schnee, Abraham Carlton; b. Austria, Sep
141889.
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.
Bus line owner, journalist, civic worker,
Flushing, NY; secy school bd; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
To US as child. • Educator, NYC; authority
on the education of adults & foreign born;
officer professional assns. • See: A]YB, 50:522;
NITimes, Apr 241948,15:1.
To NYC 1938/1939.· Renowned concert
pianist, composer, tchr, Berlin, Italy, US;
Beethoven interpreter. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
54:540; DAB, 5; NITimes, Aug 161951,27:1.
WWIA],1938.
Schneider, Nathaniel; b: NYC, Jan 3 1896.
To US 1940. • Rabbi, educator, spirituaHdr
Lubavitcher Hassidim, Brooklyn; State Dept
arranged his emigration with Nazis. • See:
A]YB, 52:504; NITimes, Jan 301950,2:3
(notice of funeral).
WWIA],1938.
To Paris 1854, to US 1869. • Jewish journalist,
tchr, communal exec, NYC; supt Heb Orphan
Asylum, Baron de Hirsch English Classes for
Russian Immigrants; author ghetto stories. •
To US 1938.· ULeipzig, UParis.· Noted
cellist, tchr, NYC; mem Budapest Quartet; in
residence Marlboro Music Festival, Library of
Congo • See: NITimes, Oct 5 1985.
Schneider, Perry L; b. Russia, ca 1895; d.
Brooklyn, Apr 23 1948.
Schnabel, Artur; b. Libnik, Moravia, Apr 17
1882; d. Aug 15 1951.
Schnabel, Louis; b. Prossnitz, Moravia,
June 291829; d. NYC, May 3 1897.
Schneider, Mischa; b. Vilna, ca 1904; d.
Buffalo, Oct 1985.
Schneerson, Isaac Joseph; b. Lubavitch,
June 11 1880; d. Brooklyn, Jan 281950.
Schmulevitch, Solomon; b. Pinsk, 1868.
To US 1891. • Yiddish poet, tailor. • See:
Eisenstadt, 107.
Ballet dancer, NYC; with Metropolitan Opera,
Hippodrome. • See: BEOA].
Schneider, Max Joseph; b.Vienna, 1884/
Nov 25 1886/1887/1888; d. NYC, Dec 1
1976.
Schneider, Stanley Frederick; b. NYC, Jan
27 1929; d.Jan 22 1975.
Syracuse U. • Motion picture exec, NYC; with
Columbia Pictures; bd Am Jewish Com; active
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, United Jewish
Appeal. • See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Jan 24
1975,34:1.
Schneiderman, Anna Center (Mrs Louis
Schneiderman); 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, Russian
Poland, Jan 23/241885; d. NYC, Sep 1
1975.
To US 1890.· BS CCNY.· Communal admr,
editor, author, translator, tchr, NYC; with Am
Jewish Com; active Emergency Com for Jewish
Refugees. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:200,
77:599; WWIA], 1926, 192 8, 1938; NYTimes,
Sep 2 1975,34:4.
Schneiderman, J Jerome; b. NYC, July 25
1889.
To US 1886? • Banker, communalldr,
philanthropist, NYC; nat! officer AntiDefamation League; officer trade assn, United
Jewish Appeal, Keren Hayesod; a fdr Heb
Hospital for Chronic Invalids. • See: A]YB,
78:546; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Dec
2 1976,46:1.
Insurance agent, Bayonne; officer NJ Fedn of
YM & YWHAs, Jewish Community Center;
dir Heb Home for Aged.· See: WWIA], 1938;
Schneider, Mildred; b. Bayonne, May 6
1911.
To US 1890. • Labor ldr, orgr, exec, author;
secy NY State Dept of Labor; nat! officer
BEOA].
Schneiderman, Rose; b. RussialSavine,
Poland, Apr 6 1882/1884; d. NYC, Aug
111972.
567
Farmer-Labor Party; officer United Cloth, Hat
& Cap Makers Union, Womens Trade Union
League; 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 18
1937.
Rabbi, NYc. • See: A]YB, 39:596.
Schneierson, Samuel S; b. NYC, Oct 29
1901; d. NYC, Aug41974.
Business exec; pres]ewish Education Com of
NYC, Jewish Child Care Assn; bd JTS; active
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB,
76:517; NYTimes, Aug 6 1974,36:3.
Schneierson, Sol Stanley; b. NYC, May 15
1906; d.Jan 301976.
Cornell, MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician,
microbiologist, NYC;, faculty Mt Sinai; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Schneour, Zalman; see Shneur, Zalman.
Schnier, Jacques; b. Constanza, Rumania,
Dec 251898.
To US 1900. • AB Stanford. • Sculptor, San
Francisco; faculty CA ColI ofArts & Crafts, U
CA; designer US 50 cent piece
commemoration; lay Freudian analyst. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Schnitman, Charles R; b. NYC, Oct 29
1891.
Alderman, Waterbury, CT; fdr Home for
Soldiers ofWW. • See: WWL4.], 1928.
Schnittkind, Henry Thomas (pseud=Henry
Thomas); b. Meretz, Russia, Aug 18
1888.
To Boston 1898.· AB, MA, PhD Harvard. •
Publisher, author, editor, Boston; pres
Stratford Publishing Co; fdr, editor Stratftrd
Magazine. • See: WWL4.], 1938.
Schnitzer, A H; b. Pittsburgh, June 22
1892.
BS PA State. • Costumer, Los Angeles; with
Western Costume Co; WWI ~ignal corps
photographer. • See: WWL4.], 1938.
Schnitzer, Edward Morris; b. Warsaw, Apr
11893; d. 1950.
Motion picture distributor, NYC; with
Republic 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, Mar
14 1887; d. Beverly Hills, July 20 1944.
Schoenberg, "Moses
Motion picture exec, producer, costumer,
Culver City, CA; pres RKO, Western Costume
Co; 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 Art
Theatre. • See: A]YB, 57:608; NYTimes, Aug
191954,23:5.
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, Oct
171935.
Concert violinist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 38:435.
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, other
government 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; faculty
Columbia. • 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'rith
Abraham.· See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):274;
NYTimes, June 301913,7:5.
Schnurer, Julius; b. NYC,June 81893.
BE, BS Cooper Union. • Electrical engineer,
NYC; with Ford, Bacon & Davis. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Schoen, Max; b. Kassau, Austria, Feb 11/12
1888.
To US 1900. • AB CCNY, PhD U IA. •
Professor of education & psychology, U
Pittsburgh; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 8.
Schochet, LouisJ; b. ca 1894; d.Jan 16
1939.
Editor, publisher, Jewish Floridian, Miami. •
See: A]YB, 41:430; NYTimes, Jan 171939,
21:4.
Schoen, Robert; b. ca 1871; d. NYC, Oct 23
1933.
Pioneer motion picture theatre chain operator,
NYC.· See:A]YB, 36:286.
Schochet, Mortimer; b. Brooklyn, Aug 27
1906.
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. • Research
physicist, Germany, Cincinnati; with
Institutum 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 for
Medieval Heb Poetry; donated library, art
collection 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; exec
Schocken 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 & domestic
relations court judge, legislator, banker,
Newark; officer Bd of Education. • See:
WWIA],1928;A]YB,34:112.
Schoenbaum, Charles Edgar; b.*
Motion picture photographer, Los Angeles. •
See: A]YB, 24:200.
Schoenberg, Arnold; b. Vienna, Sep 13
1874; d. Los Angeles, July 13/14 1951.
To US 1934. • Major avant-garde composer,
music tchr, inventor 12-tone scale; faculty U
CA; convert to Roman Catholicism, returned
to 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, Apr
26 1979.
Schoenberg, Fred; b. NYC, May 5 1899; d.
NYC, Apr 1970.
CCNY, MA Columbia. • Educator, public
school principal, admr, NYC. • See: NYTimes,
Apr 301970,35:3.
Schoenberg,MarkJoseph;b.Prtesci,
Rumania, Dec 251974; d. NYC, Feb 15
1945.
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.
568
Schoenbrun, Emanuel
Schoenbrun, Emanuel; b. Nagy-Kapos,
Hungary, July 20 1859; d. Cleveland, Jan
311943.
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 19
1878.
AB Allegheny ColI, Womans Med ColI
(Toronto), Columbia. • Probation officer,
communalworker,Johnstown,P~head
resident Columbian Council School
Settlement; 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, professional
assn; 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 Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA];NITimes, Dec 171945, 21:3.
Schoenfeld, Yetta Rose Baumgarten (Mrs
Solomon Schoenfeld); .b. Cincinnati, Aug
22 1869.
Exec, communalldr, Pittsburgh, Little Rock;
head resident Irene Kau&nann Settlement;"fdr
Natl Council ofJewish Women (Little Rock).
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Schoenheimer, Rudolf; b. Berlin, May 10
1898; d. Yonkers, Sep 111941.
To US 1933. • MD U Berlin, post-grad U
Leipzig. • Biochemist, Zionist ldr, NYC;
faculty D Freiburg, Columbia; WWI German
military 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 Prize
winner, NYC; with Herald Tribune; editor
Journal Am. • See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Apr
15 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, ca
1860; d. NYC, Dec 1917.
U CA. • Banker, NYC, San Francisco; dir Mt
Sinai. • 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 pioneer
CAclothing 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 & English
playwright, 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 simple
historical or descriptive novels ofJewish life. •
See: E]; DAB; NYTimes, Nov 27 1905,9:3
(Schaikewitz).
Schonberg, Mary Gilbson; b. NYC, Aug 25
1889; d. Apr 15 1935.
NY Training School for Tchrs. • Social work
admr, state factory inspector, NYC; state
factory inspector; exec secy Natl Council of
Jewish Women; dir promotion City Housing
Corp; civic secy Womens City Club. • See:
A]YB, 37:261; BEOA].
Schonberger, Guido; b. Frankfurt, 1891.
To US 1939. • PhD U Freiburg, PhD U
Frankfurt. • Art historian, NYC; faculty, staff
U Frankfurt, Historisches Museum of
Frankfurt, NYU; author in field. • See: UJE.
Schonceit, Louis; b. ca 1901; d. Palma De
Mallorca, Spain, May 1970.
Broadway ticket agent, NYC; owner Mackeys
Inc. • See: NYTimes, May 191970,39:4.
Schoney, Lazarus; b. Budapest, Dec 18
1938; d. Feb 1914.
To US 1860. • PhD U Prague, MD U PA. •
Physician, NYC; faculty NY Eclectic Med
ColI; 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 rabbinical
bds; pres Com ofJewish Rights (Rumania);
exec com Am Jewish Cong, Mizrachi; dir
Kashruth Assn; honored for WWI work. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 3
1974,49:2, correction Feb 5 1974,39:7.
Schonfeld, Max; b. Rumania, 1876?;d.
Brooklyn, Oct 1966.
To US 1889.· Communal worker, Brooklyn;
pres United RumanianJews of Am, First
Botoschan Am Sick Benefit Assn. • See: A]YB,
68:533; NYTimes, Oct 41966,47:1.
Schonfeld, Wdliam A; b. Nuremberg, Aug
12 1906; d. NYC, Sep 21 1970.
To US 1907. • BS, MD NYU. • Child
psychiatrist, NYC; faculty Columbia; officer
professional 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, Apr
161872.
To US 1889. • Oil broker, Oklahoma City;
officer B'nai B'rith, synagog. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Schoolman, Albert P; b. Suwalki, Sep 14/16
1894; d. NYC, Apr 7 1980.
To US 1907.· BS CCNY,MAColumbia,JTS
Tchrs, Europe. • Communal educator & ldr,
NYC; dir Centra1]ewish Inst Camps; pres Natl
Council for Jewish Education; bdJewish
Reconstructionist Found. • See: E] (sub Bertha
S Schoolman); A]YB, 82:372-73; WWIA],
1926, 1928.
Schoolman, Bertha Singer (Mrs Albert P
Singer); b. NYC, Dec 9 1897; d. NYC,
Jan 61974.
Hunter,JTS Tchrs. • Zionist & civic ldr; natl
bd Hadassah, World Zionist Action Com; bd
Am 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; pres
Metropolitan Assn of Am Athletics; mgr US
Olympic Track & Field Team; staff Daily News
Record; active B'nai B'rith. • See: NYI'imes, July
15 1961, 19:2.
Schoonover, David H; b. Elmira, NY., Sep 4
1889.
Horological school (Milwaukee). • Civic
worker, Elmira, NY; mem Recreation Commn;
pioneer orgr baseball leagues for boys; officer
Natl Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods. • See:
WWIA],1928.
Schor, Bya; b. Zloczow, Poland, Apr 16
1904; d. NYC, June 7 1961.
To US 1941. • Artist, silversmith, book
illustrator, NYC; creator silver jewelry,Jewish
ceremonial objects. • See:A]YB, 63:562;
Schor, Israel; b. ca 1864; d. NYC, Nov 6
1914.
Cantor, NYc. • See: A]YB, 17(19151916):222.
Schomstein, Emma (Mrs Sam
Schomstein); b. NYC, Oct 6 1865.
Heb-English ColI (New Orleans). • Charity
569
worker, New Orleans, Galveston. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):100.
Schorr, Anshel; b. Zlotczow, Poland, Oct
251871; d. NYC, May 311942.
To US 1900. • Yiddish playwright, theatrical
mgr, NYC, Brooklyn; active Am Jewish Congo
• See: A]YB, 44:343; WWIA], 1928, 1938;
NITimes, June 11942,13:3.
.
Schorr, Dora Weissman (Mrs Anshel
Schorr); b. Odessa, Jan 1 1891.
To US 1893. • Normal ColI, Eclectic Med
ColI (Cincinnati). • Actress, director,'NYC;
co-dir Liberty Theatre. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938,
Schorr, Friedrich; b. Nagyvarad, Hungary/
Oradea, Rumania, Sep 2 1888; d. Aug
1953.
To US 1923/1924. • LLB UVienna.· Opera
singer, Europe, NYC; noted Wagnerian
baritone. • See: UJE; BEOA]; NITimes, Aug
15 1953, 15:1.
Schorr, Gedelia;b.Istrick,Poland,Nov
1910; d. Brooklyn, July 71979.
To US 1922. • Rabbi, communal educator,
NYC; dean Mesivta Torah Voda'ath; officer
Agudath Israel; bd Torah Schools for Israel,
Assn for Advance Rabbinical & Talmudic
Schools; author in field. • See: A]YB, 81:375.
Schorr, Henry A; b. Russia, Jan 271899; d.
1969.
To US 1912. • AB NYU, MHL, ordained
Jewish Inst of Religion, MA Columbia. •
Rabbi, Bronx, NYC; faculty Harlem
Educational Inst; pres Jewish Natl Fund;
officer United Palestine Appeal. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938; CCARYB.
Schorr, Henry Chaskell; b. AustriaHungary, 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 11
1874; d. NYC, Nov 281949.
To US' 1900. • Yiddish theatre fdr, producer,
actor, dramatist, Boston; orgr Heb Actors
Union; 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,Jewish
community. • See: PA]HS, 28:305-06.
Schorsch, Ismar; b. Germany, 1925.
To US as youth. • Bi\/Vrsinus CoIl, MA, PhD
Columbia, ordainedJTS. • President,JTS,
NYC; Jewish historian, scholar, rabbi; author
in field; military chaplain. • See: E]:1986-1987.
Schreiber, William Howard
Schodand, PhilipJohn; b. Russia, Jan 15
1879; d. Newark, Nov 9 1947.
To US 1886.· LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, corp
counsel, Newark; active Zionist org, Conf of
Jewish' Charities, Jewish Anti-Tuberculosis
League.· 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; bd
Natl Council ofJewish Women; contributor
Anglo-Jewish press. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):183; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Nov 5
1958,35:2.
Schotdand, Charles Irwinj b. Chicago, Oct
291906.
AB U CA, Grad School for Jewish Social
Work, U Southern CA Law. • Social welfare
expert, lawyer, Los Angeles; dir CA Relief
Adm, CA Dept of Social Welfare, NY Child
Care Assn; worked with Displaced Persons;
faculty Brandeis; advisor US delegation to UN.
• See: E]; WWIA], 1938.
Schour, Isaac; b. Efingar, Russia, Jan 11
1900; 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, July
1933.
Public official, social worker, Denver. • See:
A]YB, 36:286.
Schrage, Samuel A; b. Belo Horizonte,
Brazil, Dec 12 1935; d. NYC, Dec 31
1976.
To US 1949. • Rabbi, communal exec, NYC;
asst exec dir Youth Bd; adm asst United
Lubavitcher Yeshivot; formed Maccabees anticrime patrols; dir Neighborhood Action
Program. • See:A]YB, 79:373; NITimes, Jan 4
1977,30:1.
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 officer
NJ 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 15
1908; d. Apr 211961.
Business machines mfr, Chicago; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Apr 22
1961,25:6.
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, Aug
141921.
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 Academy
of Science, U Paris, New School, U PA, Bryn
Mawr; author in field. • See: UJE; E];
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Dec 27 1963,25:2.
Schreiber, Adolph H; b. Hungary, Jan 10
1898; d. Monsey, NY, Mar 281974.
Business exec, communal education worker,
NYC; active Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Barnan, Albert Einstein CoIl of Med, Boys Town
Gerusalem).· See:A]YB, 76:517.
Schreiber, Benjamin F; b. NYC, Apr 25
1885;'d. NYC, Mar 1972.
CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, state
supreme court justice, deputy state district atty,
NYC; active Democratic politics, YMHA,
YWCA, Guild for Jewish Blind; campaign mgr
Mayor JamesJ Walker. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1926, 192 8, 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, Berlin
Lehranstalt. • 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 13
1907; d. Mar 241974.
MD U IL. • Psychiatrist, Los Angeles; faculty
UCLA; 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 blacks
against Ku Klux Klan; chr bd Jewish Court of
Arbitration; officer B'rith Abraham, Am
Legion; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
570
Schreier, Eugene
Schreier, Eugene; b. Friedland, Gennany,
Dec 10 1851.
Communal worker, Newport; nat! officer
Free 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 & its
Histradrut Council; active anti-Nazi; WWII
service. • See: A]YB, 68:533; NYTimes, May 27
1960,43:1.
Schroeder, Henry Albert; b. SighetulMannatiei, Austria-Hungary, Apr 8
1894.
Inst ofMusical Art. • Music tchr, NYC; faculty
NY 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 U
Vienna, 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; Pecks
Bad Boy; • WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schuchat, William Louis; b. Austria, Apr 2
1875.
To St Louis 1887. • MD Washington U (St
Louis).· Physician, St Louis. • See: WWIA],
1928, 1938.
Schuel, Jacques Annand (Jack Curley); b.
San Francisco, July 4 1876; d. Great
Neck,July 1937.
Boxing & sports lecturer, promoter, Great
Neck. • See: A]YB, 40:391; NYTimes, July 12
1937, 17:3 (sub Curley).
Schuelein, Julius Wolfgang; b. Munich,
1881.
To US 1941. • Painter, chemist; assocd with
Munich Secession. • See: UJE.
Schulein, Hennann; b. Munich, Jan 24
1884.
To US 1936. • PhD U Erlangen. • Brewery
exec, Munich, Brooklyn; with Rheingold. •
See: WWWIA, 5.
Schueller, Richard; b. Brunn, Moravia,
1870; d. Washington, May 1972.
To US 1940. • LLD U Vienna. • Austrian
foreign office official; expert on commercial
treaties; envoy League of Nations; faculty U
Vienna, New School; one of few unbaptized
Jews in Austrian government. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, May 15 1972,39:1.
Schulberg, Adeline Jaffe (Mrs Ben P
Schulberg); b. Russia, Apr 141895; d.
July 1977.
To US 1902. • U CA. • Film & literary agent,
Los Angeles, London; officer Jewish
Consumptive Relief Soc; promoter progressive
education. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July
16 1977,24:1.
Schulberg, Benjamin Percival; b.
Bridgeport, CT,Jan 191892; d. Key
Biscayne, FL, Feb 1957.
CCNY. • Motion picture exec, producer,
Hollywood, CA; "Little Miss Marker"; an orgr
United 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 B
ScllUlkind); b. NYC, Apr 14 1899; d.
NYC, June 301960.
Communalldr, NYC; pres State Fedn of
Temple Sisterhoods; dir Nat! Fedn of Temple
Sisterhoods. • 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;officerJewish
Fedn. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Schulman, Abram (Abraham) Gustav; b.
Konigsberg,]an 5 1881; d. Phoenix, June
2 1935.
AB CCNY, Academy of Design (NYC). •
Artist, NYC; faculty CCNY; contributor
Encyclopedia 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; pres
Chamber of Commerce. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes, June 25 1950, 70:1.
Schulman, John; b. WIlkes-Barre, Sep 4
1895; d. Albuquerque, Oct 1974.
AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;
specialty: copyright law; active La Follette
presidential campaign. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 27 1974,65:1.
Schulman, Joseph W; b. Chicago, Aug 24
1882.
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; a
fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; trustee Bronx
Lebanon Hospital Center; active Am Jewish
Com, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:
A]YB, 69:612; NYTimes, Jan 41967,43:1.
Schulman, Samuel; b. Kalvaria, Russia, Feb
14 1864/1865; d. NYC, Nov 2 1955.
To USJ868. • AB CCNY, Berlin Lehranstalt,
U Berlin, DD JTS; honorary degrees. • Noted
Reform Idr, rabbi, theologian, scholar, NYC;
pres Assn of Reform Rabbis of NY; officer
Central Conf of Am Rabbis; bd English
translation of the Bible; an orgr Heb Union
ColI School for Tchrs (NYC), World Union
for Progressive Judaism; opposed Zionism but
notIsrael.· 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 15
1894; d. NYC,Jan 51969.
To US 1905.· Mfr, communalldr, NYC; nat!
pres United Synagogue of Am; bdJTS; exec
com Zionist Org of Am. • See: A]YB, 71 :608;
NYTimes, Jan 71969,41:3.
Schulson, Solomon; b. Jerusalem, Feb
1890IJan 20 1896.
To US 1915.· Rabbi, NYC, Bridgeport, CT,
Wilmington, DE; exec com Mizrachi, Union
of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; dir Keren
Hayesod. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].
Schulte, David Albert; h. Thomasville, GA,
1873; d. Holmdale, N],July 291949.
Business, tobacco exec, NYC, London; pres
Dunhill Internat!; active communal
philanthropy. • See: UJE; A]YB, 52:504;
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYrimes, July 30
1949, 15:3.
Schulte,JosephM; h. NYC; d. Nov 1946.
Cigar store exec, NYC; active social welfare &
culturalorgs. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes, Nov 11
1946,27:2.
Schulte, Luise Meyer (Mrs Arthur D
Schulte); h. San Francisco?, Feh 18 1910;
d. Stamford, CT,June 23 1954.
Civic & communalldr, NYC; mem Mayors
Com on the Aged, NY Commn on Charitable
Solicitations; bd Council Child Development
Center; active Am Jewish Com. • See:A]YB,
56:572; NYTimes, June 24 1954, 19:3.
Schultz, Benjamin; h. Brooklyn, Mar 12
1909; d. Clarksdale, MS, Apr 1978.
AB U Rochester, MHL, ordained Jewish Inst
of Religion. • Rabbi, author, Yonkers,
Clarksdale, MS; nat! exec com Am Jewish
Cong; exec dir Am Jewish League Against
Communism; charged communists had
infiltrated religious groups. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, Apr 25 1978,40:4, Apr 26
1978, 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, Nov
261938.
To NYC· 1907. • AB CCNY, London School
of 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
571
assn; author in field; WWI service. - See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 2.
Schultz, Henry Edward; b. NYC, June 18
1906; d. Miami, FL, May 5 1979.
LLB NY Law; honorary degree. - Lawyer,
NYC; mem Bd of Higher Education; exec com
Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Found; ldr AntiDefamation League in McCarthy era. - See:
WWWIA, 7;AJYB, 81:375; NYTimes, May 7
1979.
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:
Schvvabacher,Lud~g
To US 1887/1888. - Pioneer Heb writer,
journalist, world traveler, Zionist, NYC,
Chicago; editor Ha-Pisgah, Ha-Tehiyyah; dealer
in Heb books. - See: JE; E]; AJYB, 6(19041905):183; 12(1910-1911):110; Eisenstadt,
103-04.
Schurz, Margarethe Meyer (Mrs Carl
Schurz); b. Hamburg, Aug 27 1833; d.
NYC, Mar 15 1876.
To US 1852. - Kindergarten advocate;
operated kindergarten in home near
Watertown, WI; follower of Friedrich Froebel.
- See: NAW; NITimes,Mar 19 1976, 12:2.
Health Protective Assn' officer Nat! Council of
Jewish Women, Fedn ~fWomens Clubs' bd
Educational Alliance, Consumers Leagu~. •
See:AJYB,7(1905-1906):101. - *See entry
above.
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.
WWIAJ, 1928.
Schussheim, Solomon; b. ca 1899; d.
Brooklyn, May 1968.
Religious educator; faculty U Chicago; active
JTS; consult ed Bible textbooks; author in
field. - See:· EJ.
Schulzinger, Morris Simcho; b. Serei,
Lithuania, Dec 19 1900/1901.
CCNY, Columbia. • Surgeon, Brooklyn;
officer med soc; editor in field. - See: NITimes,
May261968,84:7.
Schwab, Joseph S; b. ca 1857; d. NYC, Apr
171939.
Schuster, Edna; b. Holbrook, AZ, Nov 22
1896.
Public servant, legislator, Chicago, NYC; mem
Chicago Bd of Education. - See:AJYB, 41:430;
NITimes, Apr 18 1939,23:5.
To Cincinnati 1921. - AB, MA, MB, MD U
Cincinnati. - Surgeon, communalldr,
Cincinnati; specialty: traumatic surgery; pres
League for Labor Palestine, Ivriah; bd Talmud
Torah. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Social worker, Los Angeles; exec secyJewish
Big Bros Assn; field visitor Red Cross. - See:
WWIAJ,1938.
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 rare
science & med books, Detroit, NYC; est Life
of Science Library series. - See: NITimes, Sep
201962,33:1.
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,
Schuster, Joseph; b. Constantinople, 1905;
d. Los Angeles, Feb 1969.
36:286.
To US 1934. - St Petersburg Conservatory,
Berlin Hochschule rur Musik. - Cellist, Berlin
Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic. - See:
UJE; NITimes, Feb 18 1969,41:4.
Schwab, Robert Sidney; b. St Louis, Oct 6
1903; d. Apr 61972.
Schuster, Max Lincoln; b. Kalusz, Galacia,
Mar 2 1897; d. NYC, Dec 201970.
To US 1898. - Litt B Columbia School of
Journalism. - Publisher, author, editor, NYC;
co-fdr Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Little
Golden Books; bd Montefiore Hospital. - See:
UJE; EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; DAB, 8;
NITimes, Dec 21 1970, 38:1.
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 23
1934.
Pioneer dept store merchant, St Paul. - See:
Schutzer, Paul George; b. Brooklyn, July
111930; 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.
AJYB, 36:286.
Schwab, Charles H; b. ca 1836; d. Jan 1919.
Schupper, Rayle; b. NYC, July 6 1908; d.
NYC, Apr 81963.
Communal exec; dir womens campaign Am
Jewish Com, womens division Joint Defense
Appeal; a fdr Am Jewish Com (European
office). - See:AJYB, 65:437; NITimes, Apr 9
1963,32:1.
Schur, Max; b. Poland, ca 1897; d. NYC,
Oct 1969.
To US 1939. - UVienna, attended Freuds
lectures. - Psychoanalyst, NYC; Freuds
personal physician; a fdr, pres Psychoanalytic
Assn of NY; faculty SUNY (Brooklyn); author
infield. -See: NITimes, Oct 13 1969,45:4.
Schur, Zev Wolf (William); b. Lithuania,
Oct 6 1839/27 1844; d. Chicago, Jan 26
1910.
Schwab, Mrs S M; b. ca 1852; d. NYC, Mar
311934.
Philanthropic worker, NYc. - See: AJYB,
City comptroller, philanthropist, shoe mfr,
Chicago; official 1893 Worlds Fair; pres Jewish
Orphanage. - See:AJYB, 21:207; NITimes, Jan
201919,15:5.
Schwab, David; b. Villingen, Baden, Mar 8
1871.
To US 1887. - Clothing merchant,
Springfield, OH; officer synagog. - See:
AB, MD Harvard, BA, MA Cambridge U. •
Neurologist, Boston; faculty Harvard; fdr,
officer professional socs; author in field; WWII
service. - See: WWWIA, 5.
Schwab, Rosalind A (Mrs Julian Schwab); b.
Dayton, OH, Nov 19 1888.
AB Wellesley. - Communal, civic & social
worker, Cincinnati; with Welfare Dept; officer Nat! Council ofJewish Women, Fedn
ofJewish Womens Clubs, Charter Com. See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Schwab, Salvador Joseph; b. France, May 5
1866.·
Rabbi, Victoria, TX, earlier Wichita Falls, TXj
WWI chaplain. - See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Schwab, Sidney Isaac; b. Memphis, Nov 22
1871; d. Boston, Nov 12 1947.
Harvard, MD Harvard, post-grad Europe. Neuropsychiatrist, St Louis; faculty
Washington U; officer professional soc; author
in 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 Research
Found. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA., 4;
NITimes, Nov 16 1963,27:1.
WWIAJ,1938.
Schwab, Flora (Mrs); b. ca 1853; d. Los
Angeles, May 6 1913.
Communal worker, Los Angeles. - See: AJYB,
Schwabacher, Louis Aj b. ca 1869; d. Aug 1
1935.
Civic; communal & philanthropic worker, San
Francisco. - See:AJYB, 38:435.
15(1913';'1914):274. • *See entry below.
Schwab, Flora (Mrs Moses B Schwab); b.
Germany, 1855.
Schwabacher, Ludwig;b. ca 1847; d. San
Francisco, Jan 271912.
Mfr, San Francisco. - See:AJYB, 14(1912-
Civic & communalldr, Cleveland; natl pres
1913):125.
Schvvabacher,~ax
Schwabacher, Max; b. ca 1859; d. New
Orleans, 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 Herzl
Soc.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Schwabacher, Sigmund; b. ca 1841; d. San
Francisco, 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 29
1951.
Lawyer, civic & communalldr, NYC; trustee
Baron de Hirsch Fund, Education Alliance; dir
Jewish Agricultural Soc, Fedn of] ewish
Philanthropies, Nat! Refugee Service, Urban
League. • See: A]YB, 54:540; NITimes, Aug 30
1951,23:1.
Schwager, Charles; b. Rosulna, Austria,
July 18 1879.
Journalist, NYC; orgr Am Information Bureau,
Mutual Cloak & Suit Assn, Internat! Jewish
Cong; exec mem Jewish Council; Am
correspondent Volks-Zeitung. • See:WWIA],
1928.
Schwager, Mortimer; b. Brooklyn, 1890?; d.
NYC, May 3 1965.
Lawyer, philanthropist, Brooklyn; pres Jewish
Family Welfare Soc; bdJewish Family
Services. • See:A]YB, 67:542; NYTimes, May 5
1965,47:4.
Schwamm, Harvey; b. NYC, Oct 26 1904;
d. Nantucket, Aug 15 1958.
Real estate broker, underwriter, NYC; advisor
Senate Banking & Currency Com; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Aug 16
1958, 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; arranged
Dodge sale to Chrysler; Episcopalian. • See:
NYTimes, Nov 161967,47:1.
Schwartz, Abba Philip; b.*
Harvard Law. • State Dept Passport Chief,
lawyer; active Americans for Democratic
Action; counsel UN Internat! Refugee Org;
advisor Internat! Red Cross; friend of Eleanor
Roosevelt. • See: NYTimes story, Sep 12 1962.
Schwartz, Abner; b. Niwra, Galicia, Oct 6
1882.
To US 1894.· Merchant, Norwich, CT;
officer Heb Benevolent Assn, B'nai B'rith,
572
Zionist Org of Am, 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 Heb
Talmudical 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 fdr
Mefitze Sefat Ever (Promoters of the Heb
Language).· See:]E; UJE;A]YB, 59:477.
Schwartz, Adolph Isaac; b. Bucharest, Jan 1
1873.
To NYC 1903. • BS, BL U Bucharest, MD LI
ColI Hospital. • Otolaryngologist, NYC;
devised new procedures; fdr, dir Talmud
Torah 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 Oil
Co, Brookdale Found; est clinics,
professorships, yeshiva; bd Friends of Boys
Town Gerusalem).· See:A]YB, 81:375-76;
NYTimes, Sep 8 1979, 36:1.
Schwartz, Arthur; b. Brooklyn, Nov 25
1900; d. Kintnersville, PA, Sep 4 1984.
NYU, JD Columbia. • Composer stage shows,
movies, NYC; officer Authors League of Am,
Dramatists Guild; composer "Dancing in the
Dark"; autobiography. • See: WWWIA, 8;
NYTimes, Sep 5 1984, 16:1.
Schwartz, Benjamin; b. NYC, July 10 1896;
d. NYC, Jan 1972.
CCNY, LLB Cornell, NY Inst of Public
Administration. • Exec, Baltimore; editor
Baltimore Jewish Times; officer Bd of]ewish
Education; secy Municipal Welfare Commn;
mem MD Inter-Racial Commn; exec com
Zionist Org of Am; 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; officer
Jewish Welfare Bd, Nat! Womens League for
Conservative Judaism, Hadassah; benefactor
Library 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 professional
assn; orgr Civic String Orchestra; active Jewish
Big Bros.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Schwartz, Charles; b. ca 1877; d. July 4
1936.
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, Mar
301891.
LLB John Marshall. • Lawyer, Chicago; mem
IL State Tax Commn; WWI service. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Schwartz, Charles Phineas; b. Vilna, Oct 1
1886.
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, June
281892.
To US 1901. • LLB U MN. • Lawyer, Golden
Valley, ND, Los Angeles; officer Olympic
Jewish Center; WWI service.· See: WWIA],
1938.
Schwartz, Arthur Harry; b. NYC, Nov 16/
18 1903.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asst US atty,
NYC; editor Columbia Law Review; active Fedn
of]ewish Charities, Free Milk Fund. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Schwartz, David; b. Brunswick, GA, 1896;
d. NYC, Apr 29 1980.
Journalist; with Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
Israel Bond Org. • See:A]YB, 82:373.
Schwartz, B Davis; b. NYC, Sep 18 1902; d.
July 51969.
Oil co exec, NYC; officer Brookdale Found;
nat! com Anti-Defamation League; author in
field. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 7
1969,33:2.
Schwartz, David; b. NYC, July 27 1902; d.
NYC, Dec 281985.
Clothing mfr, philanthropist; fdr Jonathan
Logan Dress Co; benefactor NYU, Tufts,
Brandeis, Yeshiva. U, Albert Einstein ColI of
Med; active United Jewish Appeal, Lincoln
573
Schwartz, Louis Adrian
Center. • See:AJYB, 88:507-08; NYTimes,Jan
11986.
Rabbi, Hempstead, TX. • See:AJYB, 3(19011902):187.
ColI, Am Jewish Cong, Zionist Org of Am.•
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Schwanz, Dehnore;h. BrooMyn, Dec 8
1913; 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, 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.
Schw~z,Jesse
David; h. NYC, Mar 16
1888; d. NYC, Apr 1950.
BS CCNY, MD Cornell. • Surgeon, NYC;
tchr public schools. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
Schwanz, Herman; h. Szanto, Hungary,
Apr91876.
To NYC 1891.· MD NYU.• Physician,
neuropsychiatrist, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad
Med School. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Schwanz, Joseph Joshua; h. Russia, Mar 23
1899; d. NYC, Jan 11975.
To US 1907.· Rabbinical ColI of Am, PhD
Yale; honorary degrees. • Semitics scholar,
outstanding communal social work exec; with
J oint Distribution Com, Joint Defense Com;
faculty Am U (Cairo), LI U; natl officer United
Jewish Appeal; exec Fedn ofJewish Charities,
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; active WWII
rescue of European Jews, refugee resettlement.
• See:EJ;AJYB, 76:517, 77:599; WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, Jan 2 1975, 36:2.
Schwanz, Ellis Maxwell; h.Jassy, Dec 25
1892.
To US 1900. • CCNY, MD NYU. •
Physician, NYC; inventor surgical instruments;
staff Israel Orphan Asylum, NY Post-Grad
Med 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. White
Plains, 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 therapy
pioneer; dean Post-grad Center for
Psychotherapy; contributor to Anglo-Jewish &
Am press; author in field. • See: NYTimes, Jan
25 1973,42:2.
Schw~z, Esther
(Mrs); h. ca 1871; d. St
Louis, Nov 16 1938.
Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB,
41:430.
Schwartz, FrankJacoh; h. Rumania, Apr 4
1886; d. Spring Valley, NY, Apr 1957.
To US 1890. • CCNY, MD U MD. •
Physician, acting mayor, village trustee, Spring
Valley, NY.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Apr 241957,33:4.
Schwanz, Gerhart Steven; h. Vienna, June
191922.
To US 1939. • Vienna Inst Technology, MD U
Vienna. • Radiologist, NYC; faculty Columbia,
NY Med School. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Schwanz, Hymen; h. Philadelphia, Mar 10
1902.
BS U PA, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia;
general mgr Philadelphia Jewish World; exec
secyJewish Court of Arbitration; active Legal
Aid.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.
Schw~z,
Irving W; h. NYC, 1903; d. NYC,
Apr 41974.
Business exec, philanthropist, Philadelphia; a
dir RabbiJacobJoseph School; active United
Jewish Appeal, Joint Distribution Com, Heb
Union 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, New
Bedford, Dartmouth, MA; med dir Well Child
Clinic; 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, Dec
12 1905; d. May 1968.
TCU, BS, MD U TX. • Army med officer, San
Francisco; WWII POW (Bataan). • See:
WWWIA,5.
Schwartz, Harry E; h. Kishinev, July 10
1899.
To US 1908. • AB U PA, ordainedJTS.·
Rabbi, Hempstead, LI, earlier Waterbury &
Patchogue, NY; officer Zionist Org of Am,
Rabbinical Assembly of Am; active United
Synagogue of Am. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Schw~z,
Heinrich; h. ca 1825; d.
Hempstead, TX, Oct 18 1900.
Schwartz, Julius; h. Esztergom, Hungary,
Feh 21 1860?; d. Nov 19 1909.
LLD U Budapest. • Civic & communalldr,
Zionist, life insurance mgr, Staten Island; Park
Commr; State Civil Service Examiner; pres
Heb 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, Dec
13 1902.
AB, MA Columbia, MHL, ordained Jewish
Inst of Religion, post-grad Heb U. • Rabbi,
White Plains; lecturer School for Judaic
Studies (NYC). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Schw~z,
Schw~z,Jacob;
h. Karnenets Podolsk,
1886/May 11888;d. NYC, June 61963.
To US 1903.· Vienna Conservatory.·
Cantor, Vienna, Norfolk, NYC; fdr Inst of
Hazanuth; officer Jewish Ministers Cantors
Assn; author in field. • See: U]E; AJYB,
55:459; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 81953,
29:3.
Schw~z, Jacoh
Schwanz, Hannah (Mrs); h. ca 1853; d. San
Francisco, Oct 1935.
AJYB,38:435.
Schwanz, Joseph; h. *
Opera singer, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 24:201.
Ralph; b. Brichan,
Bessarahia, Apr 15 1889; d. Miami, Feh
1964.
To US 1889. • DDS NYU, Cooper Union,
CCNY, Pratt, NY World School of
Illustration. • Dentist, artist, ivory carver,
Brooklyn; exec bd Heb U; advisory bd Bd of
Education; a fdr dental soc, East Midwood
Jewish Center; author in field; autobiography.
• See: U]E; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,
Feb 9 1964, 88:5.
Schw~z, Jacoh
William; h. Bialystok, Aug
2 1876.
To US 1891. • Theatre owner, Chicago;
officer B'rith Abraham; active Heb Theological
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 ofJewish
Charities. • See: WWWlA, 5; NYTimes, Sep 13
1971,40:1.
Schwanz, Lewis Harry; h. Russia, Jan 21
1879.
To Boston 1890.· LLB U ME.· Lawyer,
Lawrence, MA; mem city government, school
bd; pres YMHA.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Schw~z,
Louis; h. NYC, July 4 1883; d.
Feh 1963.
AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MD
Jefferson Med ColI. • Dermatologist; surgeon,
public health official, diplomat; faculty NYU,
Georgetown U; consult Naval Med Research
Lab; author in field. • See: U]E; WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 27 1963,
16:1.
Schwartz, Louis Adrian; h. Cleveland, Feh
71902.
BS, MD U MI. • Neuropsychiatrist, consult,
Schwartz, Louis Edward
Detroit; mem Nat! Commn for Mental
Hygiene; bd Jewish Childrens Placement
Bureau; 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, developer
Yiddish 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.
574
programs. • See: A]YB, 52:504; NYTimes, July
11 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, Oct
29 1970.
Schwartz, Robert B; b. 1898; d. Hewlett
Bay Park, LI, Nov 21 1971.
Oil exec, philanthropist, Philadelphia;
benefactor Yeshiva & Mesivta Toras Chaim,
RabbiJacobJoseph School, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, a fdr Maimonides Inst for
Exceptional Children. • See:A]YB, 73:635;
NYTimes, Nov 23 1971,40:1, correction Nov
26197140:3.
Schwartz, Robert S; b. Brooklyn, ca 1921;
d. Poughkeepsie, Apr 1964.
BA Brooklyn ColI, PhD Brooklyn Polytech. •
Chemist, patent holder; helped develop IBM
computer; 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; fdr
synagog; officer trade assn. • See: WWIA],
1926.
Schwartz, Max L; b. 1901;d. Chicago, Feb
Schwartz, Samuel; b. Hungary, Dec 1880.
15 1957.
, To US 1904. • Ordained Heb Union ColI, U
Mfr, communalldr; officer United Synagogue
Chicago. • Rabbi, Chicago, earlier
Jacksonville, Montreal; pres Chicago
of Am. • See:A]YB, 59:477;NITimes, Feb 16
1957,17:4.
Rabbinical Assn. • See: WWJA], 1926,
1938.
Schwartz, Milton Henry; b. Chicago, Apr
241905; d. Aug 311970.
Schwartz, Samuel; b. ca 1840; d.
Hempstead, TX, Oct 3 1918.
Advertising exec, Chicago. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Civil War veteran, Hempstead, TX. • See:
Schwartz, Miriam (Mrs Finkelstine); b.*; d.
A]YB, 21:207.
Philadelphia, Feb 13 1914.
Actress, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 16(1914Schwartz, Samuel D.sraeli; b. NYC, Aug 11
1890; d. Mar 201968.
.
1915):166.
PhB, MA U Chicago. • Social worker,
Schwartz, Moses; b.*; d. New Orleans,July
communal admr, Chicago; fdr Sinai Forum;
81912.
exec dir Emil G Hirsch Center, Jewish Peoples
Inst; officer Nat! Forum Assn; active Jewish
Mfr, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 15(19131914):274.
Charities; author Jewish & art subjects. • See:
WWJA], 1928,1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.
Schwartz, Nathanj b. Rusga, 1889?jd.
Schwartz, Samuel H; b. ca 1911j d. NYC,
Newton, MA,June 61967.
Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr dental
July 1977.
school; bd JTS; benefactor Heb U, Brandeis. •
Theatrical business mgr, producer, NYc. •
See:A]YB, 69:612; NITimes, June 71967,
See: NYTimes, July 12 1977, 32:1.
47:1.
Schwartz, Saul Alvin; b. NYC, Jan 29 1907.
Schwartz, Pinkhos (born Samuel Kruk)j b.
BS CCNY, NY Homeopathic ColI, MD NY
Plock, Poland, Sep 1 1902 j d. NYC, Dec
Med ColI. • Pediatrician, NYC; faculty NY
141963.
Med ColI; active nat! Young Israel. • See:
To US 1940. • Yiddish author, journalist,
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].
communal exec, NYC; exec secy Yiddish Inst,
World Cong for Jewish Culture; active World
Schwartz, Sidney L; b. San Francisco, Jan 3
Bund Org.· See:A]YB, 65:437; NYTimes, Dec
1886.
161963,33:3.
U CA. • Investment banker, broker, San
Francisco; officer Stock Exchange, banking
Schwartz, Ray F (Mrs); b. NYC, 1883?; d.
assns; pres Sidney L & Alice Schwartz Found;
NYC, July 91949.
trustee Fogel Loan Fund, Pacific Heb Orphan
Welfare worker, sociologist, Zionist, NYC;
Asylum. • See: WWJA], 1938; BEOA];
execdir YWHA; active childrens recreational
WWWIA, 7.
Schwartz, Simon Bernard; b. New Orleans,
Sep 281900.
B EngrTulane. • Consulting engineer, New
Orleans; supt Maginnis Cotton Mills; officer
B'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 Menshevik
opposition during Russian Revolution; faculty
New 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, Dec
271932.
Veteran, WWI Jewish Legion service, NYc. •
See:A]YB, 35:128.
Schwartz, William; b. Rumania, Mar 14
1877.
Exec, communal worker, St Louis; officer
synagog. • 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; officer
World Zionist Action Com; mem Polish
Parliament. • 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, Apr
27 1929.
Journalist, editor, NYC.· See:A]YB, 32:155.
Schwartzberg, Samuel; b. ca 1858; d. St
Louis, 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
Schweig, Joe1
575
stories in Russian, Heb, Yiddish. - See: A]YB,
52:504.
staff Union of Am Heb Congregations. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; CCARYB.
Ma'aravi; fought "Yiddishism." • See: E];
Eisenstadt, 103.
Schwartzenstein, Sigmund; b. Petrikow,
Poland, May 13 1887.
To US 1922. - Kamenetz-Podolsk
Conservatory ofMusic. • Concert violinist,
tchr, composer; faculty Cracow Conservatory,
Benson Conservatory (Brooklyn). • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Schwarz, Joseph; b. ca 1879; d. Mar 13
1931.
Physician, Mobile; faculty U AL; military
service. • See:A]YB, 33:128.
Schwarzburg, Nathaniel; b. Nov 18 1896.
AB CCNY. • Painter, etcher, public school
tchr,NYC. • See: WWIA], 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 9
1908; d.Jan 1977.
U PA, Beaux Arts (Paris). - Architect, NYC;
faculty Pratt, NYU; advisor Union of Am Heb
Congregations; trustee Jewish Bd of
Guardians; officer professional orgs. • See:
WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Jan 251977,38:1.
Schwartzman, Theodore Isadore; b.
Rumania, Apr 271887.
To US 1887. • Brooklyn Law, LLB St
Lawrence. • Lawyer, Flushing, NY, Los
Angeles; pres Federated Income Properties. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Schwartzwald, JacobJ; b. Brooklyn, Mar 12
1900.
CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,
legislator, Brooklyn; WWI service. - See:
WWIA],1938.
Schwarz, Anton, b. Polna, Bohemia, Feb 2
1839; 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 20
1932.
Physician, communal worker, county coroner,
Newark. • See:A]YB, 35:129.
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 11
1906; d. NYC, Dec 11967.
AB Harvard, post-grad Harvard, ordained
Jewish Inst of Religion. • Rabbi, educator,
prolific author/editor; dir Menorah Assn
educational programs; with Joint Distribution
Com aiding displaced persons. • See: E];
A]YB, 69:612; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 3
1967,84:5.
Schwarz, Leon; b. Perry County, AL, Mar
281872; d. Mobile, May 1943.
Insurance broker, sheriff, city commr, mayor,
author, Mobile; officer B'nai B'rith, Red Cross,
Salvation Army; active Union of Am Heb
Congregations; Spanish-Am War & WWI
service. • 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; exec
dir Central Bureau for Jewish Aged; officer
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Natl Council of
Jewish 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 Amerikanische
Bierbrauer; principal Brewers Academy. • See:
]E (sub Schwarz, Anton).
Schwarzkopf, Paul; b. Pardubice,
Czechoslovakia, Apr 13 1886; d. Reutte,
Austria, Dec 1970.
To US ca 1938. • Technical U (Prague), U
Berlin; honorary degree. - Metal inventor,
scientist, industrialist, Reutte, NYC; pioneer in
powder metallurgy. - See: NYTimes, Dec 29
1970,32:1.
Schwarzschild, Leopold; b. Frankfurt, 1891;
d. Santa Margherita, Italy, 1950.
To US 1940. - Journalist, editor, author,
Austria, NYC, Italy; noted anti-Hitler
journalist in Germany & Paris.· See: UJE;
NYTimes, Oct2 1950,23:3.
Schwarzschild, Martin; b. Potsdam, 1912.
To US 1937. • Astronomer, astrophysicist;
faculty Princeton. • See: E] (sub
Schwarzschild, Karl).
Schwarzschild, William Harry; b.
Richmond, May 17 1879; d. Richmond,
June 8 1952.
Exec, communal & civic ldr, Richmond; officer
Democratic State Central Com; bdJoint
Distribution Com, Natl Conf of Christians &
Jews, Salvation Army. • See:A]YB, 54:541;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 3.
Schwarzschild, William Harry Jr; b.
Richmond, Sep 19 1903.
AB UVA, MBA Harvard. • Banker,
Richmond; exec Central Natl Bank of
Richmond. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schwarzwalder, Henry; b. ca 1853; d. NYC,
May 10 1915.
Mfr, NYc. • See: A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222;
Schwarz, Max; b. Taus, Bohemia, Nov 13
1865; d. Feb 22 1940.
To US ca 1881. • Cigar mfr, communal
worker, NYC; pres La Primadora Co; ldr
Central Synagogue. - See: A]YB, 42 :483;
NYTimes, Feb 23 1940,15:1.
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.
Schwarz, Ralph J; b. New Orleans, Dec 6
1880; d. New Orleans, Apr 1943.
AB Tulane, MA, LLB Columbia; honorary
degree. • Lawyer, New Orleans; faculty
Tulane; officer bar assn; bdJewish Childrens
Home, synagog, Am Jewish Com.· See:A]YB,
24:201,45:394; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Schwefel, Louis Judah; h. NYC, Oct 8
1898.
AB CCNY, post-grad Columbia, ordained
JTS. • Rabbi, journalist, NYC, earlier
Bayonne, Washington DC; natl exec dir Young
Judea; officer Rabbinical Assembly oUTS,
Zionist Org of Am. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schwarz, Herman;b. NYC, Oct 241876; d.
NYC, May 191945.
MD Columbia. - Pediatrician, civic &
communal worker, NYC; faculty Columbia; bd
Childrens.Welfare Fedn, Am Jewish Physicians
Com; consult US Public Health Service. • See:
A]YB, 47:532; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, May 20 1945,32:5.
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 General
Zionists; admr World Jewish Cong; active
Yiddish Inst. • See: E]; News of the Yiddish Inst,
79:8; NYTimes, Apr 27 1961,21:2.
Schweid, Mark; b. Warsaw, May 15 1891; d.
Bronx, Dec 1969.
To NYC 1911/1912.· Warsaw Dramatic
Academy. • Actor, writer, poet, playwright,
NYC; dir Bronx Art Theatre, Yiddish Art
Theatre; in charge of German press during
Nuremberg trials. • See: UJE; A]YB, 71:609;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Dec 3 1969.
Schwarz, Jacob David; b. Cincinnati, Dec 6
1883; d.1962.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, author, Cincinnati, earlier Pensacola;
Schwarzberg, Samuel Benjamin; b. Russia,
1865; d. 1929.
To US 1897/1898. • Heb publisher, editor,
bookseller, Poland, US; editor Ner ha-
Schwarz, Guenter; b. Cologne, Nov 26
1913; d. Nov 171974.
To US 1938. • Technical U (Berlin), PhD
Johns Hopkins.- Physicist, Tallahassee;
faculty U IL, FL State; dir Center for Research
in CoIl Instruction of Science & Math. • See:
WWWIA.,6.
Schwarz, Herbert Maier; b. Paters.on, July
221900.
AB, CE ColUinbia. • Chemical engineer,
NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schweig, Joel; b. Poland, Apr 6 1893; d. Jan
1973.
To NYC 1924. • MD U Vienna. •
Schweitzer, David]
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 20
1889.
To US 1904. • BS CCNY, MA Columbia, NY
School of Philanthropy. • Social work exec,
NYC, Paris; with Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Joint Distribution Com
(Europe); exec Am Joint Reconstruction
Found. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schweitzer, Isidor S; b. NYC, Apr 12 1882/
1892.
CCNY. • Merchant, NYC, Philadelphia;
advisor Bd of Education; pres Jewish Memorial
Hospital; dir Jewish Conciliation Court. • See:
WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA].
Schweitzer, Peter; b. ca 1874; d. Nov 27
1922.
Zionist ldr, philanthropist, NYc. • See: A]YB,
25:141; NYTimes, Nov 281922,21:4.
Schweitzer, Rebecca (Mrs Peter J
Schweitzer); b. Kremai, Russia, 1880/Apr
71882; 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 13
1940.
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 11
1877; d. NYC, Aug 3 1948.
To US 1921. • Pacifist, feminist, world
federalist, writer; orgr Neo-Malthusian
League, 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; faculty
Purdue, U Chicago, Harvard. • See: E].
Schwolsky, Jacob; b. Hartford, Nov 27
1890.
LLB Yale. • Lawyer, alderman, fire commr,
town court judge, Hartford; officer United
Jewish Appeal, Zionist Org of Am, Am Jewish
Congo • See: WWIA], 1938.
Scolnick, Sylvan; b. ca 1930; d. Cherry Hill,
NJ,1976.
Criminal informer; convict; confessed to series
of crime, led to arrest of 100 people
(Philadelphia); autobiography. • See: NYTimes,
Sep 3 1976, IV 14:4.
576
Scooler, Zvee; b. Kamenetz-Podolsk, Dec
251899; d. NYC, Mar 251985.
To US 1912. • English & Yiddish actor, radio
personality, NYC; active Yiddish Art Theatre.
• See:A]YB, 87:443.
Scott, Max; b. ca 1873; d. NYC, June 17
1936.
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. • Child
diagnostician, NYC; specialty: child guidance,
parent education; in charge of 1st rooftop
playground; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Jan 7
1944, 17:5.
Scott, Norman; b. NYC, Nov 30 1928; d.
NYC, Sep 22 1968.
Opera & concert singer, NYC; with
Metropolitan 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 book
authority, 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; newspaper
column "The Wandering Jew." • 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 United
Settlement Soc, Manhattan Trade School for
Girls. • See: WWL.4], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,
Aug 17 1953, 15:4.
Seasongood, Lewis; b. Burgenstadt,
Bavaria, 1836; d. Atlantic City, NJ, Nov
241914.
To Cincinnati 1851. • Merchant, Cincinnati;
an orgr Cincinnati Exposition; officer United
Jewish Cemetery Assn; bd Union of Am Heb
Congregations. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Seasongood);A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222;
Seasongood, Murray; b. Cincinnati, Oct 27
1878.
AB, MA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, mayor,
political, civic & communalldr, Cincinnati;
officer Natl Civil Service Reform League, Heb
Union ColI; faculty U Cincinnati; bdJoint
Distribution Com; exec com Am Jewish Com.
• See: UJE; E] (sub Seasongood); WWIA],
1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7;AI
story, Oct 24 1968.
Seaver, Edwin; b. Washington DC, 1900.
Harvard. • Novelist, short story writer, book
reviewer; with Book-of-the-Month Club;
faculty New School. • See: UJE.
Secord, Walter; b. Chicago, Feb 41895.
Reed, U Washington, Columbia. • Publisher,
Oakland, CA, Portland, OR, Spokane; fdr The
Scribe, 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 Yiddish
theatres, 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 of
Fame member. • See: E].
Seeberger, Louis; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, May
3 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 chief
inspector, NYC; WWII service. • See:
NYTimes story, Mar 12 1970.
Seegal, David; b. Chelsea, MA,June 23
1899; d. NYC, July 241972.
Harvard, MD Harvard. • Physician, NYC; ldr
in research of chronic diseases; faculty
Columbia; delegate White House Conf on
Aging; 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; instructor
Boston U.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Seegman, Simon; b. Old Konstantin,
Russia, Sep 15 1882.
MD U Pittsburgh, post-grad Berlin, London,
Vienna. • Otolaryngologist, Pittsburgh; officer
Zionist 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 Civic
Opera Co; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Seelenfreund, A B; b. ca 1868; d. Memphis,
Apr 23 1923.
Communal worker, Chicago; officer B'nai
B'rith. • See:A]YB, 26:157.
577
Seelig, Major Gabriel; b. Helena, AR, Feb
191874; d. Mar 1953.
AB Harvard, MD Columbia, U Berlin. •
Surgeon, St Louis; facility Washington U; pres
YMHA; dir Public Library; author in field;
WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Mar 12
1953,27:3.
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 Jewish
Appeal; 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 7
1910; d. NYC, May 241977.
U PA, PhD Gratz.· Educator, author; with
Union of Am 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 Natl
Jewish Monthly; syndicated column "Plain
Talk"; co-author Born A Jew. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; Cincinnati
Post, 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, Soldiers
Relief Com; active J ewish Welfare Bd. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Segal, Bernard; b. Lipno, Poland, Nov 15
1907; d. Jerusalem, June 3 1984.
To US 1922. • Heb Theological ColI, Crane
Jr Coll, BS Columbia, ordainedJTS. • Leading
Conservative rabbi, Queens Village, NY;
officer United Synagogue of Am, Rabbinical
Assembly of Am, JTS; supported publication of
Segel, Alexander
an English-language Talmud; WWII &
reserve chaplain. • See: AJYB, 86:442-43;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, June 61984.
worker, Chillicothe, OH; editor Chillicothe &
Scioto Gazette; active professional orgs. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Segal, Bernard Gerard; b. NYC, June 11
1907.
AB, LLB U PA.· Lawyer, Philadelphia; pres
Am Bar Assn, Allied Jewish Appeal; bdJewish
Welfare 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, Samuel; b. Minsk, ca 1885; d. NYC,
July 101942.
To US 1900. • Labor Zionist ldr; a fdr Poale
Zion movement, Jewish Natl Workers
Alliance.· See:AJYB, 45:394.
Segal, David; b. Boston, Oct 11895.
BS Tufts. • Chemical engineer, metallurgist,
Ann Arbor; with Ford Motor Co; officer
professional orgs; WWI chemical warfare
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Segal, George; b. NYC, 1924.
Noted sculptor; faculty CCNY. • See:
EJ:1973-1982.
Segal, Henry Clay; b. Chillicothe, OH, Oct
27, 1900; d. Cincinnati, July 181985.
AB, BS OH State. • Newspaperman,
Cincinnati; publisher AI; bd United Jewish
Social 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 Palestine
Dominion League; adm com Zionist Org of
Am; editor Maccabaean Magazine. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Segal, Joseph; b. ca1853; d. NYC,]une 16
1916.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:AJYB, 19(1917-1918):268.
Segal, Samuel Louis; b. Lithuania, Nov 14
1885; d. Chillicothe, OH,June 10 1946.
To US 1891. • Paper mill supply mfr, civic ldr,
Chillicothe, OH; mem City Council; officer
Jewish 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 Union
ColI-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, Mar
21 1909; d. NYC, Dec 2 1970.
To US 1935. • U Paris, U Geneva. • Lawyer,
orgn exec, author; specialty: internatllaw; with
Am Jewish Com; mem Carnegie Endowment
for Internatl Peace; trustee Memorial Found
for Jewish Culture. • See: AJYB, 72:544;
NYTimes, Dec41970, 50:3.
Segal, Solomon; b. Vilna, July 301897.
To US 1913. • Rabbi, Berlin, NH; dir Natl
Fedn of Ukrainian Jews of Am. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Segal, Vivienne Sonia; b. Philadelphia, Apr
191900.
Actress, singer, NYC; with Ziegfeld Follies. •
See:AJYB, 24:201; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Segal, Louis; b. Lowicz, Poland, July 4
1894; d. NYC, June 161964.
To US 1905/1911/1912. • Labor Zionist ldr,
Yiddish writer, NYC; fdr Hat, Cap, &
Millinery local; general secyJewish Natl
Workers Alliance; bd World Zionist Org,
Jewish Agency, Poale Zion, Zeire Zion. • See:
EJ;AJYB, 66:581; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
June 17 1964,43:2.
Segall, Gabriel; b. Libau, Latvia, Mar 8
1895.
To Los Angeles 1922. • MD U Berlin. •
Physician, Los Angeles; consultJewish
Consumptive Relief Sanitarium; active Zionist
orgs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
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.
Segalovitch, Zussman; b. Bialystok, Feb 27
1884; d. NYC, Feb 19 1949.
To US 1947. • Yiddish poet, novelist,
journalist; noted for capturing tragedy of
Nazism.· See:AJYB, 51:524; NYTimes, Feb 22
1949,23:3.
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.
Segalowitz, Oscar; b. NYC, Mar 25 1889.
ME Cornell. • Mechanical engineer, NYC;
Segal, Paul Moses; b. Denver, Dec 8 1899;
d. Kensington, MD, May 241968.
AB Columbia, LLB Denver U; honorary
degree. • Lawyer, Washington DC; specialty:
FCC cases; WWI & WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTinles, May 25 1968, 35:1.
Segal, Robert E; b. Chillicothe, OH, Dec
111903.
AB OH State. • Journalist, communal & civic
Segar, Louis Harold; b. Indianapolis, Apr 4
1890.
AB, MD IN U. • Pediatrician, Indianapolis;
faculty IN U; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA, 8.
Segel, Alexander; b. Louisville, June 7
1894; d. 1973.
.
Dropsie, MA U PA, ordained Heb Union ColI.
• Rabbi, San Francisco, earlier Fresno, Los
Angeles, York, PA, NYC; officer United Jewish
578
Segel, David
Appeal, B'nai B'rith; WWI chaplain. • See:
WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.
A]YB, 24:201; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 4.
Segel, David; b. Marion County, KS, Apr
12 1894; d. Jan 211972.
BA U CA, MA Columbia, PhD Stanford. •
Educational psychologist, govenunent consult,
Long Beach, CA, Washington DC,
Albuquerque; officer professional socs; author
in field; WWII government service. • See:
"WWWIA,5.
Seidel, Wladimir; b.*
Mathematician; faculty U Rochester. • See:
UJE (sub Seidel, Toscha).
Segel, Harry; h. Paterson, Jan 27 1896.
BE Columbia. • Communal & civic exec,
Atlantic City; registrar US Marine Hospital;
exec dir Jewish Center; officer Intra-Social
Services 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 25
1893;d. Oct 1967.
Salesman, NYC; natl officer Free Sons of
Israel; active Am Jewish Cong, United
Palestine Appeal, Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA],
1938;NYTimes, Oct 28 1967,31:4.
Seide, Max; b. Stanislau, Poland, Sep 16
1898; 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, Aug
291934.
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, Jewish
Legion; active Bd ofJewish Education, Am
Jewish 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, May
1968.
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.· Communal
educator, author, Baltimore; intructor Talmud
Torahs & High School, RIETS; supervisor Bd
ofJewish 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; WWI
prisoner of war; WWII service. • See: UJE;
Seidelman, Joseph H; b. Milwaukee, Mar
201895; d. Mar 1968.
Milwaukee U, Marquette Law. • Motion
picture exec, Albany, NY, NYC; with
Paramount, Columbia; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 201968,47:4.
Seiden, Joseph; b. NYC, July 23 1892.
Motion picture producer, NYC; orgr Judea
Films, Motion Picture Op~rators Union; pres
Jewish Talking Picture Co, Seiden Sound
Library; chief cameraman Am Relief Adm
abroad.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Seidenberg, Harold; b. Boston, Aug 8 1894.
LLB Northeastern, BBA Boston U, post-grad
Harvard. • Lawyer, auditor, Boston; assocd
Boston Evening Record, Boston Daily Advocate;
natl officer Jewish War Veterans; WWI
Seidenberg, RudolphJ; b. Hoboken, May 5
1867.
Exec, Buffalo; active Jewish Fedn of Charities.
• See: WWIA], 1928.
Seidenstein, Benjamin; b. NYC, Jan 23
1887; d. New Rochelle, Jan 23 1940.
Heb Technical Inst, NYU, NY Law. • Lawyer,
NYC, New Rochelle; active Republican
politics. • See: NYTimes, Jan 24 1940,21 :2.
Seider, Joseph Morris; b. NYC, Apr 25
1894.
LLB NY Law. • Theatre operator, film
distributor, NYC; officer trade orgs; editor
trade journals. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Assn of Foreign Language Newspapers; fdr
Brooklyn Civic Forum; active philanthropic &
religious orgs. • See: A]YB, 50:522; NYTimes,
Mar 111948,27:5.
Seidner, Howard Mayo; b. Chicago, July 23
1921; d. May 311968.
BS Northwestern, MD U IL. • Obstetrician,
gynecologist, Chicago; consult Bd of Health;
Seif, Joseph B; b. Poland, ca 1896; d. NYC,
Aug 1969.
To US as child.· CCNY,JTS, NYU Law. •
Lawyer, NYC; specialty: real estate; legal
consult UN; fdr Young Israel; ldr Young
Judea. • See: NYTimes, Aug 9 1969,25:1.
Seiferheld, Sigmund; b. ca 1875; d. Feb 5
1937.
Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
39:597; NYTimes, Feb 7 1937, II 9:2.
Seifert, Moses; b. Kovno province, Apr 13
1850.
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.
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.
Seilikovitch, Solomon; b. Odessa, May 1
1865; d. Nov 1940.
To Philadelphia 1886. • MD MedicoChirurgical CoIl (Philadelphia). • Physician,
Philadelphia; orgrMt Sinai; officer Heb
Literature Soc; orgr, ldr med socs. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 19
1940,23:6.
Seidlin, Joseph; b. Pavlograd, Russia, May
23 1892.
To US 1906. • U MO, Cornell, BS, MA, PhD
Columbia. • Mathematician, Alfred, NY;
faculty Alfred U; author/editor in field. • See:
UJE; WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Seinfel, Henry; b. Gorlice, Austria, May 28
1868; 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.
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.
Sein'sheimer, Abraham H; b.*; d.
Cincinnati, Sep 41920.
Civil War veteran, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,
23:133.
Seidman,J Arthurrb. Austria, July 5 1891.
To NYC 1895.· LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,
NYC; officer synagog; dir Fedn ofJewish
Charities. • 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 of Am, Am
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 19
1914; d. Oct 261974.
Albright Art School, U Buffalo, PhD
Princeton. • Museum curator, artist, author;
faculty Princeton, Brandeis, U VA; curator
579
Seligman, Addie B (Mrs DeWitt Seligman)
Museum ofModern Art. • See: WWWIA, 6,7;
NYTimes, OCt 28 1974,34:3.
Colonial merchant. • See: EJ (sub Seixas). •
*See entry above.
Seiver, George Otto; b. Bucharest, Nov 27
1898; 4. Philadelphia, Apr 13 1964.
Seixas, Moses Mendes; b. NYC, Mar 28
1744; d. NYC, Nov 29 1809.
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.
Banker, communal activist, Newport; pres
synagog; corresponded with George
Washington on behalf of]ews of Newport;
first Grand Master, RI Masons. • See: JE; EJ
(sub Seixas); BDEAJ.
Seiver, Louis Max; b. Bucharest, Nov 21
1889.
To Bridgeport, CT 1910. • Vienna Business
Academy. • Finance co exec, Philadelphia; fdr,
pres Automobile Banking Corp. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Seixas, Abraham Mendes; b. NYC, Mar 14
1750/1751; d. Charleston, SC, Apr 9
1799.
Revolutionary War officer, merchant,
Charleston, SC, Philadelphia. • See: JE (sub
Seixas); EJ (sub Seixas); BDEAJ.
Seixas, Benjamin Mendes; b. Newport,
1747/1748; d. NYC, Aug 161817.
Merchant, Newport, Philadelphia, NYC; a fdr
NY Stock Exchange. • See: JE (sub Seixas); EJ
(sub Seixas).
Seixas, David G; b. NY, 1788; d. South
Bend, 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 14
1866; 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, ldr
Shearith Israel, NYC; first native-born Am
rabbi; first rabbi to preach in English in Am;
fdr Hebra Hased Ve Amet; trustee Columbia
ColI. • See:JE (sub Seixas); UJE; EJ (sub
Seixas);AJYB, 6(1904-1905):40-51; PAJHS,
35:189-,205,309-310; AJHQt58:445-471;
BDEAJ;DAB.
Selden, Harry Louis; b. Brooklyn, Aug 28
1907.
Journalist, NYC; assocd News-Week, Literary
Digest, Financial Observer. • See: WWIAJ,
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.
1938.
Seldes, George; b. Alliance,
1890.
NJ, Nov 16
Harvard. • Newspaperman, editor, author,
NYC; foreign bureau chief Chicago Tribune;
fdr In Fact; WWI & Spanish Civil War press
corps service. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:201;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Seldes, Gilbert Vivian; b. Alliance,
3 1893; d. Sep 28/29 1970.
NJ, Jan
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, Sep30
1970,46:1.
Seldin, Alexander; b. Russia, Apr 2 1882; d.
NYC, Nov261949.
Yiddish journalist, NYC; fdr Yiddish Writers
Union; 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. • Oral
surgeon, tchr; designer ,instrument; bd Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; est dental school Heb
U; author in field. • See:AJYB, 77:599-600;
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 91975,38:2.
Seldin, Herman Martin; b. NYC, Nov 27
1907.
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; officer
trade assn, Chamber of Commerce; WWI '
Selig, George Raymond; b. Brooklyn, July
261907; d. Sep 1960.
NYU" LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,
accountant, Jamaica, NY; officer LI Fedn of
Senior Leagues; bd Flushing-Hillcrest Civic
Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Sep 13
1960,74:4.
Selig, Harris L; b. Minsk, Oct 15 1880; d.
Atlantic City, Apr 161960.
To US 1898.· Communal exec; with World
Academy 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 for
Prevention of Cruelty to Children; dir trade
assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June 11
1951,25:4.
Seixas, Grace Nathan; b. NYC, Nov 24/28
1752; d. Nov91831.
Poet. • See: BDEAJ.
AB Cornell, post-grad U Vienna. • Realtor,
insurance broker, Jamaica, NY; chr
Unemployment Relief Drive; officer Boy
Scouts, Am Jewish Cong, Fedn of] ewish
Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Seixas, Henry 0; b.*; d. NYC, May 191911.
Colonel, NYC. • See: AJYB, 13(1911-
Seldner, Rudolph; b. ca 1872; d. May 11
1930.
Brooklyn Law. • Exec, Chicago, Palm Springs,
CA; pres General Am Transportation Corp;
mem Airport C()mmn, City Council; WWI
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5.
1912):138.
Mfr, communal worker, Brooklyn; co-fdr
Amalie Seldner Home for Jewish Girls. • See:
AJYB,33:128.
Selig, Moses; b. ca 1837; d. Indianapolis,
Sep 191919.
Seixas, Isaac B; b. Nov 22 1781/1782; d.
NYC, Aug 10 1839.
Rabbi, Richmond, NYC; Richmond militia
service. • 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.
Selekman, Benjamin Morris; b. Bethlehem,
PA, Mar 261893; d. Boston, Apr 71962.
BS U Pittsburgh, PhD Columbia, Harvard,
NY School of Social Work. • Social welfare
exec, Boston; faculty Harvard; exec dir Assn of
Jewish Philanthropy; with Russell S!lge Found,
Am office of Heb U; advisor MA Emergency
Relief Assn; 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.
Selig, Lester Nortl1; b. Brooklyn, Sep 10
1893; d. Nov 23 1968.
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.
580
Seligman, Albert Joseph
Seligman, AlbertJoseph; b. NYC, Feb 24
1859; d. Apr 13 1935.
CE, Rennselaer Polytech, Royal Berg
Akademie (Freiberg), Royal School Mines
(Liege). • Banker, mining exec, territorial
legislator, Butte, NYC; chr MT Republican
State 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 15
1976.
Harvard, MD Harvard. • Surgeon, Baltimore;
specialty: tumors; faculty Johns Hopkins;
assocd Am Cancer Soc; officer professional
orgs; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7;
NITimes,]une 171976,38:2.
Seligman, Arthur; b. Santa Fe, June 14
1873; d. Albuquerque, Sep 251933.
Pierce ColI of Business (philadelphia). • NM
(;overnor,merchant,civicldr,mayor, Santa
Fe; pres Seligman Bros; mem Bd of
Equalization; 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 20
1912; d. Oct 23 1972.
AB Brooklyn ColI, MS Columbia. •
Economist, educator; with Am Jewish Com,
labor unions, Council ofJewish Fedns; officer
professional 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 U
Berlin, U Paris, U Heidelberg, U (;eneva. •
Economist, pioneer economic historian, public
servant; specialty: public finance; faculty
Columbia; co-fdr Am Economic Soc; pres Natl
Tax Assn, Ethical Culture Soc; advisor US
Census, League of Nations; editor-in-chief
Encyclopedia o/Social Sciences; active Natl Civic
Fedn, 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,Nov
281936.
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, U
Berlin, U Paris. • Lawyer, NYC; bd Legal Aid
Soc, Natl Fund Med Education, Soc for
Ethical Culture; exec com Civil Service
Reform 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 in
field; "WWI service in several armies,
decorated. • See: WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Mar
29 1978, II 2:4.
Seligman, Henry; b. ca 1824; d. NYC, Jan
1915.
To US 1839. • Banker, philanthropist, NYC. •
See: A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222; NITimes, Jan
131915,9:4.
Seligman, Henry; b. San Francisco, Mar 31
1857; 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 as
young boy. • Investment banker, civic &
communalldr, Philadelphia; officer Citizens
Union, Chamber of Commerce; a fdr Child
Labor 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 New
Orleans, London; trustee Mt Sinai; officer
French 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 Orphan
Asylum Soc; bd Baron de Hirsch Fund; active
Republican 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;
co-fdr J & W Seligman & Co; helped finance
Union during Civil War; refused cabinet
position; 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, Selig Jacob; b. NYC, Jan 241918;
d.June 201969.
BA NYU, LLB, LLM Harvard. • Lawyer, TV
producer, author, Los Angeles; with
Paramount, ABC; with US prosecutor at
Nuremberg 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-French
trade relations; dir Mt Sinai; representative of
US Jews at Internatl Jewish Conf (Paris). • See:
UJE (sub Seligman,]oseph); NITimes, Jan 7
1910,9:3.
Seligmann, HerbertJacob; b. NYC, Nov 13
1891.
AB Harvard. • Writer, editor, poet, publicity
dir, NYC; with NAACP, State Employment
Service, Joint Distribution Com; staff New
Republic. • 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, ballet
costume designer, author, NYC; faculty New
School, 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. San
Francisco, 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 18
1933,13:1.
Seligsberg, Alice Lillie; b. NYC, Aug 8
1873; d. NYC, Aug 27 1940.
BA Barnard, Columbia, U Berlin. • Zionist ldr,
social worker, writer, NYC; natl pres
Hadassah; exec com Am-Zionist Med Unit; fdr
Fellowship House,Jewish Childrens Clearing
Bureau. • See: UJE; E}; A]YB, 43:364,431-36;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Aug 29
1940, 19:1.
Seligsberg, Louis; b. Bamberg, Germany,
May61849.
581
Bamberg Commercial & Technical School. •
Businessman, communalldr, NYC; secy
United Relief Works; trustee Ethical Culture
Soc. • See:A1YB, 7(1905-1906):101.
Seligsberg, VValter~athan;b.~<:,June
15 1882; d. NYC, July 5 1945.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, philanthropic
worker, NYC; officer Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, bar assn; counsel Heb
Sheltering & Guardian Soc, Jewish Childrens
Clearing 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; office
editorJE.· 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 23
1860/1863; d. NYC, ~ov 271926.
To US 1887. • Sorbonne, Dr of Letters Ecole
des Hautes-Etudes. • Egyptologist, interpreter,
lecturer, journalist, editor, author in English,
Yiddish & Heb; interpreter on British
expedition 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; helped
plan Selis Manor, unassisted living for blind;
co-fdr Assocd Blind Inc. • See: NITimes, Dec
2 1985,19:7.
Selis, Jacob R; b. ca 1873; d~ June 1 1938.
Civic & philanthropic worker, Washington
DC. • See: AJYB, 40:391.
Selldn,AJexander;b.Smolensk,~ayI5
1868; d. Mar 30 1936.
To US ca 1889. • Mgr, realtor, insurance
broker, communal & philanthropic worker,
NYC; officer Bronx Hospital, Zionist Org of
Am, YM-YWHA.• See:AJYB, 38:435;
BEOAJ.
Selligman, Alfred; b. Louisville, June 12
1871; d. before 1938.
LLB U Louisville. 0 Lawyer, Louisville; fdr,
dir Newsboys Home; trustee U Louisville,
Jewish Free Hospital, synagog; active
Selznick, Myron
Republican politics. • See: AJYB, 7(19051906):101; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Influential journalist, editor, Cleveland Press. •
See: NITimes, Apr 3 1980.
Selligman, Joseph; b. Louisville, Feb 10
1875.
LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, county attorney,
Commr of Public Safety, Louisville; officer
State Republican Party, B'nai B'rith; trustee
synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Seltzer, Reuben; b. Slutz, Jan 1898.
RIETS, CCNY, Harvard. • Rabbi, Salem, MA;
officer Mizrachi, Zionist org. • See: WWIAJ,
1926.
Selling, Benjamin; b. San Francisco, Apr 29
1852; d. Portland, OR, Jan 15 1931.
Merchant, civic & communalldr, legislator,
acting governor, Portland, OR; fdr Waverly
Baby Home; officer Jewish Fedn, Heb
Benevolent Assn, Jewish Relief Soc; active
Republican 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 18
1882.
AB Yale, MD Johns Hopkins, post-grad U
Leipzig, U Breslau. • Physician, Portland;
faculty U OR; bd Reed; author in field; WWI
service. • 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, Veterans
Administration. • 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 14
1899; d. Feb 1941.
To US 1907. • MD U PA. • Physician,
Philadelphia; assocd Bureau of Health; faculty
Temple 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, 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, Feb
22 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 29
1943,21:3.
Selver, Henry; b. Blashki, Poland, Dec 27
1901; d. Paris, Sep 211957.
To US 1938. • Social work admr; with Joint
Distribution Com; dir Paul Baerwald School of
Social Work (paris); active Child Welfare
League, 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, exec
Goldwyn 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 of
Christians & Jews; exec com Michael Reese
Hospital.· See: WWWIA, 4.
Selzer, Edward; b. NYC, Jan 12 1893.
Publicity & advertising dir, Burbank, CA;
assocd with Ripleys "Believe It Or Not"; WWI
Seltzer, Lawrence Howard; b. NY<:, May 2
1897.
AB, MA, PhD U MI. • Economist,
Washington DC; technical advisor N atl
Recovery Adm; assocd Farm Credit Adm, US
Treasury; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Selznick, David Oliver; b. Pittsburgh, May
101902; d. Hollywood, CA,Jurte 22
1965.
Columbia. • Motion picture producer, exec,
Hollywood, CA; with MGM, RKO, Selznick
Co; Gone w~th the Wind. • See: UJE; EJ (sub
Selznick); AJYB, 67:542; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes,June
23 1965, 1:4.
Seltzer, Louis; b. Glusk, Russia, Jan 15
1876.
To US 1901. • Rabbi, author, NYC; general
secy Union of OrthodoxRabbis; officer
re~igious schools in US, Palestine, Poland. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938. • *See Seltzer, Judah Lev.
Selznick, Lewis B O?); b. Kiev, 1872?; d.
Jan 251933.
Jeweler, motion picture exec, Los Angeles;
helped start movie star system. • See: EJ (sub
Selznick);AJYB, 24:202, 35:129; NITimes,Jan
261933,17:3.
Seltzer, Louis B; b. Cleveland, ca 1898; d.
Spencer,OH, 1980.
Selznick, Myron; b. Pittsburgh, 1898; d.
Santa Monica, CA, Mar 23 1944.
582
Seman, Philip Louis
Motion picture producer, exec, press & actors
agent, Hollywood, CA. • See: E] (sub
Selznick);A]YB, 46:345; NYTimes, Mar 24
1944,20:2.
Seman, Philip Louis; b. Warsaw, Nov 11
1881; 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 dir
Jewish Peoples Inst; suptJewish Educational
Alliance; faculty Garrett Bible Inst, U of
Judaism, Northwestern, Washington U. It See:
UJE;E];A]YB, 60:357;WWIA], 1926,1928,
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Sep 27
1957,19:1.
Semel, Bernard; b. Bolechow, Galicia, Nov
17 1878; d. Atlantic Beach, NY, June 30
1959.
To US 1890.· Cotton merchant, communal
orgn & educationalldr, philanthropist, Zionist,
NYC; fdr Jewish Educational Alliance; co-fdr
Day; officer Fedn of Galician & Bucovinian
Jews of Am. • 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 U
Pittsburgh. • Lawyer, Pittsburgh; dir Real
Estate Brokers License Law; officer
professional 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; European
representative 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, Zionist
district. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Sendar, Morris; b. Cherson, Oct 11 1882;
d.Apr 1947.
Communal worker, NYC; natl exec com
Zionist Org of Am; dir United Palestine
Appeal, Heb Free Loan Soc; trustee Young
Judea. • See: WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Apr 5
1947,19:6.
Sender, Toni; b. BeibrichlBuebrich-onRhine, Gennany, Nov 29 1888; d. NYC,
June 26 1964.
To US 1935/1936. • Socialist politician,
journalist, Reichstag mem, Germany; AFL
representative to UN; WWII OSS & UN
service; 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 Westlake
CoIl of Music, U ofJudaism; author in field. •
See:E].
Senie, Claire Mina Lavin (Mrs Louis
Senie); b. Philadelphia, Nov 18 1887; d.
Oct 1956.
NYU, Columbia, New School. • Clubwoman,
NYC; officer Drama Study Club, NY Fedn of
Womens 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 fedn
movement; a fdr United Jewish Charities; first
pres Natl Conf ofJewish Charities. • See: UJE;
E]; A]YB, 7(1905-1906):101,24:202.
Senior, Robert Michael; b. Cincinnati, Dec
211880.
AB, MA Harvard. • Business exec, communal
ldr, Cincinnati; pres Bureau ofJewish
Education, 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-Defamation
League.· See:A]YB, 66:581; NYTimes, Dec 8
1964,45:4.
Serber, David Charles; b. Ukraine, May 15
1869; 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; chief
rabbi Luxembourg; negotiated with Eichmann
for emigration ofJews, testified at Eichmann
trial. • See: A]YB, 67:542; NYTimes, Feb 12
1965,29:4.
Sereni, Angelo Piero; b. Rome, 1908; d~
Rome, Apr 1967.
To US 1938, to Italy 1958. • Jurist; faculty U
Ferrara, 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 30
1901; 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 Home
for 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 a
Heavyweight"; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Serlis, Harry George; b. Kansas City, Feb
22 1912; d. Feb 12 1984.
U IL. • Business exec; with Schenley Distillers;
fdr Harry G Serlis & Assoc; dir Robert
Mondavi Winery. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Serotta, Elliot Cecil; b. Savannah, July 1
1912; d. Dec 3 1971.
Jr CoIl (Augusta, GA), U GA. • Accountant,
Augusta, GA; officer Boy Scouts, professional
orgs; bd YMHA, B'nai B'rith; head advisor
Aleph 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 childrens
facilities; bd Mt Sinai. • See: A]YB,38:435;
WWIA], 1928; BEOA].
Sessler, Morris; b. Freistadt-on-Danubel
Waag, Hungary, Aug 161850; d. 1926.
BA U PA.· Rabbi, Jonesboro, AR, New
Orleans, 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 Heb
weekly; officer Ukraine Farband; mem Peoples
Relief Com. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Sevely, Morris; b. ca 1861; d. NYC, Dec 28
1917.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):230.
Sevitzky, Fabien (born Koussevitzsky); b.
Vishni-Volotch, 1893; d. Feb 1967.
To US 192 3. • St Petersburg Conservatory. •
Conductor, double bass player; with
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. • See: .UJE;
NYTimes, Feb 5 1967,88:5, correction Feb 6
1967,29:2.
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 of
1000 refugees to Mexico, homeless children for
UNESCO, Sinai campaign; US photo
intelligence officer. • See: E];NYTimes, Nov
161956,52:7.
Sgutt, Emanuel; d. Minneapolis, July 29
1895.
AB U MN, LLB Yale.· Lawyer, Fargo,ND;
bd Yale Law Review; WWI service. • See:
WWIA],1938.
583
Shahshelowitz, Theodore; h. Goldingen,
Latvia, Dec 25 1892.
AB CCNY, ordainedJTS." Rabbi, NYC;
contributor Jewish Voice, Jewish Times. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Shadovsky, Israel Hayyim; see Shulman,
Victor.
Shaffer, Bertram;,h. Philadelphia, May 19
1906; d.June 18 1974.
MD U PA. • Physician, chief, Albert Einstein
Med 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; officer Jewish
Peoples Inst.· See:AJYB, 42:483; WWIAJ,
1928.
Shafner, Harris; h. New London, CT, June
271903; d. Brooklyn, May41965.
Public school educator, Brooklyn; pres NYC
Jewish Tchrs Assn. • See:AJYB, 67:542;
NYTimes,May51965,47:3.
Shafran, Arthur; h.*; d. Oakland, CA,June
1918.
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; designed
WWII posters. • See: EJ; AJYB, 71 :609;
WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8;JTA-DNB, Mar 171969;
NYTimes story, Sep ,II 1968, obituary, Mar 15
1969, 1:2.
Shahon, Henry Israel; h. Halicarnassus,
Apr 15 1897.
To NYC 1912. • ColI Stjean Baptiste (Isle of
Rhodes), CCNY, MD Tufts. • Immunologist,
NYq faculty Post-Grad Med School; officer
SephardicJewish Community, Rhodes League
of Bros Aid Soc, Jewish War Veterans; author
in field; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Shain, Mark; h. Dowig, Russia, Mar 19
1893.
LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer, Boston; active
Legal Aid Soc, charities. • See: BEOAJ.
Shane, Samuel
Shain, Rose Wies; h. Russia.
Staley ColI of the Spoken Word (Brookline,
MA). • Singer, tchr; dean Staley ColI. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Hatorah; bd Mirrer Yeshiva; benefactor Boys
Town Gerusalem). • See: EJ; AJYB, 70:525;
NYTimes, July 25 1968, 33:2.
Shalom Aleichem; see Sholom Aleichem.
Shain, Samson Aaron; h. Boston, May 1
1906.
Heb Tchrs ColI, AB Harvard, Heb U, MHL,
ordained Jewish Inst of Religion. • Rabbi,
Sunnyside, LI, earlier Cape Cod; contributor
Avukah Annual. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shaine, Marks S; h. Moscow, Apr 27 1882;
d. Dec 1974.
To US 1892.· AB CCNY, MA, MD
Columbia... Gastroenterologist, NYC; author
in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;,NYTimes, Dec
25 1974, 30:7.
Shainmark, David; h. Poland, 1870; d.
Brooklyn,]an 201961.
To US 1907.· Heb educator, NYC; faculty
RabbiJacobJoseph School; an orgr Histadmth
Ivrith.· See:AJYB, 63:562; NYTimes, Jan 21
1961,21:6.
Shainmark, Eliezer L; h. Warsaw, Sep 13
1900;d. May 51976.
NYU. • Editor, reporter, Chicago, NYC;
officer Guild Films, Gilmark Features; advisor
NYC Economic Development Adln... See:
WWWIA,6.
Shainwald, Richard Hennan; h. San
Francisco, Oct 15 1894; d.Jan 291955.
Exec, Pabco Products Inc, San Francisco. •
See: WWWIA, 3.
Shainwald, Richard Sigmund; h. NYC, June
28 1862; d. May 29 1954.
CCNY. • Business exec, San Francisco; with
Pabco Products Inc; officer Fedn ofJewish
Charities; active Community Chest, Red
Cross... See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA,3.
Shakin, Hennan; h. Moosch, Russia, Mar
15 1882.
To US ca 1895. • Clothing mfr, communal
worker, NYC; officer Max Smith Found,
synagog; dir Riverside Heb School, Uptown
Talmud Torah. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Shakow, David; h. NYC,Jan 21901; d. Feh
261981.
BS, MA, PhD Harvard; honorary degree. •
Psychologist, Worcester, Chicago; facility U
IL, U Chicago; staff Worcester Child
Guidance Clinic; officer World Fedn Mental
Health; consult Nat! Inst Mental Health. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Shallek, Max L; h. NYC; d. NYC, Nov 28
1941.
Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; active
Union of Am 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
Shalowitz, Aaron Louis; h. Poneviez,
Russia, Dec 29 1892.
To US 1895. • Baltimore Polytech, LLB
Georgetown U, LLM George Washington. •
Cartographic engineer, lawyer, Washington
DC; with US Geodetic Survey; nat! council
Zionist Org of Am;WWI service. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1938.
Shamherg, Abram D; h. Johnstown, PA,
Aug 241901.
U Pittsburgh. • CPA, statistician, Zionist,
Johnstown, PA; officer United Palestine
Appeal; 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 Heb
U; 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), ME
Royal Saxon Polytech. • Engineer, NYC; with
Bulgarian Ministry of Public Works; expert on
concrete & hydraulic engineering. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Shamroy, Leon; h. NYC,July 161901; d.
July61974.
Cooper Union, CCNY, Columbia. • Motion
picture cameraman; Academy Award winner (4
times). • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, July 10
1974,40:5.
Shanhlum, Mos~s; b. Pruzshan, Grodno,
1852; d. Apr 16 1940.
Philanthropist, communal worker, Ft Worth; a
fdr synagog, Heb Relief Soc, 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 7
1846.
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 Community
Chest; dir Chamber of Commerce; trustee
synagog; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shane, Samuel; h. Nemokst, Russia, Mar 3
1881.
To US 1888. • Realtor, insurance agent,
Camden, N]; pres Talmud Torah; officer B'nai
B'rith, synagog; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
584
Shanes, Philip
Shanes, Philip; b. ca 1867; d. May 2 1938.
Rabbi, tchr, Milwaukee. • See:AJYB, 40:391.
government service. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7; DetroitJewish
News, Jan 25 1980, 16:2.
Shanker, Albert; b. NYC, Sep 141928.
BA U IL, MA Columbia. • Labor ldr, tchr,
NYC; pres United Fedn ofTchrs; involved in
bitter strikes over educational methods, race,
anti-Semitism. • See: EJ; Fink, 328-29.
Shapinsky, Edwin; b. Louisville.
U Louisville. • Social worker, Louisville; bd
Community Chest; active YMHA. • See:
WWIAJ,1928.
Shanker, I.-ouis; b. ca 1903; d. NYC, May
1981.
Painter, printmaker, sculptor, NYC; with
Federal Art Project. • See: NITimes, May 9
1981.
Shankman, Arnold M; b. 1945; d. Mar 1
1983.
Knox ColI, PhD Emory. • Historian; faculty
Winthrop ColI (Rock Hill, SC); specialty:
minority relations. • See: AJB, 73:96.
Shankman, Jacob Kestin; b. Chelsea, MA,
Oct221904.
AB, MA Harvard, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI; honorary degree. • Reform rabbi, New
Rochelle, earlier Troy; officer World Union
for Progressive Judaism; bd Central Conf of
Am Rabbis, Heb Union ColI; chaplain US
Navy. • 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 of
Jewish Social Work, LLB Creighton. • Social
work exec, Port Chester, NY, Pittsburgh,
Omaha; with Irene Kaufmann Settlement,
Jewish centers; active Zionist Org of Am. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shapira, L; b. Russia, 1878.
Yiddish writer, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:202.
Shapiro, Aaron David; b. Russia, Aug 1
1895.
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 18
1949.
To US 1907. • Industrialist, philanthropist,
Boston; a fdr Brandeis; trustee Combined
Jewish 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 Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc; contributor to Yiddish &
English press. • See: A]YB, 36:286; WWIAJ,
1926.
Shapiro, Alexander Meyer; b. NYC, June 19
1888.
MD Loyola. • Surgeon, Chicago; assocd
Bureau of Public Welfare; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Shapiro, Berl; b. Poland, ca 1862; d.
Philadelphia, Sep 20 1946.
To US ca 1886. • Rabbi, Philadelphia, earlier
Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 49:618.
Shapiro, Caspar V; b.Jersey City, Oct 16
1897.
B Chem, PhD Cornell.· Chemist, New
Haven; with Viviny Perfumers; author in field;
Shapiro, Chaim; b. Kremenchug, Nov 22
1886.
To US 1896. • U Southern CA Law. • Lawyer,
Los Angeles; officer Jewish Consumptive &
Expatients Relief Assn, Am aRT, United AntiNazi Corif of CA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shapiro, Charles; b. 1890?; d. NYC, Apr 29
1966.
Mfr, communalldr, NYC; benefactor
University Settlement, Henry St Settlement,
Educational Alliance, Menorah Home for
Aged. • See:AJYB, 68:533; NITimes, May 2
1966,37:3.
Shapiro, Charles Harry; b. Carmel, NJ,
Mar 111899.
Chern E U CO, LLB Houston Law. •
Metallurgical engineer, Houston; WWI
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shapiro, Charles Hillisoi}; b. Plunyon,
Russia, Mar 51881; d. Aug 23 1922.
To US 1882.· Yale Law.· Lawyer, communal
worker, Bridgeport, CT; active B'nai B'rith. •
See:AJYB, 25:141; PAJHS, 29:184-85.
Shapiro, David; b. Lida, Poland, Mar 20
1872; d. NYC, Nov 2 1940.
To US 1888. • Lighting fixture mfr,
communalldr & publisher, NYC; a fdr The
Day; officer BrooklynJewish Center, Keren
Hayesod.· See:AJYB, 43:364; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938; NITimes, Nov 3 1940,56:4.
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.
Shapiro, Alter Ben; b. ca 1862; d. Apr 3
1935.
Communalldr, philanthropist, NYc. • See:
AJYB, 37:261.
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.
Shaper, Aaron Allen; b. Louisville, Nov 7
1902.
BS, MD U Louisville. • Pediatrician,
Louisville; faculty U Louisville; active Public
Health Nursing Assn, Boy Scouts. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Shapiro, Anna Silberman (Mrs Jacob
Shapiro); b. near Vilna, Oct 14 1884.
To US 1885.· Johns Hopkins. • Communal
exec, Baltimore; natl officer Hadassah; pres
Fedn ofJewish Womens Orgs ofMD; natl bd
Womens League, United Synagogue of Am; bd
Natl Council ofJewish Women, Public School
Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Shapiro, Dora Monness (Mrs Solomon
Shapiro); b. NYC, May 18 1880/1881; d.
NYC, Nov 13 1952.
Philanthropist, NYC; fdr Deborah
Tuberculosis Sanatorium (NJ); est Talmud
Torah, free loan soc in Lithuania; benefactor
Heb U.· See: UJE;AJYB, 55:459; WWIAJ,
1928, 1938; NITimes, Nov 15 1952,17:4.
Shapiro, Arthur; b. NYC, June 241910; d.
Sep 281969.
MD Columbia. • Physician, Brooklyn; dir
Waldemar Med Research Found; faculty
SUNY, Sarah Lawrence, Brooklyn Polytech. •
See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Sep 291969,47:4.
Shapiro, Elias; b. Slutsk, Apr 281896.
To US 1905. • DDS NY ColI of Dentistry. •
Dentist, Zionist, Jersey City; officer United
Synagogue of Am, synagog; trustee Jewish
Community Center; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Shapiro, Ascher Herman; b. Brooklyn,
1916.
Construction engineer, inventor; faculty MIT;
advisor Atomic Energy Commn; author in
field. • See: EJ.
Shapiro, Ezra Z; b. Volozhin, Russia, May 7
1902/1903; d.Jerusalem, May 141977.
To Cleveland 1906, to Israel 1971. • LLB OH
Northern, LLB John Marshall Law. • Lawyer;
natl officer Zionist Org of Am; officer Avukah,
Am Assn for Jewish Education; world chr
Shapera, Morris L; b. ca 1880; d. Miami,
Feb 201938.
Orthodox ldr, Chicago; dir Union ofHeb
Orthodox Congregations, Heb Theological
ColI, Orthodox Jewish 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 Welfare
Commn; officer Bd of Fire Commrs, Jewish
Welfare Fedn; WWI service, WWII
585
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 7
1919.
LI U, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, negotiator,
NYC; counsel Governor Dewey; WWII
service. • See: NYTimes story, Aug 4 1966.
Shapiro, Harry; b. NYC, June 211887; d.
Philadelphia, 1967.
LLB U PA • Lawyer, legislator, paper box
mfr, New Deal Democrat, Philadelphia; author
in field.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 2
1967,39:5.
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; dir
Jewish Home for Aged & Orphans,
Independent Workmen's Circle Credit Union.
Shapiro, Harry Lionel; b. Boston, Mar 19
1902.
AB, MA, PhD Harvard. • Anthropologist,
NYC; faculty Columbia; curator Am Museum
of Natural History; author in field. • See: UJE;
EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.
Shapiro, Hyman David; b. NYC, Oct 15
1895.
MD George Washington. • Physician,
neurologist, Washington DC; officer med assn;
WWI service: • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shapiro, Inez; b. Minneapolis, Mar 14
1903.
BA U CA, MA USC. • Research worker,
nutrition advisor, Los Angeles; with Scripps
Metabolic Clinic (La Jolla, CA); advisor Jewish
Dispensary. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Shapiro, Irving Saul; b. Minneapolis, 1916.
U MN. • Business exec, government consult;
chr DuPont; active Jewish community.•' See:
EJ:1973-1982.
Shapiro,lsaac;b. 1[anishWk,Li~uania,Sep
211885.
Scrap iron exec, Baltimore; dir synagogs. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Shapiro, Jacob; b. Keidan, Kovno, June 29
1874.
Civic & communal worker, NYC; active Union
of Orthodox Jewish 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; officer
Heb Home for Aged, Taxpayers Assn. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 211969,47:3.
Shapiro, Jacob Boone; b. Kherson, June 29
1899.
Shapiro, Max
George Washington. • Realtor, bldr,
Washington DC; bd Jewish Community
Center, 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 of
Commerce, bar assn, synagog (Rockaway). •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shapiro, Joseph; b. Russia.
Dropsie. • Journalist, Labor Zionist,
Cleveland; co-editor Jewish World; natl council
Hitachduth 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 7
1893; d. NYC,Jan 16 1963.
Business exec, philanthropist, NYC; officer
United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth; natl bd Union
of OrthodoxJewish Congregations. • See:
AJYB, 65:437.
Shapiro, Joseph George; b. NYC, Jan 18
1886; d. Fairfield, CT, Sep 18 1975.
LLB Yale Law. • Lawyer, municipal judge,
Shelton, CT; officer CT State Guard, bar
assns, Union of Am Heb Congregations; bd
B'nai B'rith Home (Yonkers), World Union for
Progressive Judaism. • See: AJYB, 77:600;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 7;
Shapiro, Joseph M; b. Borisov, Russia, Sep
25 1888; d. LaJolla, CA, July 29 1968.
To US 1912. • Pattern' co fdr, philanthropist,
NYC; benefactor Brandeis, Heb U, Whitney
Museum. .; See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 31
1968,41:3.
Shapiro, Joseph Meyer; b. Vilna, July 29
1888.
To US 1904. • BS Cooper Union, post-grad
CCNY. • Chemist, Barrington, IL; orgr LawnManor Community Center; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Shapiro, Jrena Fromberg (Mrs Abraham
Shapiro); b. Warsaw, Oct 11 1887.
To US 1902. • Zionistldr, Brooklyn; natl
officer Mizrachi; officer Ivriah; dir Girls
Orphan Asylum (Jerusalem). • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Shapiro, Judah J; b. NYC, June 12 1912; d.
NYC, Sep 2 1980.
Communal exec, Zionist, editor, NYC; natl dir
Hillel; pres Natl Com for Labor Israel; with
Joint Defense Com, Conf on Jewish Material
Claims 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. Los
Angeles, Aug 251948.
To US 1906-1909, 1916. • Short story writer,
essayist, novelist, translator; editor The Studio.
• See:AJYB, 51:524.
Shapiro, Leo; b. Ochakov, Russia, June 22
1900.
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 of
Am. • See: AJYB, 77:600; NYTimes, Feb 24
1975,28:4.
Shapiro, Leo; b. New Britain, CT, Nov 14
1914; d. St Louis,July 91952.
Educator, communal worker; faculty
Northwestern, 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 Russian Jewry; faculty Rutgers;
worked to rescue European Jews; active Conf
on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany,
Memorial Found for Jewish Culture; author in
field. • 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, LLM
DePaul. • Lawyer, Chicago; active bar assns. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shapiro, Louis Lawrence; b. NYC, Dec 17
1892; d. 1969.
MD NYUlBellevue. • Gastroenterologist,
NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic; examiner Natl Bd
ofMed Examiners; trustee synagog; prolific
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
Shapiro, Louis Leonard; b~ Bridgeport, CT,
ca 1894; d. Istanbul, Oct 1966.
Yale, U Paris. • Bacteriologist, Washington
DC; with US Public Health Service; active Am
Legion; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 24:202;
NYTimes, Oct 29 1966, 29:5 (Louis I Shapiro).
Shapiro, Manheim S; b. Brooklyn, Sep 5
1913; d. Washington DC, Mar 201981.
Brooklyn CoIl, U MI, New School. • Social
work admr; with Am Jewish Com, B'nai B'rith,
NYC Welfare Dept; exec dir Bureau for
Careers; consult, lecturer on Jewish 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 professional
assns. • See: AJYB, 48:499; NYTimes, Dec 1
1945,23:2.
Shapiro, Max; b. Bobruisk,Jan 23 1890.
To US 1908. • Warsaw Conservatory. •
Violinist, composer, tchr, Pittsburgh; mem
586
Shapiro, Meyer
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"communal
worker, Brooklyn; dir Heb Academy of
Borough 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, St
Louis; natl advisory council Heb Immigrant
Aid 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, Solomon; b. Lonie, Galicia, Mar
17 1889; d. NYC, Mar 14 1973.
To US 1904. • Labor Zionist ldr; a Edr,
principal, tchr Jewish Folk Schools; officer
Natl Com for Jewish Folk Schools; a fdr Camp
Kinderwelt; 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, Mar
111907.
BS CCNY, LLB Columbia, JSD StJohns. •
Lawyer, tax consult, communalldr, NYC;
officer Am Jewish Cong, Zionist Org of Am,
Jewish Community Center. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Shaplen, Joseph; b~ Russia, Dec 271893; d.
NYC, June 4 1946.
To US 1906. • Newspaper reporter, foreign
correspondent; staff NITimes; specialty: labor,
Russia, foreign affairs. • See:AJYB, 49:618.
Shapo, Julian; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Oct 21
1945.
To US 1902.· Rabbi, OR, PA, RI, FL,
Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 48:499.
Shapiro, Moses; b. Winston-Salem, May 22
1896; 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.
Shapp, MiltonJ; b. Cleveland, 1912.
Governor of PA, industrialist, served Kennedy
adm; active communal affair, anti-Vietnam
War. • See: EJ.
Shapiro, Mosheh (Moshe Haim); b.
Jerusalem, 1894;d.July 1970.
RIETS. • Rabbi, Atlantic City; principal
Mishkan Israel Yeshiva (Philadelphia). • See:
WWIAJ, 1926; NITimes, July 17 1970, 31 :2.
Share, Nathaniel Samson; b. Montreal, May
12 1908.
Rabbi, New Orleans; trustee Touro Infirmary.
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 of
Jewish Charities; fdr Brooklyn Jewish Center. •
See:AJYB, 71:609; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938;
NITimes, Sep 13 1969,27:6.
Sharf, Edward; b. Brooklyn, Apr 3 1915; d.
NYC, Sep 1973.
Lawyer, Zionist ldr, NYC; natl pres B'nai
Zion; chr Am-Israel Friendship House; exec
World Jewish Congo • See: AJYB, 75:657;
NITimes, Sep 211973, 44:2.
Shapiro, Osher; b. NYC, Apr 19 1885.
CoIl Etz Chaim Gerusalem). • Rabbi, Chicago;
officer Agudath Bna,i Eretz Israel; exec com
Fedn of Palestinian Jews of Am. • See: BEOAJ.
Shapiro, Samuel H; b. Kankakee, IL, 1907.
Governor ofIL, lawyer, legislator; officer B'nai
B'rith; WWII service. • See: EJ.
Shapiro, Shabsi; b. ca \887; d.NYC, Jan 29
1947.
ToUS 1927.· Rabbi, NYc.. See:AJYB,
49:618; NITimes, Jan 30 1947,25:2.
Shapiro, Shepard; b. Bayonne, Nov 28IDec
24 1896; d. June 1966.
MD NYU. • Physician, NYC; author in field.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes,June
13 1966,39:4.
Shapiro, Simon; b. Bialystok, Nov 61885.
To Brooklyn 1899. • DDS NYU. • Dentist,
Brooklyn; dir banks & mortgage cos; officer
dental soc. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Sharfin, Zelik; b. Subotsch, Russia, Sep 30
1870; d. Mar 1962.
To US 1891. • MD NYU. • Pediatrician,
author in field; WWI draft bd service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 24 1962,
25:5.
Sharfinan, Hyman; b.*; d. Boston, May 5
1935.
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; bdMenorah
Movement; 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. •
Dermatologist, NYC; author in field; WWI
Sharlitt, Michael; b. NYC, Dec 24/251883.
AB CCNY, MA, Master of Pedagogy
Columbia. • Communal educator, social
worker, Cleveland; principal Heb Sheltering
Guardian Soc High School; supt Heb Orphan
Asylum, 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, Chicago
Civic Opera; lecturer Natl CoUncil ofJewish
Women.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Shartenberg, Jacob; b.*; d. Providence, July
1915.
Merchant, Providence. • See:AJYB, 18(19161917):110.
Shatz, Joseph S; b. ca 1880; d. Denver, May
15 1938.
Philosopher, writer, Denver. • See: AJYB,
40:391.
Shatz, Samuel Franklin; b. Newark, Feb 12
1907.
U PA, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, legislator,
Newark. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shatzkes, Aaron; b. Ivye, Poland, Nov 8
1908; 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, talmudic
scholar, NYC; facultyRIETS; dir Jewish Relief
Org (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, U
Vienna, PhD U Warsaw. • Historian,
librarian, author, NYC; facultyJewish Tchrs
Inst; a fdr Yiddish Inst. • See: EJ; AJYB,
58:479; WWIAJ, 1928; NITimes, June 14
1956,33:3.
Shaulson, Samuel; b. jerusalem, ca 1886; d.
Providence, Apr 18 1943.
To US 1908. • Mfr, communalldr,
Providence; officer Heb Sheltedng Soc; bd
Heb 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, Moscow
State Opera. • See: U]E; WWWIA, 8;
NITimes, Dec 27 1947, 13: 1.
Shaw, Eugene; b. Brookline, MA, Sep 9
1920; d. Sep 22 1974.
Johns Hopkins, U MD Law. • Retail exec,
Atlanta, NYC; with Lerner Stores; officer
587
United]ewish Appeal; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6; NITimes, Sep 24 1974, 44:2.
Shelling, David Henry
Monica; adopted]ewish religion. • See: UJE
(sub Thalberg, Irving); WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA,8.
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 19
1963.
Purdue, Sorbonne, Columbia, New School. •
Welfare & civic volunteer; pres Natl Travelers
Aid Assn; US advisor to UNESCO; exec com
USO. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Dec 20
1963,29:1.
Shaw, Irwin; b. Brooklyn, Feb 271913; d.
Davos, Switzerland, May 161984.
Brooklyn ColI. • Playwright & novelist on
controversial subjects; The Young Lions; WWII
service. • 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.
judge, Savannah; studied with Benjamin Rush;
incorporator GA Med Soc; officer Mikve
Israel; prominent Mason. • See:]E (sub
Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);
Shedlovsky, Theodore; b. Leningrad, Oct
291898; d. NYC, Nov 51976.
BDEA].
To US 1908. • PhD MIT. • Chemist, NYC;
faculty Rockefeller Inst; officer NY Academy
of Sciences; consult Navy Dept. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov 91976,26:6.
Shehall, Shehall; b. Savannah, Sep 8 1762;
d. Savannah, Aug 15 1847.
Sheekman, Arthur Grant; b. Chicago, Feb 5
1901; d.Jan 1978.
U MN.· Newspaperman, screenwriter, Los
Angeles; a fdr Anti-Nazi League. • See:
WWIA], 1938;NITimes,]an 141978,24:4.
Lawyer, patriot, Am Revolutionary army
supplier, Savannah, Charleston, SCi charter
mem 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,
Sheffel, Sam; b. Albany, MO, Oct 13 1887.
15(1913-1914):274.
Merchant, Sapulpa, OK; pres Businessmens
Assn, Kiwanis; dir Chamber of Commerce. •
'
See: WWIA], 1938.
Shein, Harvey M; b. Providence, May 10
1933; d.July 18 1974.
Sheffer, Henry M; b. Ukraine, 1883; d. Mar
1964.
MD Harvard. • Psychiatrist; faculty Harvard;
military service. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Sheinfein, Samuel; b. ca 1866; d. Roxbury,
MA, Nov281916.
To US ca 1893. • Logician, Cambridge, MA;
faculty Harvard; Sheffer-stroke function. • See:
E];A]YB, 24:202;NITimes, Mar 181964,
41:3.
A]YB, 19(1917-1918):268.
Shefferman, Nathan W; b. Baltimore, ca
1888; d. Chicago, Feb 1968.
Sheinin, John Jacob; b. Bobruisk, Mar 21
1900; d.Jan 91972.
Labor relations consult, Chicago; involved in
Dave Beck controversy; author in field. • See:
NYTimes, Feb 5 1968,35:2.
BS U AL, MS, PhD, MB, MD Northwestern;
honorary degree. • University official,
anatomist, Chicago; faculty, dean, pres
Chicago Med School; author in field. • See:
Sheffield, Herman (Hermann) Bernard; b.
Konigsberg, Jan 4 1871.
WWWIA,5.
Communal worker, Roxbury, MA. • See:
Sheinkman, Jacob; b. NYC, 1926.
To US 1891. • MD U MD, post-grad]ohns
Hopkins. • Pediatrician, novelist, poet, NYC;
faculty Post-Grad Med School; inventor med
device; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEOA].
Labor ldr, NYC; pres]ewish Labor Com;
officer AFL-CIO; general counsel
Amalgamated ClothingWorkers; exec com
ORT. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Shayne, David; b. ca 1845; d. Atlantic City,
Oct 22 1912.
Rabbi, Atlantic City. • See: A]YB, 15(1913-
Shefsky, Aaron; b. ca 1874; d. Mar 61939.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 41:431.
Sheinkopf, Moses Dan; b. Lomza, June 15
1900; d. Springfield, MA, Apr 1 1984.
1914):274.
Shehall, Benjamin; b. PrussialEngland,
1692; d. Oct 3 1765.
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.
To Savannah 1733. • Georgia pioneer,
merchant, philanthropist; a fdr Union Soc;
kept Yiddish diary that discussed immigration
ofJews to GA; fdr Mikve Israel (Savannah). •
See:]E (sub Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E]
(sub Sheftall); BDEA].
Shear, Murray Jacob; b. Brooklyn, Nov 7
1899; d. Bethesda, Sep 27 1983.
Shehall, Levi; b. Savannah, Dec 12 1739; d.
Jan 26 1809.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Biochemist,
pioneer in cancer treatment, Bethesda; with
Natl Cancer Inst; faculty LI ColI Hospital,
Harvard; chr civil service bd Natl Inst of
Health; pres]ewish Community Group. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 8; NYTimes,
Sep 29 1983,47:7.
Prominent patriot, butcher, rancher; served in
Am Revolutionary army; pres Mikve Israel
(Savannah); active in]ewish affairs. • See: UJE
(sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall); BDEA].
Gastroenterologist, Philadelphia; head Fels
Research Inst (Temple U); prolific author in
field. • See: ]TA-DNB, Aug 1 1963; NYTimes,
]uly311963,29:3.
Shear, Samuel Alexander; b. Stanislaw,
Galicia, Feb 22 1884.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • To NYC 1893. •
Tchr, insurance agent, NYC; active adult
education. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Shehall, Mordecai; b. Savannah, 1735;d.
Savannah, 1795/1797.
Soldier, patriot, merchant, rancher, Mason;
prisoner of British during Am Revolution; a fdr
Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia); inspector of
leathers, Port of Savannah. • See:]E (sub
Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);
BDEAJ.
Shearer, Norma (Mrs Irving Thalberg); b.
Montreal, Aug 10 1904; d.June 12 1983.
Shehall, Moses; b. Savannah, Oct 12 1769;
d. Savannah, Jan 10 1835.
To US 1919. • Motion picture actress, Santa
Physician, alderman, port warden, legislator,
To US 1922. • Rabbi, Springfield, MA, earlier
Waterbury, CT; officer Union of Orthodox
Rabbis; bd]ewish Fedn, Mikvah Assn, Family
Service; author on]ewish law. • See:A]YB,
86:443.
Sheinman, Kannon; b. Pinsk, Mar 13/23
1889.
To US 1892. • CCNY, DDS Columbia, postgrad U Berlin, U Vienna. • Oral surgeon,
NYC; officer dental assn; instructor Allied
Dental Council; authorleditor in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Sheinman, Louis; b. Pinsk, Dec 141884; d.
1954.
To US 1894. • MD Columbia.· Surgeon,
NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 3
1954, 19:4.
Sheitlis, Benjamin A (E); b. 1880; d. NYC,
Oct 171954.
Surgeon, NYC; a fdr Am]ewish Physicians
Com; 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.
She1t, Moses
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, June
41883; d. NYC, Nov 281941.
To US 1908. - Yiddish journalist, NYC; staff
Jewish Morning Journal; adm com Zionist Org
of Am; exec com Am Jewish Cong; authority
on Jewish 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 W A; head
Community Fund; officer synagog, United
Jewish Campaign, B'nai B'rith. -See: WWIAJ,
1928,1938;BEOAJ.
Shemanski, Isidore; b. ca 1866; d. Apr 13
1937.
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;
officer Jewish Education Assn,Jewish
Emergency Fund, Red Cross, Natl Council for
Prevention 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) (pen
names=Eliash, Gitlin, Ali Elin, Almi); b.
Warsaw, 1892; d. Sep 1963.
To NYC 1913. • Yiddish writer; staff Yiddishes
Tageblatt. • See: UJE; NITimes, Sep 25 1963,
43:1.
Sheps, Mindel Cherniack (Mrs Cecil G
Sheps); 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; faculty
Harvard, 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 21
1983.
Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; natl officer Am
Jewish Com; a fdr Natl Com for Soviet Jewry,
Commentary; pres Jewish Family Services;
officer Internatl Rescue Com; active
Republican-Liberal Fusion politics. • See:
AJYB, 85:420; NITimes, Apr 23 1983.
Sher, I Herman; b. Jan 4 1900; d. June
1970.
AB U MI, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;
588
specialty: tax law; co-fdr Jewish Academy of
Arts & Sciences; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, June 181970,45:1.
Sher, Jack; b. London, Jan 281905.
To US 1907.· Social worker, Easton, PA; exec
dir YM-YWHA; active United Palestine
Appeal.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Sher, Philip; b. Pumpenei, Lithuania, Oct 8
1875.
To US 1893.· JeffersonMed ColI, MD
Baltimore U, post-grad NY Post-Grad Med
School. • Physician, Omaha; pres ColI of
Jewish Studies; officer Jewish Welfare Fedn,
YMHA, Jewish Community Center; natl
council Joint Distribution Com; state delegate
Natl Prison Council. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1938.
Sherbow,Joseph; b. Baltimore, 1901.
LLB U MD. • Lawyer, peoples court judge,
MD; counsel MD Public Service Commn;
officer J ewish Family & Childrens Bureau;
active Zionist Org of Am. • See: UJE.
Sherby, Daniel; b. Bridgeton, NJ, July 23
1908;d. Cleveland, Aug 15 1954.
Washington & Lee, Western Reserve Law.·
Cab co owner, Cleveland, Akron; an orgr
Cleveland Browns football team; trustee Jewish
Community Fedn. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, Aug 16 1954, 17:2.
Shere, Lewis; b. Oxbow, Canada, Sep 8
1895; d.Jan 29 1971.
BS U MN. • Bacteriologist, corp exec,
Chicago; specialty: milk sanitation. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Shereshefsky, Judah Leon; b. Pinsk, Oct 15
1896.
To US 1912.· B Chern UPittsburgh, PhD
Johns Hopkins.· Chemist, Washington DC;
faculty Howard; active Am Jewish Com, Jewish
labor movement; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ,1938.
Shennan, Allan; b. Chicago, Nov 30 1924;
d. Nov 201973.
U IL. • Entertainer, comic, author; Grammy
winner; wrote "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh."
• See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Nov 22 1973,
40:2.
Shennan, Ben E; b. Carnegie, P A, Mar 19
1900.
BS, LLB U Pittsburgh. • Lawyer, Pittsburgh;
pres Carnegie Taxpayers League; officer
synagog; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shennan, Benjamin; b. NYC, Aug 11 1889;
d. NYC, June 1972.
Vending co exec, NYC; officer United Home
for Aged Hebrews, Heb Natl Orphan Home. •
See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes, June 16 1972,42:4.
Shennan, Carl; h. Olmutz, Austria, Oct 16
1890; d.July 17 1956.
To US 1894. • LLB U Buffalo. • State Atty
General, lawyer, NYC; exec Helena
Rubenstein; officer Am Jewish Cong, State
Democratic Party; natl exec com Zionist Org
of Am; mem Am Com on Rights of Religious
Minorities. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 18
1956,27:2.
Sherman, Charles Bezalel; b. Kiev, Jan 14
1896; d. NYC,Jan 11971.
To US 1911. • Sociologist, communal exec,
author, NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; general secy
Am Left Poale Zionist Party; dir Labor Zionist
Org of Am, Anti-Defamation League, Jewish
Labor 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, South
Africa. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Sherman, Eliezer L; b. Ukraine, ca 1885; d.
Philadelphia, Mar 7 1946.
To US 1908. • Yiddish & Heb author, Heb
scholar; 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, state
supreme court judge, NYC; trustee Heb
Orphan 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, San
Francisco; 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 Chicago
Med 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 of Wornens
Clubs. • See: BEOAJ.
Shershevsky, Abram Moses; b. Bitten,
Russia, Sep 111867.
Rabbi, communal educator, Dorchester, MA,
Boston; fdr Bosto~ Yeshivah, Agudath
Horaborim; 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 15
1878; d. Detroit, Nov 3 1945.
To US 1892.· Merchant, communal worker,
Detroit; officer Heb Free Loan Assn, Jewish
Social Services Bureau, Zionist Org of Am. •
See:AJYB, 48:499; WWIAJ, 1938.
589
Shetzer, Simon; b. Detroit,Jan 16 1900; d.
Detroit, May 291947.
AB U MI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, merchant,
communal exec, Detroit; nat! exec dir Zionist
Org of Am; officer United Heb Schools,
League for Human Rights; fdr Round Table of
Catholics, 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, Yiddish
poet, 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 Am
Field service. • See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Apr
91982.
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 13
1887; d. NYC, May 23 1952.
AB CCNY, LLB Columbia, LLD St Lawrence
U. • Lawyer, state supreme court judge, NYC;
counsel State Factory Investigating Com, State
Labor Dept; federal dir US Employment
Service NY State; officer Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies; 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 23
1940.
Civic & communal worker, Zionist ldr; a fdr
Heb Free Loan Soc; exec com Zionist Org of
Am. • See:AJYB, 43:364.
Shiffrin, Abraham B; b. Russia, May 28
1902.
To NYC 1907. • NYU. • Book dealer,
novelist, poet, NYc. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Shifrin, Ben Louis; b. St Louis, Feb 12
1889.
LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer, St
Louis; dir Orthodox Old Folks Home, Jewish
Fedn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shifrin, Seymour; b. Brooklyn, Feb 28
1926; d. Sep 261979.
Columbia. • Composer; faculty U CA
(Berkeley), Brandeis; dir Koussevitzky Found.
• See: WWWIA, 7.
Shilkret, Nathaniel; b. NYC, Jan 1 1892/
1895.
Shmukler, Peter
CCNY, Mus D Bethany ColI. • Conductor,
Los Angeles; assocd Victor Talking Machine
Co; musical dir radio shows. • See: WWIAJ,
1928, 1938.
Shillman, Samuel Rosenau; b. Latvia, Apr
141896; d. 1977.
AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI. • Rabbi, Sumter, SC, earlier Helena, AR,
Chattanooga; officer Internat! Soc for Crippled
Children. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
CCARYB.
Shimm, Abraham S; b. Russia, Dec 27
1883; d.July 1951.
Realtor, New Rochelle; pres Heb Inst, United
Home 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 U
Prague, Hunter. • Gynecologist, NYC,
Astoria, NY; officer Am Hungarian Med Assn.
Shinberg, Jacob Wtlfred; b. Lawrence, MA,
Mar291900.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, Haverhill, MA;
special justice Central District Court; mem
Democratic City Com; officer Jewish
Brotherhood. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shinedling, Abraham Isaac; b. Menominee,
MI, 1897;d.Albuquerque, 1982.
U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,
Columbia. • Rabbi, NYC; editor, translator
from German, French, Heb; staff UJE; prison
chaplain. • See: UJE; CCARYB.
Shinedling, Moses; b. Shkud, Kovno, 1860;
d. Paterson, 1928.
To US ca 1884. • Heb writer, satirist, printer;
early US supporter of Zionism & Haskalah
movement; 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 ILl
Loyola. • Physician, health commr, Cicero, IL;
active philanthropic orgs; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
24:203, 36:286; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NITimes,
Feb 8 1934, 19:1.
Shipman, Mitchell; b. Brooklyn Aug 1
1903.
'
Harvard, Harvard Law. • Labor arbitrator,
lawyer, art collector, NYC; with Natl Recovery
Adm. • See: NITimes story, Jan 27 1971.
Shipman, Samuel; b. NYC, Dec 25 18831
1888; d. NYC, Feb 9 1937.
Columbia. • Dramatist, author, NYC; adapter
The 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 2
1913.
Lawyer, Buffalo. • See:AJYB, 15(19131914):274.
Shiretski, Harry; b.*; d. Anniston, AL, May
231914.
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! Bureau
of Economic Research, Census Bureau; commr
Bureau of Labor Statistics; consult Council of
Economic Advisors. • See: WWWIA 7;
NITimes, Nov 6 1978, 57:4.
Shlenker, Leon M; b. Trinity, LA, Jan 29
1877.
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 3
1957,35:5.
Shinglman, Willard Edwin; b. Cicero, IL,
Apr 161910.
BS, MD U IL. • Surgeon, Cicero, IL; assocd
Veterans Adm; military service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Shlesinger, Sig (Sigmund); b. Hungary, Dec
291848.
Indian fighter, merchant, Cleveland; a fdr Fedn
of]ewish Charities; officer Heb Relief Assn. •
See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):186, 7(19051906):101.
Shinkman, Samuel; b. ca 1854; d. Feb 11
1937.
Yiddish actor, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 39:597;
NITimes, Feb 13 1937,13:4.
Shmookler, Henry B; b. ca 1882; d.
Philadelphia, Aug 11 1932.
Physician, communal worker, Philadelphia. •
See:AJYB,,35:129.
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; secy
United Heb Trades; officer Amalgamated
Clothing Workers, Socialist Party; opposed
Communism in unions. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
Shmueli, Ephraim; b. Lodz, 1908.
To Palestine 1933.· Educator, author on
Jewish history & US Jewish life, poet; authority
on Heb writing; faculty Cleveland State. • See:
EJ.
Shmukler, Peter; b. ca 1867; d. Oct 71931.
Journalist, NYC. • See: AJYB, 34: 112.
59.0
Shmulewitz, Louis M
Shmulewitz, Louis M; b.*; d. June 24 1937.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 39:597.
in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938; NYTimes,
Sep 27 1961,42:1.
Shneider, Louis; b. Cherkauss, Russia, Feb
221899.
To US 1905.· Cummings School ofArt,
Drake, Mitchell Sch of Designing, LLB Des
Moines ColI. • Lawyer, Des Moines; counsel
IA Unemployment Compensation Commn;
officer Civic Music Assn; active Community
Chest. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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.
Shneur (Schneour), Zalman (Salkindl
Zalkind); b. Shklov, Mohilev, Feb 11
1887; d. NYC, Feb 201959.
To US 1940/1941. • Important Yiddish &
Heb poet, novelist, NYC, Israel; considered a
major Heb poet; contributor Forward. • See:
UJE; E];A]YB, 61:419; NatlJewish Post, Feb
271959; 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 Heb
Schools; staffJewish Educational Alliance;
editor Gordonia; assoc editor Baltimore Jewish
Times. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shochet, Moses; b. ca 1870; d. Aug 26
1937.
Rabbi, civic & communal worker, Philadelphia.
• See:AJYB, 40:391; NYTimes, Aug 27 1937,
19:4.
Shochet, S L (Shaul Yedidyah); b. Kovno
province.
To US 1906. • Rabbi, author, Kansas City. •
See: Gottlieb, 313.
Shocket, Louis; b. Baltimore, Apr 81901.
AB U Richmond, MAJohns Hopkins, Grad
School for Jewish Social Work. • Social
worker, Buffalo; exec dir Jewish Community
Bldg; bd Zionist Org of Am; chr Fedn of
Neighborhood Centers; officer professional
orgs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Shoenberg, Sydney Melville; b. Leadville,
CO, Aug 23 1881;d. Nov 1975.
Washington U (St Louis). • Corp exec, St
Louis; 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 2
1918.
To US 1886.· Rabbi, Boston, NYC; fdr
Talmud 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 22
1887; d. Yonkers, Sep 1961.
To US 1907.· BS, MANYU, DHL, ordained
JTS, PhD Columbia.· Rabbi, Yonkers; officer
Jewish Fedn; a fdr Beth-El Heb School &
Community Center (Dorchester, MA); author
Shohl, Alfred Theodore; b. Cincinnati, Dec
29 1889; d. Boston, Mar 24 1946.
AB, MD Havard. • Physician; specialty:
research on metabolism; faculty Johns
Hopkins, Yale, Harvard; WWI service. • See:
AJYB, 48:499-500; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Shohl, Charles M; b. Cincinnati, Oct 24
1850; d. Cincinnati, Mar 29 1940.
Wholesale clothing merchant, early lay Reform
Idr, Cincinnati; officer Union of Am Heb
Congregations, Heb Union ColI; bd United
Jewish Social Agencies. • See: UJE; A]YB,
24:203,42:484; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ.
Shohl, Walter Max; b. Cincinnati, July 12
1885; 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 U
Cincinnati; officer bar assns. • See: WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 5;Al, Feb 12
1970; NYTimes, Feb 71970,29:5.
Shokler, Harry; b. Cincinnati, Apr 25 1896.
NY School of Fine & Applied Art, Cincinnati
Art 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 European
Yiddish 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 Congregational
Church.· 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 fdr
YMHA (NYC). • See: NITimes, May 9 1940,
23:6.
Shoninger, Bernard; b. ca 1828; d. New
Haven,June 3 1910.
Organ mfr, New Haven. • See: AJYB,
12(1910-1911):111.
Shoninger, Joseph; b. ca 1829; d. NYC,
May 211910.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 12(1910-1911):111.
Shookhoof, Charles; b. Grodno, June 10
1888.
To US 1889. • MD Cornell. • Cardiologist,
Brooklyn; dir Heb Orphan Asylum; author in
field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shoolman, BenjaminJ; b. Russia, 1888.
To US 1892. • LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer,
Boston; mem City Council, Malden, MA; an
orgr West End House, YMHA, Zionist Org of
Am; 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, Jan
241977,1:1.
Shor, George Gershon; b. Vienna, Sep 1
1884; 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, industrial
physicist, inventor, patent atty, NYC; research
engineer 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, Dec
7 1901; d. July 14 1961.
AB, MA U BC, PhD Johns Hopkins. •
Psychologist, lecturer, NYC; specialty: drug
addiction; dir St Edwards Consulting Clinic;
faculty U Miami. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,
July 151961,19:6.
Shore, Sidney; b. Philadelphia, Sep 13
1921.
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 31
1970,41:3.
Shorell, Irving Daniel; b. NYC, Aug 29
1898; d.June 1971.
NYU, BS Columbia, MD Georgetown U,
post-grad U Heidelberg, U Vienna. •
Otolaryngologist, NYC; mem Bd of Birth
Control; 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.
591
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; columist
Jewish Morning Journal; representative Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc.· See: U]E;A]YB, 66:581;
NYTimes, May 7 1964,37:5.
Shostac, Frances (Mrs Abraham J
Goldfarb); b. near Kiev, Aug 23 1883; d.
Dec 1972.
To US 1887.· Normal Call, NYC, MD
Cornell. • 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, television
personality; with B'nai B'rith Vocational
Service 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. July
241935.
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, LLB
Temple U. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; earlier
pharmacist; pres Smiller Benevolent Assn;
officer Jewish Day Nursery, Reb Immigrant
Aid Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAj.
Shoub, Hyman Louis; b. Vladimir Volinsk,
Russia, Dec 7 1878.
To US 1900. • BS MIT; DSc Columbia U of
Sciences (Washington DC). • Pathologist,
NYC; with US Public Health Service; author
in 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, June
22 1903; d. Oct 10 1964.
To US 1922. • BA, MA Tulane. • Educator,
scholar, New Orleans, NYC; head Brooklyn
Jewish Center religious school; exec mem Nat!
Council Jewish Education; active Yiddish Inst,
Zionist Org of Am; 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,
Shugennan, Harry Philip
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 School
Bd; bd Cincinnati Med ColI; active Union of
Am Heb Congregations. • See: UJE.
Shroder, VVilliamJacob;b.Cincinnati,Nov
28 1876; d. Cincinnati, July 11 1952.
AB Yale, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, banker, civic
& communalldr, Cincinnati; pres Bd of
Education, Nat! Council ofJewish Fedns;
officer Jewish Big Bros, United Jewish Social
Agencies, 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 12
1952, 13:5.
Shub, Boris; b. NYC, July 241912; d. NYC,
Apr 201965.
BA U MI, LLB Columbia. • Writer, radio
worker, 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, May
27 1973.
To US 1903/1908. • Editor, Sovietologist,
historian, Yiddish writer, NYC; consult Radio
Liberty; bd Literary Found to Aid Artists &
Writers Living Abroad, New Leader, Rand
School of Social Sciences. • See: E]:19731982;A]YB, 75:657; NYTimes, May291973,
38:4.
Shubart, Benedict; b. Chicago, Aug 19
1876.
BS, ME Armour Inst. • Electrical engineer,
Denver; exec secy Rocky Mountain Coal
Mining Inst; officer Hillel, synagog; author on
mining. • See: WWIA], 1938; REOAJ.
Shubert,JacobJ; b. Syracuse, Aug 15 1877/
1880; d. NYC, Dec 25/26 1963.
Theatrical mgr, NYC; assocd with brothers in
Shubert Theatrical Co. • See: U]E (sub
Shubert, 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 15
1873/1875; d. Dec 25 1953.
To Syracuse 1883. • Theatrical producer, mgr,
NYC; controlled almost 100 theatres;
produced more than 400 plays; WWII
entertainment for troops. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Shubert);A]YB 24:203; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
Dec 26 1953, 1:4.
Shubert, Milton I; b.Syracuse, ca 1901; d.
Bonyton Beach, FL, Mar 1967.
Theatrical producer, NYC; assocd with family
in Shubert Theatrical Co; WWII service. •
See: NYTimes, Mar 81967,46:1.
Shubert,. Sam S; b. Syracuse, 1878; d.
Harrisburg, PA, May 1905.
Theater mgr, NYC; assocd with family in
Shubert Theatrical Co. • See: U]E (sub
Shubert, Lee); EJ (sub Shubert); NYTimes, May
13 1905,2:5.
Shubin, Sydney Abram; b. NYC, May 14
1890.
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 Inst
of Religion. • Rabbi, Boston; nat! officer
Zionist Org of Am; officer Am Jewish Cong;
editor Avukah, Opinion. • See: A]YB, 71 :609;
WWIA],1938.
Shubow, Leo; b. alita, Lithmurla, July 22
1903; d. 1981.
To US 1906. • Harvard, Columbia, BS NYU,
MHL, ordained Jewish Inst of Religion. •
Rabbi, Zionist, Newton, MA, Boston; staff
Internat! Ice Patrol, US Coast Guard;
contributor Avukah Annual. • See: WWIA],
1938; REOA]; CCARYB.
Shubow, Rachelle; b. Vilna.
To US 1907. • New England Conservatory of
Music.· Pianist, Newton Center, MA;
introduced compositions; played in Berlin on
Boycott Day, 1933. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Shuchatowitz, Abraham Isaac; b. Slonim,
1870.
To NYC 1920. • Rabbi, NYC; candidate for
Russian Duma; exec com Union of Orthodox
Rabbis.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Shuchatowitz, Mordecai; b. Taurogin,
Lithuania, May 12 1903; d. NYC,Jan 15
1946.
To US 1921. • Ordained Yeshiva Call, postgrad Columbia. • Rabbi, Edgemere, NY; exec
dir Union of Orthodox Congregations; state
advisory bd Kashruth; exec mem Mizrachi,
Yeshivas of Hebron, Mir & Poneviz. • See:
WWIA], 1938;A]YB, 48:500.
Shugam, VVilliam; b. Plungian, Russia, Nov
101865.
Rabbi, Chicago, earlier Baltimore. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):99.
Shugerman, Abe Louis; b. Ensley, AL, Jan
25 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, MD
Johns Hopkins, post-grad Columbia, Army
Med School. • Physician, Birmingham, AL;
exec com Am Jewish Cong, Zionist Org of Am;
author in field, literary subjects; WWI service.
• See: WWIA], 1938;.BEOA].
592
Shulgold, William Robert
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 Kliegman
Bros.· 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 11
1894.
CPA Northeastern. - Communal worker,
Worcester; officer United Jewish Charities,
B'nai B'rith Cemetery Corp; dir Reb Free
Loan Assn. - See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
ShuIkin, Anatol; b. Ekaterinoslav, Apr 15
1899; d. NYC, Nov 1961.
Nat! Academy of Design, Art Students League.
- Artist, painter, muralist, NYC; faculty
Cooper Union, Newark School of Fine &
Industrial Arts. - See: BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov
22 1961,33:5.
Shuhnan, A; b. Russia, Feb 9 1882.
Rabbi, tchr, Chicago; instructor
Thachkemonite Seminary (Antwerp), Reb
Theological ColI. - See: BEOA].
Shulman, Abraham Hillel; b. *
A fdr, Forward, NYC; nat! officer Workmen's
Circle, 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 J ewishInst of Religion. Rabbi, South Bend, IN earlier Glens Falls, NY;
officer Family Services Bureau; bd Council of
Social Agencies, Camp Fire Girls. - See:
WWIA],1938.
Shulman, Bernard; b. Libau, Latvia, Mar 5
1890.
LLBJohnMarshall Law. - Lawyer, Chicago;
legal advisor, dir Orthodox Jewish Rome for
Aged; exec com Zionist Org of Am. - See:
WWIA],1938.
Shulman, Charles E; b. Berdichev, Russia,
July 25 1900/1901; d. Bronx, June 2
1968.
To US 1904/1910; - Ordained Reb Union
ColI, 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; WWII
chaplain. • 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 22
1905.
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 Community
Chest, Heb School Bd of Education; active
Democratic politics. - See: WWIA], -193 8.
Shuhnan, Harry; b. Krugloye, Russia, Mar
14 1903; d. Mar 20 1955.
To US 1912. - AB Brown, LLB,JSD Harvard;
honorary degree. - Lawyer, clerk to Justice
Brandeis, 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, Oct
161899.
PhB U Chicago, post-grad Columbia. Consult psychologist,- criminologist, NYC;
assocd State Crime Commn, NYC Dept of
Correction; resident dir Hawthorne Cedar
Knolls School; officer professional orgs; author
in 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; chr
adm com Am Zionist Emergency Council. See:A]YB, 48:500; NYTimes, July 241945,
23:2.
Shulman, Kenneth; b. Worcester, Sep 6
1928; 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 22
1885; d. Dec 12 1937.
Jewish Training School, Chicago Business
ColI, LLB, LLMJohnMarshall. - Lawyer,
banker, Chicago; officer Zionist Org of Am; an
orgr Federated Orthodox Jewish Charities,
Heb Inst. - See:A]YB, 40:391; WWIA], 1926,
1928; BEOAj.
Shuhnan,MorrisJulius;b.NYC, Dec 24
1903.
BS, CE, MBA NYU. - Engineer, accountant,
NYC, Glendale, NY; city official, Middle
Village, LI; with county Dept of Public Works:
officer synagog. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Shulman, Sadie Lipner (Mrs Charles
Shulman); 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 Hayyim
Shadovsky); b. near Kovno, 1876; d.
1951.
To NY 1941. - Bund orgr, journalist, Russia,
US; exiled to Siberia, helped organize escape
including Trotsky. - See: EJ.
Shultz, Albert; b. Poughkeepsie, July 9
1867; d. before 1938.
Bookstore owner, civic & communal worker,
Staunton, VA; mem Zoning Commn, Bd of
Zoning Appeals; officer Bd ofTrade, synagog,
Red Cross; bd Legal Aid, Community Welfare
League. - See: WWIA], 1928.
Shultz, Lillie; b. Philadelphia, 1904;d.
NYC, Apr 14 1981.
Journalist, communal worker, NYC; editorial
bd The Nation; fdr Kenmore Assocs (public
relations for Israel); with Am Jewish Cong; dir
boycott 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; author
history ofItalianJewry. - See: E].
Shumacker, Harris B Jr; b. Laurel, MS,
May 20 1908.
BS U Chattanooga, MA Vanderbuilt, MD
Johns Hopkins. - Surgeon, New Haven; author
in field. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Shuman, Abraham; b. Prussia, May 31
1838/1839; d. June 26 1918.
To US as child. - Honorary degree. Merchant, philanthropist, Boston; fdr United
Heb Benevolent Assn; dir Benjamin Franklin
Fund. - See: ]E; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, June
271918,11:6.
Shuman, Davis; b. Chudnov, Russia, Nov 5
1912; d. NYC, Aug 311966.
To US 1921. - Northeastern,Juilliard.Noted trombonist, composer, NYC; faculty
Juilliard, Columbia; many compositions are
dedicated to him. - See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Sep 11966,35:1.
Shumlin, Hennan E; b. Atwood, CO, Dec 6
1898; d.June 141979.
Theatrical producer & director, NYC; Tony
winner. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,
7.
Shumsky, Oskar; b. Philadelphia, Mar 23
1917.
Curtis. - Conc~rt violinist, Philadelphia; NYC
debut 1934. - See: BEOA].
Shunfenthal, Chaim; b. 1884; d. NYC, Dec
61953.
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,Jewish
Students Scholarship Fund; dir Young Mens
Jewish Charities. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Shushan, Abraham L; b. Reserve, LA, Jan
12 1894.
Soule Community ColI (New Orleans). Merchant, civic ldr, New Orleans; mem Bd of
Levee Commrs, City Planning & Zoning
593
Commn; dir Touro Infirmary, YMHA; WWI
service.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Siegel, David Tevel
Bd,Joint Distribution Com. • See: UJE; AJYB,
42:484; WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Dec 301939,
15:1.
Shuster, George; b. ca 1891; d. NYC, Apr
251941.
Communal worker, NYC; exec officer United
Home for Aged Hebrews (New Rochelle);
officer Natl Heb Orphan Asylum. • See: A]YB,
43:364.
Sicher, Florine lIaas (Mrs Dudley Sicher);
b. ca 1883; d.June 30 1938.
40:391; NITimes, July 11938,19:3.
Siedenbach, lIenry; b. ca 1836; d.
Financier, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 18(1916-
Sicher, Samuel; b. ca 1883; d.Jan 11940.
Siedenbach, Meyer; b. ca 1845; d.
Marienbad, Gennany, July 22 1911.
Financier, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 14(1912-
Shustennan, Abraham; b. Altoona, PA, Dec
221906.
Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
42:484; NITimes, Jan 2 1940, 19:4.
Rabbi, Tulsa, Baltimore; officer Tulsa
Maternal Health League. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Sicher, William; b.*; d. St Louis, Feb 26
1913.
Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB,
15(1913-1914):274.
E]:1973-1982.
Sickles, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Oct 18
1864.
AB, MA Central High School (philadelphia),
U PA. • Wholesale jeweler, Philadelphia;
officer professional assns, synagog. • See:
Shwartzman, Gregory; b. Odessa, 1896; d.
July 1965.
BEOAJ.
MD U Brussels. • Bacteriologist, NYC; faculty
NY Homeopathic Med ColI; author in field. •
See: UJE; NITimes, July 24 1965, 21 :4.
Sideman, Sidney; b. Chicago, May 1 1904.
Shwarz,lIennan;b.ca1848;d.Napa,~
Sidenberg, Albert; b. ca 1864; d.
Philadelphia, Oct 291917.
Rabbi, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 20(1918-
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, Mar
261882; d. Denver, July 1970.
Fdr, Samsonite Luggage Corp, Denver; civic &
philanthropic worker. • See: NITimes, July 25
1970,23:4.
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; natl
officer Natl Assn of Retail Clothiers; officer
Am Legion; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Sichel, Sigmund; b. Biitthard, Bavaria, Dec
161857; d. Dec 1917.
Civic ldr, legislator, Portland, OR; exec bd
City of Portland; officer First Heb Benevolent
Assn, 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 13
1876; d. NYC, Dec 291939.
Columbia. • Textile mfr, communalldr,
philanthropist, NYC; fdr Sicher School for
Immigrants; pres Fedn of] ewish
Philanthropies; advisor Natl Labor Relations
1917):110.
1913):123.
Shuval, Judith Tannenbaum; b. NYC, 1926.
To Israel 1949. • Hunter, PhD Harvard, BHL
JTS. • Sociologist; faculty Heb U; advisor on
immigrants UNESCO; author in field. • See:
Theatre Guild School. • Stage & screen
actress, Los Angeles. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,
1938.
BS, MD U IL. • Orthopedic surgeon, Chicago;
faculty Northwestern. • See: BEOA].
1919):230.
Sidenberg, Mrs lIenry; b. ca 1847; d. Jan 2
1936.
Communal worker, NYc. • See: AJYB,
Siegal, Isaac (Isak); b. Rudabelka, Russia,
May 25 1878/1879; d. Jersey City, July
1976.
To NYC 1906.· Rabbi, Bayonne, Jersey City;
officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis; Kashruth
supervisor. • See: WWIA], 1926; Gottlieb,
297; NITimes, July 12 1976, II 2:5.
Siegal, Louis Jay; b. ca 1890; d. NYC, Sep
1966.
MD NY Med ColI, Fordham Law. •
Neuropsychiatrist, NYC; specialty: forensic
med; active med jurisprudence, bar assns;
author in field; WWI service. • See: NITimes,
Sep 27 1966,47:4.
Siegel, Alexander Bernard; b. NYC, Apr 13
1885; d.Jan 1954.
AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;
trustee Tuskegee; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Jan 30
1954,17:3.
38:435.
Siegel, Alvin Erdreich; b. Selma, AL, May
191887.
Sidenberg, William Richard; b. NYC, June
13 1881; d. Feb 1961.
AB U AL, MD Jefferson Med ColI. •
Pediatrician, Macon, GA; faculty Temple U, U
PA; author in field; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.
AB Yale. • Import-export, realty exec, NYC;
mem County Grand Jury. • 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; fdr
Sidis 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.
Siegel, Benjamin; b. ca 1860; d. Nov 11
1936.
Merchant, communal worker, Detroit. • See:
AJYB,39:597.
Siegel, Benjamin; b. NYC, Nov 171897.
Technical engineer, Washington DC; with
procurement division Treasury Dept; WWI
Harvard. • Mathematician; child prodigy. •
See:A]YB, 47:532; NITimes, July 181944,
21:4.
Siegel, Benjamin (Bugsy); b. NYC, 1905; d.
Beverly lIills, CA, 1947.
Criminal, racketeer; murdered. • See: EJ;
Cincinnati Post, Jan 3 1961.
Sidman, Alexander Thompson; b. Ukraine,
Oct 3 1904.
Siegel, Beth Levin (Mrs Julius Siegel); b.
Kansas City, Oct 9 1892.
To US 1913. • AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
Houston; counsel, officer United Jewish
Welfare Agencies; exec com Jewish
Community Council. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Chicago Music ColI. • Pianist, communal
worker, NYC; dir New School ofMusic; a fdr
Godmothers League Day & Night Shelter for
Babies; active liberal causes, Community
Church. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Sidney, George; b. lIungary, ca 1877; d.
lIollywood, CA, Apr 1945.
Vaudeville, stage & screen actor, NYC,
Hollywood; "Potash & Perlmutter." • See:
Siegel, David Porter; b. NYC, Sep 161895;
d.June 17 1958.
AJYB, 24:203; NITimes, Apr 301945,19:2.
Lawyer, asst US district atty, NY. • See:
WWWL4, 3; NITimes, June 19 1958,31:6.
Sidney, Sylvia (born Sophia Koskow); b.
NYC, Aug 8 1910.
Siegel, David Tevel; b. Chicago, Jan 11
1896; d. Mar 8 1957.
594
Siegel, Eli
IL Inst of Technology. • Mfr; fdr Ohmite Mfg
Co; trustee IL Inst ofTechnology; WWI
service. • See: WWU7IA, 3.
Siegel, Eli; b. Dvinsk, Aug 161902; d. Nov
81978.
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.
To US 1905.· Poet, author, NYC; fdr
Aesthetic Realism. • See: "WWWIA, 7; NITimes,
Nov 10 1978, II 7:5.
Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Fargo, ND. - See:
AJYB, 39:597.
Siegel, F L; b.*; d. Denver, Feb 14 1913.
Financier, Denver. • See:A]YB, 15(1913-
Siegel (Siegal), Morris Ely; b. Odessa, July
22 1884; d. Mill Valley, CA,June 1974.
1914):274.
To US 1890. - BS CCNY,MA, EdM,
Columbia. - Educator, NYC; orgr
continuation school system; dir evening,
continuing, adult & vocational education;
officer Boy Scouts, professional orgs, synagog.
- See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June 281974,
36:4.
Siegel, Henry; b. Eubigheim, Germany,
Mar 171852.
To US 1867. • Merchant, Chicago, NYC; dept
store 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 ofMental
Health; military service. • See: "WWWIA, 5.
Siegel, Isaac; b. NYC, Apr 12 1880; d.
NYC,June 291947.
LLB NYU. • Congressman, lawyer, domestic
relations court judge, NYC; officer Jewish
Education Assn; active J ewish Welfare Board,
Republican politics; fought immigration
restriction. • 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, Apr
13 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); active
labor movement, communal orgs. • See:
BEOA].
Siegel, Mrs Jacob; b. ca 1879; d. Liberty,
NY, Sep 20 1933.
Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC. See: A]YB, 36:286.
Siegel, Murray J; b. NYC, July 18 1914; d.
Tenafly, NJ, Sep 1971.
Merchandise & retail exec, NYC; benefactor
City of Hope. - See: NITimes, Sep 23 1971,
38:3.
Siegel, Julius L; b. Wiznitz, Bukovina, Dec
191897; d. Indianapolis, Oct 141942.
To US 1910. - Ordained RIETS, NYU, MA
Yale, Dropsie, PhD U Chicago. - Rabbi,
author, Chicago, Gary, IN; natl officer
Histadruth Ivrit; instructor U Chicago, ColI of
Jewish Studies. • See:AJYB, 45:394; WWIAJ,
1926,1938.
Siegel, Keeve Milton; b. NYC,Jan 91923;
d. Mar 141975.
Lawyer, legislator, communalldr, NYC; exec
dir Childrens Welfare Bd; natl bd Young
Judea; officer Rumanian Fedn ofJews in Am,
Canada & Cuba; dir Soc for Advancement of
Judaism. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938;BEOA];NYTimes, Oct281974, 34:5.
Siegelstein, Pierre A; b. ca 1870; d. near
Middletown, NY, Aug 9 1922.
Physician, commuilal worker, NYC; pres Am
Union 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 court
commr, 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.
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.
Siegler, Samuel Lewis; b. Nov 11 1894; d.
LI, Sep 1953.
To US 1904. - Author, artist, communalldr,
New Brunswick, N]; co-orgr Workmen's
Circle (Poland); seey Yiddish Workmen's
Circle; editor The Banner. - See: AJYB, 79:373.
MD Fordham. - Obstetrician, gynecologist,
Brooklyn; officer professional assns; author/
lecturer/film maker in field; WWI service. See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Sep 161953,
33:5.
Siegel, Myer; b. ca 1866; d. May 25 1934.
Siegel, Samuel S; b. Usda, Minsk, June 10
1893.
To US 1913. - Rabbi, Chicago; orgr Zionist
Org of Am, Jewish Community Center; editor,
publisher The Trumpet; exec seey Heb
Theological ColI. - See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Siegmeister, Elie; b. NYC,Jan 15 1909.
AB Columbia, Juilliard. - Composer,
conductor, author, NYC; fdr Am Ballad
Singers; instructor Brooklyn ColI, Hofstra;
interested in US folk music. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIAJ,1938.
Siegel, Seymour; b. Chicago, 1927.
U Chicago, Heb Theological ColI, PhD,
ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, neo-Conservative ldr,
NYC; authority on Jewish ethics; faculty JTS;
supporter civil rights, anti-Vietnam; advisor,
prayer ldr presidents Nixon, Reagan; allowed
women in minyan, ordination. - See: E]:19731982.
Siegel, Seymour Nathaniel; b. NYC, July 29
1908; d.July 151978.
U PA, LLD Columbia; honorary degree. •
Statistician, broadcasting exec, NYC; dir Civil
Defense Communications; chr Internatl
Broadcasting Service. - See: WWWIA, 7;
NITimes,July 161978,28:1.
Rensselaer Polytech. -Physicist; faculty U MI;
scientific advisory bd US Air Force; consult US
Army, NASA; trustee Rensselaer Polytech. •
See: "WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Mar 15 1975,
30:5.
Siegel, Sol C; b. NYC, ca 1903; d. Los
Angeles, Dec 1982.
Seigel, Lester; b. Chicago, 1893; d. June 9
1971.
Motion picture exec, Los Angeles; head of
production MGM. - See: NITimes, Dec 31
1982.
Cornell. - Corp exec, Kansas City; chr
Harzfelds Inc. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Siegelstein, Bennett E; b.Jassy, Dec 25
1880; d. Oct 1974.
To US 1883. - CCNY, LLB, LLM NYU. •
Art Students League, PAAcademyofFine
Arts, BS GA Tech. • Artist, architect, Atlanta;
faculty GA Tech; WWI service. - See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].
Siegel, Joshua; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 211910.
To US ca 1883. • Rabbi, NYC. - See:AJYB,
12(1910-1911):110; Eisenstadt, 74.
To US 1906. • Yiddish playwright, NYC; over
150 plays performed; The Drunkard. - See:
A]YB, 68:533; NITimes, May 241966,43:6.
Siegel, William; b. Lithuania, 1893; d.
NYC, May 23 1966.
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 1
1895.
Brown, BS, MD St Louis U. - Physician, St
Louis; 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 orgr
Council 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. Mar
11937.
To CA ca 1892. - Retail merchant, Zionist,
595
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; orgr
Hadassah; 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, May
171937.
Clothing mfr, communal worker, Brooklyn; a
fdr 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 "slum
districts of NYC," Brooklyn; poet, author of
short stories; active chess player. • See: AJYB,
41:431; WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; NITimes,June
21 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 NJ
Guidance Center; active human relations, civil
rights; 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 7
1904.
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, May
15 1881; d. Storm Lake, JA,July 1931.
To NYC 1903. • Labor ldr; officer ILGWU;
affiliated for short time with Industrial
Workers of the World. • See: EJ; AJYB,
34:112; DAB; Fink, 331-32; NITimes,]uly 21
1931,21:1.
Sigmund, BenjaminJ; b. Kalisz, Poland,
Feb 22 1886; d. Aug 1956.
CCNY, CE Columbia.· Civil engineer,
Philadelphia, Atlantic City; active charity
fundraising. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;
NITimes, Sep 11956, 15:4.
Signer, Isador; b. Neamtz, Russia, Jan 29
1900; d. Brooklyn, Jan 81953.
To US 1917 from Canada. • Ordained JTS,
AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Rabbi, Brooklyn,
earlier Somerville, MA, Bethlehem, P A; faculty
]TS; exec com Rabbinical Assembly of Am. •
See:AJYB, 55:459; WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes,
Jan 91953,21:2.
Silber, Mendel; b. Wtlkomir, Lithuania,
Dec 10 1882; d. 1963.
Silbermann, Jesse
To US 1900. • AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI, MD Physicians & Surgeons
ColI (St Louis), PhD U Denver. • Rabbi,
author, New Orleans, earlier St Louis,
Albuquerque; faculty U NM; editor The Jewish
Ledger; 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 Heb
Theological ColI; nat! officer Central Relief
Com, Mizrachi; officer Union of Orthodox
Congregations; exec com Orthodox Rabbinical
Council.· See:AJYB, 49:618; WWIAJ, 1926,
192 8, 1938; NITimes, Sep 2 1946, 17:6.
Silber, Sidney Joachim; b. Waupun, WI,
Mar 91881.
U Berlin, U Vienna, MusD Sherwood Music
School. • Pianist, educator, Chicago; dean
Sherwood Music School; trustee Theodore
Presser Memorial Fund. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silberberg, David; b. ca 1850; d.
Strasbourg, May 281914.
Merchant, NYc.. See:AJYB, 16(1914-
Mfr, communal worker, Cleveland. • See:
AJYB, 41:431.
Silberman, Alfred M; b. NYC, 1890; d.
NYC, Dec 21 1948.
Business exec, Hartford; with Consolidated
Cigar Corp. • See: WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Dec
22 1948,23:4.
Silberman, Barnet; b. Poland, 1852.
Rabbi, NYC, earlier Poland; active communal
work.· 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 23
1970.
To US 1909. • Business exec, communalldr,
LI City, NYC; officer United SynagogUe of
Am, Herzliah Heb Academy, Jewish
Settlement House of East Side; council mem
JTS.· See:AJYB, 72:545; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Mar 26 1970,47:3.
Silberman, MarvinJ; b. NYC, 1913; d. VA,
Oct 301959.
1915):166.
Chr, Consolidated Cigar Corp, NYC; officer
NY Fedn of Reform Synagogues; bd Heb
Union ColI-Jewish Inst of Religion. • See:
AJYB, 62:452; WWWIA,4.
Silberberg, Max; b. Bromberg, Prussia, Sep
211943; d. Mar 11920.
Silberman, Max; b. Linkeva, Kovno, Mar 16
1971.
To US 1859. • OH legislator, businessman;
officer Grand Army of the Republic, trade
assns; Civil War veteran. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):187,22:168.
Exec, Philadelphia; chr Joint Distribution
Com, United Palestine Appeal drives; officer
synagog; trustee Yeshiva ColI. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Silberberg, Mendel B; b. Los Angeles, Nov
22 1886; d. Beverly Hills, June 27 1965.
USC, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, business exec,
Silberman, Morton; b. Brooklyn, 1924; d.
Washington DC, Feb 281984.
U P A. • Businessman, communalldr; pres East
civic & communalldr, Los Angeles; mem
Beverly Hills City Council; pres Jewish
Community Council; a fdr Community
Relations Com; active Republican politics. •
See: EJ; AJYB, 67:542-43; WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, June 301965,37:1.
Coast Supply Corp, Greater MiamiJewish
Fedn; bd Council ofJewish Fedns. • See:
AJYB, 86:443.
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. • Research
entomologist, Washington DC; with
Smithsonian; faculty Harvard. • See: NITimes,
Jan 61982.
Silberman, Samuel Joshua; b. NYC, Apr 17
1915.
Harvard. • Exec, Consolidated Cigar Corp,
philanthropist; benefactor Hunter ColI School
of Social Work. • See: NYTimes story, Sep 24
1964.
Silberman, Saul; b. ca 1896; d. Miami, Feb
1971.
oWner, Cleveland Browns football team,
Tropical Park Race Track. • See: NYTimes,
Feb 20 1971,30:4.
Silberman, Simon R; b.Bivolari, Rumania,
1860.
Silberman, Abris; b. ca 1896; d. NYC, Dec
1968.
To US 1888. • Philanthropist, NYC; orgr First
Rumanian Congregation; dir United
RumanianJews of Am, Pride ofJudea Orphan
Asylum. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
To US 1928. • U Budapest. • Owner noted art
gallery, NYC; active charities, art education. •
See: NYTimes, Dec 24 1968,20:1.
Silbermann, Jesse; b. NYC, June 30 1877;
d. NYC, May 1947.
Silberman, Albert; b. ca 1868; d.June 9
1939.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, municipal
judge, Bronx; worked for separate Bronx
County; active Democratic politics. • See:
WWIAJ,1928;NYTimes,May181947,60:1.
Silberschlag, Eisig
Silberschlag, Eisig; b. Metri, Galicia, Jan 8
1903.
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 3
1873.
U MN. • Exec, civic ldr, Duluth; mem City
Charter Commn, City Planning Commn; pres
Assocd Charities; orgr United]ewish Social
Agencies. • See: WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda).
Silberstein, Herman B; b. ca 1871; d. Apr
261937.
Lyric composer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 39:597;
Silberstein, Israel; b. ca 1866; d.July 31
1938.
Realtor, communal worker, Baltimore. • See:
AJYB, 41:431.
Silberstein, Ludwik.; b. Warsaw, May 17
1872; d. Rochester, NY,Jan 17 1948.
To US 1920. • U Heidelberg, U Cracow, PhD
U Berlin. • Scientist, physicist, mathematician,
Europe, Rochester, NY; faculty U Rome,
Cornell, U Toronto, U Chicago; author in
field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 50:523; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2;
NYTimes,]an 18 1948,60:5.
Silberstein, Martin; b. Breslau, Mar 28
1864; d. before 1938.
Communal & civic worker, Davenport; officer
Betty Adler Waterman Memorial Library,
synagog; trustee Odd Fellows. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Silberstein, Max; b.*; d. San Francisco, Oct
1921.
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 of
Foreign 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; fdr
Am 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. May
1919.
To US 1870s? • Poet, philosopher, rabbi,
NYC. • See:JE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):18788,21:207; Eisenstadt, 48.
596
Silbert, Benjamin; b. Gorki, Feb 12 1893; d.
FL,1939.
To US 1910. • Chicago Art Inst, Paris, NY
Academy of Design, Cincinnati Academy of
Art. • 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.
Sillman, Joseph; b. ca 1870; d. Detroit, Feb
141919.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,
21:207.
Sills, Arthur Jack; b. Brooklyn, Oct 19
1917; d. 1983.
Lawyer, state atty general, N]; officer Nat!
Assn of Atty Generals; mem Nat! Council for
Responsible Firearms Policy; advisory bd
Federal Bar Assn; trustee Rabbinical ColI of
Am. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Sills, Beverly (born Belle Silverman); b.
NYC, 1929.
Noted coloratura opera singer; general mgr
NYC Opera Co. • See: EJ:1973-1982.
Silbert, Jacob; b. ca 1870; d. Apr 191937.
Yiddish actor, NYc. • See: AJYB, 39:597;
SiIner, Bertha (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d. Seattle,
Nov211932.
Communal worker, Seattle. • See: AJYB,
35:129.
Silbert, Joseph H; b. Russia, Oct 23 1901.
To Cleveland 1907. • Cleveland Law, LLB
Baldwin-Wallace. • Lawyer, legislator,
municipal judge, Zionist, Cleveland; mem
County Republican Exec Com; trustee
Orthodox]ewish Orphan Home. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Siltzbach, Louis Elliott; b. NYC, May 27
1906; d. Apr 22 1980.
CCNY, Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital,
post-grad U Vienna. • Physician, NYC; faculty
Mt Sinai, CUNY; exec secy Internat! Com of
Sarcoidosis; helped perfect skin test for
sarcoidosis. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Silbert, Lisa; b. Constantinople, 1885?; d.
Miami, Nov 291965.
To US 1900. • Yiddish & English actress,
stage, screen, radio, & television; a fdr Yiddish
Art Theatre. • See: AJYB, 67:543; NYTimes,
Nov 301965,41:2.
Silver, Abba Hillel; b. Neustadt,
Schirwindt, Jan 28 1893; d. Cleveland,
Nov 281963.
To US 1902. • AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI; honorary degree. • Noted
Reform rabbi, Zionist & communalldr,
Cleveland; pres Central Conf of Am Rabbis;
officer Union of Am Heb Congregations; bd
Heb Union Coll,]ewish P-qblication Soc, Fedn
ofJewish Charities, Bureau ofJewish
Education; chr Am Zionist Emergency
Council; 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; Natl
Jewish Post, Dec 201963; Cong Bi-Weekly, Feb
10 1964;NYTimes, Nov291963, 1:1.
Silbert, Samuel H; b. Ukraine, Apr 15 1882.
To US ca 1888.· LLB, LLM BaldwinWallace. • Lawyer, municipal & common
pleas 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 fdr
Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; officer AntiDefamation League Appeal; patron]ewish
Museum.· See:AJYB, 79:373; NYTimes, Nov
18 1977, II 2:4.
Silberta, Rhea; b. Pocahontas, VA, Apr 19
1900; d. Dec 1959.
]uilliard. • Pianist, soprano, impresario, voice
instructor, NYc. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
Silk, Leonard S; b.*
UWI, PhD Duke U.· Economist,
government advisor; mem Pres Commn on
Budget Concepts; bd NYTimes. • See: NYTimes
story, Apr 20 1970.
SiIkiner (Silk), Benjamin Nahum; b. ViIkija,
Lithuania, 1882/1888; d. NYC, Nov 6
1933/1934.
To US 1904.· LLB NYU.• ProminentHeb
poet, educator, NYC; instructorJTS;
translated Macbeth into Heb; used Am Indian
&] ewish themes. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
36:286; WWIAJ, 1928.
Silver, Ann Robbin; b. Harrisburg, PA, Feb
9 1908; d. 1968.
Dickinson ColI, CCNY, Columbia, LLB
Brooklyn 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 of
Med; trustee Yeshiva U; active United]ewish
Appeal, 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
Silvennan, Daniel S
597
Jewish Com; exec com Yeshiva CoIl; advisor
US delegation to UN Commn on Human
Rights. • 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 13/17
1898; d. NYC, Nov 271974.
BS CCNY, LLB Harvard. • Jurist, public
official, asst US atty, NYC; mem State Commn
of Investigation; known for anti-racketeering
act; a fdr United Jewish Appeal; chr Israel
Bond Org; officer Jewish Community Council,
Young Israel; WWII commr Alien Enemy
Hearing Bd. • See: EJ:1973-1982;AJYB,
76:518; WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes, Nov
281974,36:1.
Silver, Eliezer; b. Kovno province, Feb 15
1882; d. Cincinnati, Feb 8 1968.
To US 1907. • Rabbi, Orthodox ldr,
Cincinnati, earlier Harrisburg, PA, Springfield,
MA; officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis, Ezrath
Torah, 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:
Silver, Harold M; b. Kliusi, Russia, May 18
1900;
To US 1913, to Israel 1963. • PhB U Chicago,
Master of Social Service Grad School for
Jewish Social Workers. • Social work admr,
Detroit; dir Jewish Family & Childrens
Service; instructor Wayne; exec bd Natl Conf
ofJewish Communal Services; fdr Natl Assn of
Social Workers. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938.
Silver, Harry; b. ca 1877; d. Chicago, Jan 7
1935.
Auctioneer, Milwaukee; fire & police chief,
Manila, PI; Spanish Am War veteran. • See:
AJYB, 37:261.
Silver, Hennan; b.*; d. Los Angeles, Aug
1913.
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 atty
general, NYC; officer First Independent Bikor
Cholem, synagog; dir YMHA. • See: REOAJ.
Silver, HymanJ; b. Tauroggen, Russia, Oct
61860; d. Dec 10 1938.
Chief rabbi, Worcester.· See:AJYB, 7(19051906):124,41:431.
Silver,Joseph S; b. Russia, 1869.
Exec, Hartford; dir United Jewish 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 Salvation
Army; dir synagog; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Workmen's Circle; active Jewish Labor Com.
• See: AJYB, 77:600; NYTimes, Jan 6 1975,
30:4.
Silver, Maxwell; b. Neustadt, Lithuania, Jan
11891; d. NYC, Oct 91966.
To US 1900/1901/1902.· CCNY, Columbia,
U Cincinnati, Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,
banker, author, Zionist, NYC; bd United
Palestine 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.
Silverberg, William V; b. NYC, ca 1897; d.
White Plains, Oct 1967.
BA, MD Columbia, U Berlin. • Psychoanalyst,
noted tchr, NYC, Washington DC; co-fdr
Assn for Advancement of Pyschoanalysis; a fdr,
pres Academy of Psychoanalysis; author in
field. • See: NITimes, Oct 12 1967,45:2.
Silver, Melvin Jacob; b. St Paul; Nov 12
1903.
U MN, LLB St Paul ColI of Law. • Lawyer, St
Paul; mem Council of Social Agencies; officer
YMCA, B'nai B'rith; bd Aleph Zadik Aleph. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silver, Milton; b. July 15 1892.
Mfr, businessman, millowner, realtor, High
Point, NC.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silver, Milton Liszt; b. NYC.
Advertising agent, playwright, NYC; with
Movie Weekly, Natl Screen Service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Silver, Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Feb 25
1915; d. Nov 5 1976.
Temple U, PhD MIT; honorary degree. •
Physicist, engineer; with MIT, Naval Research
Lab; faculty U CA (Berkeley); dir Electronics
Research Lab, Space Sciences Lab; officer
Internatl 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; officer Jewish Welfare
Soc, Hadassah, Am Legion auxiliary; bd Red
Cross, Caroline Kline Galland Home for Aged.
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; dir
Jewish Fedn for Social Services; active Am
Arbitration Assn; contributor YearRook of
Motion Pictures. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ.
Silverblatt, Bennett; b. Stachin, Poland, Jan
181882.
To US 1892. • LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, natl
Zionist ldr, Lowell, MA; natl officer Zionist
Org of Am; dir Gan Chaim Corp; fought
immigration restriction, for Balfour
Declaration recognition. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverblatt, Jacob; b. Manchester, England,
July41877.
To US 1897· Merchant, communalldr,
Pittston, Wilkes-Barre; officer Am Jewish
Com, 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 Motor
Vehicle Dept; officer Heb Sheltering Home,
Vaad Hakashruth; dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc.
Silvennan, Abraham Clement; b. Kovno,
Mar 9 1889; d. Oct 1970.
To Syracuse 1902. • BS, MS, MD Syracuse U.
• Pediatrician, Syracuse; with Health Dept, US
Public Health Service; trustee Jewish Fresh Air
Camp; author in field; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes,
Oct 27 1970,48:4.
Silvennan, Alexander; b. Pittsburgh, May 2
1881; d. Dec 16 1962.
AB Cornell, MS, PhB U Pittsburgh; honorary
degrees. • Chemist, Pittsburgh; faculty U
Pittsburgh; specialty: glass; US delegate
Internatl Union of Chemistry; author in field.
• See: U]E; AJYB, 24:203; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; REOAJ; WWWIA, 4.
Silverberg, Lorence A; b. Sioux City, June
191914; d. Sep 191980.
U MN. • Retail exec, Sioux City, Philadelphia,
NYC; with S Klein Dept Stores; WWII
service. • Se.e: WWWIA, 7.
Silvennan, Archibald; b. Zinkoff, Russia,
Mar 51880; d. Providence, Sep 141966.
To US 1890. • Jewelry mfr, business exec,
Providence; mem Industrial Commn, Commn
on Employment Problems of Negro; officer
United Jewish Appeal, trade assn; dir Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc, Community Chest. • See:
U]E (sub Silverman, Ida M); AJYB, 24:203,
68:533-34; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; REOAJ;
WWWIA,4.
Silverberg, Naftula Hirsch; b. Poland, ca
1869; d. Rochester, NY,}uly 181945.
To US 1923. • Rabbi, communalldr. • See:
AJYB, 48:500; NITimes, July 20 1945, 19:4.
Silvennan, Daniel; b. Montreal, June 24
1905.
BS U CA, D Sc MIT. • Engineer, Berkeley;
faculty U CA (Berkeley). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverberg, Samuel; b. Brisk, Russia, 1887;
d. Tucson, Jan 41976.
To US 1901.· MD Fordham.· Physician,
pharmaceutical exec, Bronx; chr Jewish
Socialist Farband; pres Forward Assn; officer
Silvennan, Daniel S; b. New Orleans, 1894.
MD Tulane U. • Physician, gastroenterologist,
New Orleans; faculty Tulane; made several
med discoveries. • See: U]E.
598
Silvennan, David
Silverman, David; b. Minneapolis, Apr 19
1903; d. Rochester, MN,July 1959.
Journalist, editor, Minneapolis Star; trustee
Safety Council; active interfaith relations. •
See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, July 29 1959,29:2.Silverman, David Leo; b. Philadelphia, Dec
191885.
Wharton. • Merchant, banker, Philadelphia. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Silverman, Edwin Hirsch; b. Philadelphia,
Mar 26 1898; d. Apr 1951.
BS U PA. • Architect, Philadelphia; trustee
Nat! 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 6
1946,25:2.
Silverman, Harry; b. Des Moines, Dec 25
1892.
LLB Drake. • Lawyer, asst state atty general,
Omaha; officer Jewish 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 23
1895.
BCS Northeastern School of Commerce, U
Claremont (France). • Accountant, Chelsea,
MA; dir, auditor, treasurer Judaean Credit
Union; WWI service, decorated. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Silverman, Ida Marcia Camelhor (Mrs
Archibald S Silverman); b. Kovno, Oct 31
1882; d. Nov 1973.
To US 1883.· Communal & Zionist worker,
fundraiser, Providence; officer War Relief
Campaigns, Zionist Org of Am, 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 Radford
CoIl; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 5.
Silverman, Isaac H; b. Pittsburgh, Apr 14
1862; 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 25
1860; d. NYC, July 26 1930.
AB U Cincinnati, DD, ordained Heb Union
ColI. • Reform rabbi, Emanu-EI, NYC; pres
Central Conf of Am Rabbis, NY -Bd ofJewish
Ministers; fdr Emanu-EI Brotherhood; officer
Internat! Peace Forum; bd Heb Union CoIl;
exec com NAACP; consulting editor JE;
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; faculty
Harvard; consult Defense Dept, US Public
Health.Service; Atomic Energy Commn
delegate 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, LLB
Harvard, PhD U MO; honorary degree. •
Mathematician, Hanover, NH; faculty Cornell,
Dartmouth; chr Jewish 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 New
Deal 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; with
US Public Health Service, Nat! Inst Health. •
See: NYTimes, Feb 6 1962, 32:6.
Silverman, Morris; b. Newburgh, NY, Nov
14/191894; d. Hartford, Mar 3 1972.
AB OH State, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. •
Rabbi, Conservative ldr, prayer book preparer,
Hartford; faculty U CT; nat! bdRabbinical
Assembly of Am, United Synagogue of Am;
officer Heb Jewish Fedn; bd JTS; author on
Jewish 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 11
1877.
Western U of P A, BS MIT. • Electrical
engineer, Boston; general mgr Central IA
Light & 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, ordained
Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, Birmingham, AL;
mem central com AL Conf on Human
Relations; honorary officer United Jewish
Fund, YMHA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.
Silverman, Oscar Ansell; b. Uniontown,
PA, Feb 13 1903; d. Mar 261977.
UPA, MA U WI, AB, PhD Yale. • English
literature scholar, radio book reviewer, Buffalo;
faculty SUNY (Buffalo); editor James Joyce
Epiphanies. • 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 R
Silverman); b. Brooklyn, Dec 301913; d.
NYC, Dec 141965.
Civicldr, communal worker, NYC; pres
Muscular Dystrophy Assn; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies (Westchester). • See:
AJYB, 67:543; NYTimes, Dec 15 1965,47:1.
Silverman, Samuel; b. ca 1861; d. Rock
Island, 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 City
of Boston; trustee Assocd Jewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverman, SamueIA;b. ca 1863;d.Mianrl
Beach, Jan 26 1944.
To US 1932.· Rabbi. • See:AJYB, 46:345.
Silverman, Samuel Joshua; b. Odessa, Sep
251908.
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 12
1907; 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 11
1898.
Manlius School. • Editor, publisher, NYC;
with Variety. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverman, Sime; b. Cortland, NY, May 18
1872/1873; d. Los Angeles, Sep 22 1933.
Fdr, editor, publisher, Variety; left 49% of
company to employees. • See: UJE; AJYB,
599
36:286; WWWIA, 4; DAB; NYTimes, Sep 23
1933, 15:1.
Simon, Abraham
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.
Silverstein, Reuben Brodsky; b. Brooklyn,
Aug 171905.
NYU, MD NYU. • Physician, South Ozone
Park, NY.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverman, Simon; b. NYC, ca 1906; d.
Binghampton, NY, Oct 1985.
PhD Yeshiva U. • Educator, NYC; head Bd of
Education Bureau of Child Guidance. • See:
NYTimes, Oct 5 1985.
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 guard
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 19
1958,87:2.
Silverstein, Robert P; b~ Towanda, P A, Mar
171890.
AB Cornell, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, city
treasurer, Scranton; solicitor Borough of Old
Forge; dirYMHA.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Silverman, Solomon; b. Skud, Lithuania,
Sep 71874.
To US 1888.· Shirtmfr, Baltimore; pres
Baltimore Heb ColI; officer Jewish Court of
Arbitration; dir AssocdJewish Charities. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Silverstein, Abe; b. Terre Haute, IN, 1908.
Mech Eng Rose Polytech. • Aeronautical
engineer; with Natl Advisory Com on
Aeronautics; dir space flight programs NASA,
NASA Lewis Research Center. • See: EJ;
NYTimes story, Mar 12 1960.
Silverman, William Maurice; b. Boston,
Oct 211896; d. Nov 261981.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, legislator, justice
of peace, Republican Party ldr, Boston; exec dir
Boston Coat & Suit Mfrs; officer Commercial
Law League ofAm, Union ofAm Heb
Congregations; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 8.
Silverstein, Albert; b. Syracuse, Apr 18
1875.
BA Yale, MD Gross ColI of Med (Denver). •
Physician, surgeon, Denver; faculty U Denver,
Gross ColI ofMed; Spanish-Am War service. •
See: AJYB,. 6(1904-1905):188,24:203.
Silverman, Simon; b. ca 1872; d. Columbus,
OH, Oct 6 1934.
Hazzan, Columbus, OH.· See:AJYB, 37:261.
Silvermaster, Nathan G; b. Odessa, ca
1899; d. Philadelphia, Oct 7 1964.
To US ca 1915.· UWA, PhD U CA
(Berkeley). • Government economist, bldg
exec; with CA Emergency Relief Adm, Federal
Resettlement Adm; accused of being
Communist spy. • See: NYTimes, Oct 15 1964,
39:2.
Silvers, Lewis Julian Gorman; b. NYC, Nov
11895.
BS, MS, MD Cornell U. • Otolaryngologist,
NYC; developer new techniques; pres NY
Physical Therapy Soc; mem.Community
Church, Ethical Culture Soc. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Silvers, Louis; b. Brooklyn, Sep 6 1889; d.
Hollywood, CA, Mar 26 1954.
Composer, vaudeville, movies & Broadway
stage conductor, Oscar winner; created score
for 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, exec
Natl Insurance Co; pres NatlJewish Hospital
for Consumptives. • See: AJYB, 56:572.
Silversmith, Julius;·b.*; d. Chicago, June 22
1904.
Newspaper publisher, writer, Chicago. • See:
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):374.
Silverson, Harry; b. NYC, Jan 61910; d.
NYC, Aug 4 1963.
Silverstein, Elizabeth Blume (Mrs Max
Silverstein); b. Newark, Nov 2 1892.
LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, Newark; officer B'rith
Abraham; delegate Am Jewish Cong, World
Jewish Cong, Natl Republican Convention. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverstein, Harry; b. Charleston, W VA,
Jan 311894.
Steel co exec, Charleston, W VA; bd Salvation
Army; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverstein, Joseph Elliot; b. Rochester,
NY, Aug 31 1896.
U Rochester. • Insurance agent, councilman,
vice-mayor, Rochester, NY; officer Assocd
Heb Charities, Jewish Home for Aged, Heb
Free Loan, B'nai B'rith; natl com Young Judea;
natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.
Silverstein, Louis; b. ca 1839; d. New
Orleans, Mar 23 1914.
Rabbi, New Orleans. • See: AJYB, 16(19141915):166.
Silverstein, Louis; b. Nasielsk, Poland, Oct
13 1898.
To Buffalo 192 3. • Poultry merchant, Buffalo;
dir East Side Brotherhood Assn, Bureau of
Jewish Education; chaplain Warsawer
Benevolent Club. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEGAJ.
Silverstein, Max; b. NYC, Oct 2 1879; d.
Newark, Aug 101955.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; a fdr, natl officer
Am Jewish Cong, B'rith Abraham; officer
World Jewish Cong, United Palestine Appeal.
• See:AJYB, 58:479; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Aug 11 1955,21:4.
Silverstein, Michael L; b. NYC, Mar 28
1881; d. Mt Vernon, NY, May 1964.
Police inspector, Mt Vernon, NY; active in
politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May
201964,43:4.
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, earlier
Belfast; officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis;
author talmudic commentaries. • See: WWIAJ,
1926,1928; BEGAJ.
Silvert, Kalman Hirsch; b. Bryn Mawr, Mar
101921; d.June 15 1976.
U P A, PhD U P A; honorary degree. • Political
scientist; specialty: Latin Am; faculty Tulane,
NYU, Dartmouth; advisor Ford Found; author
in field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, June 16 1976,42:4.
Simkin, Meyer; b. Philadelphia, Dec 27
1905; d. Apr5 1976.
U PA, Curtis. • Violinist, Philadelphia; with
Philadelphia Orchestra. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Simmel, Ernst; b. Germany, ca 1882; d. Los
Angeles, Nov 111947.
To US 1934. • Psychoanalyst; co-worker of
Freud; 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, Nov
12 1961.
To NYC 1889/1890.· BS CCNY, MA, ME
Columbia. • Social work exec, NYC; exec dir
Heb Orphan Asylum; officer Welfare Council,
Dept of Public Works; dir Jewish Childrens
Clearing 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-American
War Veterans; mem Natl Citizens Com;
officer Soc for the Protection of the Good
Name of Immigrant Peoples; fought wearing
of cross byJewish chaplains. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 16
1958,27:3.
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.
600
Simon, Abram
Simon, Abram; b. Nashville, July 14 1872;
d. Washington DC, Dec 24 1938.
BL U Cincinnati, DHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI, post-grad U NE, PhD George
Washington. • Rabbi, author, Washington
DC; pres Bd of Education, Central ConfAm
Rabbis; fdr Synagogue Council ofAm, Natl
Conf of Christians & Jews; bd Heb Union
ColI, Jewish Chautauqua; non-Zionist mem
Jewish 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, patent
consult, a designer of Panama Canal locks,
Milwaukee; dir Mayors Advisory Council; pres
professional 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 Cleveland
Jewish Orphans Home. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Diseases. • See: UJE;A]YB, 37:262; WWIA],
1928; WWWIA., 1; NYTimes, Oct 51934,23:1.
Simon, FrederickM; b. Cincinnati, Feb 24
1886; 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 Agricultural
School (Woodbine), CT State. •
Agriculturalist, Chicago; worked with David
Lubin on Federal Land Bank Bill; surveyed
US/Canadian agricultural conditions; advisor
Jewish 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. Oklahoma
City, Nov 23 1933.
Communal worker, St Louis. • See: A]YB,
36:286.
Simon, Jake B; b. Alsace, Apr 6 1866.
Exec, Pine Bluff, AR; officer life insurance
assn; dir Chamber of Commerce, Community
Chest. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Simon, Joseph; b. ca 1712; d. Philadelphia,
Jan 241804.
Pioneer Am merchant, land speculator, fur
trader; in Lancaster, PA, 1732; helped develop
IL 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 7
1851; d. Portland, OR, Feb 141935.
To US ca 1852, to Portland 1857. • Senator,
lawyer, mayor, legislator, Portland, OR; mem
Republican Natl Com. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,
2(1900-1901):523,6(1904-1905):188,24:204,
37:262; BEOA]; WWWIA., 1.
Simon, Caroline Klein (Mrs Leopold
Simon); b. NYC.
Columbia, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, communal
admr, NYC; exec dir Natl Council ofJewish
Women; officer League of Women Voters;
active Democratic Natl Com,Joint Com on
Ratification of Child Labor Amendment. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
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, 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 food
administrator. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Simon, Heinrich; b. ca 1880; d. Washington
DC, May 61941.
German journalist, music critic; an editorial dir
Frankfurter Zeitung; co-fdr Palestinian
Symphony Orchestra. • See:A]YB, 43:364.
Simon, Jules A; b. ca 1850; d. San
Francisco, June 91910.
Physician, San Francisco. • See: A]YB,
12(1910-1911):111.
Simon, Carrie Obendorfer (Mrs Abram
Simon); b. Uniontown, AL, Mar 5 1872;
d. Washington DC, Mar 3 1961.
Communalldr, Washington DC; fdr Natl Fed
of Temple Sisterhoods; worked for
advancement ofJewish womanhood. • See:
UJE; A]YB, 63:562; WWIA], 1926; NYTimes,
Mar41961,23:5.
Simon, Henry William; b. NYC, Oct 9
1901; d. NYC, Oct 11970.
MA, PhD Columbia, post-grad Oxford U. •
Shakespearean scholar, music critic, NYC;
faculty Columbia; music editor PM; exec
Simon & Schuster; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWWIA., 5; NYTimes, Oct 3 1970,34:1,
correction, Oct 6 1970,50:4.
Simon, ChaimJehudah; b. ca 1892; d.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 39:597;
NYTimes, Apr 12 1937, 17:4.
Simon, Herbert Alexander; b. Milwaukee,
1916.
Political scientist, Nobel laureate; authority on
public administration; faculty Carnegie Inst;
author in field. • See: E]; E]: 1973 -1982.
Simon, Clara (Mrs); b.*; d. Sep 13 1938.
Communal worker, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB,
41:431.
Simon, David; b. ca 1879; d. Trenton, Jan 5
1942.
Rabbi, Trenton.· See:A]YB, 44:344.
Simon, Hennan H; b.*; d. Minneapolis, Sep
1946.
Rabbi, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB, 49:618.
Simon, Isaac Barney; b. Boston, Jan 13
1893.
BS MA Agricultural 'ColI, MIT, Harvard
School of Public Health. • Physical education
tchr, Washington DC; dir summer camps;
WWl service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Simon, Frank; b. Cincinnati, Nov 261889.
Capitol ColI of Music (Columbus, OH);
honorary degree. • Cornet soloist, bandmaster,
Middletown, OH; asst conductor to John
Philip Sousa; mem Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra; faculty Conservatory ofMusic
(Cincinnati); officer professional org. • See:
BEOA].
Simon, Jacob; b. Suwalki, June 20 1860.
Businessman, philanthropist, Los Angeles;
officer Jewish Home for Wayfarers; active
Jewish philanthropy. • See: BEOA].
Simon, Franklin; b. NYC~ Feb 71865; d.
NYC, Oct 4 1934.
Retail merchandiser, philanthropist, NYC;
officer trade assns; bd Hospital for Joint
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.
Simon, Julian Edwin; b. Ft Worth, Sep 3
1901; d. Mar 61965.
LLB U TX, U CO. • Lawyer, Ft Worth;
officer Salvation Army; honorary Honduras
consul. • See: WWWIA., 4.
Simon, Julius; b. Mannheim, Oct 1875; d.
NYC, Mar 22 1969.
To US 1921/1922. • Economist, pioneer
Zionist ldr, NYC; fdr Palestine Economic
Corp; mem Hadassah Emergency Com; bd
Jewish Colonial Trust (London); dir Palestine
Cooperative Co. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 71:609;
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar
25 1969,56:1.
Simon, Leon Charles; b. New Orleans, Sep
28 1876; d. Apr 13 1953.
Soule ColI (New Orleans). • Business exec,
New Orleans; dir Federal Reserve Bank
(Atlanta), N atl Chamber of Commerce; bd
Isidore Newman Manual Training School,
Tulane ColI of Commerce; officer Jewish
Childrens 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 tax
insurance; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1926;NYTimes, Feb 191953,23:1.
Simon, Ludwig; b. Washington, lA, Nov 12
1870.
601
PhB IA State, MD Columbia, post-grad
abroad. • Obstetrician, gynecologist, Chicago.
Sin~.on,
Simson, Sampson (the elder)
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.
Mary Teitelbaum (Mrs William
Simon); b.1897?; d. Summit, NJ, Dec 31
1964.
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, Sidney; b. Cleveland, Jan 20 1908.
Cleveland School ofArt. • Communal admr,
Cleveland, Bridgeport, CT; exec dir Jewish
Community Center; dir Educational Alliance
Boys Work Council. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Simon, Matthew; b. NYC, May 7 1921; d.
NYC, Aug 1968.
BA, MA Brooklyn ColI, PhD Columbia. •
Statistician, economist, NYC; faculty Queens
ColI; WWII service. • See: NlTimes, Aug 19
1968,37:1.
Simon, Sidney K; b. New Orleans, Aug 5
1878.
AB, MD Tulane, post-grad Germany, Austria.
• Gastroenterologist, New Orleans; faculty
Tulane; active med socs; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Simon, Maurice Waldorf; b. Rock Island,
IL, May 13 1883.
BS U Chicago. • Merchant, Buffalo; officer
Jewish Fedn for Social Services. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Simon, Solomon; b. Russia, ca 1862; d.
Milwaukee, Apr 201945.
To US 1907. • Rabbi, Milwaukee; Heb author
on religion. • See:AJYB, 47:532.
Simon, Morris; b. Philadelphia, Mar 25
1887.
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 of
Lower Delaware. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.
Simon, Neil; b. 1927.
Popular Broadway, television & movie
playwright. • See: EJ: 1973-1982.
Simon, Norton; b. Portland, OR, Feb 5
1907.
Industrialist, philanthropist, museum fdr, art
collector, 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 Jewish
Community House; active Democratic politics,
Boy Scouts.· See: NlTimes, May 241961,
.41:3.
Simon, Ralph; b. Newark, 1906.
JTS. • Conservative rabbi, Chicago; pres
Rabbinical Assn of Am; officer Bd of Rabbis,
IL Bd of Mental 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 New
Yorker. • See: UJE (sub Simon, Henry W).
Simon, Robert E; b. ca 1877; d. Sep 71935.
Civic worker, philanthropist, NYc. • See:
AJYB, 38:435.
Simon, Solomon (Shlome); b. Kalinkovichi,
Belorussia, July 41895; d. Miami, Nov 8
1970.
To US 1913. • Yiddish educator, folklorist,
dentist, essayist, NYC; pres Sholem Aleichem
Folk Inst; officer Jewish Ethical Culture Soc;
exec com Yiddish Inst; editor Kinder Journal;
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; chr
United Jewish Campaign, Jewish War Relief
campaigns. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Simon, William; b. Eberstadt, Hesse, Feb
201844; d. Eaglesmere, PA,July 19
1916.
To US 1870. • PhD U Giessen; honorary
degree. • Chemist, Baltimore; expert in
autochromatic photography; faculty MD ColI
of Pharmacy, 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 U
Sc. • Lawyer, legislator, Jewish historian,
syndicated columnist, Charleston, SC, Miami,
NYC; natl exec Zionist Org of Am. • See:
AJYB, 68:534; WWIAJ, 1928.
Simons, Abraham; b.*; d. 1824.
GA colonist, patriot, legislator, wealthy
merchant; mem Augusta Jockey Club; may not
be Jewish. • See: PAJHS, 33:231-36.
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 4
1900.
Insurance broker, Springfield, MA; officer
Jewish Community Council, professional org,
synagog; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Simonson, Gustave; b. Germany, Sep 24
1864.
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 24
1967,28:4.
Simpson, Herman; b. Russia.
Editor, writer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 24:204.
Simpson, Seymour David; b. NYC, Dec 31
1923; d. Dec 1982.
CCNY. • Food chain exec, NYC; officer trade
orgs; active United Jewish Appeal; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Simsohn, Julian Stem; b. Philadelphia, Jan
191890.
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 Am
Israel 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; officer
Shearith Israel; learned in Heb. • See: UJE
(sub Simson); PAJHS, 25:87-91; BDEAJ.
Simons,AlexanderMcDougall;b.Chicago,
Sep 12 1891.
BS, MS U IL. • Commn merchant, Chicago;
officer Boy Scouts. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
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.
Simons, Charles Caspar; b. Detroit, May 21
1876; d. Monroe, MI, Feb 21964.
BL, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, chief justice US
court of appeals, legislator, Detroit; mem City
Council; exec com Am Jewish Com; dir Bd of
Simson, Sampson (the elder); b. NYC, ca
1725;d.NYC, 1773.
NYC businessman, merchant, shipowner; fdr
Chamber of Commerce. • See: UJE (sub
Simson); EJ (sub Simson).
602
Simson, Sampson (the younger)
Simson, Sampson (the younger); b.
Danbury, CT, 1781; d. 1857.
LaWyer, philanthropist, NYC; fdr Mt Sinai; cofdr North Am Relief Soc for the Indigent Jews
of Palestine, Jewish Orphan Asylum; delivered
Columbia graduation oration in Heb. ~ See: EJ
(sub Simson); PAJHS, 10:109-17,37:430-34.
Simson, Solomon Ooseph); b. NYC, Sep
1738; d. NYC,Jan 17 1801.
Businessman, synagog Idr, merchant, NYC; a
fdr 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 28
1894.
DVM San Francisco ColI, Dr Pub Health U
MI. • Public health expert; faculty U MI; pres
World Health Found; consult US Public
Health Service, World Health Org; officer
professional orgs; author in field. • See: UJE;
To US 1884. • U Budapest, U Berlin;
honorary degree. • Consul of Spain, Costa
Rica, El Salvador; consul general Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Turkey; bd De Paul; author on
internatllaw, 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; counsel
WWI draft bd. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Feb 22 1969, 29:4.
Singer, Herschel; b. Poneviezh, Russia, Apr
1847.
Cantor, preacher, Buffalo. • See: AJYB,
5(1903-1904):100.
WWWIA, 7.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis (Bashevis Singer,
Isaac); b. Radzynin, Poland, 1904.
Sincere, Ben E; b. Chicago, Nov 191876; d.
Elkhorn, WI, Oct 1941.
Stock broker, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Oct61941, 17:4.
To US 1935. • Yiddish writer, short stories,
novels, NYC; Nobel laureate; assocd Forward
(pseud=Yitzchok Varshavsky). • See: UJE (sub
Singer, IsraelJoshua); EJ (sub Bashevis Singer,
Isaac); EJ:1973-1982.
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; dir
Yiddish Actors Union. • See:AJYB, 41:431;
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 171939,21:5.
Sincoff, Jacob; b. ZlatopolialOdessa, Sep 29
1885/1886; d. NYC, May 191965.
To US 1890. • Paper merchant, philanthropist,
NYC; natl officer United Jewish Appeal;
adjudicator Jewish Conciliation Court of Am. •
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 transmission
systems.· 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;
Singer, Berthold; b. Jaszbereny, Hungary,
1860.
Singer, Jacob Jesse; b. Leeds, July 12 1882;
d. Beverly Hills, Apr-1954.
To St Louis 1885. • MD Washington U (St
Louis). • Physician, St Louis, Los Angeles;
specialty: chest diseases; faculty Washington U,
U Southern CA; med dir City of Hope; consult
US Public Health Service; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Apr
15 1954,29:4.
Singer, Jacques (Kuba); b. Przemysl,
Poland, May 91917; d. Aug 111980.
To US 1921. • Curtis, Juilliard; honorary
degree. • Conductor, Dallas Symphony,
Vancouver Symphony; music dir OR
Symphony Orchestra; faculty Northern IL U;
Singer, Joe; b. Orchiv, Russia, Mar 28
1883.
To US 1906. • Apparel mfr, NYC; pres
Orchiver 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, Aug
181902.
LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer
Central Queens Passover Fund, trade assns,
synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Singer, Isidore; b. Weisskirchen, Moravia,
Nov 101859; d. NYC, Feb 201939.
To NYC 1895 to carry outJE. • PhD U
Singer, Joshua; b. Russia, 1848.
ViennaIU Berlin. • Editor, encyclopedist,
prolific author in German, French, English,
NYC; major work JE; defender of Dreyfus. •
Singer, Louis; b. Russia, ca 1883; d. Miami,
Feb 141937.
Rabbi, author, Buffalo. • See: Eisenstadt, 75.
See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):188-89,
24:204,41:431; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEGAJ; Eisenstadt, 47-48; WWWIA, 1.
To US ca 1887. • Communal & philanthropic
worker, Brooklyn; fdr Home of Old Israel. •
See:AJYB, 39:597; NITimes, Feb 16 1937,
23:5.
Singer, IsraelJoshua; b. Bilgoraj, Poland,
Nov 301893; d. NYC, Feb 10 1944.
Singer, Max; b. Chertovisk, Russia, Sep
1881.
To US 1934. • Prominent Yiddish author,
novelist, playwright, journalist, NYC;
contributor to magazines, Forward; WWI
Russian army service. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
46:346; WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 2;
'DAB, 3; NYTimes, Feb 11 1944, 19:1.
Merchant, communalldr, Portland, OR; orgr
Heb Sick Benefit Assn; active Zionist Org of
Am, Mizrachi; Heb author on Jewish holidays.
• See: BEGAJ.
Singer, Jacob; b. Staunton, VA, Oct 22
1860; d. May 281936.
BA Central High School (Philadelphia), LLB
U PA. • Lawyer, civic & communalldr,
Philadelphia; officer JTS; dir B'nai B'rith
Manual Training School; active natl B'nai
B'rith, Republican politics. • See: AJYB,
6(1904-1905):189,38:435.
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. •
Singer, Jacob; b. Kruspils, Kreutzburg,
May 5 1883; d. Chicago, Aug 51964.
See:AJYB,39:597.
To USJ89211901.· AB, MA U Cincinnati,
ordained Heb Union ColI, post-grad Johns
Hopkins, Peabody Conservatory, PhD U NE.
• Rabbi, composer, author, Chicago; faculty U
NE, Northwestern; bd Heb Union ColI;
chaplain WWI. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:204,
66:581; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEGAJ,
NYTimes, Aug 61964,29:1.
Singer, Murry M; b. 1893?; d. Encino, CA,
Jan 11966.
Business exec; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Am Jewish Com. • See: AJYB,
68:534; NYTimes, Jan 41966,27:3.
Singer, Zev; b. ca 1885; d. NYC, July 1
1923.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 26:157.
603
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; WWI
with War Industries Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sinsheimer, Sidney W; b. ca 1875; d. Oct 3
1933.
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 Oral
History Library of Am Jewish Com; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar 28
1974,42:2.
Siporin, Mitchell; b. NYC, May 5 1910; d.
June 11 1976.
CraneJr Coli, Chicago Art Inst. • Artist;
faculty Brandeis; artist-in-residence Am
Academy (Rome); trustee Boston Arts Festival;
Skalsky, Sidney
Chamber of Commerce, N atl Conf of
Christians & 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. Horocliszcyl
Horodishtch, Minsk, May 1 1868; d.
Chicago, Sep 1941.
To US 1886.· LLB Chicago Coli of Law. •
Lawyer, labor ldr, pioneer in Jewish labor
movement, 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-City
Jewish Charities; officer synagog. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ.
investment banker, Cleveland, Chicago; pres
Cleveland Stock Exchange; bd Midwest Stock
Exchange: • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan
18 1965, 35:1.
Skeer, Jacob; b. Boston, Feb 2 1893.
MD NY Med ColI. • Dermatologist,
Brooklyn; pres med soc; author in field; reserve
service.· 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 of
Religion, U Cincinnati, AB Western Reserve,
post-grad U Chicago; honorary degrees. •
Rabbi, motion pictUre exec, producer; assocd
Educational Films Corp; active J ewish Welfare
Bd, Community Chest, Big Bros, Family
Welfare Assn; benefactor Skirball Inst on Am
Values, Heb Union Coli-Jewish Inst of
Religion;· See:A]YB, 87:443-44; WWIA],
1926,1938.
Siris, Irwin; b. Philadelphia, Mar 6 1894.
MD NYU. • Surgeon, Brooklyn; faculty NYU;
dir United Jewish Aid Soc; officer professional
org; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sitrin, Charles T; b. Poland, ca 1897; d.
Utica, July 23 1942.
To Utica as child. • Merchant, communal
worker, Zionist, Utica; officer Fedn ofJewish
Charities, Jewish Community Council, Youth
Aliyah Campaign. • See:A]YB, 45:394;
NYTimes,July25 1942, 13:2.
Sirmay (Szirmai), Albert; b. Budapest,
1880; d.Jan 1967.
To US after WWI. • Composer, arranger of
operettas; Songs ofthe Rivers ofAm. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, Jan 17 1967,39:4.
Sittenfield, MauriceJ; b. ca 1877; d. Dec 1
1938.
Radiologist, surgeon, pathologist, NYC;
faculty Columbia. • See:A]YB, 41:431;
NYTimes, Dec 3 1938, 19:5.
Sirovich, Jacob; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, July 2
1921.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:103.
Sittenfield, Milton M; b. Elmira, NY, Aug
12 1884.
Columbia Law. • Lawyer, NYc. • See:
WWIA],1928.
Sirovich, William Irving; b. York, P A, Mar
181882; 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 welfare
provisions, widows pensions. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 42:484; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Dec 18 1939,
23:1.
Sivitz, Moses Simon; b. Citovyan, Kovno,
Nov 15, 1853/1855/1858/1861; d. July 30
1936.
To US 1886. • Rabbi, talmudist, Pittsburgh,
earlier Baltimore, Cleveland, Toledo; fdr
Pittsburgh Heb School. • See:A]YB, 5(19031904):100,39:597; WWIA], 1926,1928;
Eisenstadt, 45-46; Gottlieb, 312.
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; WWI
Natl Guard service. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1938.
Sivin, Solomon; b.*; d. aboard USS Tacoma
near Vera Cruz, Mexico, Jan 21 1924.
Radio operator, US Navy.· See:A]YB,
26:157.
Sklare,.Marshall; b. Chicago, 1921.
Sociologist; faculty Yeshiva U, Brandeis; with
Am Jewish Com; authority on sociology of US
Jewry; author in field. • See: E].
Siwek, Manuel; b. NYC, June 23 1908; d.
Captiva, FL, Feb 21 1976.
NYU. • Publisher, NYC; exec Grosset &
Dunlap, Bantam Books; dir Am Book
Publishers Council; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Feb 23 1976, 28:3.
Sklovsky, Max; b. Chicago, June 6 1878.
BS, MS Armour Inst. • Consulting mechanical
engineer, Moline, IL; author in field. • See:
A]YB, 24:204; WWIA], 1928.
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, P A • See:
WWIA],·1926.
Siskind, Aaron; b. NYC, 1903.
Abstract expressionist photographer; faculty IL
Inst ofTechnology. • See: EJ.
Siskind, Harold Meyer; b. Lawrence, MA,
Feb 251894.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, juvenile probation
officer, Lawrence, MA; officer Red Cross,
Skaist, MaxJ; b.*; d. Aug 91932.
Zionistldr, Reading, PA; a fdr United
Palestine Appeal. • See:A]YB, 35:129.
Skall, David G; b. Cleveland, Oct 281902;
d. Chicago, Jan 1965.
LLB Western Reserve. • Stockbroker,
Skirball, Joseph Jacob; b. Boston, Apr 19
1894.
MD Tufts. • Ophthalmologist, Boston; faculty
Boston U; surgeon Paris Peace Conf; WWI
Skirball, Miriam Franc (Mrs Louis
Skirball); b.*; d. Newton, MA,Jan 7
1937.
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 fdr
Albert Einstein Coli ofMed, NYU Judaic
Library, Max H Sklar Scholarship Fund; bd
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB,
77:600; NYTimes, Sep 10 1975,48:4.
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.
Skorneck, Alan Bernard
Skomeck, Alan Bemard; b. Morristown,
NJ, Feb 11917; d. Apr 281974.
MD U MN. • Physician, radiologist, Los
Angeles; faculty UCLA; WWII service. • See:
604
designer water & sewer projects; officer NY
Soc of Professional Engineers, NY Soc of
Architects. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,
Dec 91966,37:5.
Sloane, Cecelia Wolf (Mrs); b. ca 1860; d.
June 18 1936.
Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,
Slavit,Joseph; b. Russia, June 15 1883.
Slobin, HermanlHermon Lester; b.
Smolian, Russia, June 191883; d. Feb 22
1951.
38:435.
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, PhD
Dropsie, post-grad U PA, U Cairo, Am U
(Cairo). • Arabic scholar, philologist, professor
of Romance & Arabic languages; faculty
Dropsie; 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, Dec
141922.
Chief chemist, Mt Sinai, NYc. • See: AJYB,
To US 1890.· MD Cornell, post-grad LI ColI
Hospital, U Vienna. • Med economist, NYC;
with Union Health Center; officer Med
League for Socialized Med, Am League for
Public Med; author/editor in field. • See:
WWWIA., 7.
Slavson, Samuel Richard; b. Russia, Dec 25
1890; d. Aug 51981.
To US 1913/1914.· Noted character actor,
comedian; assocd Philadelphia Yiddish
Theatre, Jewish Art Theatre; radio "The
Goldbergs."· See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 72:545;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA., 5; NITimes, June 5
1970,35:1.
Journalist, public relations dir; with Fedn of
Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia, Am
.Joint Defense Com, J ewish Telegraphic
Agency; nat! officer Am Jewish Public
Relations Soc. • See:AJYB; 84:339-40.
Slawson, John; b. Russia, Apr 16 1896.
Slobodkin, Louis; b. Albany, NY, Feb 19
1903; d. May 81975.
To US 1903. • BS, MA, PhD Columbia. •
Social welfare admr, public servant; with NY
State 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 15
1925.
Concert pianist, Paris, Berkeley. • See:
Skutch, Rachel Frank; b. Baltimore, Oct 25
1880.
WWIAJ,1938.
Clubwoman, Baltimore; exec dir Volunteer
Bureau, Nat! Council ofJewish Women;
officer MD Fedn of Wornens Clubs.· See:
Slepian, Joseph; b. Boston, Feb 111891; d.
Pittsburgh, Dec 191969.
WWIAJ,1938.
Skvirsky, Solomon Louis; b. Kiev, Mar 15
1897.
To US 1901. • MD Tufts, post-grad Harvard.
• Physician, volunteer social worker, Holyoke,
MA; med examiner YMCA; bd YMHA, MA
Tuberculosis Assn; orgr Newsboys Assn; active
B'nai B'rith, Christmas Seal Sale; WWI
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, Mar
61905; d. Dec 1970.
LLB Marquette. • Lawyer, legislator,
Milwaukee; mem Aviation Commn; delegate
1st Aeronautical Convention; orgr Midwest Air
Parley; chr 1st Youth Conf for State of WI;
active Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, Dec 29 1970, 32:3.
Slater, Louis N; b. Lithuania, Sep 271886.
Banker, furniture merchant, Fresno; mem CA
Social Welfare Bd; bd Fresno State ColI; pres
B'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;
Slobodin, Roman; b.NYC, 1907; d.
Philadelphia, May 111982.
To US 1903. • Cooper Union, post-grad
CCNY, Columbia. • Psychotherapist, NYC;
expert on group therapy; consult Walden
School, Madison House, Jewish Child
Guidance Clinic; lecturer NYU, Yeshiva U;
author in field. • See: E); WWWIA, 8.
25:141.
SkuInik, Menashe (Menasha); b. ChmeInik,
Poland, May 15 1892/1894; d. NYC, June
3/41970.
To US 1895.· AB, PhD Clark, Cambridge U.
• Mathematician; faculty U NH, San Diego
State; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Feb 24
1951,13:5.
AB, MA, PhD Harvard, post-grad Germany,
France; honorary degrees. • Research
engineer, inventor, Pittsburgh; officer
professionalorg. • 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 secy
Jewish 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, U
Chicago; dir management training Nat! Assn
of Housing 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 to
magazines. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Slesnick, Archie N; b. Chicago, July 14
1897.
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 both
Jewish & non-Jewish causes. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):103,20(1918-1919):231.
Beaux Arts. • Sculptor, illustrator, NYC;
assocd Master Inst of United Arts, Roerich
Museum; head NYC Art Project; author
childrens 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 in
Slochower, Harry; b. Bucovina, Austria,
1900/Sep 11901.
To US 1913. • BSS CCNY, MA, PhD
Columbia. • 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, Oct
101933.
Lawyer, professor, Detroit. • See: AJYB,
36:286.
Sloman, Joseph; b. Philadelphia, DeclO
1879/1883/1884.
Academy of Fine Arts, Drexel. • Illustrator,
glass designer, Union Hill, NJ; designed
memorial windows in synagogs. • See: AJYB,
24:204; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Slomka, Mathilde (Mrs Adolf Slomka); b.
Konigsberg, Sep 161868; d. Brooklyn,
July 191942.
Communalldr, Brooklyn; orgr Heb Ladies
Auxiliary; officer Ladies Auxiliary Zion
Hospital, 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 Detroit Jewish Chronicle,
Jewish News; orgr Young Judea; nat! exec bd
Zionist Org of Am; officer Am Jewish Congo •
See: UJE;AJYB, 24:204; WWIAJ, 1928,1938;
BEOAJ.
Slone, Dennis; b. Pretoria, Jan 91930; d.
May 1982.
605
To US 1961. • U Witwatersrand, Harvard. •
Physician; faculty Tufts, Boston U; author in
field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Smimow, Max Ruskin
bd Assocd Charities, Training School for
Jewish Social Work. • See: UJE (sub Sloss,
Marcus);AJYB, 7(1905-1906):103; WWIAJ,
1926,1928.
Slone, Victor; b. Bialystok, Oct 311890.
To US 1900.· LLB U Pittsburgh.· Lawyer,
Kansas City; Edr, editor Kansas City Je1lJish
Chronicle; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938.
AJYB, 22:168.
Slonim, Joel; b. Drogatzin, Russia, Oct 12
1884/1885; d. NYC,Oct 261944.
Sloss, LeonJr; b. San Francisco, Sep 23
1898; d. Dec 1947.
To US 1886. • Yiddish poeF, journalist, NYC;
staff Warheit, The Day; specialty: modem
Yiddish poetry; mem central com Poale Zion,
exec com Am Jewish Cong, Non-Sectarian
Anti-Nazi Commn. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:204,
47:532; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct
28 1944, 15:4.
Banker, San Francisco; exec Anglo-Trust Co. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 181947,
30:2.
Slonim, Joseph Jacob; b. Brest-Litovsk, Feb
12 1890.
To NYC 1892.· Bank exec, NYC; officer
Zionist Org of Am, synagog; advisory bd Am
Jewish Cong; dir East Side Chamber of
Commerce. • 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 Constituent
Assembly (1917-1918); faculty Sarah
Lawrence; 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 Zionist
Org of Am, Keren Hayesod; active Heb
education; 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, U
Berlin, MA, PhD V Marburg. • Philosopher,
author, NYC; faculty Columbia, Johns
Hopkins, Heb Vnion ColI (NYC); dean Jewish
Inst 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, Apr
271894.
To VS 1923. • St Petersburg Conservatory, V
St Petersburg. • Musicologist, conductor,
composer, Boston; faculty Eastman School; asst
to Koussevitsky; fdr Boston Chamber
Orchestra; 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, Leon; b.*; d. San Francisco, May 5
1920.
Sloss, Louis; b. Bavaria, July 13 1823; d.
San Rafael, CA, June 41902.
To VS 1845. • Capitalist, philanthropist, San
Francisco; officer V CA; active in many
charities; pioneer investor in AK. • See: DAB.
Sloss, Marcus Cauffman; b. NYC, Feb 28
1869; d. San Francisco, May 171958.
AB, MA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, superior
court judge, philanthropist, San Francisco;
mem CA Bd of Bar Examiners; officerJewish
Welfare Bd, J oint Distribution Com; trustee
Stanford, 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 22
1889.
MD V Buffalo, post-grad V Vienna. •
Vrologist, Buffalo; with Health Dept; faculty
V 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; officer
trade assns. • See: WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Oct
101984,20:8.
Slotkin, Samuel; b. Minsk,July 301885; d.
Oct 1965.
To NYC 1900. • Meat packer, NYC; fdr, pres
Hygrade Co; active charities. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 31
1965,87:1.
Slotnick, Michael N; b. ca 1889; d. NYC,
Oct 271938.
Yale, Yale Law.· Lawyer, NYC; MAstate
legislator. • See: AJYB, 41:431; NYTimes, Oct
281939,23:5.
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.
Sloss, Hattie Hecht (Mrs M C Sloss); b.
Boston, June 12 1874.
To August, GA 1878. • Merchant, Augusta,
GA; mem Levee Commn; officer Heb Orphans
Home (Atlanta); advisory bd Childrens
Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Harvard; honorary degree. • Civic &
communal official, San Francisco; mem State
Bd of Charities; fdr, officer Community Chest;
Slutsky, Ben; b. Russia, ca 1900; d. NYC,
May 1974.
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 Nevele
Country Club; active Hadassah, synagog. •
See:AJYB, 80:372; NYTimes, Jan 61978, IV
13:4.
Smalbach, Jean Ehrlich; b. NYC.
Normal ColI, NYU.• Communal worker,
Flushing, NY; tchr Walworth Business School;
officer Fedn of] ewish Womens Orgs, Visiting
Nurse Service, Flushing Council ofWomens
Orgs.· 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, Jan
11889; d. Nov 241972.
To US 1890. • AB CCNY, Inst ofMusical Art,
Paris Conservatory. • Musical director,
conductor; with Philadelphia Civic Opera,
Boston Opera, Chicago Opera; guest
conductor 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; WWI
service. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Oct 17
1952,27:1.
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; chr
League of Zionist-Revisionists of Am; WWI
service. • 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 of Wall Street, crimes
against bureaucracy, nursing homes; faculty IN
V, NYU; officer Am Assn of V Professors;
WWII service. • See: NYTimes, Aug 31 1973,
28:1.
Smilansky, Louis; b. Borispol, Russia, Apr 1
1885.
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 Johns
Hopkins, Harvard, Vienna. • Bacteriologist,
New Haven; instructor Yale; officer Jewish
Home for the Aged, VnitedJewish Charities;
author in field. • See: AJYB, 24:204; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938.
606
Smit, William Maurice
Smit, Wtlliam. Maurice; b. St Louis, Dec 15
1881.
Mb Chicago Coil ofMed, post-grad Vienna. •
Otolaryngologist, St Louis; instructor St Louis
U; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Smith, Sara Brandstein (Mrs Max M
Smith); b. Hungary, July 15 1888~
To US ca 1903. • Yiddish writer, novelist,
NYC; feature writer The Day. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ,1928.
Smith, Abraham. Joel; b. Palanga, Lithuania,
Apr 211887.
To US 1910. • Merchant, Dallas; officer
Democratic Party, synagog; dir Jewish Fedn
for Social Services. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Smith, Sonia Cheffetz (Mrs Hyde Smith);
b. Buffalo, Jan 29 1895.
State Normal School (Worcester), MA State
Tchrs ColI, Clark. • Tchr, communalldr,
Worcester; officer NatI Council ofJewish
Women, United Jewish Charities; chr NatI
Civic Fedn. • See: WWIAJ, 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 5/10
1889.
To US1890. • Journalist, Chicago; exec Motor
Age; officer Orphans Automobile Day Assn,
trade org, synagog; dir Jewish Peoples Inst. •
See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Smith, Maurice; b. Philadelphia, Aug 18
1899.
DDS U Southern CA. • Dentist, Los Angeles;
mem Municipal Housing Commn; officer
B'nai B'rith, synagog; author in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Smith, Maurice Isadore; b. Russia, Nov 17
1887.
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 Jewish
Appeal, Am Jewish Com, Israel Bonds, Fednof
Jewish Philanthropies.· See:A]YB, 72:545.
Smith, Moe; b. ca 1887; d. NYC, Dec 1960.
Famed liquor agent, NYC; "scourge of
prohibition violators." • See: NITimes, Dec 16
1960,33:2.
Smith, Morton; b. Philadelphia, 1915.
.Classical & biblical scholar, historian; faculty
Brown, 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 Columbia
Records.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,
4; NITimes, July 291964,33:4.
Smith, NathanieINonnan;b. Slonhn, May
301900.
To NYC 1909.· CCNY,NYU,MD
Cincinnati Call of Med. • 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 pres
wornens auxiliaryJewish War Veterans. • See:
AJYB, 41:431; NITimes, Nov 191938,17:4.
Smith, Wtlliam.; b. Minsk, Aug 9 1898.
Commercial School (Minsk), Boston Liberal
Arts & Polytech, Northeastern, U MA, Dr Opt
U PA. • Optometrist, Roxbury, MA; dir
.Zionist Org of Am; 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; staff Foroard (Chicago),Jewish
Telegraph Agency; foreign correspondent
expelled 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 7
1934.
Yiddish poet, translator, Philadelphia. • See:
AJYB,37:262.
Smoll, Jacob L; b. ca 1890; d.Jan 191933.
Composer, Wilkes-Barre; orgr Wilkes-Barre
Orchestra.· See:AJYB, 35:129.
Smollar, Israel; b. Rovno, Russia, 1900; d.
NYC, Sep 20 1961.
To US 1921. • Bldr, Zionist ldr; a fdr
Histadrut Campaign in Am; active Labor
Zionist Org of Am,Jewish NatI Fund. • See:
AJYB, 64:496.
Smoller, Phineas; b. Jatamir, Russia, Oct 16
1903; d. Los Angeles, Dec 13 1952.
Rabbi, Los Angeles; fdr Avukah; natI council
J oint Distribution Com, United Jewish Appeal;
officer Central Conf of Am Rabbis; active
Union bf Am Heb Congregations. • See:
AJYB, 55:460; NITimes, Dec 141952, 90:4.
Smukler, Max Edward; b. Philadelphia, Nov
11887; d. Apr 1940.
MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Ophthalmologist,
Philadelphia; assocd Bd of Health, Heb
Orphan 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-grad
Vienna, 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.
GA Inst ofTechnology. • Exec, Botany
Brands, NYC. • See: NITimes, Apr 30 1959,
31:5.
Smulyan, Abraham; b. ca 1858; d. Nov 19
1938.
Rabbi, shohet, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
41:431.
Snapper, Isadore (Isidore); b. Amsterdam,
Jan 51889; d.June 1973.
MD U Amsterdam. • Physician; faculty U
Amsterdam, Columbia, U Chicago; assocd
Chinese Med Bd (NYC); author in field. • See:
UJE; WWWIA, 8; NITimes, July 11973, 29:4.
Sneider, Frances Magid (Mrs Leopold
Sneider); b. NYC, Mar 25 1896; d. NYC,
Apr 1967.
Communalldr, NYC; officer Jewish
Reconstructionist Fedn, Soc for Advancement
ofJudaism.· See:AJYB, 69:612; NYTimes, Apr
111967,41:4.
Sneider, Leopold; b. Burlington, VT, May
191896; d. NYC,June 22 1971.
Business exec; officer Soc for Advancement of
Judaism, Jewish Reconstructionist Fedn; bd
The Reconstructionist; exec com Am Economic
Com 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, May
101872; d. Philadelphia, Apr 1941.
Merchant, civic worker, Philadelphia; active
Child 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 United
Campaign, Red Cross, Chamber of
Commerce.· See:NITimes,Jan271959, 33:1.
Snellenburg,Samuel;b. VVestphalia,Aug
22 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 18
1923,9:6.
Snider, Arthur J; b. Iowa City; d. May 21
1981.
U IA, Northwestern. • Journalist, Skokie, IL;
with Chicago Daily News; officer NatI Assn of
Newspaper Writers, NatI Assn of Science
Writers. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Snitkin, Leonard A; b. Russia, ca 1877; d.
NYC,Jan 19 1929.
NY Law. • Municipal judge, NYC; counsel in
many 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, PhD
Columbia. • Industrial psychologist; faculty U
607
Pittsburgh, Northwestern; technical dir Sears,
Roebuck; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1938.
Snower, David; b. ca 1883; d. Colorado
Springs, July 29 1936.
Mfr, communal worker, Kansas City. • See:
A]YB, 39:597.
Snyder, A (Aaron) Cecil; b. Baltimore, Sep
141907; d.June 1959.
AB Johns Hopkins, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
public official, Puerto Rico; US atty, Chief
Justice, 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 U
Cincinnati, post-grad NY State ColI for Tchrs,
U Chicago, U IL. • Rabbi, Springfield, IL; fdr
Jewish Center, Central IL Religious Tchrs
Cong; officer, fundraiser Joint Distribution
Com, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts; chaplain state
hospital. • 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 Fedn
ofJewish 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. • Information
officer, journalist, political aide, public
relations specialist, NYC, Washington DC;
with Eisenhower adm; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Nov 4 1969, 41:2.
Snydennan, Harry S; b. Russia, Feb 22
1886.
MD Temple, Medico-Chirurgical ColI
(Philadelphia). • Pediatrician, Philadelphia;
lecturer Temple U; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Sobel, Aaron; b. Newburgh, NY, Sep 16
1885; d. Poughkeepsie, Apr 1975.
Union ColI, MD Albany Med ColI, post-grad
U Vienna. • Urologist, Poughkeepsie; assocd
Bd of Health; officer professional orgs. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Apr 8 1975,
40:2.
Sobel, Albert Edward; b. Luke, Hungary, ca
1907; d. Brooklyn, June 1967.
Cooper Union, PhD Brooklyn Polytech. •
Biochemist, researcher, Brooklyn; withJewish
Hospital; officer professional socs. • See:
NYTimes,June 16 1967,43:1.
Sobel, Bernard; b. Attica, IN, 1887; d. Mar
1964.
Sobotka, Harry Hennann
BS Purdue, PhB U Chicago, MA U WI. •
Writer, playwright, NYC; faculty CCNY;
editor Dance Magazine; drama critic NY Daily
Mirror.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,
4; NYTimes, Mar 13 1964, 33: 1.
Sobel, Herbert Russell; b. Cleveland,. Dec
211896.
US Naval Academy. • Naval officer; active
Jewish 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 City
Council; 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 Child
Hygiene, Health Dept; med advisor Hadassah;
faculty Fordham; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, July 26
1954,17:5.
Sobel, Jacob Zevi Games H Soble); b.
Lithuania, 1831; d. Aug 101913.
To US 1876.· Pioneer Heb writer, poet,
rabbi, Chicago; broke with Orthodoxy under
Haskalah influence; contributor to Heb,
Russian, Yiddish & Am press. • See: E]; A]YB,
16(1914-1915):166; Eisenstadt, 74.
Sobel, Leon; b. Preszim, Galicia, Nov 1
1864; d. NYC, Sep 1939.
To US ca 1885. • Bldr, NYC; constructed
more than 400 bldgs; a fdr Yeshiva Isaac
Elchanan; benefactor Jerusalem Orphan
Asylum. • 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 Yiddish
Inst; active Am Jewish Com. • See: A]YB,
58:479; NYTimes, Aug 17 1955,27:5.
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, Travelers
Aid Soc, Jewish Welfare Fedn (Detroit, Los
Angeles). • 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 Tax
Legislation, Dept of the Treasury; faculty
Georgetown U.· See: WWWIA, 7.
Sobeloff, Simon Ernest; b. Baltimore, Mar
3 1893IDec 3 1894; d. Baltimore, July 11
1973.
LLB U MD. • ChiefJudge, US Court of
Appeals; US Solicitor General in Brown vs Bd of
Education; natl officer Am Jewish Cong; bd
Assn 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 24
1918; d. Nov 261974.
CCNY, PhD U WI. • Biochemist, Bethesda;
assocd Natl Cancer Inst, Natl Inst of Health,
US Public Health Service; WWII civilian
service 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 10
1970.
U AZ, Boston U, NYU; honorary degree. •
Industrialist, filmmaker, philanthropist, poet,
author; a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed,
Israel Inst of Technology. • 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.
Sobel, Salomon; b. ca 1858; d. Brooklyn,
Sep 141933.
Communal & Zionist worker, Brooklyn. • See:
A]YB, 36:287.
Sobol, IraJ; b. London, Dec 201890.
To US 1891.· Columbia.· Oil co exec, NYC;
officer Fedn cifJewish Philanthropies, Lebanon
Hospital, YMHA; trustee synagog; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOAj.
Sobel, Simon; b. Pacroi, Russia, Apr 6
1885.
To Newark 1900. • Yeshiva ColI. • Furniture
merchant, Somerville, NJ; officer YMHA,
synagog.· See: WWIA], 1938.
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.
Sobeloff, Irene Ehrlich (Mrs Simon E
Sobeloff); b. Rokytcany, Czechoslovakia.
Tchrs Training School (Baltimore), MD Inst
of Art & Design. • Civic & communal
clubwoman, school tchr, Baltimore; officer
Legislative Clearing House ofMD, MD Fedn
ofWomens Clubs, Fedn ofJewish.Womens
Sobolevsky, Phineas; b. ca 1871; d. Mar 26
1940.
Rabbi, Hartford.· See:A]YB, 42:484.
Sobotka, Harry Hennann; b. Vienna, Aug 4
1899; d. Dec 1965.
To US ca 1923. • U Vienna, PhD U Munich.
Socolow, Harry J
608
• Chemist, lecturer, author, NYC; fellow
Rockefeller Inst. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Dec 28 1965,25:1.
Cornell. • Foreign service officer, scholar,
interpreter in China; service in China, Mexico,
Japan, Manila. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:205.
Socolow, Harry J; b. ca 1872; d. Aug 27
1937.
Communal & Zionist worker, Cedarhurst, LI.
• See:AJYB, 40:391; NYTimes, Aug 281937,
15:6.
Sokole, Miron; b. Odessa, Nov 20 1901.
Cooper Union, Natl Academy of Design. •
Artist, NYC. • See: BEOAJ.
Sofer, Abraham (Schreiber); b. 1897.
In US 1948-1966. • Rabbi, author, Greece,
Italy, Palestine; faculty JTS; settled in Palestine
1939. • See: EJ (sub Sofer).
Sofer, Shabsi; b. Minsk province, Jan 7
1843.
Rabbi, orator, Heb author, collector of money
for 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 of Am, NY N on~Sectarian
Anti-Nazi League; syndicated columnist "Poor
Richard 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. Apr
3 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 & relief worker,
author, NYC; fdr Bialystoker in Am,
Bialystoker Refugees in Germany, Bialystoker
Center of Am, Bialystoker Credit Union,
Bialystoker Stimme, Bialystoker Home for Aged.
• See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Sohn, Joseph; b. NYC, Mar 22 1867; d. Mar
161935. .
CCNY, Berlin. • Musician, composer, tchr,
critic, author, NYC; critic NY American. • See:
AJYB, 24:205, 37:262; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,
Mar 17 1935, 37:3.
Soifer, Max Emanuel; b. London, Mar 20
1901; d.Jan 1953.
DDS Baltimore ColI of Dentistry. • To
Hartford 1904. • Dentist, Hartford; bd United
Jewish Charities; natl officer Alpha Omega. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 91953,21:2.
Soihetman, Mordecai; b. Soroko, Russia, ca
1884; d. NYC, Feb 111948.
To US 1941. • Rabbi, NYC; fdr Beth Israel
Jewish Center.· See:AJYB, 50:523; NYTimes,
Feb 12 1948,23:4.
Sokal,Saul;b.Austria, 1889?;d.NYC,Sep
61964.
To US 1939. • Communal worker; staff World
Jewish Cong-Inst ofJewish Affairs; a fdr Labor
Zionist movement (Austria); mem World
Zionist Council Court of Honor. • See:AJYB,
66:581; NYTimes, Sep 8 1964,29:4.
Sokobin, Samuel; b. Newark, Apr 281893.
Sokolik, Harry; b. Lomza, July 121884.
To US 1904. • Packing co exec, St Louis. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Sokoloff, Nikolai; b. near Kiev, May 28
1886; d. Sep 24/25 1965.
To US ca 1900.· Yale; honorary degree. •
Violinist, conductor, Cleveland; natl dir
Federal Music Project; musical dir Cleveland
Orchestra; dir La Jolla Musical Arts Soc. • See:
UJE; AJYB, 24:205; WWIAJ, 1926 (addenda),
1928, 1938; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 11
1965,61:5.
Sokolow, Alexander Theodore; b. NYC,
Oct 61891; d.July 261934.
NY Law. • Lawyer, Los Angeles; chief counsel
for newspapers. • See:AJYB, 37:262;
WWWIA, 1.
Sokolow, Anna; b. NYC?, 1915.
Dancer, choreographer, tchr, NYC; soloist
Martha 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 5
1893; d. NYC, Dec 12 1962.
Columbia, Notre Dame, U MT, London. •
Journalist, columnist; specialty: Far East;
Shanghai correspondent NY World; editor Far
Eastern Review; dir Am Jewish League Against
Communism; author on Judaism. • See: UJE;
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 of
Music (Germany), Sorbonne. • Concert
pianist, organist, tchr, NYc. • See: WWIAJ,
1926.
Solader, A; b. ca 1887; d. reported Nov 15
1936.
Poet, tchr, Chicago; editor Dorenu. • See:
AJYB,39:597.
Solender, Samuel Solomon; b. NYC, May 1
1889; d. Coral Gables, Feb 141960.
Heb Technical Inst.· Social work exec; with
Heb Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum,
Federal Bd ofVocational Education, YMYWHA (Washington Heights); officer
Riverside Council of Social Agencies. • See:
AJYB, 62:452; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Feb
15 1960,27:3.
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 district
ldrs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Solis, Abraham; b.*
Interpreter, in Boston 1790. • See: JE (sub
Solis).
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'naiJeshurun
Educational Inst; orgr Congregation Beth-EI
Emeth (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 Jewish
Historical 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 12
1909.
BA Central High School (Philadelphia). •
Lawyer, banker, NYC; active Republican
politics; contributor newspapers. • See: JE (sub
Solis); AJYB, 6(1904-1905):190, 11(19091910):108; WWWIA, 4.
Solis,Jacob S (da Silva); b. London, Aug. 4
1780; d. Mt Pleasant, NY, Dec 291829.
To US 1803. • Merchant, Mt Pleasant, NY,
NYC, Wilmington, DE, New Orleans; fdr
New Orleans congregation; active Shearith
Israel (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 first
Jewish Publication Soc; contributor Occident. •
See: JE (sub Solis).
Solis-Cohen, D Hays; b. Philadelphia, Aug
211887.
LLB U PA; honorary degree. • Lawyer,
Philadelphia; officer bar assn; bd Dropsie;
trustee Jefferson Med CoIl, Fedn ofJewish
Agencies. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Solis-Cohen, David Da Silva; b.
Philadelphia, Sep 1850/1852; d. Portland,
OR, Nov 7 1928.
609
Lawyer, OR Commr of Charities, mayor,
communalldr, playwright, Portland, OR; a fdr
YMHA, 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 secy
J ewish Welfare Bd; bd Heb Sunday School
Soc; organizer YMHAs; contributor UJE. •
See: UJE; E] (sub Solis-Cohen); A]YB, 24:128.
Solis-Cohen, Jacob Da Silva; b. NYC, Feb
281838; d. Philadelphia, Dec 22 1927.
AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MD U
P A; honorary degrees. • Surgeon, pioneer
laryngologist, communal worker, Philadelphia;
fdr Archives ofLaryngology, Philadelphia
Polyclinic; 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 Jewish
Publication Soc; officer Mikveh Israel; bd
Gratz; trustee JTS; active Big Bros; author on
Jewish subjects, real estate. • See: E] (sub
Solis-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 8
1927.
Drexel. • Author, illustrator, editor,
Philadelphia; authority on dressmaking,
costume; editor "Womankind," Jewish
Exponent. • See: UJE; E] (sub Solis-Cohen);
A]YB, 30:80; WWIA], 1926.
Solis-Cohen, Leon; b. Philadelphia, June 7
1889; d. Philadelphia, May 1965.
AB Central High School (Philadelphia), MD
Jefferson Med ColI. • Radiologist, poet,
playwright, Philadelphia; contributor Jewish
Exponent; trustee Natl Farm School; WWI
service. • 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 on Jewish
legends, 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 of
the 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); dir
Mastbaum Research Lab; officer synagog, med
Solomon, Hannah Greenebaum (Mrs Henry Solomon)
socs; inventor of instruments, describer of
diseases; 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 of
Education; faculty Jefferson Med ColI; fdr,
editor Am Heb; fdr JTS, Gratz; author in field,
on history & religion. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Solis-Cohen);A]YB, 50:524; WWIA], 1938;
PA]HS, 38:336-40; WWWIA,2;NITimes,July
13 1948,27:3.
SolI, Louis; b. Botoshan, Rumania, July 5
1882; d. Nov 1942.
To US 1898. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC;
officer United Synagogue of Am, Natl Fedn of
Jewish Mens Clubs, synagog. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Nov 23 1942,23:2.
SolIod, Isadore Irvin; b. Baltimore, Jan 29
1907.
LLB U MD. • Social worker, Baltimore,
Wilmington, DE; withJewish Educational
Alliance, 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 10
1939.
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, 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 10
1963,43:1.
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; natl
Commander 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. San
Francisco, July 18 1913.
To US 1854. • Governor WA Territory;
alderman, Chicago; soldier, Civil War
brigadier-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 24
1882.
MD U Cincinnati. • Surgeon, Birmingham,
AL; consult US Employees Compensation
Commn (Washington DC). • See: WWIA],
1926.
Solomon, Aaron Harold; b. NYC, May 2
1906.
DDS NYU. • Dentist, Hollis, NY; officer
synagog, Rotary Club. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Solomon, Elias Louis; b. Vilna, Mar 23
1879/Apr 221879; d. NYC, Dec 201956.
To NYC 1888. • AB CCNY, Columbia, DHL,
ordained JTS; honorary degree. • Conservative
rabbi, communalldr, talmudic authority, NYC;
fdr, pres United Synagogue of Am; co-fdr
Jewish Endeavor Soc; officer NY Bd ofJewish
Ministers; bd Natl Conf of Christians & Jews.
• See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:205, 59:477;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Solomon, AlanR; b. Quincy, MA, 1921; d.
NYC, Feb 181970.
PhD Harvard. • Art expert, NYC; dir Jewish
Museum; faculty Cornell, U CA, (Irvine); US
Commr, Art Expo 1967 (Montreal); author in
field.· See:A]YB, 72:545;NITimes, Feb 19
1970,47:2.
Solomon (Solomons), Ezekiel; b. Berlin; d.
1806.
To Montreal, to MI ca 1761. • First known
Jewish ~ettler, merchant, MI (Mackinaw);
captured by Indians during Pontiac uprising;
aided English army; children baptized. • See:
E];BDEA].
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, 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, Alfred P; b. Fresno, Nov 261897.
AB U CA, MD U IL. • Neurologist,
psychologist, Chicago; faculty U IL; author in
Solomon, Hannah Greenebaum (Mrs
Henry Solomon); b. Chicago,Jan 14
1858; d. Chicago, Dec 7 1942.
Solomon, A E; b. ca 1872; d. Jacksonville,
Dec 5 1912.
Philanthropist, Hoboken. • See: A]YB,
15(1913-1914):274.
Solomon, Harry
Welfare worker, civic & communalldr,
Chicago; Edr, natl pres Natl Council ofJewish
Women; fdr Bureau of Pers;nal Service, IL
Fedn of Wornens Clubs; pres IL Industrial
School for Girls; active World Parliament of
Religions. • 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, Sep
241894; 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 of
community mental health centers, less restraint
of mental patients; officer professional orgs;
trustee Assocd Jewish Philanthropies; author in
field; 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; officer
synagog; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Solomon, Henry; b. Plymouth, England,
May 211843; d. Dec 181928.
Businessman, philanthropist, NYC; mem State
Com on Probation, State Commn on Prisons; a
fdr Montefiore Home & Hospital, Jewish
Protectory & Hawthorne School; benefactor
underprivileged 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 religious
schools, charities, Zionism. • See: AJYB,
32:155; WWlAJ, 1928.
Solomon, hvingJ; b. Philadelphia, Dec 16
1885.
PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, exec, Chicago;
officer Jewish Welfare Fund, synagog, trade
orgs, 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.
610
Mfr, communalldr, NYC; officer Jamaica
Jewish 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; officer
Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias,
Royal Maccabees. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):190,11(1909-1910):109; NITimes, May
271909,9:6.
Solomon, Joel W; b. Chattanooga, June 22
1921; d. Nashville, July 29 1984.
Vanderbilt. • Admr, real estate developer,
Chattanooga, Nashville; chief General Services
Adm 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, Mar
18 1917.
Publisher, Reb Standard, NYc. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):268.
Solomon, Leon L; b. Louisville, Sep 17
1871.
AB, MD U Louisville. • Physician, Louisville;
faculty U Louisville; officer Moorman Home
for Women; mem revision com US
Pharmacopoeia; author in field. • See: BEGAJ.
Solomon, Lewis Max; b. Memphis.
DDS U TN. • Oral surgeon, Memphis; faculty
UTN.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Solomon, Louis Howard; b. Philadelphia,
June 22 1891/1892; d. NYC, Feb 23
1964.
Yale, AB, LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, civic &
communalldr, NYC; specialty: industrial
litigation; bd Academy of Higher Jewish
Learning; orgr BronxJewish Center;
benefactor Jewish 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 Heb
Convalescent Home; active synagog, Heb Natl
Orphans 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 County
Grad ·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
War Veterans, Am Legion; active Democratic
politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Solomon, Morris J (Maish); b. Rumania,
1892?; d. Brooklyn, Jan 22 1967.
To US 1902. • Communal & civic fundraising
ldr, Brooklyn; fundraiser hospitals, nursing
service, 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. Washington
DC, July 11 1899; d. Dec 8 1977.
Natl U. • Aviation exec; mgr Washington
Airport; exec Northeast Airlines; officer Aero
Training 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 21
1902; d. NYC, Sep 241975.
Harvard. • Dept store exec, philanthropist,
NYC; with Federated Stores; a fdrUnited
Jewish Appeal; benefactor Appeal for Human
Relations, Am Jewish Com. • See: AJYB,
77:600; WWWL4, 6; NITimes, Sep 26 1975,
40:3.
Solomon, Sol; b. Hamilton, Ontario, Sep 1
1858.
To US 1879. • Wholesale clothier, Rochester,
NY; natl officer trade org; Spanish-Am War
Rough 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, Dec
15 1919.
Banker, communal worker, NYc. • See: AJYB,
22:168.
Solomon, William; b. NYC, Sep 1 1889.
CCNY. • Alderman, NYC; officer Democratic
Party. • 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, Oct
161947,27:5.
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 of
Delegates; co-fdr Mt Sinai; mem central com
Alliance Israelite Universelle; general US agent
Baron de Hirsch Fund; orgr Night Lodging-
611
Sommerstein, Emil
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.
Jan 311941.
Noted talmudist, rabbi, NYC; faculty RIETS,
Yeshiva ColI. • See: EJ (sub Soloveichik);
AJYB, 43:364; NYTimes, Feb 1 1941, 18:3.
Solomons, Aline Esther; b. NYC.
Art Students League. • Portrait painter,
Washington DC; fdr, officer Art Students
League; officer Water Color Club. • See:
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):191.
Soloveichik, Samuel; b. Poland, 1908; d.
Bronx, Feb 251967.
To US 1939. • Dr Sc U Brussels. • Scientist,
chemist; faculty Yeshiva U; "WWII government
service. • See: AJYB, 69:612-13; NYTimes, Feb
27 1967,29:2.
Jewish Council; natl exec com Zionist Org of
Am; 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.
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.
Soloveitchik, Simchah; b. Brest-Litovsk,
To US 1924. • Rabbi, noted talmudic scholar,
Russia, NYC, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 44:344;
NYTimes, Nov 17 1941, 19:2.
Solomons, Hannah; b.*; d. San Francisco,
Aug41909.
Educator, philanthropist, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 12(1910-1911):108.
Solovetzik, Solomon; b. ca 1868; d. Oct 10
1938.
Rabbi, cantor, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 41:431;
NYTimes, Oct 11 1938, 25:2.
Solomons, Levi; b. England, ca 1730; d.
Montreal, May 18 1792.
To Am ca 1760. • Merchant, Albany, NY,
Montreal, MI Territory; prosecuted for
supplying Am Forces; ldr ShearithIsrael
(Montreal). • See: BDEAJ.
Solow, Eugene Maxwell; b. NYC, Dec 22
1898; d. Dallas, June 10 1953.
Communalldr, oilman, Dallas; natl exec com
Joint Defense Appeal; active Natl Conf of
Christians & Jews, Community Chest. • See:
AJYB,55:460.
Solomons, Lucius L (C?); b. San Francisco,
Dec 28 1863/1864; d. reported, May 17
1940.
U CA (Berkeley). • Lawyer, communal worker,
San Francisco; officer B'nai B'rith; Rumanian
Relief Soc, Immigrant Removal Office; dir
Jewish Education Soc, First Heb Benevolent
Soc. • See: AJYB, 7(1905-1906):103-04,
24:205,42:484; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928~
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 27
1964, 35:2.
Sommerfeld, Martin; b. ca 1894; d. Bristol,
VT,July261939.
German language tchr, Smith ColI,
Springfield, MA; mem Prussian State Bd of
Education. • See:AJYB, 42:484.
Soloway, Herman Milton; b. Portland, ME,
Apr 3 1893.
MD U IL. • Urologist, Chicago; WWI
Sommerfeld, Rose; b.*
Research dir Clara de Hirsch Home for
Working Girls, NYc. • See:AJYB, 7(19051906):104. • *See entry below.
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.
Sommerfeld, Rose L; b.*; d. Sep 12 1927.
Educator, communal worker, Baltimore. • See:
AJYB, 30:80. • *See entry above.
Solomont, James; b. Vilna, Jan 4 1882.
To US 1888. • Northeastern. • Realtor,
banker, Boston; trustee AssocdJewish
Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Solon, Harry; b. San Francisco, June 5
1873; d. Aug 1958.
CA School of Design, Chicago Art Inst. •
Artist, NYC, Buenos Aires. • See: WWIAJ,
1926, 1928; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 7
1958,25:5.
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 of Talmud; dean Heb
Theological ColI (Skokie, IL). • See: EJ.
Soloveichik (Soloveitchik), Joseph Dov; b.
Pruzhan, l;loland, 1908.
To US 1932. • PhD U Berlin. • Orthodox
rabbi, talmudic scholar, religious philosopher,
Spring Valley, NY, Boston; fdr Maimonides
School; faculty RIETS; officer Mizrachi;
spiritual mentor of Am-trained Orthodox
rabbis. • See: EJ (sub Soloveichik); EJ:19731982.
Soloveichik (Soloveitchik), Moses; b.
Kaslovitz, Russia, 1876/1879; d. NYC,
Solowey, Sol; b. Russia, 1898?; d. NYC,
Dec 141966.
Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr Albert
Einstein ColI of Med; 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 Union
ColI. • Rabbi, communal culturalldr, radio
figure, military chaplain; chr NatlJewish
Music Council; bd NatlJewish Book Council,
B'nai Zion Found; active Am Friends of Tel
Aviv 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, PhD
Columbia, Supt of School diploma Tchrs ColI.
• Communal educator, writer, NYC; natl dir of
Jewish education Jewish Welfare Bd; pres
Somerman, Sumer; b. ca 1871; d.
Pittsburgh, Dec 91922.
State legislator, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,
25:141.
Sommer, Charles Nathaniel; b. NYC, Apr
181886.
Clothes mfr, Montreal; governor Montreal
Hospital. • 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.Sep
51980.
To US 1946. • Artist, NYc. • See: WWWIA,
7.
Sommerfield, Clara Rosenfeld (Mrs Julius
Sommerfield); b. Adanta, Mar 4 1870.
Clubwoman, Atlanta; officer Fedn ofJewish
Wornens 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, U
Berlin. • Physician, communal & civic worker,
Atlanta; chief of staffMorris Hirsch Clinic; bd
Fedn for Jewish Social Services. • See: AJYB,
40:392; WWIAJ, 1938.
Sommerich, Florence Miller (Mrs Edwin
Sommerich); b. NYC, Mar 4 1876.
AB Hunter, NY School of Social Work.·
Communal & civic worker, Far Rockaway; fdr
Childrens Home; bd Queens Family Welfare
Soc; WWI officer Red Cross. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Sommerstein, Emil; b. Hleszczawa, Poland,
July 61883; d. May 25 1957.
To US 1946.· Lawyer, Zionist & communal
ldr, Europe; Jewish representative, Polish
Son, Charles A
Parliament; officer Zionist Org of Galicia; fdr
Jewish Academic House (U Lwow); chr
Central Jewish Com; active Jewish Cooperative
Movement. • See:AJYB, 59:477; NYTimes,
May 28 1957, 34:4.
612
Sondheimer, Samuel; b. St Louis,Jan 21
1871.
Owner, Joseph Sondheimers Sons, Muskogee,
OK; chr Am Jewish Relief Fund; dir United
Charities, B'nai B'rith. • See: UJE (sub
Sondheimer,Joseph); WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Son, Charles A; b. San Francisco, Nov 5
1876.
Sonkin, David; b. NYC, Oct 291897.
AB U CA, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, Los
Angeles; mem Industrial Accident Commn;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
BS CCNY. • Design & production engineer,
NYC; officer professional soc; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Sonderling, Jacob; b. Lipine, Upper Silesia,
Oct 19 1878; d. Los Angeles, Sep 30
1964.
To US 192 3. • U Vienna,·U·Breslau, MA,
Sonkin, Simon; b. NYC, Apr 3 1901; d. Aug
1965.
BS CCNY, EE Brooklyn Polytech, MA, PhD
PhD Proseminar, U Briinn, Berlin Lehranstalt.
• Rabbi, early Zionist, Los Angeles; co-worker
ofHerzl; fdr Soc for Jewish Culture; faculty
Heb Union ColI (CA); authority on
philosophy; author in field; German army
service. • 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 Ethical
Culture. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes,
July 241943, 13:2.
Sondheim, Sidney James; b. Mauch Chunk,
PA,July 3 1884.
MD UPA, post-grad, UPA, UVienna.·
Physician, NYC; officer synagog; bd B'nai
B'rith Home; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Sondheim, Walter; b. Baltimore, May 31
1877.
Dept store exec, Baltimore; dir Morris Plan
Bank; officer AssocdJewish Charities, Red
Cross; 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; active
religious, 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; mem
Presbyterian Church. • See: UJE (sub
Sondheimer, Joseph).
Sondheimer, Hans; b. GeInhausen,
Germany, Dec 61901; d. NYC, 1984.
To US 1939. • Inst of Tech (Munich). • City
Opera lighting designer, NYC; a fdr US Inst of
Theater Technology.· See: NYTimes, Sep 3
1984,13:7.
Sondheimer, Joseph; b. Bavaria, 1840; d.
Muskogee, OK, 1913.
Pioneer, fur trader, pecan buyer, Baltimore, St
Louis; Civil War commissary. • See: UJE.
Sondheimer, Rudolph; b. ca 1867; d. Jan 5
1938.
Lumber merchant, Memphis. • See: AJYB,
40:392.
Sonneborn, Siegmund Bacharach; b.
Breitenbach, Germany, Apr 14 1872; d.
Baltimore, Sep 19 1940.
To Baltimore 1889. • ABJohns Hopkins. • Oil
refiner, 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.
Columbia. • Physicist, NYC; faculty CCNY;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Aug 311965,33:4.
AB, PhD Johns Hopkins; honorary degrees. •
Scientist, zoologist, Bloomington, IN; faculty
IN U; officer Soc for the Study of Evolution,
professional orgs; author/editor in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7,8.
Sonn, Ralph A; b. Steinach, Bavaria, July 7
1859; d. Sep 23 1927.
Sonnenberg, Benjamin; b. Brest-Litovsk,
July 12 1901; d. NYC, Sep 61978.
German-Am Seminary (Milwaukee). •
Communal admr, Atlanta; supt Heb Orphans
Home; author Heb primer. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):104,30:80.
Public relations exec, legendary press agent,
NYC; mem Am Relief Adm (Constantinople).
• See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Sep 7 1978.
Sonnabend, Abraham M; b. Boston, Dec 8
1896; d. Palm Beach, Feb 111964.
Harvard; honorary degree. • Industrialist, exec,
philanthropist; pres Boston Found, MA Higher
Education Assistance Corp; dir Community
Chest (Palm Beach); trustee Colby; active
interfaith 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.
Sonnenschein, Hugo;b. Chicago, Nov 19
1883/1884; d. Sep 2 1956.
LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Chicago; dir Allstate
Insurance. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 3 1956, 13:6.
Sonnenschein, Robert; b. Chicago, July 10
1879; d. Nov 81939.
MD Rush Med ColI, post-grad Vienna, Berlin,
Konigsberg. • Otolaryngologist, communal .
worker, Chicago; faculty Rush Med ColI, U
Chicago; officer med soc; author in field. • See:
AJYB, 42:484; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEGAJ.
Sonneschein, Rosa (Mrs Solomon H
Sonneschein); b. Prossnitz, Moravia, Mar
12 1847; d. St Louis, Mar 5 1932.
To US 1869. • Publisher, editor,AmJewess,
To US 1940. • ColI Rabbinico (Florence). •
Scholar, historian, bibliographer; specialty:
Italian Jewry; faculty Jewish schools (Lodz,
Florence, Rhodes); lecturer, librarian Heb
Union ColI. • See: EJ.
Zionist, St Louis; correspondent for German,
Am, English press. • See: EJ:1973-1982; AJYB,
Sonneborn, Ferdinand;b. Brehenbach,
Germany, Jan 10 1874; d. NYC,June 9
1953.
Sonneschein, Solomon H; b. Szent Marton
Turocz, Hungary, June 24 1839; d. Oct 3
1908.
To US 1903. • U Marburg, U Munich, PhD U
Basle. • Oil refiner, chemist, pioneer Zionist,
NYC; authority on use of petroleum byproducts for med; fdr Am Friends of Haifa
Technion; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Red Cross. • See: AJYB,
55:460; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 10
1953,32:2.
Sonneborn, Helen; b. Washington DC,
1876?; d. NYC, Nov 22 1958.
Communal worker, philanthropist; active
bringing 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.
6(1904~1905):191; AJIi,
68:57-63.
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, May
5 1878; d. Aug 15 1931.
Author, war correspondent, NYC; investigated
Slavic immigrants for US Immigration
Commn; promoter consumer cooperatives. •
See:AJYB, 24:205; WWWIA, 1.
Sontag, Susan; b. NYC, 1933.
Critic, author, philosopher, NYC; faculty
CCNY, Sarah Lawrence, Columbia. • See: EJ.
Sopkin, Stefan Abraham; b. NYC, Apr 11
1900.
Violinist, tchr, NYC; faculty U Cincinnati,
Ithaca Conservatory, LA State. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
613
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; presidium
Agaduth Israel; publisher, editor Shiurei
RabeinuHagraiMitelz.· See:AJYB, 81:376.
Sorrin, Sidney; b. NYC, Jan 15 1900.
DDS NYU. • Periodontist, NYC; faculty
NYU; officer dental assn; active Free
Synagogue; 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 29
1906; d. Brooklyn, Jan 27 1970.
Rabbi, Brooklyn, earlier Ft Worth; co-editor
Social Action in Review; bd NY Convalescent
Home; pres Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst of
Religion Alumni Assn; WWII chaplain. • See:
AJYB, 72:545; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 29
1970,37:1.
Soskin, William; b. NYC, May 1 1899; d.
Mar 1952.
AB Columbia, Columbia Law. • Literary critic,
editor, NYC; with NY Post; exec editor
Stackpole Sons. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Mar 25 1952,27:4.
Spear, Alex
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, Edward Jay; b. Minsk, Feb 7
1886; d. May 1965.
To US 1892.· NY Law. • Mfr, Brooklyn;
code officer Nat! Recovery Adm; dir Fedn of
Jewish Charities, Joint Defense Com; author
on 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, earlier
Columbia Law School; co-fdr Legal Services
Union, Mobilization for Youth, Am Civil
Liberties Union; creator television series, "Due
Process 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, allegorical
childrens stories, noted Heb textbook;
autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Soyer,
Raphael);AJYB, 42:484; NYTimes, Jan 14
1940,42:6.
Soyer, Isaac; b. Russia, Apr 231907; d. July
8 1981.
To US 1914. • Heb Tchrs Inst, Cooper
Union, Nat! Academy of Fine Arts,
Educational Alliance, Europe • Painter, art
tchr, NYC. • See: EJ (sub Soyer, Raphael);
WWWIA,8.
Sosland, Benjamin; b. Kansas City, Oct 17
1898; d. Mar 1972.
Newspaper exec, Kansas City, earlier St
Joseph, Chattanooga; with Kansas City Journal
Post; dir synagog. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes, Mar
141972,46:3.
Soyer, Moses; b. Borisoglobsk, Russia, Dec
251899; 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 (sub
Soyer, Raphael);AJYB, 76:518; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 6;NYTimes, Sep 31974,38:1.
Sossnitz, Isaac;b. Birzhi, Lithuania, Dec 24
1872; d. Nov 1967.
To NYC 1891.· MD Baltimore U. •
Physician, translator, NYC; med exec Order
Sons of Zion; med dir Eastern Life Insurance
Co; contributor JE. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; Eisenstadt, 43-45; NYTimes, Nov 29
1967,40:7.
Soyer, Raphael; b. Borisoglobsk, Russia,
Dec 251899.
To US 1912. • Cooper Union, Nat! Academy
of Design, Beaux Arts, Art Students League. •
Renowned artist, author; with Federal Art
Project; one man exhibits; painted series of
contemporary artists portraits. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIAJ,1938.
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 editor
encyclopedia Haeshkol; fdr, principal Uptown
Talmud Torah. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB, 6(19041905):192, 12(1910-1911):110; NYTimes, Mar
3 1910,9:5.
Spachner, Bertha KalichlKalisch (Mrs
Leopold Spachner); b. Lemberg, May 17
1874; d. NYC, Apr 18 1939.
To NYC 1894.· Lemberg Conservatory. •
Actress, NYC; part owner theatres. • See:
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):192,41:425.
Sotheran, Alice Hyneman (Mrs Charles A
Sotheran); b. ca 1831/1835; d. Dec 16
1919.
Spachner, John Victor; b. Chicago, May 7
1898; d. May 1974.
Business exec; exec Container Corp of Am; bd
Sarah Lawrence, Aspen Inst Humanistic
Studies. • See: WWWL4, 6.
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, May
15 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 Brooklyn
Law. • Lawyer, Jamaica, NY; fdr, pres
Mizrachi; officer Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations, Religious Zionists of Am. •
See:AJYB, 70:525; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,
Nov 5 1968,44:7.
Sparber, Jean Leah Weinstein (Mrs
Howard 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 of Agriculture. • Merchant,
broker, purchasing agent, Chicago; district
exec secy Nat! Assn ofWaste Material Dealers;
officer trade assn, synagog, religious school;
Sparger, Wtlliam; b. Tallya, Hungary, Apr
3 1860; d. after 1903.
Rabbinical Seminary (Budapest), Royal
Conservatory (Vienna). • Popular Reform
cantor, 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 Medrash
Govoha (Lakewood, NJ); officer Jewish
Center, Jewish Community Council; sponsor
Torah 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! U
Med School (Mexico), post-grad UVienna. •
Physician, Chicago, Mexico City; med dir
B'nai B'rith Clinic (Mexico City); author in
Speaker, Henry M; b. Wisoko, Lithuania,
Apr 61868; d.July 301935.
To US 1887. • Columbia, MA U PA,JTS, NY
Law. • Educator, author, Philadelphia;
principal Gratz; instructor JTS; prison
chaplain. • See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905): 192,
24:205, 38:435; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Spear, Alex; b. ca 1884; d. reported Dec 2
1937.
Veteran, civic worker, Memphis; ldr veterans
Spear, Irving J
groups; 4 medals for bravery. • See: A]YB,
40:392.·
Spear, Irving J; b. Germany, Mar 10 1872.
Baltimore City ColI, MD U MD, post-grad
Austria, Germany, England. • Neurologist,
psychiatrist, Baltimore; faculty U MD; author
infield.· See:A]YB, 24:205; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938.
Spear, Maurice W; b. ca 1881; d. Apr 20
1938.
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; chr
United Jewish Campaign, United Palestine
Appeal; dir Chamber of Commerce, Civic
Concerts. See: WWIA], 1928.
Spear, Nathaniel; b. Plymouth, OH, Nov 5
1867; 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 21
1877/1887; 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.
614
Spector,Johanna;b.La~a, 1920.
To US 1947.· Ethno-musicologist, NYC;
faculty JTS; collected, recorded Yemenite,
Samaritan music; concentration camps
survivor. • See: E].
Spector, Joseph William; b. NYC, Dec 20
1903.
LLB U MD. • Lawyer, special asst city
solicitor, Baltimore; nat! officer Brith Shalom;
officer Zionist Org of Am. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Spector, Maurice; b. Baltimore, Dec 17
1880; d. Philadelphia, Oct 261959.
Merchant, communalldr, Philadelphia; nat!
officer Joint 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; staff Zeit, Tageblatt; memoirs. •
See: UJE; E];A]YB, 27:151; NITimes, Mar 18
1925,21:5.
Spectorsky, A C (Auguste Comte); b. Paris,
Aug 13 1910; d. St Croix, Virgin Islands,
Jan 171972.
To US as youngster. • BS NYU, post-grad
Columbia. • Exec, author, editor, publisher,
Chicago; with Playboy Enterprises. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Jan 18 1972, 34:4.
Spector, Aaron; b. ca 1834; d. St Louis, Apr
11915.
Rabbi, St Louis. • See: A]YB, 17(19151916):222.
Spectorsky, Isaac;b.Kalvarie, Suwalki, Nov
20 1868; d. Camp Hinsdale, MA, June 7
1944.
To NY 1882.· Cornell, BS NYU, Master of
Pedagogy NYU. • Zionist & communalldr,
tchr, camp dir, author, NYC; fdr Chovevay
Zion Soc (pioneer Zionist soc); assocd Baron
de Hirsch Trade School; supt Educational
Alliance; 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.
Spector, Benjamin;b. Brooklyn, July 8
1893; d. Feb 17 1976.
MD NYU/Bellevue, Mt Desert Island Biology
Lab, Mayo Clinic, abroad. • Physician,
bioanatomist, author, Brookline, MA; faculty
Tufts; officer Am Assn of History of Medicine;
chr Friends of Armed Forces Med Library;
trustee Boston Med Library. • See: WWWIA,
6; NITimes, Feb 19 1976, 38:2.
Speier, Herman; b. Jassy, Mar 9 1871; d.
Jan 221939.
To US 1904. • Insurance broker, nat!
communalldr, NYC; exec secy United
RumanianJews of Am; a fdr Menorah Home;
officer Jewish Council, Yassier Assn; consult
about Rumanian Jews to Am Jewish Cong, Am
Jewish Com;· See:A]YB, 41:431; WWIA],
1938;NITimes,Jan241939,19:5.
Spector, Bertha Kaplan (Mrs Morris
Spector); 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, Mar
27 1938, II 6:6.
Speier, Moritz; b. Melsunger, Germany,
May 14 1884; d. June 1963.
To US 1905. ·OrdainedJTS.· Rabbi,
Mineola, LI, earlier NYC, Newport, Rockville
Center. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, June
18 1963,37:3.
Specthrie, Samuel Waldo; b. Aug 13 1908;
d. Nov 8 1973.
U IL, Northwestern. • Accountant, Skokie, IL;
faculty Northwestern. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Spector, Hyman Isiah; b. Ukraine, July 15
1894.
To US 1907. • BS, MD U IL. • Physician,
tuberculosis controller, St Louis; assocd St
Louis U, Health Dept; mem state tuberculosis
commns. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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, PhD
Dropsie; honorary degree. • Near East
specialist, archaeologist, Biblical scholar,
Philadelphia; discoverer of Hurrians; faculty U
PA; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; E];
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 of performing artists; author in
field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Aug 6
1948, 17:1.
Spelfogel, Morris Richard; b. Malden, MA,
Oct 141907; d. Mar 71969.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston; counsel
MA state agencies; pres regional United
Synagogue of Am; active Nat! Fedn ofJewish
Mens Clubs. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Spelke,Max;b.Stamford,CT,Febl0
1894; d. Miami, Feb 1962.
AB Dartmouth, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
prosecuting atty, special asst to US Atty
General, Stamford, CT; active politics, FDR
supporter; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938; NITimes, Feb 241962, 27:1.
Spellman, Benjamin Franklin; b. NYC, Feb
61876; 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 City
Council; active Democratic politics. • See:
·WWIA], 1938 (addenda).
Spellman, Louis E; b. ca 1873; d.Jan 7
1936.
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, officer
professional orgs; author in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Apr 8
1941,25:4.
Sperber, Alexander; b. Czernowitz,
Bucovina, 1897.
To US 1934. • U Vienna, U Berlin, PhD U
Bonn. • Heb scholar, author; faculty Berlin
Lehranstalt, U Bonn, JTS, Dropsie. • See:
UJE.
Sperka, Joshua Sidney; b. Vlotzlavek,
Poland, Nov 15 1904.
To US 1922. • Columbia, BS Lewis Inst, MA
U MI, ordained Chicago. • Rabbi, Detroit;
execbdJewish Nat! Fund, Zionist Org of Am,
Am Jewish Cong; dir Histadruth Ivrith. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Sperling, Isidor Irving; b. NYC, Jan 22
1897.
Publicity dir, Cleveland; pres Financial
Advertisers Assn; feature writer Cleveland
Plain Dealer. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sperling, Melitta; b. Sniatyn, Austria, Oct
15 1899; d. Dec 281973.
615
Spiegel, Shalom
'To US 1938.· MD UVienna, Vienna
Psychoanalytical Inst. • PhysiCian, psychiatrist,
Brooklyn; faculty SUNY (Brooklyn); consult
VA hospitals. • See: WW"WIA, 6; NYTimes,
Dec 29 1973,28:4.
Speyer, Eduard Gumpertz (Gustav); b.
Frankfurt, Feb 41825; d. Frankfurt, July
23 1883.
In NYC 1845-1863. • Banker; mem family
firm, NYC, Frankfort. • See:]E (sub Speyer).
Sperling, Saul; b. Nanticoke, PA, 1906; d.
Bronx,Jan 91969.
Lawyer, Zionist worker; a fdr Zionist Org of
Am (Westchester), Jewish Center (Yonkers);
officer Young Israel; counsel refugees. • See:
A]YB, 71:609; NYTimes, Jan 10 1969,47:1.
Speyer, James Joseph; b. NYC, July 22
1861; d. NYC, Oct 311941.
Internatl banker, philanthropist, finanCier,
NYC; a fdr Provident Loan, Universal
Settlement Soc, Moderation League; officer
Charity Org Soc; fought for repeal of
Prohibition; 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;
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 20
1896; d.Jan 2 1976.
Columbia, AB, MA, PhD New School. •
Economist, NYC; faculty NYU; dir Municipal
Collective Bargaining Study, 20th Century
Fund; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Jan 4 1976,
47:2.
Sperry, Eugene Edward; b. NYC, Apr 10
1876; d. Deal, NJ, Aug 3 1945.
AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;
mayor, Deal, NJ; officer Heb Technical Inst
for Boys; WWI draft bd chr. • See:A]YB,
48:500; WWIA], 1938.
Sperry, Leonard M; b. Kherson, Oct 16
1901; d. Los Angeles, Sep 111963.
To US 1904. • Merchant, communalldr; natl
officer Am Jewish Com; natl counCil]oint
Defense Appeal. • See: A]YB, 65:437;
NYTimes, Sep 13 1963,29:3.
Sperry, Rose Adler; b. Chicago, Mar 30
1904; d. Los Angeles, July 301972.
Civic ldr, philanthropist, Los Angeles; fdr
Leonard M Sperry Center (Rome); bd Am
Jewish Com; trustee Jewish Community Fedn
Council, Immaculate Heart ColI. - See: A]YB,
74:559; NYTimes, July 311972,30:5.
Spewack, Bella Cohen (Mrs Samuel
Spewack); b. 1899.
Playwright, Los Angeles; co-author with
husband; co-donor sports club for polio victims
(Israel). • See: UJE (sub Spewack, Samuel); E};
WWIA], 1938.
Spewack, Samuel; b. Bachmut, Russia, Sep
161899; d. NYC, Oct 14 1971.
To US 1903. • Columbia. • Journalist,
playwright, foreign correspondent, Los
Angeles; 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, Leo; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, Apr 9
1913.
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 5
1888; d. Woodmere, LI,]an 1968.
To NYC 1904. • Merchant, NYC; communal
ldr, Boro Park; fdr Heb-speaking synagog,
Histadruth Ivrith; officer Hadoar, Zionist Org
of Am; 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, Feb
101869; d. Apr 1957.
To US 1890.· NYU, PhD Oskaloosa ColI.·
Rabbi, NYC; officer Jewish Memorial
Hospital, Union of OrthodoxJewish
Congregations; delegate Berlin Cong (1878);
activeJTS, Uptown Talmud Torah; SpanishAm War chaplain. • See:A]YB, 5{19031904):101; WWIA], 1926, 1938 (sub Speigel);
Spiegel, Arthur Major; b. Cincinnati, Oct
25 1884; d. Cincinnati, Oct 3 1947.
AB, U Cincinnati, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
legislator, muniCipal judge, CinCinnati; bd
United Jewish Social Agencies; trustee U
CinCinnati; 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 Samuel
Spiegel); b. Vngvar, Austria-Hungary,
Nov 27 1879; d. Palm Beach, Feb 14
1948.
To US 1882.- BS, MA Columbia.·
Communal worker, NYC; staff Educational
Alliance; a fdr, natl pres Womens League
United Synagogue of Am; natl chr Conf Com
of Natl Jewish Wornens Orgs; exec bd Central
Jewish Inst, NY Guild for Jewish Blind, Am
Pro-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 24
1895.
To US 1931. • Physician, Philadelphia; faculty
Neurological 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 & communal
ldr, Cincinnati; mem Bd of Education; chief
OR 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; pres
Valentine Boys Club; WWI, WWII service.·
See: WWWIA, 6.
Spiegel, Irving; b. NYC, Apr 261~07; d.
NYC, Mar 311977.
Journalist, NYC; NYTimes expert on Jewish
affairs.· See:A]YB, 79:373; NYTimes, Apr 1
1977,26:1.
Spiegel, Jacob J; b. Boston, Nov 24 1901; d.
Apr 91984.
LLB, LLD Boston U, JSD Suffolk U, MA CoIl
Optometry, JD Portia Law. • Lawyer, state
supreme judiCial court judge, Boston; legal secy
to Senator Lodge; counsel Port of Boston
Authority; chr JudiCial Council of MA. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Spiegel,Joseph; b. ca 1840; d. Chicago, Sep
13 1918.
Civil War veteran, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
21:207.
Spiegel, Marcus M; b. OH, 1829; d. LA,
1864.
Civil War Union colonel; died of wounds
before action on proposed promotion to
brigadier general; published letters: Your True
Marcus (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, Jan
10 1943,48:5.
Spiegel, Sam; b. Austria, ca 1902; d. St
Martin, Dec 1985.
Movie producer; winner of several Academy
Awards. • See: NYTimes, Jan 11986,20:1.
Spiegel, Shalom; b. Vnter Stanestie,
Bucovina, Jan 26 1899; d. NYC, May 24
1984.
To NYC 1928. - Berlin Lehranstalt, PhD U
Vienna. • Scholar ofHeb literature, communal
worker, NYC; faculty JTS, Haifa Technical
Inst, Rerzliah Reb Academy, Jewish Inst of
Religion. • See: UJE; A]YB, 86:443-44;
Spiegel-Adolf, Mona (Mrs Ernest Spiegel)
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 (sub
Spiegel, Ernest); WWIA], 1938.
Spiegelberg, Flora Langennan (Mrs Wtlli
Spiegelberg); 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; fdr
Friendly Club. • See: UJE (sub Spiegelberg);
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; A]HQ, 56:371-451;
Spiegelberg, Frederick; b. NYC, Nov 3
1862; d. NYC,July 101937.
U Berlin, U Leipzig, Harvard, LLB Columbia.
• Lawyer, municipal judge, labor arbiter,
NYC; an orgr Educational Alliance; helped
review 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, Dec
311897; d. Nov 61979.
AB Cornell, JD/LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
NYC; faculty NYU; co-fdr Joint ConfLegal
Education; active legal orgns, Republican
politics; WWI service; WWII special asst to
US Atty General. • See: UJE (sub
Spiegelberg); WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 7.
Spiegelberg, Herbert; b. Strasbourg, 1904.
To US 1938. • Philosopher; faculty
Swarthmore ColI, Lawrence U, U Washington
(St Louis); author in field; raised as Christian. •
See:E].
Spiegelberg, Isaac Newton; b. NYC, Mar 3
1859; d. 1927.
CE U Hannover (Germany). • Engineer,
stockbroker, NYc. • See: UJE (sub
Spiegelberg); WWIA],1926.
Spiegelberg, Solomon Jacob; b. Westphalia
(Natzungen).
To NM 1842. • Pioneer NM merchant, Santa
Fe; joined by 3 brothers. • See: UJE (sub
Spiegelberg);A]HQ,56:371-451.
Spiegelberg, Wtlliam I; b. Santa Fe, ca
1862; d. Paris,Jan 18 1932.
Merchant, communalworker,NYC;bd
Emanu-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 (sub
Spiegelberg); A]YB, 31 :94; A]HQ, 56:371-451.
Spiegelman, Henry Allen; b. Kutey,
Rumania, May 18 1897.
To US 1899. • BS Carnegie Tech. • Chemical
engineer, Oil City, PA. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Spiegelman, Sol; b. NYC, Dec 141914; d.
Jan 211983.
CCNY, Columbia, PhD Washington U (St
Louis); honorary degrees. • Biologist, NYC;
faculty Washington U, U MN, U IL,
Columbia; mem Natl Cancer Advisory Bd;
Spiegelman, William Zev; b. Siedlee,
Poland, Aug 241894; d. NYC, May 15
1949.
U Cracow. • Journalist, Brooklyn; with Polish,
Jewish newspapers; editor ]DB-]TA; exec secy
Jewish Education Assn of San Francisco. • See:
A]YB, 51 :524; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];
Spiegleman, Maurice Hennan; b. Zaslov,
Russia, May 8 1889.
To US 1893. • Mt Vernon School
(Philadelphia). • Insurance agent, Denver, Los
Angeles; 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 of NY. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1928; NYTimes, Aug 1 1940, 21:5.
Spielberg, Rebecca Fishman (Mrs Harold
Spielberg); b. Warsaw, Dec 5 1880.
NYU. • Communal worker, pioneer Zionist
Idr, office mgr, NYC; orgr Am Daughters of
Zion; natl officer Hadassah; pres Educational
Guild 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, New
Haven; active synagog, Union of Am Heb
Congregations.· See:A]YB, 40:392; NYTimes,
Aug 12 1937, 19:6.
Spier, Leslie; b. NYC, Dec 13 1893; d. Dec
3 1961.
BS CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Anthropologist;
with Am Museum of Natural History; faculty
U NM, U W A, Yale; specialty: Am Indians;
author in field. • See: E]; DAB, 7.
Spiers, Richard N; b. ca 1873; d. May 29
1936.
Artist, designer of stained glass windows,
Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 38:435.
616
Spiesberger, Herbert Teller; b. Keokuk,
IA,Jan 3 1880; d. Mar 1960.
AB U IL, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,
clothing mfr, banker, Chicago; officer Jewish
Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar
12 1960,21:2.
Spingarn, Arthur Barnett; b. NYC, Mar 28
1878; d. Dec 11971.
AB, MA, LLB Columbia; honorary degrees. •
Lawyer, NYC; officer NAACP; active NY Bar
Assn; donated collection of Negro literature to
Howard V; WWI service. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Spingarn);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; counsel
Bd of Education; active Red Cross, Heb
Orphan Home, synagog; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Spingold, Nathan Breiter; b. Chicago, Mar
6 1886; d. June 14 1958.
Kent ColI of Law. • Business exec, journalist,
NYC; exec Columbia Pictures; dir William
Morris Enterprises. • See: WWWIA, 3;
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 Express
Co, banker, Cleveland; pres synagog; dir
Welfare Assn for Jewish Children. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Spire,Andrc;b. Nancy, France, 1868;d.
1966.
To US 1941, in US during WWII. • French
poet, lawyer, government official, refugee
worker, Zionist; faculty New School; fought
duel over Dreyfus Affair. • See: UJE; E].
Spiro, Eugen; b. Breslau, 1874; d. NYC,
Sep 1972.
To US 1941. • Artist, lithographer; faculty
Academie Moderne (Paris), Berlin Academy of
Art; 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;
617
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
Sporborg, Constance Amberg (Mrs William Dick Sporborg)
Spitz, Mark; b. 1950.
Champion swimmer; 5 Olympic gold medals. •
See: E]:1982-1985.
Spiro, Marcus; b. North Adams, MA, Apr 8
1891.
BS Fordham. • Tchr, principal, camp dir,
NYC; with public school system; dir
Educational Alliance, YMHA camps; "WWI
Spitz, Moritz; b. Csaba, Hungary, Oct 14
1848; d. St Louis, Nov 111920.
U Prague. • Rabbi, St Louis; editor Jewish
Times, Jewish Voice. • See: JE; AJYB, 5(19031904):101-02,23:133.
Spiro, Melford Elliot; b. Cleveland, 1920.
Anthropologist; specialty: social systems,
particularly of kibbutz; faculty U CT,
Washington U, U Chicago; author in field. •
See:E].
Spitz, Nancy (Mrs George J Spitz); b.
Bangor, July 15 1853.
Communal worker, Allston, MA; dir Leopold
Morse Home, Wornens Sewing Soc; bd Little
Helpers.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):105.
Spiro, Nathan; b. Riess, Poland, July 3
1867/1869.
Merchant, legislator, Danbury, CT; officer
] ewish Relief, Am Legion, Zionist Org of Am;
trustee Salvation Army Home. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938.
Spitz, Rene A (Mrs); b. Vienna, 1887; d.
Denver, Sep 1974.
To US late 1930s. • Child psychologist,
psychoanalyst, NYC, Denver; faculty NY
Psychoanalytic Inst, CCNY, U CO; author in
field. • See: E]; NYTimes, Sep 18 1974,
44:2.
Spiro, Solon; b. Kurnik, Gennany, Mar 1
1863.
To US 1881. • Mine operator, Salt Lake City;
general mgr Silver King Consolidated Mining
Co. • 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 10
1936.
Communal worker, justice of the peace, Kansas
City.· See:A]YB, 39:598.
Spitz, BenjaminJ; b. Paterson, Jan 3 1894.
NYU, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, asst state atty
general, Paterson; counsel City of Paterson, NJ
Police, 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; officer
Universal Internatl Pictures. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 17 1956,
31:1.
Sprtz, Leon;b. Ponwez, Lithuania, Dec 15
1891; d. West Hartford, CT, Nov 28
1959.
To US 1904. • AB Trinity, MA Columbia,
ordained]TS. • Rabbi, communalldr, author,
Ozone Park, NY; exec dir Cleveland]ewish
Center; pres CT Zionist Regional Union; natl
exec com Zionist Org of Am, 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.
Spitzer, Bernard M; b.*; d. Sullivans Island,
Jan 1796.
Colonial settler, Philadelphia, Charleston, SCi
prominent Mason; a fdr Mikveh Israel; friend
ofHaym 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; active
synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec
16 1975,42:3.
Spitzer, Leo; b. Vienna, 1887; d. Forte dei
Manni, Italy, Sep 1960.
To US 1936. • U Vienna, U Paris, U Leipzig.
• Philologist; faculty U Vienna, U Bonn, U
Marburg, U Cologne, U Istanbul,]ohns
Hopkins; 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 16
1901.
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 Grad
School of Med, 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 25
1970.
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; honorary
degree. • Musicologist, government consult,
Washington DC; with Library of Cong; mem
US Natl Commn for UNESCO; officer
professional socs.· See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,
May 11 1977, II 8:2.
Spivacke, Romana (Mrs); b. ca 1884; d. Dec
301938.
Communal & philanthropic worker, NYc. •
See:A]YB, 41:431.
Spivak, Charlie; b. New Haven, Feb 17
1905; d. Greenville, SC, 1982.
Big band ldr, trumpet player. • See: NYTimes,
Mar 2 1982.
Spivak, Charles David (Spivakovsky, Hayem
David); b. Krememtschug, Russia, Dec
25 1861; d. Denver, Oct 16 1927.
To US 1882. • MD ] efferson Med ColI, postgrad U Berlin. • Physician, gastroenterologist,
Denver; faculty Denver School ofMed; studied
health of European Jews for]oint Distribution
Com; co-author Yiddish dictionary; a fdr
] ewish Consumptives Relief Soc; officer med
assns; author/editor in field, Yiddish & Heb
press.· 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 13
1897.
Reporter, writer, NYC; Berlin, Moscow
correspondent, 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 6
1903; d. Brooklyn, June 201963.
To US 1940. • Writer, Poale Zion & Labor
Zion ldr, translator, editor (Poland); active
Cong for Jewish Culture. • See: UJE; AJYB,
65:437-38; NYTimes,]une 22 1963,23:6.
Spoehr,Alexander;b. Tucson, 1913.
Anthropologist; specialty: Am Indians, Pacific
Islanders; faculty Yale, East-West Center (U
HI); pres professional soc; author in field. •
See:EJ.
Sporborg, Constance Amberg (Mrs William
Dick Sporborg); b. Cincinnati, July 11
1879; d. NYC,Jan 2 1961.
U Cincinnati; honorary degree. • Natl pres
Natl Council of]ewish Women, communal &
civic worker, NYC, Port Chester, NY; assocd
settlement houses; natl com Common Cause;
mem US Natl Commn for UNESCO; original
representative UNRRA; pres NY State Fedn of
Wornens Clubs; accredited observer UN. •
See: UJE;AJYB, 63:562; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 6;NYTimes,]an 3 1961,29:2.
Sporborg, William Dick
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;
618
To NYC 1911. • Communist Party ldr, exec
secy; official Trade Union Educational League;
led Detroit strike of unemployed; indicted
under Smith Act, imprisoned 5 years. • See:
E]; NYTimes, Jan 2 1966, 73:1.
WWIA],1928.
Sporn, Philip; b. Galicia, Nov 25 1896; d.
Jan 23 1978.
To US 1907. • Columbia, post-grad Stevens
Inst, IL Inst of Technology, Brooklyn
Polytech; honorary degrees. • Electrical
engineer, electrical co exec, NYC; consult US
government, Atomic Energy Commn, Natl
Research Council, Natl Academy of Sciences;
mem US delegation Geneva Conf for Peaceful
Uses of Atomic Energy; author in field. • See:
E]; WWWL4, 7; NITimes,Jan 241978,34:3.
Spotnitz, Miriam Radcliffe (Mrs Hyman
Spotnitz); b. 1911; d. NYC,June 15
1977.
.
Stack, Morton M; b. ca 1901; d. West Palm
Beach, Dec 1967.
MD Medico-Chiurgical ColI (Philadelphia). •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, surgeon,
Philadelphia; faculty U P A; 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.
Numismatic authority, dealer, noted collector,
NYc. • See: NYTimes, Dec 30 1967,23:2.
Stand, Bert; b. NYC, May 7 1901; d. NYC,
Apr 1967.
Stackel (Stackell), Harry;·b. NYC, Mar 17
1883; d. NYC,Jan 161972.
Tammany ldr, NYC; mem Boxing Commn,
NY State Athletic Commn. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Apr 271967,45:1.
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 6
1896; d. May 12 1954.
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.
Psychiatric sodal worker, tchr, NYC; faculty
Center for Modem Psychoanalytic Studies; bd
Louise Wise Adoption Agency. • See: A]YB,
79:374; NITimes, June 17 1977, II 4:6.
BS U FL, MA, PhD U MO, post-grad Cornell
U, Harvard. • Geneticist, biologist, Columbia,
MO; faculty U MO; staff Dept of Agriculture;
advisor Atomic Energy Commn; WWI service.
• See: UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, May 141954, 23:5.
Communal worker; staffJewish Telegraph
Agency; natl dir womens division of United
Jewish Appeal; officer B'nai B'rith, Womens
League for Israe1. • See: A]YB, 70:525;
Sprayregen, Morris; b. Russia, Jan 23 1888;
d.Aug 1974.
Stadtfeld, Joseph; b. NYC, Aug 211861; d.
Philadelphia, Dec 12 1943.
Stankiewicz, Richard Peter; b. Philadelphia,
Oct 181922; d. Mar 271983.
Mfr, NYC; pres Coat & Suit Mfrs Assn. • See:
WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Aug 201974,38:1.
Sculptor, tchr, artist-in-residence, Huntington,
MA; orgr Hansa Gallery (NYC). • See:
Spring, Morton Arthur; b. NYC, Aug 12
1896; d. Aug 1967.
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 13
1943,23:2.
Businessman, motion picture distributor,
NYC; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Aug 141967, 31:4.
Stagel, Jacob; b. Cleveland, ca 1886; d.
Cleveland, Sep 111941.
Spring, Samuel; b. San Diego, Oct 26 1888.
A]YB, 44:344.
Harvard, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston, San
Francisco, NYC; mem MA Security Commn,
Republican State Com (CA); author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;
Stahl, Abraham M; b. Germany, Mar 24
1853.
Municipal judge, civic ldr, Cleveland. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Stans, Maurice Hubert; b. Shakopee, MN,
Mar221908.
Northwestern. • Secy of Commerce, CPA,
investment banker; involved in Watergate
scandal. • See: NITimes stories, June 26 1970,
Feb 17 1971.
Starer, Robert; b. Vienna, 1924.
WWIA],1928.
To Jerusalem 1938, to US 1947. • Vienna
Academy of Music, Juilliard. • Composer of
ballets, operas, NYC; faculty Juilliard,
Brooklyn Col1. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Stahl, Adolfo; b. Kempen, Germany, Jan 18
1859.
Stark, Abe; b. NYC, Sep 28 1894; d. West
Palm Beach, July 2 1972.
Social worker, civic & communalldr,
Philadelphia; assocd N atl Council ofJewish
Women, Conf of]ewish Womens Orgs,
Internatl League; fdr public school classes for
women.· See:A]YB, 42:484; WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, May 41940, 17:4.
Wholesale grocer, coffee exporter, Guatemala;
orgr Bank of Guatemala; retired to San
Francisco; officer synagog; dir Mt Zion
Hospita1.· See: BEGAJ.
Businessman, city official, acting mayor, NYC;
pres Borough of Brooklyn, NYC Council;
Commr of Commerce; a fdr Abe Stark
Philanthropies, Abe Stark Hillel Found, ORT;
chr bd Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies. • See:
A]YB, 74:559;NYTimesstory, Sep291960,
obituary, July 4 1972, 20:2.
Sprintz, Solomon; b. ca 1839; d. Boston,
May 251929.
Rabbi, author, Boston. • See:A]YB,32:155.
U Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Law. It US court of
appeals judge, state atty general, city solicitor,
Pittsburgh; military service. • See: NYTimes,
Feb 23 1970,27:5.
WWWL4,6.
Springer, Carrie Mendelsohn (Mrs Eugene
Springer); b. Philadelphia; d. May 3
1940.
Banker, legislator, Berlin, NH; officer
professional org; trustee YMCA • See:
Stahl, David; b. ca 1921; d. Pittsburgh, Feb
1970.
Squadron, Howard Maurice; b. NYC, 1926.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,
NYC; chr Conf of Presidents of Major Am
Jewish Orgs; active Am Jewish Cong, cultural
affairs. • See: E}:1973-1982.
Staller, Max; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Mar 1919.
Srere, Abraham; b. Toledo, Feb 11890.
To US 1906.· LLB Creighton. • Lawyer,
state district & supreme court judge, Omaha,
Los Angeles; asst atty general, NE; specialty:
industrial relations; faculty U Omaha; pres
Jewish Centers Assn of Los Angeles. • See:
Surgeon, philanthropist, Philadelphia; fdr Mt
Sinai.· See:A]YB, 21:207.
Stalmaster, Irvin; b. Odessa, June 5 1897.
Washington Normal School, LLB Detroit
ColI of Law. • Lawyer, cotton jobber, Detroit;
officer Keren Hayesod, synagog, United Jewish
Charities, United Heb Schools. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Stachel, Jacob crack); b. Galicia, 1900; d.
NYC, 1965/1966.
Stark, Edward J; b. Hohenems, Austria,
Mar 291863; d. 1918.
Cantor, composer, Temple Emanu-EI, San
Francisco. • See: UJE; A]YB, 5(19031904):102.
Stark, Howard B; b. ca 1872; d. reported
July 2 1938.
Communalldr, Albany, NY. • See: A]YB,
41:431.
Stark, Jacob Julius; b. Russia, Apr 15 1891.
UJE; WWIA], 1938.
To US 1906. • DDS NYU. • Dentist,
Brooklyn; officer Jewish professional org;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Stamm, Camille Joseph; b. Dallas, Oct 7
1886.
Stark, John Reis; b. Cincinnati, Sep 11893;
d. Cincinnati, Oct 1949.
619
V Cincinnati, MD OH Miami Med ColI. Surgeon, gynecologist, Cincinnati; faculty V
Cincinnati. - 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 for
Tchrs. - Newspaper correspondent, labor
reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner, NYC; pioneer
in 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 29
1877; 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 V
Cincinnati. - See: AJYB, 24:206; NITimes, July
17 192 5, 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 ofJewish
Philanthropies J oint Campaign; city editor
Day-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 for
Israel; bd Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, Heb V.
- See:AJYB, 77:600; NITimes, Dec 5 1975,
42:2.
Starr, Florence Cohen (Mrs); b. Des
Moines; d. NYC, July 15 1963.
V MN, MA V Chicago, post-grad Columbia. Social worker, NYC; with Jewish Guild for the
Blind; author on blind. - See:AJYB, 65:438;
NITimes, July 171963,31:5.
Starr, Jacob; b. 1889; d. NYC, May 221976.
Business exec, communalldr, philanthropist; a
fdr, benefactor Womens League for Israel; a
fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; trustee
synagog, Heb V. - See: AJYB, 78:546;
NITimes, May 241976,32:3.
Starr,Joshua; b. NYC, 1907; d. NYC, Dec 6
1949.
JTS, V Chicago, NYU, Columbia. - Jewish
historian, communal worker, linguist, tchr;
specialty: Byzantine Jewry; staffAm Jewish
Cong, Joint Distribution Com; secy Commn
for EuropeanJewish Cultural Reconstruction;
advisor VS State Dept; author in field; WWII
service. - 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 of sheet music.
• See: NITimes, Dec 18 1964,34:4.
Stefan, Paul
Starr, Selig; b. Yanow, Poland, June 15
1896.
To Chicago 1921. - Ordained Heb
Theological ColI (Chicago), PhB, MA V
Chicago. - Professor of Talmud, Heb
Theological ColI, Chicago. - See: WWIAJ,
1926, 1928, 1938.
Starrels, Solomon Elihu; b. Brooklyn, Dec
51895; d. Savannah Beach, GA, 1983.
AB V Cincinnati, ordained Reb Vnion ColI,
PhD V London. • Reform rabbi, Savannah
Beach, GA, earlier New Orleans, Lincoln,
NE, London. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;
CCARYB.
Startz, Irving Samuel; b. Brooklyn, Jan 21
1893; d.Aug1954.
MD LI ColI Hospital, VS Army Med School.
• Roentgenologist, Elmhurst, LI; WWI
service. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Aug
23 1954, 17:6.
Stassevitch, Paul; b. Simferopol, Crimea,
May 51894.
To VS 1919. - Petrograd V, Petrograd
Conservatory. - 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, expert
witness, Germany; lecturer, dir Inst (Santa
Barbara); 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, Feb
211944.
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 15
1953.
Textile merchant, communalldr; officer
Mizrachi, 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 wornens
division 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/dir
YM-YWHA, Jewish Welfare Bd; natlldr
VnitedJewish Appeal; pres Am Assn for Jewish
Education; exec com World Fedn of YMHAs
& Jewish Community Centers; officer
professional orgs; author on fundraising; WWI
.service.- See:AJYB, 69:613; WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; BEOA};JTA-DNB, Feb 201967; Natl
Jewish Post, Feb 241967; NITimes, Feb 18
1967,29:1.
Steams, Benjamin; b. ca 1842; d. New
Rochelle, Aug 1913.
Communal worker, New Rochelle. - See:
AJYB, 16(1914-1915):166; NITimes, Aug 28
1913,9:3.
Steams, L Lawrence; b. NYC, June 9 1888.
NYU. - Publisher of architectural works,
WWI ordnance dept service. - See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ.
Stecker, Hannah Dora; b. Louisville, Oct
15 1887.
AB U Cincinnati, post-grad V WI. - Research
dir, motion picture theatre mgr, Cincinnati;
agent Childrens Bureau; statistician Labor
Bureau; 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 Dallas
Museum, 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 supreme
court judge, social reformer, NYC; concerned
for legal needs of Lower East Side. - See: JE;
UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):194-95, 31:94;
Steckler, David; b. NYC,Jan 301974.
CCNY, LLB NYU. - Lawyer, NYC; officer
Amos 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; memMayors
Task Force on Child Abuse; general counsel
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; exec com Am
Jewish Com. - See: WWWIA, 7.
Steeg, Adolph William; b. 'ca 1875; d. New
Orleans, Mar 17 1933.
Communal worker, New Orleans. - See:
AJYB, 35:129.
Steeg, Jacob I; b.*; d. New Orleans, Oct 14
1946.
Publisher, mgr, Jewish Ledger, New Orleans. See: AJYB, 49:618.
Steeg, Moise S Sri b. ca 1880; d. Jan 28
1940.
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; Park
Commr, Highland Park. - See: WWlAJ, 1938.
Steep, Thomas; b. Cincinnati, 1880; d.
NYC, Sep 3 1944.
Internatl newspaper correspondent; mgr NY
bureau Pan Pacific Press. - See: WWW.IA. 2;
NITimes, Sep 4 1944, 19:2.
Stefan, Paul; b. Brunn, Germany, 1879; d.
NYC, Nov 1943.
Stefansky, (;eorge
To US 1941. • PhD U Vienna. • Music writer,
biographer, critic, Vienna, NYC; tchr Max
Reinhardt School; fd! Internatl Soc for
Contemporary Music; outspoken anti-Nazi. •
See: UJE.
Stefansky, George; b. Prague, 1899?; d.
NYC, Dec 20 1957.
Economist, NYC; dir economic research Israel
Bond Org, United Jewish Appeal; faculty
NYU; authorin field.· See:A]YB, 60:357;
NYTimes, Dec 25 1957,31:5.
Steichen, Edward; b. Luxembourg, Mar 27
1879; d. West Redding, CT, Mar 25
1973.
To US 1880. • Honorary degrees. • World
famous photographer, artist, plant breeder,
NYC; dir dept of photography Museum of
Modem Art; WWII service. • See: WfVWIA.,
5; NYTimes, Mar 261973,1:7.
Stein, Abraham Cass; b. Pittsburgh, Sep 28
1880.
U Pittsburgh, U Pittsburgh Law. • Lawyer,
legislator, majority ldr, Pittsburgh; active
philanthropic & 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 in
field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 18
1962,29:2.
Stein, Ben H; b. Vicksburg, Dec 271871; d.
Jan 111937.
Soule Community ColI. • Merchant, alderman,
Vicksburg; mem Waterworks Commn; officer
Bd ofTrade, synagog, Boy Scouts, United
Jewish Campaign.· See:A]YB, 40:392;
WWIA],1928.
Stein, Benjamin F; b. Chicago, Dec 3 1880.
Chicago Academy, Lewis Inst. • Investment
banker, stockbroker, Chicago; dir Boys Camp
Work, Young Mens Council for Boys Clubs;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Regional War Labor Bd. • See: WWWIA., 8;
NYTimes,Jan281985,14:1.
Stein, Emil; b. Tarnow, Austria, July 4
1884; d. Elizabeth, NJ, Mar 1960.
MD NYUlBellevue. • Physician, Elizabeth;
pres Bd of Health; a fdr Fedn ofHeb Charities;
exec bd Am Jewish Physicians Com; trustee
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Mar
271960,87:1.
Stein, FredM; b. Allegheny, PA,Jan 7
1874; d. NYC, Apr 25 1950.
Harvard. • Banker, woolen mfr, NYC; a fdr
Altro Work Shops; officer Am Indian Defense
Assn; dir Training School for Jewish Social
Work, 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 3
1874; 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; with
World Jewish Cong, National Council of
Jewish Women; mem Pres Com on
Employment of Handicapped, Zionist Org of
Am; exec com Fedn of Zion Youth. • See:
A]YB, 75:657; WWWIA., 6;NYTimes, Sep 13
1973,52:3.
Stein, Harold; b. NYC, Oct 211902; d.
Philadelphia, May 8 1966.
PhD Yale. • Political scientist, government
official; sta:ffFERA, WPA, Natl Labor
Relations Bd, Dept of Labor, UNRRA; faculty
U WI, Inst for Advanced Study (Princeton);
author in field. • See: WWWIA., 4; NYTimes,
May 101966,45:1.
Stein, Clarence S; b. Rochester, NY, June
19 1882; d. Feb 7 1975.
Columbia, Beaux Arts (Paris). • Architect,
NYC; pres Civic Films; designed Temple
Emanu-EI; consult US Housing Authority,
Resettlement Adm; officer professional orgs. •
See: WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Feb 8 1975,28:2.
Stein, Herbert; b. Detroit, Aug 27 1916.
BA Williams, PhD U Chicago. • Economist,
government advisor; mem Council of
Economic Advisors; author in field.•. See:
E]:1973-1982; NYTimes story, Feb 18 1969.
Stein, David W; b. ca 1845; d. Brooklyn,
Aug291913.
Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):166.
Stein, Herman D; b. NYC, 1917.
Social work educator & exec; faculty NY
School of Social Work, Columbia, Case
Western Reserve; staffJoint Distribution Com;
advisor UNESCO, UNICEF, many internatl
corns. • See: E].
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.Jan
261985.
PhD NYU. • Labor arbitrator, NYC; faculty
NYU; exec dir NYU Inst of Labor & Social
Security; bdJTS; author in field; mem
620
r
Stein, Herman M; b. Green Bay, Mar 4
1889; d. Lawrence, NY, Oct 12 1960.
Business exec, accountant; bd Heb Union CollJewish Inst of Religion; fundraiser Union of
Am Heb Congregations.· See:A]YB, 63:562;
NYTimes, Oct 13 1960, 37: 1.
Stein, Irving Freiler; b. Chicago, Sep 19
1887.
Lewis Inst, BS U MI, MD Rush Med ColI. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, Chicago; faculty
Northwestern; 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 15
1897.
To NYC 1910.· Cornell. • Mfr, inventor,
patent holder; NYC; mem Palestine Economic
Com. • 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 Joint
Distribution Com; fought in Boer War. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Stein, Jacob Morris; b. Jamestown, TN, Jan
141889.
Journalist, publisher, Brownsville, TX; officer
General 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, East
Liverpool, OH. • See:A]YB, 38:435.
Stein, Joseph Sigmund; b. Chicago, Mar 31
1890.
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 of
Religion (NYC), Miriam Josephine Club for
Girls. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Stein, Jules; b. South Bend, IN, Apr 26
1896; d. Apr 291981.
U W VA, U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI,
post-grad Eye Clinic, U Vienna; honorary
degrees. • Entertainment business exec,
ophthalmologist, Chicago; fdr MCA Inc; cofdr Research to Prevent Blindness; UCLA eye
clinic named for him; military service. • See:
WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Apr 301981.
Stein, L Montefiore; b. Chicago, May 1
1885.
Stockbroker, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Stein, Leo; b. NYC, Sep 17 1850; d. NYC,
Mar271939.
Mfr, communal worker, NYC; pres NY
League for Hard of Hearing; est Stein Fund to
purchase 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;
621
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, P A, May
111872; d. Italy, July 291947.
V CA, Harvard, Harvard Law, Johns Hopkins.
• Painter, art critic, collector, expatriate, Paris;
contributor New Republic; advised collectors of
modem art. • See: EJ (sub Stein, Gertrude);
AJYB,50:523;NYTimes,July311947,21:5.
Stein, Leon I; b. Philadelphia, Feb 111904.
Merchant, mfr, Philadelphia; pres Camp
Council; dir YMHA camp, Fedn of] ewish
Charities; 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, P A, June 22
1918; d. Silver Spring, MD,July 11985.
Retail furniture merchant, communal worker;
bd B'nai B'rith; helped B'nai B'rith build low
income 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 prep
schools; editor-in-chief Typesetters Mold; exec
secy 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, Yiddish
Culture 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 under
William 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.
Steinberg, Harris B
Stein, Morris L; b. ca 1866; d.July 15 1935.
Rabbi, communal worker, Port Chester, NY. •
See:AJYB, 38:436. • *See entry above.
Cotton planter, merchant, Greenville, MS.•
See:AJYB, 36:287.
Stein, Mrs Julius; b. ca 1876; d. May 30
1936.
38:435.
Stein, William Howard; b. NYC, June 25
1911; d. Feb 2 1980.
Biochemist, Nobel laureate; with Rockefeller
Inst; advisor Heb V, Natl Inst for Neurological
Diseases; officer professional orgs. • See:
EJ:1973-1982; WWWIA, 7.
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 24/25
1922.
To VS 1854.· BA, MA V WI. • Lawyer,
appellate court judge, Chicago; mem Bd of
Education; 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, Los
Angeles; government & private practice; an
orgr 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 30
1945, 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; bd
YMCA; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1938.
Stein, Silas W; b. ca 1854; d. Brooklyn, Nov
2 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, ca
1869; d. Rochester, NY, Feb 1 1945.
Mfr, philanthropist, Rochester, NY; benefactor
Jewish Young Mens & Womens Assn, V
Rochester, Home for Colored Children. • See:
AJYB,47:532-33.
Stein, V A; b. ca 1860; d. Greenville, MS,
Aug271933.
Steinbach, Alexander Alan; b. Baltimore,
Feb 21894; d. Hollywood, FL, Nov 12
1978.
AB Johns Hopkins, ordained Heb Union ColI,
MA Atlantic U. • Rabbi, author, poet,
Brooklyn, earlier Norfolk, VA; pres NY Bd of
Rabbis, Book Council of Am; editor Jewish
Book 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, June
41851; d. Philadelphia, Feb 10 1913.
To VS 1870. • MD Jefferson Med ColI. •
Physician, surgeon, communal worker,
Philadelphia; mem State Anatomical Bd;
faculty Jefferson Med CoIl, Polyclinic; dir
Kehillah, Jewish Chautauqua, Alliance Israelite
Vniverselle. • 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; a
fdr, trustee Mt Sinai School ofMed; officer
Fedn 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 Heb
Friendly Inn; officer B'rith Sholom; bdJewish
Social 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, Apr
101872.
To Council Bluffs 1906. • Heb ColI (Latvia),
ordained Rabbinical ColI (London). • Grocer,
realtor, alderman, Council Bluffs; orgr Public
Works Adm project; Boer War service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Steinberg, Hans Wtlhelm; b. Cologne,.
1899.
To VS 1938. • Conductor; musical dir
Frankfurt Opera; assisted Toscanini, NBC
Orchestra. • See: UJE.
Steinberg, Harris B; b. NYC, ca 1912; d.
New Haven, June 1969.
CCNY, Harvard Law.· Noted criminologist,
defense lawyer, NYC; worked on Dewey
rackets investigating team; advocate of judicial
reform, civil liberties. • See: NITimes, June 5
1969,47:1.
622
Steinberg, Isaac Nahman
Steinberg, Isaac Nahman; b. Dvinsk, July
13 1888; d. NYC, Jan 2 1957.
To US 1943. • Moscow U, Dr of Laws U
Heidelberg. • Russian revolutionary, jurist,
writer; mem Socialist Revolutionary Party,
Lenin government; bd Yiddish Inst; fdr
Freeland League for Jewish Territorial
Colonization. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 59:477;
Steinberg, Israel; b. Lawrence, MA., 1903;
d. Phoenix, Feb 1983.
MD Harvard. • Physician, cardiologist;
developed diagnostic technique; faculty
Cornell; author in field. • See: NYTimes, Feb
17 1983,47:7.
Steinberg, James; b. Oakdale, CT, Oct 4
1889.
Cornell, MD Cornell, post-grad, CA, Paris,
NYC. • Urologist, Los Angeles; mem Am
Commn to Negotiate Peace; US delegate to
Paris Peace Conf; pres Jewish Big Bros; author
in field; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Steinberg, Jeffrey Joshua; b. ca 1947; d.
Hempstead, LI, 1981.
U Pittsburgh, NYU School of Film. • Fdr,
publisher, Stonehill Communications; co-fdr
Straight Arrow, art of Rolling Stone magazine
co; opponent ofgovernment restrictions. •
See: NYTzmes, June 3 1981.
Steinberg, Joseph; b. ca 1881; d. NYC, Nov
271932.
State legislator, NYc. • See:AJYB, 35:129.
Steinberg,Julius; b. Brooklyn, 1915; d.
.
NYC, May 3 1978.
Business exec, philanthropist; bd, benefactor LI
Jewish Hillside Med Center. • See: AJYB,
80:372; NYTimes, May41978, II 2:3.
Steinberg, Louis Meyer; b. ca 1880; d. St
Louis, Nov 8 1932.
Philanthropist, St Louis. • See: AJYB, 35:129.
Steinberg, Mark C; b. St Louis, Aug 23
1881; d. St Louis, Oct 1951.
Businessman, investment banker, St Louis; part
owner Browns baseball team.· See: WWIAJ,
1928,1938; NYTimes, Oct 22 1951,23:3.
Steinberg, Martin; b. 1907; d. Bronx, May
101980.
Realtor, businessman, communalldr,
philanthropist, NYC; active Youth Hostel
(Israel); est Cultural Center for Artists. • See:
AJYB,82:373.
To Cleveland 1913.· Communal worker,
Cleveland; a fdr Jewish Center; officer
Mizrachi; 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,Nov
251903; d. NYC, Mar 201950.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. •
Conservative rabbi, communalldr, author,
Zionist, NYC, earlier Indianapolis; instructor
CCNY, JTS; adm com Zionist Org of Am;
exec council Rabbinical Assembly of Am;
editorial bd Reconstructionist. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWWIA, 3; DetroitJewish News story, Mar 27
1981; NYTimes, Mar 21 1950,29:1.
Steinberg, Moses Elias; b. Akkerman,
Bessarabia, Aug 61888.
To US 1906. • BS U CA, MS U Chicago, MD
Rush Med Call, post-grad U Vienna. •
Surgeon, Portland, OR; assocd US Public
Health Service Hospital, US Veterans
Hospital; military service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
NYU Law; honorary degree. • Lawyer, state
supreme & appellate court judge, public
investigator, NYC; counsel Bd of Estimates;
officer Fedn of]ewish Charities, NY Fedn of
Reform 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, Feb
51908.
AB Princeton, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
NYC; officer Jr Fedn ofFedn ofJewish
Charities. • 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 Natl
Council ofJewish Women; trustee Public
Library.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):105;
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 7 1940, 49:3.
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.
Steiner, Bernard Sigfried; b. Birmingham,
AL, Apr 13 1905; d. Nov 3 1974.
U PA. • Banker, exec, Birmingham, AL; officer
synagog.· See: WWWIA, 6.
Steinberg, Philip; b. ca 1843; d. Baltimore,
Apr 61917.
Civil War veteran, Baltimore. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):268.
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.
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.
Steiner, Dorothy Levy (Mrs Bernard S
Steiner); b. Louisville, Dec 211907.
AB Wellesley. • Civic & communal worker,
Birmingham, AL; officer N atl Council of
Jewish Women; bd League of Women Voters,
Maternal Welfare Clinic.· See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Steinberg, Wtlliam; b. Cologne, Aug 1
1899; d. May 16 1978.
To US 1938. • U Cologne. • Orchestra
conductor, Atherton, CA; music dir Frankfurt
Opera. • See: WWWIA, 7; DetroitJewish
News, May 19 1978; NYTimes, May 17 1978, II
2:1.
Steinberger, Louis; b. Szegedin, Hungary.
Inventor, artist, Brooklyn; invented insulating
material. • See: AJYB, 24:206; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928.
.
Steinberg, Martin Remez; b. Crucha,
Russia, June 5 1904; d. Philadelphia, Aug
23 1983.
To US 1907.· MMed Sc U PA, MD Temple
U. • Physician, hospital admr, Medicare
advocate, Philadelphia, NYC; faculty UPA; dir
Mt Sinai; advisor Sidney Hillman Clinic;
officer professional assns; "WWII service. • See:
AJYB, 85:420; WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Aug 27
1983.
Steinbock, Max; b. NYC, Feb 181917; d.
June 17 1975.
Cooper Union. • Union worker, trade
publication editor; with Retail Wholesale &
Dept Store Union, Labor League on Human
Rights; exec dir Liberal Party; exec com Am
Trade Union Council for Histadrut;"WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 19
1975,38:5.
Steinberg,Max;b.Lithuania, 1889;d.
Cleveland Hgts, Feb 41943.
Steinbrink, Meier; b. NYC, Feb 28 1880; d.
Dec 71967.
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 Congregational
minister. • 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 Health
Service WWII. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Feb 28 1961,33:2.
Steiner, Eugene Joseph; b. Utica, Aug 2
1897.
BS U PA, LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, CPA,
Albany, NY; co-chr United Jewish Appeal;
officer professional soc; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Steinhart, Amy S (Mrs)
623
Steiner, Frederick G; b. Vienna, ca 1890; d.
Zurich, Aug 1968.
Dr of Laws UVienna. • Internatl banker,
Paris; with Dillon Read, Lazard Freres; exec
com Am Jewish Com.· See: NYTimes, Aug 27
1968,41:2.
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.
Piano mfr, art & music patron, civic worker,
Boston.· See:A]YB, 36:287.
Steinert, Henry M; b. ca 1856; d. Staten
Island, Feb 2 1913.
Municipal judge, NYC; active Democratic
politics. • See: A]YB, 15(1913-1914):274;
NYTimes, Feb 3 1913, 11:4.
Steiner, George Simon; b. Chicago, Aug 27
1887.
M~:~ant, Chicago; pres Steiner Electric Co;
WWl service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Steinert, Morris; b. Scheinfeld, Bavaria,
Mar 9 1831; d. Jan 211912.
!o US ca 1855. • Violinist, optician, optical
Instrument maker, New Haven; donor
collection of musical intruments to Yale- fdr
New Haven Symphony Orchestra;
,
autobiography. • See: AJYB, 14(19121913):125; DAB; NYTimes, Jan 22 1912,9:5.
Steiner, Gustave; b. ca 1858;d. Astoria, LI,
Apr 81932.
Communal & civic worker, Astoria, LI. • See:
A]YB,34:113.
Steinfeld, Albert; b. Hannover, Dec 23
1854; d. Feb 8 1935.
To US 1863.· Merchant, NYC, Denver,
Tucson.· See: U'WMA, 1.
Steiner, Herbert E; b. Birmingham, AL,
Dec 211890.
.
BS U PA. • Broker, Birmingham, AL; natl pres
Zeta Beta Tau; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ
1938.
'
Steinfeld, Alexander Michael; b. Zanesville,
OH, Jan 1 1873.
MD OH State, post-grad Vienna, Munich,
Berlin. • Surgeon, Columbus, OH; faculty OH
State; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928,
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.
Steinfeld, Emile; b. Louisville, July 21
1879.
LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, Louisville; officer
Steiner, Leo K; b. Kurshin, Bohemia, Feb
181870; d. Oct 22 1944.
To US 1885. • Eastman Business ColI
(Poughkeepsie). • Banker, broker,
Birmingham, AL; pres synagog. • See:
Steinfeld, Jacob; b. ca 1845; d. Cleveland,
Nov61912.
Merchant, philanthropist, Cleveland. • See:
A]YB, 15(1913-1914):274.
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, Apr
171896.
BS Case. • Exec, communalldr, Cleveland;
orgr Jewish Big Bros, Volunteer Assn, OH Big
Brother & Sister Conf; officer synagog; dir
Jewish Social Services, Zionist Org of Am;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Steiner, Ralph; b. Cleveland, Feb 8 1899.
AB Dartmouth, Clarence White School of
Photography. • Photographer, illustrator,
maker of documentary films, NYC; assocd US
Resettlement 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.
Steinfeld, Lewis; b.Jassy, May 2 1901.
To US 1901.· CCNY, LLB Fordham.·
Lawyer, NYC; specialty: transportation; officer
Shield of David Home for Orphan Girls,
Steinfeld, Martha Levy (Mrs Maurice L
Steinfeld); b. 1889; d. St Louis, Sep 24
1934.
Communal worker, author, St Louis; officer
Natl Fedn of Temple Sisterhoods; exec bd
Union of Am Heb Congregations. • See: UJE;
AJYB,37:262.
Steinfield, Edward; b. Carmel, NJ, Nov 1
1890.
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 Ladies
Free Loan Soc, Ladies Heb Immigrant Aid
Soc.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Steinglass, Meyer F; b. NYC.
AB CCNY, Columbia. • Journalist; editor
Brooklyn Examiner, New Palestine, Toronto
Jewish Standard; staff Seven Arts Feature
Syndication. • See: BEOAJ.
Steingold, Max; b. ca 1868; d. Apr 141938.
Realtor, author, Detroit. • See:AJYB, 40:392.
Steingut, Irwin; b. NYC, Oct 171893; d.
Brooklyn, Sep 261952.
LLB StJohns. • Lawyer, legislator, speaker of
the house, realtor, insurance broker, Brooklyn;
mem state cabinet; dir Fedn ofJewish
Charities; active Democratic Party, sponsor of
reform legislation. • See: UJE; EJ (sub
Steingut);A]YB, 55:460; WWIA], 1938;
Steingut, Stanley K; b. Brooklyn, May 20
1920.
Union ColI, StJohns Law. • Democratic Party
ldr, legislator, Brooklyn; fought cuts in
education, health care; WWII service. • See:
E]; NYTimes story, Nov 20 1962.
Steinhardt, Amelia (Mrs); b. ca 1854; d.
Aug251938.
41:431; NYTimes, Aug 27 1938, 13:4.
Steinhardt, Emanuel; b. ca 1856; d. New
Orleans, Dec 291912.
Grain merchant, New Orleans. • See: A]YB,
15(1913~1914):274.
Steinhardt, Irving David; b. NYC, Jan 19
1878;d. Feb 1942.
MD Columbia. • Surgeon, NYC; officer
Physicians Mutual Aid Assn, BoyScouts;
author sex education books for children' WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,' Feb 26
1942,19:4.
Steinhardt, Joseph; b.
Tauberbischopsheim, Germany, ca 1864;
d. NYC, Dec 1926.
To US ca 1877. • CCNY. • Produce
merchant, NYC; created European & Eastern
markets for Western apples; supplied US Army
during Spanish-Am War. • See: WWIA],
1926; NYTimes, Dec 11 1926, 17:3.
Steinhardt, Lawrence Adolph; b. NYC, Oct
61892; d. near Ottawa, Canada, Mar 28
1950.
AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, economist,
diplomat; important ambassadorships; mem
Democratic Natl Com; exec com Am Fedn of
Zionists; WWI service, decorated. • See: UJE;
E];AJYB, 52:505; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938;
U'WMA, 2; DAB, 4;AJH, 70:331-46;
Steinhardt, Maxwell; b. NYC, Nov 6 1889;
d. NYC, Oct 4 1977.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC; natl officer
Philanthropic Fund, Am Council for Judaism;
pres Shaw Soc of Am, Heb Technical School
for Girls; officer Jewish Found for Education
of Women; 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, business
exec, NYC, LI City; officer Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; fundraiser NY Worlds Fair;
natl guard service. • See: WWIAJ 1938·
BEOAJ.
'
,
Steinhart, Amy S (Mrs); b.*; d. San
Francisco, Apr 111932.
624
Steinhart (Steinhardt), Frank Maximillian (Maximilian)
Mem, CA Bd of Education, San Francisco. •
See: AJYB, 34:113.
Steinmuller, Stephen; b. ca 1845; d.
Baltimore, Apr 10 1917.
Civil War veteran, Baltimore.· See:A]YB,
NY.• See:AJYB, 40:392;NYTimes, Feb 28
1938, 15:1.
Steinhart (Steinhardt), Frank Maximillian
(Maximilian); b. Munich, May 12 1864;
d. Dec 91938.
Public utility & railroad exec, Am Consul-
19(1917-1918):268.
Stern, Alexander William; b. NYC, Nov 30
1898.
Steinthal, Albert E; b. NYC, June 6 1874.
Cooper Union, CCNY, U MI. • Civil
engineer, research physicist, Brooklyn; with
Public Service Commn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
General, Havana; agent US War Dept; military
service. • See: UJE, WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, I;NYTimes, Dec 10 1938,
17:3.
Steinhart, Ignatz; b. ca 1840; d. San
Francisco, May 14 1917.
Philanthropist, San Francisco. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):268.
Merchant, NYC; exec Acme Theatre Co; pres
Mens League of Thursday Hospital After
Care; active Home for Heb Infants. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926.
Stern, Alfred Kaufman (Kaufmann); b.
Fargo, ND, Nov 29 1897.
Stember, Charles; b. 1917; d. Princeton,
Aug 191982.
Harvard. • Civic ldr, housing authority, exec,
Chicago; chr IL State Housing Commn; mem
Recreational Commn, Crime Commn; dir
Julius Rosenwald Fund, Citizens Housing
Council (NY). • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926.
Sociologist, social pyschologist; faculty
Columbia, PA State, U Chicago, Rutgers;
consult Am Jewish Com; author in field. • See:
AJYB, 84:340.
Steinhart, Jesse Henry; b. San Francisco,
May 11 1881; d. San Rafael, CA, Mar 25
1965.
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 ofMunicipal
Research. • 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; WWI
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.
Steinitz, Wtlhelm; b. Prague, May 17 1836;
d. Wards Island, NY,June 22/Aug 12
1900.
To NYC 1893. • World champion
chessmaster; 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 11
1886; d. NYC, Aug 211960.
BS CCNY, CE, MA, PhD Columbia; honorary
degree. • Bridge engineer, NYC; faculty U ID,
CCNY; fdr David B Steinman Found; bd
Ecole des Hautes Etudes; consult George
Washington 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, electrical
engineer, patent holder, author, Schenectady;
pres Bd of Education; assocd General Electric;
faculty Union ColI; fled Germany for socialist
activities; no proof ofJewishness. • ·See: UJE;
E]; PAJHS, 32:123-24; WWWIA, 1; DAB;
NYTimes, Oct 30 1923, 19:3.
Stemple, Frank; b. NYC, Feb 111894; d.
Sep 161964.
Columbia. • Banker, officer, Small Business
Adm, Washington DC. • See: WWWIA,4.
Stepansky, Nahum (Nachum); b. 1924?; d.
Far Rockaway, Feb 14 1964.
Rabbi; tchr Heb Inst ofLI, Yeshiva U Tchrs
Inst; fdr religious institutions in Israel. • See:
AJYB, 66:582;NYTimes, Feb 171964, 31:5.
Sterling, Philip; b. Philadelphia, Apr 10
1887.
AB, LLB UPA.· Lawyer, legislator,
Philadelphia; mem PA Commn on Penal
Affairs of the Public Charity Assn; dir
Homewood School, Nat! Farm School. • See:
Stern, Alfred mrital; b. NYC, June 10
1881; 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, Arthur J; b. ca 1879; d. Brooklyn,
Mar 211933.
Lawyer, charter & condemnation expert,
Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 35:129; NYTimes, Mar
221933,17:1.
Stern, Arthur K; b. Philadelphia, Jan 13 .
1885.
U PA, Columbia. • Educator, author,
Philadelphia; pres Jewish Chautauqua. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
BEOAJ.
Sterman, Moses; b. Poland, ca 18·68; d. Dec
91938.
To US ca 1903. • Rabbi, NYC; a fdr
Talmudical Academy of Harlem; active
Kashruth supervision. • See: AJYB, 41:431;
Stern, Aaron; b. ca 1848; d. Chicago, July
211914.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 16(1914-
Stern, Benjamin; b. ca 1858; d. NYC, Mar 8
1933.
Merchant, philanthropist, NYC. • See: AJYB,
35:129; NYTimes, Mar 91933,13:3.
Stern, Benjamin L; b. Newark, May 14
1913; d. South Orange, NJ, Mar 11 1971.
Business exec; pres New England Life Ldrs
Assn, NYC Estate Planning Council; bd Am
Jewish Soc for Service. • See:AJYB, 73:636;
NYTimes, Mar 12 1971,40:3.
1915):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 Vanderbilt
Clinic (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'rith
Abraham, Am Jewish Cong, aRT, Emergency
Com on Jewish Refugees; bd League for Am
Citizenship. • 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, ca
1889; d. Kingston, NY, Feb 1938.
Physician, surgeon, philanthropist, Kingston,
Stern, Benjamin Morris; b. Boston, Mar 19
1903.
Journalist, Washington DC; secy to IN
senator; officer Veterans of Foreign Wars;
military service. • See: BEOAJ.
Stern, BernhardJoseph; b. Chicago, June
19 1894; d. Nov 22 1956.
U Chicago, AB, MA U Cincinnati, PhD
Columbia, ordained Heb Union ColI, postgrad U MI, London School of Economics. •
Sociologist; faculty U WA, Columbia, New
School, CCl\'Y; bd Am Com for the Protection
of the Foreign Born; mem Communist Party;
prolific author!editor in field. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 24
1956,19:2.
Stern, Bessie Cleveland; b. Hornell, NY,
Feb 141888.
AB Cornell U, EdM Harvard. • Statistician,
Baltimore; assocd NYC Bd of Estimate, US
Shipping Bd, MD State Dept of Education;
officer Nat! Assn for Study of Platoon Schools,
State Dirs of Educational Research. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
625
Stem, Bill; b. Rochester, NY,July 11907;
d. Rye, NY, Nov 19 1971.
BS PA Military ColI. • Controversial sports
announcer; NYC; with NBC, Mutual. • See:
Stem, Charles; b. Hungary, Feb 13 1886.
Mfr,(inventor, engineer, railroad worker,
Hoboken; officer synagog; dir Heb Free Loan
Soc. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Stem, Charles Mann; b. Albany, Sep 16
1876.
LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, deputy state atty
general, county treasurer, communal worker,
Albany, NY; natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc,
Joint Distribution Com; pres Albany Boys
Club; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938.
Stem, Clara; b. Milwaukee, 1902; d.
Bridgeport, CT, Nov 91981.
Communalldr, Bridgeport, CT; exec dir
Jewish Community Council; fundraiser Israel
Bonds; active interfaith cooperation, Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc, Yiddish Inst, Jewish
Family Services. • See:AJYB, 83:363.
Stem, Clara Joseephy (Mrs Wtlliam Stem);
b. 1878; d. 1945.
Psychologist, collaborator with husband; her
diaries 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; honorary
degree. • Zoologist, Orinda, CA; assocd Kaiser
Wilhelm 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, Nov
81914.
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; trustee
Berman-Stern Families Assocd Trust; dir
synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Stem, David; b. Poland, 1899; d. NYC, Apr
231969.
To US early 1930s. • Philanthropist, Zionist;
donor David & Lillian Stern Am-Israel Youth
Center (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, June
12 1880; d. Nov 28 1960.
PhB U Chicago.· Corp exec, investment
broker, Chicago; trustee U Chicago. • See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,4.
Stem, David 3rd; b. Philadelphia 1909.
Newspaperman, drama critic; pen name=Peter
Stirling; with Philadelphia Record. • See: UJE
(sub Stern, Julius David).
Stem, Heinrich
Stem, Edgar Bloom; b. New Orleans,Jan
23 1886; d. Price, UT, Aug 241959.
Tulane, AB, MA Harvard. • Cotton merchant,
civic ldr, business exec, New Orleans; mem
Charter Revision Com; chr "WDSU
Broadcasting 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 24
1901; d. Feb 8 1975.
AB Barnard. • Editor, writer; with Knopf
Publishers; mem MD Bd ofMental Hygiene;
consult Natl Inst Mental Health; dir Epilepsy
League'.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,
6;NYTimes, Feb 141975,35:3.
Stem, Edith Rosenwald; b. Chicago, May
311895; d. New Orleans, Sep 111980.
Philanthropist, civic'& communalldr, New
Orleans; mem Natl Cultural Advisory Com on
the Arts; fdr The Stern Fund, Dillard ColI,
Metairie Park Country Day School; benefactor
Am 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 ofJewish
Philanthropies. • 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 NY
Stock Exchange; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: A]YB, 70:525; NITimes,
Mar 10 1968,92:8.
Stem, Elizabeth Gertrude Leven (Mrs
Leon Stem); b. Poland, Feb 141890; d.
Jan 1954.
To US 1892. • AB U Pittsburgh, NY School of
Social Work. • Author, columnist, social
worker, Media, PA; pen name=Leah Morton;
assocd East Side House Settlement (NYC),
Schiff Immigration Bureau (Galveston); mem
Am Friends Service Com. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOAJ;NITimes,Jan 10
1954,86:1.
Stem, Elizabeth-Vera Loeb (Mrs Richard
Stem); b. Cincinnati, Mar 9 1893.
AB Hunter, MA Columbia. • Professor of
English, 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 23
1865; d. Mar 291924.
Wholesale jeweler, communalldr &
philanthropist, Philadelphia; dir Natl Farm
School, Heb Sunday School Soc, Juvenile Aid
Soc. • 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; with
Dispensary Food Clinic & Nutrition
Education Dept; inspector State Bd of Labor &
Industries; author in field; WWI with Red
Cross 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, Leo
Baeck Inst. • See: A]YB, 79:374; NITimes,
May 9 1977, 34:4.
Stem, Gabriel Manuel; b. Boston, June 19
1897.
Boston U. • Advertising mgr, Boston; staff
BostonAm; officer United Jewish
Brotherhoods, Am Legion; dir Heb Home for
Aged; 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; benefactor Jewish
Museum, Internatl Synagogue; exec com
World 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 language
student during WWII. • See: WWWIA, 7;
Stem, Harry A; b. NYC, Jan 9 1888.
Columbia. • Stockbroker, publisher, Denver;
pres Ex-Patients Tubercular Home, Council of
NatlJewish 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 U
Chicago; honorary degree. • Rabbi,
Uniontown, PA, Montreal; officer Fedn of
Religious Schools, World Jewish Cong; editor
Jewish 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 Am
ColI of Physicians; author/editor in field. •
See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905): 195-96;
NYTimes, Feb 2 1918,11:4.
626
Stern, Henry
Stern,I1enry;h.Jochsherg,(;e~any,i\pr
3 1885.
Investment banker, real estate exec, Kansas
City. - See: WWWIA, 7.
Stern, I1enry Emanuel;h. Mhany, NY, i\pr
8 1857; d. Sep 25 1937.
Lawyer, municipal judge, Albany, NY; mem
Albany Burgesses Corps; - active Jewish Social
Services; 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 Palestine
Appeal 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 Relief Adm,
NY Bd of Social Welfare; WWI service. - See:
violinist; responsible for saving Carnegie Hall;
pres Am-Israel Cultural Found. - See: E];
E]:1973-1982.
Stern, Isaac Farber; h. Chicago, Nov 21
1871; d. Sep 10 1949.
CE U MI. - Construction engineer, Chicago;
designed railroad bridges; WWI & WWII
consult; - See: WWWIA, 3.
Stern, Jacoh; h.*; d. Erie City, NY, Sep 2
1910.
Probate judge, Erie City, NY.- See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):135.
Stern,Jacoh; h. Paterson, Sep 15 1900.
Tire distributor, Paterson; mem Bd of
Education. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Stern, Jacoh Ludwig; h. Creglingen,
Wiirttemherg, Nov 28 1856; d. Feh 10
1923.
PhD U Wurzberg. - Rabbi, author,
Cumberland, MD, Salt Lake City; communal
worker, 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, government
official, author. - See: UJE; E].
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 Biochemical
Research Found, Woods Hole Marine Biology
Lab; faculty Yale, Brooklyn Polytech. - See:
UJE; E]; A]YB, 58:479; WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6.
Stern, Laurence Marcus; h. NYC, June 16
1929.
U MO, Brooklyn ColI, New School. Newspaper editor, writer; chief Saigon bureau,
staff Washington Post; WWII service. - See:
WWWIA, 7.
Stern, Lawrence Fish; h. Chicago, i\ug 2
1888; 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 Ethical
Culture Soc; trustee Leo & Majorie Stern
Found; 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; mem
State Bd of Bldg Commrs; dir Baden St
Settlement. - See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905): 196,
24:206; WWIA], 1928.
Stern, I1enry Sycle; h. Richmond, i\pr 3
1893.
U Richmond, MDMed ColI ofVA, post-grad
NYC. - Pediatrician, Richmond; assocd Health
Dept; faculty Med ColI ofVA; officer
professional org; WWI service. - See: WWIA],
1928, 1938.
Stern, Jean (;ordon; h. NYC, ca 1904; d.
NYC, Oct 1985.
Owner, publisher, Dance Magazine, NYC; cofdr Advance Pattern Co. See: NITimes, Oct 25
1985.
Stern, I1e~an; h. ca 1845; d. Cleveland,
Feh 11923.
Civil War veteran, Cleveland. - See: A]YB,
25:141.
Stern, Joseph; h. ca 1833; d. Apr 1919.
Civil War veteran, slaughterhouse owner,
NYC; a fdr Emanu-El. - See:A]YB; 21:207;
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, chief
justice state supreme court, communal & civic
ldr, Philadelphia; pres Fedn ofJewish
Charities; officer Dropsie, Jewish Publication
Soc; exec com Am]ewish Com, Union of Am
Heb 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, Joseph Smith; h. Cincinnati, Sep 10
1891; d. May 1971.
AB Cornell. - Shoe mfr, Cincinnati; with US
Shoe; active Community Chest, Jewish Social
Agency. - See: BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes;
May23 1971,60:2.
Stern, Isaac; h. ca 1840; d. NYC, Dec 5
1910.
Communal worker, NYc. - See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):136; NYTimes, Dec 6 1910,
13:4.
Stern, Julius; h. Silesia, ca 1853; d. NYC,
Nov 101941.
To US 1938. - Physician; longtime officer
BerlinJewish Center; ldr Heb Immigrant Aid
Soc. - See: A]YB, 44:344; NITimes, Nov 11
1941,23:4.
Stern, Louis; h. Ziegenhain, I1esse-Cassel,
Feh 22 1847; d. Paris, June 21 1922.
To Albany, NY 1853. - Merchant, NYC; US
Commr Paris Exposition; chrNY Commn St
Louis Exposition; pres Heb Orphan Asylum;
active Republican politics. - See: ]E; A]YB,
6(1904-1905): 196; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, June
23 1922, 17:1.
Stern, Julius David (J David); h.
Philadelphia, Apr 11886; d. Oct 1971.
AB U PA, LLB U Berlin. - Newspaper
publisher, owner, NYC, Philadelphia,
Camden, NJ; owner Philadelphia Record, NY
Post; supporter FDR; memoirs. - See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 24:206; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Oct 111971,
38:1.
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; officer
Jewish Community Council; bd Am Jewish
Com. - See: E];A]YB, 74:560; WWWIA, 5;
NITimes story, Nov 12 1972,26:1, obituary,
Nov 13 1972,40:3.
Stern, Isaac; h. Cumherland, MD, ca 1889;
d. NYC, Sep 121967.
Natl Farm SchooL - Business exec, communal
worker, NYC; a fdr Albert Einstein ColI of
Med; trustee Union of Am Heb
Congregations, 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
Stern, Joseph William; h. NYC, Jan 11
1870; d. Brightwaters, LI, Mar 31 1934.
Music publisher, songwriter, NYC; pioneer in
advertising. - See:A]YB, 36:287; WWWIA, 4;
DAB; NYTimes, Apr 1 1934,29:1.
Stern, Leopold; h. Monzingen, (;e~any,
ca 1848; d. Dec 29 1928.
Importer, political, civic & communal worker,
NYC; state commr Pan-Am Exposition; pres
Diamond 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, Feh
13 1912.
Merchant, Philadelphia. - See:A]YB, 14(19121913):126.
Stern, Louis; h. Simmern, (;e~any, Feb
101847; d. Washington DC, i\pr 29
1920.
Rabbi, Washington DC, earlier Westphalia. See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):102,22:168;
NITimes, Apr 301920,13:5,
Stern,SarnuelFUka
627
Stern, (Louis) William; b. Berlin, Apr 29
1871; d. Durham, NC, Mar 271938.
To US 1934. • PhD U Berlin. • Psychologist,
admr, Durham, NC; faculty U Breslau, U
Hamburg, Duke; pioneer in IQ & Gestalt
theory; collaborated with Clara J oseephy;
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 of
Education; mem Governors Reconstruction
Com.· 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 for
Reform rabbis; author in field; WWII
chaplain. • See: EJ.
Stern, Marion Levi (Mrs Harold M Stern);
b. NYC, June 28 1899.
AB Barnard, post-grad Columbia. •
Communal worker, Los Angeles; officer Natl
Council ofJewish Women; trustee United
Jewish Welfare Campaign; active Community
Chest, Girl Scouts, child welfare, world peace.
·'See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Stern, Martin; b. Munich, Sep 17 1924.
To US 1938. • BA, MBA NYU. • Advertising
agency exec, NYC; instructor Queens ColI. •
See: WWWIA, 8.
Stern, Maurice; b. Ermershaus, Bavaria, Jan
61855; d. Apr 14 1919.
To US 1871. • Lawyer, business exec,
communal worker, New Orleans; mem State
Bd of Education; officer Jewish Widows &
Orphans Home; exec com Pan-Pacific
Exposition, Union of Am Heb Congregations.
• See:AJYB, 21:207; PAJHS,28:309-1O.
Stern, Max; b. Fulda, Germany, Oct 22
1898; d. NYC, May 201982.
To US 1926. • Business exec, philanthropist
for Orthodox causes, NYC; bd Union of
Orthodox Congregations; active Stern ColI for
Women, Yeshiva U, Albert Einstein ColI of
Med. • 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 Broad
St 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 29
1938.
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 of Music (NY). •
Lawyer, Detroit; officer]ewish Welfare Fedn,
World Union for Progressive Judaism; good
will mission to Mexico for Council of
Churches.· See: UJE;AJYB, 34:311; WWIAJ,
1928; Am Heb, Mar41932; NYTimes, Mar 1
1932,23:5.
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; honorary
officer Union of OrthodoxJewish
Congregations, 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, San
Antonio; memCommnon Public Health
Nursing, Bd of Health; pres TX Chamber of
Commerce; officer Jewish Social Services
Fedn; supporter Heb Union ColI. • See: AJYB,
47:533; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Stern, Morris; b. Pompian, Kovno, May 15
1870.
To US 1890. • Clothing mfr, Zionist, NYC;
officer United Synagogue of Am, trade assns,
YMHA; bd Kehillah; helped build several NY
synagogs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Stern,Mrs Charles N; b.*; d. Aug 211936.
AJYB, 39:598.
Stern,Myer;b.Bavaria, 1824;d.NYC,
1899.
To US 1849.· Communalldr, NYC; pres Inst
for the Instruction of DeafMutes, Heb
Benevolent & Orphan Asylum Soc; a fdr
Jewish Publication Soc. • See: UJE.
Stern, Nathan; b. NYC, Feb 12 1878; d.
NYC,Jan 241945.
BA, MA, PhD Columbia, ordained Heb Union
ColI, post-gradJTS, Cambridge U. • Rabbi,
communalldr, author, Providence, NYC; fdr
Inst for Youth Leadership, Interfaith Com;
officer NY Bd ofJewish Ministers, professional
assns; 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, ca
1876; 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, Neuton Samuel; b. Memphis, Apr 9
1890.
Harvard, MD Harvard, post-grad London. •
Physician, Memphis; faculty U TN; editor in
field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926.
Stern, Oscar David; b. Russia, Oct 13 1888;
d. Nov 28 1973.
To Chicago 1897. • U Chicago, LLB
Northwestern. • Lawyer, Chicago; pres
Standard Club; officer Palm Springs Desert
Museum. • 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; worked
with Einstein; faculty U Frankfurt, U Rostock,
U Hamburg; lab built for him at Carnegie
Tech; author in field. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;
DAB, 8; NYTimes, Aug 19 1969, 43:3.
Stern, Philip Van Doren; b. Wyalusing, P A,
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; mem
City Planning Commn; dir Jewish Fedn of
Social Services; active Community Chest;
charter mem, officer professional assns. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Stern, S Walter; b. New Orleans, Mar 5
1884.
AB Tulane, AB Harvard. • Cotton broker,
exec, philanthropist, New Orleans; officer
Community Chest; bd Tulane; dir Natl
Council ofJewish Fedns, Union of Am Heb
Congregations, 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 28
1891.
Marquette Law. • Lawyer, police court judge,
West Allis, WI.· See: WWIAJ,1938.
Stern, Samuel Rika; b. Syracuse, July 7
1855; d. Seatde, reported May 28 1937.
Lawyer, superior court judge, Spokane; pres
State Bar Assn; officer Planning Commn,
Social Welfare League; ldr B'nai B'rith. • See:
628
Stern, Sara Messing (Mrs Leon Stern)
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, social
welfare worker, newspaper feature writer,
Terre Haute; officer Nat! Council ofJewish
Women, IN Fedn of Clubs, Florence
Crittenden Home. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Stem, Sigmund; b. Bavaria, Dec 4 1878; d.
Dec 311955.
To US 1892. • Investment banker, Kansas
City; officer Community Chest, United Jewish
Social Services. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 3.
Jewish Com for Personal Service in State Insts,
Birth Control League, Central Conf of Am
Rabbis.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
CCARYB.
Sterne, Eugene; b. ca 1840; d. St Louis,
Mar 71912.
Merchant, StLouis.· See:A]YB, 14(19121913):126.
Sternberg, David; b. ca 1865; d. Dec 13
1938.
Tobacco dealer, financier, communal worker,
Memphis. • See:A]YB, 41:432.
Sterne, Maurice; b. Libau, Russia, July 13
1878; d.July 23 1957.
To NYC 1889. • Nat! Academy of Design,
post-grad Paris, Rome, Greece. • Painter,
sculptor, draftsman, muralist; tchr CA School
of Fine Arts (San Francisco); Museum of
Modern Art retrospective. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 24:206; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NYIimes, July
241957,25:4.
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..
Stem, Simon Adler; b.. Philadelphia, Dec 8
1838; 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.
Sternberg, Samuel; b. Roman, Rumania,
Apr 251899.
To Detroit 1905. • LLB Detroit ColI of Law.
• Lawyer, public admr, Detroit; WWI service.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Stem, Solomon; b. ca 1830; d. New
Orleans, Nov41917.
Communal worker, Civil War veteran, New
Orleans.· See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):231.
Sternberg, Thom George; b. Detroit, Sep
271908.
LLB Detroit ColI of Law. • Lawyer, special
state asst atty general, special prosecutor,
special public admr, Tawas City, MI; officer
Young Democrats. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Stem, Tobias; b. ca 1898; d. White Plains,
Oct 1970.
Jewelry mfr, NYC, White Plains; active Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies, United Jewish
Appeal, 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; faculty
ColI of Physicians & Surgeons; author in field.
• See:A]YB, 43:364; WWIA], 1926,1928,
1938.
Sternberg, Waldemar M; b. Russia, 1884.
Physical chemist, colI professor, Rolla, MO. •
See: A]YB, 24:206.
Sternberger, Estelle Miller (Mrs J Max
Weis); b. Cincinnati; d. Dec 23 1971.
U Cincinnati, School ofJewish Philanthropy
(Cincinnati). • Communal & civic orgn ldr,
author, NYC; exec secy Nat! Council ofJewish
Women; exec dir World Peaceways Inc; nat!
co-chr Good Neighbor League; nat! exec bd
Nat! Fedn Temple Sisterhoods; exec com Nat!
Conf of Christians & Jews; trustee BethuneCookman ColI; editor Jewish Woman. • See:
UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
5; NYTimes, Dec 241971,28:5.
Stem, Wtlliam; b. Fargo, 1886; d.
Rochester, MN, 1963/1964.
Banker, Fargo, ND; US observer Japanese
peace treaty conf; active nat! Republican
politics, Am Legion. • See: WWIA], 1938;
Sternberger, Leon Sri b.ca 1870; d.July 23
1936.
Civic & communal worker, Memphis. • See:
A]YB,39:598.
Stem, William; b. Rochester, NY,]uly 1
1907.
BS PA Military ColI. • Stage dir, NYC; assocd
RKO, Radio City Music Hall. • See: BEOAJ.
Sternberger, Moses; b. ca 1835; d.
Brownsville, TN, Jan 1915.
Civil War veteran, Brownsville, TN. • See:
A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222.
Stem, Wtlliam A; b. ca 1860; d. Sep 41914.
Railroad dir, PA. • See: A]YB, 17(19151916):222.
Sternberger, Pauline (Mrs); b. ca 1837; d.
NYC, Mar 5 1915.
Philanthropist, NYc.. See:AJYB, 17(19151916):222.
Stem, William A; b. Philadelphia, ca 1898;
d. Salzburg, June 1965.
Columbia Law. • Lawyer, champion crossword
puzzler, Washington DC, Miami; assocd
Justice 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,
Sternberger, SidneyJoseph; b. Huntington,
W VA, Dec 8 1886.
Clothing mfr, Indianapolis; officer B'nai
B'rith; dirJewish Community Center, Jewish
Home of Cleveland. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOA].
Sterne, Anselm; b.*; d. Anniston, AL, Feb
1914.
Civil War Confederate veteran, Anniston, AL.
• See:A]YB, 16(1914-1915):166.
Sterne, Mervyn Hayden; b. Anniston, AL,
Aug 21892.
Banker, Birmingham, AL; officer United
Jewish 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 Yale
Law. • Lawyer, Anniston, AL; trustee Boy
Scouts, 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 23
1839; d. NYC, Sep 22 1901.
U Heidelberg, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, civic
reformer, jurist, NYC; ldr anti-Tweed Ring
Commn 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 8
1863; d. NYC, Dec 161946.
To US 1879/1881. • Beaux Arts (Paris),Julien
Academy. • Artist, painter, engraver,
illustrator, Chicago, NYC; instructor Art
Students 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, U
PA; designed Appomattox Memorial. • See:
UJE.
Sternhell, Charles Max; b. Brooklyn, Dec 6
1915; 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 10
1865.
629
To US 1906. • Chicago Lutheran Seminary,
Augustana Theological Seminary.· Lutheran
paster, Minneapolis; editor Friend o/Zion;
baptized. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Stems, Albert Henry; b. Chelsea, MA, Apr
15 1894.
MD Tufts. • Physician, New Bedford, MA;
Stems, Morton W; b. NYC, July 2 1892; d.
before 1938.
Lehigh. • Radio research engineer, business
exec, Jamaica, NY; author in field. • See:
Stix, Nathan
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; WWI service. •
See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.
See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 13 1958,
23:1.
Steuer, Max David; b. Homino, Austria,
Sep 6 1870/1871; d. Jackson, NH, Aug 21
1940.
Stieglitz, Julius Oscar; b. Hoboken, May 26
1867; d. Chicago, Jan 10 1937.
U Gottingen, PhD U Berlin; honorary
To NYC 1876/1877.· CCNY, LLB
Columbia, LLD John Marshall; honorary
degree. • Trial lawyer, NYC; defended many
noted people, orgns; trustee Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:206,
43:364; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 4; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Aug 22 1940,
1:3.
degrees. • Chemist, research scientist, noted
tchr, 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.
Steuennann, 'Clara; b. Los Angeles, Feb 10
1922; d. Jan C} 1982.
AB, MA UCLA, MLS Columbia. • Music
MD U Heidelberg. • Physician, NYC; held
NY License #1. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938
(addenda); NYTimes, Oct 8 1956,27:2.
librarian, archivist, NYC, Los Angeles; assocd
Juilliard, Cleveland Inst ofMusic, Arnold
Schoenberg Inst, Curtis; officer professional
orgs. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Stitskin, Leon D; b. Cracow, July 2 1908/
1910; d. Nov 61978.
WWIAJ, 1926.
Stemstein, Joseph Philip; b. 1927.
Conservative rabbi, Zionist ldr, author, NYC;
pres Zionist Org of Am; exec com World
Union of General Zionists. • See: EJ:19731982.
Stem-1raeubler,Sehna;b.~ppenhettn,
Baden, 1890.
To US 1941.· Historian of German Jewry,
author, archivist, Cincinnati; with Berlin
Lehranstalt, Am Jewish Archives; author in
field. • See: UJE; EJ.
Stetehnan, Louis; b. ca 1875; d.July 19
1938.
Civic ldr, Columbus, OH. • See: AJYB,
Steuennann, Edward; b. Sambor, Poland,
June 18 1892; d. Nov 111964.
To US 1936. • Honorary degree. • Concert
pianist, composer, pioneer of contemporary
music; faculty Juilliard"Philadelphia
Conservatory; editor Brahms piano
compositions. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Nov 13 1964,32:7.
41:432.
Stich, Hennan; b. NYC, Jan 16 1894.
AB CCNY. • Writer, reporter, NYC;
Stetten, DeWitt; b. NYC,Jan 22 1881; d.
Nov 10 1951.
historical articles, "Out of the Beaten Track." •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
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.
To US 1938. • Vienna Conservatory, Dr Law
U Vienna. • Orchestra & opera conductor,
Austria, Russia, Germany, US. • See: UJE.
Stetthettner, Florine (Mrs Walter W
Stettheimer); b. Rochester, NY, Aug 19
1871; 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.
15(1913-1914):274.
Stettheimer, Walter W; b. Rochester, NY,
July 171873; d. Oct 1954.
To Toronto 1919, to US 1925.· Ordained
Yeshiva Coll, AB Hiram Coll, CCNY, RlETS.
• Rabbi, educator, author, Warren, OH,
Rochester, NY, Philadelphia; fdr West Coast
Inst ofJewish Studies, Yeshiva U; officer
Zionist 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 dir
Bedford Hills Sanatorium; consult Health
Dept; author in field; military service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Stiedry,Fritz;b.Vienna, 1883.
Stiefel, Hennan; b. ca 1850; d. NYC, July 3
1930.
Stix, Charles A; b. ca 1861; d. Chicago, Sep
41916.
Dept store exec, communal worker, St Louis;
officer professional assns. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):268; NYTimes, Sep 6 1916,9:4.
Lawyer, civic worker, NYC; Grandmaster Free
Sons ofIsraei. • See:AJYB, 33:128.
Stix, Ernest William; b. Cincinnati, Nov 16
1878; d. Sep 28 1955.
AB Harvard. • Business & mfr exec, St Louis;
Stiefel, Israel; b. Odessa, Dec 31 1898.
officer Sommers Shelter Home, Sommers
Childrens Welfare Bureau; dir Jewish Fedn of
Charity, Red Cross; trustee Washington U. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 30 1955,25:3.
To Philadelphia 1923. • Heb Seminary for
Tchrs Gerusalem), BA, MA, LLB U PA. •
Lawyer, legislator, chief auditor, Philadelphia;
editor The Democrat, The Rooseveltian; author
on Jewish subjects; fought against Arabs in
Palestine, 1920. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Stix, Harry F; b. Cincinnati, Oct 111882.
Stieglitz, Albert; b. ca 1857; d. Apr 281936.
MIT. • Investment banker, St Louis; officer
Big Bros; dir Better Business Bureau. • See:
Merchant, business exec, San Francisco; officer
trade assns, Chamber of Commerce; dir San
Francisco Exposition Co. • See: WWIAJ,
1928; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct 161954, 17:2.
Stockbroker, philanthropist, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 38:436.
Steuben, John (born Rijock, Itzak); b.
Brailov, Ukraine, Oct 31 1906; d.
Flemington, NY, May 9 1957.
CCNY, Berlin Polytech, U Berlin. • Noted
prizewinning photographer, gallery owner,
exhibition orgr, NYC; promoted US artists;
orgr first Am exhibitions of Matisse, 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.
1ro US 1923. • Union orgr, radical activist,
labor editor, author; theoretician US
Communist Labor Movement; orgr Steel &
Metal Workers; anti-Stalin after Hungary;
author in field; WWII service. • See: DAB, 6;
Stieglitz, Leopold; b. Hoboken, May 26
1867; d. NYC, Oct 1956.
Stieglitz, Alfred; b. Hoboken, Jan 1 1864; d.
NYC,July 13 1946.
Steuer, Aron; b. NYC, Oct 22 1898.
Stieglitz, Edward Julius; b. Chicago, June 6
1899; d.June 1958.
AB Harvard, LLB Columbia Law. • Lawyer,
municipal judge, NYC; trustee YMHA; active
BS, MS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •
Physician, Chicago; faculty Rush Med ColI. •
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 6
1934.
Wholesale merchant, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,
37:262.
-
Stix,Nathan;b.ca1836;d.Cincinnati,Mar
291908.
10(1908-1909):130.
630
Stix, Sadie Fraley (Mrs Charles Stix)
Stix, Sadie Fraley (Mrs Charles Stix); b. St
Louis;
Stollman, Isaac; b. Rubel, Minsk, Feb 27
1896.
Social welfare worker, St Louis; officer First
Jewish Convalescent Home; active Wornens
Council ofDefense for MO. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
To Detroit 1924. • Rabbi, author, Russia,
Detroit; pres Mizrachi Council, United Heb
Schools House of Shelter. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Stix, Sylvan L; b. NYC, May 28 1871; d.
1960.
Stollnitz, Henry Sande; b. Ostrovo,
Lomzha, Russia, 1865.
MIT.· Wholesale grocer, business exec, NYC;
nat! officer trade assns; officer Fellowship
Home; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,
Joint Distribution Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Sep 2 1960,23:1.
Rabbi, cantor, Germany, Hoboken, Corsicana,
TX, Tampa. ·See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):102,
7(1905-1906):124.
Stix, William; b. ca 1837; d. St Louis, June
12 1914.
Philanthropic & communal worker, St Louis. •
See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):166. • *See entry
Stoloff, Charles Irving; b. NYC, Apr 3
1896.
CCNY, DDS NYU. • Dentist, NYC; invented
new methods for dentures; consult Home for
Daughters ofJacob; lecturer on dental hygiene;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.
below~
Stix, William; b. *
Communal worker, Cleveland; pres Jewish
Orphan Asylum. • See:AJYB, 7(19051906):105. • *See entry above.
Stock, David; b. Philadelphia, Apr 71897.
BS, LLB UPA.· Tax lawyer, NYC; mem US
Senate Com to investigate NY Stock
Exchange; special counsel IRS; lecturer U P A,
Am Inst of Banking. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Stockner, E; b. ca 1846; d. Lake
Providence, 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, labor
agitator, reformer, lecturer; staff Jewish Daily
News; sentenced under Espionage Act, never
served. • 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 30
1891; d. NYC, Jan 21 1951.
To US 1908. • Washington U Med ColI, AB
Harvard, MA U Chicago. • Sociologist,
journalist, author, NYC; faculty U OK., U KS;
chr NYC League for Industrial Democracy; dir
vocational 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. Aug
12 1962.
Columbia. • Merchandiser, exec, Chicago. •
See: WWWIA, 4.
Stoloff, Isaac Arthur; b. NYC, Feb 25 1886;
d. Dec 1950.
CCNY, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad U
Vienna. • Surgeon, NYC; faculty NY
Polyclinic Med School; author in field.•. See:
WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NITimes, Dec 20 1950,
31:3.
Stolz, Joseph Henry; b. Syracuse, June 13
1877; d. 1953.
PhB Syracuse U, ordained Heb Union ColI,
MA U Chicago. • Rabbi, social worker, Los
Angeles, 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 10
1899.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Syracuse; officer
United Jewish Charities, synagog; dir Jewish
Communal Center, bar assn. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEGAJ.
Stolper, David; b. Russia, ca 1873; d. San
Francisco, Dec 11946.
Stolz, Melvin L; b. ca 1888; d. Pensacola,
May819H.
Rabbi, San Francisco; dir Jewish Education
Soc. • See:AJYB, 49:618.
Ensign, US Navy Aviation Corps, Pensacola. •
See: AJYB, 17(1915-1916):222.
Stolper, Gustave; b. Vienna, 1888; d. Dec
271947.
Stolz, Rose Landsberg (Mrs Benjamin
Stolz); b. Rochester, NY, Sep 7 1874; d.
Rochester, NY, Nov 1955.
To US 1933.· Dr Law & EconomicsU
Vienna. • Economist, economic correspondent
& advisor, author, Germany, US; mem
Reichstag; editor liberal paper; WWI head
German Statistical Division, War Economy. •
See: UJE; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Dec 28 1947,
40:1.
Stolper, Isaac; b. Stokmanshof, Latvia, Nov
301880.
Social worker, Syracuse; secy Syracuse State
School Bd ofVisitors; officer Employment
Soc; bd Childrens Bureau, Natl Council of
Jewish Women, Womens Internatl League for
Peace. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Dec 1
1955,35:1.
Stone, Abraham; b. Russia, Oct 30/31 1890;
d. NYC,July 3 1959.
To US 1905. • MD NYU. • World ldr in birth
To US 1906. • DDS U St Vladimir (Kiev),
Eron School (NYC), DDS, post-grad NY ColI
of Dentistry. • Surgical dentist, Zionist,
Bn:>oklyn; fled Russia after sentenced for
Revolutionary activity; developed new
instruments; fdr Baltic Relief; officer dental
socs; active Am Jewish Congo • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
control & marriage counseling, physician,
author, NYC; staff Health Dept, Union Health
Center; 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.
Stolper, J H; b. Bordeaux, France, 1871.
Stone, AdolfF; b. ca 1870; d.July 13 1936.
General supt, Sanitary Dept, Sante Fe
Railroad, Galveston; writer. • See: A]YB,
6(1904-1905):197.
Chain store merchant, grower of citrus fruits,
art patron, NYc. • See: AJYB, 39:598.
Stolz, Benjamin; b. Syracuse, Oct 13 1867;
d. May 291937.
Communal & philanthropic worker, NYc. •
See:AJYB, 41:432; NITimes, Nov 2 1938,
23:1.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, civic &
philanthropic ldr, Syracuse; state pres Fedn of
Jewish Charities; officer Heb Free Loan Assn,
Flower Memorial Fund; active Am Jewish
Com, politics. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):105,
24:207,39:598; WWIAJ, 1928; BEGAJ;
WWWIA, 1; NITimes, May 30 1937, 19:2.
Stoller, Morton Joseph; b. NYC, May 23
1917; d. Bethesda, June 13 1963.
Stolz, Joseph; b. Syracuse, Nov 3 1861; d.
Chicago, Feb 71941.
EE CCNY, MEE U VA. • Electrical engineer,
goverrpnent official; with NASA. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, June 141963,29:1.
BL U Cincinnati, DD, ordained Heb Union
ColI; honorary degree. • Rabbi, Chicago;.mem
Stoll, Lottie Cohen (Mrs); b. ca 1877; d.
NYC, Nov 11938.
Bd of Education; pres Central Conf of Am
Rabbis, Chicago Rabbinical Assn; bd Union of
Am HebCongregations; known as "Dean of
Reform 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~
Stone, Benjamin C; b. Gaisin, Russia, Aug
181890; d. NYC, Mar 81953.
Jewish agriculturist; with Jewish Agriculture
Soc; editor Jewish Farmer; author in field. •
See: AJYB, 55:460; NITimes, Mar 10 1953,
29:4.
Stone,Charles Arthur; b. Chicago, Aug 17
1893; d. Aug 141944.
Crane J r CoIl, BS, MA U Chicago; honorary
degree. • Mathematics tchr, text book writer,
Chicago; with U Chicago lab schools; faculty
DePaul.· See: UJE;AJYB, 47:533; WWIAJ,
1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Aug 16
1944,19:2.
631
Stone, Dewey David; b. Brockton, MA, Aug
31 1900; d. Brockton, MA, Nov 19 1977.
Boston U; honorary degree. • Business exec,
communalldr, Zionist; nad officer Zionist Org
of Am; nad chr United Jewish Appeal, United
Israel Appeal; chr Weizmann Inst; fdr Am
Jewish League for Israel; benefactor Truman.
Library, Haganah; bd Jewish Agency; WWI
service. • 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 Zionist
ldr, Dorchester, MA; a fdr New England
Zionist District; officer Zionist Org of Am,
synagog, United Synagogue of Am. • 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 welfare
worker, Chicago; orgr Jewish Charities,
Orthodox Fed Charities; officer Orthodox
Jewish Home for Aged, Jewish Peoples Inst; dir
Chicago Heb Inst. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Stone, Hannah Meyer (Mrs Abraham
Stone); b. NYC, ca 1893; d.July 101941.
Physician, pioneer for legal birth control; med
dir Margaret Sanger Research Bureau. • See:
AJYB, 44:344; NITimes,July 111941,15:4.
Stone, Harold Frederick; b. NYC, Aug 9
1895.
Investmentsecurities dealer, NYC; officer Boy
Scouts, 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 fdr
Boston ColI; officer Zionist Org of Am;
supporter Weizmann Inst. • See: AJYB,
71:610.
Stovin, Joseph Samuel
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; WWII
service.· See: WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Mar 22
1981.
Stone, Jacob Jacques; b. NYC, Aug 10
1907.
AB CCNY, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC;
faculty School for Jewish Studies; secy Inst of
Youth Leadership, Union of Am Heb
Congregations. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Stone, Joseph; b. ca 1857; d. Boston, Apr 2
1918.
Philanthropist, communal worker, Boston. •
See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):231.
Stone, Julius; b. East Boston, MA, Aug 14
1901.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, acting court clerk,
communal worker, Boston; officer Zionist Org
of Am, YMHA, bar assn; active Fedn ofJewish
Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Stone, Julius; b. Leeds, July 71907.
AB, BCL Oxford U, LLB U Leeds, SJD
Harvard. • Lawyer, author, Cambridge, MA;
faculty Harvard, Fletcher School. • See:
BEOAJ.
Stone, L (Lawrence) Joseph; b. WA, May
201912; d. Dec 13 1975.
BA Cornell, MA, PhD Columbia. •
Psychologist, NYC; faculty Columbia, Vassar,
Brooklyn Call, CCNY; advisor SUNY Bd of
Regents; WWII with US Public Health
Service. • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NITimes, Dec 14
1975,75:3.
Stone, Leonard; b. 1899?; d. NYC, May 30
1966.
Industrialist, philanthopist; a fdr Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed; governor Brooklyn
Museum; est scholarships; torest named for
him 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
Stone, I F (hom Isidor Feinstein); b.
Philadelphia, 1907.
U PA. • Political writer & gadfly, newsletter
owner, Washington DC.· See: WS] story,
July 14 1970.
Stone, Irvin Leberman; b. Philadelphia, Feb
281885/1887; d. Apr 1950.
Stockbroker, philanthropist, Philadelphia;
officer J ewish Welfare Bd, Boy Scouts; exec
com YM-YWHA; bd Womens Med ColI of
PA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes,
Apr 29 1950, 15:2.
Stone, Irving; b. San Francisco, 1903.
USC. • Writer of fictionalized biography, Los
Angeles; Lustfor Life; The Agony and theEcstasy.
• See: UJE.
Stone, Jacob Chauncey; b. North Adams,
MA, June 15 1894; d. Palm Beach, Mar
211981.
Williams. • Securities co exec, NYC; ldr
NY Stock Exchange; benefactor Williams;
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 29
1873; d. Oct 241966.
To US 1891. • AB Gymnasium (Odessa), EE
Armour Inst, AM, PhD Columbia. •
Economist, tariff expert, statistician, consult;
mem US Tariff Commn; with Dept of
Commerce, Wage Scale Bd; officer
professional 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.
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 12
1882; d. Apr 1962.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, special state
deputy atty general, NYC; officer Beth Israel
Hospital; active Republican politics. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Apr 12 1962,
35:3.
Stone, Norman H; b. Chicago, Dec 20
1901; d. Mar 16 1985.
Corporate exec, Chicago; officer Stone Found,
trade assn; bdJewish Youth Service, Mental
Health 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; active
communal & Zionist affairs. • See: E]:19731982.
Stone, Rosetta; b. NYC, July 20 1875.
Normal ColI, Metropolitan School of Fine
Arts, Art Students League, NY School ofArt. •
Commtinal worker, artist, NYC; tchr NY
School of Applied Design for Women; active
work with delinquent girls. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):106.
Stone, Seymour Millais; b. Russia, June 11
1877.
To US ca 1883. • Chicago Art Inst, Royal
Academy (Munich), Julien Academie. •
Portrait painter, NYC; painted portraits of Am
presidents, military officers. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1938.
Storch, Adolph D; b. 1921; d. NYC, Mar 12
1978.
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. Mar
261975.
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,Jan
41873; 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 portrait
ofFDR. • See: UJE.
Stovin, Joseph Samuel; b. New Haven, Dec
261895.
PhB Yale, MD U MD. • Otolaryngologist,
NYC.· See: WWIA], 1938.
632
Strafford, Lloyd (born Strasfogel, Ignace)
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 2
1876; d.Jan 23 1965.
LLB, LLM NY Law. • Lawyer, municipal
judge, Brooklyn; chr Williamsburg Park
Commn; an orgr Am Jewish Cong, Keren
Hayesod; officer Jr League of Penny Charity
Soc, Agudath Israel Youth Council, Judea
Industrial 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;
Strakosch, Celia L; b. Truckee, CA, Nov 14
1879; d. Bronx, May 91961.
San Francisco Normal ColI. • Vocational
guidance ldr, NYC; orgr YMHA vocational
guidance bureau; dir Emanu-EI Fed
Employment Service, Fed Employment Bureau
for 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, Mar
1892.
Impresario, mgr. • See: UJE (sub Strakosch,
Maurice); NYTimes, Mar 18 1892, 1:6.
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; officer
Heb Orphan Asylum; trustee Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; 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 for
Penal Instns, synagog. • See: WWJAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
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), NY
Philharmonic. • 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, Pulitzer
Prize winner, NYC; staff Theatre Guild; co-fdr
Group Theatre; dir Habimah productions. •
See: EJ; AJYB, 84:340; WWWIA, 8; NYTimes,
Feb 18 1982, 16:1.
Strasberg, Susan; b. 1938.
Straus, Alexander; b. ca 1831; d. Cincinnati,
Oct 31916.
19(1917-1918):268.
Straus, Arthur J; b. Mainz, Sep 23 1882.
Investment banker, Milwaukee. • See:
WWIAJ,1928.
Strasburger, Joseph; b. ca 1856; d. Adantic
City, July 30 1922.
Civic & communal worker, Washington DC. •
See:AJYB,25:141.
Straus, Arthur W; b. ca 1880; d. Miami
Beach, Feb 26 1937.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
39:598.
Strasburger, Milton; b. Washington DC,
Nov 23 1876; d. Feb 61955.
LLB, LLM(?) Georgetown U, DCL George
Washington. • 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.
Straus, Aubrey Hamilton; b. Richmond,
Mar 11887.
U MI, MIT, Johns Hopkins, BA U Richmond,
MA William & Mary. • Bacteriologist,
Richmond; assocd City of Richmond, State
Health Dept; orgr State Bureau of
Epidemiology; faculty Med ColI ofVA; WWI
Strasburger, Montrose; b. Baltimore, May
30 1884; d. Apr 1952.
LLB U MI. • Lawyer, NYC; counsel New
Deal agencies; officer B'nai B'rith; active
Democratic politics; WWI draft bd counsel. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 23
1952,29:2.
Strasfogel, Ignace; see Strafford, Lloyd.
Strakosch, Moritz (Maurice); b. GrossSeelowitz, Moravia, 1825; d. Paris, Oct 9
1887.
To US 1848. • Pianist, singer, impresario,
opera composer; dir Italian Opera (NYC);
author memoirs. • See: JE; UJE; NYTimes, Oct
101887,5:5.
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 War
service, fought in Nicaragua. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 24:207;PAJHS, 31:293-95; WWWIA, 1;
Strass, Emanuel H; b. ca 1852; d. May 28
1939.
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 Foreign
Policy Assn, Jewish Big. Brother Club; chr
United 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, office
bldgs. • 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 to
Johns Hopkins, art collection to Smithsonian;
est Aaron & Lillie Straus Found. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 60:357; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;
Straus, Abe; b. Florence, GA, Mar 2 1885.
Hosiery mfr, Columbus, GA; officer trade assn;
bd Salvation Army. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Straus,Bernard;b.ca1912;d.NYC,July
1983.
NYU, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad
Columbia. • Medical dir, geriatrics worker,
tchr, NYC; with Beth Israel, Mt Sinai School
ofMed. • 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 Investigate
Unemployment, State Planning Council; orgr
League for Business Opportunities for
Women.· See:AJYB, 63:562; WWIAJ, 1938.
Straus, Gladys Guggenheim (Mrs Roger W
Straus); b. Elberon, NJ, Aug 15 1895; d.
Mar 13 1980.
Finch School (CT). • Home economist, state
nutrition commr, civic worker, NYC; chr
Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Found;
council State ColI Home Economics; bd
Womens Nat! Republican Club; asst editor
Gourmet; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7.
Straus, Harold Hirsh; b. Baltimore, Jan 2
1885; d. NYC, Jan 41947.
Baltimore City ColI, LLB NY Law, • Lawyer,
NYC; prosecutor Nat! Recovery Adm; bd AJ
Dworsky Found, Home of Daughters ofJacob;
WWI draft bd service. • See: AJYB, 49:618-19;
WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda), 1938; NYTimes, Jan 5
1947,53:6.
633
Straus, Helen Sachs (Mrs Nathan Straus);
b. Long Branch, NJ,July 121895.
Columbia Tchrs ColI. - Communal & civic
ldr, NYC; mem Survey of NYC Public
Schools; state officer Nat! Council ofJewish
Women; advisor Childrens Bureau; dir Fedn
ofJewish 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, U
Southern CA, DD Webster U. • Insurance
underwriter, rabbi, Santa Barbara, CA; fdr,
publisher Southern Israelite. • See: WWIA],
1928, 1938.
Straus, Percy Selden
Straus, Jack Isidor; b.. NYC, 1900; d. Oct
1936.
BA Harvard. • Dept store exec, NYC; bd
WOR, Jewish Bd ofGuarmans.· See: UJE
(sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus); NYTimes, Oct 5
1936,1:4.
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, June
25 1872; d. NYC, Oct 41936.
AB Harvard. • Ambassador to France, dept
store exec, philanthropist, NYC; head State
Temporary Emergency Relief Adm; mem State
Commn for Revision of Tax Laws; officer
trade assns; active Democratic politics, friend
ofFDR; 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, Herbert Nathan; b. NYC, Nov 2
1881; d. NYC, Apr 61933.
AB Harvard. • Merchant, business exec, NYC;
officer State Republican Com; dir GA Warm
Spring Found. • See: UJE (sub Straus); AJYB,
35:129; WWWIA., 1; NYTimes, Apr 7 1933,
19:1.
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, Hiram; b. ca 1856; d. Cleveland,
Mar 201915.
Editor, publisher, Cleveland; owner Cleveland
Observer. • See:AJYB, 17(1915-1916):222;
NYTimes, Mar 22 1915,9:4.
Straus, Leon Moise; b. St Helena, CA, Oct
101874.
Lawyer, Honolulu; officer Odd Fellows; mem
Anti-Death Penalty League ofAm. • See:
WWIAJ,1928.
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, Lesseman; b. ca 1827; d.
Parkersburg, WVA, Nov 101912.
Civil War veteran, Parkersburg, W VA. • See:
AJYB, 15(1913-1914):274.
Straus, Ida (Mrs Isidor Straus); b.*; d. on
the Titanic, Apr 14/15 1912.
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 6
1845; 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 pres
Educational Alliance; represented Confederacy
in London. • See: JE (sub Straus); UJE (sub
Straus); 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, 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; orgr Jewish
Hospital, Jewish Sanatorium, YMHA; officer
synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Straus, Melvin Leo; b. Chicago, July 30
1888.
Banker, Chicago; dir Michael Reese Hospital.
Straus, Mitte1dorfer; b. Richmond, Jan 21
1880.
Art Students League (Washington DC), Pratt,
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; mem
Bd of Health. • See: AJYB, 13(1911-1912):135;
NYTimes,J,uly21191O,7:4.
Straus, Nathan; b. Otterberg, Rhenish
Bavaria, Jan 311848; d. NYC,Jan 11
1931.
To Talbotton, GA 1854. • Collingsworth Inst
(Talbotton, GA), Packards Business ColI
(NYC). • Dept store exec, philanthropist, park
commr, NYC; pres Bd of Health; est soup
kitchens, health bureau erusalem); sponsor
Pasteurization, 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;
a
Straus, NathanJr; b. NYC, May 271889; d.
Massapequa, NY, Sep 13 1961.
U Heidelberg, Princeton. • Dept store & radio
station 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. • Vienna
Conservatory, 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; pres
Guggenheim Exploration Co; WWII with
State 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, LLB
Columbia; honorary degrees. • Secy of
Commerce & Labor, diplomat, jurist, author;
mem Internat! Court of Arbitration; opposed
political Zionism; fdr Baron de Hirsch Fund,
Am Jewish Com; active WWI Joint
Distribution 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 27
1876; d. NYC, Apr 61944.
634
Straus, Robert Eli
AB Harvard; honorary degree. - Dept store
exec, public servant, philanthropist, civic &
cominunalldr, NYC; served public commns;
officer NYU, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,
Jewish Agricultural Soc; dir Refugee Economic
Corp; benefactor NYU, Harvard. - See: UJE
(sub Straus); AJYB, 46:346; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3;
Straus, Robert Eli; 'b. Chicago, Aug 29
1903; d. Nov 11973.
U WI. - Bank exec, Chicago; bd Lincoln Park
Zoological Assn, Jewish Fedn; trustee
Northwestern. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA,6.
Straus, Robert Kenneth; b. NYC, Oct 22
1905.
Harvard, Trinity ColI (Cambridge U), MBA
Harvard. - New Deal politician, admr,
government official; mem City Council; with
NY Temporary Emergency Relief Adm, N atl
Recovery Adm, State Dept; active Am Labor
Party. - See: UJE (sub Straus); EJ (sub Straus);
WWIAJ,1938;BEOAJ.
Straus, Roger Williams; b. NYC, Dec 14
1891; d. Liberty, NY, July 1957.
Litt B Princeton; honorary degrees. Industrialist, communalldr, philanthropist;
mem NY Bd of Regents; orgr Natl Fedn of
Temple Brotherhoods; fdr, endower Natl Conf
of Christians & Jews, World Council of
Christians & Jews; bd Union of Am Heb
Congregations, Am Jewish Com; active
Republican 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 Internatl
Labor Org (Geneva), US Office Internatl
Labor Org, US foreign aid program to Mrica.
- See: EJ (sub Straus); NYTimes stories, June
12 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 S
Straus); b. NYC, 1861; d. NYC, Nov 9
1945.
Philanthropist, explorer, NYC; fdrHannah
Lavanburg Home for Girls, Clara de Hirsch
Home for Immigrant Girls; financed,
accompanied Am Museum of Natural History
expedition 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; fdr
Am Soc for Thrift, Franklin Trust; helped
finance 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. - Physical
anthropologist, anatomist, Baltimore; mem
state anatomy bd; faculty Johns Hopkins;
officer professional socs; editor in field. - See:
Strause, Clifford Philip; b. Peoria,Jan 1
1897.
BradleyColl, BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med
ColI. - Surgeon, Peoria; pres Methodist
Hospital; military service. - See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Strause, George; b. Germany, ca 1834; d.
NYC, 1912.
To NYC ca 1852. - Pioneer beef packer,
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 Paper
Mills. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Strauss; Abraham; b. Pawtucket, RI, ca
1893; 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, May
101890.
BS, MD Tulane. - Surgeon, Little Rock;
faculty U AR; bd Leo N Levi Memorial
Hospital; 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 of Temple
Brotherhoods; dir Jewish Education, IL
Consumers Council; WWI service. - See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 23 1946, 13:4.
Strauss, Arthur Edgar; b. St Louis, Dec 1
1889.
BS, MD Harvard. - Physician, St Louis; dir
Occupational Therapy Workshop, St Louis
Tuberculosis Soc; WWI service. - See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Strauss, Bella; b. NYC, Oct 61864.
Hunter, NYU, Columbia. - Principal, NYC,
Brooklyn public schools; exec council Free
Synogogue. - 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 of
education, civic ldr, NYC; pres NY Bd of
Water Supply; trustee CCNY. - See: AJYB,
24:207, 36:287; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Apr 12
1934,23:1.
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, U
Berlin. - Chemist, philosopher, communal
educator, Frankfurt, NYC; bdJewish Central
Verein; 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 of
Brass Mfrs. - See: AJYB, 21:207; NYTimes,
Dec 13 1918,15:3.
Strauss, Ferdinand; b. Boston, Apr 81952;
d. Apr 241922.
Communal worker, Boston; mem Leopold
Morse & Co; pres Baron de Hirsch Fund; dir
Fedn ofJewish Charities. - See: AJYB, 7(19051906):106,24:103.
Strauss, Florence Levi (Mrs Charles H
Strauss); 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 Historical
Soc; author in field; WWI service. - See:
WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.
Strauss, Frederick; b. ca 1865; d. Aug 11
1937. '
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 major
magazines, NYC; dir NYC Federal Writers
Project; editor NY Guide; officer PEN,
Camera; known for introducing Japanese
literature to US; WWII service. - See:
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov 30 1975,
73:4.
Strauss, Helen Fleischer (Mrs Samuel
Strauss); b. Newark, Aug 24 1881.
Communal worker, NYC; chr Heb Sheltering
Home.- See: WWIAJ, 1938.
635
Strauss, Helen Louise; b. Cincinnati, Jan 26
1898.
AB U Cincinnati, tchrs diploma Heb Union
ColI, U CO, U Chicago. • Social worker,
Cincinnati, NYC; exec secy Natl Fedn of
Temple Sisterhoods, BrooklynJr Fedn; staff
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Strauss, Herbert David; b. Rochester, NY,
Apr 211909; d. Mar 171973.
BS U P A. • Advertising exec, NYC; officer
professional assns; active Boy Scouts, Better
Business 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, Long
Beach, NY; helped make eye tests compulsory
for NY state drivers; officer professional assn;
author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Strauss, Isaac C; b. Florence, SC, May 10
1873.
USC. • Lawyer, business exec, bankruptcy
referee, 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 Mental
Health Soc; officer med socs; author in field. •
See:AJYB, 57:608; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.
Strauss, Joseph; b. Mt Morris, NY, Nov 16
1861; d. Bethesda, Dec 301948.
US Naval Academy. • Naval officer, rear
admiral, Washington DC; inventor battleship
turret system; mem Hydrographic surveys,
Bureau of Ordnance, Conunn to Investigate
Maine explosion. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-
1905):199,24:207,51:524; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938; BEGAJ; NYTimes, Dec 31 1948,
15:1.
Strauss, Joseph; b. ca 1867; d. Chicago, July
23 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. • Bridge
engineer, patent holder, San Francisco,
Chicago; helped design & build over 400
bridges 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 11
1882.
Singer, tchr, Berkeley; faculty U CA; officer
professional orgs. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Strauss, Leo; b. Kirchhain, Hesse, Sep 20
1899; d. Oct 18 1973.
Strauss, Myer
To US ca 1938.· PhD UHamburg, Freiburg.
• Philosopher, political scientist; faculty Berlin
Lehranstalt, New School, U Chicago; special
interests: Spinoza, medieval]ewish & Arabic
writers; author in field; WWI German military
service. • See: UJE;EJ; AJYB, 76:91-97;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,Oct 21 1973, 77:3.
Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 40:392; NITimes, June
161938,23:2.
Strauss, Malcolm Atherton; b. NYC, Sep 19
1879; 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, Leon; b. ca 1851; d. Turin, Italy,
Feb 11913.
Newspaper correspondent. • See: AJYB,
Merchant, Baltimore; pres synagog. • See:
15(1913-1914):274.
WWIAJ,1928.
Strauss, Leonard A; b. Chicago, May 4
1895.
Strauss, Martin; b. NYC, Sep 20 1867; d.
Far Rockaway, Feb 3 1935.
U Chicago. • Tailoring co exec, Indianapolis;
pres Jewish Community Center Assn; dir
Jewish Fedn, Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra.•. See: WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda),·
1938.
CCNY. • Importer, NYC; dfficer synagog;
active in religious, social welfare & fraternal
orgs. • See:AJYB, 37:262; BEGAJ.
Strauss, Levi; b. Bavaria, 1829; d. 1902.
Strauss, Manes; b. Baltimore, May 141873.
Strauss, Maurice Benjamin;b. Brooklyn,
Mar 51904; d. Apr 191974.
AB Amherst ColI, MD Johns Hopkins. •
To NY 1848. • Mfr, philanthropist, dry goods
merchant, Sacramento, CA, San Francisco;
developed Levis; est scholarships. • See: EJ.
Physician, Boston; faculty Harvard, Boston U,
Tufts; author in field; WWII service. • See:
Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein; b. Charleston,
WVA,}an 311896; d. Brandy Station, W
VA, Jan 211974.
Strauss, Maurice J; b.. New Haven, Jan 3
1893; d. Feb 2 1958.
AB Yale, MD Columbia. • Dermatologist,
Banker, business exec, controversial public
servant, naval officer, communalldr,
philanthropist; mem Atomic Energy Commn;
bd Am Relief Adm of European Childrens
Fund; officer Am Jewish Com,Joint
Distribution 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, July
23 1937.
syphilologist, New Haven; faculty Yale; dir
Municipal Venereal Disease Clinic; .WWI
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Feb 41958, 29:2.
Strauss, Max; b. Dromersheim, Rhenish
Hesse, June 18 1886; d. NYC, Sep 1944.
To US 1908. • U Frankfurt. • Investment
broker, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Sep 12 1944, 19:4.
Banker, philanthropist, Richmond. • See:
AJYB, 40:392;NYTimes,July241937, 15:5.
Strl;lusS, Michael W; b.ca 1897; d.
Chamberlain, ME, Aug 1970.
U WI. • US Dept of Reclamation Commr,
Strauss, Lillian Johanna; b. Cleveland, Jan
23 1898; d. NYC, Oct 6 1959.
AB Western Reserve, Chicago School of Civics
Truman aide, Washington DC; earlier
journalist; advocate of public power; author on
conservation. • See: NITimes, Aug 11 1970,
& Philanthropy. • Social work exec, NYC;
with Maxwell Settlement House (Chicago),
J ewish Welfare Center (Boston), Heb
Educational Soc (Brooklyn), Mt Pleasant
House; 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 6
1945.
Pioneer public health advocate, Philadelphia;
specialty: children, adoption; fdr community
health centers; conducted milk survey; author
in 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, Ann
Arbor; facultyU MI. ·.See:AJYB, 41:432;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928; NYTimes, Sep 281938,
25:1.
Strauss, Louis M; b. ca 1875; d. June 14
1938.
Chain store merchant, communal worker,
33:4.
Strauss, Morris; b. NYC, Nov 6 1877; d.
NYC, Sep 1953.
AB, AM, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asst corp
counsel, NYC; authority on workmen's
compensation; officer bar assns; active
philanthropic & civic orgs. • See: BEGAJ;
NYTimes, Sep 14 1953, 27:2.
Strauss, Morris; b. Cincinnati, Mar 19
1897.
IN U. • Editor, freelance writer; editor IN
Jewish Chronicle; officer B'nai B'rith, Zionist
Org of Am,Jewish War Veterans; WWI
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~ty
Chest; 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.
Strauss,~at~athan)
Baltimore City ColI. • Wholesale dry goods
merchant; communalldr, Baltimore; dir Jewish
Social Services, Jewish Childrens Soc, Heb
Home 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; officer
B'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 Reserve
Bank (Portland branch). • See:.{1]YB, 36:287;
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 Magazine
story,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,
636
Strauss, Simon; b. Richmondville, NY, Mar
18 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, Dec
1967.
NY Law. • Lawyer, boxing promoter,
legislator, NYC; counsel 20th Century
Sporting·Club; active Republican politics. •
See: NYTimes, Dec 14 1967, 68:7.
Strauss, Walter Littwitz; b. Loudonville,
OH, July 11 1899.
Oberlin,. Harvard. • Realtor, Erie; officer
Jewish Welfare Soc, Community Chest; WWI
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, court
of special sessions judge, NYC; active
Democratic Party. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Strelitz, Victor; b. *; d. Chicago, Mar 21
1913.
Merchant, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 15(19131914):274.
27:3.
Strauss, Seligman Joseph; b. Wilkes-Barre,
Aug 191852; d. Wtlkes-Barre, May 3
1926.
AB, BS, MA CCNY. • Lawyer, county judge,
communal worker, Wilkes-Barre; mem School
bd; a fdr B'nai B'rith Orphanage; pres Jewish
Orphan Soc. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):199,
24:208,29:117; PA]HS, 31:297-98.
Strelsin (Strelzin), Alfred A; b. Anufrehifka,
Ukraine/Antwerp, Feb 27 1898; d. Aug
251976.
To US 1906. • U WI. • Industrialist, Zionist;
exec General Scientific Corp; orgr model city
(WI); chr Am Com for aJewish Army; a
financier The Eternal Road; War Production Bd
consult. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928; BEOA];
Strauss, Seymour A; b. Richmond, Mar 27
1866; d. NYC, May 1953.
Merchant, NYC; mem Nat! Clothing Mfrs
Research Bd; bd synagog; donor scholarships
UVA.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;NYTimes,
May 26 1953,29:4.
Stricker, Louis Julius; b. Cincinnati, June 9
1899.
LLB, LLM U Cincinnati, Harvard Law. •
Lawyer, Cincinnati; dir County Blind Relief;
WWI chemical warfare work. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Strauss, Sidney; b. Pittsfield, IL, Aug 29
1878.
AB, MD Harvard. • Physician, Chicago;
specialty: internal medicine; faculty Rush Med
ColI, U IL.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Stricker, Sidney George; b. Cincinnati,
May261871.
LLB Cincinnati, Harvard Law. • Lawyer,
Cincinnati; active Democratic Party. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Strauss, Sigmund (Siegmund); b. Znaim,
Czechoslovakia, 1875; d. NYC, Mar 29
1942.
To NYC 1940. • Inventor, patent holder in
radio, medicine, x-rays, scientific instruments;
lab in Vienna. • See: UJE; A]YB, 44:344;
NYTimes, Mar 30 1942, 17:3.
S~g, Theodore;b.Shavli,Lithuania.
To US 1904.· Brooklyn CoIl ofPhannacy.·
Pharmacist, NYC; communalldr, Los Angeles;
officer Zionist Org of Am; chr nat! council
Jewish Nat! Fund; dir Nathan Strauss Palestine
Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Stromberg, Hunt; b. Louisville, July 12
1894; d. Aug 1968.
Movie producer, journalist, publicity dir, Los
Angeles; with MGM, United Artists. • See:
Strongin, Sidney; b. Russia, ca 1887; d.
Palm Beach, Jan 1971.
NYU Law. • Lawyer, Brooklyn; pres bar assn;
bd Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center; dir
NY Fedn of Reform Congregations. • See:
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; officer JTS, Am
Jewish 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 & Relief Adm; bd State
Conf 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 NY
Globe; investor over 200 shows; active theatrical
charity fundraising. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes,July23 1965,29:1.
Stroock, Joseph; b. NYC, 1869; d. Deal, N],
Aug261946.
Textile mfr, communalldr; a fdr Free
Synagogue, 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] (sub
Stroock);A]YB, 27:151; NYTimes, Mar 30
1925,17:5.
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 of
Higher Education; trustee CCNY; dir Jewish
Bd of Guardians, School for Training Jewish
Social 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 Girls
Home Club, Boys Home Club; chr wornens
div United NY Appeal for Joint Distribution
Com & Nat! Refugee Service; bd Heb Orphan
637
Asylum, Jewish Child Care Assn, Childrens
Center. • See: E] (sub Stroock); NYTimes, Aug
15 1948,60:2.
Stroock, Samuel; b. NYC, ca 1898; d. June
301939.
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 22
1873/1874; d. White Sulphur Springs, W
VA, Sep 111941.
BS CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia; honorary
degrees. • Lawyer, nat! communal & civic ldr,
author, NYC; specialty: constitutional law; pres
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; exec com Am
Jewish Com; non-Zionist mem Jewish Agency
for Palestine; active supporter JTS. • 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 12
1941,21 :1.
Strouse, Benjamin; h. ca 1847; d. Feb 23
1933.
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 ofJewish
Women; bd Jewish Chautauqua; active
synagog, MD State Fedn of Wornens Clubs;
dir Baltimore Playground Assn. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906): 106-07.
Strouse, Henry; b. NYC, Sep 26 1869.
Banker, Philadelphia; pres Golf Assn. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Strouse, Irving Sittenfie1d; b. NYC, Oct 21
1897.
BS Columbia. • Publicity counselor, Broadway
producer, popularized backgammon, NYC;
introduced miniature golf courses; public
relations 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 Am Farmer; defended Molly
Maguires.· 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 29
1882.
Sudarsky, Mendel I
AB, MD Johns Hopkins. • Physician, Chicago,
Los Angeles; IL Commr to Study Conditions
ofWomen 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, DDS
Medico-Chirurgical ColI (Philadelphia). • Oral
surgeon, Brooklyn; officer dental socs; co-fdr
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; assocd
withJack London. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):199,24:211; WWIA], 1928, 1938;
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Feb 261964,35:4.
Strunsky, Manya Gordon (Mrs Simeon
Strunsky); b. Kiev, ca 1882; d. New
Canaan, 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 23
1879; d. Princeton, Feb 5 1948.
To US 1887. • AB Columbia; honorary
degree. • Editor, essayist, novelist, NYC; staff
New 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 29
1882.
To US 1937. • Music Conservatory (Venice,
Italy). • Vocal instructor, Munich, Milan,
Berlin, NYC; facility CCNY. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Stulberg, Louis; b. Bogria, Poland, Apr 14
1901; d. NYC, Dec 141977.
To US 1919. • Harbord ColI Inst (Toronto),
U Chicago. • Trade union officer, NYC; mem
US delegation to UN, Com on Consumer
Interests; pres ILGWU; officer AFL-CIO; fdr
East 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 30
1867; d. Cincinnati, Apr 1948.
Harvard. • Clothing mfr, then insurance
broker, Cincinnati; dir Red Cross; leading
Mutual agent in country. • See: WWIA], 1938;
Stunndorf, Arnold; b. Vienna, Aug 26
1861/1862; d. NYC, Nov 13 1934.
U Vienna, MD Columbia. • Gynecologist,
NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic; officer medical
assns; 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; natl
officer 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 World Jewish Cong; active Am
Jewish Cong; WWI draft bd service. • See:
WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 141958,24:1.
Stutchkoff, Nahum; b. Warsaw, June 9
1893; d. Brooklyn, Nov 6 1965.
To US 1923. • Yiddish author & playwright,
philologist, NYC· See: A]YB, 67:543;
Stutz, George Morton; b. Chotimsk,
Russia, Dec 25 1904.
To US 1913. • Detroit Community ColI, LLB
Detroit CoIl of Law. • Lawyer, prosecuting
atty, asst atty general, public admr, bank dir,
Detroit; fdr Emergency Relief Soc; officer
Jewish Social Service Bureau, Allied Jewish
Campaigns. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Stybel, Abraham Joseph; b. Zharki, Poland,
1884/1885; d. NYC, Sep 16 1946.
To US ca 1939-1940. • Publisher, patron of
Heb literature; assocd Stybel Publishing Co. •
See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 49:619; NYTimes, Sep 17
1946,7:4.
Subin, Harry; b. Philadelphia, July 6 1898;
d.Apr 1969.
MD Jefferson Med ColI, post-grad Columbia,
U P A. • 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, Columbia
Law. • 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, communal
ldr, editor, author, NYC; columnist The Day;
dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, ORT. • See:
A]YB, 54:541j NYTimes, Jan 11952,25:4.
Sudran, Abe L
638
insurance agent, Chicago; assocd IL
Emergency Relief Commn; officer Jewish
Orphans Home, Nat! Jewish Hospital, trade
assils, B'nai B'rith; Nat! Guard service. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA].
Sudran, Abe L; b. Hoboken, May 14 1909;
d. West Orange, N}, Mar 12 1978.
Civlc & communalldr, Cleveland; specialty:
vocational adjustment; with Governors
Commn on Veterans Adm, Occupational
Planning Com; bd Health & Welfare Council
(Kansas City); consult Council ofJewish
Fedns & Welfare Funds; secy Jewish News. •
See:AJYB, 80:373; NYTimes, Mar 13 1978,
19:6.
Sulzbach, Walter; b. Frankfurt, 1889.
To US 1937. • Sociologist, author; faculty U
Frankfurt; specialty: sociologyofnations,
classes, political parties; author in field. • See: EJ.
Sufrin, Solomon; b. ca 1882; d. Brooklyn,
Apr 21931.
Legislator, communalldr, Brooklyn. • See:
AJYB, 33:128.
Sulzbacher, B L; b.*; d. Kansas City, Nov
1933.
Physician, professor, Kansas City. • See: A]YB,
36:287.
Sugar, AbrahamJ; b. Europe, ca 1859; d.
Baltimore, Dec 301945.
To US ca 1880. • Philanthropic worker,
Baltimore; fdr Heb Home for Aged; nat! dir
Jewish Consumptives Relief Soc. • See: A]YB,
48:501.
Sulzbacher, Louis; b. Kirchheimbolanden,
Bavaria, May 101842; d. ~C,Jan 17/22
1915.
Lawyer, jurist, New Mexico; federal court
judge, Puerto Rico, Indian Territory. • See:
JE; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):200,17(19151916):22 3; WWWIA, 1.
Sugarman,EliasEugene;b.~C,Dec27
1901.
.
CCNY. • Newspaperman, NYC; staff, editor,
general mgr Billboard; active Jewish Theatre
Guild. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Sugarman, Morris Henry; b. Russia, Dec 15
1889; d. ~C, Oct 12 1946.
To US 1890. • Architect, NYC; designed
Hotel New Yorker, Long Beach Hospital;
1938; NYTimes, Oct 13 1946,60:1.
Sugarman,RobertReuben;b.~C,June
171898; d. ~C,June 1974.
AB CCNY, LLB, JD Brooklyn Law; honorary
degree. • Lawyer, NYC; faculty Brooklyn
Law; author in field; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, June 17
1974,34:4.
Sugarman, Sidney; b. Boston, Sep 4 1904;
d. Hallandale, FL, Aug 91974.
District court judge, special deputy
comptroller, NYC; counsel Bronx County
Clerk; officer B'nai B'rith; bdJTS. • See:
A]YB, 76:518; NYTimes, Aug 10 1974, 32:5.
Sugerman, Herbert; b. ca 1888; d. Los
Angeles, Nov 1932.
Physician, Los Angeles. • See:A]YB, 35:129.
Suhler, Aaron; b. ca 1846; d. Waco, Mar 1
1916.
Rabbi, Waco.· See:AJYB, 18(1916-1917):110.
Sukoenig, Abraham; b. ca 1878; d. July 3
1936.
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;
faculty Juilliard, Syracuse U, Westchester
Conservatory, 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
Sulzberger, Abraham; b. May 20 1810; d.
1880.
To Philadelphia ca 1848. • Hazzan,
Philadelphi'a; tchr Germany; orgr Jewish
Hospital. • See:]E (sub Sulzberger).
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays; b. ~C, Sep 21
1891; d. ~C, Dec 11 1968.
BS Columbia; honorary degrees. • NITimes
publisher, communal & Reform Jewish ldr,
NYC; orgr Jewish Big Bros; bd Union of Am
Heb Congregations; dir Baron de Hirsch
Fund, 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; WWII
service. • See: E] (sub Sulzberger, Arthur
Hays).
Sulzberger, Beatrice J (Mrs Leo
Sulzberger); b. Chicago.
Communal worker, NYC; pres Nat! Council of
J ewish Women, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;
officer Maternal Aid Soc,Jewish Working
Girls Vacation Soc, League of Women Voters;
active Democratic politics. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Sulzberger, Cyrus L; b. Philadelphia, July
11 1858; d. ~C, Apr 30 1932.
Textile exec, merchant, communal & ciVic ldr,
philanthropist, NYC; pres Borough of
Manhattan, United Heb Charities; a fdr Am
Reb; officer Fedn of Am Zionists; exec com Am
Jewish Com, Nat! Conf of Christians & Jews,
J oint Distribution Com. • See:]E (sub
Sulzberger); UJE; A]YB, 7(1905-1906):107,
24:208,34:113,35:145-56; WWIA], 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB; NITimes, May 1
1932, 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 15
1910.
To US in infancy.· Perfume mfr, communal
worker, Philadelphia; mem PA Prison Soc;
officer Heb Education Soc, Dropsie; devoted
time 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 J ewishCom;
traveled to Italy, Austria for Joint Distribution
Com, UNRRA; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
65:438; NITimes, Sep 3 1962, 15:4.
Sulzberger, Elsie K (Mrs Mayer B
Sulzherger); b. Hungary, Sep 5 1884.
Hunter, Barnard, AB Columbia. • Communal
& ciVic worker, essayist, poet, short story
writer, Detroit; fdi- birth control clinic; bd MI
Birth Control League; officer Nat! Council of
Jewish 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 7
1915,7:7.
Sulzberger, Frank Leopold; b. Chicago,
Dec 3 1887.
U Chicago. • Mfr exec, Chicago; pres Jewish
Charities; trustee Julius Rosenwald Fund;
active trade assns. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Sulzherger, Iphigene Ochs (Mrs Arthur
Hays Sulzherger); b. Cincinnati, Sep 19
1892.
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 Central
High School (Philadelphia). • Merchant,
poet, Philadelphia; contributor Jewish
Exponent; active literary socs. • See: PAJRS,
8:151-52.
Sulzherger, Joseph E; b. ca 1842; d.Jan 5
1931.
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; orgr Jewish Boys Brigade; officer Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies; active Educational
Alliance; WWI service. • See: UJE; NITimes,
Feb 1 1926, 19:3.
Sulzherger, Marion Baldur; h. ~C, Mar
12 1895; d. San Francisco, Nov 241983.
Harvard, Sorbonne, MD U Zurich. • AViator,
dermatologist, NYC, San Francisco; faculty
NY Post-Grad Med School, NYU, U CA
(Berkeley); author/editor in field; WWI
aViation instructor. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 8;NITimes, Nov261983.
639
Sulzberger, Mayer; b. Heidelsheim, Baden,
June 22 1843; d. Philadelphia, Apr 20
1923.
To Phildelphia 1849. • AB Central High
School (philadelphia), business coIL • Jurist,
scholar, Hebraist, communalldr, Philadelphia;
fdr, first pres Am Jewish Com, YMHA; an orgr
JTS; 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 for
Aged & Infirm; active Democratic politics. •
See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
NITimes,Sep 17 1956,27:3.
Sulzberger, Rachel Hays (Mrs Cyrus
Sulzberger); b. NYC, ca 1861; d. Feb 10
1938.
Communal & civic ldr, NYC; officer Natl
Council ofJewish Women, Jewish Working
Girls Vacation Soc; mem Daughters of the Am
Revolution; 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 of Am Heb Congregations, Maimonides
Free 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 19
1860.
Lawyer, drug mfr, mayor, postmaster,
legislator, city atty, Madison, IN; officer B'nai
B'rith; mem Republican State Com. • See:
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):108; WWIA], 1928;
BEOA].
Sumberg, Samuel Leslie; b. Utica, July 27
1903.
BA, MA U Toronto. • German instructor,
NYC; faculty CCNY, Columbia. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Summerfield, Isaac; b. ca 1871; d. Jan 4
1938.
Civic & communalldr, philanthropist, St PauL
• See:A]YB, 40:392.
Summerfield, Samuel; b. St Louis, July 1
1873; 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.
Suss, Simon
AB, LLB U KS. • Hosiery mfr, NYC; est
need-based scholarships U KS. • See:
WWWIA, 2;NITimes, Sep41947, 25:3.
Summit, William Allen; b. Wtlkes-Barre,
Oct 15 1899.
LLB Youngstown Law, post-grad Judge
Gusweilers School of Law (Cincinnati). •
Lawyer, Canton, OH; sponsor law establishing
Canton Municipal Court; mem Republican
Campaign 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 Med
Assn, Courland Young Mens Mutual Aid Soc.
• See: WWIA], 1928, 1938 (sub Sundelson,
Ray).
Sundelson, Ray Wooer (Mrs Adolph H
Sundelson); b. Smolian, Russia, Sep 18
1882; d. Feb 1951.
To US 1893. • Packard Business ColI, NYU
Law. • Insurance exec, NYC; only woman
general agent with Equitable Life Assurance;
natl officer Mizrachi; officer trade orgs; dir
Heb 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 Fedn
ofJewish Charities, Eaglesville Sanatorium. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Dec 4
1956,39:4.
Sundheim, Joseph H; b. Philadelphia, Dec
111878.
LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; pres,
counsel PA League of Bldg & Loan Assns;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sundlun, Arthur Jerome; b. Warsaw, July
261888.
To US 1889. • Browrt.· Wholesale jeweler,
Providence, Washington DC; officer Bureau of
Rehabilitation, J ewish Welfare Fedn, trade
assns. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sunkin, Irving Burton; b. NYC, July 9
1932; d.Jan 91979.
Washington U (St Louis), NYU,JD
Columbia. • 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 of
HungarianJews,Am Jewish Refugee Aid Soc;
bd RabbiJacobJoseph Yeshiva, Natl ORT
League, B'nai Zion; benefactor Yeshiva Onei
Moshe. • See:A]YB, 73:636.
Sunstein, Abraham Jacob; b. Suwalki, Jan
25 1861; d. Dec 8 1926.
Liquor & distilling exec, communalldr,
Pittsburgh; pres Natl Assn of Distillers; officer
Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies.· See:A]YB, 29:117; WWIAJ,
1926.
Surasky, Herman; b. Birmingham, England,
Oct 101906.
To US 1910.· Eastman School ofMusic. •
Violinist, Rochester, NY; tchr David
Hochstein Memorial Music School, 1st
Settlement Music School (Buffalo); mem
Civic 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 5
1960,86:5.
Sure, Julius Hilton; b. Libau, Latvia, Sep 29
1879.
U IL, post-grad Vienna, Berlin, Dublin, NYC.
• Obstetrician, Milwaukee; faculty Wise ColI
of Physicians & Surgeons, Marquette; dir
Talmud Torah. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Surnamer, Isaac; b.*; d. Apr 1937.
Physican, communal & educational worker,
Paterson. • See: A]YB, 39:598; NITimes, Apr
241937, 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, May
251953,25:6.
Surrey, Stanley Sterling; b. NYC, Oct 3
1910.
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. Oct
1950.
Woolen merchant exec, philanthropist, NYC;
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,Heb
Sheltering & Guardian Soc. • See: WWIA],
1926,1938; NITimes, Oct 6 1950,27:2.
Suskind, Richard Raphael; b. Bronx, May 2
1925.
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 atty
general, Houston; mem Welfare Bd; officer
United Jewish Campaign; orgr Yale Zionist
Soc. • See: WWIA], 1926; NITimes, June 1
1949,31:4.
Susman, Moses; b.*; d. NYC, 1727.
Thief; onlyJew known to be executed for a
capital crime in 18th century Am. • See:
BDEA].
Suss, Simon; b. ca 1851; d. St Louis, Apr 9
1912.
Merchant, StLouis.· See:A]YB, 14(19121913):127.
640
Susskind, Walter
Susskind, Walter; b. Prague, May 11913; d.
Berkeley, Mar 25 1980.
Prague State Conservatory, Prague Academy of
Music; honorary degrees. - Orchestra
conductor, pianist, NYC; fdr Nat! Youth
Orchestra; dir Aspen Festival; advisor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; guest
conductor world-wide. - See: WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, Mar 27 1980.
Sussman, A Allen; b. Seaford, DE, Apr 13
1898.
Baltimore City ColI, BS, DDS, MD U MD,
post-grad U Vienna. - Physician, heart
specialist, Baltimore; faculty U MD School of
Dentistry, U MD School ofMedicine; military
service. - See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Sussman, Harris; b. Russia, ca 1871; d. Mt
Vernon, NY, Apr 1940.
To US 1888. - Steel mfr, philanthropist,
communalldr, Zionist, LI City; a fdr Beth
David Hospital, synagog. - See: NYTimes, Apr
151940,23:2.
Sussman, Henry A; b. ca 1891; d. Oct 16
1938.
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 relations
mgr, NYC; with NY Clothing Contractors
Assn; a fdr United GalicianJews of Am; active
United]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, Mar
23 1884.
EE Columbia. - Consult engineer, NYC; with
Acme Meter Service Co; designed meter
equipment. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Sussman, Mendel; b. Ponedel, Lithuania,
July 25 1871.
To US 1892. - Mfr, Philadelphia; dir Yeshiva
Mishkan Israel. - See: WWIA], 1918, 1938.
Sussman, Otto; b. Bavaria, Jan 311879; d.
NYC, Feb 3 1947.
To US 1904. - Mining Eng Royal Academy of
Mines (Bavaria), PhD U Wiirzburg, post-grad
U Munich, U Leipzig. - Mining expert, metal
co exec, NYC; pioneer in developing mines in
Rhodesia & US. - See: A]YB, 49:619; WWIA],
1938; WWWJA, 2; NYTimes, Feb 41947,15:1.
Sussman, Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Jan 19
1895.
Philadelphia School of Pedagogy, BS U PA,
PhD Dropsie. - Communal educator, author,
Philadelphia; principal Har Zion Temple Heb
School; editor Jewish Current Events, Jewish
News; 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 U Toledo. - Accountant,
lawyer, Sylvania, OH; officer State Assn
Retarded Children; WWII service. - See:
WWWJA,8.
Lawyer, Commr of Taxes, art collector,
author, NYC; helped finance Sutro Tunnel;
orgr Comstock Tunnel Co; honorary pres
German-Am Alliance. - See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,
24:208; WWWJA, 1; NYTimes, Aug 29 1927,
17:3.
Sussman, Sol; h. Kovno, Oct 7 1886; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 1959.
To US 1890. - Merchant, textile jobber,
Brooklyn; bd Morris] Solomon Sunshine
Fund; dir Brooklyn]ewish Center,]ewish
Educational Soc; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Heb Day & Night Nursery. -.
See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 151959,
17:2.
Svedofsky, Michael; b. ca 1874; d. July 6
1936.
Violinist, NYC,]ackson Hgts, NY; with
Metropolitan Opera. - See: A]YB, 39:598.
Sussman, William S; b. Budapest, Jan 30
1871; d. Boston, May 1950.
To US ca 1887. - UVienna, LLD Royal U
(Budapest). - Realtor, NYC; active numerous
charities, Democratic politics. - See: WWIA],
1928; NYTimes, May 11 1950, 30:3.
Sutro, Adolph Heinrich Joseph; b. Aachen,
Apr 29 1830; d. San Francisco, Aug 8
1898.
To US 1848/1850. - Engineer, civicldr,
landowner, mayor, San Francisco; conceived
idea for Sutro Tunnel; donated book collection
to Sutro Library U San Francisco; benefactor
Ethical 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 11
1945,40:1.
Sutro, Charles W; b. ca 1865; d. Apr 26
1936.
Financier, San Francisco.- See:A]YB, 38:436.
Sutro, Emil; b. ca 1832; d. NYC, Oct 27
1906.
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 21
1939,26:2.
Sutro, Lionel; b. ca 1859; d. Santa Monica,
July 28 1931.
Philanthropist, NYc. - See: A]YB, 34:113.
Sutro, Oscar; b. Victoria, BC, June 18
1874; d. June 9 1935.
To US 1875. -BL U CA (Berkeley). - Lawyer,
legislator, San Francisco; active sugar interests.
- See: WWWIA, 1.
Sverdlik, Aaron; b. Bender, Rumania, Aug
15 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 21
1894.
BS U PA. - Aeronautical consult, NYC; WWI
service. - See: WWIA], 1928.
Swaab, Solomon M; b. Philadelphia, ca
1871; 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, U
MA. - See: WWWJA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 12
1972,52:4.
Swartsberg, Jerome F; b. Brooklyn, ca
1912; d. Cincinnati, May 271966.
Northwestern, CCNY.- Dept store exec,
Cincinnati; with Federated Stores; WWII
service. - See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 28
1966,27:2.
Swartz, Arthur L; b. ca 1889; d.· Kenmore,
NY, May 1940.
Sportsman, legislator, professional basketball
mgr;dir NY State Semi-Pro Baseball Conf; fdr
Pony Baseball League. - See: NYTimes, May 15
1940,25:4.
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.
Sutro, Richard; b. NYC, Dec 24 1863; d.
Aug 31930.
CCNY. - Banker, NYC; exec CT Electric
Service Co. - See: WWWIA, 1.
Swartz, Edward James; b. Buffalo, Apr 19
1848; d. 1910.
] ournalist, playwright, Philadelphia; with
Evening Telegraph. - See: WWWIA, 1.
Sutro, Theodore; b. Aix-la-Chapelle, Mar
141845; d. NYC, Aug 281927.
To US 1850. - Harvard, Columbia Law.-
Swartz, Jacob; b. Poznan, Poland, ca 1922;
d. Boston, Mar 1981.
To US as child. - MD Boston U. -
641
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, Boston; specialty:
death & dying; faculty Boston U; author in
field; WWII service. • See: NITimes, Apr 1
1981, 11:1.
Swartz, Jacob Hyams; b. Russia, May 10
1896; d. Aug 171971.
To Boston 1906. • Tufts, MD, post-grad
Harvard. • Dermatologist, Boston; faculty
Harvard; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WW'WIA,6.
Swartz, Mano; b. Kisvarda, Hungary, July 4
1964.
To US 1886. • Debreczen Collegium
(Hungary). • Fur merchant, Baltimore; pres
Baltimore 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,
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 1
1880; 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; orgr
Neighborhood Improvement Assn, Good Will
Court; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities, Heb
Education 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, University
Settlement; 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 Einstein
CoIl of Med, 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; officer
Film Critics Circle of the Foreign Language
Press; active United Jewish Appeal, Jewish
Writers Assn. • See: A]YB, 83:363.
Swerdloff, Jessie D; b.*; d. Buffalo, June
1934.
Swyer, Solomon Pinchus
Communal & Zionist worker, Buffalo. • See:
A]YB, 36:287.
(sub Swig, Benjamin Harrison);A]YB, 42:484;
NITimes,July31 1939,13:3.
Swem, Daniel; b. NYC,Jan 211916.
BS CCNY, MA Columbia, PhD U MD. •
Chemist, Philadelphia; assocd US Dept of
Agriculture; faculty Temple U, Drexel; author
in field. • See: WW'WIA, 8.
Swimmer, Maurice; b. NYC, Oct 15 1899.
Real estate & life insurance broker, communal
fundraiser, Chester, PA. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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; bd
Council for Prevention of War. • 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 of Am; dir B'nai B'rith
Center, 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; WWII
service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NITimes,
Aug 12 1985, 13:7.
Swiff, Joseph H; b. Liskowo, Russia, July 16
1882.
To US 1904. • Cotton & bagging merchant,
Galveston; natl council Joint Distribution
Com; officer Zionist Org of Am, B'nai B'rith. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Swig, Benjamin Harrison; b. Taunton, MA,
Nov 171893; d. San Francisco, Oct 31
1980.
Honorary degrees. • Banker, realtor, hotel
owner, San Francisco; lost bank in Ponzi
scandal; natl council Am Jewish Com, Joint
Distribution Com; bd U Judaism, Careers
United 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 30
1882; d. May 13 1931.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, civic & communal
worker, Taunton, MA; mem MA
Constitutional Convention, Park Bd, Sinking
Fund Commn; fdr, pres Old Colony
Cooperative 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]
Swiren, Anna Regina; b. Rossiena,
Lithuania, Dec 111890.
Gratz, Gratz Tchrs, Temple U. • Co~munal
educator & worker, Philadelphia; tchr Gratz;
fdr, principal Heb Kindergarten; officer Fedn
Synagogue Sisterhoods of PA; presented food
saving 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.· Orthodox
rabbi, author, Philadelphia; officer Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc, Mizrachi; bd Union of
Orthodox Rabbis of Am. • 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 16
1870/1873; d. Apr 1929.
Tire co exec, NYC; author of humorous 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. • Electrical
engineer, exec, Zionist, NYC; pres Internatl
GE; officer Playground Commn (St Louis),
NYC Housing Authority, Coal Arbitration Bd;
mem presidential advisory councils; developed
"Swope Plan" to stabilize industry; advisor
New Deal agencies; active Hull House; WWI
service. • 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 of Arts & Sciences,
Horace Mann School; WWII service. • See:
WW'WIA,7.
Swope, Herbert Bayard; b. St Louis, Jan 5
1882; d. Sands Point, NY,June 201958.
Honorary degrees. • Pulitzer Prize winning
journalist; exec editor, developer of op-ed page
NY World; fdr Overseas News Agency; active
interfaith 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; officer
Keren Hayesod, Jewish Center Heb School;
delegate 1st Am Jewish Cong.· See: WWIA],
1938; NITimes, Mar 27 1953,23:2.
642
Sykes, Philip Louis
Sykes, Philip Louis; b. Lithuania, Feb 17
1884.
To US 1889. - Baltimore City ColI, LLB U
MD, MAJohns Hopkins. - Lawyer, chief
judge orphans court, Baltimore; mem State Bd
of Parole; pres United Heb Charities, Bd of
Jewish Education; active Jewish Big Brother
League; author in field. - See: UJE; WWIA],
1928.
Sylvester, Allie Lewis; b. NYC, Dec 17
1864; d. NYC, Jan 1962.
Tobacco mfr; exec Am Cigar Co. - See:
WWWIA.,4;NYTimes,Jan281962, 76:5.
Sylvester, James Joseph; b. London, Sep 3
1814;d. Mar 15 1897.
To US 1842, 1876. - Royal Inst (Liverpool), St
Johns (Cambridge U), BA, MA U Dublin.Mathematician; faculty U ColI (London), U
Va, Johns Hopkins, Royal Military Academy
(Woolwich); editor in field. - See: DAB;
Syman, Louis Lawrence; b. Cleveland, June
5 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, Oct
13 1889; d. Brooklyn, Mar 1941.
To US 1920. - Breslau Med ColI, post-grad
Berlin, Berne, Paris. - Physician, Brooklyn;
med dir Joint Distribution Com (Galicia); supt,
med dir Beth Abraham Home for Incurables,
Beth Moses Hospital; author in field; Russian
army 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; participant
1st Zionist Cong; fdr Russian-Jewish Scientific
Soc (Berlin), Socialist Zionist groups in
Europe, 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;
research fellow Yiddish Inst; specialty: French
Jewry, Am Jewish immigration; author in field;
WWII US & French service. - See: E]; A]H,
69:273-76.
Szasz, Otto; b. Alsoszus, Hungary, Dec 11
1884; d. Switzerland, Sep 19 1952.
To US 1933. - Mathematician, Cincinnati;
faculty U Frankfurt, U Cincinnati; prolific
author 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; advisor
Russian Ministry of Finance, Polish Ministry
of Finance; author on finance. - See: UJE.
Szego, Gabriel; b. Kunhegyes, Hungary,
1895.
To US 1934. - U Budapest, U Berlin, U
Gottingen, PhD U Vienna. - Mathematician;
faculty U Berlin, U Konigsberg, Washington
U (St Louis), Stanford; author in field. - See:
UJE.
Szell, Georg (George);b. Budapest, June 7
1897; d. Cleveland, July 301970.
To US 1940. - Noted conductor, child piano
prodigy, Europe, US; with Cleveland
Orchestra. - See: UJE; DAB, 8; NYTimes, July
31 1970, 1:2.
Szereszowski, Raphael; b. Warsaw, 1869; d.
Ellington, CT, Apr 261948.
To US 1941. - Banker, industrialist, public
official, communal worker, Warsaw; mem
Polish parliament, Warsaw Municipal Council;
exec Soc for the Propagation ofJewish
Sciences 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 concert
violinist, child prodigy, author. - See: UJE;
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Feb 211973, 1:4.
Depauw, Northwestern, Carnegie Tech,
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. - Theatrical
director, playwright, Birmingham, AL; head
Szold School of Dramatic Art; faculty Rocky
Mt School of the Arts (Estes Park, CO); dir
Yamakita School ofArts, Birmingham Little
Theatre. - See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Nov
171960,37:2.
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 Natl
Recovery Adm. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Szold, Henrietta; b. Baltimore, Dec 21
1860; d.Jerusalem, Feb 13 1945.
JTS. - Natl Zionist ldr, author; fdr Hadassah;
editorial secyJewish Publication Soc; officer
Zionist Org of Am; aided resettlement to
Palestine 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 14
1945,19:1.
Szold, Robert; b. Streator, IL, Sep 291889;
d. NYC, Nov 9 1977.
BS, MA Knox ColI, LLB Harvard. - Zionist
ldr, lawyer, NYC; asst atty general, Puerto
Rico; fdr Am Emergency Com for Zionist
Affairs; officer Palestine Economic Corp,
Jewish Agency; chr Zionist Org of Am. - 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 12
1979.
Meminger Normal (Charleston, SC), AB Bryn
Mawr ColI. - Communalldr, social worker;
natl officer Hadassah; with Friendly Service
Soc (Bloomfield, NJ), Assocd Charities of
Pittsburgh, Woods Run Industrial House
(pittsburgh); exec secy DC Consumers League.
• See: UJE;A]YB, 81:376; WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Szilard, Leo; b. Budapest, Feb 111898; d.
LaJolla, CA, May 301964.
To US 1937/1938. - Budapest Inst of
Technology, D Phil U Berlin. - Nuclear
physicist, atomic bomb developer; faculty U
Berlin, U Chicago; with Salk Inst, Fermi Inst;
fought to ban nuclear weapons; "WWI Austrian
army service. - See: E]; A]YB, 66:582;
WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;]TA-DNB, June 11964;
Sztejnwaks, Pinhus; b. Sokolow, Poland,
July 171905; d. NYC, May 111977.
To US 1941. • Journalist, Yiddish author,
Labor Zionist ldr, UN correspondent,
Warsaw, NYC; with Jewish Agency; pres Poale
Zion; editor Tzion Neiss. • See: A]YB, 79:375.
Szneidennan, S L (Shemuel Leib) (pen
name=A Lubliner); b. Kazimierz, Poland,
1906.
To US 1940. - Journalist, poet, translator,
editor. - See: UJE.
Szwarc, Michael; b. Bedzin, Poland, 1909.
To US 1952. - Warsaw Polytech, Heb U. Physical chemist; faculty Heb U, U
Manchester, SUNY Forestry, Syracuse U;
author in field. - See: E].
Szold, Benjamin; b. Nemiskert, Hungary,
Nov 15 1829; d. Berkeley Springs, W
VA, July 311902.
To Ba:Itimore, 1858. • Presburg Talmudic
ColI, Vienna, U Breslau. - Rabbi, scholar, early
Zionist, Hebraist, innovator in ritual,
Baltimore; developed Avodat Yisrael; aided
Russian immigration. - See: ]E; UJE; E];
A]YB, 4(1902-1903):197; DAB.
Szyk, Arthur; b. Lodz,June 3 1894; d.New
Canaan, CT, Sep 13 1951.
To US 1937. - Commercial colI (Lodz),
Academy of Fine Arts (Cracow), School of Fine
Arts (Paris), AcademieJulien. - Artist,
illustrator, illuminator, cartoonist, miniaturist,
New Canaan, CT; contributor Time, Life;
designer postage stamps; Russian & Polish
army service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 54:541;
WWWIA., 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes, Sep 14 1951,
25:1.
Szold, Bernard; b. Peoria, IL, July 31 1898;
d. Nov 1960.

S | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

Transcription

Similar documents

B | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

K | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

P - American Jewish Archives

G - American Jewish Archives

L - American Jewish Archives

M | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

ovodow, nicholas) norman. (aia) - Home