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Saal, Irving Randolph; b. Petersburg, VA,
Oct 71879.
LLB Tulane, UVA. • Lawyer, New Orleans.·
See: WWWIA, 6.
Saal, Raymond H; b. Petersburg, VA, May
221895.
Lawyer, New Orleans. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Saalburg, William; b. ca 1834; d. San
Francisco, Sep 201914.
Newsp'aper publisher, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 17(1915':1916):222.
Saarinen, Aline .Milton Bernstein; b. NYC,
Mar 251914; d. NYC,July 13 1972.
ABVassar, NYU; honorary degrees. • Art
critic, television commentator, author, NYC;
mem Fine Arts Commn; editorArtNews; assoc
art editor NYTimes; chiefNBC Paris bureau. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NAW:modern; NYTimesJuly
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 ofthe 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, chiefjustice 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 mgrEsquire Inc;
publisher &ecutive Review. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Sabin, Albert Bruce; b. near Bialystok,
1996. .
To US 1921. • Developer oralpolio vaccine,
physician, Cincinnati; pres Weizmann Inst;
mem Nad Academy ofScience, Nad Academy
ofArts & Sciences. • See:EJ.
Sabin, Wallace Arthur; b. Culworth,
London, Dec 15 1860; d. Berkeley, Dec
1937.
To US· 1894. • Oxford U.• Organist,
recitalist, Berkeley; assoc Emanu-EI, San
Francisco; set many Heb prayers. • See: UJE;
WWWIA, l;NYTimes, Dec 10 1937,25:3.
Sable, Daniel E; b. Pittsburgh, 1885.
U Pittsburgh. • Surgeon, Pittsburgh; mem
Dept ofPublic Safety; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Sablow, Joseph Nathaniel; b. Chernigov,
Apr 4 1890; d. Feb 1947.
To US 1893.· BS CCNY, DDS NY ColI. •
Dentist, communal worker, NYC; officer
professional orgs; active Zionist Org ofAm,
synagog; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Feb 22 1947, 13:4.
Sabsovich, Hirsch Loeb (Leib); b.
BerdianskiCharkov, Russia, Feb 251860/
1861; d. Mar 22 1915.
To US 1887/1888. • U Odessa, U Zurich. •
Agronomist, ldr Am Olam movement; mayor
Woodbine, NJ agricultural colony; general
agent Baron de Hirsch Fund; orgr Baron de
Hirsch Agricultural School, US Humane Soc;
officerJewish Socialist Workers. • See: JE; EJ;
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):178-79,17(1915­
1916):222; NITimes, Mar 241915, 11:6.
Sachar, Abram Leon; b. NYC, Feb 15 1899.
Harvard, MA, AB Washington U, PhD
Cambridge. • University pres, communalldr,
historian ofJewry, Waltham, MA; pres
Brandeis; nad dir Hillel Found. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ.
Sachar, EdwardJoel; b. St Louis,June 23
1933.
Harvard, U PA. • Psychiatrist, NYC; faculty
Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, Columbia; dir
NY State Psychiatric Inst; author in field;
military service. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Sachar, Howard Morley; b. St Louis, 1928.
Historian; faculty U MA, George Washington;
fdr, dirJacob Hiatt Inst (Israel); dir Hillel
(UCLA, Stanford). • See: E] (sub Sachar,
Abram). .
Sachnowitz, Benjamin; b. Rossein, Russia.
Rabbi, Norwich, CT.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):93-94.
Sachs, Abraham Shimcho; b. Lithuania, Oct
20 1879; d. Hoboken, 1931.
To US 1908. • U Berlin, Agricultural
Hochschule, U Jena. • Author, editor,
Hoboken; editor Tzukunft, Freund, Der Tog;
tchrJewish Tchrs Seminary; German &
Yiddish author on socialism, labor. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 24:197; WWIAJ, 1928.
Sachs, Alexander; b. Rossien, Lithuania,
Aug 1 1893; d. June 23 1973.
To US 1904.· BS Columbia, Harvard. •
Economist, author, lecturer, NYC; with
Lehman Bros; consult government agencies;
active Zionist Org ofAm. • 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
UnitedJewish 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 mgrJewish Daily World; exec dir Bd of
Jewish Education; officer Zionist Org ofAm;
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 AlexanderJr; b. Louisville,
May 111886.
LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, Louisville; faculty
Jefferson School ofLaw; 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
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.
Sachs, Hanns; b. Vienna, Jan 10 1881; d.
Boston,Jan 10 1947.
To US 1932. • St Lawrence. • Psychoanalyst,
prolific author, Zurich, Berlin, Boston; friend
ofFreud; faculty Harvard; fdr, editor The Am
Imago.· See: E]; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Jan 11
1947,19:4.
Sachs, Harry; b. ca 1857; d. Atlantic City,
Feb 17 1933.
Investment banker, NYC; fdr Goldman, Sachs.
• See: E] (sub Sachs); A]YB, 35:128.
Sachs, Henry; b. NYC, Oct 61862; d.
Colorado Springs, Apr 15 1952.
Investment banker, Colorado Springs; fdr
Gillette Safety Razor Enterprise; active Natl
Jewish Hospital, Natl Farm School, Am Jewish
Com, Golden Rule Found ofNY, Sachs
Found. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Apr 161952,27:5.
Sachs, HowardJoseph; 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, Julius; b. Baltimore, July 6 1849; d.
NYC, Feb 21934.
AB, MA Columbia, PhD U Rostock,
Wiirzburg, Berlin, Gottingen. • Educator,
NYC; fdr Sachs ColI Inst School for Boys;
faculty Columbia; officer professional orgs;
author on philology, archaeology. • See: ]E;
UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):179, 24:198,
36:285; DAB; NYTimes, Feb 3 1934, 13:3.
Sachs, Lippmann; b.*; d. San Francisco,
June 10 1912.
Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:
A]YB, 14(1912-1913):128.
Sachs, Manuel S; b. New Haven, Feb 27
1902; d. Woodsville, NH, July 12 1941.
AB, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, communal & Zionist
ldr, New Haven; active AmJewish Cong,
Jewish Natl Fund, Jewish Welfare Soc; editor
Yale Law]ournal. • See:A]YB, 44:343;
WWIA], 1938; BEOAl
Sachs, Morris A; b. ca 1847; d. Louisville,
July 28 1920.
Lawyer, Louisville; mem KY constitutional
convention. • See:A]YB, 23:133.
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 ofLaw. • Lawyer, Chicago;
officer Young MensJewish 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, 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, CanadianJewish Congo • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938.
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, Samuel S; b. ca 1868; d. Cleveland,
Apr 181941.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 43:363.
548
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 ofCommerce; 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 ofInternatl 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;
NYTimes, Apr 171956,31:5.
Sack, LesterJ; 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
DependentChildren, 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(1903­
1904):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.
Sacks, Leon; b. Philadelphia, Oct 7 1902.
BS Wharton, LLB U PA. • Congressman,
lawyer, deputy state atty general, Philadelphia;
active Democratic politics, communal &
Zionist orgs. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.
Sacks, Samuel Isaiah; b. Wtlmington, DE,
July 81892.
BS, CE U PA, LLB Temple U, Gratz, Neff
ColI ofOratory. • Engineer, lawyer,
Philadelphia; active professional orgs; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Sacks, Sheldon; b. NYC, Feb 201930; d.
Jan 51979.
Northwestern, PhD U Chicago. • English &
linguistic educator, author; faculty U CA
(Berkeley), U Chicago; officer professional org;
editor Critical Inquiry. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Sacks, Solomon; b. Wtlmington, DE, Dec 8
1893.
BS, MS Temple U. • Public school tchr,
principal, Philadelphia; officer Judaic Union;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Sadler, Bernard; b. Kirchenbirk, Bohemia,
Sep 15 1854; d. Easton, PA,July 13 1917.
Rabbi, Cairo, IL, Easton, PA.· See:AJYB,
5(1903-1904):94,20(1918-1919):230.
Sadler, M B; b. ca 1841; d. St Louis, 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
Sagalowitch, Jacob M
Social Services; MN Natl Guard service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Saenger, Israel; b. ca 1842; d. Shreveport,
Dec 271918.
Rabbi, Shreveport. • See: AJYB, 21:206.
Saenger,Joseph; b. Elizabeth, Aug 23 1863.
Civic & communal worker, Belleville, IL;
active Joint Distribution Com, B'nai B'rith; dir
WWI Bur ofConservation ofManpower •
See: WW1AJ, 1928.
Saenger, Samuel; b. Saager, Lithuania,
1864; d. Los Angeles, May 9 1944.
To US 1941. • U Berlin,U Heidelberg, U
Freiburg. • Writer, German minister to
Czechoslovakia; editor Die Neue Rundschau. •
See: UJE; NITimes, May 10 1944, 19: 1.
Safer, Rebecca H; b. AR,Jan 211898; d.
Washington DC, Mar 191983.
Communal & Zionist ldr, Washington DC;
active Hadassah, World Zionist Congo • See:
AJYB, 85:419.
Saffer, Simon; b. ca 1861; d. Brooklyn, July
141936.
Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 39:596.
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, dirJewish Academy ofArts &
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 ofscience; 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 ofImmigrants 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 ofAm, United Palestine Appeal,
Heb Free Loan.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Sage, Maurice S; b. Russia, 1917; d. NYC,
June 22 1976.
To US after WWI. • Exec, communalldr,
philanthropist; bd Bar-l1an, Am Zionist Fedn,
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Jewish Weekly;
active Jewish Natl Fedn, Religious Zionist Org
ofAm, WorldJewish Cong.· See:A]YB,
78:546.
Sagoff, Philip; b.*; d. Apr 12 1936.
Communal & Zionist worker, Cambridge,
MA. • See:A]YB, 38:434.
Sagorsky, Isidor S; b. Zagar, Russia, Dec 27
1878.
Communal worker, Philadelphia; active
Zionist Org ofAm, Jewish Community Center.
• See: WWIA], 1928.
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, MorrisJoel; b. Leeds, Sep 2 1891.
To US 1906. • Northwestern, Walton School
ofCommunity (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;
NYTimes, Dec 3 1957,35:1.
Sakin, Genia I; b. Lithuania; d. Boston, Sep
1960.
To US 1933. • Plastic surgeon, practiced
worldwide, aided victims ofHiroshima. • 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, PhDJohns 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(1912­
1913):126; NYTimes, Apr 91912, 11:3.
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.
Saks, Isadore; b. ca 1852; d. Sep 13 1933.
Merchant, dept store fdr, NYC. • See: A]YB,
36:285; NYTimes, Sep 14 1933,23:1.
Salant, Wtlliam; b. Courland, Feb 2 1870; d.
NYC, Dec 101943.
To NYC 1884. • BS Cornell, MD Columbia. •
Med researcher, physiologist, pharmacologist,
NYC; faculty U GA; author in field. • See:
UJE;A]YB, 24:198,46:345; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; WWWIA, 5.
Salasin, Samuel L; b. Philadelphia, May 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, Anti­
Defamation League, Internatl Womens B'nai
B'rith, Natl Confon 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
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. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):179, 32:155;
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
550
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(1918­
1919):230.
Salinger, Benjamin I; b. Germany, 1860.
Lawyer, judge, Carroll, IA. • See: A]YB,
24:198.
Salinger, Harry; b. Chicago, Mar 71883; d.
Apr 81951.
Jenner Med ColI, MD Chicago. • Banker,
Chicago; active World Trade Conf,
professional assn. • See:WWWIA, 3; NITimes,
Apr 91951,25:3.
Salinger, Jerome David aD); b. NYC,
1919.
Valley Forge Military Academy. • Noted
author, recluse; Catcher in the Rye; WWII
service. • See: E].
Salinger, Louis; b. Chicago, Mar 15 1876.
U Chicago, LLB Kent Call ofLaw. • Lawyer,
Chicago; dir synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Salinger, Pierre Emil George; b. San
Francisco,Jan 14 1925.
Journalist, presidential press secy, pianist. •
See: NITimes story, Mar 201964.
Salinger, Samuel; b. Cleveland, Jan 31885.
MD U Louisville, MD Chicago Call ofMed,
U Vienna. • Otolaryngologist, Chicago; faculty
Loyola; active med soc. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.

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 NYMorning
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 ofCruelty to Animals & Children;
pres Southern Rabbis Assn, Heb ReliefAssn,
United Charities; governor Heb Union ColI. •
See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):94-95,
18(1916-1917):110; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, 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 Emanu­
El; 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 ofPacific, 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.
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, 77:598­
99; NITimes, Jan 8 1975,40:4.
Sampliner, William; b. ca 1882; d.
Cleveland, Apr 71938.
Dermatologist, Cleveland. • See: A]YB,
40:391.
Sampson, Arthur Fichell; b. Georgetown,
SC,July 11855; d. 1934.
Washington & Lee, MD UVA, post-grad U
PA, NYU. • Physician, public health officer,
Galveston, San Francisco; inventor ofmed
instruments. • See: UJE (sub Sampson, John
Jacob); A]YB, 6(1904-1905):180.
Sampson, JohnJacob; 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.
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 ofHenrietta
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 ofDesign, 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! Confof
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 of70,000
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, Ellen Phillips
Family & Childrens Services, Sarah Lawrence;
advisor Columbia School ofSocial Work;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Samuel,Joseph Bunford aBunford); b. ca
1854; d. Philadelphia, Jan 11929.
Philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
24:198,31:93.
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.
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.
Samuels, A Bertram; b. ca 1886; d. NYC,
Sep 41934.
Lawyer, civic worker, public official, NYc. •
See:A]YB, 37:261.
Samuels, Abraham Samuel; b. Woltzin,
Poland, May 15 1894; d. Apr 23 1960.
To US 1922.· Elmira ColI.· Rabbi,
communalldr, Elmira, NY, NYC; officer
Jewish Bd ofEducation, 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,
ClevelandJewish Orphans Home, Anti­
Defamation 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 ofCommerce,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 ofLaw. Insurance agent, Denver;
officer Council ofSocial Agencies, CO Canfof
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:
NYTimes, July 20 1984,46:1.
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.
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.
Samuels, Saul Simon; b. Brooklyn, Apr 25
1895; d. Oct 1961.
AB, MA, MDColumbia. - Urologist, NYC; bd
Stuyvesant Polyclinic; author in field; WWI
service. - See: UJE; "WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA];NYTimes, Nov 2 1961,37:1.
Samuelson, Aaron; b. Odessa,Jan 71903;
d. NYC, Mar 19 1965.
To US 1906. -Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; 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.
Samuelson, Hyman; b. Russia, 1868.
Cantor, San Francisco, NYC. - See: A]YB,
5(1903-1904):95.
Samuelson, Lee (Leo) Israel; b. Chicago,
July!71879.
US Military Academy. - Army officer, 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 ofRecreation, 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.
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 ConfofSocial Workers,
Eugenics Assn. - See: "WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; CCARYB.
Sanders, Joseph; b. Gerden, Germany, Oct
181877; d. Washington DC, Aug 1960.
554
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.
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.
Sandground,Jack Henry; b. Johannesburg,
1899.
To US early 1920s.· U South Africa, Johns
Hopkins. • Parasitologist; faculty U
Witwatersrand, Johns Hopkins, Harvard;
curator Museum ofComparative Zoology
(Harvard). • See: UJE; E].
Sandhaus, Morris A; b. Cleveland, 1913; d.
Washington DC, June 41969.
Rabbi; officerJewish War Veterans; active
Chaplains Service ofVA, Jewish Chaplains of
Armed Forces. - See:A]YB, 71:608; NYTimes,
June 7 1969,35:5.
Sandler, Bernard Hirsch; b. NYC, Oct 22
1884; d.June 2 1958.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; counsel
Methodist Bd ofTemperance; 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.
Sandler, Samuel; b. Kiev, Feb 19 1886.
To US 1891. • MD Tufts. • Urologist, Fall
River, MA; assocd Bd ofHealth, 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.

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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; officerJewish
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(1918­
1919):230.
Savada, Elias; b. Poland, 1883 (?); d. NYC,
Feb 281950.
Clothing mfr, philanthropist, NYC; active
communal charities. • See: A]YB, 52:504;
NYTimes, Mar 11950,27:5.
Savage, Leon; b. Kovno, A1ar 23 1888/1889;
d. NYC, Apr 29 1967.
To US 1914/1915.· UParis, LLB Columbia.
• Lawyer, journalist, Zionist, Philadelphia,
NYC; editor PhiladelphiaJewish Warld, Jewish
Day; fdr Assn ofLithuanian]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.
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;
facultyJefferson 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 Landsberger­
Sachs) (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.
Scalettar, Louis William
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 NYTax 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(1913­
1914):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 ofAm (Buffalo). • See:
AJYB, 45:393; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Saypol, Irving H; b. NYC, Sep 3 1905; d.
June 30 1977.
LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, US atty, 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

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, EdwinJ; 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 ofSocial
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-gradJohns Hopkins; honorary degrees. •
Rabbi, editor, nat! Reform ldr, Chicago; editor
Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Comment, Reform
Advocate; officer Central ConfofAm 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.
ToMinneapolis 1886. • Business coll
(Minneapolis). • Communal worker,
Minneapolis; officerJewish 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 ofAm, Fedn
ofJ,ewish Charities. • See: AJYB, 72:544;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 29
1970,25:3.
Schapira, Mendel Zacheri; b. Jaroslau,
Austria, Mar 3 1878.
To NYC 1913. • Insurance broker, NYC;
officerJewish 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 ofEmployment & 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
NYAdult 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 ofChild
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.
Schary, Saul
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 ofHealth, government
agencies; author in field; W\VI & W\VII
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,5;
NYTimes, Apr 9 1967,92:6.
Scharfman, Isidore; b.Jassy, May 51885.
To US 1892. • Dress mfr, NYC; officer Home
ofthe Daughters ofIsrael;" active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies, synagog. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Scharfstein, Zevi (Zebi); b. Dunayevtzy­
Podalia, 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(1907­
1908):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 ofFine 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 ofFine Arts (Vienna).
• Artist, portraitist, NYc. • See: BEOA].
Schattner, Jerome Rohert; h. Brooklyn,
Mar 151905.
Am School ofChiropractic, 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; facultyJTS 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 ofMusical 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.
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 (MrsJack
Schechter); h. Bayonne, Sep 20 1913; d.
Bayonne, Apr 141963.
Social worker, communalldr, Bayonne;
regional pres Natl Council ofJewish Women;
active UnitedJewish 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 ofAm. • See: A]YB, 27:151;
NYTimes,Aug281924,17:5.
Schechter, MetaJohanna (Mrs Jacoh
Schechter); h. NYC, Feh 2 1892.
AB Hunter. • Tchr, civic & communalldr,
NYC; officer State Cong ofParents & Tchrs,
United Parents Assns ofNYC, 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(1904­
1905):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 ofZionist 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.
560
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;
dirJewish 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:
NYTimes, Apr 271962,35:1.
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
ofAm. • 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
Scheibel, Morris William; b. NYC, Mar 5
1887.
Heb Inst Technology, Columbia. • Architect,
Cleveland, Youngstown, OH; mem City
Planning Commn; dirJewish Fedn; active
Zionist Org ofAm, professional orgs. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Scheider, Henrietta Rinaldo (Mrs Alfred M
Scheider); b. NYC; d. NYC, Feb 11948.
Educator, NYC; ldr & innovator in education
ofdisabled & handicapped children; principal
special school. • See: A]YB, 50:522; NYTimes,
Feb 2 1948, 19:3.
Scheier, Henry; b. Plattsburg, NY, Dec 14
1968; d. before 1938.
Exec, civic & communal worker, alderman,
Plattsburg, NY; officer Bd ofHealth, synagog,
UnitedJewish Campaign, B'nai B'rith. • See:
WWIA],l928.
Scheimberg, Hennan; b. NYC, Nov 3 1888.
Master of Chiropody, First Inst ofPodiatry,
NYc. • Podiatrist, Brooklyn; faculty First Inst
ofPodiatry; 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 ofAm
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, BenjaminJoseph; b. Detroit,
Dec 15/18 1896; d. Los Angeles, Feb 18
1954.
AB U MI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, municipal
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.
Scheinman, Jacob Hirsch; b. Saane, Russian
Poland, May 12 1844.
Rabbi, Detroit, earlier many other places. •
See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):223.
Scheman, Louis; b. NYC, Dec 251907; d.
Nov 31972.
MD NYU. • Orthopedist, surgeon, Chicago;
faculty U Chicago; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Schenck, Joseph M; b. Ryhinsk, Russia,
Dec 25 1878/1882; d. Hollywood, CA,
Oct 22 1961.
To US 1890/1892. • Motion picture exec,
producer, NYC; a fdr 20th Century Fox; mgr
Norma Talmadge. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:199,
64:496; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 23 1961, 1:2.
Schenck, Nicholas Michael; b. Rybinsk,
Russia, Nov 141881; d. Mar 3 1969.
To US ca 1892. • Motion picture exec, NYC;
with Loews, MGM; pres ca 100 corporations. •
See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;
DAB, 8; NYTimes, Mar 5 1969,47:1.
Schenck, Samuel Bernard; b. NYC, Nov 13
1894; d. Brooklyn, Nov 1965.
MD Bellevue. • Obstetrician, Brooklyn; active
UnitedJewish 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; bdJewish Agency, Heb
U, Ampal-Amer Israel Corporation, Heb
Union CoIl-Jewish Inst ofReligion
Gerusalem). • See: E]:1973-1982;A]YB,
83:362.
Schenk, Henry (Harry) Leo; b. NYC, Oct
24 1898; d. Mar 10 1973.
Banker, NYC; with Trade Bank ofNY. • See:
WW1A], 1938; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Mar 12
1973,34:4.
Schenk (Schenck), Karl; b. Slabetz,
Bohemia, Feb 23 1874; d. NYC, 1947.
To US 1893. • Banker, NYC; with Trade Bank
ofNY; 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
JTS, post-grad Heb Union CoIl, U Chicago, U
lA, Columbia. • Rabbi, Zionist ldr, Iowa,
Australia, Brooklyn; pres Bd ofRabbis, Assn of
Reform Rabbis; adm com Zionist Org ofAm;
bd Heb U CoIl-Jewish Inst ofReligion; coeditorAustralian
Jewish Review. • See: A]YB,
76:516-17;BEOA]; NYTimes, May 261974,
45:3.
Schenker, Joel W; b. NYC, ca 1901; d.
NYC, Aug 1985.
Schereschewsky, John Forby
NYU. • Broadway producer, real estate
developer, philanthropist, NYC; officer
synagog; activeJTS, UnitedJewish Appeal. •
See: NYTimes, Aug 5 1985.
Scher, Jacob; b. ca 1909; d. Chicago, Sep
1961.
CraneJr CoIl, U IL Law. • Lawyer, journalist,
Chicago; faculty Northwestern; counsel House
Rules Com; dir"WPAIL Writers Project;
advocate ofopen government. • See: NYTimes,
Sep 29 1961, 35:2.
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 ofFree 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.
Scherck, HenryJoseph; b. New Orleans,
Dec 5 1867.
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.
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; ldrJewish
Labor Bund; mem WarsawJewish 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.

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 ofthe
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 ofFirie 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(1915­
1916):222; WWWIA., 1; DAB; NYTimes, May 6
1915,13:6.
Schine, Harold L; b. Bridgeport, CT, Dec 9
1917; d. New Haven, Sep 261977.
Business exec, civic & communalldr,
Bridgeport, CT; officerJewish Service Bureau,
Jewish Family & Childrens Bureau; bd United
Jewish Council; WWIIservice. • See: A]YB,
79:373; NYTimes, Sep 28 1977, II 2:3.
Schine,J Myer; b. Russia, 1892; d. May
1971.
Exec, hotel & theatre owner, Gloversville, NY;
dir Nathan Littauer Hospital. • See: WWWIA,
5; NYTimes, May 10 1971,36:3.
Schiresohn, Joseph B; b. ca 1844; d. New
Bedford, MA,June 71913.
Scholar, journalist, New Bedford, MA. • See:
A]YB, 15(1913-1914):273.
Schireson, Bernard; b. ca 1881; d.June 16
1940.
Communal & Zionist worker, Los Angeles. •
See:A]YB,42:483.
Schireson, HenryJunius; 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.
Schlachman, Boris; b.*; d. Miami,June 19
1937.
Hazzan, social worker, Miami. • See: A]YB,
40:391.
Schlacht, Harry H; b. NYC, Apr 14 1895; d.
NYC,May31961.
Newspaper publisher, civic ldr, NYC; 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; presJewish Ministers &
Cantors Assn; active B'nai B'rith; performed
for troopsduring WWI. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):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 & YiddishJewish 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.
Realtor, communalldr, Brooklyn; a fdr Bar
l1an, Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed, Yeshiva U;
chr bd United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth. • See:
A]YB, 58:478; NYTimes, Jan 18 1956,31:4.
Schleimer, Samuel; b. Przemyslaner,
Poland, Dec 30 1891.
To NYC 1901. • LLB Brooklyn Law. •
Lawyer, financier, NYC; adm com Zionist Org
ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schlein, Samuel; b. ca 1876; d.
Philadelphia, Apr 1934.
Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •
See: A}YB, 36:286.
Schlenker, Irvin Morris; b. Natchez, Apr 12
1905; d. Dec 291971.
LA State. • Exec, banker, Houston; pres
United Fund,Jewish Inst ofMed Research, TX
Med Center; bd Union ofAm Heb
Congregations, Nat! Confof Christians &
Jews.· See: WWWIA, 5.
Schlesinger, Alexander; b.*; d. Philadelphia,
Mar 201923.
Commander, Am Legion, Philadelphia. • See:
A]YB,25:141.
Schlesinger, Alexander L; b. ca 1892; d.
Mar 3 1933.
Realtor, Orange, NJ; military service. • See:
A]YB, 35:128.
564
Schlesinger, Amanda Ebert (Mrs Adolph
Schlesinger); b. San Francisco, June 19
1879.
Normal School. • Lawyer, San Francisco;
officer Fedn ofWomens Clubs; dirJuvenile
Protective Soc, Legal Aid Soc, Nat! Council of
Jewish Women. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
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 ReliefCom. • 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, MPHJohns Hopkins. •
Physician; dir NY Bureau ofMaternal &
Childrens Health; dean AlbanyMed 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 ofsmall 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 ofSigmund. • 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 PA. • 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 ofReal 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):95­
96,22:168; 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
field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schlesinger, Morris Sulzberger; b.
Philadelphia, Apr 11874; d. May 1944.
Heb Union Coll,JTS. • Reporter, theatre
exec, Newark; active numerousJewish & 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.
MDJefferson Med ColI, post-grad Strasbourg,
London. • Pediatrician, Philadelphia; assocd
Bureau ofCharities & 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;
NYTimes, July 7 1954,31:5.
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;
WWI service. • See: A]YB, 24:200; WWIA],
1926,1928,1938.
Schlosberg, Morris; b. NYC, Dec 25 1899.
Natl Farm School, BS, MS OH State. •
Entomologist, Toledo; with US Dept 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
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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.
Schmidt, Arnold Moses
Mfr, Cleveland; trustee Heb Free Loan,
Montefiore Home for Aged. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Schloss, William; b. ca 1832; d. Baltimore,
Mar 191911.
Communal worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):137.
Schloss, William; b. ca 1859; d. Oct 23
1922.
Philanthropist, Providence; mem Chamber of
Commerce. • See:A]YB, 25:141.
Schlossbach, Isaac; b. NewJersey, Aug 20
189l.
US Naval Academy. • Naval officer, explorer;
ChiefPilot with Byrd Antarctica expedition. •
See:BEOA].
Schlossberg, Ben; b. Jersey City, ca 1899; d.
Jersey City, Nov 1968.
Real estate operator; officer real estate bds;
presJewish 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; editorAbend Blatt, Der
Arbeiter; adm com WorldJewish 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; officerJewish 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
ofTemple Brotherhoods. • See:A]YB, 41:430;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, June 15
1939,23:3.

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, HenryA; b. Russia, Jan 271899; d.
1969.
To US 1912. • AB NYU, MHL, ordained
Jewish Inst ofReligion, 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. Austria-
Hungary, Dec 11892.
MD Hahneman Med ColI. • Physician,
surgeon, Chicago; officer local med assn. • See:
BEOA].
Schorr, Israel; b. Lemberg, Aug 20 1870.
Cantor, Vienna, Brooklyn, Newark. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):96.
Schorr, Morris; b. Galatz, Rumania, Apr 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.
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, Confof
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(1904­
1905):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 ofSocial 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.
Schreiber, William Howard
Mem, Council ofNatl Defense, NYc. • See:
A]YB, 24:103;NITimes, Aug 15 1921,13:7.
Schrecker, Paul; b. Vienna, Oct 311889; d.
Dec 251963.
To US 1940. • JD U Vienna, PhD U Berlin. •
Lawyer, philosopher; with Prussian Academy
ofScience, 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 ofMed, 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
MayorJamesJ Walker. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 14 1972,
38:1.
Schreiber, Cornell; b. Dayton, OH, 1881;
d.Jan 1945.
Toledo Med ColI; honorary degree. • Lawyer,
legislator, mayor, Toledo. • See: UJE;
NITimes, Jan 14 1945,39:2.
Schreiber, Emanuel; b. Leipnik, Moravia,
Dec 13 1852; d. Mar 1932.
PhD U BerlinIU Heidelberg, Berlin
Lehranstalt. • Rabbi, author, Los Angeles,
Mobile, Denver; co-editor l,?eform Advocate
(Chicago), Occident.· See:]E;A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):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 bdJewish Court of
Arbitration; officer B'rith Abraham, Am
Legion; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Schreier, Eugene
Schreier, Eugene; b. Friedland, Gennany,
Dec 10 1851.
Communal worker, Newport; nat! officer
Free Sons ofIsrael. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­
1906):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. Sighetul­
Mannatiei, 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 ofNations; faculty U
Vienna, New School; one offew 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; officerJewish
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 ofTemple
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 ofDesign (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 ofCommerce. • 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 AlbertEinstein 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, DDJTS; honorary degrees. • Noted
570
Reform Idr, rabbi, theologian, scholar, NYC;
pres Assn ofReform Rabbis ofNY; officer
Central ConfofAm Rabbis; bd English
translation ofthe Bible; an orgr Heb Union
ColI School for Tchrs (NYC), World Union
for ProgressiveJudaism; opposed Zionism but
notIsrael.· See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):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 ofAm; bdJTS; exec
com Zionist Org ofAm. • 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
ofOrthodoxJewish 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, ordainedJewish Inst
ofReligion. • 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
ofEconomics, U London, PhD Columbia,
Galton Laboratory ofEugenic Research. •
Mathematical economist, statistician, Chicago;
faculty U Chicago; a fdr Econometric Soc;
consult US government; officer professional

Schwartz, Louis Edward
Detroit; mem Nat! Commn for Mental
Hygiene; bdJewish 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 ofOrthodox 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.
Schwartz, Max L; b. 1901;d. Chicago, Feb
15 1957.
Mfr, communalldr; officer United Synagogue
ofAm. • See:A]YB, 59:477;NITimes, Feb 16
1957,17:4.
Schwartz, Milton Henry; b. Chicago, Apr
241905; d. Aug 311970.
Advertising exec, Chicago. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Schwartz, Miriam (Mrs Finkelstine); b.*; d.
Philadelphia, Feb 13 1914.
Actress, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 16(1914­
1915):166.
Schwartz, Moses; b.*; d. New Orleans,July
81912.
Mfr, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):274.
Schwartz, Nathanj b. Rusga, 1889?jd.
Newton, MA,June 61967.
Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr dental
school; bd JTS; benefactor Heb U, Brandeis. •
See:A]YB, 69:612; NITimes, June 71967,
47:1.
Schwartz, Pinkhos (born Samuel Kruk)j b.
Plock, Poland, Sep 1 1902j d. NYC, Dec
141963.
To US 1940. • Yiddish author, journalist,
communal exec, NYC; exec secy Yiddish Inst,
World Cong for Jewish Culture; active World
Bund Org.· See:A]YB, 65:437; NYTimes, Dec
161963,33:3.
Schwartz, Ray F (Mrs); b. NYC, 1883?; d.
NYC, July 91949.
Welfare worker, sociologist, Zionist, NYC;
execdir YWHA; active childrens recreational
programs. • See: A]YB, 52:504; NYTimes, 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, Samuel; b. Hungary, Dec 1880.
, To US 1904. • Ordained Heb Union ColI, U
Chicago. • Rabbi, Chicago, earlier
Jacksonville, Montreal; pres Chicago
Rabbinical Assn. • See: WWJA], 1926,
1938.
Schwartz, Samuel; b. ca1840; d.
Hempstead, TX, Oct 3 1918.
Civil War veteran, Hempstead, TX. • See:
A]YB, 21:207.
Schwartz, Samuel D.sraeli; b. NYC, Aug 11
1890; d. Mar 201968. .
PhB, MA U Chicago. • Social worker,
communal admr, Chicago; fdr Sinai Forum;
exec dir Emil G Hirsch Center, Jewish Peoples
Inst; officer Nat! Forum Assn; active Jewish
Charities; authorJewish & art subjects. • See:
WWJA], 1928,1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.
Schwartz, Samuel H; b. ca 1911j d. NYC,
July 1977.
Theatrical business mgr, producer, NYc. •
See: NYTimes, July 12 1977, 32:1.
Schwartz, Saul Alvin; b. NYC, Jan 29 1907.
BS CCNY, NY Homeopathic ColI, MD NY
Med ColI. • Pediatrician, NYC; faculty NY
Med ColI; active nat! Young Israel. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].
Schwartz, Sidney L; b. San Francisco, Jan 3
1886.
U CA. • Investment banker, broker, San
Francisco; officer Stock Exchange, banking
assns; pres Sidney L & Alice Schwartz Found;
trustee Fogel Loan Fund, Pacific Heb Orphan
Asylum. • See: WWJA], 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 7.
574
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, WWIJewish 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 WorldJewish 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

575
stories in Russian, Heb, Yiddish. - See: A]YB,
52:504.
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.
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 ofAm Heb
Congregations; trusteeJewish 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 DerAmerickanische Bierbrauer;
fdr Brewers Academy ofUS. • See: ]E.
Schwarz, Emmanuel; b. ca 1859; d. Oct 20
1932.
Physician, communal worker, county coroner,
Newark. • See:A]YB, 35:129.
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 ofScience & Math. • See:
WWWIA.,6.
Schwarz, Herbert Maier; b. Paters.on, July
221900.
AB, CE ColUinbia. • Chemical engineer,
NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schwarz, Herman;b. NYC, Oct 241876; d.
NYC, May 191945.
MD Columbia. - Pediatrician, civic &
communal worker, NYC; faculty Columbia; 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.
Schwarz, Jacob David; b. Cincinnati, Dec 6
1883; d.1962.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, author, Cincinnati, earlier Pensacola;
staffUnion ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; CCARYB.
Schwarz, Joseph; b. ca 1879; d. Mar 13
1931.
Physician, Mobile; faculty U AL; military
service. • See:A]YB, 33:128.
Schwarz, Ladislaus Michael; b. ca 1898; d.
NYC, May 1 1934.
Pathologist, NYC; faculty U Berlin. • See:
A]YB, 36:286.
Schwarz, Leo Walder; b. NYC, Apr 11
1906; d. NYC, Dec 11967.
AB Harvard, post-grad Harvard, ordained
Jewish Inst ofReligion. • 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 ofAm 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).
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.
Schwarz, RalphJ; 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.
Schwarzbart, Isaac Ignacy; b. Chryanow,
Galicia, 1888; d. Apr 26 1961.
To US 1946. • U Cracow. • Polish Zionist ldr,
author; a fdr World Movement ofGeneral
Zionists; admr WorldJewish Cong; active
Yiddish Inst. • See: E]; News ofthe Yiddish Inst,
79:8; NYTimes, Apr 27 1961,21:2.
Schwarzberg, Samuel Benjamin; b. Russia,
1865; d. 1929.
To US 1897/1898. • Heb publisher, editor,
bookseller, Poland, US; editor Ner ha-
Schweig,Joe1
Ma'aravi; fought "Yiddishism." • See: E];
Eisenstadt, 103.
Schwarzburg, Nathaniel; b. Nov 18 1896.
AB CCNY. • Painter, etcher, public school
tchr,NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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 ConfofChristians &
Jews, Salvation Army. • See:A]YB, 54:541;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 3.
Schwarzschild, William HarryJr; b.
Richmond, Sep 19 1903.
AB UVA, MBA Harvard. • Banker,
Richmond; exec Central Natl Bank of
Richmond. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Schwarzwalder, Henry; b. ca 1853; d. NYC,
May 10 1915.
Mfr, NYc. • See: A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222;
NYTimes, May 111915,15:4.
Schwatt, IsaacJoachim; b. Mitau,
Courland,June 18 1867; d. 1934.
Mitau CoIl, PhD U PA.· Mathematician,
Philadelphia; faculty U PA. • See: A]YB,
24:201; WWWIA., 1.
Schwefel, Louis Judah; h. NYC, Oct 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 ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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 ofGerman press during
Nuremberg trials. • See: UJE; A]YB, 71:609;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Dec 3 1969.
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 ofPhilanthropy. • 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 ofEducation; 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 PeterJ
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 ofAm, Am Jewish
Congo • See: WWIA], 1938.
Scolnick, Sylvan; b. ca 1930; d. Cherry Hill,
NJ,1976.
Criminal informer; convict; confessed to series
ofcrime, led to arrest of 100 people
(Philadelphia); autobiography. • See: NYTimes,
Sep 3 1976, IV 14:4.
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 WanderingJew." • See: WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Jan 2 1978,24:1.
Seasongood, Edwin Alfred; b. Cincinnati,
June 41876; d. Aug 1953.
AB, MA Harvard. • Investment banker, NYC;
governor NY Stock Exchange; officer 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 ofAm Heb
Congregations. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Seasongood);A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222;
NYTimes, Nov 301914,9:6.
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.
576
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 UnitedJewish 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(1914­
1915):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 ofchronic diseases; faculty
Columbia; delegate White House Confon
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.

587
United]ewish Appeal; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6; NITimes, Sep 24 1974, 44:2.
Shaw, Eva Epstein (Mrs J Leo Shaw); b.
NYC,"Nov 111891; d. Aug1951.
Toledo U, LLB St]ohns. • Lawyer, author,
Toledo; mem State Bd ofBar 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, JohnJacob; b. Newark, Apr 17 1907;
d.July 51974.
Cornell, MD U MD.· Physician, Newark. •
See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes,]uly6 1974,20:4.
Shaw, Louis; b. ca 1880; d. Aug 29 1934.
Real estate agent, communal worker,
Providence; military service. • See: A]YB,
37:261.
Shay, Harry; b. ca 1898; d. Philadelphia,
July 1963.
Gastroenterologist, Philadelphia; head Fels
Research Inst (Temple U); prolific author in
field. • See: ]TA-DNB, Aug 1 1963; NYTimes,
]uly311963,29:3.
Shayne, David; b. ca 1845; d. Atlantic City,
Oct 22 1912.
Rabbi, Atlantic City. • See: A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):274.
Shean, Al (born Schoenberg); b. Dornum,
Germany, May 12 1868; d. Aug 12 1949.
To US ca 1876. • Vaudeville comedian,
character actor, movie actor; mem Shean &
Gallagher team. • See: UJE; DAB, 4; NYTimes,
Aug 13 1949, 11:1.
Shear, MurrayJacob; b. Brooklyn, Nov 7
1899; d. Bethesda, Sep 27 1983.
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.
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.
Shearer, Norma (Mrs Irving Thalberg); b.
Montreal, Aug 10 1904; d.June 12 1983.
To US 1919. • Motion picture actress, Santa
Monica; adopted]ewish religion. • See: UJE
(sub Thalberg, Irving); WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA,8.
Shedlovsky, Theodore; b. Leningrad, Oct
291898; d. NYC, Nov 51976.
To US 1908. • PhD MIT. • Chemist, NYC;
faculty Rockefeller Inst; officer NY Academy
ofSciences; consult Navy Dept. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov 91976,26:6.
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.
Sheffel, Sam; b. Albany, MO, Oct 13 1887.
Merchant, Sapulpa, OK; pres Businessmens
Assn, Kiwanis; dir Chamber ofCommerce. •
See: WWIA], 1938. '
Sheffer, Henry M; b. Ukraine, 1883; d. Mar
1964.
To US ca 1893. • Logician, Cambridge, MA;
faculty Harvard; Sheffer-stroke function. • See:
E];A]YB, 24:202;NITimes, Mar 181964,
41:3.
Shefferman, Nathan W; b. Baltimore, ca
1888; d. Chicago, Feb 1968.
Labor relations consult, Chicago; involved in
Dave Beck controversy; author in field. • See:
NYTimes, Feb 5 1968,35:2.
Sheffield, Herman (Hermann) Bernard; b.
Konigsberg, Jan 4 1871.
To US 1891. • MD U MD, post-grad]ohns
Hopkins. • Pediatrician, novelist, poet, NYC;
faculty Post-Grad Med School; inventor med
device; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEOA].
Shefsky, Aaron; b. ca 1874; d. Mar 61939.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 41:431.
Shehall, Benjamin; b. PrussialEngland,
1692; d. Oct 3 1765.
To Savannah 1733. • Georgia pioneer,
merchant, philanthropist; a fdr Union Soc;
kept Yiddish diary that discussed immigration
ofJews to GA; fdr Mikve Israel (Savannah). •
See:]E (sub Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E]
(sub Sheftall); BDEA].
Shehall, Levi; b. Savannah, Dec 12 1739; d.
Jan 26 1809.
Prominent patriot, butcher, rancher; served in
Am Revolutionary army; pres Mikve Israel
(Savannah); active in]ewish affairs. • See: UJE
(sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall); BDEA].
Shehall, Mordecai; b. Savannah, 1735;d.
Savannah, 1795/1797.
Soldier, patriot, merchant, rancher, Mason;
prisoner ofBritish during Am Revolution; a fdr
Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia); inspector of
leathers, Port ofSavannah. • See:]E (sub
Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);
BDEAJ.
Shehall, Moses; b. Savannah, Oct 12 1769;
d. Savannah, Jan 10 1835.
Physician, alderman, port warden, legislator,
Shelling, David Henry
judge, Savannah; studied with Benjamin Rush;
incorporator GA Med Soc; officer Mikve
Israel; prominent Mason. • See:]E (sub
Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);
BDEA].
Shehall, Shehall; b. Savannah, Sep 8 1762;
d. Savannah, Aug 15 1847.
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,
15(1913-1914):274.
Shein, Harvey M; b. Providence, May 10
1933; d.July 18 1974.
MD Harvard. • Psychiatrist; faculty Harvard;
military service. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Sheinfein, Samuel; b. ca 1866; d. Roxbury,
MA, Nov281916.
Communal worker, Roxbury, MA. • See:
A]YB, 19(1917-1918):268.
Sheinin, JohnJacob; b. Bobruisk, Mar 21
1900; d.Jan 91972.
BS U AL, MS, PhD, MB, MD Northwestern;
honorary degree. • University official,
anatomist, Chicago; faculty, dean, pres
Chicago Med School; author in field. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Sheinkman, Jacob; b. NYC, 1926.
Labor ldr, NYC; pres]ewish Labor Com;
officer AFL-CIO; general counsel
Amalgamated ClothingWorkers; exec com
ORT. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Sheinkopf, Moses Dan; b. Lomza, June 15
1900; d. Springfield, MA, Apr 1 1984.
To US 1922. • Rabbi, Springfield, MA, earlier
Waterbury, CT; officer Union ofOrthodox
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.

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 ofAm; 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, Tonywinner; 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
LaborDept; 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.
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.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Shinberg,Jacob Wtlfred; b. Lawrence, MA,
Mar291900.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, Haverhill, MA;
special justice Central District Court; mem
Democratic City Com; officerJewish
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 ofZionism & 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.
Shinglman, Willard Edwin; b. Cicero, IL,
Apr 161910.
BS, MD U IL. • Surgeon, Cicero, IL; assocd
Veterans Adm; military service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Shinkman, Samuel; b. ca 1854; d. Feb 11
1937.
Yiddish actor, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 39:597;
NITimes, Feb 13 1937,13:4.
Shiplacoff, AbrahamJ (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,
Shmukler, Peter
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(1913­
1914):274.
Shiretski, Harry; b.*; d. Anniston, AL, May
231914.
Chiefofpolice, 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
ofEconomic Research, Census Bureau; commr
Bureau ofLabor 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.
Shlesinger, Sig (Sigmund); b. Hungary, Dec
291848.
Indian fighter, merchant, Cleveland; a fdr Fedn
of]ewish Charities; officer Heb ReliefAssn. •
See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):186, 7(1905­
1906):101.
Shmookler, Henry B; b. ca 1882; d.
Philadelphia, Aug 11 1932.
Physician, communal worker, Philadelphia. •
See:AJYB,,35:129.
Shmueli, Ephraim; b. Lodz, 1908.
To Palestine 1933.· Educator, author on
Jewish history & USJewish 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.

Shmulewitz, Louis M
Shmulewitz, Louis M; b.*; d. June 24 1937.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 39:597.
Shneider, Louis; b. Cherkauss, Russia, Feb
221899.
To US 1905.· Cummings School ofArt,
Drake, Mitchell Sch ofDesigning, LLB Des
Moines ColI. • Lawyer, Des Moines; counsel
IA Unemployment Compensation Commn;
officer Civic Music Assn; active Community
Chest. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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 BaltimoreJewish
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 dirJewish Community
Bldg; bd Zionist Org ofAm; 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
in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938; NYTimes,
Sep 27 1961,42:1.
Shohet, Harmon Abram; b. Roxbury, MA,
Feb 281897.
MIT, Tufts U, DDS?, DMD? Harvard.·
Dentist, Boston; inventor methods, devices;
instructor Harvard; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Shohl, Alfred Theodore; b. Cincinnati, 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 ofAm 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 ofappeals judge, legislator,
Cincinnati; mem Bd ofState 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 ofFine & Applied Art, Cincinnati
ArtAcademy, PAAcademy ofFine Arts. •
Artist, Brooklyn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Sholom Aleichem (Alekam, Shalom!
Sholem)(pseud ofRabinowitz, 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 ofEastern 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.
59.0
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 ofcelebrities, 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, MauriceJ; b. Mogilev-Podolsk, Dec
7 1901; d. July 14 1961.
AB, MA U BC, PhDJohns 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 ofBirth
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 MorningJournal; representative Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc.· See: U]E;A]YB, 66:581;
NYTimes, May 7 1964,37:5.
Shostac, Frances (Mrs AbrahamJ
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;
officerJewish 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 ofAm; authorJewish histories. •
See:A]YB, 66:581;A]HQ, 54:471-73;
NYTimes, Oct 12 1964,29:3.
Shrage, Adolph; b. ca 1872; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 10 1924.
Actor, NYC. • See:A]YB, 26:157.
Shrier, Joseph; b. ca 1849; d. Cleveland,
Mar 13 1915.
Mfr, Civil War veteran, Cleveland. • See:
A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222.
Shriner, Herb; b. Toledo, May 29 1918; d.
Apr 1970.
Radio, television humorist, harmonica player,
Ft Lauderdale; with CBS; WWII service. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 25 1970,29:4.
Shroder, Jacob; b. Cincinnati, 1848; d.
Cincinnati, 1925.
LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, asst US atty general,
common pleas judge, Cincinnati; mem 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;
officerJewish Big Bros, UnitedJewish Social
Agencies, Nat! ConfofJewish 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 ofSocial Sciences. • See: E]:1973­
1982;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,
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes,
Dec 26 1953, 1:4.
Shubert, Milton I; b.Syracuse, ca 1901; d.
Bonyton Beach, FL, Mar 1967.
Theatrical producer, NYC; assocd with family
in Shubert Theatrical Co; WWII service. •
See: NYTimes, Mar 81967,46:1.
Shubert,.Sam S; b. Syracuse, 1878; d.
Harrisburg, PA, May 1905.
Shugennan, Harry Philip
Theater mgr, NYC; assocd with family 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, ordainedJewish Inst
ofReligion. • Rabbi, Boston; nat! officer
Zionist Org ofAm; 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, ordainedJewish Inst ofReligion. •
Rabbi, Zionist, Newton, MA, Boston; staff
Internat! Ice Patrol, US Coast Guard;
contributorAvukah 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 ofOrthodox
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 ofOrthodox Congregations; state
advisory bd Kashruth; exec mem Mizrachi,
Yeshivas ofHebron, 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 ofAm;
author in field, literary subjects; WWI service.
• See: WWIA], 1938;.BEOA].

Siegel, Eli
IL Inst ofTechnology. • Mfr; fdr Ohmite Mfg
Co; trustee IL Inst ofTechnology; WWI
service. • See: WWU7IA, 3.
Siegel, Eli; b. Dvinsk, Aug 161902; d. Nov
81978.
To US 1905.· Poet, author, NYC; fdr
Aesthetic Realism. • See: "WWWIA, 7; NITimes,
Nov 10 1978, II 7:5.
Siegel, F L; b.*; d. Denver, Feb 14 1913.
Financier, Denver. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):274.
Siegel, Henry; b. Eubigheim, Germany,
Mar 171852.
To US 1867. • Merchant, Chicago, NYC; dept
store fdr, owner. • See: ]E; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):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; officerJewish
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(1913­
1914):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, Joshua; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 211910.
To US ca 1883. • Rabbi, NYC. - See:AJYB,
12(1910-1911):110; Eisenstadt, 74.
Siegel, Julius L; b. Wiznitz, Bukovina, 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.
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.
Seigel, Lester; b. Chicago, 1893; d. June 9
1971.
Cornell. - Corp exec, Kansas City; chr
Harzfelds Inc. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Siegel, Lou G; b. Rumania, 1893?; d. NYC,
May 161965.
Kosher restaurateur, NYC; fdr, bd B'nai B'rith.
• See:AJYB, 67:542; NITimes, May 181965,
39:4.
Siegel, Matt; b. ca 1872; d.Jan 71937.
Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Fargo, ND. - See:
AJYB, 39:597.
Siegel (Siegal), Morris Ely; b. Odessa, July
22 1884; d. Mill Valley, CA,June 1974.
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, MrsJacob; b. ca 1879; d. Liberty,
NY, Sep 20 1933.
Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC. ­
See: A]YB, 36:286.
Siegel, MurrayJ; b. NYC,July 18 1914; d.
Tenafly, NJ, Sep 1971.
Merchandise & retail exec, NYC; benefactor
City ofHope. - See: NITimes, Sep 23 1971,
38:3.
Siegel, Myer; b. ca 1866; d. May 25 1934.
Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Los Angeles. ­
See: AJYB, 36:286.
Siegel, Samuel H; b. Vilkovishki, Lithuania,
Apr 25 1886; d. Edison, NJ, Oct 6 1977.
To US 1904. - Author, artist, communalldr,
New Brunswick, N]; co-orgr Workmen's
Circle (Poland); seey Yiddish Workmen's
Circle; editor The Banner. - See: AJYB, 79:373.
Siegel, Samuel S; b. Usda, Minsk, June 10
1893.
To US 1913. - Rabbi, Chicago; orgr Zionist
Org ofAm, Jewish Community Center; editor,
publisher The Trumpet; exec seey Heb
Theological ColI. - See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Siegel, Seymour; b. Chicago, 1927.
U Chicago, Heb Theological ColI, PhD,
ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, neo-Conservative ldr,
NYC; authority onJewish ethics; facultyJTS;
supporter civil rights, anti-Vietnam; advisor,
prayer ldr presidents Nixon, Reagan; allowed
women in minyan, ordination. - See: E]:1973­
1982.
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.
Siegel, Sol C; b. NYC, ca 1903; d. Los
Angeles, Dec 1982.
Motion picture exec, Los Angeles; head of
production MGM. - See: NITimes, Dec 31
1982.
Siegel, William; b. Lithuania, 1893; d.
NYC, May 23 1966.
594
To US 1906. • Yiddish playwright, NYC; over
150 plays performed; The Drunkard. - See:
A]YB, 68:533; NITimes, May 241966,43:6.
Siegelstein, Bennett E; b.Jassy, Dec 25
1880; d. Oct 1974.
To US 1883. - CCNY, LLB, LLM NYU. •
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 ofRumanianJews. - 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.
Art Students League, PAAcademyofFine
Arts, BS GA Tech. • Artist, architect, Atlanta;
faculty GATech; WWI service. - See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].
Siegler, Samuel Lewis; b. Nov 11 1894; d.
LI, Sep 1953.
MD Fordham. - Obstetrician, gynecologist,
Brooklyn; officer professional assns; author/
lecturer/film maker in field; WWI service. ­
See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Sep 161953,
33:5.
Siegmeister, Elie; b. NYC,Jan 15 1909.
AB Columbia, Juilliard. - Composer,
conductor, author, NYC; fdr Am Ballad
Singers; instructor Brooklyn ColI, Hofstra;
interested in US folk music. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIAJ,1938.
Siegmeister, Isaac; b. Minsk, Dec 8 1885; d.
Feb 1967.
To NYC 1892. - LLB Brooklyn Law.·
Lawyer, Brooklyn; officer Unity Civic League;
active Am Jewish Congo - See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 111967,29:3.
Sievers, Edward Faville; b. St Louis, Feb 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, Anti­
Defamation 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 ofNYC," 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; trusteeJacob &
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 ofthe 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. • OrdainedJTS,
AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Rabbi, Brooklyn,
earlier Somerville, MA, Bethlehem, PA; faculty
]TS; exec com Rabbinical Assembly ofAm. •
See:AJYB, 55:459; WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes,
Jan 91953,21:2.
Silber, Mendel; b. Wtlkomir, Lithuania,
Dec 10 1882; d. 1963.
To US 1900. • AB U Cincinnati, 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 ofOrthodox
Congregations; exec com Orthodox Rabbinical
Council.· See:AJYB, 49:618; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938; NITimes, Sep 2 1946, 17:6.
Silber, SidneyJoachim; b. Waupun, WI,
Mar 91881.
U Berlin, U Vienna, MusD Sherwood 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
1915):166.
Silberberg, Max; b. Bromberg, Prussia, Sep
211943; d. Mar 11920.
To US 1859. • OH legislator, businessman;
officer Grand Army ofthe Republic, trade
assns; Civil War veteran. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):187,22:168.
Silberberg, Mendel B; b. Los Angeles, Nov
22 1886; d. Beverly Hills, June 27 1965.
USC, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, business exec,
civic & communalldr, Los Angeles; mem
Beverly Hills City Council; presJewish
Community Council; a fdr Community
Relations Com; active Republican politics. •
See: EJ; AJYB, 67:542-43; WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, June 301965,37:1.
Silberfeld, Julius; b. Oswiecim, Austria,
Mar 51876; d. Newark, Dec 261957.
CCNY. • Rabbi, Newark, earlier Pittsburgh;
author prayer books. • See: AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):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, Abris; b. ca 1896; d. NYC, Dec
1968.
To US 1928. • U Budapest. • Owner noted art
gallery, NYC; active charities, art education. •
See: NYTimes, Dec 24 1968,20:1.
Silberman, Albert; b. ca 1868; d.June 9
1939.
Silbermann,Jesse
Mfr, communal worker, Cleveland. • See:
AJYB, 41:431.
Silberman, Alfred M; b. NYC, 1890; d.
NYC, Dec 21 1948.
Business exec, Hartford; with 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 ofEast 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.
Chr, Consolidated Cigar Corp, NYC; officer
NY Fedn ofReform Synagogues; bd Heb
Union ColI-Jewish Inst ofReligion. • See:
AJYB, 62:452; WWWIA,4.
Silberman, Max; b. Linkeva, Kovno, Mar 16
1971.
Exec, Philadelphia; chrJoint Distribution
Com, United Palestine Appeal drives; officer
synagog; trustee Yeshiva ColI. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Silberman, Morton; b. Brooklyn, 1924; d.
Washington DC, Feb 281984.
U PA. • Businessman, communalldr; pres East
Coast Supply Corp, Greater MiamiJewish
Fedn; bd Council ofJewish Fedns. • See:
AJYB, 86:443.
Silberman, Samuel Joshua; b. NYC, Apr 17
1915.
Harvard. • Exec, Consolidated Cigar Corp,
philanthropist; benefactor Hunter ColI School
ofSocial 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.
To US 1888. • Philanthropist, NYC; orgr First
Rumanian Congregation; dir United
RumanianJews ofAm, Pride ofJudea Orphan
Asylum. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Silbermann, Jesse; b. NYC, June 30 1877;
d. NYC, May 1947.
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(1913­
1914):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;
NYTimes, Apr 281937,23:5.
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 ofAm. • 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, SolomonJoseph (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):187­
88,21:207; Eisenstadt, 48.
Silbert, Benjamin; b. Gorki, Feb 12 1893; d.
FL,1939.
To US 1910. • Chicago Art Inst, Paris, NY
Academy ofDesign, 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 (MrsJacob Silbert); b.
Jassy, June 8 1881. .
Actress, Brooklyn; with Yiddish Art Theatre,
Jewish Art Theatre, • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Silbert, Jacob; b. ca 1870; d. Apr 191937.
Yiddish actor, NYc. • See: AJYB, 39:597;
NYTimes, Apr 201937,25:5.
Silbert, Joseph H; b. Russia, Oct 23 1901.
To Cleveland 1907. • Cleveland Law, LLB
Baldwin-Wallace. • Lawyer, legislator,
municipal judge, Zionist, Cleveland; mem
County Republican Exec Com; trustee
Orthodox]ewish Orphan Home. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Silbert, Lisa; b. Constantinople, 1885?; d.
Miami, Nov 291965.
To US 1900. • Yiddish & English actress,
stage, screen, radio, & television; a fdr Yiddish
Art Theatre. • See: AJYB, 67:543; NYTimes,
Nov 301965,41:2.
Silbert, Samuel H; b. Ukraine, Apr 15 1882.
To US ca 1888.· LLB, LLM Baldwin­
Wallace. • 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 Anti­
Defamation 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;
NYTimes, Dec 8 1959,45:3.
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.
596
Sillman, Joseph; b. ca 1870; d. Detroit, Feb
141919.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,
21:207.
Sills, ArthurJack; b. Brooklyn, Oct 19
1917; d. 1983.
Lawyer, state atty general, N]; officer Nat!
Assn ofAtty 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.
SiIner, Bertha (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d. Seattle,
Nov211932.
Communal worker, Seattle. • See: AJYB,
35:129.
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.
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 ConfofAm Rabbis;
officer Union ofAm 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.
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 ofEducation; nat! exec bd Am

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
ofInvestigation; known for anti-racketeering
act; a fdr UnitedJewish Appeal; chr Israel
Bond Org; officerJewish 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 ofOrthodox 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:
NYTimes, June 151960,41:2.
Silver, Harold M; b. Kliusi, Russia, May 18
1900;
To US 1913, to Israel 1963. • PhB U Chicago,
Master ofSocial Service Grad School for
Jewish Social Workers. • Social work admr,
Detroit; dirJewish 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.
Chiefrabbi, Worcester.· See:AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):124,41:431.
Silver,Joseph S; b. Russia, 1869.
Exec, Hartford; dir UnitedJewish Charities. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silver, Max Arthur; b. Austria, Oct 12 1894.
To US 1902.· AB UWA.· Merchant, Seattle;
officer Am Legion, trade orgs; bd Salvation
Army; dir synagog; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
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.
Silver, MelvinJacob; b. St Paul; Nov 12
1903.
U MN, LLB St Paul ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, St
Paul; mem Council ofSocial 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; officerJewish Welfare
Soc, Hadassah, Am Legion auxiliary; bd Red
Cross, Caroline Kline Galland Home for Aged.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silverberg, E Myer; b. Russia, 1876.
Painter, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:203.
Silverberg, Herbert Thibault; b. Brooklyn,
May241904.
LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,
arbitrator, Buffalo; officer State Fedn ofYs; dir
Jewish Fedn for Social Services; active Am
Arbitration Assn; contributor YearRook of
Motion Pictures. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ.
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.
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.
Silverberg, Samuel; b. Brisk, Russia, 1887;
d. Tucson,Jan 41976.
To US 1901.· MD Fordham.· Physician,
pharmaceutical exec, Bronx; chrJewish
Socialist Farband; pres Forward Assn; officer
Silvennan, Daniel S
Workmen's Circle; active Jewish Labor Com.
• See: AJYB, 77:600; NYTimes, Jan 6 1975,
30:4.
Silverberg, William V; b. NYC, ca 1897; d.
White Plains, Oct 1967.
BA, MD Columbia, U Berlin. • Psychoanalyst,
noted tchr, NYC, Washington DC; co-fdr
Assn for Advancement ofPyschoanalysis; a fdr,
pres Academy ofPsychoanalysis; author in
field. • See: NITimes, Oct 12 1967,45:2.
Silverblatt, Bennett; b. Stachin, Poland, Jan
181882.
To US 1892. • LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, natl
Zionist ldr, Lowell, MA; natl officer Zionist
Org ofAm; 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 ofOptics. •
Optometrist, Atlantic City; assocd NJ Motor
Vehicle Dept; officer Heb Sheltering Home,
Vaad Hakashruth; dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silvennan, Abraham Clement; b. Kovno,
Mar 9 1889; d. Oct 1970.
To Syracuse 1902. • BS, MS, MD Syracuse U.
• Pediatrician, Syracuse; with Health Dept, US
Public Health Service; trusteeJewish 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 ofChemistry; author in field.
• See: U]E; AJYB, 24:203; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; REOAJ; WWWIA, 4.
Silvennan, Archibald; b. Zinkoff, Russia,
Mar 51880; d. Providence, Sep 141966.
To US 1890. • Jewelry mfr, business exec,
Providence; mem Industrial Commn, Commn
on Employment Problems ofNegro; officer
UnitedJewish 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.
Silvennan, Daniel; b. Montreal, June 24
1905.
BS U CA, D Sc MIT. • Engineer, Berkeley;
faculty U CA (Berkeley). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Silvennan, Daniel S; b. New Orleans, 1894.
MD Tulane U. • Physician, gastroenterologist,
New Orleans; faculty Tulane; made several
med discoveries. • See: U]E.

603
Sinsheimer, Alexander; b. ca1824; 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 oftrade journals, Chicago;
exec dir Natl Assn ofRetail 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 ofAm 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;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Siris, Irwin; b. Philadelphia, Mar 6 1894.
MD NYU. • Surgeon, Brooklyn; faculty NYU;
dir UnitedJewish Aid Soc; officer professional
org; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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.
Sirovich, Jacob; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, July 2
1921.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:103.
Sirovich, William Irving; b. York, PA, 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.
Sisisky, Samuel; b. ca 1895; d.
Thompsonville, CT,July91929.
Lawyer, legislator, Thompsonville, CT. • See:
A]YB,32:155.
Siskin, Hyman; b. Zhagory, Kovno, 1889.
To US 1921. • Heriot Watt Coli (Edinburgh).
• Rabbi, Edinburgh, Shenandoah, PA • See:
WWIA],·1926.
Siskind, Aaron; b. NYC, 1903.
Abstract expressionist photographer; faculty 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,
Chamber ofCommerce, N atl Confof
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 ofLaw. •
Lawyer, labor ldr, pioneer inJewish 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.
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.
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.
Sittenfield, Milton M; b. Elmira, NY, Aug
12 1884.
Columbia Law. • Lawyer, NYc. • See:
WWIA],1928.
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(1903­
1904):100,39:597; WWIA], 1926,1928;
Eisenstadt, 45-46; Gottlieb, 312.
Sivin, Solomon; b.*; d. aboard USS Tacoma
near Vera Cruz, Mexico, Jan 21 1924.
Radio operator, US Navy.· See:A]YB,
26:157.
Siwek, Manuel; b. NYC, June 23 1908; d.
Captiva, FL, Feb 21 1976.
NYU. • Publisher, NYC; exec Grosset &
Dunlap, Bantam Books; dir Am Book
Publishers Council; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Feb 23 1976, 28:3.
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,
Skalsky, Sidney
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 NYMed ColI. • Dermatologist,
Brooklyn; pres medsoc; 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(1909­
1910):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 Jewish 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.
Skirball, JosephJacob; b. Boston, Apr 19
1894.
MD Tufts. • Ophthalmologist, Boston; faculty
Boston U; surgeon Paris Peace Conf; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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, NYUJudaic
Library, Max H Sklar Scholarship Fund; bd
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB,
77:600; NYTimes, Sep 10 1975,48:4.
Sklar, Samuel Barton; b. Lazday, Lithuania,
May 141897.
To US 1912. • BS U MN, MIT, DSc Polytech
(Leipzig). • Research chemist & engineer,
inventor, Memphis; dir research labs; WWI
Natl Guard service. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1938.
Sklare,.Marshall; b. Chicago, 1921.
Sociologist; faculty Yeshiva U, Brandeis; with
Am Jewish Com; authority on sociology ofUS
Jewry; author in field. • See: E].
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.
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.

605
To US 1961. • U Witwatersrand, Harvard. •
Physician; faculty Tufts, Boston U; author in
field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Slone, Victor; b. Bialystok, Oct 311890.
To US 1900.· LLB U Pittsburgh.· Lawyer,
Kansas City; Edr, editor Kansas CityJe1lJish
Chronicle; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938.
Slonim, Joel; b. Drogatzin, Russia, Oct 12
1884/1885; d. NYC,Oct 261944.
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.
Slonim, JosephJacob; b. Brest-Litovsk, Feb
12 1890.
To NYC 1892.· Bank exec, NYC; officer
Zionist Org ofAm, 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 ofAm, 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); deanJewish
Inst ofReligion; 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, Hattie Hecht (Mrs M C Sloss); b.
Boston, June 12 1874.
Harvard; honorary degree. • Civic &
communal official, San Francisco; mem State
Bd ofCharities; fdr, officer Community Chest;
bd Assocd Charities, Training School for
Jewish Social Work. • See: UJE (sub Sloss,
Marcus);AJYB, 7(1905-1906):103; WWIAJ,
1926,1928.
Sloss, Leon; b.*; d. San Francisco, May 5
1920.
Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 22:168.
Sloss, LeonJr; b. San Francisco, Sep 23
1898; d. Dec 1947.
Banker, San Francisco; exec Anglo-Trust Co. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 181947,
30:2.
Sloss, Louis; b. Bavaria, July 13 1823; d.
San Rafael, CA, June 41902.
To VS 1845. • Capitalist, philanthropist, 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 ofBar 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 ofFine Arts (Chicago). • Editor,
Chicago; comics editor Chicago Tribune. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 25 1967,43:2.
Slusky, David; b. Kiev, Apr 28 1861.
To August, GA 1878. • Merchant, Augusta,
GA; mem Levee Commn; officer Heb Orphans
Home (Atlanta); advisory bd Childrens
Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Slutsky, Ben; b. Russia, ca 1900; d. NYC,
May 1974.
Smimow, Max Ruskin
To VS early in century. • Fdr, developer,
Fallsview Hotel & Country Club, Ellenville,
NY. • See: NYTimes, May 14 1974, 40:3.
Slutsky, Yetta Rubin; b. Vilna, 1890; d.
Ellenville, NY, Jan 4 1978.
To VS 1902. • Civic & communalldr,
Ellenville, NY; owner, manager 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, NeilJoseph; 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 ofZionist-Revisionists ofAm; 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 ofWall Street, crimes
against bureaucracy, nursing homes; faculty IN
V, NYU; officer Am Assn ofV 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-gradJohns
Hopkins, Harvard, Vienna. • Bacteriologist,
New Haven; instructor Yale; officerJewish
Home for the Aged, VnitedJewish Charities;
author in field. • See: AJYB, 24:204; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938.

Solomon, Harry
Welfare worker, civic & communalldr,
Chicago; Edr, natl pres Natl Council ofJewish
Women; fdr Bureau ofPers;nal Service, IL
Fedn ofWornens Clubs; pres IL Industrial
School for Girls; active World Parliament of
Religions. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):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 oftreatments; advocate of
community mental health centers, less restraint
ofmental 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(1905­
1906):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;
officerJewish 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.
Mfr, communalldr, NYC; officerJamaica
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 ofPythias,
Royal Maccabees. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):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; chiefGeneral 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(1903­
1904):100-01,40:392; NITimes, Oct 301937,
19:4.
Solomon, LeoJ; 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 ofHigherJewish
Learning; orgr BronxJewish Center;
benefactorJewish Culture Found, NYU. • See:
AJYB, 66:581; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
WWWL4, 4; NITimes, Feb 241964,25:3.
Solomon, Mary E (Mrs Morris Solomon);
b.*; d. NYC, July 51938.
Communal worker, NYC; officer 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
610
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; bdJewish Fedn;
WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Solomon, S; b. ca 1868; d.July 11937.
Portrait painter, San Antonio. • See: AJYB,
40:392.
Solomon, SamuelJoseph; 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-

613
Sorcher,Jerome; b. NYC, July 13 1922; d.
NYC, Feb 221966.
Chiefaccountant, 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.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
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.
Sosland, Benjamin; b. Kansas City, Oct 17
1898; d. Mar 1972.
Newspaper exec, Kansas City, earlier St
Joseph, Chattanooga; with Kansas CityJournal
Post; dir synagog. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes, Mar
141972,46:3.
Sossnitz, Isaac;b. Birzhi, Lithuania, Dec 24
1872; d. Nov 1967.
To NYC 1891.· MD Baltimore U. •
Physician, translator, NYC; med exec Order
Sons ofZion; med dir Eastern Life Insurance
Co; contributorJE. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; Eisenstadt, 43-45; NYTimes, Nov 29
1967,40:7.
Sossnitz, JosephJudah 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(1904­
1905):192, 12(1910-1911):110; NYTimes, Mar
3 1910,9:5.
Sotheran, Alice Hyneman (Mrs Charles A
Sotheran); b. ca 1831/1835; d. Dec 16
1919.
Author, lecturer, NYC; active Socialist. • See:
AJYB, 22:168; NYTimes, Dec 17 1919, 17:2.
Souza, Kittie (Mrs); b.*; d. May 211936.
WWI nurse, Port Chester, NY. • See: AJYB,
38:435.
Sovatkin, EdwardJay; b. Minsk, Feb 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 ofsurgical 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:1973­
1982.
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 ofFine Arts,
Educational Alliance, Europe • Painter, art
tchr, NYC. • See: EJ (sub Soyer, Raphael);
WWWIA,8.
Soyer, Moses; b. Borisoglobsk, Russia, Dec
251899; d. NYC, Sep 2 1974.
To NYC 1912/1913.· Cooper Union, Nat!
Academy ofDesign, 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.
Soyer, Raphael; b. Borisoglobsk, Russia,
Dec 251899.
To US 1912. • Cooper Union, Nat! Academy
ofDesign, 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.
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.
Spachner,John Victor; b. Chicago, May 7
1898; d. May 1974.
Business exec; exec Container Corp ofAm; bd
Sarah Lawrence, Aspen Inst Humanistic
Studies. • See: WWWL4, 6.
Spear, Alex
Spagat, Joseph Wolf; b. ca 1844; d. Norfolk,
Apr221915.
Merchant, Norfolk. • See:AJYB, 17(1915­
1916):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 ofOrthodoxJewish
Congregations, Religious Zionists ofAm. •
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 ofAgriculture. • Merchant,
broker, purchasing agent, Chicago; district
exec secy Nat! Assn ofWaste Material Dealers;
officer trade assn, synagog, religious school;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
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(1903­
1904):101.
Spatt, Moses; b. NYC, Feb 211896; d.
NYC, Apr 16 1972.
Dentist, realtor, Brooklyn; a fdr Beth Medrash
Govoha (Lakewood, NJ); officerJewish
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
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Speaker, HenryM; b. Wisoko, Lithuania,
Apr 61868; d.July 301935.
To US 1887. • Columbia, MA U PA,JTS, NY
Law. • Educator, author, Philadelphia;
principal Gratz; instructorJTS; 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

Spiegel-Adolf, Mona (Mrs Ernest Spiegel) 616
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWL4., 8;]TA­
DNB, 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;
NYTimes, Dec 9 1943,27:1.
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-fdrJoint 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, SolomonJacob; 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;
author in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
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 ofSan Francisco. • See:
A]YB, 51 :524; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];
NYTimes, May 161949,21:5.
Spiegleman, Maurice Hennan; b. Zaslov,
Russia, May 8 1889.
To US 1893. • Mt Vernon School
(Philadelphia). • Insurance agent, Denver, Los
Angeles; officer CentralJewish Council
(Denver); fdr congregation (Cheyenne, WY). •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Spielberg, Harold; b. Kiev, Mar 15 1879; d.
July 1940.
CCNY, LLB NYU.• Lawyer, legislator,
NYC; orgr, officer Equitable Surety Co;
trustee Peoples Inst ofNY. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1928; NYTimes, Aug 1 1940, 21:5.
Spielberg, Rebecca Fishman (Mrs 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 ofAm 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 ofNatural 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 ofstained glass windows,
Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 38:435.
Spiesberger, Herbert Teller; b. Keokuk,
IA,Jan 3 1880; d. Mar 1960.
AB U IL, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,
clothing mfr, banker, Chicago; officerJewish
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 ofNegro 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 ofEducation; 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 ofLaw. • Business exec, journalist,
NYC; exec Columbia Pictures; dir William
Morris Enterprises. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, June 151958,77:1.
Spira, Abraham H; b. ca 1856; d. Mobile,
Oct 181912.
Merchant, Mobile.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):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 Sporborg, Constance Amberg (Mrs William Dick Sporborg)
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
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
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Spiro, Melford Elliot; b. Cleveland, 1920.
Anthropologist; specialty: social systems,
particularly ofkibbutz; faculty U CT,
Washington U, U Chicago; author in field. •
See:E].
Spiro, Nathan; b. Riess, Poland, July 3
1867/1869.
Merchant, legislator, Danbury, CT; officer
] ewish Relief, Am Legion, Zionist Org ofAm;
trustee Salvation Army Home. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938.
Spiro, Solon; b. Kurnik, Gennany, Mar 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 ofall-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 ofthe 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 ofPaterson, NJ
Police, Commr ofBanking; 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 ofIL; 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 ofAm, Am]ewish Congo
• See: AJYB, 62:452; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Nov 29 1959,86:2.
Spitz, Leopold; b. ca 1887; d. Oct 211935.
Lawyer, communalldr, NYc. • See: AJYB,
38:435.
Spitz, Mark; b. 1950.
Champion swimmer; 5 Olympic gold medals. •
See: E]:1982-1985.
Spitz, Moritz; b. Csaba, Hungary, Oct 14
1848; d. St Louis, Nov 111920.
U Prague. • Rabbi, St Louis; editorJewish
Times, Jewish Voice. • See: JE; AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):101-02,23:133.
Spitz, Nancy (Mrs GeorgeJ 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.
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.
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 ofMed, U IL; developer procedures;
author in field; WWI Russian army service. •
See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.
Spivack, Robert Gerald; b. Dayton, OH,
Apr 28 1915; d. Riverside, CT, June 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 ofCong; 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 ofEuropeanJews 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;
WWIA],1928.
Sporn, Philip; b. Galicia, Nov 25 1896; d.
Jan 23 1978.
To US 1907. • Columbia, post-grad Stevens
Inst, IL Inst ofTechnology, Brooklyn
Polytech; honorary degrees. • Electrical
engineer, electrical co exec, NYC; consult US
government, Atomic Energy Commn, Natl
Research Council, Natl Academy ofSciences;
mem US delegation Geneva Conffor Peaceful
Uses ofAtomic 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. .
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.
Sprayregen, Morris; b. Russia, Jan 23 1888;
d.Aug 1974.
Mfr, NYC; pres Coat & Suit Mfrs Assn. • See:
WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Aug 201974,38:1.
Spring, Morton Arthur; b. NYC, Aug 12
1896; d. Aug 1967.
Businessman, motion picture distributor,
NYC; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Aug 141967, 31:4.
Spring, Samuel; b. San Diego, Oct 26 1888.
Harvard, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston, San
Francisco, NYC; mem MA Security Commn,
Republican State Com (CA); author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;
WWWL4,6.
Springer, Carrie Mendelsohn (Mrs Eugene
Springer); b. Philadelphia; d. May 3
1940.
Social worker, civic & communalldr,
Philadelphia; assocd N atl Council ofJewish
Women, Confof]ewish Womens Orgs,
Internatl League; fdr public school classes for
women.· See:A]YB, 42:484; WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, May 41940, 17:4.
Sprintz, Solomon; b. ca 1839; d. Boston,
May 251929.
Rabbi, author, Boston. • See:A]YB,32:155.
Squadron, Howard Maurice; b. NYC, 1926.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,
NYC; chr ConfofPresidents ofMajor Am
Jewish Orgs; active AmJewish Cong, cultural
affairs. • See: E}:1973-1982.
Srere, Abraham; b. Toledo, Feb 11890.
Washington Normal School, LLB Detroit
ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, cotton jobber, Detroit;
officer Keren Hayesod, synagog, UnitedJewish
Charities, United Heb Schools. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Stachel, Jacob crack); b. Galicia, 1900; d.
NYC, 1965/1966.
To NYC 1911. • Communist Party ldr, exec
secy; official Trade Union Educational League;
led Detroit strike ofunemployed; indicted
under Smith Act, imprisoned 5 years. • See:
E]; NYTimes, Jan 2 1966, 73:1.
Stack, Morton M; b. ca 1901; d. West Palm
Beach, Dec 1967.
Numismatic authority, dealer, noted collector,
NYc. • See: NYTimes, Dec 30 1967,23:2.
Stackel (Stackell), Harry;·b. NYC, Mar 17
1883; d. NYC,Jan 161972.
LLB NYU. • Parole commr, county judge,
NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,
synagog, B'nai B'rith.· See:A]YB, 74:559;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 20 1972,46:3.
Stadler, LewisJohn; b. St Louis, July 6
1896; d. May 12 1954.
BS U FL, MA, PhD U MO, post-grad Cornell
U, Harvard. • Geneticist, biologist, Columbia,
MO; faculty U MO; staffDept ofAgriculture;
advisor Atomic Energy Commn; WWI service.
• See: UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, May 141954, 23:5.
Stadtfeld, Joseph; b. NYC, Aug 211861; d.
Philadelphia, Dec 12 1943.
Lawyer, state superior court judge, Pittsburgh;
officer bar assns; dir Kaufmann Dept Stores. •
See: UJE; A]YB, 46:346; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEGA]; WWWL4, 2; NYTimes, Dec 13
1943,23:2.
Stagel, Jacob; b. Cleveland, ca 1886; d.
Cleveland, Sep 111941.
Municipal judge, civic ldr, Cleveland. • See:
A]YB, 44:344.
Stahl, Abraham M; b. Germany, Mar 24
1853.
Banker, legislator, Berlin, NH; officer
professional org; trustee YMCA • See:
WWIA],1928.
Stahl, Adolfo; b. Kempen, Germany,Jan 18
1859.
Wholesale grocer, coffee exporter, Guatemala;
orgr Bank ofGuatemala; retired to San
Francisco; officer synagog; dir Mt Zion
Hospita1.· See: BEGAJ.
Stahl, David; b. ca 1921; d. Pittsburgh, Feb
1970.
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.
Staller, Max; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Mar 1919.
Surgeon, philanthropist, Philadelphia; fdr Mt
Sinai.· See:A]YB, 21:207.
Stalmaster, Irvin; b. Odessa, June 5 1897.
To US 1906.· LLB Creighton. • Lawyer,
state district & supreme court judge, Omaha,
Los Angeles; asst atty general, NE; specialty:
industrial relations; faculty U Omaha; pres
Jewish Centers Assn ofLos Angeles. • See:
UJE; WWIA], 1938.
Stamm, Camille Joseph; b. Dallas, Oct 7
1886.
618
MD Medico-Chiurgical ColI (Philadelphia). •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, surgeon,
Philadelphia; faculty U PA; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Stamin, Max M; b. ca 1877; d. Apr 6 1937.
Rabbi, Norwich, CT. • See: A]YB, 39:598.
Stand, Bert; b. NYC, May 7 1901; d. NYC,
Apr 1967.
Tammany ldr, NYC; mem Boxing Commn,
NY State Athletic Commn. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Apr 271967,45:1.
Stand, Murry William; b. NYC, Feb 8 1897;
d.May 1956.
Alderman, NYC; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 18 1956,25:1.
Stang, Judith (Mrs Marvin Stang); b. 1917;
d. NYC, Sep 271968.
Communal worker; staffJewish Telegraph
Agency; natl dir womens division ofUnited
Jewish Appeal; officer B'nai B'rith, Womens
League for Israe1. • See: A]YB, 70:525;
NYTimes, Sep 291968,80:7.
Stankiewicz, Richard Peter; b. Philadelphia,
Oct 181922; d. Mar 271983.
Sculptor, tchr, artist-in-residence, Huntington,
MA; orgr Hansa Gallery (NYC). • See:
WWWIA,8.
Stans, Maurice Hubert; b. Shakopee, MN,
Mar221908.
Northwestern. • Secy ofCommerce, CPA,
investment banker; involved in Watergate
scandal. • See: NITimes stories, June 26 1970,
Feb 17 1971.
Starer, Robert; b. Vienna, 1924.
ToJerusalem 1938, to US 1947. • Vienna
Academy ofMusic, Juilliard. • Composer of
ballets, operas, NYC; facultyJuilliard,
Brooklyn Col1. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Stark, Abe; b. NYC, Sep 28 1894; d. West
Palm Beach, July 2 1972.
Businessman, city official, acting mayor, NYC;
pres Borough ofBrooklyn, NYC Council;
Commr ofCommerce; 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.
Stark, EdwardJ; b. Hohenems, Austria,
Mar 291863; d. 1918.
Cantor, composer, Temple Emanu-EI, San
Francisco. • See: UJE; A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):102.
Stark, Howard B; b. ca 1872; d. reported
July 2 1938.
Communalldr, Albany, NY. • See: A]YB,
41:431.
Stark, JacobJulius; b. Russia, Apr 15 1891.
To US 1906. • DDS NYU. • Dentist,
Brooklyn; officerJewish professional org;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
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
PhilanthropiesJ 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, MAV Chicago, post-grad Columbia. ­
Social worker, NYC; withJewish 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 ofsheet music.
• See: NITimes, Dec 18 1964,34:4.
Starr, Selig; b. Yanow, Poland, June 15
1896.
To Chicago 1921. - Ordained Heb
Theological ColI (Chicago), PhB, MA V
Chicago. - Professor ofTalmud, 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); staffHawthorne 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 ofYMHAs
& 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.
Stefan, Paul
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 ofarchitectural works,
NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;
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. Dec16 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 ofLower East Side. - See: JE;
UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):194-95, 31:94;
NYTimes, June 111929,29:3.
Steckler, David; b. NYC,Jan 301974.
CCNY, LLB NYU. - Lawyer, NYC; 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
ContemporaryMusic; outspoken anti-Nazi. •
See: UJE.
Stefansky, George; b. Prague, 1899?; d.
NYC, Dec 20 1957.
Economist, NYC; dir economic research Israel
Bond Org, UnitedJewish 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 ofphotographyMuseum 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.
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, David W; b. ca 1845; d. Brooklyn,
Aug291913.
Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):166.
Stein, Elbridge W; b. PA farm, ca 1880; d.
Sarasota, Sep 1970.
Handwriting expert, Philadelphia, NYC;
involved in Lindbergh kidnap trial. • See:
NYTimes, Sep 19 1970,30:1.
Stein, Emanuel; b. NYC, Oct 91908; d.Jan
261985.
PhD NYU. • Labor arbitrator, NYC; faculty
NYU; exec dir NYU Inst ofLabor & Social
Security; bdJTS; author in field; mem
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 ofHealth; 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 HirschFund, 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
WorldJewish Cong, National Council of
Jewish Women; mem Pres Com on
Employment ofHandicapped, Zionist Org of
Am; exec com Fedn ofZion 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 ofLabor, UNRRA; faculty
U WI, Inst for Advanced Study (Princeton);
author in field. • See: WWWIA., 4; NYTimes,
May 101966,45:1.
Stein, Herbert; b. Detroit, Aug 27 1916.
BA Williams, PhD U Chicago. • Economist,
government advisor; mem Council of
Economic Advisors; author in field.•.See:
E]:1973-1982; NYTimes story, Feb 18 1969.
Stein, Herman D; b. NYC, 1917.
Social work educator & exec; faculty NY
School ofSocial Work, Columbia, Case
Western Reserve; staffJoint Distribution Com;
advisor UNESCO, UNICEF, many internatl
corns. • See: E].
Stein, Herman M; b. Green Bay, Mar 4
1889; d. Lawrence, NY, Oct 12 1960.
Business exec, accountant; bd Heb Union Coll­
Jewish Inst ofReligion; 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. •
r
620
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 ofCommerce; 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; dirJewish Peoples Inst, Jewish Inst of
Religion (NYC), MiriamJosephine 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 ofHearing; 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 ofEducation;

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active synagog, YM-YWHA, B'nai B'rith.·
See: PAJRS, 31:292.
Stein, Leo; b. Chicago, Oct 22 1894.
Leather goods mfr, Chicago. • See: W'WlAJ,
1938.
Stein, Leo Daniel; b. Allegheny, PA, 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, PA, 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 ofLaw, 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(1915­
1916):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.
Stein, Morris L; b. ca 1866; d.July 15 1935.
Rabbi, communal worker, Port Chester, NY. •
See:AJYB, 38:436. • *See entryabove.
Stein, Mrs Julius; b. ca 1876; d. May 30
1936.
Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
38:435.
Stein, Nathan; b. ca 1864; d. Pittsburgh,
Oct 11912.
Merchant, Pittsburgh. • See:AJYB, 15(1913­
1914):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.
Steinberg, Harris B
Cotton planter, merchant, Greenville, MS.•
See:AJYB, 36:287.
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.
Steinbach, Alexander Alan; b. Baltimore,
Feb 21894; d. Hollywood, FL, Nov 12
1978.
AB Johns Hopkins, ordained Heb Union ColI,
MAAtlantic U. • Rabbi, author, poet,
Brooklyn, earlier Norfolk, VA; pres NY Bd of
Rabbis, Book Council ofAm; editorJewish
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;
facultyJefferson Med CoIl, Polyclinic; dir
Kehillah, Jewish Chautauqua, Alliance Israelite
Vniverselle. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):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 MtSinai 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 ofjudicial
reform, civil liberties. • See: NITimes, June 5
1969,47:1.

Steinberg, Isaac Nahman
Steinberg, Isaac Nahman; b. Dvinsk, July
13 1888; d. NYC,Jan 2 1957.
To US 1943. • Moscow U, Dr ofLaws 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;
NYTimes, Jan 3 1957,33:5.
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; presJewish Big Bros; author
in field; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Steinberg,JeffreyJoshua; b. ca 1947; d.
Hempstead, LI, 1981.
U Pittsburgh, NYU School ofFilm. • Fdr,
publisher, Stonehill Communications; co-fdr
Straight Arrow, art ofRolling 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.
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.
Steinberg,Max;b.Lithuania, 1889;d.
Cleveland Hgts, Feb 41943.
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 ofAm;
exec council Rabbinical Assembly ofAm;
editorial bd Reconstructionist. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 52:505; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
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.
Steinberg, Nathaniel Philip; b.Jerusalem,
Feb 15 1895.
To US 1902. • Chicago Art Inst. • Artist,
portrait painter, etcher, illustrator, Chicago. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Steinberg, Philip; b. ca 1843; d. Baltimore,
Apr 61917.
Civil War veteran, Baltimore. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):268.
Steinberg, Saul; b. Ramaicol-Sarat,
Rumania, 1914.
To NYC 1942. • Cartoonist, artist, NYC;
architect, Milan; assocd The New Yorker. • See:
EJ; NYTimes Magazine story, Apr 16 1978.
Steinberg, Wtlliam; b. Cologne, Aug 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. .
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.
Steinbrink, Meier; b. NYC, Feb 28 1880; d.
Dec 71967.
622
NYU Law; honorary degree. • Lawyer, state
supreme & appellate court judge, public
investigator, NYC; counsel Bd ofEstimates;
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; officerJr 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 (MrsJoseph Steinem); b.
Radziewo, Russian Poland, Aug 4 18-?;
d. Jan 1940.-
State Normal School (Bavaria). • Civic ldr,
speaker, writer, Toledo; mem Bd ofEducation;
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.
Steiner, Bernard Sigfried; b. Birmingham,
AL, Apr 13 1905; d. Nov 3 1974.
U PA. • Banker, exec, Birmingham, AL; officer
synagog.· See: WWWIA, 6.
Steiner, Burghard; b. ca 1858; d.
Birmingham, AL, Mar 1923.
Banker, Birmingham, AL. • See:A]YB, 25:141;
NYTimes, Mar 10 192 3, 13:4.
Steiner, Dorothy Levy (Mrs Bernard S
Steiner); b. Louisville, Dec 211907.
AB Wellesley. • Civic & communal worker,
Birmingham, AL; officer N atl Council of
Jewish Women; bd League ofWomen Voters,
Maternal Welfare Clinic.· See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Steiner, Edward Alfred; b. Szenitza,
Czechoslovakia, Nov 11866; d.
Claremont, CA, 1956.
U Heidelberg, BD Oberlin Call, U Gottingen,
post-grad U Berlin. • Sociologist, theologian,
author, Grinnell, IA; faculty Grinnell Call;
active immigrant aid; ordained 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, EugeneJoseph; b. Utica, Aug 2
1897.
BS U PA, LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, CPA,
Albany, NY; co-chr UnitedJewish Appeal;
officer professional soc; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.

Steinhart (Steinhardt), FrankMaximillian (Maximilian)
Mem, CA Bd ofEducation, San Francisco. •
See: AJYB, 34:113.
Steinhart (Steinhardt), Frank Maximillian
(Maximilian); b. Munich, May 12 1864;
d. Dec 91938.
Public utility & railroad exec, Am Consul­
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.
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 AmJewish 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(1914­
1915):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 ofEducation; 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.
Steinmuller, Stephen; b. ca 1845; d.
Baltimore, Apr 10 1917.
Civil War veteran, Baltimore.· See:A]YB,
19(1917-1918):268.
Steinthal, Albert E; b. NYC, June 6 1874.
Merchant, NYC; exec Acme Theatre Co; pres
Mens League ofThursday Hospital After
Care; active Home for Heb Infants. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926.
Stember, Charles; b. 1917; d. Princeton,
Aug 191982.
Sociologist, social pyschologist; faculty
Columbia, PA State, U Chicago, Rutgers;
consult Am Jewish Com; author in field. • See:
AJYB, 84:340.
Stemple, Frank; b. NYC, Feb 111894; d.
Sep 161964.
Columbia. • Banker, officer, Small 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 ofthe Public CharityAssn; dir
Homewood School, Nat! Farm School. • See:
BEOAJ.
Sterman, Moses; b. Poland, ca 18·68; d. Dec
91938.
To US ca 1903. • Rabbi, NYC; a fdr
Talmudical Academy ofHarlem; active
Kashruth supervision. • See: AJYB, 41:431;
NYTimes, Dec 111938,61:1.
Stern, Aaron; b. ca 1848; d. Chicago, July
211914.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 16(1914­
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 onJewish 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,
NY.• See:AJYB, 40:392;NYTimes, Feb 28
1938, 15:1.
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Stern, Alexander William; b. NYC, Nov 30
1898.
Cooper Union, CCNY, U MI. • Civil
engineer, research physicist, Brooklyn; with
Public Service Commn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Stern, Alfred Kaufman (Kaufmann); b.
Fargo, ND, Nov 29 1897.
Harvard. • Civic ldr, housing authority, exec,
Chicago; chr IL State Housing Commn; mem
Recreational Commn, Crime Commn; dir
Julius Rosenwald Fund, Citizens Housing
Council (NY). • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926.
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 ofCongo • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
May 5 1960,35:4.
Stern, ArthurJ; b. ca 1879; d. Brooklyn,
Mar 211933.
Lawyer, charter & condemnation expert,
Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 35:129; NYTimes, 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.
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.
Stern, Benjamin Morris; b. Boston, Mar 19
1903.
Journalist, Washington DC; secy to IN
senator; officer Veterans ofForeign 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 ofEconomics. •
Sociologist; faculty U WA, Columbia, New
School, CCl\'Y; bd Am Com for the Protection
ofthe 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 ofEstimate, US
Shipping Bd, MD State Dept ofEducation;
officer Nat! Assn for Study ofPlatoon Schools,
State Dirs ofEducational Research. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.

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Stem, Bill; b. Rochester, NY,July 11907;
d. Rye, NY, Nov 19 1971.
BS PA Military ColI. • Controversial sports
announcer; NYC; with NBC, Mutual. • See:
NYTimes, Nov 201971,34:4.
Stem, Charles; b. Hungary, Feb 13 1886.
Mfr,(inventor, engineer, railroad worker,
Hoboken; officer synagog; dir Heb Free 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, ClaraJoseephy (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 ofchemistry, 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, 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),
SchiffImmigration 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 &
Stem, Heinrich
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 ofEconomics.
• Social worker, dietician, Boston; with
Dispensary Food Clinic & Nutrition
Education Dept; inspector State Bd ofLabor &
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 SelfHelp 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 UnitedJewish
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; benefactorJewish
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;
NITimes, Apr 41977,32:6.
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, WorldJewish 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 ofPhysicians & Surgeons. •
Physician; faculty NY School ofClinical Med;
dir Inst for Med Diagnosis & Research; fdr Am
ColI ofPhysicians; author/editor in field. •
See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):195-96;
NYTimes, Feb 2 1918,11:4.

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 ClaraJoseephy;
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 ofplacement 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. •
Communalworker, 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 ofEducation; officerJewish Widows &
Orphans Home; exec com Pan-Pacific
Exposition, Union ofAm 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 ofEducation,
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 ofLaw, postgrad
NYU, Virgil School ofMusic (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 ofOrthodoxJewish
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(1910­
1911):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 ofHealth; pres TX Chamber of
Commerce; officerJewish 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 ofAm, trade assns,
YMHA; bd Kehillah; helped build several NY
synagogs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Stern,Mrs Charles N; b.*; d. Aug 211936.
Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 39:598.
Stern,Myer;b.Bavaria, 1824;d.NYC,
1899.
To US 1849.· Communalldr, NYC; pres Inst
for the Instruction ofDeafMutes, Heb
Benevolent & OrphanAsylum 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,SarnuelFUka
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, PA,
ca 1901; d. Sarasota, FL,July 1984.
Rutgers. • Historian, novelist, author, editor,
NYC; specialty: Civil War era. • See:
NYTimes, Aug 1 1984.
Stern, Renee B; b. ca 1875; d. May 191940.
Author, journalist, child welfare expert,
librarian, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 42:484;
NYTimes,May20 1940, 17:6.
Stern, Richard M; b. NYC, Nov 12 1890; d.
1983.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Statistician,
NYC; rabbi New Rochelle, Nashville. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.
Stern, Robert; b. Zweibruecken, Pfalz,
Germany,Jan 201888.
To TX 1907.· Mannheim Business School.·
Exec, loan & insurance broker, Dallas; mem
City Planning Commn; dirJewish 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 ofAm 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:

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 ofClubs, 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, UnitedJewish
SocialServices. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 3.
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.
Stem, Solomon; b. ca 1830; d. New
Orleans, Nov41917.
Communal worker, Civil War veteran, New
Orleans.· See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):231.
Stem, Tobias; b. ca 1898; d. White Plains,
Oct 1970.
Jewelry mfr, NYC, White Plains; active Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies, UnitedJewish
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 ofPhysicians & Surgeons; author in field.
• See:A]YB, 43:364; WWIA], 1926,1928,
1938.
Stem, Wtlliam; b. Fargo, 1886; d.
Rochester, MN, 1963/1964.
Banker, Fargo, ND; US observer Japanese
peace treaty conf; active nat! Republican
politics, Am Legion. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Jan 2 1964,27:2.
Stem, William; b. Rochester, NY,]uly 1
1907.
BS PA Military ColI. • Stage dir, NYC; assocd
RKO, Radio City Music Hall. • See: BEOAJ.
Stem, Wtlliam A; b. ca 1860; d. Sep 41914.
Railroad dir, PA. • See: A]YB, 17(1915­
1916):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,
Jewish Com for Personal Service in State Insts,
Birth Control League, Central ConfofAm
Rabbis.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
CCARYB.
Sternberg, David; b. ca 1865; d. Dec 13
1938.
Tobacco dealer, financier, communal worker,
Memphis. • See:A]YB, 41:432.
Sternberg, Harry; b. NYC, July 19 1904.
Art Students League. • Etcher, lithographer,
NYC; tchr Art Students League. • See:
BEOA].
Sternberg, Joseph Von; see Von Sternberg,
Josef..
Sternberg, Samuel; b. Roman, Rumania,
Apr 251899.
To Detroit 1905. • LLB Detroit ColI ofLaw.
• Lawyer, public admr, Detroit; WWI service.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Sternberg, Thom George; b. Detroit, Sep
271908.
LLB Detroit ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, special
state asst atty general, special prosecutor,
special public admr, Tawas City, MI; officer
Young Democrats. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Sternberg, Waldemar M; b. Russia, 1884.
Physical chemist, colI professor, Rolla, MO. •
See: A]YB, 24:206.
Sternberger, Estelle Miller (MrsJ 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!
ConfofChristians & Jews; trustee Bethune­
Cookman ColI; editorJewish Woman. • See:
UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
5; NYTimes, Dec 241971,28:5.
Sternberger, Leon Sri b.ca 1870; d.July 23
1936.
Civic & communal worker, Memphis. • See:
A]YB,39:598.
Sternberger, Moses; b. ca 1835; d.
Brownsville, TN, Jan 1915.
Civil War veteran, Brownsville, TN. • See:
A]YB, 17(1915-1916):222.
Sternberger, Pauline (Mrs); b. ca 1837; d.
NYC, Mar 5 1915.
Philanthropist, NYc.. See:AJYB, 17(1915­
1916):222.
Sternberger, SidneyJoseph; b. Huntington,
W VA, Dec 8 1886.
Clothing mfr, Indianapolis; officer B'nai
B'rith; dirJewish Community Center, Jewish
Home ofCleveland. • 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, Eugene; b. ca 1840; d. St Louis,
Mar 71912.
Merchant, StLouis.· See:A]YB, 14(1912­
1913):126.
628
Sterne, Maurice; b. Libau, Russia, July 13
1878; d.July 23 1957.
To NYC 1889. • Nat! Academy ofDesign,
post-grad Paris, Rome, Greece. • Painter,
sculptor, draftsman, muralist; tchr CA School
ofFine 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.
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 of70; 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 ofIsadora 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.

Strafford, Lloyd (born Strasfogel, Ignace) 632
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 AmJewish Cong, Keren
Hayesod; officerJr League ofPenny 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;
NYTimes, Dec 261946,25:5.
Strakosch, Celia L; b. Truckee, CA, Nov 14
1879; d. Bronx, May 91961.
San Francisco Normal ColI. • Vocational
guidance ldr, NYC; orgr YMHAvocational
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.
Strakosch, Moritz (Maurice); b. Gross­
Seelowitz, 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.
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; staffTheatre 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.
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.
Strasburger,Joseph; b. ca 1856; d. Adantic
City, July 30 1922.
Civic & communal worker, Washington DC. •
See:AJYB,25:141.
Strasburger, Milton; b. Washington DC,
Nov 23 1876; d. Feb 61955.
LLB, LLM(?) Georgetown U, DCL 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.
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.
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 ReliefAssn. • 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 forJudaism; donor money to
Johns Hopkins, art collection to Smithsonian;
est Aaron & Lillie Straus Found. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 60:357; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes,Jan211958,29:2.
Straus, Abe; b. Florence, GA, Mar 2 1885.
Hosiery mfr, Columbus, GA; officer trade assn;
bd Salvation Army. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Straus, Adolph Delisle; b. Kirchheim­
Bolanden, 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;
NYTimes, May 11925,19:5.
Straus, Alexander; b. ca 1831; d. Cincinnati,
Oct 31916.
Communal worker, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):268.
Straus, ArthurJ; b. Mainz, Sep 23 1882.
Investment banker, Milwaukee. • See:
WWIAJ,1928.
Straus, Arthur W; b. ca 1880; d. Miami
Beach, Feb 26 1937.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
39:598.
Straus, Aubrey Hamilton; b. Richmond,
Mar 11887.
U MI, MIT,Johns Hopkins, BA U Richmond,
MA William & Mary. • Bacteriologist,
Richmond; assocd CityofRichmond, State
Health Dept; orgr State Bureau of
Epidemiology; faculty Med ColI ofVA; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 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 ofDaughters ofJacob;
WWI draft bd service. • See: AJYB, 49:618-19;
WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda), 1938; NYTimes, Jan 5
1947,53:6.

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;
NITimes, Apr 81944,13:1.
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 ReliefAdm, 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 ofRegents; orgr Natl Fedn of
Temple Brotherhoods; fdr, endower Natl Conf
ofChristians & Jews, World Council of
Christians & Jews; bd Union ofAm 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 WilliamsJr; 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 ofNatural 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; facultyJohns Hopkins;
officer professional socs; editor in field. - See:
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.
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 beefpacker,
NYC; Civil War Union service. - See:AJYB,
15(1913-1914):274; NYTimes, July 3 1912,
11:6.
Strauss, Aaron Louis; b. Kiev, Sep 15 1883.
Paper mfr, Boston; pres Corrugated 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 ofTemple
Brotherhoods; dirJewish 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.
634
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(1905­
1906):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 introducingJapanese
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.

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 memJewish Agency
for Palestine; active supporterJTS. • See: UJE;
E] (sub Stroock); A]YB, 24:208, 44:53-60, 344;
WWlA], 1926,1928, 1938;BEOA];PA]HS,
37:479-80; WWWlA, 1; NYTimes, Sep 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; bdJewish Chautauqua; active
synagog, MD State Fedn ofWornens Clubs;
dir Baltimore Playground Assn. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):106-07.
Strouse, Henry; b. NYC, Sep 26 1869.
Banker, Philadelphia; pres GolfAssn. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Strouse, Irving Sittenfie1d; b. NYC, Oct 21
1897.
BS Columbia. • Publicity counselor, Broadway
producer, popularized backgammon, NYC;
introduced miniature golfcourses; 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(1913­
1914):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, editorNorth AmFarmer; defended Molly
Maguires.· See:]E; UJE; E];A]YB, 2(1900­
1901):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.
AB, MDJohns 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 ofDentistry, DDS
Medico-Chirurgical ColI (Philadelphia). • Oral
surgeon, Brooklyn; officer dental socs; co-fdr
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Strunsky, Anna (Mrs Wtlliam E Walling);
b. Babinotz, Russia, Mar 211879/1881;
d. NYC, Feb 1964.
To US 1886. • Poet, lecturer, writer, socialist,
San Francisco, NYC; a fdr NAACP; assocd
withJack London. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):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, NYEvening Post;
contributorAtlantic 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.
Sudarsky, Mendel I
Harvard. • Clothing mfr, then insurance
broker, Cincinnati; dir Red Cross; leading
Mutual agent in country. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Apr 141948,27:2.
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 WorldJewish 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;
NYTimes, Nov 9 1965,43:3.
Stutz, George Morton; b. Chotimsk,
Russia, Dec 25 1904.
To US 1913. • Detroit Community ColI, LLB
Detroit CoIl ofLaw. • 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, AbrahamJoseph; 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 PA. • Surgeon, Atlantic City; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Apr 9 1969,47:4.
Suchman, Harry;b.NYC, ca 1895; d.NYC,
May 1965.
CCNY, BS Columbia Tchrs CoIl, 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.