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F Faber, Henry E; b. Bavaria, 1837; d. NYC, June 26 1915. To US 1851.· Mayor, Montgomery, AL; pres Prattville Mfg. • See: A]YB, 18(1916- 1917):107; NYTimes, June 27 1915, 15:5. Faber, Israel Louis; b. Mir, Russia, Aug 1 1876. To US 1907.· Cantor, Russia, Leeds, Brooklyn; chaplain Lakewood (MA) Sanitarium, Taunton State Hospital. • See: WWIA],1938. Faber, Maurice; b. Siroka, Hungary, Dec 30 l854; d. Tyler, TX, Sep 18 1934. Rabbi, Tyler, TX; regent U TX. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):53,24:136,37:256. Fabian, Ewmd;b. Berlin, ca 1886;d.NYC, Feb 161944. To US 1938. • Physician; fdr Internatl Assn of Socialist Physicians, Democratic Assn of Germany; editor The Socialist Physician. See: A]YB, 46:336; NYTimes, Feb 19 1944, 13:3. Fabian, Dona (Mrs Bela Fabian); b. Budapest, Apr 121901; d. NYC, Mar 15 1964. To US 1948. • Communal worker, author; pres Hungarian Jewish War Veterans (womens division); WWII mem Hungarian underground, active aid toJews in labor camps. • See:A]YB, 66:574; NYTimes, Mar 16 1964, 31:1. Fabian, Mary Jacqueline; b. Sioux City, IA, 1900. New England Conservatory, abroad. • Opera & movie singer, Birmingham, AL; co-owner Am Civic Opera Co (NYC); dir opera cos. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938. Fabian, Simon H; b. Paterson, Jan 291899; d. White Plains, Aug 17 1970. Harvard. • Motion picture exec, NYC; a fdr Jewish Assn for Services for the Aged; officer Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; WWII active organiiing movie industry for defense. • See: A]YB, 72:540; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 18 1970,36:1. Fabricant, Louis; b. NYC, July 8 1888; d. Washington DC, May 13 1947. LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; mem state commns; a fdr German Jewish Childrens Aid Soc; pres Natl Legal Aid Socs; natl officer B'nai B'rith. • See: A]YB, 50:515; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 15 1947,26:2. Fabricant, Solomon; b. Brooklyn, 1906. Economist; with Natl Bureau of Economic Research; faculty· NYU; author in field; WWII with War Production Bd, UNRRA. • See: E]. Facher,Seymour;b.1920;d.NYC,Aug12 1981. Communal admr; natl campaign dir Anti- Defamation League; fundraiser Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan N]; WWIIservice. See:A]YB, 83:354. Factor, Davis; b. Russia, 1902. Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Max Factor). Factor, Louis; b. St Louis, 1907. Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max). Factor, Max; b. Lodz, 1876/1877; d. Beverly Hills, Aug 30 1938. Cosmetician, movie make-up artist, Beverly Hills; fdr Max Factor Co. • See: E];A]YB, 41:421; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 311938, 15:1. Factor, MaxJr; b. St Louis, 1904. Cosmetics mfr, movie make'-up specialist. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max). Factor, Sidney; b. Los Angeles, 1916. Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max). Fadiman, Clifton; b. NYC, 1904. BA Columbia. • Book critic, publisher, radio & television entertainer, NYC; host "Information Please." • See: UJE. Fagan, Irving; b. Minsk, Sep 301897; d. Sep 211974. To US 1905. • U MO. Labor editor, Philadelphia; earlier with various newspapers; editor Labor Press Assn, Internatl Union of Electrical, Radio, & Machine Workers (WA); officer professional soc. • See: WWWIA, 7. Fagin, Nathan Bryllion (N Bryllion); b. Mohilev, June 15 1892; d. Jan 5 1972. To US 1900/1901. MI State, AB, MA George Washington, PhD Johns Hopkins. • English language & literature scholar, author, Baltimore; faculty U MD, Johns Hopkins; dir Johns Hopkins Playshop. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5. Faigenbaum, Harold Morris; b. Watervliet, NY, Sep 4 1902. Chern E, PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. • Chemist, Troy; faculty Renssalaer Polytechnic Inst; with NY State Biological Survey; author in field.· See: WWIA], 1938. Fain, Jacob Mitchell; b. Brooklyn, Aug 15 1901. AB, Chern E, PhD Columbia. • Consult chemist, Brooklyn; author guide to liquor, wine; military service. • See: WWIA], 1938. Fain, IrvingJay; b. ca 1906; d. Boston, Aug 1970. BA Harvard. • Industrialist, retail merchant, philanthropist; active Union of Am Heb Congregations; WWII service. • See: NYTimes, Aug 23 1970,72:1. Fain, Joseph Ber; b: Slutzk, July 30 1884. To Portland, OR 1916. • Rabbi, talmudist, author, Portland, OR; pres Mizrachi. • See: WWIA],1938. Fain, Sammy; b. NYC, June 17 1902. Songwriter, NYC; "Red Head Mama." • See: WWIA], 1928. Fain, Samuel S; b. Chicago, Dec 251909. BMus Ed Northwestern, MA U AZ, D Mus Arts U Southern CA.· Music educator, Tucson; faculty U AZ. • See: WWWIA, 8. Fainsod, Merle; b. McKees Rocks, PA, May 2 1907; d. Feb 111972. AB, MA, LLB Washington U (St Louis), MA, PhD Harvard. • Historian, political scientist, Cambridge, MA; faculty Harvard; specialty: Russia, socialism; consult government agencies; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Feb 12 1972, 32:1. Fairbanks, Douglas (bom Douglas Elton Ulman); b. Denver, May 23 1883; d. Santa Monica, Dec 12 1939. CO School of Mines. • Popular motion picture actor, Los Angeles; co-fdr United Artists Corp; fatherJewish. • See: WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Dec 13 1939,29:8. Fajans, Kasimir; b. Warsaw, May 27 1887; d. May 18 1975. To US 1936. • U Leipzig, U Heidelberg, U Zurich, U Manchester. • Chemist; specialty: radioactivity; faculty U Munich, U MI; active professional soc; author in field. • See: UJE; E]; WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, May 20 1975, 40:2. Falick, Abraham; b. Baccau, Rumania, July 251883. To US 1903. • Furniture mfr, merchant, NYC; pres Buzeur Rumanian Benevolent Soc; officer United RumanianJews of Am. See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ. Falk, Alexander A; b. Brooklyn, Jan 15 1900; d. Jan 1975. LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC; pres NY Civil Service Commn. • See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Jan 141975, 36:3, correction, Jan 16 1975,43:7. Falk, David Archer; b. Tampa, May 18 1896. AB, LLB Washington & Lee. • Dept store exec, Tampa; officer trade assns; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938. Falk, Frederick; b. ca 1875; d. Nov 28 1935. Physician, Seattle; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 38:427. Falk, Gustav; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, Apr 12 1912. Merchant, NYC.· See:A]YB, 15(1913- 1914):269. Falk, Gustave Ferdinand; b. New Orleans, Aug 3 1901. AB U Cincinnati, BH, ordained Heb Union ColI, post-grad U Chicago, Columbia, Grad School for Jewish Social Work, NY School for Social Work. • Rabbi, communal admr, Cincinnati, NYC; with Union of Am Heb Congregations; dir School for Jewish Studies (NYC). • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

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Page 1: F | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish …media.americanjewisharchives.org/docs/concise/f.pdfF Faber, HenryE; b. Bavaria, 1837; d. NYC, June26 1915. ToUS 1851.·Mayor, Montgomery,AL;

FFaber, Henry E; b. Bavaria, 1837; d. NYC,

June 26 1915.To US 1851.· Mayor, Montgomery, AL; presPrattville Mfg. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­1917):107; NYTimes, June 27 1915, 15:5.

Faber, Israel Louis; b. Mir, Russia, Aug 11876.

To US 1907.· Cantor, Russia, Leeds,Brooklyn; chaplain Lakewood (MA)Sanitarium, Taunton State Hospital. • See:WWIA],1938.

Faber, Maurice; b. Siroka, Hungary, Dec 30l854; d. Tyler, TX, Sep 18 1934.

Rabbi, Tyler, TX; regent U TX. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):53,24:136,37:256.

Fabian, Ewmd;b. Berlin, ca 1886;d.NYC,Feb 161944.

To US 1938. • Physician; fdr Internatl Assn ofSocialist Physicians, Democratic Assn ofGermany; editor The Socialist Physician. • See:A]YB, 46:336; NYTimes, Feb 19 1944, 13:3.

Fabian, Dona (Mrs Bela Fabian); b.Budapest, Apr 121901; d. NYC, Mar 151964.

To US 1948. • Communal worker, author;pres Hungarian Jewish War Veterans (womensdivision); WWII mem Hungarianunderground, active aid to Jews in labor camps.• See:A]YB, 66:574; NYTimes, Mar 16 1964,31:1.

Fabian, Mary Jacqueline; b. Sioux City, IA,1900.

New England Conservatory, abroad. • Opera& movie singer, Birmingham, AL; co-ownerAm Civic Opera Co (NYC); dir opera cos. •See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.

Fabian, Simon H; b. Paterson, Jan 291899;d. White Plains, Aug 17 1970.

Harvard. • Motion picture exec, NYC; a fdrJewish Assn for Services for the Aged; officerFedn ofJewish Philanthropies; WWII activeorganiiing movie industry for defense. • See:A]YB, 72:540; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 181970,36:1.

Fabricant, Louis; b. NYC, July 8 1888; d.Washington DC, May 13 1947.

LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, communalworker, NYC; mem state commns; a fdrGerman Jewish Childrens Aid Soc; pres NatlLegal Aid Socs; natl officer B'nai B'rith. • See:A]YB, 50:515; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May15 1947,26:2.

Fabricant, Solomon; b. Brooklyn, 1906.Economist; with Natl Bureau of EconomicResearch; faculty· NYU; author in field; WWIIwith War Production Bd, UNRRA. • See: E].

Facher,Seymour;b.1920;d.NYC,Aug121981.

Communal admr; natl campaign dir Anti­Defamation League; fundraiser JewishCommunity Council ofMetropolitan N];WWIIservice. • See:A]YB, 83:354.

Factor, Davis; b. Russia, 1902.Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Max Factor).

Factor, Louis; b. St Louis, 1907.Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max).

Factor, Max; b. Lodz, 1876/1877; d. BeverlyHills, Aug 30 1938.

Cosmetician, movie make-up artist, BeverlyHills; fdr Max Factor Co. • See: E]; A]YB,41:421; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 311938,15:1.

Factor, MaxJr; b. St Louis, 1904.Cosmetics mfr, movie make'-up specialist. •See: E] (sub Factor, Max).

Factor, Sidney; b. Los Angeles, 1916.Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max).

Fadiman, Clifton; b. NYC, 1904.BA Columbia. • Book critic, publisher, radio &television entertainer, NYC; host "InformationPlease." • See: UJE.

Fagan, Irving; b. Minsk, Sep 301897; d.Sep 211974.

To US 1905. • U MO. • Labor editor,Philadelphia; earlier with various newspapers;editor Labor Press Assn, Internatl Union ofElectrical, Radio, & Machine Workers (WA);officer professional soc. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Fagin, Nathan Bryllion (N Bryllion); b.Mohilev, June 15 1892; d. Jan 5 1972.

To US 1900/1901. • MI State, AB, MAGeorge Washington, PhD Johns Hopkins. •English language & literature scholar, author,Baltimore; faculty U MD, Johns Hopkins; dirJohns Hopkins Playshop. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.

Faigenbaum, Harold Morris; b. Watervliet,NY, Sep 4 1902.

Chern E, PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. •Chemist, Troy; faculty Renssalaer PolytechnicInst; with NY State Biological Survey; authorin field.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Fain, Jacob Mitchell; b. Brooklyn, Aug 151901.

AB, Chern E, PhD Columbia. • Consultchemist, Brooklyn; author guide to liquor,wine; military service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fain, IrvingJay; b. ca 1906; d. Boston, Aug1970.

BA Harvard. • Industrialist, retail merchant,philanthropist; active Union ofAm HebCongregations; WWII service. • See:NYTimes, Aug 23 1970,72:1.

Fain, Joseph Ber; b: Slutzk, July 30 1884.To Portland, OR 1916. • Rabbi, talmudist,author, Portland, OR; pres Mizrachi. • See:WWIA],1938.

Fain, Sammy; b. NYC, June 17 1902.Songwriter, NYC; "Red Head Mama." • See:WWIA], 1928.

Fain, Samuel S; b. Chicago, Dec 251909.B Mus Ed Northwestern, MA U AZ, D MusArts U Southern CA.· Music educator,Tucson; faculty U AZ. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Fainsod, Merle; b. McKees Rocks, PA, May2 1907; d. Feb 111972.

AB, MA, LLB Washington U (St Louis), MA,PhD Harvard. • Historian, political scientist,Cambridge, MA; faculty Harvard; specialty:Russia, socialism; consult governmentagencies; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Feb 12 1972, 32:1.

Fairbanks, Douglas (bom Douglas EltonUlman); b. Denver, May 23 1883; d.Santa Monica, Dec 12 1939.

CO School ofMines. • Popular motion pictureactor, Los Angeles; co-fdr United Artists Corp;father Jewish. • See: WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2;NYTimes, Dec 13 1939,29:8.

Fajans, Kasimir; b. Warsaw, May 27 1887;d. May 18 1975.

To US 1936. • U Leipzig, U Heidelberg, UZurich, U Manchester. • Chemist; specialty:radioactivity; faculty U Munich, U MI; activeprofessional soc; author in field. • See: UJE;E]; WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, May 20 1975,40:2.

Falick, Abraham; b. Baccau, Rumania, July251883.

To US 1903. • Furniture mfr, merchant, NYC;pres Buzeur Rumanian Benevolent Soc; officerUnited RumanianJews ofAm. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOAJ.

Falk, Alexander A; b. Brooklyn, Jan 151900; d. Jan 1975.

LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC;pres NY Civil Service Commn. • See: WWIA],1928; NYTimes, Jan 141975, 36:3, correction,Jan 16 1975,43:7.

Falk, David Archer; b. Tampa, May 181896.

AB, LLB Washington & Lee. • Dept storeexec, Tampa; officer trade assns; WWI service.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Falk, Frederick; b. ca 1875; d. Nov 28 1935.Physician, Seattle; WWI service. • See: A]YB,38:427.

Falk, Gustav; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, Apr 121912.

Merchant, NYC.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):269.

Falk, Gustave Ferdinand; b. New Orleans,Aug 3 1901.

AB U Cincinnati, BH, ordained Heb UnionColI, post-grad U Chicago, Columbia, GradSchool for Jewish Social Work, NY School forSocial Work. • Rabbi, communal admr,Cincinnati, NYC; with Union ofAm HebCongregations; dir School for Jewish Studies(NYC). • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

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Falk, Harry Seligman

Falk, Harry Seligman; b. Wtlkes-Barre, Sep. 211874.

MD Medico-Chirurgical (Philadelphia). •Physician, Emporium & Erie, PA; activesynagog.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Falk, Isidore Sydney; b. Brooklyn, Sep 301899; d. New Haven, Oct 4 1984.

PhB, PhD Yale. • Bacteriologist, public health& social security expert, Washington DC, NewHaven; faculty U Chicago, Yale; with SocialSecurity Bd; WWII government advisor. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,8; NYTimes, Oct 11 1984.

Falk,JackJacob; b. Brooklyn, Sep 91905.AB Cornell, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-gradNYU. • Pediatrician, LI City. • See: WWIA],1938.

Falk, Kaufman (K) George; b. NYC,Sep 81880; d. NYC, Nov 22 1953.

BS Columbia, Johns Hopkins, PhD UStrasbourg, post-grad MIT. • Biologicalchemist, NYC; specialty: preventive medicine;with Dept ofHealth; faculty NYU; officer HebTechnical Inst; author in field; WWI service. •See: UJE; A]YB, 24:136, 56:569; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 231953,27:1.

Falk, LM: b.*; d. Decatur, AL,Jan 1915.Civil war veteran, Decatur, AL. • See: A]YB,17(1915-1916):219.

Falk, Leon; b. Pittsburgh, 1870; d.Rochester, MN, Oct 211928.

Industrialist, philanthropist; co-fdr FalkMedClinic (U Pittsburgh); benefactor MontefioreHospital, YM-YWHA. • See: UJE (sub Falk);E] (sub Falk); A]YB, 31:92.

Falk, LeonJr; b; Pittsburgh, Sep 23 1901.BS Yale. • Business exec, mfr, civic worker,philanthropist, Pittsburgh; pres Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; chr Dominican RepublicSettlement Assn; trustee U Pittsburgh. • See:UJE (sub Falk); E] (sub Falk); WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Falk, Louis A; b. Russia, Nov 7 1895.LLB Hamilton ColI of Law. • Meat marketchain owner,Jersey City; pres synagog; activeJewish Community Center, anti-Nazi boycott;WWI service. • See: BEOA].

Falk, Lucile Kronberg (Mrs RandallMFalk); b. Little Rock, May 141897.

Communalldr, Little Rock; officer PTA;active Natl Council ofJewish Women. • See:WWIA],1938.

Falk, Maurice; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 15 1866;d. Miami Beach, Mar 181946.

Industrialist, philanthropist,Pittsburgh; anorgr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; co-donorFalk Clinic, Inst for Economic Research (RebU); dir Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:UJE (sub Falk); E] (sub Falk);A]YB, 48:487­88; WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,2;NYTimes, Mar 20 1946,23:1, correction, Mar29 1946,23:1.

Falk, Minna R; b. Manhattan, ca 1899; d.Manhattan, May 1983.

BA, MA, PhD NYU. • Historian; facultyNYU; with Red Cross post-WWII Britain,Germany, Austria. • See: NYTimes, May 51983.

Falk, Myron Samuel; b. NYC, Sep 13 1878;d. NYC, Nov261945.

CE, PhD Columbia, ME Stevens Inst.•.Civilengineer, NYC; active educational &communal orgs; author in field; WWI service,WWII consult.· See:A]YB, 24:136,48:488;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2;NYTimes, Nov 271945,23:1.

Falk, Ralph; b. Boise, Aug 61886; d. Nov 21960.

U CA, Cooper Med ColI, MD Jefferson MedColI. • Surgeon, Boise; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Nov 31960,39:3.

Falk, Richard Anderson; b. NYC, Nov 131930.

U PA, LLB Yale. • Legal scholar; specialty:internatllaw; faculty Princeton, OH State. •See: NYTimes story, Aug 15 1968.

Falk, Sarah Mendelson (Mrs Morris Falk);b. Oregon City, OR, Jan 71863.

Civic & communalldr, Oakland, CA; helpedest hospital, visiting nurse service; dir AssocdCharities,]ewishFedn.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Falk, Stanley Geismar; b. Buffalo, Sep 251897.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Buffalo; activesynagog; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Falkenstein, Esther (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d.Chicago, Apr 271915.

Fdr, Falkenstein Settlement, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):219.

Falkoff, David L; b. Rochester, NY, ca1921; d. Auburndale, MA, Dec 1967.

U Rochester, PhD U MI. • Physicist; facultyBrandeis, MIT, Notre Dame. • See: NYTimes,Dec 16 1967,41:4.

Fall, Bernard B; b. Vienna, Nov 11/191926;d. Vietnam, Feb 211967.

U Paris, U Munich, U MD,Johns Hopkins,MA, PhD Syracuse U.· Historian, warcorrespondent, Vietnam specialist; facultyHoward; WWII with French resistance. • See:WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8; NYTimes, Feb 22 1967,1:5.

Fallek, Isadore; b. NYC, Sep 27 1889.BS, ME Washington U.· Engineer, Albany,NY; with State Dept ofAgriculture & Markets;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.

Fane, Irving; b. Dallas, Nov 171904; d.Kansas City, Feb 23 1982.

AB, LLB U MO; honorary degree. It Lawyer,public official, Kansas City; advisor FederalPower Commn; bd Union ofAm HebCongregations, Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst ofReligion, World Union for ProgressiveJudaism. ·See:A]YB, 84:331-32; WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 8.

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Fankuchen, Imdor;b. Brooklyn,ca 1905;d.Brooklyn, June 1964.

Cooper Union, MA, PhD Cornell, PhDCambridge U. • Physicist, Brooklyn; facultyBrooklyn Polytech; officer professional orgs. •See: NYTimes, June 291964,27:2.

Fand, Alfred; b. Carlsbad, Bohemia, Mar 211866; d. 1928.

To US 1885. • Dept store exec, NYC; with AFantl Co. • See: WWIA], 1928; NITimes, June21928,17:5.

Fantus, Bernard; b. Budapest, Sep 11874;d.Apr 1940.

To US 1899. • MD U IL, MS U MI, post­grad U Strasbourg, U Berlin. It Physician,Chicago; faculty U Chicago; author/editor infield; Unitarian. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, Apr 15 1940, 17:3.

Fantus, Felix; b. Vienna, Jan 17 1886.To US 1889. • Industrial realtor, Chicago;mem Real Estate Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Farago, Ladislas; b. Csurgo, Hungary, Sep21 1906; d. NYC, Oct 15 1980.

To US 1937. • Author, journalist, NewBrunswick,N]; with Radio Free Europe; bdAm Hungarian Found; WWII service. • See:A]YB, 82:365; WWWIA, 4.

Farb, Peter; b. NYC,july 251929; d.Boston, Apr 1980.

Vanderbilt, Columbia. • Naturalist, linguist,anthropologist; faculty Yale; author in field.. •See: NYTimes, Apr 9 1980.

Farber, AdolfJ; b. Kashau, Czechoslovakia,Jan 15 1876.

To Cleveland 1886. • Clothing mfr,Cleveland; officer trade assn. • See: WWIA],1928,1938.

Farber, Leslie H; b. ca 1913; d. NYC, Mar241981.

MD Stanford. • Existential psychiatrist, NYC;officer professional assn; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar 27 1981.

Farber, Lester Leon; b. EI Paso, June 131908.

PhB Yale, post-grad NM State Tchrs ColI. •Dept store mgr, music & art tchr, El Paso. •See: WWIA], 1938.

. Farber, Lester Lippman; b. Kuznetza,Grodno, Mar 10 1892.

Communal & Zionist worker, El Paso; fdr ElPaso Jewish Center, Talmud Torah; activeJewish philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Farber, Marvin; b. Buffalo, 1901.Harvard, Germany. • Philosopher; faculty UPA; fdr Internatl Phenomenological Soc;author/editor in field. • See: E].

Farber, Maxwell Morton; b.· Philadelphia,Oct 51899.

AB U PA, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Pottstown,PA, Philadelphia; active Rabbinical AssemblyofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.

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Farber, Rudolph; b. Zatos, Austria, Apr 51865; d. Aug 111930.

To US 1895.· U Prague, PhD U Strasbourg.• Rabbi, Chicago, Detroit; editor JewishOccident, Am Heb News. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):216,33:126; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Farber, Sidney; b. Buffalo, Sep 301903; d.Mar 301973.

BS, U Buffalo, MD Harvard, post-gradBelgium, Germany; honorary degrees. •Pathologist, oncologist; faculty Harvard;officer med socs; trustee Brandeis; editor infield. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Mar 311973,38:2.

Farber,Snnon;b.Poland, 1884?;d.MUanriBeach, Feb 211960.

To US 1904. • Yiddish editor, NYC;managing editor ILGWU Yiddish languagepublication; contributing editor Freie ArbeiterStimme. • See: AJYB, 62:449; NYTimes, Feb 221960, 17:2.

Farber, William; b. ca 1867; d. Chicago,Aug 171935.

Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,38:427.

Farbridge, Maurice Harry; b. Manchester,England, Dec 30 1896.

MA U Manchester, Oxford U.· Scholar ofreligion, Iowa City; faculty U !A; author!editorin field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Farbstein, Leonard; b. NYC, Oct 121902.LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC; activeDemocratic politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes story, July 2 1966.

Farkas,AJbert; b. Beregszas, Hungary, May51888; d.June 1956.

To US 1903. • Cloak & suit mfr, NYC; officerKossuth Assn, Assn ofHungarianJews; activeAmJewish Cong; WWI service.· See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 301956,17:4.

Farkas, George; h. Paterson, Jan 311902;d. Palm Beach, 1980.

Dept store fdr & exec, philanthropist;benefactor NYU, Albert Einstein ColI ofMed,hospitals. • See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Apr 61980.

Farkas, Ruth (born Lewis); b. NYC, 1906.BA, Ed D NYU, MA Columbia. • Sociologist,diplomat; mem US Commn for UNESCO;ambassador to Luxembourg; faculty NYU. •See:EJ:1973-1982.

Faroll, Barnett; b. Telz, Lithuania, July 41881; d.Jan 1954.

To US 1883. • Security & commodity broker,Chicago; officer trade assn; dir JewishCharities; trustee OrthodoxJewish Home forAged.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,Jan 5 1954,27:3.

Farschleiser, Benjanrin; b.*;.d. Hollywood,CA, Apr 1936.

Motion picture producer, Hollywood, CA. •See:AJYB,38:427.

Fass, Morris; b. Austria, June 10 1871; d.before 1938.

U Lemberg. • Civic worker, public servant,Dillon, SCi mem City Council; pres SCCoastal Agriculture Development; chr SCRural Development. • See: WWIAJ, 1928;BEOAJ.

Fassler, Samuel; b. Austria, Mar 91890; d.1958.

To US 1894. • Commr of Bldgs, NYC; presEmployers Assn ofArchitectural Ironworkers;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, 9th StNursery, Veterans Relief Fund, Tammany,Democratic politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Nov 41958,27:1.

Fassler, Samuel A; b. Austria, July 1 1880.CCNY, School of Social Economics. • Exec,communalldr, Hartford; dir MtSinai, UnitedJewish Charities, YM-YWHA.• See: WWIAJ,1928.

Fast, Howard Melvin (pseud ofWalterEricson); b. NYC, 1914.

Novelist; mem Communist party, jailed forcontempt of Congress. • See: EJ.

Fast, Louis Arba; b. Newark, Nov 5 1893; d.May 1946.

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, public servant, Newark;pres Bd ofTax Commrs; mem Bd ofRecreation; officer Jewish Anti'-TuberculosisLeague; active synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, May 71946,21:4.

Fasten, Nathan; b. Lezajsk, Austria, Dec 41887; d. Sep 19 1953.

To US 1889. • BS CCNY, PhD UWI. •Zoologist; with WA Pollution ControlCommn; faculty U WA, U OR, OR State;officer professional soc; author in field. • See:U]E;AJYB, 24:137; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3. .

Fastofsky, Jascha; b. Bialystok, Jan 11906.To US 1906. • U Chicago Conservatory. •Violinist, tchr, Jamaica, NY; fdr FastofskyStudios, Fas~ofsky String Orchestra; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Faonan, Morris;b. ca 1857;d.AdanticCity, Sep 261930.

Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,33:126.

Fauerbach, Leopold; b. ca1833; d. NYC,June 15 1912.

Supt, Heb Sheltering Guardian Soc. • See:AJYB,14(1912-1913):128.

Faust, Jack; b. Rohatyn, Poland, June 141902.

U Cracow, Ch E Deutsche Technik (Prague),post-grad Brooklyn Polytech. • Chemicalengineer, foreign correspondent, NYC,Brooklyn; active Am Jewish Congo • See:BEOAJ.

Fayer, Mischa Harry; b. NYC,June 21902;d. Lexington, KY, Apr 141977.

BA, MA U MN, PhD Columbia; honorarydegree. • Russian language educator,Lexington, KY; faculty Middlebury ColI;

Feder, Max

author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,Apr 16 1977,28:4.

Fearing, Kenneth Flexner; b. Chicago, July281902; d. NYC,June 261961.

U IL, BA U WI. • Poet, novelist, NYC; assocdNew Masses, Partisan Review. • See: EJ;WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes, June 27 1961,33:3.

Fechheirner, A Liricoln; b. Cincinnati, Sep13 1876; d.July 1954.

Columbia, Beaux Arts (Paris). • Architect,Cincinnati. • See: WWIAJ; 1928, 1938;NYTimes, July 30 1954, 17:4.

Fechheirner, Carl]oseph; b. Cincinnati,Feb 111882.

BS Purdue, ME Cornell. • Consult engineer,patent holder, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee; activesynagog; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Fechheirner, Clara R (Mrs CarlJFechheirner); b.*; d. Milwaukee, May 231934.

Communalldr, Milwaukee. • See: AJYB,37:256.

Fechheirner, Melville H; b. MI, Dec 201872.

US army officer. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):89.

Fechhenner, Rose; b. Cincinnati, Aug 151875.

Cincinnati Art Academy. • Artist, Rookwoodchina painter, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):89-90,24:137.

Fechheimer, Samuel Marcus; b. ca 1867; d.Daytona Beach, FL, Mar 23 1932.

Philanthropist, Zionist worker, Daytona Beach,FL. • See: AJYB, 34: 11 O.

Fedder, (Abraham) Herbert; b. Dinewitz,Russia, June 4 1900.

To US 1901.· AB, PhD Johns Hopkins,ordained JTS. • Rabbi, Laurelton, LI; orgrGood Will Com; chaplain Jewish WarVeterans, Am Legion. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feder, Aaron; b. NYC, May 11915; d. Mar191985.

NYU, Harvard, MD U MD. • Physician,NYC; med advisor State Supreme Court, HebU; officer med socs; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; author/editor in field; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Feder, Joseph; b. ca 1892; d. NYC, Nov 291945.

Journalist, communal worker, Cleveland;editor Jewish Daily World; active Poale Zion. •See: AJYB, 48:488.

Feder, Marcus; b. Posen, ca 1853; d.Cleveland, July 1942.

To US 1880.· Cigar co fdr, philanthropist;pres Russian Refugee Soc. • See: NYTimes, July261942,31:3.

Feder, Max; b. Africa, Oct 41900; d. SanDiego, Feb 1977.

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BA U MN, MA NYU, PhD NY School ofSocial Research. • Reform ldr, synagog admr,NYC, San Diego; exec dir CongregationRodeph Shalom (NYC); fdr Assn ofTempleAdmrs; nat! bd Union ofAm HebCongregations; bd Planned Parenthood;author in field. • See: A]YB, 78:540; NITimes,Feb 10 1977,42:2.

Feder (Feder-Keyfitz), Sara Rivka (MrsIsadore Keyfitz); b. Poland, Oct 31 1900;d. Jerusalem, Jan 8 1979.

To US as child. • PhB U Chicago, AM U MO.• Sociologist, Columbia, MO; facultyColumbia, U MO; author in field. • See: A]YB,81:365-66; BEOA].

Feder, Tobias Milton; b. NY, Dec 12 1889.EE Brooklyn Polytech. • Engineer, sales mgr,Chicago; author in field; WWl service. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938.

Feder, William; b. ca 1869; d. Gary, IN, Sep271933.

Banker, communal worker, Gary, IN. • See:A]YB, 36:280.

Federbush, Jay Daniel; b. Austria, Dec 221899.

To NYC 1912.· NYU.• Mfr, realtor, NYc. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Federbush (Federbusch), Simon; b. Narol,Poland, Feb 15 1890/1892; d. Oceanside,LI, Aug 1969.

To US 1940. • U Cracow, U Lwow, PhD UVienna, ordainedJTS (Vienna). • Rabbi,Mizrachi & Zionist ldr, Heb & Yiddish author,NYC; pres Hadoar, Religious Writers Soc;active interfaith work. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,71:603-04; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Aug 211969,41:3.

Federman, Harry Alfred; b. NYC, Oct 151890.

AB CCNY. • Motion picture producer, NYC;pres Mentone Productions; WWl service. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Fedem, Paul; b. Vienna, Oct 13 1871; d.NYC, May 4 1950.

To US 1938. • Psychoanalyst, psychiatrist;personal deputy of Sigmund Freud (ViennaPsychoanalytic Soc); author/editor/lecturer infield. • See: E]; A]YB, 52:501.

Feen, Abraham Pearley; b. Prussnitz,Prussia,Jan 61902.

To US 1907. • LLB Union U. • Lawyer, cityprosecutor, Burlington, VT; officer bar assn;dir Heb Free SchooL • See: WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA].

Feenberg, Eugene; b. Ft Smith, AR, Oct 191906; d. St Louis, Nov 1977.

AB, MA U TX, PhD Harvard. • Physicist,Clayton, MO; faculty NYU, Washington U (StLouis); author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov 13 1977, 44:3.

Feerer, Ann (Mrs Joseph M Feerer); b.Lithuania, Mar 27 1887.

To Toledo 1889. • Communal, civic & childwelfare worker, Toledo; pres Jewish Fedn; dir

Jewish Womens Guild; active juvenile court,synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Feffer, Frank M; b. Centerville, IA, Nov 281892.

U MO. • Life insurance broker, Springfield,IL; activeJewish Relief Com for WarSufferers. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Feffer, Jay Arthur; b. Kulchin, Poland, May181870.

Insurance exec, civic & philanthropic worker,Springfield, IL; pres Fed Charities (StJoseph,MO); active Industrial Removal Work (MO). •See: WWIA], 1928.

Fehr, Elizabeth Mandelkem; b. Bialystok,Aug31898.

Pianist, NYC; with NY Symphony; asst operadir War Camp Community Service(Washington DC); active Republican politics. •See: WWIA.]; 1926.

Feibel, Julius C; b. Hillsboro, OH, May 191873.

U MI. • Realtor, Columbus, OH. • See:WWIA],1938.

Feibelman, Herbert Uriah; b. Mobile, Dec241889; d. Oct 211967.

AB, LLB U AL. • Lawyer, Mobile, Miami;mem Nat! Confof Commrs on Uniform StateLaws; fdr, officer synagog; active Am Legion,Jewish War Veterans; author/editor in field;WWlservice.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,5.

Feibelman, Joseph L; b. Indianapolis, June22 1871; d. NYC, July 1941.

Purdue. • Businessman, realtor, Newark. • See:NITimes, July 6 1941,27:3.

Feibelman, Julian Beck; b. Jackson, MS,Mar 23 1897; d. Oct 10 1980.

AB Millsap ColI, ordained Heb Union ColI,MA, PhD U PA; honorary degrees. • Rabbi,Philadelphia, New Orleans; pres LA Soc forSocial Hygiene, Family Service Soc; bd HebUnion ColI; active interfaith work; WWlservice.· See: E]; WWWIA, 7.

Feibelman, Lottie Bomstein (Mrs ElyFeibelman); b. Boston, June 15 1868.

Boston Normal SchooL • Communalldr,Boston; a fdr Nat! Council of]ewish Women,Hadassah; officer Am Jewish Cong, League ofJewish Womens Orgs.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Feibelmann, Richard B; b. Kandel,Germany, May 81883; d. Port Jarvis,NY,Mar 1948.

To NYC 1935. • PhD U Munich. • Paper &textile chemist, NYC; faculty U Munich, UStrasbourg; fdr, chemical co (Radebeul,Germany); WWl German army service. • See:WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Mar 261948,21:5.

Feibleman, James Kern; b. New Orleans,July 13 1904.

Author, poet, New Orleans. • See: WWIA],1938.

Feibleman, Mrs Isidore; b.*; d.Indianapolis, Dec 111936.

Civic & communal worker, Indianapolis. • See:A]YB, 39:590.

Feidelson, Charles N;·b. NYC,July 231886; d. Feb 1967.

AB, LLB U GA. • Lawyer, editor, governmentofficial, Washington DC; special asst Dept ofLabor; faculty William & Mary, U AL. • See:WWWIA,4.

Feierman, Bertha; b. ca 1896; d. Cleveland,Jan 211940.

Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: A]YB,42:478.

Feiffer, Jules; b. Bronx, 1929.Cartoonist, writer, playwright, anti-Vietnamactivist; military service~ • See: E]:1983-1985.

Feiga, Wilfred Beeber; b. Worcester, Jan251895.

LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Worcester; officerJewish Home for Aged & Orphans, DramaGroup, Free Public Library; active bar assn. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Feigel, Leland M; b. ca 1910; d. Evansville,IN,1971.

U Evansville. • Credit exec, Evansville, IN;officer professional org; trustee U Evansville. •See: NITimes, Dec 3 1971, 44:3.

Feigenbaum, Benjamin; b. Warsaw, 1860;d. NYC, Nov 1932.

To US 1891. • Yiddish journalist,pamphleteer, socialist ldr, atheist; mem UnitedHeb Trades; a fdr, general secy Workmen'sCircle; staffForward. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:137,35:123.

Feigenbaum, Dorian; b. Lemberg, May 191887; d. Jan 2 1937.

U Munich, MD U Vienna. • Psychiatrist,psychoanalyst, NYC; faculty NY PsychoanalystInst; author/editor in field; WWl Austrianarmy service. • See: A]YB, 39:590; BEOA];NITimes, Jan 3 1937, II 8:5.

Feigenbaum, Gabriel; b. Cleveland, July 71903; d. London, Sep 2 1970.

Real estate exec, Cleveland; a fdr Young Israel;active Jewish education, synagog; benefactorBar-llan. • See: A]YB, 72:540; NITimes, Sep 61970,51:1.

Feigenbaum, William Morris;h. Antwerp,Dec 251886; d. Apr 1949.

To US 1891. • AB, MA Columbia,Dartmouth, U WI. • Journalist, statistician,Socialist Party worker, legislator, Brooklyn;editor NY Call, Forward, New Leader. • See:A]YB, 24:137; WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Apr241949,76:1.

Feigin, Dorothy Lubell (Mrs Solomon SFeigin); b. NYC, Mar 8 1903; d.July1969.

Art Students League. • Painter, public schooltchr, NYC; officer professional soc. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July 13 1969,65:3.

Feigin, Samuel Isaac; b. Kritchev, Russia,May13 1893; d. Chicago, Jan 3 1950.

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To US 1920.· Heb Tchrs Training CoIloerusalem), PhD Yale. • Orientalist, Hebraic& biblical scholar, Chicago; with Oriental Inst;contributor Heb, Yiddish & English journals. •See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 52:501; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ;NYTimes,Jan41950,35:2.

Feigl, Herbert; 'b. Reichenberg, Bohemia,1902.

To US 1930.· UVienna. • Philosopher; memVienna Circle; faculty U IA, U MN; author infield. • See: EJ.

Feigl, Hugo; b. Prague, Mar 15 1889; d.Feb 51961.

To US 1939. • Dr Laws U Prague. • Artgallery owner & dealer, Prague, NYc. • See:WWW1A, 4; NYTimes, Feb 6 1961,23:4.

Fell, Harold; b. Bay Shore, LI, June 261889.

AB U Denver, MD OH Wesleyan. •Physician, cardiovascular disease researcher,Cleveland; faculty Western Reserve; officermed socs; author/editor in field; WWI service.• See: WWW1A, 8.

Fell, Joseph; b. ca 1855; d. Cleveland, Jan311917.

Chemist, Cleveland. • See: AJYB, 19(1917­1918):265.

Fell, Nahum P; b. Cleveland, Sep 3 1860; d.before 1938.

Newspaper exec, Omaha; with The Bee; bdWise Memorial Hospital, J ewish WelfareFedn.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Fellchenfeld, Ernst (Ernest) H; b. Berlin,Oct 6 1898; d. Mar 25 1956. I

To US 1924. • DrJuris Utriusque U Berlin,London School of Economics. • Internatllawyer; facuity Georgetown U; consult Leagueof Nations, US government; author on public& contemporary issues. • See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Mar 26 1956,29:4.

Feller, Arthur; b. Breslau, 1879; d.Riverdale, NY, July 11 1942.

To US 1933.· UHeidelberg.· Economist,author, NYC; mem Reich Economic Council;editor Frankfurter Zeitung; dean, faculty NewSchool; faculty U Konigsburg. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 45:384; NYTimes, July 12 1942, 35:3.

Feiman, Edward Moschi; b. Canton, OH,Aug 151892.

OH State, DDS Western Reserve, MD OHState. • Ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist,communal worker, Canton, OH; officer B'naiB'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fein, Samuel Law; b. Russia, June 81899.To Springfield, MA 1906.· Amherst, LLBNYU. • Lawyer, Springfield, MA; active B'naiB'rith, Republican politics, professional assns.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feinberg, Abraham; b. NYC, 1908.Businessman, communal & Zionist ldr, NYC;mem Bd of Education; fdr Americans forHaganah; benefactor Weizmann Inst; activeDemocratic politics. • See: EJ.

Feinberg, Abraham Haskel; b. Beaver Falls,PA, Aug,61907; d. Youngstown, Feb 251946.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Rockford, IL, Youngstown; activeCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis. • See: AJYB,48:488; WWIAJ, 1938.

Feinberg, Abraham L; b. Bellaire, OH, Sep141899/1901.

AB UCincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIl. •Rabbi, NYC, Toronto; broadcaster undername Anthony Frome; supporter nucleardisarmament, anti-Vietnam. • See: EJ;WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes stories, Jan 241967,May41967.

Feinberg, Abraham L; b. Yonkers, June 91908; d. Cincinnati, May 301961.

Communal exec; regional dir Am Jewish Com;exec com OH Assn for Adult Education. • See:AJYB, 63:559.

Feinberg, Abraham'Selig; b. Boston, Mar 51891.

AB Bates, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, statedistrict court judge, Plymouth, MA; memMarshfield School Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ. '

Feinberg, Adolph Jacob; b. Adanta, Jan 271912; d. Valparaiso, IN, 1979.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, author; editor Heb Union CoIlMonthly. • See: WWIAJ, i 938; CCARYB.

Feinberg, Alfred; b. Russia, May 15 1883/1884; d. Apr 1970.

To US 1893. • Natl Academy of Design, ArtStudents League. • Artist, cartoonist, medicalillustrator, NYC; faculty Columbia; WWIservice.· See:AJYB, 24:137; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; NYTimes, Apr 71970,45:3.

Feinberg, Ben; b. NYC, Mar 91887.AB U FL. • Merchant, civic ldr, Lake Wales,FL; mem City Commrs; pres City Council. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feinberg, Benjamin George; b. NYC, Aug161889.

BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Chemist,chemical co owner, NYC; faculty CCNY;author in field; WWI service. • See: AJYB,24:137; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Feinberg, I Robert; b. NYC, Jan 3 1912; d.NYC, Aug 3 1975.

Lawyer, labor arbitrator, NYC; labor relationscounsel with Union ofAm HebCongregations, Jewish Bd of Guardians, FednofJewish Philanthropies; officer professionalorgs. • See: AJYB, 77:593; NYTimes, Aug 41975,22:3.

Feinberg, Israel; b. ca 1854; d. Buffalo, Feb1916.

Rabbi, Buffalo. • See: AJYB, 18(1916­1917):107.

Feinberg, Israel; b. Kiev, Dec 25 1886/1887; d. Los Angeles, Sep 16 1952.

To US 1912.· Trade union exec, NYC; orgrJewish Tailors Union (Manchester, England);

Feinberg, Samuel Maurice

officer ILGWU; general mgr NY CloakJointBd.· See:AJYB, 55:455; Fink, 99-100;NYTimes, Sep 17 1952,31:3.

Feinberg, Leonid (Leon A); b. Odessa!Kodima, Russia, Feb 61897;d. NYC, Jan221969.

To US ca 1921.· U Moscow.· Russian &Yiddish poet, journalist, translator, NYC; withFreiheit, Day-Jewish Journal; active Nat! Comfor Jewish Culture. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,71 :604; JTA-DNB, Jan 24 1969; NYTimes, Jan23 1969,27:4.

Feinberg, Louis; b. Chicago, Nov 71909.BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl. •Otolaryngologist, ophthalmologist, Chicago;faculty U IL; trustee synagog; WWII service. •See: WWWIA, 6.

Feinberg, Louis; b. Rossien, Lithuania, Mar251887; d. Cincinnati, Feb 1949.

To US 1893.· AB U PA, ordainedJTS.·Rabbi, Yiddish & English author, Cincinnati;bd United Jewish Social Agencies; activeZionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Feb 211949, 23:3.

Feinberg, Meyer; b. Kovno, June 10 1885;d.1951.

Insurance representative, exec, communalworker, Easton, PA; orgr YMHA; pressynagog; active Joint Distribution Com. • See:WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, July 4 1951, 17:3.

Feinberg, Mordecai; b.*; d. Philadelphia,Dec 281915.

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 18(1916­1917):107.

Feinberg, Morris; b. ca 1871; d. Boston, Jan15 1934.

Communal worker, Boston. • See: AJYB,36:280.

Feinberg, Moses; b. Suwalki, Sep 11848.To US 1869. • Cantor, Syracuse. • See:AJYB,5(1903-1904):53.

Feinberg, Nathan; b. Lithuania, 1862;d.Bellaire, OH, Dec141945.

To US 1880. • Rabbi, Bellaire, OH. • See:AJYB, 48:488.

Feinberg, Philip J; b. Providence, July 181888.

LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer, legislator,Boston; bd Public Welfare; active Democraticpolitics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feinberg, Robert; b. 1912; d. 1975.Labor lawyer, arbitrator, NYC; labor counselNatlJewish Welfare Bd, UnitedJewish Appeal,Jewish Family Service. • See: EJ:1972-1983.

Feinberg, Samuel D; b. Russia, 1833/1834;d. NYC, Dec 22 1914.

To US 1903. • Orthdox rabbi, Zionist, NYc. •See: AJYB, 17(1915-1916):219; Eisenstadt, 81;Gottlieb, 307;NYTimes, Dec 23 1914,13:3.

Feinberg, Samuel Maurice; b. Yurburg,Russia, Mar 281895; d.July 101973.

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To US 1907. • BS U WI, MD Rush Med ColI.• Physician, internist, allergist, poet, Chicago;faculty Northwestern; officer professional soc;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA,6.

Feinberg, Sigmund; b. ca 1841; d. Dec 151932.

Physician, NYC; chief examiner in lunacy,Wards Island. • See:AJYB, 35:123.

Feinblatt, Henry M; b. Brooklyn, Mar 71891; d. Dec 1959.

MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad Harvard,Cornell. • Physician, Brooklyn; faculty LI ColIHospital; author in field; WWI service. • See:WWL4J, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 25 1959,61:1.

Feinblatt, Sigmund; b. Halifax, Nova Scotia,Feb 12 1884; d. Baltimore, Oct 161945.

Communal admr; exec dir Heb Orphan Home(Philadelphia), Heb Home for Aged(Levindale, Baltimore); est private nursinghome (Baltimore). • See: AJYB, 48:488.

Feinbloom, Joseph; b. ca 1870; d. Brooklyn,Oct 3 1922.

Spanish-Am War veteran, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 25:138.

Feinbloom, William; b. Brooklyn, Jan 101904.

BS CCNY, MA Columbia, Dr Ocular ScienceNorthern IL ColI of Optometry. •Optometrist, inventor, NYC; research fellowColumbia. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feineman, Benedict A (B A); b.Ichenhausen, Bavaria, Dec 22 1830; d.Kansas City, Nov 111912.

Communal admr, Kansas City; supt UnitedJewish Charities; pres synagogs, B'nai B'rith;dir Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland). • See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):54-55, 15(1913­1914):269.

Feineman, Ethel Rose; b. Kansas City.U Chicago, abroad. • Social work admr,Kansas City, San Francisco; exec com CA StateConf of Social Work; state chr Girls WorkSessions; with Emanue-El Sisterhood; officerprofessional socs; active Big Sister Org. • See:WWL4J, 1938.

Feiner, Benjamin F; b. NYC, Aug 24 1876.CCNY, LLB NYU Law. • Lawyer, NYC;officer Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:WWL4J,1928.

Feinerman, Nathan; b. Russia, ca 1885; d.NYC, Feb 15 1944.

To US .1906. • Exec secy, Jewish ScientificInst, NYC; pres Workmen's Circle. • See:AJYB, 46:336; NYTimes, Feb 16 1944, 17:5.

Feingold, Abraham; b. Ukraine, Mar 201900; d. Brookl~, Sep 1970.

To US 1909. • BA, MA Columbia. • Educator,unionizer; suspended for questionable politicalloyalty (1950). • See: NYTimes, Sep 15 1970,47:4.

Feingold, Benjamin Franklin; b. Pittsburgh,June 51900; d. Mar 23 1982.

BS, MD U Pittsburgh, post-grad U Gottingen,U Vienna. • Physician, pediatrician, allergist,Los Angeles, San Francisco; author in field,cookbook.· See: WWWIA, 8.

Feingold, David Sidney; b. US, 1922.To Israel 1949, return to US 1956. • MIT, UZurich, PhD Heb U. • Chemist; faculty U CA,U Pittsburgh. • See: EJ:1973-1982.

Feingold, Gustave Alexander; b. Kiev, June171883; d.June 1948.

To US 1893. ·BS, MS Trinity, MA, PhDHarvard. • Educational admr, psychologist,Hartford; activesynagog; author in field. • See:AJYB, 24:137; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEGAJ; NYTimes, June 26 1948, 17:3.

Feingold, Isidore Theodore; b. Pinsk, May15 1886; d. Chicago, Sep 291943.

To US 1902. • U Chicago. • Furniture mfr,Chicago; dir Heb Theological Seminary;author in field. • See:AJYB, 46:336; BEGAJ.

Feingold, Marcus; b. Botosani, Rumania,July 17 1871; d. New Orleans, Dec 261925.

To US 1897. • U Vienna. • Ophthalmologist,New Orleans; faculty Tulane. • See: AJYB,24:137;PAJHS, 31:256~57.

Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian; b. NYC,July 17 1871; d. NYC,Jan 13 1956.

Hamburg, Berlin, Paris. • Painter, modern artpioneer, Berlin, NYC; assocd with Bauhaus. •See: WWWIA; 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Jan 141956; 19:3.

Feinsinger, Nathan Paul; b. Brooklyn, Sep201902; d. Glenwood Springs, CO, Nov11983.

AB, JD U MI, Columbia; honorary degree. •Legal scholar, Madison; mem presidentialfinding bds; specialty: labor relations &disputes; faculty U WI. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Nov 4 1983.

Feinstein, Abraham; b. Slonim, Russia, Sep271893.

To US 1904.· AB CCNY, MA U Cincinnati,ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,Chattanooga; earlier Huntington, WVA. •See: WWL4J, 1938.

Feinstein, Irving Alfred; b. St Louis, Feh 151906.

U Rochester, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Brooklyn;counsel Queens County Fedn of Civic Assns;active settlement house work, legal aid forpoor.· See: WWL4J, 1938.

Feinstein, Isaac E; b. Cardiff, Oct 27 1896.To US 1903.· AB UPA, Temple U, Gratz.·Communal admr, librarian, Providence; suptJewish Home for Aged, Jewish ShelteringHome (Philadelphia); active professional orgs;WWlwithJewish Welfare Bd. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEGAJ.

Feinstein, Martin; b. NYC, 1892.Poet, writer, NYc. • See:AJYB,24:137.

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Feinstein, Moses; b. Uzda, Minsk, 1895.To US 1937.· Rabbi, Orthodoxldr, NYC;internatl authority on halakhah; pres Union ofOrthodox Rabbis; active Agudat Israel. • See:EJ.

Feinstein, Moses; b. Pinsk, Oct 10 1896/1897; d. Tel Aviv, Sep 221964.

To NYC 1912.· Cooper Union, NYU, BS,MA Columbia. • Heb poet, writer, educator,Zionist, NYC; co-fdr, dean Herzliah HebAcademy; co-editor Matz Heb Classics. • See:UJE; EJ; AJYB, 66:574; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Feinstein, Myer; b. Philadelphia, May 101896; d. Philadelphia, June 6 1965.

Realtor, banker, communalldr, Philadelphia;officer Boys Scouts, Jewish Exponent, AlliedJewish Appeal; bd Home for Jewish Aged,Friends ofHeb U, J oint Distribution Com. •See: AJYB, 67:534; NYTimes, June 7 1965,37:2.

Feinstein, Rosaline; b. Altoona, July 181901; d. Philadelphia, Nov 1972.

Honorary degree. • Communalldr,philanthropist, Philadelphia; ()fficer Fedn ofJewish Agencies; n:1tl bd United Jewish Appeal;active Gratz, Dropsie, Heb Union ColI, HebU. • See:AJYB, 74:555.

Feinstone, Morris Charles; b. Warsaw, Dec281878; d. NYC, Apr 281943.

To US 1910.· Laborldr, NYC; an orgrUmbrella & Cane Industry Union, Natl LaborCom for Palestine; secy-treas United HebTrades; bd ORT; author in field. • See: EJ;AJYB, 45:384-85; WWIAJ, 1938; Fink, 100-01;NYTimes, Apr 291943,21:3.

Feis, Herbert; b. NYC, June 71893; d. Mar21972.

AB, PhD Harvard; honorary degrees. •Economic historian; mem Inst for AdvancedStudy (Princeton); author/advisor in field;WWI service.· See: UJE; EJ;A]YB, 24:137;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,Mar 3 1972,43:3.

Feiss, Julius; b. Germany, 1848; d.Cleveland, July 6 1931.

Merchant, civic worker, Cleveland. • See:AJYB, 24:137,34:110.

Feiss, Paul Lewis (Louis); b. Cleveland,June 31875; d. Cleveland, Jan 201952.

Mens clothing mfr, business exec, communal &civic worker, Cleveland; pres Chamber ofCommerce; fdr Mt Sinai; active slumclearance, Am Jewish Com, cultural insts;WWI active Serbian Relief. • See: AJYB,24:137,54:538; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Jan 211952,16:4.

Feist, Abram; b. Newark,Jan 141882.Real estate & insurance exec, Newark; activesynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Feist, Felix F; b. ca 1884; d. NYC, Apr 151936.

Motion picture mgr, distributor, NYc. • See:AJYB,38:427.

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Feist, IrvingJ; h. Newark,Jan 61907; d.Feh 271978.

BS Newark Academy, BS U PA; honorarydegree. " Real estate exec, Newark; exec BoyScouts; nad bd Nad Conf of Christians & Jews;nad advisory bd Girl Scouts. • See:WWWIA,7;

Feist, Leo; h.NYC, 1869; d. Mt Vernon,NY, June 1930.

Music publisher, song writer; "Peg 0 MyHeart," "My Blue Heaven." • See: UJE; AJYB,24:137; NYTimes, June 22 1930,25:5.

Feist, Theophil; h. Trimbach, Alsace, Oct261873.

To Tacoma 1889. ., Clothing store owner,Tacoma; officer Masons, Rotary, synagog. •See: ~J,1938.

Feit, Abraham; h. NYC, Oct 12 1893.LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, Brooklyn;active Zionist Org ofAm, Heb EducationalSoc, Fedn ofJewish Charities; WWIgovernment telegraph operator. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Feit, Julius G; h. Galicia, Apr 19 1880.To NYC 1898. • NYU. • Insurance broker,communalldr, Brooklyn; an orgr UnitedGalicianJews ofAm; officer BronxJewishCenter, Sons ofIsraeL • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feitel, Donald Gottschalk; h. New Orleans,Oct 81925; d.June3 1976.

BA U Chicago. • Editor, Metropolitan SundayNewspapers, NYC; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,June 41976, IV 16:4.

Feitelherg, Sergei; h. Russia, 1905?;d.NYC, Sep 16 1967.

.Physicist, NYC; specialty: radio isotopes &their medical use; consult Atomic EnergyCommn; author in field. • See: AJYB, 69:606;NYTimes, Sep 17 1967, 84:5.

Feiwell, Samuel; h. Chicago, Dec 25 1896.LLB Notre Dame. • Lawyer, legislator, countyatty, South Bend, IN; officer Jewish WelfareFund; active synagog; WWI service.· See:WWIAJ,1938.

Felhel,Jacoh; h. ca 1857; d. Dec 12 1938.Inventor, patent authority, NYc. • See: AJYB,41:421;NYTimes, Dec 141938,25:2.

Felherhaum, David; h. NYC, Oct 2 1883; d.Oct 1950.

CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC;specialty: Addisons Disease; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct 281950,17:3.

Feld, Aaron Spencer (A Spencer); h. NYC,Jan 51891.

AB CCNY, LLB NY Law, US School ofMilitary Aeronautics (princeton). It LawYer,legislator, NYC; active Democratic politics,YM & YWHA; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Feld, Jacoh; h. Rszeszow, Austria, Mar 31899; d. NYC, Aug 161975.

To NYC 1906. • BS CCNY, CE, MA, PhD U

Cincinnati, LLD CUNY (honorary?). • Civil& consult engineer, NYC; bd Haifa Technion;active professional soc; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWL4,6; NYTimes, Aug 17 1975,45:1.

Feld, Mose M; h. Galveston, Feh 9 1900; d.Houston, Aug 21 1961.

Mfr, communalldr; bd N ad Conf of Christians& Jews; active Jewish Nad HospitaL • See:A]YB, 64:493; NYTimes, Aug 22 1961,29:3.

Feld, Philip; h.*; d. Vickshurg, Nov 111913. .

Cotton planter, Vicksburg; pres Bd ofTrade. •See:AJYB,16(1914-1915):162.

Feld, Rose Carol; h. Rumania, May 121895;

To NYC 1899. • Writer, free lance journalist,book reviewer, NYC; contributor to majormagazines. - See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.

Feldherg, Morris; h. ca 1892; d. Brookline,MA, Sep 17 1969.

Discount chain store exec, Boston; co-fdrZayre Corp. • See: WWWL4, 5; NYTimes, Sep18 1969,47:3.

Feldhlum, Adolph; h. Berlin, Mar 10 1875;d. Brooklyn, Sep 8 1946.

To US 1882. • LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,Impartial Chr of NY Dress Industry, NYC;pres Heb Educational Soc; officer bar assn;active Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: AJYB,49:610; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Sep10 1946, 7:5.

Feldhush, Harry A; h. St Louis, June 111893; d. Aug ~8 1960.

Westminster ColI, BS Washington U (StLouis). • Business exec, Cincinnati, Harrison,NJ.· See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Aug30 1960,29:3.

Feldenheim, Charles; h. ca 1854; d.Portland, OR, May41939.

Civic & communal worker, Pordand, OR. •See:AJYB, 41:421.

Felderman, Leon; h. Braila, Rumania, Dec5 1890; d. Philadelphia, May 141945.

To US 1903. • MD Medico-Chirurgical(Philadelphia), M Med Sci U PA, post-grad UBordeaux. • Ear, nose & throat specialist,Philadelphia; faculty U PA; author in field;WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 47:521; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, May 16 1945, 19:5.

Feldheim, Philipp; h. Vienna.To US 1939. • Publisher, NYC; fdr PhilippFeldheim Inc. • See: DetroitJewish News story,Sep 41970.

Feldheym (Feldheim), Norman Frank; h.NYC, July 291906; d. San Bernardino,CA,1985.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIL •Rabbi, Panama City Canal Zone, SanBernardino. • See: WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.

Feldman, AhrahamJehiel; h. Kiev, June 281893; d. West Hartford, July 211977.

To US 1906. • BA U Cincinnati, ordained,

Feldman, Harry Alfred

BHL Heb Union ColI, Columbia. • Rabbi,author, human rights advocate, Philadelphia,Hartford; pres Central ConfofAm Rabbis; bdIntercollegiate Menorah Assn, Nad FarmSchool; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities; assoceditor English-Yiddish EncyclopedicDictionary. • See: UJE; E]; AJYB, 79:368;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,July 23 1977,22:1.

Feldman, Abraham G; h. Rumania, June 261887.

Furniture corp exec; Chicago; pres StorklineFurniture Corp. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feldman, Abram Meyer; h. Kiev, Aug 71862/1863/1865.

To US 1887.· Tchrs Inst(Zitomir), BS, MEU PA. • Consult mechanical engineer, NYC;specialty: air conditioning; faculty Armour Inst;author in field; WWI service. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):90; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA].

Feldman, Abrom Lewis; h. Hartwell, GA,Mar 171896.

GA Tech. • Chemical mfr exec, magician,Atlanta; active Community Chest, JewishWelfare Fund, Heb Orphans Home." See:WWIA], 1938.

Feldman, BaruchM; h. Russia, 1885.Painter, writer, Uhlerstown, PA. • See:A]YB,24:137.

Feldman, Charles K; h. NYC, Apr 27 1907;d.May 1968.

U MI, U CA, LLB U Southern CA. • Talentagent, producer, Beverly Hills; pres FamousArtists Corp. • See: UTWWIA, 5; NYTimes,May 26 1968, 84:4.

Feldman, Daniel; h. ca 1866; d. Baltimore,Mar 191934.

Musical conductor, tchr, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 36:280.

Feldman, Edmund Burke; b. Cincinnati,Dec 17 1894.

BCE, CE U Cincinnati, MS UT StateAgricultural CoIL • Civil engineer, Salt LakeCity; chief engineer Public Works Admn(UT); chr United Jewish CounciL • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Feldman, Ephraim; h. ca 1860; d.Cincinnati, Nov 16 1910.

Heb Union ColI. • Talmudist, Cincinnati;faculty Heb Union ColI. • See: AJYB,13(1911-1912):136.

Feldman, George; b. NYC, Oct 13 1897.DDS NYU. • Dentist, watercolorist, NYC;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Feldman, Harry; h. Odessa, ca 1888; d.Queens, Dec 1971.

To US as infant. • Newspaper circulation mgr,NYC; pres Newspaper & Mail DeliveryUnion. • See: NYTimes, Dec 10 1971,46:3.

Feldman, Harry Alfred; h. ca 1908; d.Syracuse, Jan 1978.

BA, MD George Washington, Harvard. •

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Feldman, Marty; b. London, 1933; d. Dec 2· Fellman, Harry; b. ca 1875; d. Omaha, Jan1982. 12 1937.

Writer, comedian, film dir, actor, Los Angeles. Communal worker, Omaha. • See: A]YB,• See: WWWIA, 8. 39:590.

Feldman, Herman

Epidemiologist; worked with Albert Sabin;officer professional org; WWII service. • See:NYTimes, Jan 141978.

Feldman, Herman; b. NYC, Mar 20 1894;d. Hanover, NH, Oct 161947.

AB CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia; honorarydegree. • Authority on industrial relations,government advisor; dean CCNY; facultyDartmouth; author in field and popular. • See:UJE;A]YB, 50:515; WWIA], 1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes story, Jan 241940, obituary, Oct 171947,21:3.

Feldman, Hyman Isaac; b. Lemberg, June 51896.

To NYC 1900.· Cornell, BFA Yale,Columbia. • Architect, NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Feldman, Jacob G; b. Hungary, Apr 181888.

EE Columbia, Pratt. • Commercial banker,engineer, NYC; author on engineering. • See:WWlA], 1926.

Feldman, Joseph; b. Petrofka, Rumania,Aug251892.

To US 1915.· Polytech (Odessa), ABAm U(Beirut), MD LI CoIl Hospital, post-gradVienna. • Surgeon, ear, nose & throatspecialist, Brooklyn; officer Crown HgtsYeshiva, Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA],1928,1938;BEOA].

Feldman, Leonard G; b. Buffalo, Oct 271909; d. Dec 41972.

Newspaper editor, Buffalo; with BuffaloCourier-&press. • See: WW'WIA, 5; NYTimes,Dec 61972,50:2.

Feldman, Maurice; b. Vienna,July 241914;d. May 71976.

To US 1939.· PhD UVienna, U Stockholm,U Geneva. • Public relations counsel, financialjournalist, author, NYC.· See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, May 8 1976,26:4.

Feldman, Maurice Milton; b. NYC, May 261915.

BS CCNY, NYU. • Sanitation Dept Commr,NYC. • See: NYTimes story, Dec 27 1964.

Feldman, Max Marek; b. Zaleszczyki,Austria, Sep 271909.

To US 1923. • AB, B Arch Columbia,Sorbonne, N atl Academy of Design. •Architect, tchr, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Feldman, Myer; b. Philadelphia, June 221917.

Girard ColI, Wharton, LLB U PA.· Lawyer,presidential advisor, fact finder, Philadelphia,Washington DC. • See: AI story, July 9 1964.

Feldman, Samuel; b. Russia, Aug 13 1878.MD Cornell, post-grad abroad. •

Dermatologist, Bronx, NYC; faculty Fordham;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Feldstein, David; b. Detroit, Sep 14 1909;d. Oct 261972.

U MI. • Exec, Detroit; pres AutomotiveTransmission Co; bd Young Israel Center. •See: "WWWIA, 6.

Feller, Abraham Howard; b. NYC, Dec 241904/1906; d. NYC, Nov 13 1952.

AB Columbia, LLB Harvard, U Berlin. •Lawyer, special asst US atty general, UNconsult; specialty: internatllaw; facultyHarvard, Yale; author in field. • See: E]; A]YB,55:455; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; "WWWIA, 3.

Feller, Alexander; b. New Brunswick, NJ,Jan 19 1904; d. Nov 1952.

Litt B Rutgers, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,Newark; trustee Rugers Fund Council; authorin field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov25 1952,29:5.

Feller, Samuel Randolph; b. NYC, Sep 11904; d.Jan 1971.

AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, legislative secy,NYC; presJr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;author/editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes,Jan 27 1971,40:2.

Feller, William; b. Zagreb, ca 1907; d.Princeton,Jan 1970.

To US 1939. • U Zagreb, PhD U Gottingen. •Mathematician; faculty Princeton, Brown,Cornell; officer professional org; author infield. • See: NYTimes, Jan 17 1970,28:5.

Fellheimer, Alfred; b. Chicago.BS U IL. • Architect, NYC; author in field. •See: "WWWIA, 3.

Fellner, William John; b. Budapest, May 311905; d. Sep 15 1983.

To US 1938. • U Budapest, BS Technical Inst(Zurich), PhD U Berlin. • Economist; facultyU CA (Berkeley), Yale; consult Treasury Dept;officer professional assns; author/editor infield. • See: E]; WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Sep 161983.

Fels,Joseph; b. Halifax County, VA, Dec 161854; d. Philadelphia, Feb 22 1914.

Soap mfr, single-tax advocate, pioneer Zionist;fdr Fels Naphtha Corp; promoter vacant landfarming (London, Philadelphia). • See: UJE;E] (sub Fels); A]YB, 16(1914-1915):162;WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Feb 23 1914,9:5.

Fels, Mary (Mrs Joseph Fels); b. Sembach,Bavaria, Mar 10 1863; d. NYC, May 161953.

U PA, Bedford ColI (England). •Philanthropist, pioneer Zionist; pres JosephFels Fedn; est Joseph Fels Internatl Com;active prison reform. • See: UJE; E] (sub Fels);A]YB, 24:137, 55:455; WWIA], 1926, 1928;WWWIA, 3;NYTimes,May 171953, 88:5.

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Fels, Maurice; b. Yanceyville, NC, Apr 71857; d. Mar 1952.

AB Johns Hopkins, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, mfr,Philadelphia; active interest in publiceducation. • See:A]YB, 24:138; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Mar 101952,21:5.

Fels, Rosena; b. Yanceyville, NC, ca 1862;d. Philadelphia, Sep 91943.

Welfare worker, kindergarten movement ldr;fdr, dir Young Womens Union. • See: A]YB,46:336-37; NYTimes, Sep 10 1943,24:3.

Fels; Samuel; b. ca 1833; d. Paducah, Sep 11923.

Pioneer wholesale merchant, Paducah. • See:A]YB,26:154.

Fels,SamueISimeon;b. Yanceyville,NC,Feb 16 1860; d. Philadelphia, June 231950.

Industrialist, philanthropist, Philadelphia; anorgr Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, Big Bros; estmedical research fund, planetarium, U PA Instfor Government; helped draft city charter. •See: UJE; E] (sub Fels); A]YB, 24:138, 52:501;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WW'WIA, 3; DAB, 4;NYTimes,June 241950, 13:1.

Felsenfeld, Joseph Louis; b. NYC, July 201894.

DDS Columbia. • Dentist, Brooklyn; officerprofessional soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Felsenstein, Joseph; b. ca 1835; d. StJoseph, Mar 1914.

Communalldr, StJoseph. • See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):162.

Felsenthal, Bernhard; b. Munchweiler,Bavaria, Jan 2 1822; d. Chicago, Jan 121908.

To US 1854.· Honorary degrees. • Rabbi,scholar, Reform ldr, Zionist, Chicago;honorary officer Free Religious Assn; activeJewish Publication Soc; author onJewishthemes.· See:]E; UJE;E];A]YB, 5(1903­1904):53, 10(1908-1909):129; Eisenstadt, 78;PA]HS, 17:218-22; DAB; NYTimes, Jan 141908,7:7.

Felsenthal, Edward G; b. Chicago, July 81886.

AB,JD U Chicago. • Real estate exec, lawyer,Chicago; bd U Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Felsenthal, Eli Benjamin; b. Chicago, July14 1858; d. Dec 1 1937.

AB, AM U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; bd UChicago.• See: A]YB, 40:383; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; NYTimes, Dec 3 1937,23:1.

Felsenthal, Emma; b.*Librarian, Urbana, IL; author biography offather Bernhard Felsenthal. • See: A]YB,24:138.

Felsenthal, Jacob C; b. ca 1866; d. Jackson,MS, Mar 11939.

Merchant, communalldr, philanthropist,Memphis. • See: A]YB, 41 :421.

Felsenthal, Joseph; b. ca 1837; d.Brownsville, TN, Nov 301912.

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Confederate veteran, Brownsville, TN. • See:AJYB,15(1913-1914):269.

Felstein, Flora Leonson (Mrs DavidFelstein); b. NYC, Oct 22 1894.

Communal worker, St Louis; pres Hadassah;dir Natl Council ofJewish Women. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Felt, James; b. NYC, June 291903; d. NYC,Mar 41971.

Real estate developer, civic ldr, NYC; chr CityPlanning Commn, Public DevelopmentCommn; pres Urban League; officer Mt SinaiMed Center, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •See:AJYB, 73:630; NYTimes, Mar 5 1971,38:1.

Feltman, Charles; b. NYC, July 3 1894.Importer, infants wear mfr, NYC; activesynagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Felton, Otto G; b. Yanova, Lithuania, Feb 81880.

To US 1886. • LLBJohnMarshall Law.·Communal admr, Chicago; suptJewish FreeEmployment Bureau, Jewish Industrial WorkShops, OrthodoxJewish Home for Aged. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Feniger, Ben; b.*; d. Cleveland, Mar 101922.

Communalldr, Cleveland. - See:AJYB,24:101.

Fenelon, Fania; b. ca 1901; d. Paris, Dec1983.

Singer, orchestra conductor; entertained inAuschwitz. • See: NYTimes, Dec 22 1983.

Fenster, Philip Wallach; b. Montreal, Oct301888.

To US 1893.· Insurance agent, Albany, NY.•See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fensterwald, Bernard; b. Nashville, Sep 11890;d.1952.

BS Vanderbilt. • Merchant, Nashville; trusteeVanderbilt, Fisk. • See: WWU7IA, 3.

Feraru, Leon; b. Braila, Rumania, Jan 41887; d. Oct 1960.

To NYC 1912. • AB Lycee (Bucharest),Bachelier en Droit, Licencie en Droit UMontepellier, PhD Columbia. • Romancelanguage specialist, poet, author, NYC;specialty: Runanian; faculty ColumbiaExtension, LI U; author in field. • See: UJE;AJYB, 24:138; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Oct 23 1960,89:1.

Ferber, Edna; b. Kalamazoo, Aug 15 1885;d. NYC, Apr 161968.

Honorary degree. • Novelist, playwright,Pulitizer Prize winner, screenwriter, newspaperreporter; with Milwaukee Journal, ChicagoTribune. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:138;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,5; NAW:modern; DAB, ~; NYTimes, Apr 171968, 1:2.

Ferber (Silvers), Herbert; b. 1906.Sculptor, abstract expressionist, dentist. • See:EJ.

Ferber, Nat Joseph; b. NYC, May 281889;d. Santa Monica, June 211945.

Investigative reporter, short story writer,novelist, biographer, Los Angeles, Oxford, CT;with NY AmJournal. • See: UJE; AJYB,48:488; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 241945,22:3.

Ferbstein, Lee; b. Akron, July 28 1896.AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Akron; officerbar assn; trusteeJewish Social Service Fedn,Family Service Soc, City Hospital, U Akron. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Ferdbach, Henry L; b. ca 1874; d. Chicago,June 23 1935.

Mayor, Chicago; active Mason; WWI service.• See:AJYB, 37:256.

Ferenczi, Imre; b. Hungary, 1884; d. StJohn, NB, Aug171945.

To US 1940. • Sociologist, statistician, NYC;expert on migration and demography; withInternatl Labor Org (Geneva); author in field.• See: AJYB, 48:488; NYTimes, Aug 19 1945,39:3.

Ferguson, Annie Stein; b. ca 1876; d.Pittsburgh, Dec 20 1910.

Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,13(1911-1912):136.

Ferguson, Laura Charles (Mrs Jo!,;eph KFerguson); b. Los Angeles, May 23 1888.

U Chicago. • Communal worker, Los Angeles;fdr congregational religious school; regionalsupervisor Natl Council ofJewish Women;active CA Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Ferkauf, Eugene; b. Brooklyn, 1921.Businessman, philanthropist; benefactorYeshiva U.· See: EJ.

Fernbach, Henry; b. Lowenberg, Germany,1829; d. NYC, Nov 1883.

To US 1849. • Architect, NYC; designerMoorish style synagogs. • See: UJE; NYTimes,Nov 13 1883,2:3.

Fernbach, R (Robert) Livingston; b. NYC,Sep 18 1876.

BS CCNY, post-grad NYU. • Textile chemist,Paterson; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Fernberger, Henry; b. Philadelphia, Jan 191851; d. Philadelphia, Dec 15 1928.

Communal admr, Philadelphia; officerJewishPublication Soc; dir Jewish Hospital Assn,synagog.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):55, 31:92.

Fernberger, Herman; b. ca 1883; d.Philadelphia, July 18 1936.

Amateur photographer, Philadelphia; officerSons ofAm Revolution. • See: AJYB, 39:590.

Fernberger,SamueIWeiller;b.Philadelphia, June 41887; d. May 31956.

BS, MA, PhD U PA. • Psychologist,Philadelphia; faculty U PA; chr Bureau ofJewish Children Com on Report and Research;officer professional socs; author/editor in field;

Feuer, Mortimer

WWIservice.· See:AJYB, 24:138; WWIAJ,1926,1928, 1938;BEOAJ;WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, May41956, 25:2.

Ferne, Hortense (Mrs Herman Ferne); b.NYC.

Natl Academy of Design. • Artist,Philadelphia; officer professional soc. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Fernhoff, William; b. Bucazcz, Austria, Sep181897.

To US 1924. • MD U Vienna, post-gradVienna, NYc. • Surgeon, health officer,Woodridge, NY; author in field; WWIAustrian army service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.

Ferst, Monie Alan; b. Savannah, Mar 111891; d. June 1 1965.

BS GA Tech. • Mfr, Atlanta. • See: WWWIA,4.

Ferstadt, Louis Goodman; b. Berestechk,Russia, Oct 71900; d. Aug 1954.

To US 1910. • Hull House, Chicago Art lust,Art Students League. • Painter, cartoonist,commercial artist, NYC; supervisor WPA. •See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 201954,19:5.

Fertig, Moses Maldwin; b. NYC, July 101887; d. NYC,July 1972.

BS CCNY, LLB NY Law, post-grad NYU. •Lawyer, legislator, asst corporation counsel,NYC; pres Jewish Welfare Bd, YMHA; advisorto NY governors, Natl Youth Authority. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, July 24 1972, 30:4.

Feuchtwanger, Lion; b. Munich, July 71884; d. Los Angeles, Dec 21 1958.

To NYC 1940.· PhD U Munich.· Notednovelist, satirist, anti-Fascist; WWI Germanarmy service. • See: UJE; AJYB, 61 :416;WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Dec 23 1958,2:6.

Feuer, Abraham; b. ca 1852; d. Mar 111936.

Rabbi, Brooklyn; orgrJewish farm colony(Canada). • See: AJYB, 38:427.

Feuer, Leon Israel; b. Hazelton, PA, May23 1903; d. Toledo, Sep 1984.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, author, Toledo, Cleveland; pres CentralConf ofAm Rabbis; natl officer Zionist Org ofAm; dir Toledo Industrial Peace Bd, AmZionist Emergency Council. • See: EJ; AJYB,86:438; WWIAJ, 1938.

Feuer, Lewis Samuel; b. NYC, 1912.Philosopher, social scientist; faculty CCNY, Uvr, U CA (Berkeley), U Toronto; author infield. • See: EJ.

Feuer, Mortimer; b. NYC, Nov 25 1909; d.Dec 17 1969.

BS CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;active civil affairs, Democratic politcs, bar assn;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,Dec Uf 1969, 47:2.

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Feuer, Samuel Gustave; b. NYC, July 181903.

Columbia, MD NYU. • Physician, NYC;faculty Downstate Med Center; consult policedept; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Feuer, Stanley Burton; b. South Bend, IN,Oct 2 1928; d. Sep 15 1984.

BA, LLB Yale. • Motion picture exec, lawyer,NYC, Los Angeles; exec MGM; militaryservice. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Feuerlicht, Jacob; b. Liszka, Hungary, Mar121856; d.Chicago, Mar 241920.

To US 1882.· Communal admr, rabbi,Chicago; suptJewish Home for Aged. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):55,22:165.

Feuerlicht, Morris Marcus; b.Jan 15 1879;d.1959.

To US 1879. • BA U Cincinnati, U Chicago,BHL, ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,Indianapolis, Lafayette, IN; mem State Bd ofCharities; pres IN Conf of Social Work; activeCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis, Union ofAm HebCongregations.· See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):54,6(1904-:-1905):216; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; NITimes, Dec 2 1959,43:1.

Feuermann, Emanuel; b. Kol~mea, Galicia,Nov 221902; d. NYC, May 251942.

To US 1938. • Concert cellist; faculty UCologne, Curtis. • See: UJE; A]YB, 44:336;NITimes, May261942, 21:4.

Feuerstein, Moses I; b. Boston, 1916.Boston U, Harvard. • Orthodox ldr, textilemfr; pres Union ofOrthodox]ewishCongregations; chr Nat! Soc for Heb DaySchools. • See: E].

Feuerstein, Richard; b. Bojan, Austria, Nov111121888.

To US 1921. • PhD U Vienna, Sorbonne. •Language educator, Winter Park, FL; facultyRollins ColI. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Feuerstein, Samuel C; b. 1893; d.Brookline,MA, Sep 91983.

Communal worker, Am Day SchoolMovement ldr, philanthropist; fdr TorahUmesorah Nat! Soc for Heb Day Schools; presMaimonides School (Brookline), Union ofOrthodox]ewish Congregations. • See: A]YB,85:414.

Feustman, Bernard Herbert; b.Philadelphia, Nov 25 1890.

BS U PA • Investment banker, Baltimore;officerJewish Childrens Soc. • See: WWIA],1938.

Feustman, Moses; b. ca 1856; d.Philadelphia, Dec 15 1934.

Mfr, Philadelphia.· See:AJYB, 37:256.

Feustman, Rosalie (Mrs Bernard HFeustman); h. Durkheim an Haardt,Rhenish Bavaria; d. Philadelphia, May 41935.

Communalldr, Philadelphia; pres Ladies AssnEd, Ladies Com,]ewish Foster Home,]ewishHospital Assn. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):55,37:256.

Feustmann, Grace; b.*; d. Philadelphia,Nov 23 1918.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,21:205.

Feustmann, Maurice M; b. Philadelphia, ca1873; d. Saranac Lake, NY, Aug271943.

Architect; co-designer Will Rogers MemorialHospital.· See:A]YB, 46:337; NITimes, Aug28 1943, 11:2.

Feynmann, Richard Phillips; b. NYC, 1918.Physicist, Nobel laureate, Princeton, LosAlamos; faculty Cal Tech. • See: E].

Fichandler, Alexander; b. Odessa, Nov 271879; d. Feb 1955.

To US 1890.· CCNY, AB NYU, MAColumbia. • Educator, public high schoolprincipal, Socialist Party ldr, Brooklyn;educational dir ILGWU. • See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Mar 1 1955,25:1.

Fichman, David; b. Barber County, KS, Oct11885; d. 1957.

AB U Chicago, ordained Heb Union ColI. It

Social work admr, New Orleans; with WelfareFund,]ewish Charitable & Educational Fedn,YMHA; officer professional socs, Zionist OrgofAm, State Library Assn. • See: WWIA],1938; CCARYB.

Fichman, Meyer Edward; b. NYC, Mar 291904.

AB NYU. • Communal social work admr,Harrisburg, Washington DC, Hartford,Stamford, CT; exec dir Unified]ewishCommunity,]ewish Community Center. • See:WWIA],1938.

Fichtenbaum, Max; b. La Grange, TX, Jan23 1895.

BA, MBA U TX. • Org admr, Austin, TX; withU'IX, TX Memorial Stadium Assn; WWIservice. • See: WU7IA], 1938.

Fidelman, Joseph; b. Tiflis, Russia, Feb 31905.

To NYC 1933.· Pianist, tchr, NYC; earlierBerlin. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fiedelbaum, Herman; b. Austria, Dec 251889; d.Jan 1972.

To US 1905.· Dress mfr, bldr, hotelier, NYC;bd]ewishMemorial Hospital.· See: WWWIA,8; NITimes,]an 61972,40:3.

Fiedler, Arthur; b. Boston, Dec 171894; d.Brookline, MA,July 1979.

Royal Academy (Berlin); honorary degrees. •Noted conductor, amateur fireman; withBoston Pops Concerts. • See: UJE; E]: 1973­1982;NITimes,]uly 111979.

Fiedler, Leslie Aaron; b. Newark, 1917.Audior, literary critic, novelist, Buffalo; facultyU MT, SUNY. • See: E}.

Field,Jacob; h.NYC, Mar 12 1857.Financier, NYC. • See: WWU'l4, 4.

Field, Jacob; b. Austria, ca 1886; d.Valhalla, NY, Dec 41960.

To US as child. • CCNY. • Tax consult, IRS

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officer; with]oint Distribution Com; active AmLegion, B'nai B'rith, Grand Street Eoys Assn;WWI service. • See: NITimes, Dec 5 1960,31:5.

Field, Jacob Morris; b. Pinsk, Sep 4 1897.To NYC 1908. • Cooper Union. • Artist,industrial designer, NYC. • See: WWIA};1938.

Fiel<Jing, Leah Rose (Mrs Louis Fielding);b. Hull, England, June 22 1876.

Volunteer civic & social worker, Worcester;pres Natl Council of]ewish Women; chrSisterhood; dir Fedn of]ewish Charities. • See:WWIA], 1928.

Field, Michael; b. NYC, Feb 211915; d.NYC, Mar 1971.

Food writer, critic, concert pianist; author infield. • See: NITimes, Mar 24 1971,46:1.

Fielding, Moses; b.ca 1875; d. Worcester,Jan 301939.

Merchant, communal worker, Worcester.·See:A]YB, 41:421.

Fieldler, Herman; b. ca 1855; d: Chicago,June 17 1930.

Playwright, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 32:153.

Fields, Dorothy; b. Allenhurst, N],July 151905; d. NYC, Mar 281974.

Lyricist, philanthropist, NYC; "I Can't GiveYou Anything But Love"; active Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies,]ewish Guild for the Blind. •See:A]YB, 76:513; WWWIA, 6;NAW:modern; NITimes, Mar 29 1974, 38:1.

Fields, Edward; b. Brooklyn, Dec 41912; d.Apr 171979.

Carpet designer, mfr, NYC; WWII service. •See: WWWIA, 7.

Fields, Harold; b. Boston, Dec 6 1890; d.NYC, Mar 301962.

BS, MA NYU, post-grad Columbia. •Advertising exec, welfare worker, author,lecturer, NYC; mem Bd of Examiners, Ed ofEducation, Federal Com on Immigration atEllis Island; exec dir Natl League for AmCitizenship; pres Emanu-EI Found; activeimmigration & naturalization questions; WWIservice. • See: UJE; A]YB, 64:493; WWIA],1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,4;NITime~Mar 31 1962,25:1.

Fields, Herbert; b. NYC, July 261897; d.Mar 1958.

Columbia. • Screenwriter, musical comedywriter, author, NYc. • See: UJE (sub Fields,Lew); WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Mar 25 1958,33:1.

Fields, Jack H; b. NYC,July 311908; d.NYC, June 11971.

Business exec, communal fraternal order ldr;officer Free Sons ofIsrael; bd B'nai B'rith. •See:A]YB, 73:630;NITimes,]une 3 1971,42:4.

Fields, Lew (Lewis Maurice); b. NYC, Jan 11867; d. Los Angeles,July 201941.

Comedian, theatrical mgr; with Weber &

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Fields vaudeville team. • See: UJE; A]YB,6(1904-1905):90,24:138,44:336; WWlA],1926 (addenda), 1928; BEGA]; WWWIA, 1;DAB,3 (sub Weber, Joseph Morris); NYTimes,July22 1941,19:1.

Fields, Mitchell; b. Belcest, Rumania, Sep281901; d. Oct 61966.

To NYC 1907. • Beaux Arts (Paris). •Sculptor, NYC, Tel Aviv. • See: UJE; WWlA],1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,Oct 8 1966, 31:2.

Fierman, Harold Lee; b. NYC, Apr 1 1898;d.Aug 1978.

LLB Fordham.· Lawyer, NYC; pres FiermanFound; active Beth Israel, Mt Sinai. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Fierst, Harry P; b. Biersz, Kovno, Oct 151883; d. NYC, Dec 221959.

To NYC 1900. • Clothing mfr, Zionist, NYC;a fdr Am Zionist Youth Com, Chabad; activeUnited Palestine Appeal. • See: A]YB, 60:450;WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Dec 23 1959,27:2.

Fierst, Miriam; b. Montreal, Sep 81891; d.NYC, Mar 25 1974.

To US 1913. • N atl communalldr; natl officerHadassah; natl chrJewish Natl Fund; bd NatlYouth Commn.· See:A]YB, 76:513.

Fierstein, Morris; b. Alderson, OK, Oct 101899.

CCNY, DDS Columbia. • Dental surgeon,Queens; officer Am Jewish Cong, professionalsocs; WWIservice. • See: WWlA], 1938.

Fies, Milton Henry; b. Birmingham, AL,Aug 311882.

ME Columbia; honorary degree. • Miningengineer, coal co exec, Birmingham, AL; chrBd of Education; active natl Boy Scouts, AmJewish Com, professional socs, synagog. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEGA].

Fiesel, Eva; b.*; d. NYC, May 27 1937.To US 1930s. • PhD U Rostock. • Philologist;authority: Etruscan, ancient languages; facultyBryn Mawr, U Munich; aided by RockefellerFund for Refugee Scholars. • See: A]YB,39:590-91; NYTimes, May 29·1937,17:5.

Fife, Elias; b. Sakiai, Russia, May 6 1882; d.Peekskill, NY, Aug 31 1959.

To US 1903. • Mfr; a fdr Am Techion Soc; chrHeb U-TechnionJointAppeal; bd UnitedJewish Appeal; trustee Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: A]YB, 62:450.

Fiffer, Robert Seymour; b. Chicago, Oct 111926; d. Feb 1975.

AB,JD U Chicago., • Lawyer, Chicago; chrILEmployment Security Advisory Bd; niem ILCommn on Human Relations; officerJewishCommunity Center. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Filene, (A) Lincoln; b. Boston, Apr 5 1865;d.Aug271957.

Honorary degrees. • Dept store exec,philanthropist, author, Boston; officer tradeassns; supporter educational television,secondary education. • See: UJE; E] (sub

Filene);A]YB, 24:138; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Aug 281957,27:1.

Filene, Edward Albert; b. Salem, MA, Sep 31860; d. Paris, Sep 261937.

Honorary degrees. • Dept store exec, civic ldr,philanthropIst, author, Boston; an orgr 20thCentury Fund, US & Internatl Chambers ofCommerce, credit union movement, employeebenefits; pres Good Will Fund; supporter NewDeal; WWI government service. • See: UJE;E] (sub Filene); A]YB, 24:138,40:383;WWlA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGA]; PA]HS,66:106-22; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Sep261937,II9:1.

Filene, William; b. Germany, 1830.To US after revolution of 1848. • Merchant,Boston; fdr dept store. • See: E] (sub Filene).

Filfus, Nathaniel; b. NYC, Nov 2 1883; d.May 1944.

AB CCNY, MA Columbia, Master ofPedagogy NYU, CPA Natl Inst (WashingtonDC). • Public school accounting &bookkeeping tchr & textbook author, NYC,Brooklyn.· See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May301944,21:4.

Finberg, Anthony; b. Poland, Oct 151883.To St Paul 1904. • Insurance broker, St Paul;officer Mizrachi, UnitedJewish Fund; dirChicago Theological Seminary; Russian armyservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Finberg, Benjamin; b. ca 1868; d.Philadelphia, Oct 21 1915.

Real estate operator, communal worker, .Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 18(1916-1917):107.

Finberg, Joseph; b. Kobrin-Grodno, Sep 151893.

To US 1901. • U MN CoIl of Pharmacy, AB,MD Loyola. • Physician, health officer,insurance med dir, Chicago; pres CommunityMortuary Benefit Assn; WWI service. • See:WWlA], 1926, 1938.

Finck, Joseph Louis; b. Slutzk, Oct.5 1893.To US 1899. • BS MIT, MAHarvard, PhDJohns Hopkins. • Physicist, patent holder,laboratory owner, NYC; with Natl Bureau ofStandards. • See: WWlA], 1938.

.Finder, Sigmund; b. Bochnia, Austria,June181886.

To Chicago 1907. • Insurance mgr, Chicago;with Metropolitan Life. • See: WWlA], 1938.

Findling, Jack; b. NYC, Dec 27 1882.Exec, merchant, Salt Lake City; pres TheBoston Store,Jewish Commonwealth Center;active synagog, B'nai B'rith. • See: WWlA],1928.

Fine, Benjamin; b. NYC, Sep 1 1903; d.South Korea, May 17 1975.

BS RI State, MS, MA, PhD Columbia;honorary degrees. • Journalist, educator,prolific author; with Ford Found TchrTraining; faculty U Miami; faculty, deanYeshiva U.· See:A]YB, 77:594; WWWIA, 6.

Fine, Sidney Henry

Fine, David S; b. Philadelphia, ca 1895; d.NYC, Sep 1980.

U PA. • Construction engineer; with US Steel.• See: NYTimes, Sep 15 1980.

Fine, Etta Zimmerman (Mrs Robert Fine);b. Warsaw,Jan 41877.

To US 1883. • Communalldr, admr, Toledo;pres Daughters ofIsrael, Hadassah; orgr JrHadassah (Toledo, Tampa); dir Jewish Fedn,Jewish Education League.· See: WWlA],1938.

Fine, Irving Gifford; b. Boston, Dec 3 1914;d. Boston, Aug 23 1962.

AB, AM Harvard, France. • Composer,musician; faculty Berkshire Music Center(Tanglewood), Brandeis, Harvard. • See:WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Aug 241962,22:6.

Fine, I~idore; b. Niezin, Chernigov, Dec 101878; d. Great Neck, June 30 1959.

To US 1892. • Shirt mfr, NYC; officerBrooklynJewish Center; dir JewishEducational Assn, Fedn ofJewish Charities. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,July 11959,25:4.

Fine, Israel; b. Pokroy, Kovno, July 171848; d. Nov 23 1930.

Merchant, Reb poet, author, Baltimore; memZionist Org ofAm. • See:A]YB, 33:126;WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Fine, Melvin L; b. Baltimore, June 28 1904.LLB U MD. • Lawyer, legislator, Baltimore;active Republican politics. • See: WWIA],1938.

Fine, Milton Simon; b. Minsk, June 181892; d. NYC, Nov 1962.

To NYC 1904. • MD LI CoIl Hospital, post­grad Vienna, Moscow. • Urologist, NYC; withDept of Corrections; faculty Columbia; activesynagog; author in field~ • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Nov 141962, 39:2.

Fine, Morris Seide; b. Bridgeport, CT, Nov8 1886; d. NYC, Aug 1946. .

PhB, PhD Yale. • Dir of research, GeneralFoods, Battle Creek, MI. • See: A]YB, 24:138;WWlA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 18 1946,47:2.

Fine, Reuben;b. Brooklyn, 1912/1914.CCNY, U Souther~ CA. • Chess grandmaster,psychoanalyst, NYC; with Post-Grad Centerfor Psychotherapy; faculty CCNY; author infields. • See: UJE; E].

Fine, Samuel; b. Keidan, Russia, Oct 121884; d. NYC, Aug 31972.

To NYC 1899. • Mens clothing mfr,communalldr, NYC; pres Machzike TalmudTorah; officer Keidaner Assn, B'rith Sholom.·See:A]YB, 74:554; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,Aug5 1972,28:4.

Fine, Samuel M; b. ca 1885; d. Detroit, Nov2 1938.

Rabbi, scholar, author, Detroit. • See: A]YB,41:421.

Fine, Sidney Henry; b. Yonkers, Dec 111906; d. Apr 18 1981.

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Columbia, BA Am U. • Businessman, foreignservice officer, Bethesda, MD. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Finebaum, Harry J Gacob); b. London, Jan31893; d. FtMyers, FL,July41933.

BE Cooper Union, CE Brooklyn Polytech,NYU. • Consulting civil engineer, NYC;instructor Drexel; WWI service. • See: A]YB,36:280; WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Fineberg, Davis; b. ca 1866; d.Jersey City,May 271945.

Merchant, grocery chain store fdr; fdr, pres.synagog; dir Jersey CityJewish CommunityCenter. • See: A]YB, 47:521; NYTimes, May 291945,15:4.

Fineberg, Howard Landau; b. Pittsburgh,Feb 22 1901; d. 1972.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Sioux Falls, SD, Wilmington, NC;trustee Salvation Army. • See: WWIA], 1938;CCARYB.

Fineberg, Solomon Andhil; b. Pittsburgh,Nov291896.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIl,PhD Columbia. • Rabbi, orgn exec, author, MtVernon; with AmJewish Com; natlchaplain­in-chiefJewish War Veterans; active CentralConf ofAm Rabbis, Union ofAm HebCongregations. • See: E]; BEOA].

Finelite, Alexander; b. ca 1862; d. NYC,July 201932.

Municipal judge, NYC. • See:A]YB, 35:123.

Fineman, Abraham Harold; b. NYC, Aug251896.

BS CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,allergist, NYC; faculty Columbia; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Fineman, Asher Selig; b. Bessarabia, Apr 281862.

To NY 1889. • Musician, Yiddish playwright.• See: Eisenstadt, 77-78.

Fineman, Hayim (Hayyim); b. Obelon,Russia, Feb 12 1886; d. Philadelphia, Apr181959.

To Philadelphia 1890. • BA, PhD U PA.·English language & literature scholar, Zionistldr, Philadelphia; faculty Temple U; fdr, presAm Poale Zion; editor Jewish Frontier; officerAm Jewish Cong, United Heb TradePalestinian Workmen. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:138 (Hayyim), 61:416; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; WWWIA, 7;]TA-DNB, Apr 201959;NYTimes, Apr 191959,86:3.

Fineman, Irving; b. NYC, Apr 9 1893.CCNY, BE Cooper Union, post-grad MIT,Harvard, Columbia, US Naval Academy. •Engineer, novelist, Toronto, NYC; faculty UIL; author in field; WWI service. • See: UJE;E]; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA].

Fineman, Miriam (Mrs); b. Chicago, 1915?;d. NYC, Oct 23 1964.

Communal fundraising ldr, journalist; staffChicago Times; natl dir womens division Israel

Bond Org.· See:A]YB, 66:574; NYTimes, Oct25 1964, 89:1.

Finer, Herman; b. Herta, Bessarabia, Feb241898; d. Mar 41969.

To US 1944/1946. • BS, MS, DSc LondonSchool of Economics. • Political scientist;faculty London School of Economics, UChicago; with TN Valley Authority; author infield. • See: UJE; E]; NYTimes, Mar 7 1969,37:3.

Finer, Morris H; b. 1912; d.Jerusalem,June 23 1985.

To Israel 1981. • CCNY, RIETS, BrooklynLaw. • Rabbi, communal admr; dir communalservice RIETS. • See:A]YB, 87:438.

Fineshriber, William Howard; b. St Louis,Feb 211878/1880; d. 1968.

AB U Cincinnati, BH, ordained Heb UnionCoIl; honorary degree. • Rabbi, Memphis,Philadelphia; officer Conf of Social Work;active New Deal service, arbitration, RedCross, Am Council for Judaism. • See: UJE;E];A]YB, 5(1903-1904):54; WWIA], 1938.

Finesilver, ~enjamin; b. NYC, Jan 19 1898;d, Sep 15 1969.

MD LI U. • Neuropsychoanalyst, Los Angeles;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Finesinger, Jacob Ellis; b. New Casde, PA,Oct 28 1902; d. June 19 1959.

AB, MA, MD Johns Hopkins; post-gradVienna, Leningrad (with Pavlov). •Psychiatrist, Baltimore; faculty Harvard, UMD; consult Veterans Adm, Surgeon General;author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, June 20 1959,21:5.

Finesinger, Sol Baruch; b. Shavli, Kovno,Nov 171900; d. 1976.

To US 1901.· AB, AM, PhD Johns Hopkins.• Language instructor, author, Cincinnati; withNYC Bureau ofJewish Education; faculty HebUnion ColI. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938;CCARYB.

Finestein, Jacob Moses; b. Kovno, Mar 131862.

Talmudist, rabbi, Portland, ME. • See:Eisenstadt, 78.

Finestone, Alfred Lazar; b. Latvia, Oct 151903.

Boston U, U MO.· To US 1913. • Journalist,NYC, St Louis; assoc editor Boxoffice. • See:WWIA],1938.

Finger, Aaron; b. Wtlmington, DE, May 251890; d.June 31969.

Lawyer, asst state att}r general, municipaljudge, Wilmington, DE. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA,5.

Fingerhood, Boris; b. Russia, Apr 19 1887;d. NYC, Apr 27 1946.

To US 1907.· NYU. ~ Hospital admr,Brooklyn; a fdr, supt Israel Zion Hospital; a fdrAm CoIl of Hospital Admrs; officerprofessional orgs; author/editor in field. • See:A]YB, 48:488; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Apr 28 1946,42:2.

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Fingold, George; b. Boston, Oct 181908; d.Concord, MA, Aug 31 1958.

LLB Suffolk Law School. • Lawyer, state attygeneral, Boston; officer professional assns. •See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Sep 1 1958, 13:2.

Fink, AJ; b. Baltimore, Sep 19 1890.Financier, art collector, hotelier, Commr ofFinance, Baltimore; mem Zoning Commn. •See: WWWIA, 4.

Fink, Adolph Hyman; b. Goldsboro, NC,Sep 26 1899; d. 1954.

U Chicago, BHL, ordained Heb Union CoIl,AB U Cincinnati, post-grad U Chicago. •Rabbi, Spokane, Salt Lake City; fdr PacificNorthwest Assn for Adult Education, SpokaneCounty Welfare Council; officer WA StateConfofSocial Work.• See: WWIA]; 1938;BEOA]; CCARYB.

Fink, David; b. Piratin, Russia, Nov 281880/1881.

To US 1889. • BSA, MSA Cornell, PhD UPA. • Entomologist; specialty: insectphysiology; with Dept ofAgriculture(Zieglerville, PA); author in field. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Fink,J Daniel; b. NYC, Sep 141904; d.NYC,July 171970.

Municipal judge, communalldr, NYC; officerYoung Mens Philanthropic League; active AmJewish Congo • See: A]YB, 72:540; NYTimes,July 191970,65:1.

Fink, Jacob; b. ca 1862; d. Helena, AR, Dec12 1923.

Judge, mayor, Helena, AR. • See: A]YB,26:154.

Fink, Jacob; b. Neswiez, Russia, July 101870.

To US 1887. • Merchant, communalldr, poet,writer, Brooklyn; fdr Free Kosher Kitchen,Jewish Dispensary; pres Reb Free Loan Assn,Heb Natl School for Girls; officer Am JewishCong.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Fink, Joseph Lionel; b. Springfield, OH,Mar 12 1897; d. Buffalo, Nov 261964.

AB, MA U Cincinnati, ordained Reb UnionCoIl, PhD Niagara U. • Rabbi, civic &communalldr, author, Buffalo; pres CentralConf ofAm Rabbis; dir Jewish Fedn for SocialService. • See:A]YB, 66:574-75; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; Jewish Post, Dec 41964; NYTimes, Nov 27 1964, 36:2.

Fink, Reuben; b. Goshtza, Volhynia,Jan 181889; d. NYC, Feb 15 1961.

To US 1903. • CCNY, AB, MS, post-grad,tchrs diploma George Washington, Am U.·Yiddish journalist, correspondent, author,business exec; with Day; fdr League AgainstDiscrimination in Employment; officer AmUnion ofRumanian Jews; active Am JewishCong.· See: UJE;A]YB, 63:559; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, Feb 161961,31:3.

Finke, Gilbert M; b. Addison, NY, May 121898.

NYU, U Buffalo Law. • General contractor,

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realtor, bldr, communal fundraiser, Buffalo;activeJewish War Veterans. ° See: BEOA].

Finke, Myron; b. NYC, Aug 4 1887.AB CCNY, CPA, LLB Fordham. ° CPA,lawyer, NYC; faculty CCNY; activeprofessional soc. ° See: WWIA], 1938.

Finkel, Joshua; b. Warsaw, Oct 261894/1904; d. 1983.

To US 1913. ° AB NYU, ordainedJTS, PhDDropsie. ° Orientalist, Semitic languagespecialist, NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; author/editor in field. oSee: UJE; E]; E]:1983-1985;WWIA],1938.

Finkel, Leonard; b. NYC, 1906; d.Jan 211980.

LLB NYU. ° Mfg co exec; with FinkelUmbrella Frame Co; active Masons, Rotary. °See: WWWIA, 7.

Finkel, Samuel Benjamin; b. Boston, June 51888; d. Hollywood, CA,June 91973.

AB Harvard. ° MA legislator, educator,communal exec, NYC; mem Brookline SchoolCom; pres Nat! Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods;dir Friends ofHeb U. oSee: UJE; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, June 11 1973,38:1.

Finkelgreen, David; b. ca 1888; d.Philadelphia, Aug 8 1931.

Artist, Philadelphia. ° See: A]YB, 34: 11 O.

Finkelstein, Abraham H; b. Scranton, June191898.

Lehigh. • Tobacco co exec, author, poet,Buffalo; active charities, synagogs. ° See:WWIA], 1928.

Finkelstein, Bernard; b.*; d. Boston, July 291945.

MA legislator; WWI service. ° See: A]YB,48:488.

Finkelstein, Celia; b. Worcester, Nov 161896.

Normal School (Keene, NH). ° Writer onJewish subjects, Keene, NH; earlier publicschool tchr. ° See, WWIA], 1938.

Finkelstein, Elijah Mordecai; b. Meseritz,Poland, Feb 1873.

To US 1906. ° Rabbi, scholarly author,religious educator, Prague, Warsaw, Brooklyn.° See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Finkelstein, Harry; b. NYC, Feb 28 1883; d.Jan 1975.

MD Columbia. ° Physician, orthopedicsurgeon, NYC; faculty Post-Grad Hospital. °See: WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Jan 251975,30:3.

Finkelstein, Herman N; b. Syrcuse, Aug 311900; d. June 24 1977.

BACCNY,JD, SJD Columbia. ° Lawyer,NYC; author in field. ° See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, June 271977,30:4.

Finkelstein, Isaac Bernard; b. NYC, Mar 271884.

U PA. ° Merchant, civic ldr, Wilmington, DE;delegate White House Conf on Child Welfare;

pres Taxpayers Research League of DE,Chamber of Commerce. oSee: WWIA], 1938.

Finkelstein, Isadore; b. Knoxville, Oct 51895.

LLB U TN. ° Lawyer, Knoxville; active B'naiB'rith, Am Legion; WWI service. ° See:WWIA], 1928.

Finkelstein, Jacob Joel; b. Brooklyn, Mar 221922; d. Nov 281974.

BA Brooklyn ColI, PhD U PA. °Near Easternscholar, Assyriologist, language specialist, NewHaven; faculty U CA (Berkeley), Yale; author/editor in field; "WWII service. ° See: E]:1973­1982; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Dec 11974, 83:1.

Finkelstein, Joseph; b.*; d. Honolulu,reported Sep 2 1938.

Soldier, Distinguished Service Cross winner;WWI service. oSee: A]YB, 41 :421.

Finkelstein, Leon; b. Radom, Poland,1895?; d. NYC, July 29 1950.

Jewish essayist, critic, journalist. ° See: A]YB,53:524.

Finkelstein, Louis B; b. "Wizajni, Suwalki,Nov71899.

To US 1909. ° LLB UNE. ° Lawyer,communalldr, Lincoln, NE; pres JewishWelfare Fedn; active communal fraternal orgs.oSee: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1938.

Finkelstein, Louis; b. CinciniJ.ati,June 141895.

BA? CCNY, PhD Columbia, ordainedJTS. °Rabbi, Conservative ldr, talmudist, author,editor, NYC; nat! officer Rabbinical Assembly;pres JTS; exec council United Synagogue ofAm. oSee: E]; E]:1973-1982;A]YB, 24:138;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.

Finkelstein, M L; b.*Motion picture exhibitor, Minneapolis. ° See:A]YB, 24:138.

Finkelstein, Maurice; b. ·Syracuse, Feb 261899; d. NYC, Feb 8 1957.

AB, LLB Columbia,JSP, SJD Harvard. °Lawyer, NYC; general atty State MortgageCommn; a fdr Menninger Found; facultyBrooklyn Law, StJohns; officer Conf onJewishSocial Studies; author/editor in field. ° See:A]YB, 59:474; WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Feb 9 1957, 19:3.

Finkelstein, Mendel; b. ca 1863; d. Dayton,OH,Jan 10 1947.

Rabbi, Dayton, OH. ° See:A]YB, 49:610.

Finkelstein, Naomi; b. NYC, Nov 51897; d.NYC,Jan 221956.

Vocational guidance expert; officer womensAm ORT. ° See:A]YB, 58:476.

Finkelstein, Nathan; b. ca 1871; d.Columbus, OH, Mar 17 1934.

Communal worker, Columbus, OH. ° See:A]YB, 36:280.

Finkelstein, Philip; b. Brooklyn, ca 1931; d.LI, Nov 1982.

Heb U, LLB NYU. ° Urban affairs specialist;

Finn, Julius

fdr"Center for Local Tax Research; author infield. oSee: NYTimes, Nov 23 ·1982.

Finkelstein, Reuben; b. Kovno, Sep 131882/1883; d. May 1972.

To US 1884/1888. oMD LI ColI Hospital,post-grad Harvard, U Berlin, NY Post-Grad. °Gastroenterologist, Brooklyn; a fdr JewishCenter; pres professional assns; prolific authorin field; WWI mem draft bd. oSee: WWIA],1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 17 1972,50:3.

Finkelstein, Salo; b. Warsaw, 1897.In US 1932. ° Mathematical prodigy; withTreasury Dept (Poland). oSee: UJE.

Finkelstein, Sam (Samuel); b. Suwalki, Aug101866; d. Adantic City, May 1937.

To US 1878. ° Mens clothing mfr, communalworker, philanthropist, NYC, Norfolk; presJewish Maternity Hospital, Beth IsraelHospital; officer Central Jewish Inst. ° See:A]YB, 39:591; BEOA]iNYTimes, May 161937,II 8:7.

Finkelstein, Simon I 0); b. Kovno, May 251863; d. Brooklyn, Apr 16 1947.

To US 1863. ° Rabbi, child prodigy, Hebauthor, Brooklyn; earlier Baltimore,Cincinnati, Syracuse. ° See:A]YB, 5(1903­1904):54,49:610; Gottlieb, 297; NYTimes, Apr17 1947,27:3.

Finkelstone, Lawrence Shepard; b. NYC,Jan 11889.

LLB Yale. ° Lawyer, Bridgeport, CT; officercommunal fundraising, Jewish Welfare Bd. °See: WWIA], 1938.

Finkenstein, Harry Aaron; b. Omaha, Nov191895/1896.

LLB U Southern CA. ° Lawyer, Los Angeles;officer B'nai B'rith; WWI service. ° See:WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Finkler, Rita V Sapiro (Mrs Samuel]Finkler); b. Kherson, Nov 1 1888; d. Nov81968.

To US 1910. ° Law School (Petrograd), MDWornens Med ColI ofPA, post-grad CA,NYC, Vienna, Berlin. ° Pediatrician,gynecologist, endocrinologist, Newark; activewomens med orgs; author in field. oSee:WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,Nov91968,33:5.

Finley, Abe Harvey; b. Scranton, June 191898.

Lehigh. ° Tobacco & wholesale confectioner,Zionist ldr, Syracuse, Buffalo; nat! exec bdZionist Org ofAm, Nat! Fedn ofTempleBrotherhoods; officer trade assns. ° See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Finn, Joseph M; b. Cleveland, Apr 10 1872.Merchant, Chicago; pres Elevator Co ofAm;dirJewish Peoples Inst. ° See: WWIA], 1928.

Finn, Julius; b. Vladislavovo, Suwalki, Apr281871; d. NYC, Dec 61931.

To US 1887. ° Chess Master, NYC; dirSydenham Hospital, East Side Jewish Center,Manhattan Chess Club. ° See: ]Ei A]YB,24:138,34:110; WWIA], 1926,1928.

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Finn, Samson; h. Serah, Lithuania, July 201885.

To US 1899. • Merchant, Morgantown, WVA; pres Jewish Community Center. • See:WWIA],1938.

Finn, Samuel Lawrence; h. NYC, June 31890.

U Dayton; honorary degree. • Lawyer,Dayton, OH; pres Community Chest; bdDayton U.· See: WWU7IA., 8.

Finn, Sidney Bernard; h. Freedom, PA, Feh21908; d.June 61979.

BA OH State, MS U Rochester, DMDHarvard; honorary degree. • Dentist,Birmingham, AL; faculty U AL; earlier withNY State Dept ofHealth; consult Natl Inst ofHealth; author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA,7.

Finsky, Morris Edward; h. Sopotzkin,Russia, Mar 21 1897.

To US 1902. • AB U WI, MD Rush Med ColI.• Surgeon, Chicago.· See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Finsterwald, Corinne (Corinn) (Mrs GuyRowe); h. Marion, WI, Nov 5 1894; d.Apr 1965.

Wicker School of Fine Arts. • Artist, portraitpainter, print maker, Detroit. • See: WWIA],1938; NITimes, Apr41965, 87:2.

Finston, Nathaniel; h. NYC, Feh 241895.CCNY. • Musician, music dir for theatres,motion picture studio, NYC, Chicago; withMGM, Culver City, CA. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fireman, Julius C; h. Nyiregyhaza,Hungary, June 41872; d. Dec 1925.

To US ca 1886. • Academy of Fine Arts(Philadelphia). • Artist, illustrator, NYc. •See:A]YB, 6(l904-1905):90;NITimes, Dec 121925,15:5.

Fireman, Peter; h. Lipovetz, Russia, Apr 41863; d. Apr 271962.

To US 1882. • U Odessa, U Konigsberg, UZurich, PhD U Berne. • Research chemist,Washington DC, Lambertville, NJ; earlierfarmer; author in field. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):90-91; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Apr 291962,86:8.

Firestein, Alfred; h. Los Angeles, 1924; d.Mar 1973.

U Southern CA. • Cosmetic mfr exec, BeverlyHills. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max); WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Mar 281973,50:5.

Firestein, Chester; h. 1930.Cosmetic mfr exec. • See: E] (sub Factor,Max).

Firestein, Max; b. Denver?, 1894.Cosmetic mfr, communalldr, Los Angeles;pres Jewish Community Council; active UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max).

Firestone, Allan Leo; h. St Paul, Mar 271894.

U MN.· Advertising exec, St Paul; bd NatlFedn ofTemple Brotherhoods; officer

professionalorg; active Jewish Welfare Assn;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Firestone, Irma Cain (Mrs Milton PFirestone); h. Milwaukee, July 15 1886.

AB Vassar. • Communalldr, St Paul; pres NatlCouncil ofJewish Women, CentralCommunity House Bd; officer Am Assn ofUniversitY Women. it See: WWIA], 1938.

Firestone, Milton; b. NYC, June 8192·7; d.Kansas City, Mar 61983.

Editor, Kansas City; with]ewish Chronicle;officer synagogs; active NAACP, Cong ofRacial Equality. • See:A]YB, 85:415.

Firestone, Samuel J Jr; h. ca 1895; d. Mar 31936.

Physician, Cleveland; WWI service. • See:A]YB, 38:427.

Firestone, Samuel R; h. McKeesport, PA,ca 1898; d. Miami, June 1968.

OH State. • Real estate broker, NYC; a fdrParkinson Rehab Inst (Miami). • See:NITimes, June 12 1968,47:1.

First, Philip; h. Lithuania, ca 1878; d.Wtlmington, DE, May 11 1948.

Rabbi,Wilmington, DE. • See:A]YB, 50:515;NITimes, May 12 1948,27:3.

Firuski, LouisJ; h. St Louis, ca 1864; d.NYC, Sep 24 1923.

Communal worker, NYC, Brooklyn; pres f{ebOrphan Asylum, Fedn of Charities, HebEducationalOrg. • See: A]YB, 26:154;NITimes, Sep 27 1923,7:3.

Fisch, Mandel H; h. Brooklyn, Sep 9 1926;d. Brooklyn, Feh 15 1961.

Rabbi, Brooklyn; active natl RabbinicalCouncil ofAm; dir Albert Einstein ColI ofMed. • See:A]YB, 63:559; NITimes, Feb 161961, 31:4.

Fischhach, Henry F; h. Rumania, 1891; d.NYC, Sep 10 1977.

To US 1903. • Business exec, philanthropist;officer business assn; benefactor Brandeis,Rensselaer Polytech, Dartmouth, HaifaTechnion. • See: A]YB, 79:368; NITimes, Sep12 1977,36:1.

Fischel, Arnold; h. Holland; d. Holland?Rabbi, historian, lecturer in English, NYC;Civil War chaplain. • See:]E (sub Fischell, A);PA]HS, 12:127-37,60:325-43.

Fischel, Arthur M; h.*; d. Newark, Oct 191938.

Insurance broker, communal worker,!rvjngton, NJ; fdr B'nai B'rith. • See: A]YB,41:421; NITimes, Oct211938, 23:5.

Fischel, Bimko; h. Kielce, Poland, Dec 281890; d. NYC, Apr 10 1965.

Yiddish author, playwright, patron ofYiddishliterature. • See: A]YB, 67:534.

Fischel, Harry; b. Meretz, Russia, July 221865; d.Jerusalem,Jan 11948.

To US 1884. • Technical School (Vilna). •Bldr, biographer, communalldr,

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philanthropist, NYC; an orgr Beth IsraelHospital, Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, TalmudTorahs, Am Jewish Com; officer Central ReliefCom; benefactor Yeshiva ColI. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 24:138, 50:515; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Jan 2 1948,23:3.

Fischel, Jacoh; h. ca 1878; d. MonmouthBeach, NJ, May 181939.

Lawyer, communal worker. • See: A]YB,41:421.

Fischel, Jane B (Mrs Harry Fischel); h.Russia, Mar 211965; d. NYC,Jan 31935.

Philanthropist, communal worker, NYC; a fdr,officer Home of the Daughters ofJacob, HebDay Nursery, Heb Immigrant Aid Socauxiliaries; officer United OrthodoxCongregations (womens branch). • See: A]YB,37:256; WWIA], 1928.

Fischel, Leon; h .. NYC, Sep 30 1902.CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator,NYC; active Deinocratic politics. • See:WWIA],1938.

Fischel, Max; h. ~a 1864; d. Long Branch,NJ, Mar 241939.

Journalist, police reporter, Freehold, NJ. • See:A]YB, 41:421; NITimes, Mar 25 1939, 15:1.

Fischel, Max Ignatz; h. Prague, Mar 211878; d. Sep 1937.

To Chicago 1881. • Brussels Conservatory,Mus B Chicago Musical ColI. • Violinist,Chicago; faculty Chicago Musical ColI; bd AmJewish Cong; author/editor field. • See:WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Sep 5 1937, II 6:6.

Fischel, Theodore B; h. ca 1871; d. Mar 291940.

Brewer, commUnal worker, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 42:478.

Fischel, Victor Arnold; h. MontreaI, Oct 111902; d. White Plains,July41969.

To US 1924. • Business exec, communalfundraiser, NYC; officer Samuel BronfmanFound.· See:A]YB, 71:604; WWWIA, 5;NITimes, July 6 1969,44:3.

Fischel, Walter Joseph; h. Frankfurt, Nov12 1902; d. Berkeley, July 14 1973.

To US 1945. • U Heidelberg, Dr Rev Pol UFrankfurt, PhD U Giessen. • Oriental/Semiticlanguage scholar, Berkeley; specialty: medievalIslam, Jewish civilization; faculty Heb U, U CA(Berkeley, Santa Cruz); author in field. • See:E];A]YB, 75:654; WWU7IA., 6; NITimes, July161973,32:3.

Fischel, Washington Emil; h. St Louis, May29 1850; d. Sep 15 1914.

MD St Louis Med ColI, U Prague, Vienna,Berlin. • Physician, St Louis; facultyWashington U (St Louis). • See: WWU7IA., 1.

Fischelis, Philipp; h. Russia, 1857.Histologist, embryologist, colI prof,Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 24:138.

Fischer, Abraham; h.. Russia, Apr 81885.To US 1888.· MD NYU, post-grad Vienna,

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Prague, London. • Ophthalmologist,otorhinolaryngologist, Rochester, NY; healthcommr, officer YMHA (both Hartford). • See:WWIA], 1938.

Fischer, Alois; b. Vienna, ca 1876; d. NYC,Apr231944.

To US 1938. • Pioneer commercial mfr ofradium. • See:A]YB, 46:337; NYTimes, Apr 241944,19:2.

Fischer, Arthur; b. Germany, Mar 31 1882;d. Miami, Oct 31 1941.

To US 1933. • German language journalist,author; speaker Central-Verein deutscherStaatsbiirger jiidischen Glaubens. • See: A]YB,44:336.

Fischer, Benjamin B; b. NYC, 1893.Merchant, communal & civic worker, Denver;officer Beth Israel Hospital; active CommunityChest, Chamber of Commerce. • See: BEOA].

Fischer, Bobby; see Fischer, Robert.

Fischer, Emil S; b. Vienna, ca 1865; d.Tientsin, Mar 1945.

Banker, importer, exporter, author, Vienna,Paris, NYC, Tientsin; died inJapanese prison.• See:A]YB,.47:521; NYTimes, Mar 271945,19:5.

Fischer, Ephraim K; b. ca 1830; d. Detroit,Aug 21901.

Rabbi, Detroit. • See: A]YB, 4(1902­1903):197.

Fischer, Hermann Otto Laurenz; b.Wiirzburg, Dec 16 1888; d. Mar 91960.

To US 1948.· PhD U Jena; honorary degree.• Biochemist; faculty U Berlin, U Basle, UToronto, U CA (Berkeley). • See: WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, Mar 11 1960,26:2.

Fischer, Israel Frederick; b. NYC, Aug 15117 1858; d. NYC, Mar 16 1940.

Cooper Union. • Congressman, chiefjusticeUS customs court, state & county RepublicanParty ldr, NYC. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:139,42:478; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Mar 17 1940, 48:7.

Fischer, Leo H; b. Chicago, Sep 20 1897; d.Oct 1970.

Sports editor, author, Chicago; with ChicagoAmerican; fdr, pres Amateur Softball League;officer professional soc; WWI service. • See:WWWIA,5.

Fischer, Leon; b. Botosani, Rumania, Dec251884; d. Brooklyn, Dec 71960.

To US 1907. • Printer, publisher, NYC; presUnited RumanianJews ofAm; Rumanian armyservice.· See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA];NYTimes, Dec 8 1960; 35:5.

Fischer, Louis; b. Kaschau, Austria­Hung-ary, Nov 21 1864; d. NYC, Apr 91945.

To NYC 1867/1868.· CCNY, School ofPharmacy, MD NYUIBellevue, post-gradBerlin. - Pediatrician, NYC; with Health Dept;faculty NY Post-Grad Med School; author infield. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):91, 24:139,

47:521; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA];WWWIA, 2,4; NYTimes, Apr 10 1945, 19:6.

Fischer, Louis; b, Philadelphia, Feb 291896; d. Hackensack, NJ,Jan 15 1970.

In Russia 1922-ca 1936. • Philad~lphia Schoolof Pedagogy, Gratz. • Authority on SovietRussia, journalist, foreign correspondent,author, NYC; mem Inst ofAdvanced Study(Princeton); WWI mem Jewish Legion,Spanish Civil War mem Internatl Brigade. •See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; DAB, 8;NYTimes, Jan 171970,31:5.

Fischer,Mabel Liberman (Mrs Arthur IFischer); b. Chicago, Oct n 1885.

Communal & Zionist ldr, Cleveland; natl bdZionist Org ofAm, Am Jewish Cong; officerZionist Soc; active Jewish Welfare Fund. • See:WWIA],1938.

Fischer, Max; b. Washington DC, Dec 261864.

Business colI. • Dept store exec, WashingtonDC; with Woodward & Lothrop. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Fischer, Robert (Bobby); b. Chicago, Mar 91943.

Chess prodigy, world champion, recluse. • See:E]; E]:1978-1982; NYTimesstory, Aug 281965.

Fischer, Ruth Eisler (Elfriede GolkelFriedlaender); b. Leipzig, 1895; d. Mar15 1961.

To US 1941. • U Vienna. • Austrian &German Communist ldr; mem Reichstag;author in field. • See: E]; DAB, 7; NYTimes,Mar 16 1961,37:2.

Fischgrund, Fannie (Mrs); b. ca 1848; d.Cleveland, Nov 8 1938.

Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: A]YB,41:421.

Fischkin, Edward A;b. Krementshug, Oct61962.

To Chicago 1894.- MD U Berlin.·Physician, translator, Chicago; author in field& literary essays. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):91.

Fischl, Louis Adolph; b. Taylor, TX, Nov241898.

Lawyer, legislator, Ardmore, OK; officer stateB'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fischman, William; b. Rohobicz(Drohobicz), Galicia, Mar 15 1967; d.NYC,Jan 1959.

Cloak & suit mfr, NYC; an orgr Down TownTalmud Torah; dir JTS; active Union ofOrthodoxJewish Congregations, negotiationof Protocol ofP~ace. • See:A]YB, 61:416;WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 181959,8'8:3.

Fischmann, Egon Walter; b. Prague, Mar211884; d.June 1954.

To Chicago 1896.· U Chicago, MD RushMed ColI. • Obstetrician, gynecologist,Chicago; faculty Chicago Med School; author

Fishberg, Maurice

in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; ,NYTimes,June 141954,21:4.

Fisdell, Harry; b. Philadelphia, ca 1929; d.Little Neck, LI,]an 1984.

UPA. • Labor union official, NYC; with NYNewspaper Guild. • See: NYTimes, Jan 241984.

Fish, Israel; b. ca 1860; do' Roxbury, MA,Sep 161912.

Communal,worker, Roxbury, MA. • See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):269.

Fish,Jacob; b. Balti, Bessarabia, June 251870.

To US 1893. • Dept store exec, Newburgh &Peekskill, NY; pres, United Jewish Charities. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Fish, Mayer Alvin; b. Newark, July 171905;d. Nov 211973.

DDS U PA. • Dentist, Newark; faculty NYU.• See: WWWIA, 6.

Fish, Nathaniel L; b. Lysakov, Austria, July301896; d. Englewood, NJ, Sep 3 1967.

To US 1903.· Business exec, communalldr,Englewood, N]; a fdr Jewish CommunityCenter, United Jewish Fund; officer HebSchool. • See: A]YB, 69:606; NYTimes, Sep 41967,21:1.

Fishbein, Jay Nathan; b. Boston, June 151901.

BS, MD Tufts, post-grad U PA. • Ear, eye,nose & throat specialiSt, Providence; deviser ofinstruments; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938.

Fishbein, Morris; b. St Louis, July 22 1889;d. Chicago, Sep 271976.

BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •Physician, Chicago; investigator McCormickInst for Infectious Diseases; officer med socs;authorleditor in field & popular science health.• See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 78:540; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,Sep 28 1976,42:1.

Fishberg, Arthur Maurice; b. NYC, June 171898.

AB, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC; authorin field, textbooks. • See: UJE (sub Fishberg,Maurice); WWIA], 1938.

Fishberg, Jack ijoachim); b. ca 1904; d.London, Aug 1970.

Violinist; with NY Philharmonic. • See:NYTimes, Aug 101970,29:2.

Fishberg, Isaac (Solomon Beckerman); b.Chudnov, Russia, 18n?; d. Brooklyn,Feb 12 1951.

Flutist. • See:A]YB, 53:524; NYTimes, Feb 131951,31:2.

Fishberg, Maurice; b. Kamenetz.;.Podolsk,Aug 161872; d. NYC, Aug 301934.

To US 1889/1890.· MD NYU.• Physician,anthropologist, NYC; specialty: anthropology& pathology ofJews; med dirUnited HebCharities; consult Bureau of Immigration;authorleditor in field. • See:]E; UJE; E];

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Fishberg, Yascha; b. Proskurov, Ukraine,Dec 161888.

To US 1922. • Mus D Imperial Conservatory(St Petersburg). • Violinist, NYC; facilityImperial Conservatory (Tillis); concertmasterCity Symphony ofNY; conductor BrooklynSymphony. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Fishblate, Solomon Harry; b.*; d.Wilinington, NC, l\1ar 4 1910.

Mayor, Wilmington, NC. • See: AJYB,12(1910-1911):110.

Fishel, Carl M; b. ca 1878; d. NYC, 1964.Costume jewelry mfr, NYC; active RepublicanParty. • See: NYTimes, Feb 3 1964,27:4.

Fishel, Mortimer; b. NY, ca 1878; d. NYC,June 1939.

CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, expert on prisonlaw; counsel labor unions. • See: NYTimes,June241939, 17:5.

Fishel, Simon; b.*; d. Cleveland, Jan 311917.

Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):265.

Fishel, Simon S; b. Traverse City, MI, Oct221888.

Realtor, communal & Zionist worker, Lima,OH; officer state & local real estate bds, RedCross, Boy Scouts. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fishell, Albert; b. Blovitz, Bohemia.Civic ldr, public admr, Pittsburgh, Chicago;pres Bd of Education; supervisor Pike County,IL; pres, benefactor synagog, Emil G HirschSocial Center. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Fishell, Dan S; b. ca 1876; d. St Louis, Nov13 1913.

Theatrical mgr, St Louis. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):162.

Fisher, Abraham H; b. ca 1851; d.Baltimore, Mar 16 1913.

Judge, Baltimore.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):270.

Fisher, Allan/Allen Herbert; b. Baltimore,Nov 15 1888.

Baltimore City CoIl, AB Johns Hopkins, LLBU MD. • Lawyer, asst state atty general,Baltimore; officer bar assns; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Fisher, Annie; b. Barr, Russia, Apr 111883.To US 1888.· BS Wesleyan, MANYU. •Public school tchr & admr, textbook author,Hartford; supt Kennedy School ofMissions;pres YWHA; active Hartford Soc Settlement,synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fisher, Arthur Norman; b. Brooklyn, Feb 61934; d. Feb 22 1984.

Hunter, Syracuse U. • Television dir,producer, Los Angeles; military service. • See:WWWIA,8.

Fisher, Bernard Paul; b. Brooklyn, Sep 81902.

Columbia, U PA, AB, BCS NYU. • Credit &sales & labor union exec, NYC; exec secyAmalgamated Electrical Workers Union;contrauthor in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fisher, Fred; b. Cologne, Sep 301876; d.NYC, Jan 14 1942.

To US 1892. • Composer, NYC; "Im AlwaysChasing Rainbows"; German naval & FrenchLegion service.· See:AJYB, 44:336; WWIAJ,1938.

Fisher, Frederick V; b. Strehlen, Germany,Sep 161875.

To US 1892. • Exec, Seattle; officer synagog. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fisher, Harry Michael; b. Lithuania, Jan 11882; d. Chicago, Nov 15 1958.

To US 1893.· LLB Kent CoIl of Law. •Lawyer, municipal & circuit court judge,Chicago; chrJoint Distribution Com Commnto Russia; dir Jewish Charities; spokesmanCapemakers Union; active Democratic Party. •See:AJYB, 24:139; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,Nov 16 1958, 88:6.

Fisher, Henry; b. Brest-Litovsk, May 111903.

To US 1914.· AB CCNY, tchrs diploma,ordained JTS, MA Columbia. • Rabbi, Averne,LI; officer Rabbinical Assembly ofAm. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Fisher, Henry M; b. New Haven, July 241876; d. Adantic City, June 23 1941.

BA Yale, BHL, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Atlantic City; mem Bd of Education. •See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):54,43:357; NYTimes,June 25 1941,21:3.

Fisher, Ira I; b. Chicago, Oct 121894.Merch,ant, broker, Chicago.· See: WWIAJ,1928.

Fisher, Jane Gertrude; b. Warsaw, Oct 151896.

To US 1904. • NY School of Social Work, UND, U Dayton. • Social work exec, NYC,Fargo, Dayton, OH; with Jewish Fedn forSocial Service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fisher, Lewis; b. Russia, Dec 12 1885; d.before 1938.

To US 1898. • Philadelphia Central ManualTraining School, MD U PA. • Physician,Philadelphia; faculty U PA; author in field;WWI service.· See:AJYB, 24:139; WWIAJ,1926,1928.

Fisher, Martin A; b. 1902; d. Miami, Mar111976.

Bldr, philanthropist; bd United Jewish Appeal,Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed; benefactorBrandeis, synagog. • See: AJYB, 78:540;NYTimes, Mar 12 1976, 36:1.

Fisher, MaxM; b. Pittsburgh, 1908; d. Feb1978.

Industrialist, Republican Party ldr, pioneer inMI oil industry, Detroit; active civic &

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communal affairs. • See: EJ; Wall StreetJournal, Feb 8 1978.

Fisher, Mendel N; b. Russia, 1898; d. NYC,Feb 101975.

To US 1910. • Zionist ldr & admr; exec dirJewish Natl Fund; natl bd B'nai Zion; bdZionist Org ofAm; mem World ZionistCouncil; contributor Anglo-Jewish press. •See:AJYB, 77:594;NYTimes, Feb 111975,42:1.

Fisher, Mitchell Salem; b. Hoboken, Apr 51903.

AB NYU, MHL, ordained Jewish Inst ofReligion, post-grad U Chicago, UnionTheological Seminary, MA, PhD, LLBColumbia. • Lawyer, rabbi, NYC; natl officerAvukah; editor Columbia Law Review; activeNonsectarian Anti-Nazi League, Bronx FreeFellowship Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fisher, Morris; b. Youngstown, 1892.Marksman; mem US Olympic team; militaryservice. • See: UJE.

Fisher, Mulford Keene; b. Braddock, PA,July 30 1883; d. Feb 1955.

U Pittsburgh, MD Jefferson Med ColI. •Radiologist, Philadelphia; faculty Temple U,Medico-Chirurgical CoIl; active med soc;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Feb 81955,27:1.

Fisher, Samuel Philip; b. Cleveland, Mar 91876; d. before 1938.

Brass co exec, Bellefontaine, OH; active UnitedJewish Campaign. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Fishman, Aaron; b. Rumania, Nov 171901.AB Columbia, LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, NYC;active, consult, counsel relief orgs. • See:BEOAJ.

Fishman, Abraham P; b. ca 1881; d.Providence, June 24 1934.

Physician, surgeon, communal worker,Providence. • See:AJYB, 36:280.

Fishman, CasrielJ; b. Vilna,June 30 1882.To US 1886. • PhG, BS U MI, MD Rush MedCoIl, post-grad Europe. • Physician,Oklahoma City; faculty U OK; active synagog;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Fishman, Henoch; b. Bereza-Kartuska,Poland, Feb 181914; d. NYC, Dec 71965.

To US 1946. • Rabbinical scholar, NYC;faculty Yeshiva U.· See:AJYB, 67:534-35;NYTimes, Dec 81965,47:2.

Fishman, Jacob; b. Radzilovo, Poland, Apr101876/1878; d. Basle, Dec 211946.

To NYC 1890. • Yiddish journalist, NYC; afdr Zionist Org ofAm; with Tageblatt,Wahrheit, Jewish MorningJournal. • See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 24:139, 49:610; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Dec 22 1946,41:1.

Fishman, Jacob Benjamin; b. Odessa, Sep241895.

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To US 1907. • PhB, PhD Yale.· Chemist,motion picture exhibitor, New Haven. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Fishman, Joshua Aaron; b. Philadelphia,1926.

Social psychologist, socio-linguist, NYC;faculty Yeshiva U; active Yiddish culturalaffairs, Yiddish Inst; author in field & onYiddish. • See: E]; E]:1973-1982.

Fishman, Leo; b. NYC, Feb 161914; d. Apr41975.

BA, MA, PhD NYU, post-grad U WA. •Economist, Morgantown, WVA; faculty U WVA; author in field. • See: WWWIA., 6.

Fishman,Sttnon;b.Skad~e,](ovno,1\ug

141878; d. Denver, May 1956.To US 1890. • Farmer, legislator, agriculturalpioneer, school bd mem, Tribune, KS; countytreasurer, Sidney, NE; active Republicanpolitics. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928; BEOA];NITimes, May 211956,25:2.

Fishman, Soiomon; b. Newark, Mar 271903; d. Maplewood, N], Dec 291966.

'BS Newark ColI of Engineering. • Engineer,Newark; faculty Newark ColI of Engineering;active,physical rehabilitation; WWIIgovernment service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Dec 301966,25:3.

Fishof, Frank Ephrattn; b." Podolsk, Oct 101900.

To NYC 1913.· BS UND,MD ULouisville.• Ear, nose & throat specialist, NYC; designerdevices/methods in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fishzohn, Samuel; b. Warsaw, Jan 10 1899;d. NYC, 1\ug 28 1964.

To US 1907. • Social work exec; chr LowerEast Side Defense Council, Social WorkersCom for Nuclear Disarmament & WorldPeace; mem exec Nat! Commn for Children &Youth, Council ofNat! Orgs for Children &Youth; dir Am Jewish Com,EducationalAlliance. • See:A]YB, 66:575;]TA-DNB, Aug301964; NITimes, Aug 291964,21:5.

Fishzon, Misha; b.*; d. NYC, Dec 31949.Yiddish actor, dir, producer, Russia, Rumania,NYC; assoc with Yiddish Art Theatre. • See:A]YB, 52:501.

Fist, Emanuel; b.*; d. Pueblo, CO, Nov 141912.

Communal worker, Pueblo, CO. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):270.

Fistell, Harry; b. Beaver Falls, PA, Jan 161907; d. Dec 28 1971.

BA U Denver, B Music Ed Am ConservatoryofMusic. • Musician, businessman, Chicago;fdr, pres Chicago Music Sales. • See:WWWIA.,5.

Fisz, Marek; b. Szydlowiec, Poland, ca1910; d. NYC, Nov 1963.

U Warsaw, PhD U Breslau. • Mathematician;faculty NYU; staffMath Inst, Polish 1\cademyof Science. • See: NITimes, Nov 5 1963,31:3.

Fiterman, Harry; b. Rumania, Nov 10 1895.

To Minneapolis 1913. • U MN, U Vienna. •Tax consult & financial analyst, Minneapolis;officer B'nai B'rith; active Talmud Torah, Nat!Economic League, nat! Chamber ofCommerce; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].

Fixel, Rowland Wells; b. Saginaw, MI, Dec61887.

AB, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, public servant,Detroit.· See: WWIA], 1938.· • Flamm,Donald; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 11 1889; d.* •Broadcasting exec, pioneer in radioprogramming, civic & communalldr, NYC;mem Nat! Recovery Bd, City Charter RevisionCom; a fdr Jewish Theatrical Guild; nat! dirJewish Consumptives Relief Soc. • See:WWIA],1938.

Flamm, George; b. NYC, Oct 6 1894; d.Brooklyn, Nov 1939.

MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician, Brooklyn;specialty: hay fever, asthma; active JewishWarVeterans; author in field; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Nov 281939,25:5.

Flapan, IsraelM; b. Warsaw, Jan 161897.To US 1905.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, NYC;active Jewish War Veterans; author in field;WWI military & J ewish Welfare Bd service. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Flarshettn, Henry B; b. St Paul, Mar 151896.

U MI, Columbia. • Mfr, Cincinnati; presPeoples Church; active politics. • See:WWIA],1938.

Flaschner, Abraham Mark; b. Boston, Nov41896.

DMD Harvard. • Dentist, Boston; exec bdJewish Child Welfare Assn; officer professionalsoc; WWI & reserve service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Fleck, Samuel; b. NYC, Oct 20 1887.Merchant, Marion, IN; pres Jewish Fedn ofCharities; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA],1938.

Flegenhettner, Albert; b. Schwabisch-Hall,Germany,July41890; d. Dec 1972.

Sugar industry exec, NYC; active sugar beetproduction. • See: WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Dec19 1972,46:2.

Flegenhettner, 1\rthur (Dutch Schultz); b.Bronx, 1\ug 61902; d. Newark, Oct 1935.

Gangster. • See: DAB, 1; NITimes, Oct 241935; 1:1.

Fleischaker, Frank W; b. Louis~e,Sep 141877.

Louisville ColI ofPharmacy, MD U. Louisville,post-grad U Heidelberg, U Berlin, U Vienna.• Physician, Louisville; facility U Louisville. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Fleischer, 1\rthur; b. Bridgeport, CT, Mar11904.

BS, PhD Yale. • Chemist, patent holder, SaltLake City. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fleischer, 1\rthur 1\dler; b. Philadelphia,Oct 8 1876; d. Philadelphia, June 301949.

Industrialist; active Jewish community. • See:A]YB, 52:501.

Fleischer, Charles; b. Breslau, Dec 231871; d. NYC,July 2 1942.

To US 1880.· AB CCNY, LittB UCincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI, post­grad Harvard, Harvard Law. • Rabbi, editor,publicist, lecturer, author, journalist, radiocommentator, Boston; mem School Com; orgr,ldr Sunday Commons; editor Democracy;editorial staffNYAmerican. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):54,24:139,45:385; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2;NITimes, July 3 1942, 17:4.

Fleischer, Helen; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Dec201931.

Communal & philanthropic worker,Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 34:110.

Fleischer, Max; b. 1\ustria, 1\ug 23 1888; d.Sep 1972.

To US 1892. • Art Students League, CooperUnion. • Cartoonist, pioneer animator,producer & documentary film maker, NYC;WWI government service. • See:" UJE;WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Sep 12 1972,48:1.

Fleischer, Michael; b. Bridgeport, CT,1908.

Geochemist; with US Geological Survey;faculty George Washington; officerprofessional orgs; author/editor in field. • See:E].

Fleischer, Milton; b. Balthnore, Apr 71875;d. before 1938.

Baltimore City ColI. • Merchant,undergarment mfr, Baltimore; activecommunal affairs, synagog. • See: WWIA],1926.

Fleischer, Nathaniel (Nat) Stanley; b. NYC,1887;d.June, 1972.

Boxing historian & chronicler, sports reporter,author, editor, NYC; fdr The Ring;autobiography. • See: E]; NITimes, June 261972,36:1.

Fleischl, Julius; b. NYC, Jan 30 1882.Merchant, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fleischman, Adolph; b. Albany, NY, Dec 71856.

Arch B Cornell. • Architect, Albany, NY; suptSunday School; active B'nai B'rith. • See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):92,24:139.

Fleischman, Akiba; b. Podolia, Aug 121870.

To US 1897. • Heb journalist, Brooklyn. •See: Eisenstadt, 78. • *See Fleishman, Akiba.

Fleischman, Doris E (Mrs EdwardBernays); b. NYC, July 18 1892; d.

.Cambridge, MA, July 1980., AB Barnard. • Public relations counselor,

NYC; contributorwomensjournaffi; active

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Natl Council ofJewish Women.· See:WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, July 141980.

Fleischman, Henry; b. Vienna, 1878?; d.Scarsdale, July 6 1961.

To US 1895.· Physician, org admr, NYC; dirEducational Alliance. • See: AJYB, 64:493;NITimes, July 7 1961,25:2.

Fleischman, Julius; b. ca 1850; d. NYC,Nov 12 1912.

Contractor, bldr, NYc.. See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):270.

Fleischman, Samuel; b. Albany, NY, Nov 261856; d. NYC, May 26 1924.

Lawyer, legislator, communal activist, author;successfully opposed incorporation of NYJewish community.· See: UJE; PAJHS,31:257-58; NITimes, May 271924,21:3.

Fleischman, Samuel M; b. St Louis, Nov 141852; d. Philadelphia, Mar 28 1921.

McKendree ColI (Lebanon, IL), Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, communal & social work admr,author, Philadelphia; suptJewish Foster Home.• See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):56,23:131.

Fleischman(n), Simon; b. Iowa City, Sep 1111 1859; d. Buffalo, Aug 31 1930.

Lawyer, city council chr, Buffalo; musical &drama critic Courier; active natl bar assn,Republican politics. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):92,24:139,33:126; WWIAJ, 1926,1928;WWWIA, 1.

Fleischman, Sol; b. Hawkinsville, GA, Dec25 1874; d. before 1938.

Business colI (Atlanta). • Paper co exec,Columbia, SCi active Heb Soc, synagog. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Fleischman, Uzziel Louis; b. Probuzna,Poland, Feb 8 1876.

To NYC 1896. • Yiddish journalist, poet, storywriter, NYC; staff The Day. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Fleischmann, Albert Joseph; b. Baltimore,Jan 121886.

Lawyer, exec, Baltimore; pres May Oil BurnerCo.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fleischmann, Charles Louis; b. nearBudapest, Nov 3 1834; d. Dec 10 1897.

Mfr, capitalist, fire commr, legislator,Cincinnati; active Republican politics. • See:DAB.

Fleischmann, Edwin; b. Orchard Park,.NY,Aug241899.

AB Harvard, SB Harvard.· Engineer,industrial heating engineer, Chicago; withWestinghouse. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Fleischmann, Edwin M; b. Baltimore, Mar81892; d. Baltimore, Nov 1953.

Baltimore City ColI, Johns Hopkins. • Exec,Baltimore; officer trade assus. • See: WWIAJ,1938;NITimes, Nov 18 1953, 31:1, correction,Nov 19 1953, 31:1.

Fleischmann, Julius; b. Riverside, OWCincinnati, June 8 1872; d. Miami, Feb 51925.

Businessman, yeast mfr, politician, mayor, ParkCommr, Cincinnati; active Republican politics.• See:JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):92,24:139; WWWIA, l;NITimes, Feb 91925,17:4.

Fleischmann, Louis; b. Budapest, Mar 111965.

To US 1896. • Realtor, communal worker,NYC; fdr Louis FleischmannBenevolent Soc,synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Fleischmann, Max C; b. Riverside,OH, Feb26 1887; d. Oct 16 1951.

Yeast mfr, Cincinnati; WWI service. • See:WWWIA,3.

Fleischmann, Raoul H; b. Austria, Aug 171885; d. May 111969.

To US 1885. • Princeton, AB Williams. •Publisher, NYC; with New Yorker. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, May 121969,1:5.

Fleischner, Emanuel Charles; b. NewHaven, 1882.

Physician, colI prof, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 24:139.

Fleischner, Isaac N; b. Albany; OR, July 161859.

St Augustines ColI (Benecia, CA). • Mfr, storywriter, communal & civic worker, Portland,OR; officer City Bd of Charities, Lewis &Clark Exposition; dir trade assn. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):56.

Fleischner, Louis; b. Vogelgesang,Bohemia, 1827;d.ID, 1896.

To US ca 1842. • Pioneer merchant, publicofficial, state treasurer, Portland, OR; fdrsynagog. • See: UJE.

Fleisher, Alexander; b. Philadelphia, Apr 271889; d. Churchville, PA, Aug 1949.

AB, PhD U PA, MA U WI. • Public official,federal employee, Churchville, PA; mem StatePlanning Bd; secy Com on Labor Injunctions,earlier secy Health League of Philadelphia;WWII Natl Resources Planning Bd memo •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Aug 12 1949,17:5.

Fleisher, Alfred W; b. Philadelphia, 1878;d. Philadelphia, Dec 25 1928.

Realtor, philanthropist, penal reformer,communal worker, Philadelphia; benefactorFedn ofJewish Charities. • See: UJE; EJ (subFleisher); AJYB, 31 :92; NITimes, Dec 26 1928,17:3.

Fleisher, Arthur Adler; b. Philadelphia, Oct81876; d. Philadelphia,June 301949.

Mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia; presJewish Hospital Assn; active Fedn ofJewishCharities, Child Guidance Clinic, Girl Scouts.• See:AJYB, 52:501; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,July 2 1949, 15:5.

Fleisher, Benjamin; b. Zefinore, Lithuania,1885.

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To US 1903.· LaSalle U, NYU, ordainedRIETS. • Rabbi, Colchester, CT, NYC,Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Fleisher, Benjamin Wl1fred; b.Philadelphia, Jan 6 1870; d. Rochester,MN, Apr 29 1946.

PhB U PA. • Publisher, editor, Tokyo; withThe Japan Advertiser; promoted good relationsbetweenJapan & US.· See: UJE; EJ (subFleisher);AJYB, 24:139, 48:488-89; WWIAJ,1926 (addenda), 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 2; DAB, 4; NITimes, May 1 1946,25:3.

Fleisher, Benjamin Wolf; b. Memelsdorf,Gennany, 1910; d. 1945.

Communalldr; Am family fdr, Meadville, PA,Philadelphia. • See: EJ (sub Fleisher).

Fleisher, Bernard R; b. NYC, Jan 9 1908.CCNY, NYU, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,legislator, NYC; active Democratic politics. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fleisher, Edward; b. NYC, Apr 22 1884.BS CCNY, MS, PhD NYU. • Mathematician,Brooklyn; faculty Brooklyn ColI; WWI dirfarm cadet camp. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Fleisher, Edwin Adler; b. Philadelphia, July111877; d. Jan 1959.

AB Harvard. • Business exec, music patron,communal philanthropist, Philadelphia; orgrSymphony Club; fdr Fleisher Music Library. •See: UJE; EJ (sub Fleisher); WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NITimes, Jan 11 1959,88:3.

Fleisher, Hannah Tuchnor (Mrs BenjaminWolf Fleisher); b. Gennany, 1810; d.Philadelphia, 1903.

Family fdr, Philadelphia. • See: EJ (subFleisher).

Fleisher, Ida Foreman (Mrs); b. ca 1861; d.Philadelphia, Nov 5 1922.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,25:138.

Fleisher, Louis; b. ca 1851; d. Apr 11933.Commercial & financial worker, Philadelphia;mem Bd of County Prison Inspectors. • See:AJYB, 35:123.

Fleisher, Louis Morton; b. Cape May, NJ,June 23 1884.

BS, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, fencer, author,Philadelphia; dir Kennebec Camps; active BoyScouts; WWI with YMCA Welfare Service &~i1itary service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fleisher, Maurice T; b. ca 1885; d.Jenkinstown, PA,June 291938.

Public accountant, official, Jenkinstown, PA. •See:AJYB, 40:384.

Fleisher, Moyer; b. 1842; d. 1924.Yarn mfr, Philadelphia; officer HebEducational Soc. • See: EJ (sub Fleisher).

Fleisher, Moyer Springer; b. Philadelphia;May 13 1884.

BS, MD U PA. • Bacteriologist, St Louis; withDept of Public Health; faculty St Louis U;

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author in field; WWI service. • See:A]YB, 24:139; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;WWWIA, 7.

Fleisher, Samuel Stuart; b. Philadelphia,Nov 271871/1872/1873; d. Philadelphia,Jan 211944.

Wharton. • Yarn mfr, civic, communal &welfare ldr, art patron, Philadelphia; memWhite House Conf on Care of DependentChildren, Mayors Com on Child Welfare, Nat!Recreation Cong, Recreation Com; fdrGraphic Sketch Club; dir Jewish Foster Home,Neighborhood Centre. II See: UJE; E] (subFleisher);A]YB, 24:139, 46:337;WWIA],1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2.

Fl~isher, Simon B; h. 1840; d. Philadelphia,May 111919.

Yarn mfr, Philadelphia; active Heb EducationalSoc. • See: E] (sub Fleisher); A]YB, 21 :205.

Fleisher, Walter A; h. Philadelphia, Dec 301876.

UPA • Engineer, yarn mfr, Philadelphia; execcom Jewish Welfare Soc. • See: WWIA],.1926.

Fleisher, Walter Louis; h. Philadelphia,July 181880; d. Apr 18/191959.

BS, MS, ME U PA; honorary degree. •Consult engineer, inventor, NYC; specialty:heating, cooling & ventilation; officer tradesocs; author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 3;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 201959,31:3.

Fleisher, Willis; b. Philadelphia, Nov 161879.

Exec, bank dir, Philadelphia. • See: WWIA],1938.

Fleishhacker, Herbert (Hubert); b. SanFrancisco, Nov 2 1872; d. Apr 2 1957.

Business colI. • Banker, San Francisco. • See:A]YB, 24:139; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 3 1957, 31:2.

Fleishhacker, Mortimer; b. San Francisco,Aug 22 1866; d.July 1953.

Banker, San Francisco; regent U CA, WWIexemption bd mem, federal mediator. • See:A]YB, 24:140; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 15 1953,25:3.

Fleishhacker, MortimerJr; b. SanFrancisco, May 3 1907; d. Mar 14 1976.

AB U CA • Mfg exec, banker, San Francisco;active cultural affairs; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Fleishman, Akiba; b. ca 1867; d. NYC, May211929.

Journalist, novelist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 32:153.• *See Fleischman, Akiba.

Fleishman, Alfred; b. St Louis, June 161905.

PhG St Louis ColI of Pharmacy. • Pickle mfr,playwright, St Louis; nat! bd AAU; adm comAm Jewish Cong; active amateur athletics,Democratic politics. • See: WW1A], 1938.

Fleishman, Ella; b. Omaha, 1894.Journalist, Omaha.· See:A]YB, 24:140.

Fleishman, Morris; b. ca 1873; d.Philadelphia,}an 201933.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. II See: A]YB,35:123.

Fleishman, Samuel G; b.*; d. San Francisco,Mar 1916.

Pianist, San Francisco. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­1917):107.

Flescher, Joachim; b. Poland; d. NYC, July1976.

To US 1950. • UVienna, U Bologne. •Psychiatrist, author, NYC; author/editor infield. • See: NYTimes, July 5 1976.

Flesh, Leo Moses; b. Piqua, OH, Sep 201863.

Banker, underwear mfr, Piqua, OH. • See:WWIA],1938.

Flesheim, Sylvester Wolf; b. Cleveland, Apr13 1889.

Bldg supply mfr, Cleveland; active JewishWelfare Fedn, Chamber of Commerce,synagog.· See: WW1A], 1938.

Flesher, Berthold; b. ca 1871; d. Denver,Sep 191935.

Communal worker,Denver.· See:A]YB,38:427.

Flexer, Jacob; b. Utena, Lithuania, 1869; d.1954.

To US 1923. • Rabbi, writer, Vilna, Plainfield,NJ; chr Bd of Education. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928;NYTimes, Feb 3 1954,23:2.

Flexner, Abraham; b. Louisville, Nov 131866; d. Falls Church, VA, Sep 211959.

AB Johns Hopkins, MA Harvard, U Berlin;honorary degrees. II Noted educator & admr,Princeton; with Carnegie & RockefellerFounds; fdr, dir Inst for Advanced Study(Princeton); published report whichrevolutionized US med education. II See: UJE;E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):92-93, 24:140, 62:450;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]: WWWIA,3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Sep 22 1959,1:5.

Flexner, Bernard; b. Louisville, Feb 241865; d.NYC, May 3 1945.

LLB U Louisville, U VA • Lawyer, welfareworker, author, communal & Zionist ldr,philanthropist, NYC, Louisville, Chicago;orgr, pres Palestine Economic Corp; memJewish Agency; fdr university lectureships. •WWI mem Red Cross conimn to Rumania. •See: UJE; E] (sub Flexner);A]YB, 24:140,47:521; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,2; DAB, 3;NYTimes,May41945, 19:3.

Flexner, Carolin A; b. Louisville, Sep 191892; d. NYC, Jan 20 1958.

Exec; asst to Herbert Lehman at JointDistribution Com; dir Central London Iildex;WWII government service. • See: A]YB,60:355; NYTimes, Jan 211958,29:1.

Flexner, Hortense (Mrs Wyncie King); b.Louisville, Apr 12 1885.

AB Bryn Mawr, MA U:MI. • Poet, author,Bryn Mawr; with Curtis Publishing Co. • See:

Fliegel, Hyman Jacob

UJE(sub Flexner);A]YB, 24:140; WWIA],1926,1928; WWWIA, 7.

Flexner, Jacob A; b. Louisville, 1858; d.Louisville, Apr 13 1934.

Louisville ColI ofPharmacy, U LouisvilleSchool ofMed, Johns Hopkins. • Physician,Louisville. • See: UJE (sub Flexner); A]YB,36:280.

Flexner, James Thomas; b. 1908.Popular author on Am themes, history. II See:E] (sub Flexner).

Flexner, Jennie Maas; b. Louisville, Nov 61882; d. NYC, Nov 171944.

Western Reserve. • Librarian, NYC; officerprofessional orgs, adult education orgs; activework with unemployed during Depression,refugees, Harlem; author in field. II See: UJE(sub Flexner); E] (sub Flexner);A]YB, 47:521;WWIA], 1938; NAW; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Nov18 1944,13:4.

Flexner, Magdalen Glaser Hupfel (MrsWilliam W Flexner); b. Watervliet; NY,July 111907; d. Washington DC, Apr 181972.

BA Bryn Mawr, LLB Cornell. • Foreignservice officer, France, Wales.· See: WWWIA,5; NITimes, Apr 21 1972,42:2.

Flexner, Moritz; b. Neumark, Bohemia,1820; d. 1882.

To US 1853.· Hatmfr, St Louis; fdr USfamily. • See: UJE (sub Flexner).

Flexner, Morris; b. Louisville, Jan 25 1900.AB U MI, MD Johns Hopkins. • Physician,Louisville; faculty U Louisville; author in field;WWI service.· See: WWIA], 1928.

Flexner, Simon; b. Louisville, Mar 25 1863;d. NYC, May 2 1946.

MD U Louisville, post-grad Johns Hopkins, UStrasbourg, U Berlin, U Prague, Pasteur Inst;honorary degrees. • Pathologist, consult; withRockefeller Inst; facultyJohns Hopkins, U PA;trustee Rockefeller Found; author in field.··See: ]E; UJE; E] (sub Flexner); A]YB, 6(1904­1905):93,24:140,49:610; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOA]; DAB, 4; WWWIA, 2.

Flexner, Washington; b. Louisville, Jan 211869; d. Dec 1942.

Printing co exec, Chicago. • See: E] (subFlexner); WW1A], 1938; NYTimes,jan 1 1943,23:3.

Fleysher, Maurice Henry; b. Ekaterinoslav,Jan 11898.

To US 1906. • BS, MS, PhD U PA·Chemist, patent holder, Buffalo; active Sundayschool; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fliegel, HymanJacob; b. Amdur, Poland,Sep 16 1898; d. Miami, Apr 16 1973.

To NYC 1907. • BS CCNY, LLB Columbia. •Lawyer, civic, communal & Zionist worker,NYC; principal Bd of Education communitycenters; natl officer Zionist Org ofAm; presZilberts Choral Soc; officer Sons ofZion; bd}TS; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 75:654;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 17 1973,44:4.

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Cooper Union. • Artist, NYc. • See:WWWIA,5.

Fliegler, Louis Aaron; b. NYC, Sep 3 1917;d.July 1974.

BBA CCNY, MA, PhD NYU. • Psychologist,Akron; faculty Syracuse U, U Denver, KentState; officer professional socs; military service.• See: WWWIA,6;NYTimes,JulyI81974,38:2.

Fligelman, Julius; b. Minneapolis, Oct 221895.

Furniture mfr, Los Angeles; bd Young PeoplesHeb Assn, League for Labor Palestine. • See:WWIA],1938.

Fligelman, Sol; b. Minneapolis, July 261888.

U MN Law. • Lawyer, utility exec,Minneapolis; active Civic & Communal Assn,communal & Zionist concerns. • See: WWIA],1926,1938.

Flink, Salomon (Solomon); b. Neumarkt,Germany, Dec 221906.

To US 1927. • M Pol Sci U Berlin, MA, PhDColumbia. • Economist, Newark; faculty UNewark, Yeshiva ColI; contributing editorJewish Forum; active Maccabee Assn; author infield & on Jewish issues.· See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Floch, Joseph; b. Vienna, Nov 5 1895; d.Oct 251977.

To US 1941. • Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna).• Painter, NYC; faculty New School. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Oct 28 1977, II 2:1.

Flocks, Rubin H; b. NYC, May 7 1907; d.May 171975.

AB, MD Johns Hopkins. • Urologist, IowaCity; faculty U !A; officer professional socs;advisor Nad Research Council; author in field.• See: WWWIA, 6.

Floersheim, Otto; b. Aix-la-Chapelle, 1853;d. Switzerland, 1917.

Editor, music critic, composer; co-editorMusical Courier. • See: UJE.

Floersheimer, AlbertJr; b. NYC, Apr 141917; d.June 2 1980.

NYU, Columbia. • Journalist, motion picturepublic relations officer, NYC; with WalterReader Inc, Theatre Owners ofAm; officerprofessional soc; WVVII service. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Floersheimer, Joseph H; b. ca 1898; d.Brooklyn, Aug 12 1944.

Business exec; distinguished WWI service. •See: A]YB, 47:522; NYTimes, Aug 15 1944,17:2.

Flom, Samuel Louis; b. Lithuania, June 101901; d. Mar 10 1980.

To US 1906. • CE Lehigh. • Steel co exec,Tampa; trustee University CommunityHospital. • See: WW'WIA, 7.

Florance, Ernest Touro; b. Pass Christian,MS,July 301854; d.July 1918.

Northwick ColI (London). • Lawyer, NewOrleans; pres Commercial League ofAm; dirpublic schools. • See: WWWIA, 1.

Florea, Morris; b. Adjud, Bakan, Rumania,June 241877; d. NYC, reported Jan 241936.

Business exec, alderman, NYC; orgr JewishWar Veterans; exec com Am Jewish Cong;Spanish-Am & WWI service. • See: A]YB,39:591; BEOA].

Florence, Fred Farrel; b. NYC, Nov 5 1891;d. Dallas, Dec 25 1960.

Banker, business exec, Dallas; officer JewishFedn of Social Service, Boy Scouts; dirSalvation Army, Art Assn, Chamber ofCommerce; active communal fundraising;WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 63:559; WWIA],1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,Dec 26 1960,23:6.

Florian, Walter (Moses?); b. NYC, ca 1870/1878; d. NYC, Apr 1909.

Artist, portraitist, NYC. • See: A]YB, 11(1909­1910):108; NYTimes, Apr 3 1909,9:5.

Florsheim, Harold Milton; b. Chicago, June201899.

AB Cornell. • Shoe co exec, Chicago; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Florsheim, Irving Stem; b. Chicago, Oct 271893; d. Oct 18 1959.

Cornell. • Mfr, shoe co exec, Chicago; bdUnion ofAm Heb Congregations; active AmJewish Com, Assocd Jewish Charities; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Oct 191959,29:2.

Florsheim, Leonard S; b. Chicago, July 121879; d. May 221964.

Armour Inst, BS MIT. • Exec, Chicago; officerChicago Boys Club.· See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 23 1964, 23:5.

Florsheim, Louis; b. Chicago, Mar 181874;d. Chicago, Oct 1955.

Mfr, shoe co fdr & exec, Chicago; dir JewishCharities. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct15 1955, 15:1.

Florsheim, Milton S; b. ca 1868; d. LosAngeles, Dec 22 1936.

Shoe mfr, communal & philanthropic worker,Chicago. • See: A]YB, 39:591; NYTimes, Oct 91937, 17:2 (will).

Florsheim, Richard Aberle; b. Chicago, Oct251916; d. Nov 201979.

U Chicago. • Artist"biographer, Chicago;WVVII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Florsheim, Simon; b. ca 1963; d. Chicago,Dec 71917.

Mfr, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 20(1918­1919):227.

Flory, Arthur Louis; b. Lima, OH, Aug 141914; d. May 91972.

Philadelphia Museum School ofArt. • Artist,

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Philadelphia; facu1tyTemple U; WVVIIservice. • See: WW'WIA, 5.

Flowerman, Samuel H; b. NYC, May 21912; d. NYC,July 291958.

Psychologist, consult, NYC; faculty PostgradCenter for Psychotherapy, CCNY; active AmJewish Com; author/editor in field. • See:A]YB, 61:416-17; NYTimes, July 30 1958, i9:5.

Fluegel, Maurice; b. Germany, 1832; d.Baltimore, Feb 91911.

U Leipzig, U Paris, diploma Bucharest,ordained Paris. • Rabbi, scholarly authority,Baltimore. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):93,13(1911-1912):137;NYTimes, Feb 141911,11:5.

Fluegelman, Nathan; b. ca 1871; d. July 81939.

Textile exec, communal worker,philanthropist, NYC. • See: A]YB, 42:478;NYTimes, Ju1y9 1939,31:2.

Flug, Samuel S; b. Warsaw, Feb 281905; d.Oct 1962.

To US 1907.· BCS NYU, LLB BrooklynLaw. • Industrial engineer, investmentmanagement exec, lawyer, NYC; bd Am TypeFounders (Elizabeth). • See: WW'WIA, 4;NYTimes, Oct 111962, 39:3.

Fogel, Frank; b. Kishinev, Sep 15 1900.To US 1909. • LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, asstcity solicitor, Philadelphia; pres YM-YWHA,B'nai B'rith; active Zionist Org ofAm. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Fogel, LeoJ; b. ca 1851; d. Cincinnati, Aug161923.

Physician, civic worker, Cincinnati. • See:A]YB,26:154.

Fogelman, Lazar; b. Nieswiez, Poland, May271891; d. Minneapolis, Sep 13 1970.

To NYC 1921. • JSD Imperial U ofWarsaw,PsychoNeurological Inst (St Petersburg), LLBFordham. • Author, journalist, biographer,NYC; editor-in-chiefForward; pres JewishWriters Union. • See: A]YB, 72:540; WWIA],1938.

Fogelman, Raymond; b. 1895; d. Honolulu,Mar 71966.

Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr AlbertEinstein ColI ofMed; officer Am-IsraelCultural Fedn; active New School. • See:A]YB, 68:525; NYTimes, Mar 101966,33:2.

Fogelson, Samuel Julian; b. Passaic, Oct 271897.

BS U Chicago, MD Rush, MS Northwestern.• Physician, Chicago; facu1ty Northwestern;discover: treatment for u1cers; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Fohs, Ferdinand (F) Julius; b. NYC, Mar 11884; d. Houston, Jan 19 1965.

Columbia; honorary degree. • Oil geologist,Palestine consult, philanthropist, NYC,Houston; with US Geological Survey; authorin field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928;BEOA]; WWWIA,4;NYTimes,Jan211965,31:2.

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Folk, Max Lyon; b. Zelwa, Poland, Apr 11891.

To Chicago 1911. • MD Loyola, post-grad UIL, U Vienna. • Ophthalmologist, Chicago;faculty U IL; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Folkman, Jerome Daniel; b. Cleveland, Sep251907.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionCoIL • Rabbi, Grand Rapids; officer ZionistOrg ofAm; active Community Chest,Salvation Army. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Follman, Matthew A; b. Muskegon, MI, ca1884; d. May 26/271964.

Business exec, Cincinnati; with Panama CanalCommn; pres US Playing Card. • See:WWWIA, 4; NITimes, May 28 1964, 37:4.

Folz, Stanley; b. Philadelphia, Sep 22 1878/1879; d. Nov 2 1954.

BA, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; presCommunity Health Center. • See: WWIAJ,1928,1938; WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Nov 41954,31:1.

Fomon, Samuel; b. Chicago,Jan 111886.PhD, MD U IL. • Physician, author, Chicago;faculty U IL; author in field; WWI service. •See: WWWIA, 7.

Fonaroff, Vera (Mrs Mark Fonaroff); b.Russia; d.July 1962.

To US 1896. • Manchester Royal ColI ofMusic. • Violinist, NYC; facultyJuilliard,Curtis. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;NITimes,July241962,27:3.

Fondiller, Richard; b. Minsk, Nov 11884;d. Apr 291962.

To NYC 1886. • BS CCNY, MA, LLBColumbia. • Consulting actuary, NYC;specialty: pension funds; author/editor in field.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,4;NITimes, Apr 301962,27:4.

Fondiller, William; b. Ruditza, Russia, Dec211885; d. May 1975.

To NYC 1886. • BS CCNY, MA Columbia,MA Columbia School of Engineers. •Electrical engineer, NYC; with BellTelephone; active professional assns; author infield.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes,May 161975,40:5.

Forbstein, Leo F; b. St Louis; d. Mar 1948.Music dir, Burbank, CA; with Warner Bros;Oscar winner. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,Mar 18 1948,27:3.

Forcheimer, Manuel; b. ca 1825; d. Mobile,Sep 17 1912.

Merchant, Mobile. • See: AJYB, 15(1913­1914):270.

Forchheimer, Estelle; b. NYC, Sep 181873; d. June 1957.

BA Hunter, BS, M Ped, PhD NYU. •Psychologist, NYC; faculty Hunter; translatorofKant. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; NITimes, June 81957,19:5.

Forchheimer, Frederick; b. Cincinnati,1853; d. Cincinnati,June 11913.

Med ColI of OH, MD Columbia; honorarydegree. • Pediatrician, internist, Cincinnati;faculty Med ColI of OH; officer nat! med socs;author in field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 15(1913­1914):270; WWWIA, 1.

Foreman, Agnes; b. Chicago; d. Chicago,Jan 281937.

Social & civic worker, NYC; officer IL StateCouncil of Nat! Defense, Salvation Army. •See:AJYB, 39:591; NYTimes, Jan 291937,19:3.

Foreman, Alfred K; b. Chicago, June 131892; d. Dec 1946.

Insurance exec, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 15 1946,77:4.

Foreman, Carl; b. Chicago; d. June 261984.

U IL, Northwestern, John Marshall Law. •Film writer, dir, producer, London, NYC; execOpen Road Films; mem British Film Bd;officer professional socs; "High Noon." • See:WWWIA,8.

Foreman, Edwin G; b. ca 1862; d. SanFrancisco, Aug 261915.

Banker, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 18(1916­1917):107.

Foreman, Edwin GJr; b. Chicago, June 301898.

Exec, mgr, Chicago; with RCA; earlier banker,advertising exec; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Foreman, Harold Edwin; b. Chicago, Aug30 1888; d. July 1958.

AB Dartmouth. • Banker, utilities exec,Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NITimes, July 141958, 21:1.

Foreinan, Henry Gerhard; b. Chicago, Aug221857; d. Chicago, July 25 1932.

Business colI (Chicago). • Real estate exec,financier, civic ldr, Chicago; pres Bd of CookCounty Commrs, South Park Commrs. • See:UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):94, 35:123; WWIAJ,1928; WWWIA, 1.

Foreman, Julius C; b. Hungary, 1872.Painter, illustrator, NYC.· See:AJYB, 24:140.

Foreman, MiltonJ; b. Chicago, Jan 261863; d. Chicago, Oct 16 1935.

Chicago ColI of Law; honorary degree. •Lawyer, general, alderman, Chicago; memState Liquor Commn; a fdr, nat! officer AmLegion; Spanish-Am War, Mexican border,WWI & IL Nat! Guard service. • See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 24:140,38:427; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Oct 171935,23:4.

Foreman, Oscar G; b. ca 1864; d. Mar 61933.

Banker, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 35:123;WWWIA, 1.

Foreman, Peter; b. Russia, 1863.Chemist, Trenton. • See:AJYB, 24:140.

Forst, Leo B

Forer, B; b. ca 1865; d. Los Angeles, Nov1921.

Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,24:101.

Forer, Leib; b. Prusan, Russia, Sep 121879; d. Sep 1948.

To US 1924. • Rabbi, Holyoke, MA; chr Hebschool com; mem Mizrachi. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Sep 18 1948, 17:5.

Forgash, Morris; b. Newark, Dec 311898;d. Oct 1~,f)6.

Freight co exec, NYC; with UniversalCarloading, US Freight Co. • See: WWWIA,4; NYTimes, Oct 2 1966, 86:2.

Forman, Celia Adler; b. NYC, Dec 8 1899;d. NYC., Feb 11979.

Actress, author; co-fdr Yiddish Art Theatre. •See:AJYB,81:366.

Forman, Frederick S; b. 1906; d. Rochester,NY, Sep 29 1963.

Communalldr; chr United Jewish Appeal; bdJewish Telegraphic Agency. • See: AJYB,65:432; NYTimcs, Sep 301963,29:1.

Forman, Max Leon; b. Albany, NY, Mar 61909.

AB U PA, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Philadelphia;author/radio broadcaster/lecturer oncommunal, Zionist & interfaith matters. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Forman, Milton; b. Trenton, Mar 171902.Realtor, insurance broker, civic ldr, alderman,Williamsport, PA; dir Fedn ofJewishCharities; active Jewish Civic League, synagog.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Forman, Phillip (Philip); b. NYC, Nov 301895; d. Trenton, Aug 171978.

LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, US district courtjudge, asst US atty, communalldr, Trenton;officerJewish Fedn; WWI & nat! guardservice. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 80:364;WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7.

Fornia, Rita (Mrs James P Labey) (bornNewman); b. ca 1878; d. Paris, Oct 271922.

Opera singer, NYc. • See:AJYB, 25:138;WWWIA, I;NYTimes, Oct281922, 13:5.

Forsch, Abraham; b. ca 1840; d. Cleveland,Feb 271915.

Municipal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,17(1915-1916):219.

Forsch, Albert; b. NYC, May 22 1880; d.1961.

Columbia, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, textilemfr, banker, NYC; with Lazard Freres; WWI& WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,Aug 2 1961,29:2.

Forst, Abraham; b. London?To US after 1782. • Merchant, shohet,Philadelphia; active Mason. • See: BDEAJ;P'AJHS, 19:45.

Forst, Leo B; b. Birmingham, AL, Jan 141884; d. 1952.

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AB U Louisville, BS Columbia. • Chemist,Cincinnati; with US Food & Drug Lab, Fries& Fries; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 24:140;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]iNITimes,Nov 4 1952,29:2.

Fortas, Abe; b. Memphis, June 191910; d.Washington DC, Apr 51982.

AB Southwestern CoIl, LLB Yale. • Lawyer,US supreme court justice, public servant;faculty Yale; active Am Jewish Cong, defense ofcivil liberties; author/editor in field. • See: E];A]YB, 84:332; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8;]TA-DNB, Apr 7 1982; NITimes, Apr 7 1982.

Fortas, Samuel; b. Meletopal, Russia, Aug 61886.

To Memphis 1906. ·-House furnishingsmerchant, Memphis; pres OrthodoxCommunity; officerJewish Welfare Fund,trade org; bd B'nai B'rith Home. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Forti, Emilio; b. Verona, Italy, 1901.To US 1938. • Physician; specialty:gynecology & blood transfusion; faculty UPerugia, U Modena; author/editor in field. •See: UJE.

Fortman, Selig; b. 1895?; d. Far Rockaway,Feb 3 1951.

Rabbi, tchr, Far Rockaway. • See: A]YB,53:524;NITimes, Feb 41951, 77:1.

Foss (Fuchs), Lukas; b. Berlin, 1922.To US 1937.· Composer, pianist; facultyUCLA; conductor Buffalo PhilharmonicOrchestra. • See: E].

Fossner, Mervin; b. NYC, Feb 25 1895.MD LI CoIl Hospital. • Physician,pediatrician, Worcester; visiting pediatrician atbaby clinics est by United Jewish Charities. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Fossner, Sadye Koenig (Mrs MervinFossner); b. Brooklyn,Sep 5 1895.

Communal worker, Worcester, earlierbookkeeper, NYC; dir Jewish Home for Aged& Orphans; active synagog.· See: WWIA],1938.

Foster, Joseph C; b. Providence, Oct 301904; d. NYC, Nov 10 1971.

Business exec; benefactor Brandeis, AlbertEinstein CoIl ofMed.· See:AJYB, 73:630;NITimes, Nov 11 1971, 50:4.

Foster, Lee Byron; b. Titusville, PA,July 41882; d. Aug 1965.

Iron City Business ColI. • Exec, Pittsburgh; bdYM-YWHA; dir Montefiore Hospital. • See:WWWIA, 7;NITimes,Aug81965,64:5.

Foster, Sadie Levy (Mrs Solomon Foster);b. Cincinnati, Aug 141875; d.Hollywood, FL, Jan 3 1951.

Social worker, Newark; pres FieldNeighborhood House; bd Natl Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods. • See: A]YB, 53:524;WWIA], 1938.

Foster, Solomon; b. Americus, GA, Feb 151878; d. 1966.

AB U Cincinnati, Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,Newark; fdr NJ Normal School for Tchrs; presNJ Conf of Social Work, Assn of ReformRabbis of NY & Vicinity; editor Newark]ewishChronicle; officer Travelers Aid. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):54,24:140; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; CCARYB.

Fox, Aaron; b. ca 1858; d. Troutdale, OR,Dec 10 1917.

Merchant, first mayor, Troutdale, OR. • See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):227.

Fox, Abraham (A) Manuel; b. Philadelphia,May 14 1889; d. June 211942.

CE Cornell, MA NYU. • Economist,Washington DC; earlier civil engineer; withUS TariffCommn.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 2; NITimes, June 22 1942, 15:6.

Fox, Benjamin; b. Kelm, Russia, Sep 91888.

To US 1890. • AB Central High School(Philadelphia), BS U PA. • Marine engineer,Quincy, MA; military service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Fox, Charles Edwin; b. Meadville, PA, Aug22 1882; d. May 2 1937.

LLB U PA. • Lawyer, youth welfare ldr,Philadelphia; pres Natl Big Bros & Big SistersAssn; bd Glen Mills Reformatory; active BoyScouts, Neighborhood Center. • See: A]YB,39:591; WWIA], 1928;NITimes,May41937,25:2.

Fox, David; b. NYC, 1885; d. Apr 211976.Exec, Jay Thorpe Inc, NYC. • See: WWWIA,7; NITimes, Apr 221976,36:5.

Fox, Felix; b. Breslau, May 25 1876; d.Boston, Mar 24 1947.

To US 1881. • Royal Conservatory (Leipzig,Paris). • Pianist, composer, Boston; head FelixFox School of Pianoforte; tchr Boston MusicSchool Settlement. • See:A]YB, 49:610;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,2; NITimes, Mar 261947,25:2.

Fox, George Isaac; b. J ezierna, Galicia, Oct161885; d. NYC, Jan 23 1952.

To US 1902.· Furrier, communal & Zionistworker, NYC; orgr, pres Fur Trade Found;officer Am Jewish Congo • See:A]YB, 54:538­39; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Jan241952,27:1.

Fox, Gresham (G) George; b. Russia, July28 1883/1884; d. 1960.

To US 1887.· PhB, MA U Chicago, ordainedHeb Union CoIl, PhD IL Wesleyan, post-gradU Chicago. • Rabbi, author, Ft Worth thenChicago; fdr, editorJewish Monitor; pres HebUnion CoIl Alumni Assn; active publicrecreation, Natl Youth Adm, Union ofAmHeb Congregations, Anti-Defamation League.• See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;CCARYB.

Fox, Helen Morgenthau (Mrs MortimerJFox); b. NYC, May 27 1884.

AB Vassar, Columbia. • Horticulturist,Peekskill, NY; worker Henry StreetSettlement; author/lecturer in field. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

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Fox, Hortense Langsdorf (Mrs CharlesEdwin Fox); b. Philadelphia, 1891.

Communalldr, Philadelphia; bd Big Bros,Crime Prevention Assn, synagog, JewishHospital, Moss Home. • See: biographicalnarrative, AJA.

Fox, Hortense Lewis (Mrs Gresham GFox); b. Galveston, Nov 5 1.890.

U Chicago. • Natl communalldr; natl presFedn ofTemple Sisterhoods. • See: WWIA],1938.

Fox, Irving; b. NYC, June 111909.BS, JD NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; natl officerThanks to Scandinavia, Inc; active Beth IsraelHospital; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Fox, Jacob Logan; b. Springfield, IL, Nov 81889.

PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; activesynagog, cultural instns; Mexican borderservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Fox,Julius; b.*; d. LI, May 1972.CCNY, NYU. • Endodontist, NYC; facultyAlbert Einstein CoIl ofMed; author in field. If

See: NITimes, May 6 1972,38:3.

Fox, Lawrence Moyses; b. Streator, IL, Sep11889.

Merchandising exec, communalldr, Atlanta; _faculty Tulane (professor of epidemiology); bdJewish Center, Jewish Old Age Home, JewishWelfare Fund, AmJewish Com.- See:WWWIA,8.

Fox, Martin; h. Wmthrop, MA, Nov 261911.

Boston U. • Salesman, Wmthrop, MA; presYMHA, Hillel Soc, Assocd Ys ofNewEngland.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Fox, Marvin; b. Cleveland; d. Los Angeles,Mar 1965.

Carnegie Tech, PhD Columbia. • Nuclearscientist; with Atomic Energy Commn; armscontrol mgr Hughes Aircraft.- See: NITimes,Mar 22 1965,33:3.

Fox,Marvin;b.Chicago, 1922.Northwestern, ~hD U Chicago, HebTheological ColI. • Philosopher, historian;faculty OH State, Brandeis; with Union ofJewish Philosophers; active Heb Day SchoolMovement; author in field. • See: E]:1973­1982.

Fox, Matthew; b. Racine, WI, Feb 41911;d. June 2 1964.

Motion picture & television exec, NYC;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,June 3 1964,43:1.

Fox, Morris; b.*; d. NYC,July 1967.Glass mfr, communalldr; a fdr New School;active investigating & reporting Nazi crimesagainstJews. - See: NITimes, July 10 1967.

Fox, Mortimer J; b. NYC, Oct i 1874; d.Peekskill, NY, May 161948.

CCNY, PhB Columbia. • Artist, landscapepainter, architect, banker, NYc. • See: A]YB,

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50:515; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, May17 1948, 19:1.

Fox, Moses; b. Hartford, ca 1851; d. Jan 131938.

Dept store merchant, philanthropist, Hartford.,. See:A]YB, 40:384; NYTimes, Jan 141938,23:4.

Fox, Mrs Louis; b.*; d. Port Chester, NY,Oct 141933.

Communal worker, Port Chester, NY. • See:A]YB, 36:280.

Fox, Noah; b. Greenview, IL, Mar 22 1896.BS U Chicago, MD Rush. • Ophthalmologist,Chicago; faculty U IL; author in field; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Fox, SMnuel I; b. Saris, lIungary, Feb 261862.

Realtor, Lion Clothing Co pres, San Diego;officer Merchants Assn, Boy Scouts,Community Chest, synagog. • See: WWIA],1928 (addenda), 1938.

Fox, Solomon; b. St Georg, Austria, July 121846; d. Cincinnati, Sep 25 1915.

To Cincinnati 1866. • Diamond & jewelrymerchant, communalldr, fundraiser,Cincinnati; a bldr synagog; bd Union ofAmHeb Congregations. • See: PAIRS, 25:149-50.

Fox, WilliMn; b. Bohemia, Sep 18 1864; d.NYC, May 1939.

BS CCNY, ME Stevens Inst. • Physicist,mathematician, NYC; faculty CCNY. ,. See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 5 1939,23:1.

Fox, WilliMn; b. Tulchva, Hungary, Jan 11879; d. NYC, May 81952.

To US as infant. • Motion picture exec,Atlantic City; pres Fox Film, Fox TheatreCorp; WWI service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:140; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWL4, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes, May 9 1952,23:1.

Fox, WilliMn A; b. Staten Island, Sep 131890.

BS CCNY, DD Jesuits Fathers Scholastique(Montreal). • Roman Catholic priest,Melbourne, Australia. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim; b. Bukovina,Rum~a,Feb241883;d.VVaterloo,IA,

Nov 25/261930.Cornell, MA, PhD Columbia. •Anthropologist, ethnologist, asst commr ofimmigration; expert NJ Commn on Crime &Dependency, US Immigration Commn; withUS Census, Bureau ofAm Ethnology;academic specialty: Pacific Coast NativeAmericans; faculty Columbia; exec PalestineFound Fund; author in field; WWI service. •See:A]YB, 24:140,33:126; WWIA], 1926,1928;WWWL4,1.

Frada, Johanna (Mrs Jacob W Goldstein);b. Lithu~a.

Author, lecturer, communal worker, Seattle;active Zionist Org ofAm, Hadassah, NatlLeague ofAm Pen Women. • See: WWIA],1938.

Fradkin, Fredric (Frederic); b. Troy, Apr1892; d. 1963.

Violinist; concertmaster Vienna Conservatory,Diagilev Ballet Russe; dir Russian SymphonyOrchestra, Boston Symphony, NYC CapitalGrand Theatre Orchestra. • See: WWIA],1926, 1928;A]YB, 24:140;NYTimes, Oct 41963,36:3.

Fraenkel, George K; b. Deal, NJ.BA Harvard, PhD Cornell. ,. Chemist, NYC;dean Columbia. • See: NYTimes story, Dec 191967.

Fraenkel, Joseph; d. Tysnitz, Austria, July1867; d. Apr 1920.

MD UVienna." Neurologist, NYc.. See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):94,22:165; NYTimes, Apr25 1920,22:4.

Fraenkel, Michael;b. Kupal, Lithuania,1896; d. London, May 22 1957.

To US 1902.· Poet, critic.· See:A]YB,59:474; NYTimes, May 241957,25:3.

Fraenkel, Osmond Kessler; b. NYC, Oct 171888; d. NYC, May 16 1983.

AB, MA Harvard, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,NYC; chr Dept ofWelfare;. specialty: civilrights; officer bar assns; counsel Am CivilLiberties Union; author/editor in field. ,. See:WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, May 17 1983.

Fraiman, Arnold Guy; b. NYC, Nov 3 1925.Princeton, LLB Harvard. • Commr ofInvestigation, NYc. • See: NYTimes story, Sep1 1966.

Fraley, Moses; b. Frederick, MD, Nov 241843; d. St Louis, Dec 241917.

Businessman, councilman, communalldr, StLouis; pres Jewish Educational & CharitableUnion. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):57,20(1918-1919):227.

FrMn, Abraham; b. Litht1~a; d. Dallas,July 31 1944.

Rabbi, Dallas. • See:A]YB, 47:522.

FrMn, Leon; b. Rosienny, Russia, Dec 121895.

To US 1904. • AB, MA U Cincinnati,ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, author,Detroit; mem MI Com ofThree (strikearbitration); fdr Beth-EI Coil ofJewish Studies,Temple Forum, synagog. • See: WWIA],1938.

Franck, Ben C; b. Louisville, Oct 211856;d. NYC, Apr 6 1932.

U TN. • Composer, NYC; earlier Louisville,Chattanooga. • See: A]YB, 34:110; NYTimes,Apr 71932,23:1.

Franck, Isaac; b. Zozov, Russia, Mar 151909; d. Washington DC, May 141985.

To US 1923. • NYU, PhD U MD. •Communal exec, author, lecturer, consult,Washington DC; exec officerJewishCommunity Council (Detroit, Brooklyn,Washington DC); active Urban Coalition. •See:A]YB, 87:438-39.

Frank, BruIio

Franck, James; b. HMnburg, Aug 26 1882;d. Gottingen, May 21 1964.

To US 1935. • U Heidelberg, PhD U Berlin;honorary degrees. • Physicist, Nobel laureate;specialty: formation of molecules,photosynthesis; faculty U Chicago, UGottingen, Johns Hopkins, U CA; co­developer atomic bomb; author in field; WWIGerman army service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,66:575; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;NYTimes, May 22 1964, 35:1.

Franco, Robert; b. Milas, Smyrna, July 71890; d. before 1938.

To US 1912. • Internatl ColI (American). •Importer, Sephardic communal worker, NYC;Turkish army service. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Franco, Solomon; b.*First known Jew in North American colonies,given funds for passageto Holland (1649). •See:BDEA].

Frank, Aaron; b. NYC, Aug 21903; d.Bronx, May 1955.

BCS NYU, LLB NY Law, CPA. • Lawyer,deputy police commr, NYC; faculty NY Law;active politics, Anti-Defamation League. ,. See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, May 111955,31:1.

Frank, AbrahMn; b. Chicago, Apr 13 1871;d. Sept7 1932.

Hotelman, Los Angeles. • See: WWWL4, 1.

Frank, AbrahMn I; b. Russian Poland, May12 1838.

Communalldr, Chicago; pres Old PeoplesOrthodox Home, synagog. • See: A]YB,7(1905-1906):57.

Frank, Albert Rudolph; b. Stassfurt,Germany, 1872; d. Mar 1965.

To US 1938. • Chemical engineer, industrialchemist, patent holder; with Am Cyanamid Co.• See: E]; NYTimes, Mar 191965,35:3.

Frank, Auguste Richard; b. Chicago, Oct 251882.

AB U MI. ,. Stockbroker, Chicago; pres JewishChildrens Welfa,re Soc. ,. See: WWIA], 1938.

Frank, Bena Virginia (Mrs Ralph TochMayer); b. NYC, May 311901.

Hunter, Cooper Union, Art Students League,Madrid, Paris. • Artist, NYC; lecturer/tchr infield. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Frank, Bernard Kermit; b. NYC, Nov 151896.

BS Syracuse U. • Lumberman, exec, Portland,OR; author in field; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Frank, Bertha Rayner (Mrs SMnuel LeonFrank); b. Baltimore, July 16 1847; d.NYC, Nov 22 1913.

Philanthropist; a fdr Daughters in Israel; activeFederated Jewish Charities, Home for JewishWorking Girls. • See: UJE; A]YB, 16(1914­1915):162; PAIRS, 22:213-18.

Frank, Bruno; b. Stuttgart, 1887;.d.June1945.

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To US ca 1933.· PhD UTiibingen, UStrasbourg, U Munich. • Author, poet,novelist; "Storm over Patsy" (movie); W'W'IGerman army service. • See: UJE; EJ;NlTimes, June 21 1945,19:4.

Frank, Daniel; b. Baltimore, June 261845;d. Boston, Feb 241919.

Communal worker, Boston; pres synagog. •See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):57,21:205.

Frank, Edgar K; b. ca 1874; d.July 13 1935.Cotton converter, NYC; Spanish-Am Warservice. • See: AJYB, 38:427.

Frank, Eli; b. Baltimore, Feb 8 1874; d. July251959.

ABJohns Hopkins, Cornell Law, LLB U MD.• Lawyer, supreme bench fudge, civic ldr,Baltimore; mem Bd of School Commrs; facultyU MD; officer state bar assn; active Am JewishCom, synagog. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:140;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,3.

Frank, EliJr; b. Baltimore, Aug 291902.BAJohns Hopkins, LLB Harvard.· Lawyer,state court of appeals judge, Baltimore; memBd of School Commrs; officer bar assns;trustee Johns Hopkins.· See: WWWIA, 8.

Frank, Emanuel George; b. Detroit, Dec 231884.

AB U MI. • Advertising exec, Detroit; activetrade org.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Frank, Emil H; b. ca 1843; d. Brooklyn,June 211919.

Insurance broker, Brooklyn; Civil War service.• See: AJYB, 22:165; NlTimes, June 24 1919,13:4.

Frank, Florence Kiper (Mrs Jerome Frank);b. Atchison, KS.

U Chicago. • Author, poet, NYC; contributorNew Republic, Nation. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Frank, Frederick Wtlliam; b. Keystone, WVA, Feb 11906.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, Raleigh, NC, psychiatrist, CA. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Frank, Harrison Jules Louis; b. "Wheeling,WVA, Oct 28 1880; d. Feb 1939.

AB UWVA, AB Harvard. • Mfr, author,Detroit; officer Jewish Welfare Fedn; activesynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;NlTimes, Feb 15 1939,23:4.

Frank, Henriette Greenebaum (Mrs HenryL Frank); b. Chicago, 1854; d. Chicago,Mar 20 1922.

Active Nat! Council ofJewish Women,Chicago... See: PAJHS, 29:159-60.

Frank, Henry; b. Bavaria, ca 1834; d. NYC,Nov 2 1916.

Civic & communal worker, Natchez; broughtrailroads & cotton mills to Natchez. 0 See:AJYB, 19(1917-1918):265; NlTimes, Nov 31916, 13:5.

Frank, Henry; b. Lafayette, IN, Dec 211854; d. before 1938.

Northwestern, Harvard. • Author, San Diego;earlier English literature professor CornellCoIl (IA); exec secy Am Civic Alliance; presScience League ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Frank, Henry L; b. Aufhausen,Wiirttemberg, Dec 3 1839; d. Mar 261926.

Communal & civic welfare worker, Chicago;fdr IL Humane Soc; pres Jewish TrainingSchool; dir Charity Org Soc, Relief & Aid Soc.• See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):57,28:150.

Frank, Henry L; b. ca 1851; d. Butte, Sep1908.

Mayor, Butte. • See: AJYB, 11(1909­1910):107.

Frank, Herman; b. Bialystok, Dec 18 1892;d. NYC, Aug 10 1952.

Yiddish journalist, historian, NYC; editor FreieArbeiterStimme. - See:AJYB, 55:455;NlTimes, Aug 111952,15:6.

Frank, Herman W; b. Portland, OR, July 41860; d. Los Angeles, Aug 211941.

Clothier, civic ldr, charitable fundraiser,author, Los Angeles; pres Bd of Education;officer trade orgs; dir Chamber of Commerce.• See:AJYB, 44:336; BEOAJ; NlTimes, Aug 231941,13:4.

Frank, Hoskar; b. Gomel, Mohilev, May 251858.

Mfr, business exec, philanthropic worker,Meriden, CT; officer Zionist Org ofAm,synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Frank, Hugo I; b. Savannah, Apr 12 1876.Exec, Southern .Wholesale Corp, Savannah. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Frank, Isaac William; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 21855; d. Pittsburgh, Dec 2 1930.

CE Rensselaer Polytech. • Engineering exec,machinery mfr, Pittsburgh; pres Nat! FounderAssn; trustee U Pittsburgh, RensselaerPolytech; active Red Cross. • See: UJE; AJYB,33:126; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1.

Frank, Isaiah; b. NYC, Mar 3 1876; d.Queens, Sep 1940.

AB CCNY, MD NYU. • Physician,ophthalmologist, NYC; active synagog; authorin field; Spanish-Am War service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NlTimes, Sep 15 1940,49:1.

Frank, Isidore; b. Poland, 1881; d.Manhasset, LI, Oct 291966.

To US 1894. • Cantor, rabbi, NYC; a fdrShomrin Soc; police dept chaplain. • See:AJYB, 68:525; NlTimes, Oct 311966,35:5.

Frank, Jacob; b. Burlington,VT,July 301884.

BS, MS U VT. • Army officer, Burlington,VT; major US Quartermaster Corps. • See:AJYB, 24:140; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.

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Frank, Jacob; b. NYC, Jan 30 1896.CE Rensselaer Polytech. • Engineer, Newark;specialty: factory, hospital & railwayconstruction. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Frank, Jacob H; b. ca 1866; d. Pittsburgh,Dec 91933.

Merchant, communal worker, Pittsburgh. •See: AJYB, 36:280.

Frank, James; b. Ogdensburg, NY, Aug 211873; d. NYC, Sep 181946.

AB Yale, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; pres Educational Alliance; officerreal estate bds.· See:AJYB, 49:610; WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Sep 19 1946, 31:2.

Frank, Jerome New; b. NYC, Sep 10 1889;d. New Haven, Jan 13 1957.

PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, US court ofappeals judge, legal philosopher, author; chrSecurities & Exchange Com; with New Dealagencies; author in field. • See: EJ; AJYB,59:474; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3;DAB, 6; NYTimes, Jan 141957, 23:1.

Frank, John Mayer; b. Natchez, Feb 131886; d.Jan 18 1966.

BS MIT. • Business exec, patent holder,Chicago; pres Jewish Charities; officerprofessional socs. • See: WWWIA, 4.

Frank, Julie Lehmann (Mrs); b. ca 1853; d.Brooklyn, Dec 261932.

Philanthropic worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,35:123.

Frank, Julius; b. Ogdensburg, NY, July 181867; d. NYC, Feb 1956.

Eastman Business ColI (Poughkeepsie). • Deptstore exec, civic ldr, mayor, Ogdensburg, NY;mem Bd of Education; officer Chamber ofCommerce; chr Temporary Emergency ReliefAdm; active trade assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Feb 13 1956,27:3.

Frank, Julius; b. Vegesack, Bremen, Dec 261862/1866;d.1929.

U G6ttingen. • Rabbi, Reading, PA; dirHumane Soc; W'W'I government, Red Cross &communal service. • See:AJYB, 5(1903­1904):55; WWIAJ, 1926; CCARYB.

Frank,JuliusJ:~. NYC, Mar 3 1852.AB, BS, AM CCNY, LLB Columbia. •Lawyer, political reformer, communal tchr,NYC; a fdr YMHA; trustee Ethical CultureSoc; active Democratic Party, B'nai B'rith. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Frank, Kathi (Katharina Frankl); b. Bosing,near Presburg, Oct 11 1852.

In US 1903. • Austrian actress. • See: JE.

Frank, Lawrence Louis; b. Milwaukee, Mar23 1887; d. Sep 211970.

Food cos exec, Los Angeles; with Lawrys, Vande Camp. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Frank, Lee Weiss (Mrs Victor H Frank); b.Newton Falls, OH; d.July 1967.

AB Swarthmore, Philadelphia Museum ofArt.• Radio drama critic;, painter, Philadelphia;

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with Public Ledger syndicate; active WornensInternatl League for Peace. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, July 23 1967,60:8.

Frank, Leo Max; b. Cuero, TX, 1884; d.Marietta, GA, 1915.

Engineer, victim of anti-Semitic trial & lynchmob. • See: UJE (sub Frank, Leo case of); EJ.

Frank, Lewis; b. Russia, ca 1863; d. May 81923.

To US as young man. • Cantor, rabbi, NYC. •See:AJYB, 26:154; NYTimes, May 101923,19:5.

Frank, Lewis CJr; b. Detroit, Oct 111916;d. LaJolla, Nov 1970.

Am U. • Family planner, population controlexpert; aide to Henry A Wallace; author infield; WWII service. • See: NYTimes, Nov 61970,44:1.

Frank, Lou M; b. Port Huron, MI, Oct 171863; d. Toledo, reported Mar 1940.

Salesman, communal worker, Cincinnati; bdJewish Community Center; WWIJewishWelfare Bd service. • See:AJYB, 42:478;WWIAJ,1938.

Frank, Louis J; b. Troy, ca 1879; d. NYC,June 51946.

Hospital admr, NYC; supt, exec dir Beth IsraelHospital. • See: AJYB, 49:610; NYTimes, June7 1946,20:2.

Frank, Marx; b. ca 1835; d. Ft Wayne, Mar281923.

Communal & civic ldr, Ft Wayne. • See:AJYB, 26:154.

Frank, Maurice; b. Russia, ca 1883; d.NYC, Aug 16 1944.

To US 1886. • Opera impresario, opera &music dir, actor; with Chicago Opera Co. •See:AJYB, 47:522;NYTimes, Aug 171944,17:2.

Frank, Meyer; b. ca 1822; d. Philadelphia,Aug 311911.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,14(1912-1913):124.

Frank, Meyer; b. Bialystok, Apr 8 1868.To US ca 1885.· Mfr, NYC; orgr communalphilanthropic work (Columbia, SC). • See:WWIAJ, 1926.

Frank, Morris; b. ca 1850; d. NYC, Nov1913.

Rabbi, NYc. • See: AJYB, 16(1914-1915):162;NYTimes, Nov 6 1913, 11:6.

Frank, Morris; b. Minsk, Oct 30 1886.To US 1890.· Mp Cornell. • Orthopedicsurgeon, Bayonne; faculty NY Post-Grad;WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Frank, Morris A; b. Chattanooga, ca 1906;d. Nashville, July 26 1946.

Rabbi, army chaplain, Nashville. • See: AJYB,49:610-11; NYTimes, July 27 1946, 17:5.

Frank, Mortimer; b. Buffalo, 1874; d.Chicago, 1919.

MIT, U IL. • Ophthalmologist, Chicago;donated med library to U Chicago; author/editor in field & med history. • See: UJE.

Frank, Moses Z; b. Retchitza, Russia, Dec24 1897; d. Montreal, Apr 12 1975.

To US 1940. • Author, journalist; columnistJewish Post &- Opinion. • See:A]YB, 77:594.

Frank, Mrs Bernard; b. ca 1884; d. July 21935.

Communal worker, LI City, NY. • See: AJYB,38:427.

Frank, Nathan; b. Peoria, Feb 23 1852; d.St Louis, Apr 5/6 1931.

Washington U (St Louis), LLB Harvard. •Congressman, state Republican Party ldr,lawyer, journalist, communal worker, St Louis;fdr, owner St Louis Star; WWI charityfundraiser. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB, 2(1900­1901):517-18,6(1904-1905):94, 11(1909­1910):144,24:141; 33:126; WWIAJ, 1926;PAJHS, 61:33-51; WWWIA, 1.

Frank, Nathaniel Herman; b. Boston, Mar18 1903; d. Feb 19 1984.

SB, ScD MIT. • Physicist; faculty MIT;author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Frank, Nelson; b. Buffalo, Feb 10 1906; d.Mar 31974.

CCNY, U CA, New School. • Governmentofficial, LI City; staffUS Senate JudiciaryCom; earlier labor columnist NY World­Telegram; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6;NYTimes, Mar 4 1974, 32:2.

Frank, Norman; b. NYC, Feb 181925.MI State. • Media & public relations specialist;spokesman Patrolmans Benevolent Assn. • See:NYTimes story, Oct 22 1968.

Frank, Pat (Harry Hart); b. Chicago, May 51907; d. Oct 12 1964.

U FL. • Author, journalist, Atlantic Beach, FL;WWII service & war correspondent. • See:WWWIA,4;JTA-DNB, Oct 141964;NYTimes, Oct 13 1964,43:1.

Frank, Philipp G; b. Vienna, Mar 20 1884;d. Cambridge, MA, July 22 1966.

To US 1939.· PhD UVienna.· Physicist,Einstein biographer; faculty U Prague,Harvard, CCNY, Brown; a fdr Inst for theUnity of Science; mem Am Academy ofArts &Sciences; author/editor in field. • See:WWWIA, 7; DAB, 8; NYTimes, July 23 1966,25:4.

Frank, Pauline; b. ca 1820; d. Pittsburgh,Dec 81910.

Charitable worker, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,13(1911-1912):136.

Frank, Phyllis; b.Jersey City, Dec 181933;d. Silver Spring, MD,Jan 11985.

Simmons ColI. • Communal & Zionist ldr,Washington DC; natl officer Pioneer Women!Na'amat; pres Jewish Community Council;active W orId Zionist Org. • See: AJYB,87:439.

Frank, Victor Harry

Frank, RobertJay; b. Allegheny, PA, Aug 31896.

Rensselaer Polytech. • Engineer, exec,Pittsburgh; trustee Irene KaufmannSettlement, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Frank, RobertT; h. NYC, 1875; d. Oct1949.

AB Harvard, AM, PhD Columbia. •Gynecologist, NYC ea~lierDenver; author infield; WWI service. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes,Oct 16 1949,90:1.

Frank, Rose Schloss (Mrs Henry S Frank);b. Philadelphia, 1852; d. NYC, Jan 51910.

Philanthropist, Philadelphia; mem Com ofVisitors, State Bd of Charities; est NursesTraining School ofJewish Hospital. • See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):110, 12(1910-1911):110;PAJHS, 19:201-02.

Frank, Reuven; b. Montreal.To US 1940.· UToronto, CCNY,MAColumbia. • NBC president, journalist; WWIIservice. • See: NYTimes story, June 14 1968.

Frank, Samuel; b. ca 1862; d. NYC, Nov1937.

Chain shoe store merchant, NYC; bd Hospitalfor Joint Diseases. • See: NYTimes, Nov 171937,23:6.

Frank, Samuel Leon; b. Baltimore, Oct 171841; d. Baltimore, Aug 3 1906.

U MD. • Physician, communal worker,Baltimore; specialty: ear diseases; pres JewishHospital. • See: UJE; AJYB, 8(1906-1907):225;PAJHS, 17:209-10.

Frank, Simcha Pawil; b. Kalwaria, RussianPoland, 1968.

Communaladmr, author, NYC; officerAlliance Israelite Universelle; tchr EducationalAlliance.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):58.

Frank, Simon; b. ca 1857; d. Brooklyn, Mar22 1937.

"Wholesale notions businessman, deputy countysheriff, Brooklyn; officer Talmud Torah, IsraelZion Hospital, J ewish Welfare Bd; activeRepublican politics. • See:AJYB, 39:591;NYTimes, Mar 241937, 25:2.

Frank, Simon C; b. ca 1911; d. NJ, May1968.

Cornell, MD LI ColI Hospital. • Doctor,North Arlington, N]; WWII service. • See:NYTimes, May 4 1968, 39:2.

Frank, Solomon; b. NYC,Jan 51900.Buffalo State Normal School, BS, LLB UBuffalo. • Rabbi, Buffalo; active CanadianJewish Congo • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Frank, Victor Harry; b. Philadelphia, Apr261900.

DDS U PA. • Exodontist, Philadelphia; facultyU PA; officer dental socs; active Big Bros,Neighborhood Center. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

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Frank, Waldo David; b. Long Branch, NJ,Aug 251889; d. White Plains,]an 91967.

AB, MA Yale; honorary degrees. • Novelist,critic, philosopher; editor Seven Arts, The NewRepublic, New Masses; conscientious objectorWWII. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:141, 69:606;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,4; DAB, 8; NYTimes, Jan 10 1967,43:1.

Frank, Walter; b. NYC, Feb 10 1882; d.Dec281969.

AB Columbia, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, civicldr, NYC; chr NY Civic Conf; officer PioneerYouth ofAm, Nat! Consumers League; activeCitizens Union, Am Civil Liberties Union,professional assn. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 5,7;NYTimes, Dec 291969, 29:1.

Frank, William K; h. Pittsburgh, Apr 271890; d. LI, Nov 1964.

ME Cornell. • Exec, Pittsburgh; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 23 1964,37:4.

Frankel, Aaron Hirsch;·b. ca 1862; d. NYC,Oct 311904~

Writer, NYC.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):216.

Frankel, Benjamin M; b. Peoria, Oct 151897; d. Dec 211927.

BA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. e

Rabbi, NYC, Champaign, IL; nat! dir B'naiB'rith Hillel Found; fdr, dir first Hillel Found(U IL). • See: A]YB, 30:79; WWIA], 1926.

Frankel, Bernard Louis; b. Philadelphia,Jan 17 1895; d. Nov 23 1970.

AB, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; bdOrchestra Assn; trustee U PA; active Fedn ofJewish Agencies;~ service. • See:WWWIA,5.

Frankel, Charles; b. NYC, Dec 13 1917; d.May 101979.

AB, PhD Columbia, Cornell; honorarydegrees. • Educator, consult, author; facultyColumbia, Old Dominion; pres Nat!Humanities Center; US delegation chrUNESCO. • See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, May161979.

Frankel, David; b. ca 1865; d. NYC, Oct 141932.

Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 35:123.

Frankel, David I; b. ca 1886; d. Boston,]an241932.

Professor, Boston U School ofMed. • See:A]YB, 34: 11 O.

Frankel, EdwardM; b. Newark, Feb 261893; d. Nov 1953.

BS CCNY, PhD Yale.· Chemicaltechnologist, chemist, patent holder; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes,Nov 20 1953,24:3, correction Nov 21 1953,13:1.

Frankel, Emil; b. Vienna, Aug 29 1886; d.Aug 231966. .

To US 1905.· NY School of Social Work..Statistician; with NJ state agencies; author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 4.

Frankel, George; h. NYC; d. Greenwich,CT,Apr 1971.

Oilman, philanthropist; a fdr Albert EinsteinCoIl ofMed, Nat! Cystic Fibrosis Found; ditTraining School for Retarded Children. • See:NYTimes, Apr 8 1971, 44: 1.

Frankel, Harry; b. Sep 211872.City official, alderman, Peoria; mem Bd ofSupervisors, Zoning Commn; activeRepublican politics. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Frankel, Harry; b.]acksonville, FL, Aug 221895; d. Rehovat, Israel, Nov 41974.

Business exec, economist, org exec; bdWeizmann Inst, Israel Bond Org; dir Isra~l

Investment Corp, Industrial DevelopmentBank; a fdr Mt Sinai Med Center (Miami). •See:A]YB, 76:513;NYTimes, Nov61974,48:3.

Frankel, Hiram D; b. Mayfield, OH, Nov23 1882; d. 1931.

LLB, LLM U MN. • Lawyer, MN asst attygeneral, community ldr, St Paul, Chicago;mem MN Bd of Regents; pres Mt Zion, JewishHome for the Aged, B'nai B'rith; editor St PaulDaily News; nat! guard service. • See: UJE; E];WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Frankel,Jacob; b. ShavIi, Lithuania, Dec.l01884; d. NYC,]uly 22 1967.

To US 1939. • Industrialist, aRT ldr; fdr, presFriends of aRT; officer World aRT Union;bd Am aRT. • See: A]YB, 69:606.

Frankel,]oseph]erome; b. Philadelphia,Aug4 1912; d. Nov 301975.

BS, MD Temple U. • Hospital admr, Chicago;faculty U Chicago, Abraham Lincoln School ofMed; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Frankel,]oseph]; b. PrzerosIi, Poland, Nov301873.

To US as youth. • Merchant, communalworker, philanthropist, Centerville, !A; officerChamber of Commerce, synagog. • See:BEOA].

Frankel, Lee Kaufer; b. Philadelphia, Aug13 1867; d. Paris,]uly 251931.

BS, PhD U PA. • Insurance exec, pioneer ofsocial insurance, humanitarian, civic,communal, charity & social work exec,Philadelphia, NYC; faculty U PA; bdJointDistribution Com; exec com Jewish Inst ofReligion. • See: UJE; E]; AJYB, 7(1905­1906):58:"59,24:141,34:110,121.040; WWIA],1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, July 261931,18:1.

Frankel, Mordecai David; b. ca 1872; d.Saratoga Springs, Aug 17 1930.

Hassidic rabbi, NYC. • See:A]YB, 33:126.

Frankel, Morse M; b. May 141884.BA CCNY. • Journalist, NYC; editor TheMediator, The FoodAdministrator; orgr tradeassns; active Kehillah, civic affairs. • See:WWIA], 1928.

Frankel, Perry; b. Philadelphia, Jan 131870; d. Philadelphia, Apr 9 1921.

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Merchant, communalldr, Philadelphia; presJewish Chautauqua Soc, Heb Education Soc. •See:A]YB, 23:131; PAIRS, 29:160-61.

Frankel, Philip; b. Cleveland, Feb 27 1885.Cleveland Law. ° Lawyer, car agency exec,Cleveland. ° See: WWIA], 1938.

Frankel, Rudolf; b. Neisse, Germany, June141901; d. Apr 1974.

To US 1950. oBDA Tech U (Berlin). •Architect, city planner, Oxford, OR, Berlin,Bucharest, London; faculty Miami U. • See:WWWIA,6.

Frankel, S W; b. ca 1876; d. NYC, Oct 221935.

Publisher, NYC; orgr, dir Rockefeller CenterFine Arts Exposition See:A]YB, 38:428.

Frankel, Sadye Gorchov (Mrs Henry HFrankel); b. Philadelphia, July 4 1890; d.Dallas, Apr 23 1952.

Gratz. • Nat! Zionist ldr, Philadelphia; a fdrHadassah, Young Daughters of Zion, YoungJudea; nat! exec bd Zionist Org ofAm. • See:A]YB, 54:539; WWIA], 1926.

Frankel, Samuel Benjamin; b. Cincinnati,1905.

US Naval Academy. • Naval officer, rearadmiral, naval attache; specialty: navalintelligence; chief ofstaff Defense IntelligenceAgency; dir naval intelligence school. oSee:E].

Frankel, Samuel H; b. Bethlehem, PA, Aug171893.

Candy co pres, Bethlehem, PA; orgr YMHA;officer trade assn; dir Community Center;~ service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Frankel, Sidney H; b. NYC, Sep 2 1899; d.NYC, Dec 1965.

Mfr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr, officer YoungMens Philanthropic League, Camp Sussex. •See:AJYB, 67:535; NITimes, Dec 71965,47:3.

Frankel, Siegel Charles; b. Uniontown, KY,Sep 101880.

MD U Louisville. • Physician, Louisville;faculty U Louisville; advisor Family ServiceOrg. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Frankel, William V; b. NYC, Sep 3 1903; d.Providence, ]une30 1972.

Columbia. ° Communications & service corpexec; pres·Warner Communications;benefactorJewish Education Center(Elizabeth); active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Red Cross, UN Day, AmJewish Com. II See:A]YB, 74:555; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, July 11972, 24:1.

Franken, Peter Allen; h.*; d. Boston,]une1972.

Hamilton ColI, PhD MIT. • Acousticalphysicist; with industry, government,universities. • See: NITimes, June 221972,42:5, correctionJune 23 1972,39:7,40:4.

Franken, Rose; h. Dallas.Novelist, playwright; Claudia. CD See: UJE.

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Franken, Sigmund W A; b. ca 1888; d.NYC, Dec 13 1933.

Dental surgeon, NYc. • See: AJYB, 36:280.

Frankenberg, Benjamin; b. ca 1835; d.Toledo, May 141911.

Communal worker, Toledo. It See: AJYB,13(1911-1912):138.

Frankenberger, Be~am;b. Charleston, WVA.

Major, US Army, Camp Knox, KY. It See:AJYB, 24:141.

Frankenberger, Max; b. Charleston, WVA,Feb 201879.

Clothing merchant, Charleston,·WVA; dirRed Cross, Educational Center; activesynagog.· See: WWMJ, 1938.

Frankenberger, Samuel; b. Charleston, WVA, Apr 23 1879.

US Military Academy. • Major, WashingtonDC.· See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):94,24:141.

Frankenheimer, John; b. ca 1852; d. NYC,Aug41917.

Lawyer, NYc.. See:AJYB, 20(1918­1919):227.

Frankenstein, Alfred; b. Chicago, Oct 51906; d.June 22 1981.

PhB U Chicago, Yale. • Art & musci critic,curator, author, university lecturer, SanFrancisco; with San Francisco Chronicle; officerArt Commn. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Frankenstein,·Helen; b. Chicago, 1883.Communalldr, Chicago; officer Natl CouncilofJewish Women, synagog, Sisterhood; dirJewish Home Finding Soc. • See: WWMJ,1938.

Frankenstein, William B; b. Chicago, Apr15 1874.

Realtor, Chicago; dir Michael Reese Hospital,synagog.· See: WWMJ, 1928.

Frankenthal, Adolph Levy; b. Lubeck,Gennany,Jan 11851; d. NYC, July 111909.

To US 1871. • US consul, merchant, leathergoods mfr, author, Hamburg, Boston; activecommunal affairs. • See: JE; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):94-95,12(1910-1911):108; WWWIA, 4.

Frankenthal, Emanuel; b. ca 1827; d.Chicago, Sep 12 1911.

Communal worker, Chicago.· See:AJYB,14(1912-1913):124.

Frankenthaler, Alfred; b. NYC, Sep 241881; d. NYC, Jan 71940.

BA CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, statesupreme court justice, court referee, NYC;active NY Real Estate Bd. • See: UJE; AJYB,42:478; WWMJ, 1926,1928,1938.

Frankenthaler, George; b. NYC, Aug 141886; d. NYC, May 10 1968.

CCNY, LLB Columbia.•. NY supreme courtjustice; natl bd AmORT; officerJewishWelfare Bd, YM-YWHA; memJewish

Conciliation Bd. • See:AJYB, 70:520;NITimes, May 13 1968.

Frankfort, Henri; b. Amsterdam, Feb 241897; d. July 16 1954.

In US 1939-49. • Near Eastern archaeologist,tchr; faculty U Chicago, Warburg Inst (ULondon); author in field, on cultural synthesis.19 See: EJ; WWWlA, 3.

Frankfurter, Alfred Moritz; b. Chicago, Oct4 1906; d. Jerusalem, May 12 1965.

Princeton, Inst for Art History (Berlin). • Artcritic, connoisseur; editor Art Ne7JJs. • See:DAB, 7; NITi1nes, May 13 1965, 37:4.

Frankfurter, Felix; b. Vienna, Nov 15/161882; d. Washington DC, Feb 1965.

To US 1894. • AB CCNY, LLB Harvard Law.It US supreme court justice; a fdr Am CivilLiberties Union; faculty Harvard; counselNAACP, Natl Counsumers League; author infield; autobiography. • See: EJ; AJYB, 24:141,67:31-36,535; WWMJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWlA, 4; DAB, 7; NITimes,. Feb 231965,1:6.

Frankl, Oscar Benjamin; b. Kremsier,Moravia,Jan 181881; d. NYC, Dec 171955.

To US 1939/1940. • U Vienna. • Philologist,broadcaster,tchr, author, NYC; internatlauthority on broadcasting; with Columbia,Rand School for Social Science. • See: EJ (subFrankl-Gruen);AJYB, 58:476; NITimes, Dec191955,27:3.

Frankl, Paul; b. Prague, Apr 22 ·1878; d.Princeton,Jan 301962.

To US 1938. • Art historian; mem Inst forAdvanced Study (Princeton); author in field. •See: AJYB, 64:493; NITimes, Jan 31 1962,31:2.

Frankl, Paul Theodore; b. Vienna, Oct 141886; d. Mar 21 1958.

To US 1914.· UVienna, UBerlin, artschools. • Designer, gallery owner,businessman, Los Angeles; faculty U SouthernCA; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Mar 22 1958, 17:3.

Frankl, Victor E; b. 1905.Psychiatrist, author, concentration campsurvivor; fdr logotherapy. • See: EJ.

Frankle, Henry; b. ca 1842; d. Denver, Jan41929.

A fdr, pres NatlJewish Hospital, Denver. •See:AJYB, 31:92.

Franklin, Abraham Mayer; b. Vilna, Oct 81861/1862/1863; d. Buffalo, Nov 3 1932.

To Buffalo 1901. • Rabbi, comniunalldr,Buffalo. • See:A]YB, 35:123; Eisenstadt, 82-83; Gottlieb, 295-96. .

Franklin, Andrew; b. ca 1836; d. East StLouis, June 41915.

Civil War officer, East St Louis. • See: AJYB,18(1916-1917):107.

Franklin, Benjamin; b. NYC, Sep 81862.

Frariklin, Pearl

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYc. It See:WWMJ,1938.

Franklin, Edward Claus; b. Berlin, Apr 141928.

To US 1939.· BS Harvard, MD NYU.•Physician; faculty NYU; advisor Natl Inst ofHealth, Am Heart Assn; author in field;military service. It See: WWWlA, 8.

Franklin, Fabian; b. Eger, Hungary, Jan 181853; d. NYC, Jan 1939.

To US ca 1857.· PhB Columbian U (GeorgeWashington), PhD Johns Hopkins; honorarydegree. • Civil engineer, mathematician,surveyor, journalist, Baltimore, NYC; facultyJohns Hopkins; editor Baltimore Ne7JJs, NYEvening Post; author in field & on currenttopics. It See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):95,24:141,41:421; WWMJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ;WWWlA, I;DAB,2;NITimes,Jan91939,15:3.

Franklin, Harris; b.*; d. NYC, May 301923.Civil War veteran, NYc.. See:AJYB, 26:154;NITimes, May 311923,15:4.

Franklin, Harvey B; b. Chicago, 1893.PhB U Chicago, MA Stanford. • Rabbi, LongBeach, CA; dir Community Chest; active NatlConf of Christians & Jews. • See: WWMJ,1938.

Franklin, Leo Morris; b~ Cambridge City,IN, Mar 5 1870; d. Detroit, Aug 8 1948.

BA, LLB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb UnionColI, post-grad U MI; honorary degrees. •Rabbi, author, Detroit; a fdr Round Table ofCatholics, Jews & Protestants, Jewish WelfareFedn; pres Central Conf ofAm Rabbis, PublicLibrary; bd Union ofAm Heb Congregations;dir World Union for Progressive Judaism;mem Am Council for Judaism. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):55,24:141,51:521;WWMJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWlA,2; NYTimes, Aug 9 1948, 19:1.

Franklin, Lumley; b. Liverpool, 1812; d.San Francisco, 1873.

Mayor, Victoria, BC. • See: UJE (sub Franklin,Selim); EJ (sub Franklin, Selim).

Franklin,Marcus;b. ca 1842;d.Philadelphia, Nov 61916.

Physician, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 19(1917­1918):265.

Franklin, Melvin M; b. Philadelphia, Aug13 1874; d. Point Pleasant, N},July 311938.

Columbia, MD UPA; honorary degrees. •Surgeon, Philadelphia; WWI service. It See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):95,41:421; WWWlA, 1;NITimes, Aug 2 1938,19:3.

Franklin, Pearl; b. Huntington, IN, May 11885; d. Chicago, July 101958.

AB IN U, MA U Chicago, LLB Kent ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, civics tchr, communal &Zionist ldr, Chicago; natlofficer Hadassah;faculty WrightJr ColI; officer Zionist Org ofAm.· See:AJYB, 61:417; WWMJ, 1938;NITimes, July 12 1958,15:5.

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Franklin,Se~;b.Liver:POol; 1814;d.SanFrancisco, 1883.

Canadian legislator, realtor, businessman,Chamber of Commerce orgr, San Francisco. •See: UJE; EJ·

Franklin, Sydney/Sidney; b. BrooklYn,1903; d. 1976.

Matador, art student, broadcaster, author,Brooklyn, Spain, Mexico City; autobiography.• See: EJ; BEOA];- NYTimes, May 2 1976,52:1.

Franklin, Sydney/Sidney Arnold; b._SanFrancisco, Mar 211893;d. May 1972.

Actor, cameraman, motion picture producer;with MGM. • See: UJE; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, May 20 1972, 36:5.

Franklin, W S; b.*; d. Santa Barbara, 1945/1946.

MD Cooper Med ColI. • Ophthalmologist,colI professor, San Francisco; activeRepublican politics. • See: A]YB, 24:141;NYTimes, Jan 3 1946,19:3.

Franko, Anna Braga (Anna Braga) (MrsNahan Franko); b. ca 1865; d. Sep 111938.

Actress, NYC. • See: A]YB, 41 :422; NYTimes,Sep 13 1938,23:4.

Franko, Jeanne Qeannie) (Mrs HugoKraemer); b. New Orleans, Feb 8 1868;d. NYC, Dec 3 1940.

Violin Virtuoso, professor of music, NewOrleans.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):95,24:141,43:357; NYTimes, Dec 41940,27:3.

Franko, Nahan; b. July 23 1861; d.Amityville, NY, June 7 1930.

Violinist, concertmaster, conductor, NYC;orgr orchestra, string quartet. • See: UJE;A]YB, 24:141, 32:153; WWIA], 1926, 1928;NYTimes, June 81930,26:1.

Franko, Samuel (Sam); b. New Orleans, Jan201857; d. May 61937.

Conductor, Violinist, composer, tchr, NYC;with Mendelssohn Quartet; orgr AmSymphony Orchestra; autobiography. • See:UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):95-96, 24:141,39:591; WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Franks, Abigail (Billah Abigail Levy Franks)(Mrs Jacob Franks); b. London, Nov 261696; d. NYC, May 161756/1765.

Well-known eighteenth century letter writer,NYC. • See: BDEAJ (sub Levy, Billah Abigail).

Franks, Abigail; b. Jan 6 1744; d. Sep 111798.

Mem ofprominent Philadelphia family;baptized on birth. • See: J1DEA]; PA]HS,58:137-38,59:223-26.

Franks, Benjamin; b. Barbados, ca 1649; d.ca 1716.

To US ca 1696/1700. • Jeweler; served withCaptain Kidds pirates. • See: E] (sub Franks);BDEA]; PA]HS, 31:229-34.

Franks, David Salisbury; b. NYC, Sep 231720; d. Philadelphia, Oct 7 1793.

Merchant, US government courier,

Revolutionary War officer, Philadelphia; anorgr Soc of Cincinnatus; asst cashier Bank ofthe US; ldr Montreal Shearith Israel. • See:]E(sub Franks); UJE (sub Franks); E] (subFranks); BDEA]; PA]HS, 5:157-89, 10:101,.08,166-68,11:190-91,18:210-11,22:195,31:234

Franks, Henry Benjamin (NaphtaliBenjamin); b.*; d. Dec 1758.

Shopkeeper, Mt Holly, NJ. • See: PA]HS,25:125-27.

Franks, Isaac; b. NYC, May 271759; d.Philadelphia, Mar 4 1822.

Revolutionary War soldier, public official, landspeculator, PA. • See:]E(sub Franks); UJE(sub Franks); BDEA]; PA]HS, 5:7-34, 10:168­70.

Franks, Jacob; b. Germany, 1688; d. NYC,Jan 161769.

To America ca 1710. • Merchant-shipper,communalldr, NYC; pres Shearith Israel. •See: UJE (sub Franks); E] (sub Franks);BDEA]; PA]HS, 25:75-80,26:260-66.

Franks, Jacob; b. England, ca 1766; d. ca1823.

Merchant, ciVic ldr, land owner, developer,Green Bay, WI; War of 1812 serVice. • See:UJE (sub Franks); E]; PA]HS, 9:151-52.

Franks, Michael; b.*Private, French & Indian War; Jew? • See:]E(sub Franks).

Franks, Moses; b. NYC,Jan 11718; d.London, Apr 2 1789.

In America by 1738. • Army supplier, landspeculator; supplied British forces duringFrench & Indian War.· See: UJE(subFranks); BDEA]; PA]HS, 1:56,71,2:92,9:33,18:213.

Franks, Moses; b. 1743; d. before 1812.U PA. • Atty, land speculator, Tory, Bahamianatty general.· See: BDEA]; PA]HS, 9:33,18:213,19:107,120.

Franks, Naphtali (Hart); b. NYC, July 11715; d. England, Oct 311796.

To England 1737. • Prominent merchant­shipper, army purveyor; active communal &ciVic affairs; married a Christian. • See:BDEA].

Franks, Phila; b.June 19 1722.Loyalist during Revolutionary War. • See:BDEA]; PA]HS, 1:103.

Franks, Rebecca (Mrs HenryJohnson); b~

Philadelphia, 1760;d.Ba~,England,Feb13 1823.

Philadelphia socialite, ardent Tory, author,letter writer, Anglican. • See:]E (sub Franks);UJE (sub Franks); BDEA]; PA]HS, 11:184-86;NAW.

Frant, Samuel; b. Newport, June 8 1898; d.July 30 1961.

AB, MD, MS Columbia, LLB NYU (honorarydegree?). • Public health admr, NYC; withDept of Health; faculty Columbia; officer med

172

socs. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, July 311961,19:3.

Frantz, Marshall; b. Dec 26 1890.Illustrator, portrait painter, NYC; withCosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, SaturdayEvening Post.· See:A]YB, 24:141; WWIA],1926,1928,1938.

Franzblau, Abraham Norman; b. NYC, July11901; d. NYC, Oct 281982.

BS CCNY, PhD Columbia, MD U Cincinnati,JTS Tchrs Inst; honorary degrees. •Psychiatrist, educator, Cincinnati; specialty:Jewish education; fdr, principal Heb UnionColI School for Tchrs (NYC); active Union ofAm Heb Congregations; consult Office ofSurgeon General; author in field, onJewishsubjects. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 84:332;WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA., 8; NYTimes,Oct291982.

Frauen~al,Henry William; b. Wtlkes-Barre, 1862; d. NYC, Mar 11 1927.

Lehigh, MD Bellevue. • Pioneer orthopedicsurgeon,communalworker,NYC;co-fdrHospital for Joint Diseases; donor scholarships;author in field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:141,29:117; WWIA], 1926.

Frauen~al, Herman C; b.-Wtlkes-Barre, ca1867; d. NYC, Aug 1942.

Orthopedic surgeon, NYC; co-fdr Hospital forJoint Diseases. • See:A]YB, 24:141,45:385;NYTimes, Aug 241942, 15:3.

Frauen~al, Joseph; b. Louisville, Mar 301858.

Banker, merchant, ciVic ldr, Conway, AR; memCity Council; pres School Bd, Chamber ofCommerce; active Democratic politics. • See:WWIA],1928.

Frauen~al,Marian (Mrs David Sloane); b.NYC,Nov1904;d.Harmon,NY,Sep1940.

AB Smith, MD Bellevue. • Orthopedicsurgeon, NYC; supporter, staffHospital forJoint Diseases. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Sep 241940, 23:4.

Frauen~al (Fron~all, Franken~al,

Fahren~al), Max; b. Marien~al, Bavaria,1836.

To US 1851. • Confederate soldier,distinguished for bravery, Conway, AR. • See:]E; UJE.

Frauen~al, Mrs Herman C; b. ca 1873; d.NYC, Dec 231933.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,36:280.

Frazon (Frazier), Joseph; b. Brazil?; d. Feb4 1703/1704.

To US 1697. • Shipowner, landowner, Boston,Charleston, MA; resisted-attempts of CottonMather to convert him. • See: UJE (subBoston); BDEA].

Frechie, Abraham Meyer; b. ca 1831; d.Philadelphia, Oct 19 1906.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,9(1907-1908):504.

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Frechtel, Leon; b. NYC, Mar 25 1921;d.NYC, Feb 1970.

Columbia, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, Nurembergprosecutor, apparel mfr; pres clothing union. •See: NITimes, Feb 20 1970,49:4.

Fredenthal, David; b. Detroit, Apr 281914;d. Nov 13 1958.

Artist, author, NYC; war correspondent Life. •See: WWWIA, 3.

Fredman, Joseph (J) George; b.Weehawken, N}, Aug 31 1895; d. NorthBergen, N},July 2 1958.

Cooper Union, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,Jersey City; nat! Commander-in-ChiefjewishWar Veterans; orgr economic boycott ofGermany, NonSectarian Anti-Nazi League; bdAm Jewish Com; author/editor in field;"WWIservice.· See: UJE; AJYB, 61:417; WWIAJ,1938; REGAJ; NITimes, July 3 1958,25:5.

Fredman, Samuel; b. Grodno, Mar 7/171886; d. Philadelphia, Apr 14 1941.

To US 1888.· Baltimore City ColI, ABJohnsHopkins, ordainedJTS, post-grad Dropsie,Columbia, U PA. • Rabbi,ldr Conservativerabbinate, Philadelphia; "WWI chaplain. • See:AJYB, 24:141, 43:357; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;NITimes, Apr 15 1941,23:1.

Fredrick, Leopold; b. Polstrau, Yugoslavia,Jan 11876.

To US 1901.· Business school. • Banker,business exec, author on foreign exchange,NYC.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freed, AlanJ; b.Johnstown, PA, Dec 151921; d. Palm Springs,Jan 201965.

BS OH State. • Nationally known radio &television disc jockey, Cleveland, NYC, LosAngeles; involved in payola scandal;"WWIIservice. • See: DAR, 7; NITimes, Jan 21 1965,31:4.

Freed, Alexander; b. Deliatitz, Russia, Sep7 1899; d. Israel, Feb 13 1966.

To NYC 1914. • AB Brown, MD St LouisSchool ofMed. • Physician, NYC; specialty:cancer; author in field & Heb poems, stories,dictionary; "WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, Feb 22 1966,23:2.

Freed, Allie Samuel; b. Nashville, ca 1892/Sep 171919; d. Washington DC, Jan 111938.

Taxi cab mfr, low-cost housing developer,philanthropist, NYC, Arlington, VA. • See:AJYB, 40:j84; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan 121938,21:6.

Freed, Arthur; b. Charleston, SC, Sep 91894/1896; d. Apr 1973.

Musical comedy composer, motion pictureproducer, Los Angeles. • See: WWIAJ, 1928;WWWIA,5;NITimes,Apr 13 1973,42:5.

Freed, Elizabeth Rosenfield (Mrs); b. ca1862; d. Cambridge, MA, Feb 1934.

Communal worker, Cambridge, MA. • See:AJYB, 36:280.

Freed, Isadore; b. Brest-Litovsk, Mar 261900; d. Oceanside, NY, Nov 10 1960.

To US 1903/1904. • Mus B U PA,Philadelphia Conservatory. • Conductor,composer, pianist; a fdr, tchr Heb Union Coll­Jewish Inst of ReligionJewish Music Forum;faculty U Hartford, Curtis.·· See: UJE; AJYB,63:559; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,'4;NITimes,Nov 12 1960,21:5.

Freed, Joseph David Roth; b. NYC, Oct 181897; d. NYC, Apr 18 1941.

BS CCNY. • Pioneer developer/mfr radioreceiving sets, NYC; author in field; reserveservice.· See:AJYB, 43:357; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; REGAJ; NITimes, Apr 19 1941, 15:1.

Freed, Louis A; b. Hempstead, TX, Aug 151872.

Trinity U. • Zionist Idr, Houston; nat! execcom Zionist Org ofAm; orgr, pres TX ZionistAssn; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938.

Freed, Meyer; b. Russia, ca 1876; d.Boston, Oct 12 1947.

To US 1907. • Rabbi, NYC; exec staffYeshivaU.· See:AJYB, 50:515; NITimes, Oct 131947,23:3.

Freed, Meyer Lifschutz; b. Haimanas,Russia, Aug 5 1896.

To US 1904. • BS Brooklyn Polytech. •Consult chemist, Seymour, CT; dir JewishCommunity Center; "WWI service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Freed, Simon; b. Lodz, Nov 11 1898.To US 1905. • BS MIT, post-grad U Paris,PhD U CA. • Chemist, Chicago; faculty UChicago; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freedheim, Eugene H; b. Leadville, CO,Mar 16 1900; d. Dec 19 1984.

AB U CO, JD Harvard. • Lawyer, communal,civic & social welfare Idr, Cleveland; nat! bdNat! Conf of Social Welfare; officer WelfareFedn, Family Service Assn, Jewish FamilyService Assn, bar assn. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Freedlander, A L; b. Wooster, OH, June 61889; d. Dayton, OH, Aug41971.

Case; honorary degree. • Rubber mfr, patentholder, Akron, Dayton, OH; "WWI service. •See: WWWIA, 5,8; NITimes, Aug 6 1971,34:5.

Freedlander, Arthur R; b. NYC, ca 1875; d.NYC, June 1940.

NYC, Beaux Arts (Paris). • Artist, portraitist,NYC; fdr professional org; dir MarthasVineyard Art School; Protestant burial. • See:AJYB, 24:141; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June26 1940,23:6.

Freedlander, Joseph Henry; b. NYC; d.Nov 23 1943.

MIT, Beaux Arts (Paris), Arch diploma France.• Architect, NYC; officer professional socs. •See: UJE;AJYB, 24:141; WWIAJ, 1926,1938;REGAJ; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Nov 24 1943,21:5.

Freedlander, Samuel Oscar; b. Wooster,OH, July 30 1893.

AB, MD Western Reserve, post-grad Vienna.·

Freedman, Harry Leo

Surgeon, Cleveland; faculty Western Reserve.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freedman, Abraham L; b. Trenton, Nov 191904; d. Philadelphia, Mar 1971.

LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, Philadelphia;faculty Temple U; officer professional assn; dirAssocd Talmud Torahs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Mar 15 1971.

Freedman, Alan Joseph; b. Cleveland, Sep 91923; d. NYC, Dec 1982.

Columbia. • Businessman, culturalldr,philanthropist; pres Municipal Arts Soc;WWII service. • See: NITimes, Dec 16 1982.

Freedman, Andrew; b. NYC, Sep 1 1860; d.NYC, Dec41915.

CCNY. • Businessman, financier, politician,philanthropist, NYC; owner NY Giants; activeTammany, making subway system possible. •See: UJE; AJYB, 18(1916-1917):107;WWWIA, 1; DAR; NITimes, Dec 7 1915, 13:5.

Freedman, Barnett; b. ca 1861; d.Baltimore, Oct 18 1938.

Merchant, communal worker, Baltimore. •See:AJYB, 41:422.

Freedman, Benjamin E; b. Brooklyn, May 51905; d. NYC,July 291968.

Mfr, communalldr, author, NYC; bd HebTchrs Training School, Jewish MemorialHospital, Jewish Culture Found; againstsynagogs. • See: AJYB, 70:520; NITimes, July30 1968, 39:2.

Freedman, David; b. Botosani, Rumania,Apr 261898; d. NYC, Dec 81936.

To US ca 1899. • BS CCNY, MA Columbia. •Comedy writer, author, biographer, NYC;known for Mendel Marantz stories. • See:UJE; AJYB, 39:591; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;NITimes, Dec 91936,30:2.

Freedman, Doris Chaim; b. NYC, Apr 251928; d. NYC, Nov 1981.

Albright ColI, MA Columbia. • Cultural &civic Idr; fdr Public Arts Council; chr PublicArts Fund Inc. • See: NITimes, Nov 27 1981.

Freedman, Emanuel Ralph; b. York, PA,Dec 2 1910; d.Jan 1971.

AB, Litt B Columbia. • Asst managing editor,NITimes, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 5; NITimes,Jan 281971,38:1.

Freedman, Ephraim; b. Rochester, NY, July51892.

PhG Columbia. • Chemist, NYC; advisorState Dept ofLabor; active trade &professional assns; "WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Freedman, Eugene; b. Cluj, Rumania, July31897.

To US 1924. • Roentgenologist, Cleveland;faculty Western Reserve; author in field. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Freedman, Harry Leo; b. Boston, Dec 14. 1899.

BS, MS MIT, MD Harvard. • Psychiatrist,

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Dannemora, NY; with state prison system;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Freedman, Henry; b. ca 1865; d.Cincinnati, Dec 22 1936.

Communal worker, Cincinnati.· See:A]YB,39:591. .

Freedman, Isabella; b. NYC, 1863;d. NYC,May251927.

Communal & social worker, NYC; fdr JewishWorking Girls Section of Emanu-EISisterhood; dir Inwood House. • See: A]YB,30:80; WWIA], 1926.

Freedman, Israel (pen name=Israel theYanker); b. Botosani, Rumania, Apr 111878; d. Fallsburg, NY, Mar 18 1934.

To US 1900. • Yiddish journalist, author,actor, NYC. • See:A]YB, 36:280; WWIA],1928.

Freedman, Jacob; b. Radjisok, Russia, Dec181903.

To US 1904. • Harvard, AB, MA Columbia,ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, translator, NiagaraFalls, NY.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Freedman, Jacob Arthur; b. Dembica,Austria, Mar 28 1886; d. Brooklyn, Apr1955.

.Lawyer, Brooklyn, NYC; specialty: real estatelaw; dir Am aRT, Jewish Family Service;active Republican & Fusion politics, communalaffairs, Chamber of Commerce, bar assn. • See:WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Apr 141955,29:3.

Freedman, Leo; b. Hungary, Jan 15 1884.To US 1899.· Columbia, NYU, BS, BEdColumbia. • Educator, author, Los Angeles;fdr, pres Beverly School for Boys, Rhodes PrepSchool (NYC). • See: WWIA], 1928; BEOA];WWWIA, 7.

Freedman, Louis; b. New Haven, Jan 281894.

PhB, MS Yale, PhD Columbia. II Biochemist,research chemist, NYC; with US VitaminCorp; author in field; WWI governinent work.• See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Freedman, Louis Mark; b. Boston, Aug 161880.

AB, MD Harvard. • Ear, nose, throat surgeon,Boston; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938.

Freedman, MJoel; b. Brest-Litovsk, Oct 151903; d. Feb 23 1973.

CCNY, DDS NYU. • Dentist, NYC; facultyNYU; mem Protestant Welfare Council, AmJewish Com, Am Jewish Congo II See:WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Feb 24 1973, 32:2.

Freedman, Max; b. Hungary, 1888?; d.Cleveland, Apr 13 1967.

To US 1911. II Business exec, philanthropist,Cleveland; officer Am Jewish Com; benefactorAlbert Einstein ColI ofMed, Israel Bond Org.• See:A]YB, 69:606; NYTimes, Apr 141967,39:4.

Freedman, Nathan Nahum; b. ca 1851; d.Chicago, June 19 1945.

To US ca 1880. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar,Chicago.· See:A]YB, 48:489.

Freedman, Nathan Older; b. Hartford, June13 1891.

LLB Boston U, MA CA Assocd ColIs. •Lawyer, Hartford, Los Angeles; facultySouthwestern U.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Freedman, Rosina Mandelberg (MrsEdward S Freedman); b. Omaha, Oct 121890.

Smith. • Communal & civic worker,Worcester; officer Nat! Council ofJewishWomen, Council of Social Agencies(Springfield, MA), MA Soc for the Preventionof Cruelty to Children. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Freedman, Samuel Aaron; b. Minsk, Sep 261863.

Warsaw Conservatory. • Cantor, St Louis;author on music. • See: A]YB, 5(1903­1904):55.

Freedman, Zachary Leo; b. KaminitzLitovsky, Russia, Dec 51883; d. Bronx,.Aug81955.

Labor union mgr; with ILGWU; chrJewishLabor Coinmn. • See: A]YB, 58:476; NYTimes,Aug 10 1955,25:2.

Freehof, Mortimer Edgar; b. Brooklyn,May61893.

Columbia. • Architect, NYC; active synagog;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Freehof, Solomon Bennett; b. London, Aug81892.

To US 1903.· AB U Cincinnati, ordained,DD Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, authority onresponsa, author, Chicago, Pittsburgh; facultyHeb Union ColI; active Central Conf ofAmRabbis; WWI chaplain. • See: U]E; E]; AJYB,24:142; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA].

Freeman, Aaron; b. Baltimore, Sep 241902.

B EngJohns Hopkins, LLB U MD. •Employment supervisor, Baltimore; withtelephone co.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Freeman, Charles H; b. Belvedere, N], Oct161878; d. NYC, Apr 221960.

Financier; a fdr NYJewish Philanthropies,Central Bureau for Jewish Aged. II See: A]YB,62:450; NYTimes, Apr 23 1960, 23:3.

Freeman, Harry; b. NYC, Mar 2 1906; d.Jan 141978.

AB Cornell, Columbia. II Journalist, NYC; asstmgr, editor Am Bureau; officer professionalsoc.· See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Jan 151978,28:1.

Freeman, Ira Maximilian; b. Chicago, Aug15 1905.

BS, MS, PhDU Chicago. • Physicist, Chicago;faculty U Chicago; author/translator in field. II

See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Freeman, Joseph; b. Poltava province,Ukraine, Oct 7 1897; d. NYC, Aug 91965.

To US 1904. II AB Columbia. • Radical

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journalist, publicist, novelist, poet, Socialist,Communist; editorial staffThe Liberator, NewMasses; correspondent for Tass; autobiography.• See: U]E; E]; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes,Aug 111965,35:1.

Freeman, Julian; b. Brooklyn, Oct 171897;d. Nov291980.

Crane ColI, Chicago Art Inst. • Business exec,architect, nat! communalldr, Indianapolis; nat!officer United Synagogue ofAm; pres CouncilofJewish Fedns & Welfare Funds; officerJ ewish Welfare Fedn; WWI service. II See:WWWIA, 7.

Freeman, Leo; see Freedman, Leo.

Freeman, Martin; b. Wtlkes-Barre, Sep 241873.

Realtor, communal worker, ~lkes-Barre; presBusinessmens Assn, B'nai B'rith; active JewishOrphan Home, Nat! Farm School. • See:WWIA], 1928.

Freeman, Moses; b. ca 1859; d.Philadelphia, June 1 1937.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. II See: A]YB,39:591.

Freezer, Jacob; b. ca 1870; d. NYC, Nov 101936•

Merchant, communal worker, NYC. II See:A]YB, 39:591.

Freezer, Rose F (Mrs); b. ca 1877; d. NYC,Aug 301938.

Communalldr, NYC; pres Harlem Heb Day& Night Nursery; officer Deborah TubercularSanitarium. • See:A]YB, 41:422; NYTimes,Aug 311938,15:4.

Freiberg, AJulius; b. Cincinnati, Mar 171873; d. Oct 1950.

AB Harvard, LLB Cincinnati Law, HarvardLaw. II Lawyer, Cincinnati; officer bar assn,Chamber of Commerce. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938;NYTimes, Oct 171950, 31:2.

Freiberg, Abraham; b. Bavaria, ca 1844; d~

Cincinnati, Oct 41925.To US 1865. II Distiller, real estate broker,communal worker, Cincinnati. II See: A]YB,28:150; NYTimes, Oct 6 1925,27:5.

Freiberg, Albert Henry; b. Cincinnati, Aug171868; d. Cincinnati,July 141940.

MD U Cincinnati, post-grad abroad; honorarydegree. II Orthopedic surgeon; faculty UCincinnati; pres State Med Assn; bd HebUnion ColI; WWI service.. II See: U]E; E](sub Freiberg); A]YB, 6(1904-1905):96,24:142,43:357; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 1.

Freiberg, Bernhard (Bernard); b. ca 1850;d. Cincinnati, Nov 241938.

Distiller, communal worker, Cincinnati. • See:A]YB, 41:422; NYTimes, Nov 25 1938,23:5.

Freiberg, Harry Abraham; b. Cincinnati,July 13 1878.

AB Harvard. • Mfr, civic worker, Cincinnati; afdr City Charter Commn, Big Bros; officer

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trade assns, Newsboys Protective Assn,Community Chest. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEGAJ.

Freiberg, Joseph Albert; b. Cincinnati, Oct3 1898; d. May 11973.

AB Harvard, MA, MD U Cincinnati. •Orthopedic surgeon, consult, Cincinnati;faculty U Cincinnati; officer med socs.- See:EJ (sub Freiberg); WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6;NITimes, May 3 1973,46:3.

Freiberg, Julius; b. Neu Leiningen,Rheinpfalz, May 11823; d. Cincinnati,Dec 7/141905.

To Cincinnati 1847. • Merchant, distiller,communalldr, philanthropist, Cincinnati; a fdrJewish Hospital; pres Union ofAm HebCongregations; officer Heb Union ColI;delegate OH Constitutional Convention. •See: UJE (sub Freiberg); EJ (sub Freiberg);AJYB, 7(1905-1906):59; (1906-1907):224;PAJRS, 19:202-05.

Freiberg, J ijulius) Walter; b. Cincinnati,Dec 201858; d. Cincinnati,June 91921.

Merchant, civic & communalldr,philanthropist, Cincinnati; orgr Nat! Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods; pres Union ofAm HebCongregations. • See: UJE (sub Freiberg); EJ(sub Freiberg); AJYB, 24:101; PAJRS, 29:161­63.

Freiberg, Julius Walter; b. Cincinnati, Aug91885.

AB Yale. • Mfr, civic & communalldr,Cincinnati; mem Charter Com; pres Union ofAm Heb Congregations; officer Nat! Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods. • See: UJE (subFreiberg); EJ (sub Freiberg); WWIAJ, 1938;BEGAJ.

Freiberg, Leonard Henry; b. Cincinnati,Dec 23 1885; d. Feb 41954.

AB Yale, LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer,Cincinnati; mem City Charter Com; officerB'nai B'rith; active bar assn, synagog, politics. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWL4, 3; NITimes,Feb 6 1954, 19:6.

Freiberg, Maurice J ijulius); b. Cincinnati,Jan 7 1861; d. Cincinnati, Dec 30 1936.

Distiller, Commr ofWaterworks,philanthropist, Cincinnati; pres Chamber ofCommerce; bd Heb Union ColI. • See: UJE(sub Freiberg); EJ{sub Freiberg);AJYB,24:142,39:591; WWIAJ; 1926; BEGAJ;WWWIA, 1.

Freiberg, Sigmund; b. Cincinnati, Mar 151866.

Furniture co exec, Cincinnati. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Freiberg, Stella Heinsheimer (MrsJ WalterFreiberg); b. Cincinnati, Nov 291862/1863; d. Cincinnati, Jan 20 1962.

Communalldr, Cincinnati; a fdr, nat! pres Nat!Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods; a fdr, dirCincinnati Symphony; benefactor Heb UnionColI; active Jewish Social Services. • See: UJE(sub Freiberg); EJ (sub Freiberg); AJYB,64:493; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Freiberger, David; b. Gromach, Hungary,Dec 12 1876; d. NYC,July 291947.

To NYC 1879. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,Zionist ldr, NYC; counsel Am ZionCommonwealth; bd Zionist Org ofAm; activesynagog.· See:AJYB, 50:515; WWlAJ, 1938;NYTimes,July311947,21:6.

Freiberger, Isadore Fred; b. NYC, Dec 121879; d. Apr 291969.

AB Western Reserve, LLB Baldwin-Wallace;honorary degrees. • Banker, Cleveland; presGoodrich Social Settlement House; officerChamber of Commerce; bdJewish Charities. •See: WWlAJ, 1926,1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA,5.

Freid, Alexander; b. Kalvaria, Lithuania.Sorbonne, Royal Conservatory(Sondershausen, Germany). • Conductor,NYC; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Freid, Sara Sokolsky (Mrs Alexander Freid);b. Korytki, Poland.

To US 1916.· Royal Academy ofMusic,Sorbonne. • Pianist, organist, tchr, NYC;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Freidenrich, Hanna (Mrs Leo Freidenrich);b. Emsbach, Wiirttelllberg, June 151879.

Business colI. • Civic worker, Spokane; presNatl Council ofJewish Women; officerSisterhood. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Freidin, Jesse; b. NYC, July 27 1909; d. July-171968.

B Litt Rutgers, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC;specialty: labor relations; general counsel NatlWar Labor Bd; trustee Jewish Guild for Blind.• See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 19 1968,35:1. .

Freidson, Simon B; b. ca 1857; d. Boston,Mar 22 1936.

Newspaperman, Boston.· See:AJYB, 38:428.

Freidus, Abraham Solomon; b. Riga, May 11867; d. Oct 2 1923.

To US 1889. • Pratt, General TheologySeminary. • Librarian, bibliographer, inventorclassification system for Jewish literature,NYC; with Public Library; active Palestinesettlement. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):96,24:142,26:154; Eisenstadt, 81-82;PAJRS, 29:163-65; NYTimes, Oct 41923,23:3.

Freifield, Max; b.*; d. New Bedford, MA,Jan 241911.

Rabbi, New Bedford, MA. • See: AJYB,13(1911-1912):137.

Freifield, Samuel; b. New Bedford, MA,Mar 141903.

AB, JD OH State. • Lawyer, US CommrSouthern District of OH, Steubenville, OH. •See: WWlAJ, 1938.

Freiheim,J B; b. Bavaria, 1848; d.. Camden,AR, Aug 22 1899.

Lawyer, US Land Office registrar; Civil WarConfederate service. • See: JE.

Freud, Ignatz

Freiler, AbrahamJ; b. Minneapolis, Aug 71892; d. 1962.

Business exec, Chicago; exec AStein & Co. •See: WWWIA, 4.

Freilich, Ellis Benjamin; b. Chicago, jan 171891.

MD U IL. • Internist, Chicago; officerTubercular Soc, Mt Sinai. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Freilicoff, Morris; b. Chernigov, 1886; d.Washington DC, Mar 27 1981.

To US 1902. • Yiddish writer, essayist, poet; afdr Labor Zionist movement; staff Day­MorningJournal. • See:AJYB, 83:354.

Freiman, Henry David; b. Philadelphia,Nov 51913; d. Aug 17 1970.

MD U PA. • Physician, gastroenterologist,Philadelphia; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,5.

Freiman, Louis; b. Russia; 1892?; d.Brentwood, NY,Jan 301967.

To US 1906. • Playwright. • See: AJYB,69:606-07; NYTimes, Feb 3 1967,28:6.

Freimann, Aron (Aaron); b. Filehne, Posen,Aug 51871; d. NYC,June 61948.

To US 1933/1938. • PhD U Berlin. •Bibliographer, Jewish historian, author; withAm Academy for Jewish Research, Frankfurt &NYC public libraries; faculty Yeshiva ColI;active communal & educational instns. • See:JE; EJ; UJE;AJYB, 51:521; NYTimes, June 71948, 19:5.

Frenkel, Clara Freiburg (Mrs JonasFrenkeQib.caI868;d.Cincinnati,Aug171937.

Natl communalldr, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,40:384; NYTimes, Aug 191937,19:5.

Frenkel, Emil; b. Nordhausen-am-Harz,Gennany, ca 1855; d. NYC, Dec 12 1934.

U Berlin, U Heidelberg. • Insurance broker,communal worker, NYC; active synagog, HebOrphan Asylum. • See:AJYB, 37:256; WWlAJ,1928.

Frenkel-Brunswik, Else (Mrs EgonBrunswick); b. Lemberg, Aug 181908; d.Mar 311958.

To US 1938. • Psychologist, psychoanalyst;mem Vienna Circle; specialty: prejudice;faculty U Vienna, U CA (Berkeley); author infield. • See: NAW: modern.

Frentz, William; b. ca 1890; d. Louisville,June,!71939.

Business exec, communal worker, Louisville. •See:AJYB,41:422.

Freschl, Max Alexander; b. Milwaukee, Aug161887.

U MI, New Bedford (MA) Textile School. •Hosierymfr, Milwaukee; exec com NatlJewishHospital; active Orchestral Assn;WWI service.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freud, Ignatz; b.*; d. Detroit, Oct 61913.Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):162.

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Freud, Jerome Sittig; b. Detroit, July 21890.

JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Detroit. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Freudberg, Leopold Victor; b. Libau,Latvia, May 25 1894.

To US 1907. • LLBWashington (DC) ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, Washington DC; specialty:insurance law; faculty Washington ColI ofLaw; pres Zionist Org ofAm; WWI service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freudberg, Rose Ruth (Mrs Leopold VFreudberg); b. Paterson, Nov 9 1900; d.Washington DC, Nov 5 1975.

Paterson Tchrs Training School, NYU,Columbia, Hill School ofArt (WashingtonDC). • Communal worker, Washington DC;pres Hadassah; officer Am Friends ofHeb U;active United Palestine Appeal fundraising. •See: AJYB, 77:594; WWIAJ, 1938.

Freudenthal, Alfred Martin; b. Stryj,Poland, Dec 12 1906; d. Sep 271977.

To US 1947.· CE,MSc, DScPragueTechnical Hochschule. • Engineer,Washington DC; faculty Haifa Technion, UIL, Columbia, George Washington; author infield. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Freudenthal, Alice L (Mrs WolffFreudenthal); b. ca 1865; d. NYC, Aug211938.

Communal & civic worker, pioneer in PTAmovement, NYC; orgrJewish Working GirlsVacation Soc; active Womens Internat! Leaguefor Peace & Freedom, synagog. • See: AJYB,41:422; NYTimes, Aug 22 1938,13:5.

Freudenthal, Josef; b. Geisa, Germany, Mar11903; d. NYC, May 51964.

To US 1936. • Music publisher, composer;active Jewish Liturgical Cantors Assembly,music socs. • See:AJYB, 66:575; NYTimes,May 6 1964,47:3.

Freudenthal, Joseph; b. ca 1845; d.Chicago,June 281915.

Mfr, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 18(1916­1917):107.

Freudenthal, L; b.*; d. Trinidad, CO,July261916.

Rabbi, Trinidad, CO.· See:AJYB, 19(1917­1918):265.

Freudenthal, Louis Edwin; b. Las Cruces,NM,June 181895.

BS Cornell. • Farmer, farming exec, LasCruces, NM; officer professional orgs; dir AmFarm Bureau Fedn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freudenthal, SamuelJ; b. Sag Harbor, NY,Jan 5 1863; d. Piedmont, LA, Nov 211939.

Merchant, silver miner, civic ldr; countycommr, EI Paso; a fdr synagog; active Mason. •See: PAJHS, 57:353-435.

Freudenthal, Samuel S; b. Siegelsbach,Baden, Dec 13 1841; d. Baltimore, June11910.

Communal org exec, Baltimore; supt Heb

Orphan Asylum. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­1906):59, 12(1910-1911):111.

Freudenthal, Wolff; b. Hohensalza,Germany/Chrostowo, Posen, Jan 5 1858;d. NYC, May 61929.

U Breslau, U Leipzig, Berlin, MD U Freiberg.• Ear, nose & throat specialist, laryngologist,NYC; fdr Physicians Home, Inc. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):96-97,24:142,32:154; WWIAJ,1926, 1928.

Freuler, John Rudolph; b. Monroe, WI,Nov 171872; d. Dec 191958.

Motion picture exec, Chicago; earlierMilwaukee. • See: WWWIA, 3.

Freulich, Henry; b. NYC, Apr 14 1906.Cameraman, photographer, Hollywood, CA;dir Columbia Pictures. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freund, Adolph; b. Mitwitz, Bavaria, Mar13 1847; d. Aug 18 1936.

Communalldr, Detroit; regional officer B'naiB'rith; dir Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland);active Union ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):59-60, 39:591.

Freund, Arthur J; b. St Louis, Apr 171891.AB, LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer,civic worker, St Louis; mem Bd ofPoliceCommrs, Bd ofElection Commrs; officer barassn, YMHA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freund, Charles Joseph; b. NYC, Aug 121875; d. Columbus, OH, Apr 1949.

BS CCNY, BL U Cincinnati, BHL, ordainedHeb Union ColI. • Rabbi, Columbus, OH;assoc with State Industrial Commn. • See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):55,7(1905-1906):121;NYTimes, Apr 15 1949, 23:2.

Freund, Emanuel (E) Martin; b. Austria,June 281890; d.July 1961.

To US 1900. • Loyola, MD Albany Med ColI.• Surgeon, Albany, NY; specialty: ear, nose,throat, allergy; active YM-YWHA, UnitedJewish Appeal; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, July 201961,27:4.

Freund, Ernst (Ernest); b. NYC, Jan 301864; d. Chicago, Oct 20124 1932.

U Berlin, JUD U Heidelberg, PhD Columbia.• Lawyer, government consult; facultyColumbia, U Chicago; author in field. • See:JEi UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):97,24:142,35:123; WWIAJ, 1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1.

Freund, Erwin Oscar; b. Chicago, Jan 51888; d. Nov 12 1947.

Armour Inst, U Chicago. • Mfg chemist, meatpacker, Chicago; active Jewish Charities,Home for Jewish Orphans, Michael ReeseHospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJiWWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 13 1947, 27:1.

Freund, Gustav; b. ca 1853; d. Chicago, Apr301919.

Communal worker, Chicago.· See:AJYB,21:205.

Freund, Hirsch Luria; b. Oct 151903; d.1981.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union

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ColI. • Rabbi, Cleveland, MS, Cincinnati; nat!com Histadruth. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;CCARYB.

Freund, Hugo Abraham; b. Detroit, Dec 61881; d. Dec 241952.

AB, MD U MI. • Physician, Detroit; mem Bdof Health; fdr MI Soc for Mental Health;faculty Wayne; pres Childrens Fund; activeJewish Community Center, synagog; author infield; WWI service. • See: UJEi AJYB, 24:142;WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3.

Freund, Ignatz A; b. ca 1851; d. Detroit,Oct 61913.

Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):162.

Freund, John C; b. London, Nov 22 1848;d. Mt Vernon, NY, June 1924.

Oxford U. • Trade journalist, music critic,NYC; fdr, editor MusicaIAmerica.· See:A]YB,27:151; NYTimes, June 41924,21:6.

Freund, Jules; b. Budapest, June 24 1890;d. Apr 22·1960.

To US 1922/1923.· MD UBudapest.·Physician, bacteriologist; developedvaccination techniques; with Nat! Inst ofHealth, NYC Health Dept; faculty Cornell;officer professional soc; editor in field. • See:WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 23 1960, 23:6.

Freund, Leo; b. Macon, IL,July 271896.U IL, LLB U Southern CA. • Lawyer,municipal judge, Los Angeles; bd Fedn ofJewish Welfare Orgs; WWI service.· See:WWIAJ,1938.

Freund, Lillian A Myers (Mrs Jacob DeSourdis Freund); b. Baltimore, Dec 11874.

Cornell. • Communalldr, Pittsburgh; officerLadies Hospital Aid Soc, Nat! Council ofJewish Women; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freund, Louis Rochester; b. Rochester,NY, Mar 18 1889; d. East Orange, July1952.

Rutgers, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, legislator,state district court judge, Newark; activeDemocratic politics, synagog. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, July 8 1952,27:4.

Freund, Meyer Henry; b. Vienna, Feb 181888.

To NYC 1896. • MD LI ColI Hospital.·Proctologist, NYC; faculty NY Post-GradMed School; officer med soc. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Freund, Michael; b. Suwalki, Oct 20 1883;d. NYC, Nov 1962.

To US 1905... Social worker, author; withCouncil ofJewish Fedns & Welfare Funds,Joint Distribution Com; officer Conf ofJewishSocial Services. • See: AJYB, 65:432; NYTimes,Nov221962,29:3.

Freund, Milton H; b. NYC, Feb 14 1904; d.NYC, Apr 2 1968.

Financier, Zionist ldr; officer Zionist Org ofAm; bd Israel Bonds, United Synagogue ofAm.

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- See:AJYB, 70:520; NITimes, Apr 3 1968,51:2.

Freund, Miriam Kottler; b. NYC, 1906.Hadassah ldr, public school tchr, author; editorHadassah Magazine. - See: EJ.

Freund, Mortimer; b. NYC, Sep 61885.EE Columbia. - Consulting engineer, NYC;"WWI service. - See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Freund, Newton Marian; b. Osage City,KS, Feb 24 1883.

MD Washington U (St Louis). -Surgeon, StLouis; officer B'nai B'rith; active synagog. ­See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Freund, Paul Abraham; b. St Louis, 1908.Constitutional lawyer, asst to US Atty General;faculty Harvard; law clerkJustice Brandeis;advisor Pres Kennedy; author in field. - See:EJ.

Freund, Sanford H E; b. NYC, June 261880; d. Nov 291954.

AB, LLB Harvard. - Lawyer, NYC; specialty:criminal law. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,3; NITimes, Nov 301954,29:3.

Freundlich, Emmy (Mrs); b. Austria; d.NYC, Mar 16 1948.

To US 1947. - Public official; representativeInternatl Cooperative Womens Guild at UN;mem Austrian parliament; officer InternatlWorld Economic Conf(Geneva). - See:AJYB,50:515; NITimes, Mar 18 1948,27:3.

Freundlich, Gilbert; b. Washington DC,Aug 26 1879; d. before 1938.

Communalldr & fundraiser, Baltimore; pressynagog; exec com J ewish Welfare Bd; activeAssocdJewish Charities. - See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Freundlich, Herbert; b. ca 1881; d.Minneapolis, Mar 301941.

Chemist; faculty U Berlin, U MN; dir KaiserWilhelm Inst. - See:AJYB, 43:357; NYTimes,Apr 11941,23:4.

Freundlich, Louis; b. Waldsee, Rheinpfalz,Aug311860.

Merchant, Mansfield, OH, - See: WWIAJ,1928.

Frey, Abraham Benjamin; b. St Louis, June91886; d. St Louis, June 15 1952.

AB, LLB Washington U (St Louis). - Lawyer,state circuit court judge, author, St Louis; presLeo N Levi Memorial Hospital Assn (HotSprings, AR); officer Judicial ConfofMO,professional soc; active Jewish Social ServicesBureau. - See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; NITimes, June 17 1952,27:2.

Frey, Erwin Mortimer; b. NYC, June 301906; d. Apr 16 1969.

BA, MA Dreyton ColI. - Public relationscounselor, NYC; officer professional orgs, AmHobby Fedn. - See: WWU1IA, 5.

Frey, Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick;b. Sep 211771; d.June 51850.

Protestant clergyman, Hebraist, born ofJewishparents, cantor, became Christian missionaryto Jews. - See: DAB.

Frey, Philip W; b. Evansville, IN, July 91857; d. Chicago, Aug 1919.

Lawyer, district atty, communal & civicworker, Evansville, IN; mem IndianapolisWorlds Fair Commn for ColumbianExposition; officer B'nai B'rith. - See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):60,22:165.

Frey, Sigmund; b. Neu Raussnitz, Moravia,ca 1853; d. Los Angeles, 1930.

Rabbi, social worker, writer, Los Angeles. ­See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):55, 32:154.

Freyer, Abe B; b. StJoseph, Aug 91887.B Industry LA Polytech. - Lawyer, Shreveport;officer bar assn; bd Shrine Hospital, B'naiB'rith Home. - See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Freyhan, Fritz Adolf; b. Berlin, Nov 241912; d. Dec 91982.

To US 1937. - MD U Berlin. - Psychiatrist,neurologist, Washington DC, Wilmington,DE; faculty U PA, George Washington; activemed socs; editor in field. - See: WWWIA, 8~

Freyman, A H (Aaron Henry); b. ca 1868;d. Clarksdale, MS, Aug 15 1939.

Rabbi, Clarksdale, MS. - See:AJYB, 42:478.

Freyman, Myer; b. Norristown, PA,Jan 161904.

LLB U KY. - Lawyer, Lexington & Frankfort,KY; state employment dir, natl reemploymentservice dir; officer bar assn; active Democraticpolitics. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fribourg, EmestJay; b. Sioux City, Mar 231901.

PhB U Chicago, JD U IA. - Lawyer, exec,Sioux City, NYC; with Progressive Natl Com,United Synagogue ofAm. - See: WWIAJ,1938.

Fribourg, Leonard Earl; b.*Cleveland State. • Marine brigadier general;WWII service. • See: World Over, Jan 2 1970.

Fridenberg, Percy Henry Perez; b. NYC,Jan 111868; d.June 1960.

AB Columbia, MD U Strasbourg. ­Ophthalmologist, lithographer, songwriter,inventor, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad MedSchool; officer med socs; author in field. - See:WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,4; NITimes, June 41960,23:3.

Fridlander, Hennan; b. Kovno province.Rabbi, Tupper Lake, NY. - See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):56.

Fridstein, Meyer; b. Marinette, WI, Oct 51883.

U WI. - Contracting & consulting engineer,Chicago. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Fried, Alexander; b. NYC, May 21190111902.

AB, MA Columbia. - Music & art editor, SanFrancisco; with Examiner & Chronicle. - See:

Friedberg, Charles K

WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Fried, Hans; b. Austria, ca 1893; d. •Philadelphia, Dec 22 1945.

To US 1940. - Mathematician, Philadelphia;faculty Swarthmore, Drexel. - See: AJYB,48:489.

Fried, Henrietta Schwartz (Mrs AndrewFried); b. NYC, Aug 4 1890.

Business ColI (Colorado Springs). •Communal worker, Lafayette, IN; pres NatlCouncil ofJewish Women; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities, Fedn of Clubs. - See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Fried, Joseph Elijah; b. Kovno.To US 1891. - Rabbi, talmudist, NYC. - See:Eisenstadt, 80.

Fried, Lawrence; b. NYC, June 28 1926; d.Sep 111983.

BA U Miami. - PhotojPurnalist, picture agencyexec, author, NYC; WWII service. - See:WWWIA,8.

Fried, Max; b. ca 1857; d. Brighton Beach,Sep 71935.

Rabbi, NYC. - See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):121,38:428.

Fried, Michael; b. Hungary, May 301875.CCNY, Columbia, ordainedJTS. - Rabbi,orphanage chaplain, Pittsburgh. - See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):56.

Fried, Miriam (Mrs Paul M Biss); b. SatuMarc, Rumania, Sep 9 1946.

Rubin Music Academy (Israel), IN U, Juilliard.- Concert violinist, Akron, OH. - See:WWWIA,8.

Fried, Morton Herbert; b. NYC, 1923.CCNY, PhD Columbia. - Anthropologist,NYC; faculty CCNY, Columbia; specialty:Asian studies, China; authorleditor in field;WWII service. - See: EJ.

Friedan, Betty (born Naomi Goldstein); b.Peoria, 1921.

BA Smith. - Writer, feminist, clinicalpsychologist; fdr Natl Org ofWomen;supporter Equal Rights Amendment. - See:E]:1983-1985.

Friedberg, Arthur Leroy; b. River Forest,IL, Mar 25 1919; d. Oct 13 1984.

BS, MS, PhD U IL, post-grad U Chicago. ­Ceramic engineer, Champaign-Urbana,Columbus, OH; faculty U IL, OH State;WWII service. • See: "WWWIA., 8.

Friedberg, Carl; b. Bingen, Gennany, ca1870/1872; d. Merano, Italy, Sep 1955.

To US 1914. - Frankfurt Conservatory, UHeidelberg. - Pianist, tchr, NYC; facultyFrankfurt, Cologne Conservatory, Juilliard. ­See: UJE; NITimes, Sep 13 1955,31:2.

Friedberg, Charles K; b. NYC; d.Cobleskill, NY, July 1972.

MD Columbia, post-grad Amsterdam, Vienna.• Physician, heart specialist, NYc. - See:NITimes, July 161972,53:1.

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Friedberg, Harry; b. Kansas City, July 141875.

AB Harvard, LLB Kansas City School of Law.• Lawyer, legislator, Kansas City; officerZionist Org ofAm; active Democratic politics,Jewish Welfare Fedn. • See: WWIAJ, 1928(addenda), 1938.

Friedberg, Jacob; b. ca 1863; d. Detroit,Sep 181932.

Zionistldr, Detroit. • See:AJYB, 35:123.

Friedberg, Milton H; b. NYC, May 171900; d. New Haven, 1955.

NYU. • CPA, city auditor, hotel owner,Bridgeport, CT; officer professional socs,synagog; dir Community Forum. • See:BEOAJ;NYTimes, Sep2 1955, 17:4.

Friedberg, Morris; b. ca 1883; d. Los. Angeles, July 1 1934.

Communal & Zionist ldr, Detroit. • See:AJYB,37:256.

Friedberg, Stanton Abeles; b. Chicago,1875; d. May 201920.

U MI, MD Rush Med CoIl, post-grad Vienna.• Otolaryngologist, Chicago; developedprocedures; faculty Rush Med CoIl; editor infield.· See: UJE;AJYB, 22:165.

Friedberger, Caroline (Mrs); b. ca 1846; d.Philadelphia, Feb 10 1924.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,26:154.

Friede, Donald; b. NYC, ca 1901; d.Bridgehampton, LI, May 1965.

Harvard, Yale, Princeton. • Editor, NYC; withDoubleday & Co; WWII service... See:NYTimes,May311965,17:4.

Friede, George W; b. Portland, OR, Feb 221905.

AB Dartmouth, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer,legislator, Portland, OR; officer DemocraticParty, bar assn,]r Chamber of Commerce...See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friede, Maximilian; b. Warsaw; d. Bronx,Aug 1969.

To US 1941. • Business exec, Polishgovernment official; chr Club ofPolishJews...See: NITimes, Aug 27 1969, 43:3.

Friedeberg, Solon Ephraim; b. NYC, Augi71902.

Heb Technical Inst, Brooklyn Polytech. •Industrial & consulting engineer, NYC; officerprofessional soc. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friedel, Herman; b. Hungary, Mar 23 1881;d.Jan 1956.

MD NYUlBellevue... Physician, communaleducator, Staten Island; orgr, tchr Staten IslandHeb Educational Alliance; officer JewishCommunity Center, med soc. • See: WWIAJ,1938;NITimes,]an 3 1956,31:1.

Friedel, Jacob Hyman; b. Gologary,Austria, Dec 241891; d. Beverly Hills,Jan 211946.

To US 1894... AB, MA Cornell, LLB NY

Law. • Economist, merchant, NYC; withNatlIndustrial Conf Bd, Doughnut Co ofAm;officer trade assns; active synagog; author/editor in fields, on immigration & labor issues.• See:AJYB, 48:489; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;NYTimes,]an 22 1946,28:2.

Friedel, Samuel Nathaniel; b. WashingtonDC, Apr 18 1898; d. Mar 14 1979.

Congressman, legislator, Baltimore; mem CityCouncil; active Democratic politics. 0 See:WWWIA, 7.

Friedemann, Ulrich Adolph; b. Berlin, May7 1877; d. Great Neck, Nov 15 1949.

To US 1936. • U Strasbourg, U Berlin, MD UHeidelberg... Physician, NYC; specialty:bacteriology, infectious diseases; faculty UBerlin; author in field; WWI German service;.. See:EJ;AJYB, 52:501-02; WWIAJ, 1938.

Frieden, Alexander; b. Lithuania, Oct 51895; d. Apr 211956:

To US 1912. • BS, MS UVA, MA, PhDColumbia. • Chemist, Milwaukee; specialty:food products, beer, yeast; exec Pabst. • See:WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 22 1956,86:3.

Friedenberg, Albert Max; b. NYC, Jan 91881;d. Miami Beach, Aprl]une 1942.

BS CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, author;officer Am]ewish Historical Society. • See:UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):97,24:142,44:337; PAJHS, 33:461-62; WWWIA, 6.

Friedenberg, Samuel; b. Poland, June 21886; d. NYC, May 5 1957.

To US 1893. 0 Bldr, medal & Judaicacollector, NYC; a fdr United]ewish Appeal;officer United Synagogue ofAm, Soc for theAdvancement ofJudaism; benefactorJewishMuseum. • See: EJ; AJYB, 59:475; NITimes,May61957,29:4.

Friedenthal, Hattie S (Mrs SigmundFriedenthal); b. NYC, May 3 1867.

U Denver. • Communalldr, Denver; suptMission Sunday School; officer Jewish ReliefSoc, Natl Council ofJewish Women... See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):60.

Friedenthal, Jonas; b..ca 1869; d. Portland,OR, Mar 161938.

Industrialist, banker, Portland, OR. • See:AJYB, 40:384.

Friedenwald, Aaron; b. Baltimore, Dec 201836; d. Baltimore, Aug 26 1902.

MD U MD, post-grad Europe... Physician,ophthalmologist, Baltimore; faculty U MD; co­fdr MD Ophthalmology Soc; officerprofessional socs; supporter Heb OrphanAsylum, ]TS... See: JE (sub Friedenwald); UJE(sub Friedenwald); EJ (sub Friedenwald);AJYB, 4(1902-1903):197; PAJHS, 11:206-07.

Friedenwald, Edgar Bar; b. Baltimore, Nov201879.

MD ColI of Pharmacy, MD U MD, post-gradJohns Hopkins.· Pediatrician, Baltimore;faculty U MD; WWI & Mexican borderservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEOAJ.

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Friedenwald, Henry (Harry); b. Baltimore,Sep 211864; d. Baltimore, Apr 81950.

AB Johns Hopkins, MD Baltimore; honorarydegrees. • Ophthalmologist, natl Zionist ldr,Baltimore; faculty U MD, Johns Hopkins; natlpres Fedn ofZionist ofAm; pres HebEducational Soc, Fedn of]ewish Charities;officer med socs; author on med history; WWImem Provisional Com for General ZionistAffairs... See: JE (sub Friedenwald); UJE (subFriedenwald); EJ (sub Friedenwald); AJYB,6(1904-1905):97,24:142,52:502; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Apr 111950,31:3, correction Apr 141950,23:1.

Friedenwald, Herbert; b. Baltimore, Sep 201870; d. Washington DC, Apr 281944.

AB Johns Hopkins, PhD U PA. • Author,editor, playwright, pioneer Zionist,Washington DC; a fdr Am, Jewish HistoricalSoc; officer Am]ewish Com. • See: JE (subFriedenwald); UJE (sub Friedenwald); AJYB,6(1904-1905):98,24:142,46:47-54,337;WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEGAJ; PAJHS,37:463-66; WWWIA, 2.

Friedenwald, Isaac; b. 1830.Est well-known press, Baltimore. • See: JE(sub Friedenwald).

Friedenwald, Jane Ahlborn (Mrs MorrisFriedenwald); b. Manchester, England; d.Baltimore, Apr 13 1923.

To US 1860. • Communalldr, Baltimore;mem Am]ewish Historical Soc,]ewishPublication Soc. • See: PAJHS, 29:165-67.

Friedenwald,Jonas;b.Darmstadt!Altenbuseck, 1801/1803; d. Sep 2/3 1893.

To US 1831/1832. • Businessman,philanthropic & communal worker, Baltimore;a fdr Heb Benevolent Soc, Heb Hospital &Asylum, Heb Orphan Asylum. • See: JE (subFriedenwald); UJE (sub Friedenwald); EJ (subFriedenwald).

Friedenwald, Jonas Stein; b. Baltimore,June 1 1897; d. Nov 5 1955.

AB, MD Johns Hopkins, MA Harvard. •Ophthalmologist, Baltimore; facultyJohnsHopkins; author in field. • See: UJE (subFriedenwald); EJ (sub Friedenwald); WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Nov 61955,87:1.

Friedenwald, Joseph; b. Darmstadt!Altenbuseck, July 24 1827; d. Baltimore,Dec 241910.

Financier, mfr, Baltimore; a fdr, pres HebHospital; active communal affairs, CityAlmshouse. 0 See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):60,13(1911-1912):137; PAJHS, 20:165; NYTimes,Dec 25 1910,9:2.

Friedenwald, Julius; b. Baltimore, Dec 201866; d. Baltimore, June 8 1941.

Baltimore City CoIl, AB Johns Hopkins, MDU MD, post-grad abroad; honorary degree. •Physician, Baltimore; faculty U MD; pres medsoc; trustee Inst for Advanced Study(Princeton); author/editor in field. • See:JE(sub Friedenwald); UJE (sub Friedenwald);

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AJYB, 6(1904-1905):98,24:142,43:357;WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,1; NYTimes,June 91941,19:5.

Frieder, Alexander; b. NYC, Dec 2 1893; d.Cincinnati, Apr 11 1968.

CCNY. • Tobacco merchant, Cincinnati; estJewish Refugee Com (Philippines); chrJewishWelfare Fedn; active synagog. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 13 1968, 25:3.

Frieder, Edward; b. Kashau, Hungary, Oct311874.

To US 1884. • Mail order firm exec, Chicago;earlier tobacco jobber, Toledo. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Friederman, Solomon (Zalman) Jacob; b.Meretz, Vilna, May 10 1865/1866; d.Jerusalem, Jan 1936.

In US by 1892. • Rabbi, talmudist, author,Boston; pres Vaad Harabonim; fdr yeshiva. •See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):56, 38:428;Eisenstadt, 80; Gottlieb, 295; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Friedgood, Harry Bernard; b.Ekaterinoslav, July 14 1904.

To US 1905. • AB U MI, MD Johns Hopkins.• Physician, med researcher, Boston; facultyHarvard. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friedham (Friedheim), Arthur; b. StPetersburg, ca 1860/1869; d. NYC, Oct191932.

U St Petersburg. • Pianist, composer; facultyRoyal ColI ofMusic (London), ChicagoMusical ColI; authorleditor in field. • See:UJE;AJYB, 35:123.

Friedkin, Israel; b. Jersey City Hgts, NJ,Jan 7 1890; d. Royat, France, Aug 7 1939.

CCNY.- Publisher, Jewish Morning Journal,NYc. - See: UJE; AJYB, 24:142,42:478;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,Aug91939, 17:5.

Friedkin, Mayer Joseph; b. Bialystok; d.Brooklyn, Nov 1916.

To US 1886. • Journalist, Brooklyn; staffJewish Morning Journal. • See: AJYB, 19(1917­1918):265;NYTimes, Nov 141916,11:2.

Friedlaender, Bernhard; b. Tuckum, Latvia,Dec 29 1870; d. Aug 14 1939.

To US 1892.· PhB Albertus U, MD U MD.·Surgeon, Zionist worker, Detroit; editor Legal.Record; officer med soc, Am Legion; activeServicemens Bureau; author in field; WWIservice. - See: AJYB, 42:478; WWIAJ, 1938~

Friedlaender, Israel; b. Kovel, RussianPoland,Sep 8 1876; d. Ukraine, July 51920.

U Berlin, Berlin Lehranstalt, PhD UStrasbourg. • Semitist, Arabist, Zionist,translator, communal educator, NYC; facultyJTS; chr Bureau ofJewish Education; activeJoint Distribution Com; autho'r in field. • See:UJE;EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):98,23:65­79,131; WWJiVIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, July 111920, 1:2.

Friedlaender, Pincus; b. ca 1852; d. Sep 201937.

Playwright, NYc.. See:AJYB, 40:384;NYTimes, Sep 22 1937, 27:5.

Friedlaender, Walter Ferdinand; b. Berlin,Mar 10 1873; d. NYC, Sep 6 1966.

To US 1935. • PhD U Berlin. • Art historian,NYC; specialty: Italian art; faculty U Freiburg,NYU. • See: WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8; NYTimes,Sep 8 1966,47:1.

Friedland, Abraham Hyman (HayyimAbraham); b. Gorodok, Vilna,July 11892; d. Cleveland, Aug 3 1939.

To US 1907.· Yeshiva ColI, Columbia.·Communal, educational & Zionist ldr,Hebraist, author, poet; fdr, principal Nat! HebSchool of NY; fdr, dir Bureau of]ewishEducation (Cleveland); pres Nat! Council ofJewish Education, regional Zionist Org ofAm.• See: UJE; AJYB, 42:145-52,478; NYIimes,Aug 4 1939, 13:2.

Friedland, Anatol (Anatole); b. StPetersburg, Mar 211888; d. AtlanticCity, July 241938.

Songwriter, composer, producer, actor, NYC.• See: AJYB, 41 :422; WWIAJ, 1928; NYIimes,July25 1938,15:6.

Friedland, ArthurE; b. NYC, Oct 26 1910;d. NYC,June 13 1980.

Lawyer, communalldr; fdr Bronx Council forJewish Education, Akiba Heb Academy; presJewish Fedn (Yonkers); officerJewishEducation Com. • See:AJYB, 82:365.

Friedland, Jacob J; b. Riga, Nov 8 1886.MD Polytech. • Publisher, Youngstown; pres,general mgr Jewish Review; officer B'nai B'rith;active Zionist Org ofAm. - See: WWIA],1928.

Friedland, Jacob M; b.*; d. Bronx, May1964.

CCNY, MS Columbia. • Civil engineer, NYC.• See: NYTimes, May 30 1964, 17:6.

Friedland, Lazar Mayer; b.*; d.LosAngeles, reported June 301944.

Rabbi; active Selective Service. • See: A]YB,46:337.

Friedland, Louis Harold; b. Kovno, May 141889.

To NYC 1889. • Pratt, Columbia, Beaux Arts.• Architect, NYC; vocational advisor Bd ofEducation; author in field; WWI governmentservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.

Friedland, Samuel; b. Nov 23 1896; d. Apr 91985.

Grocery chain fdr, exec; co-fdr FoodFairStores. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Friedlander, Alfred; b. Cincinnati, July 51871; d. Cincinnati, May 281939.

AB Harvard, MD U Cincinnati, post-gradabroad. • Physician, Cincinnati; dean, facultyU Cincinnati; author in field; WWI service. •See: UJE;AJYB, 41:422; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,

Friedlander, Joseph

1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NYIimes, May 291939,15:2.

Friedlander, Alfred Joseph; b. Cincinnati,Dec9 1902; d. Cincinnati, Oct 211966.

AB, MBA Harvard. • Stockbroker, Cincinnati;officerJewish Welfare Bd; chr bd ChildGuidance Home; bd United Jewish SocialAgencies. • See:AJYB, 68:524; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 22 1966, 31:1.

Friedlander, Edgar J; b. Cincinnati, Dec.191877; d. Oct 1959.

Investment banker, Cincinnati; officerCincinnati Symphony Orchestra; exec comCommunity Chest; benefactor Boy Scouts.·See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 25 1959,87:1.

Friedlander, Edward B; b. Chicago, May 251881.

Exec, Chicago; pres Nat! Assn ofWasteMaterial Dealers. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friedlander, Eugene; b. Bromberg,Germany, Jan 23 1870.

To US 1893. - Berlin Polytech, U Berlin. ­Electrical & mechanical engineer, inventor,Pittsburgh; officer professional soc. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.

Friedlander, H; b.*Cantor, Worcester.· See:AJYB, 7(1905­1906):121.

Friedlander, Isaac; b. Oldenburg, Germany,1823; d. 1878.

To US as child. • Businessman, San Francisco;fdr Eureka Flour Mills; regent U CA; presChamber of Commerce. • See: EJ. .

Friedlander, Israel; b. Waco, July 22 1888;d. Houston, Nov 27 1944.

LLB Houston Law. • Financier, lawyer,Houston; exec com Am Jewish Com; activecommunal & civic charities. • See: AJYB,47:522; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2.

Friedlander, Jackson H; b. NYC, 1909; d.June 30 1972.

MD LI U. • Hospital admr, Bay Pines, FL;with VA hospitals. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Friedlander,JacobM; b. NYC, Jan 171890;d. Los Angeles, Aug 12 1934.

NYU Law. • Lawyer, municipal official, cityprosecutor, CA Corporation Commr, LosAngeles.· See:AJYB, 37:256; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Friedlander, Jeremiah; b. Brisk, Kovno, Jan291867.

Rabbi, Heb tchr, Baltimore. • See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):56.

Friedlander, Joseph; b. Edinburgh, 1855.Jews ColI (London).- Rabbi, writer, Australia,London, Beaumont, TX; secy English ZionistFedn.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):56;Eisenstadt, 79. - *See entry below.

Friedlander, Joseph; b. ca 1859; d.Plainfield, NJ, Apr 8 1917.

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Rabbi, Plainfield, NJ. • See:A]YB, 19(1917­1918):265. • *See entry above.

Friedlander, Leo; b. NYC, July 6 1889/1890; d. White Plains, Oct 24 1966.

Beaux Arts (Brussels, Paris), Am Academy(Rome). • Sculptor, White Plains;Episcopalian. • See:A]YB, 24:142, 68:525-26;WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4;NITimes, Oct 25 1966, 45: 1.

Friedlander, Marcus; b. East Prussia, July1866; d. Brooklyn, Jan 10 1944.

To US 1885. • Heb Union Coll,JTS, post­grad U CA, Columbia. • Rabbi, Brooklyn,Oakland, CA; active Zionist Org ofAm,Central Conf ofAm Rabbis, B'nai B'rith,Menorah Assn; WWI chaplain. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):56,46:337; WWIA], 1926,1938;NITimes, Jan 111944,19:5.

Friedlander, Max; b. Gennany, July 211868.

Exec, Hazleton, PA; pres Hazleton Brick Co. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedlander, Samuel; b. ca 1860; d.Memphis, Oct 15 1938.

Merchant, finance exec, Memphis. • See:A]YB,41:422.

Friedlander, Samuel; b. Lithuania, 1889.To US 1907. • Exec, communal & Zionistworker, Orange, NJ; active Am Jewish Cong;WWI Palestine Contingent Gewish Legion?)service. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Friedlander, Solomon; b. Brilon,Westphalia, Oct 23 1825; d. Chicago,Aug221860.

To US 1855. • U Bonn, PhD U Heidelberg. •Reform rabbi, physician, Chicago. • See:]E.

Friedlander, Theodore Sri b. SanFrancisco, Mar 61886; d. Dec 3 1952.

Hosiery mfr, Milwaukee; advisor StateIndustrial Commn; active Boy Scouts, RedCross. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Dec 41952,35:4.

Friedlander, Walter; b. Berlin, 1891.To US 1934. • PhD U Berlin. • Social welfareexpert; pres German Child Welfare League;faculty U CA (Berkeley); active refugee aid;author/edItor in field. • See: E].

Friedlander, Walter; b. Berlin, ca 1873; d.NYC, Sep 1966.

To US 1935. • PhD U Berlin. • Art historian,NYC; faculty NYU, U Freiberg; author infield. • See: ]TA-DNB, Sep 9 1966.

Friedlich, A; b. ca 1862; d. Des Moines,July 12 1913.

Medical & communal worker, Des Moines. •See:A]YB, 16(1914-1915):162.

Friedlich, Herbert Aaron; b. Rochester,NY, Dec 211893.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chicago; dirJewish Social Service Bureau; WWI military &government service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Aaron; b. Warsaw, May 3 1864;d. NYC, July 1939.

To US 1887.· Ordained Heb Union ColI, UCincinnati, U MN, MD Jefferson Med ColI. •Rabbi, Minneapolis; then physician; mem Bdof Health (Hoboken). • See: A]YB, 5(1903­1904):56; WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, July15 1939, 15:2.

Friedman, Aaron; b. NYC, Apr 17 1896.Chem E Columbia. • Consulting & chemicalengineer, NYC; editor trade paper. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Aaron Zebi; b. Stavisk, Poland,Mar 22 1822; d. NYC, May 17 1876.

To US 1848. • Shohet, strictly Orthodox,NYC; author onJewish issues. • See:]E.

Friedman, Albert T; b. ca 1866; d.Milwaukee, Jan 2 1933.

Civic & philanthropic ldr, Milwaukee. • See:A]YB, 35:123.

Friedman, Annie (Mrs Samuel Friedman);b. ca 1875; d. Saratoga Springs, Aug 261934.

Communal & educational worker, NYc. • See:A]YB, 37:256.

Friedman, Arnold; b. NYC, Feb 23 1872/1879; d. Corona, NY, Dec 29 1946.

Art Students League. • Mural, landscape &portrait painter, Corona, NY. • See: A]YB,49:611; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Dec 30 1946,22:2.

Friedman, Arnold D'Arey; b. Plumerville,AR,July 241900; d.July 291981.

BA Columbia. • Publisher of trade journals,NYC; exec Chain Store Age, Drug Store News. •See: WWWIA, 8.

Friedman, B C; b. ca 1881; d. Philadelphia,Mar 191938.

Matzoh baker, communal worker,Philadelphia. • See: A]Yl), 40:384.

Friedman, B L; b. ca 1855; d. Indianapolis,Jan 1920.

Rabbi, Indianapolis. • See:A]YB, 22:165.

Friedman, Benjamin; b. NYC, Feb 22 1894.AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, broadcaster, author, Syracuse; presUnited Jewish Charities; WWI chaplain. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938.

Friedman, Benjamin (Benny); b. Cleveland,1905; d. NYC, Nov 1982.

U MI. • All-Am football player, coach; withCCNY, Brandeis, V MI, NY Giants, BrooklynDodgers; active Am Jewish Cong, communalorgs; military service. • See: UJE (subAthletics); E]; BEOA]; NITimes, Nov 24 1982.

Friedman, Bernard; b. Brooklyn, Aug 191915; d. Sep 13 1966.

BS CCNY, MS, PhD MIT. • Mathematician,Oakland, CA; faculty V CA (Berkeley); consultgovernment agencies; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Sep 14 1966,43 :8.

Friedman, Betzalel; b. Brest-Litovsk, 1897.

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To US 1922. • Yiddish poet, NYC; tchrWorkmen's Circle schools; contributorFreiheit. • See: UJE.

Friedman, Charles; b. Poland; d. NYC, July1984.

To VS as child. • Broadway play dir, lyricist,writer for educational television. • See:NITimes, July 19 1984.

Friedman, Charles; b. Passaic, Aug 291902.

BS V PA, Wharton SchooL • Investmentbroker, NYC; earlier publisher Theatre GuildMagazine; active communal fundraising,synagog (New Rochelle). • See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Charles Knox; b. Toledo, Jan 141873.

LLB, LLM V MI. • Lawyer, city solicitor,Toledo; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities; activeSocial Service Fedn; WWI with Red Cross &Americanization Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Clarence; b. ca 1869; d.Memphis, Nov 301938.

Lawyer, judge, philanthropic & communalworker, Memphis. • See:A]YB, 41:422.

Friedman, David; b.*; d. Paterson, Dec 151937.

Talmudist, communal worker, Paterson. • See:A]YB, 40:384.

Friedman, David; b. ca 1867; d. Caldwell,OR, Mar 10 1916.

Civil worker, Caldwell, OR. • See: A]YB,18(1916-1917):107.

Friedman, Dov Aryeh; b. Suwalki, Nov 61854.

To US 1892. • Litterateur, tchr, rabbi, author,Worcester, Troy, Rochester, NY, Philadelphia.• See: Eisenstadt, 80.

Friedman, Edmund; b. Nashville, Nov 101897.

B Eng Vanderbilt. • County civil engineer,Miami; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Edward; b. ca 1878; d.June 211936.

Chain store pres, communal worker, NYC. •See:A]YB, 38:428.

Friedman, Edward; b. Hungary, May 121888.

U Hungary, BA V Pittsburgh. • Rabbi,Budapest, Chicago; exec Heb TheologicalColI. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Friedman, Elisha Michael; b. NYC, May 251889; d. NYC, Mar 251951.

BS CCNY, BCS NYU. • Economist,investment banker, finance expert, consult,NYC; officer Am Com for Heb V; active JointDistribution Com; WWI government service.• See: UJE; A]YB, 24:143, 53:524; WWIA],1926, 1928; 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Mar 261951,23:5.

Friedman, Emanuel; b. Felso Vadasz,Hungary, Apr 17 1881.

To VS 1892.· CCNY,MD Denver & Gross

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CoIl ofMedicine. • Pediatrician, Denver;faculty U CO; advisor NatlJewish Hospital;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA].

Friedman, Emanuel David; b. NYC, Aug 251884.

BS CCNY, MD NYU, post-grad U Vienna, UBerlin. • Neuropsychiatrist, neurologist, NYC;faculty NYU; active med assn; author in field. •See: UJE;A]YB, 24:143; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.

Friedman, FerdinandJ; b. NYC, May 191887.

BS?IME? MIT. • Engineer, NYC, Montreal;WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938.

Friedman, Francis Lee; b. NYC, Sep 151918; d. Aug 4 1962.

BA, MA Harvard, PhD MIT. • Nuclearphysicist, Cambridge, MA; faculty MIT; withNatl Bureau of Standards, Manhattan Project.• See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Aug 5 1962,81:2.

Friedman, GA; b. Russia, 1887.Physician, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:143.

Friedman, Gedide A; b. Tukkum,Courland, 1869; d. before 1938.

MD Imperial U (Dorpat). • Physician, NYC;faculty, researcher NY Polyclinic, Columbia;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Friedman, Gottlieb; b. ca 1843; d. Colville,WA, reported Feb 1938.

Miner, Civil War veteran, Colville, WA. • See:A]YB, 40:384.

Friedman, Harold Bertrand; b.Montgomery, AL, Oct 13 1904.

AB U AL, PhD U VA. • Chemist, Atlanta;faculty GA Tech; officer professional soc;author in field; military service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Friedman, Harry A; b. Buffalo, May 161890.

Barrister at Law, Kings Counsel, Edmonton,Canada. • See: BEOA].

Friedman, Harry Bayard; b. Chattanooga,June41887.

CE U Cincinnati. • Engineer, bldr; with PARailroad, Westlake Construction Co (St Louis,Houston); WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928.

Friedman, Harry George (H G); b. Poland,Dec 241881; d. NYC, Nov 211965.

To US 1889.· BA U Cincinnati, PhDColumbia, Heb Union CoIL • Investor,economist, statistician, philanthropist; withNYC Public Service Commn, US TariffBd;benefactor Jewish Museum, MetropolitanMuseum ofArt; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See:A]YB, 24:143, 67:535;PA]HS, 55:541-44; WWWIA, 4; NYI'imes,Nov 23 1965,38:1.

Friedman, Henry; b. Worne, Russia, July211846.

Rabbi, Milwaukee; earlier Rochester, NY,Gainesville, FL. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):216.

Friedman, Henry; b. Jaldovoce,Czechslovakia, Oct 26 1870; d. before1938.

To NYC 1889.· Banker, McKeesport, PA;officer Boy Scouts; active civic & communalfundraising. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Friedman, Henry B; b. Lehigh County, PA,Mar 191895.

LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, asst US atty,Allentown, PA; officer Community Chest,Jewish Community Center; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Henry Mj b. abroad; d. NYC,May 1964.

MD Columbia. • Med supervisor US PublicHealth Dept. • See: NITimes, May 28 1964,37:3.

Friedman, Herbert A; b. New Haven, 1918.Ordained Jewish Inst of Religion. • Rabbi,communal exec, Denver, Milwaukee; exec chrUnited Jewish Appeal; natl bd ORT, IsraelBonds. • See: E]; Jewish News story, Sep 271968.

Friedman, HerbertJacob; b. Chicago, Mar2 1876; d. Oct 211956.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, civic ldr,Chicago; orgr Natl Conf for Reformation ofCriminal Law & Criminal Procedure; presMunicipal Voters League; officer ChicagoHousing Assn; author in field. • See: A]YB,24:143; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 3.

Friedman, He,rmanj b. ca 1855; d.Cleveland, Dec 111935.

Fdr knitting industry, Cleveland. • See:A]YB,,38:428.

Friedman, Ignace; b. Cracow, Feb 14 1882;d. Sydney, Jan 1948.

To US 1920, to Sydney 1940. • U Leipzig, UVienna. • Pianist, composer, Europe, SouthAmerica, US, Australia; editor in field. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 7;NITimes,Jan 27 1948,25:5.

Friedman, Irving; b. Russia, 1890?; d.Miami, Aug 22 1965.

To US as child. • Bldr, philanthropist; a fdrAlbert Einstein CoIl ofMed; est ParkinsonInst; benefactor Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies.• See:A]YB, 67:535.

Friedman, Irving; b. NYC, Dec 13 1893.Business coIL • Businessman, brewer,Brooklyn; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Friedman, IrvingJacques; b. Yanova,Kovno, Nov 28 1889.

To US 1901. • AB Atlanta Normal School,LLB U AL. • Lawyer, deputy sheriff, Ft Smith,AR; officer Veterans of Foreign Wars, B'naiB'rith; active legal assns, communal & civic

Friedman (Friedmann), Lee Max

charities; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

Friedman, Isaac Kahn; b. Chicago, Nov 31870; d. Chicago, Sep 22 1931.

PhB U MI. • Author, journalist, novelist,Chicago. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):99,24:143,34:110; WWWIA, 1.

Friedman, Isadore; b. Kowel, Poland, Dec161893; d. NYC,July 281950.

Yiddish actor, playwright; autobiography. •See: A]YB, 53:524; NITimes, July 30 1950,61:1.

Friedman,J L; b.*Motion picture producer, Chicago. • See:A]YB,24:143.

Friedman, Jacob; b.*; d. Rochester, MN,July 28 1940.

Rabbi, Clairton, MN; earlier Homestead, PA.• See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):216,43:358.

Friedman, Jacob Alexis; b. Ostrow, Poland,Dec 251898.

To NYC 1904. • AB CCNY, MA Columbia. •Historian, author, NYC; faculty CCNY. • See:WWIA],1938.

Friedman, Jacob Henry; b. NYC, July 171903; d.Jan 271973.

BS CCNY, MD Tulane, post-grad NYPsychoanalytic Inst. • Neuropsychiatrist,Bronx; faculty Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed;officer professional socs; author in field; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Jan 291973,32:4.

Friedman, Joseph; b. Philadelphia, June 281906; d. Dec 201977.

Benton CoIl (St Louis). • Industrialist, Zionist,Madison, IL, St Louis. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Friedman, Joseph Solomon; b. Cherkov,Apr 191899; d. Binghampton, May 1956.

To US 1905. • BS Harvard, Columbia, PhD UChicago. • Consult chemist, Brooklyn; co­inventor polaroid process; author/editor infield. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];NITimes, May 171956,31:2.

Friedman, Judas Leopold; b. ca 1841; d.Cleveland, Mar 11913.

Rabbi, Cleveland. • See: A]YB, 15(1913­1914):270.

Friedman, Julius; b. ca 1871; d. Tacoma,Feb 251937.

Merchant, communalldr, Tacoma.· See:A]YB, 39:591.

Friedman (Friedmann), Lee Max; b.Memphis, Dec 29 1871; d. Boston, Aug 71957.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Trial lawyer, Jewishhistorian, patron of learning, bibliophile,Boston; endowed Am Jewish Historical Soc,Public Library; author in field. • See: UJE; E];A]Yi3, 7(1905-1906):60-61,24:143,61:14-18;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; PA]HS, 47:211-15,51:30-48,56:261-70; WWWIA, 3.

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Friedman, Leo;h.Randolph,A{E,Sep15'1903.

BS U ME, PhD U WI. - Chemist, Corvallis,OR; faculty OR State. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Leo Samuel; b. Cincinnati, July291898.

BS, MA, MD U Cincinnati. - Pediatrician,Cincinnati; faculty U Cincinnati; author infield; WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Leo Victor; h. Coldwater, MI,Apr 141874.

AB, MD Harvard. - Physician, Boston; facultyHarvard, Tufts. - See:A]YB, 24:143; WWIA],1926,1928.

Friedman, Leopold; h. Saalfield, Germany,June 10 1887; d. Dec 181978.

To US 1892. - LLB NY Law. - Lawyer, NYC;exec, general counsel Loews; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938; WWfVlA, 7.

Friedman, Leopold; h. Serlus,Czechoslovakia, Oct 3 1904; d. Brooklyn,Oct281972.

To US 1947. - Hassidic ldr, rabbi, author,Brooklyn; pres United Jewish Orgs ofWilliamsburg. - See:A]YB, 74:555; NITimes,Oct30 1972,34:3.

Friedman, Lewis]; h. Jassy, ca 1888; d.NYC, Dec 1984.

To US 1900. - MD Med ColI ofVA. ­Radiologist, NYC; with Bellevue. - See:NYTimes, Dec 17 1984.

Friedman; Louis; h. ca 1868; d. NYC, Jan 61936.

Fur merchant, communal worker, NYC. - See:A]YB, 38:428.

Friedman, Louis;h. NYC, Apr 7 1887.Neckwear merchant, realtor, NYC; officertrade assn. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Louis Leo; h. NYC, May 241881; d. NYC, May 1957.

Securities broker, Newark; officer Beth IsraelHospital; active synagog, civic & communalcharities.· See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes, May 181957,19:5.

Friedman, Mark; h. Brooklyn, Dec 191905.Art Students League, BA Inst of Design,Academie Julien, BS NYU, PhG Brooklyn ColIofPharmacy, LLB St Lawrence U. - Artist,sculptor, NYc. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;REOA].

Friedman, Martin Earl; h. Kolozsvar,Rumania, July 141900.

To US 1913. - BS Case. - Civil engineer,Cleveland; with County Bridge Dept. - See:WWIA],1938.

Friedman, Martin S; h. Kohylin, Germany,June 18 1897; d. Pensacola, FL, Dec 101939.

To US 1923.- PhD Maximilian U(Wiirzburg), ordained Heb Union ColI. ­Rabbi, Pensacola; WWI German army service.- See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Maurice Harold; b. EastChicago, IN, Oct 27 1903.

PhD, MD U Chicago. - Physiologist,Philadelphia; faculty U PA. • See: WWIA],1938.

Friedman, Max; h.*; d. Boston, Oct 171911.

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

Friedman, Max; h. ca 1865; d. NYC, Aug 31938.

Realtor, communal worker, NYC. • See:A]YB, 41:422; NITime~, Aug 41938, 17:2.

Friedman, Max; h. ca 1871; d. Richmond,Mar271936.

Civil & communal 'worker, Richmond. • See:A]YB, 38:428. '

Friedman, Max; h. Kiev, June 20 1879; d.Brooklyn, June 1949.

To US 1901. - Conservatories (German,US).- Piano recitalist, tchr, NYC; faculty ~rooklyn

Conservatory; author in field.·- See: REOA];NYTimes, June 8 1949, 29:2.

Friedman, Max; h. ca 1891; d. Cincinnati,Dec 171938.

Lawyer, legislator, civic worker, Cincinnati. ­See:A]YB, 41:422.

Friedman, Max; h. Vienna, Jan 171906.To US 1908. - MD LIColl Hospital.­Obstetrician, gynecologist, Astoria, NY; activesynagog. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Friedman, Max L; h. Hungary, 1886; d.NYC, Sep 1979.

Shoe co pres, communal worker, NYC; a fdr,bd Albert Einstein Inst; WWII advisory bdservice. - See: NITimes, Sep 201979.

Friedman, Meyer; h. Marisfeld, Sachse-Meiningen, June 5 1854; d. Denver, July171916. '

Communal & civic ldr, Denver; natl officerNatlJewish Hospital; pres Chamber ofCommerce; officer B'nai B'rith, Odd Fellows.• See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):61,19(1917­1918):265.

Friedman, Milton; b. Newark, Sep 13 1903;d. Feb 12 1983.

MD George Washington. - Physician,' NYC;specialty: radiation; consult Natl Bureau ofStandards, Veterans Adm, Atomic EnergyCommn; pres NY Cancer Soc; officer medsocs; author/editor in field; WWII service. •See: WWWL4, 8.

Friedman, Milton; h. Rahway, NJ, 1912.Economist, Nobel laureate, presidentialadvisor, author, Chicago; faculty U Chicago;ldr "Chicago School." • See: E]; E]:1973­1982; Wall StreetJournal story, July 17 1978.

Friedman, Monroe Mark; b. Minneapolis,Oct 101895.

AB U CA, Army School, post-grad U MI, UPA,JD U CA. - Lawyer, Oakland, CA; officerAm Legion, B'nai B'rith; active Democratic

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politics, charity fundraising; WWI service. ­See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; REOA].

Friedman, Mordehe S (Boyanev Rebhe); h.Boyan, Austria-Hungary, Sep 12 1897; d.NYC, Mar 21971.

To US 1926. - Rabbi, Boyaner Synagog, NYC;pres Union of Hassidic Rabbis; active AgudathIsrael. - See: A]YB, 73:630-31; .N17imes, Mar3 1971,46:1.

Friedman, Moses; h.*; d. Philadelpma, June11937.

Author, communal & philanthropic worker,Philadelphia. ~ See: A]YB, 39:591.

Friedman, Moses; h. Cincinnati, June 251874.

U Cincinnati, U CA; honorary degrees. ­Educator; supt US Indian School (Carlisle,PA); editor RedMan; specialty: Indianeducation. - See: WWWIA, 5.

Friedman, Nathan; h. Vilna, Oct 18 1900.BS CCNY,JD,JSD NYU. - Lawyer, Zionistldr, Paterson; natl exec com Zionist Org ofAm. - See: REOA].

Friedman, Nathan Holiday; h. Brooklyn,June 4 1890; d. Boston, Jan 24 1952.

Business exec, textile finishing exec, NorthDighton, MA; a fdr Am Assn for JewishEducation; officer trade assns; active AssocdJewish Philanthropies. - See: A]YB, 54:539;WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 251952,21:4.

Friedman, NewtonJerome; h. Cleveland,Feh 13 1907; d. 1970.

AB, post-grad Western Reserve, BHL,ordained Heb Union CoIl. - Rabbi, reliefworker, Gloversville, NY, Beaumont, TX.­See: WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.

Friedman, Osias L; h. Bucharest, Jan 281890.

To US 1910. - CCNY, Columbia, LI ColIHospital, MD Eclectic Med ColI (Cincinnati).- Physician, NYC; fdr Rumanian HospitalRelief; active Democratic politics, CommunityCouncils of Greater NY; WWI service. - See:WWIA],1938.

Friedman, Philip; h. Lvov, Apr271901; d.NYC, Feh 71960.

To US 1948. - PhD UVienna. - Historian,Heb, Yiddish & Polish editor, tchr, author;specialty: Eastern European Jewry; withWarsaw Inst ofJewish Studies, Yiddish Inst;orgr Lublin Central Jewish Historical Commn,WarsawJewjsh Historical Inst, educationalproject for Holocaust survivors; dir NYCJewish Tchrs Inst, Centre de DocumentationJuive; advisor Nuremburg; active historicaldocumentation (Lublin, Warsaw, Paris, NYC).• See: E]; A]YB, 62:450; NITimes, Feb 8 1960,29:1.

Friedman, Pinkas; h.*; d. NY~, Oct 1919.Rabbi, NYc. - See:A]YB, 22:165.

Friedman, Raphael Nathan; h. Warren, IL,Mar 10 1890.

Chicago Art Inst, BS Armour Inst. -Architect,

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engineer, Chicago; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 8.

Friedman, Rosa Krow (Mrs CharlesFriedman); b. Beregszasz, Hungary, Sep41872.

To US 1887.· Charter mem, Hadassah,McKeesport, PA; mem Community Council. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friedman, Samuel; b. ca 1845; d. Cleveland,Nov 171917.

Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,20(1918-1919):228.

Friedman, Samuel; b.Shaky, Russia,Jan 211865.

Jews ColI (London). • Rabbi, London,Amsterdam, NY, Harrisburg. • See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):57.

Friedman, Samuel; b. Tuscaloosa, Jan 231871.

BE U AL, CE Columbia; honorary degree. •Engineer, realtor, broker, Tuscaloosa; natlguard service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friedman, Samuel; b. Hungary, 1899.To US 1927. • U Budapest, U Prague, MD UCluj. • Physician, Brooklyn. • See: BEOAJ.

Friedman, Samuel; b. Poland, Oct 3 1906;d May91970.

Physician, Newton, CT; supt Fairfield StateHospital; author in field; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,5.

Friedman, Samuel D; b. Russia, Sep 71877;d. NYC, Aug 16 1951.

Businessman; fdr Palestine Lighthouse. It See:AJYB, 54:539;NYTimes, Aug 171951, 17:5.

Friedman, Samuel G; b. Philadelphia, Apr111882; d. Philadelphia, Jan 16 1947.

BS U PA. • Insurance broker, communalworker, Philadelphia; dir Camp Kennebec(Maine); active Foster Home for Heb Orphans,Bureau cifJewish Children, Boy Scouts, youthorgs. • See: AJYB, 49:611; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Jan 19 1947,53:1.

Friedman, Sara M (Mrs Samuel DFriedman); b. Minsk, Jan 211882; d.NYC, Oct 1948.

To US 1885.· Communal worker, benefactorof the blind, NYC; fdr, pres PalestineLighthouse; dir Home of Daughters ofJacob. •See: WWIAJ, 1938 (addenda); NYTimes, Oct 71948,29:1.

Friedman, Sidney; b. NYC, Dec 11907; d.Sep 13 1982.

MA, PhB Brown, LLB Yale. • Banker, lawyer,NYC; trustee Hofstra; active LI development,United Fund; editor in field. • See: WWWIA,8.

Friedman, Sol Bezalel; b. NYC, Apr 6 1890.LLB Cleveland Law, MA Columbia, ordainedRIETS. • Rabbi, Pittsburgh, NYC; fdrWomens League for Traditiona1]udaism; execbd Union of OrthodoxJewish Congregations;pres Conf ofOrthodox Rabbis ofAm; active

Rabbinical Council ofAm. " See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938.

Friedman~ Sol H; b. Russia, Apr 14 1895; d.Mar 141957.

Steel exec, Cleveland; trustee synagog, MtSinai. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 161957,19:6.

Friedman, Sophie Goldberger; b. Tuchrina,Austria-Hungary, May 211878.

To US 1882. • U Memphis. • Lawyer,Memphis; active Democratic politics, NatlCouncil ofJewish Women, professional assns.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friedman, Stanleigh Pohly; b. Albany, NY,Aug 12 1884; d. Sep 1960.

AB Yale, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, exec,composer; with Warner Bros; active bar assn. •See: WWWIA, 4; NIT/mes, Oct 1 1960, 19:3.

Friedman, Theodore;b. Stromford, CT,Jan51908.

AB CCNY, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. •Rabbi, Conservative ldr, scholar, Jackson Hgts,NY, Palestine, Woodcliff, NJ; pres RabbinicalAssembly; author!editor in field. • See: EJiWWIAJ,1938.

Friedman, ~dliam;b.Jassy,1875.Civic ldr, mayor, Dade City, FL; mem CityCouncil; dir Chamber of Commerce. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Friedman, ~dliam; b. Detroit, Apr 11880.Detroit ColI of Law, LLB U MI.· Lawyer,Detroit; pres House of Correction, UnitedJewish Charities; bdJewish Welfare Fedn;active synagog. • See:AJYB, 24:143; WWIAJ,1928, 1938;BEOAJ.

Friedman, ~tlliam (Wolfe) Frederick; b.Kishinev, Sep 241891; d. WashingtonDC, Nov 2 1969.

To US 1893. • ME Agricultural ColI, BS, MS,post-grad Cornell. • Cryptanalyst, WashingtonDC; with War Dept, Natl Security Agency;author in field; WWI & WWII service. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8;NYTimes, Nov 3 1969.

Friedman, William Henry; b. Poland, July15 1886; d. NYC, Apr 17 1961.

To US 1888. ·EE, MA Columbia, post-gradCCNY, Columbia, Brooklyn Polytech. •Tunnel Commr, printer, publisher, publicschool tchr, arbitrator, NYC; officer StateFedn of Labor; active Am Jewish Cong, FednofJewish Philanthropies. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 18 1961, 37:2.

Friedman, ~dliam Sterne; b. Chicago, Oct241868; d. Coronado Beach, CA, Apr 251944.

Ordained Heb Union ColI, AB U Cincinnati;honorary degree. • Rabbi, civic ldr, Denver;pres State Bd of Charities; officer State Conf ofCharities, Charitable Org Soc; Edr, pres NatlJewish Hospital. • See: UJE; AJYB, 5(1903­1904):57,24:143,46:337; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2.

Friend, Emanuel M

Friedmann, Herbert; b. Brooklyn, Apr 221900.

BS CCNY, PhD Cornell, post-grad Harvard. •Biologist, ornithologist, Washington DC; withSmithsonian; officer professional soc; author!editor in field; WWI service. • See:·UJE;WWIAJ,·1938; BEOAJ.

Friedmann, Lionel; b. Philadelphia, Dec 251884; d. May 1957.

Realtor, communalldr, Philadelphia; natlcouncil Joint Distribution Com; active Fedn ofJewish Charities, Jewish Publication Soc,Settlement Music School. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, May 22 1957,33:5.

Friedmann, Max E; b. Milwaukee, Mar 21890; d. Mar 311954.

U WI. • Merchant, dept store pres,Milwaukee; active mercantile assns, artmuseum.· See: UTWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Apr 11954, 31:2.

Friedmann, Ulrich; b. Berlin, May 71877;d. Great Neck, Nov 15 1949.

Med researcher; with Brooklyn JewishHospital. • See:AJYB, 52:501; NYTimes, Nov16 1949, 30:2.

Friedsam, Michael; b. NYC, 1858; d. NYC,Apr 6/7 1931.

.Dept store pres, civic & communalldr,philanthropist, art collector, public servant,NYC; with B Altman; pres Altman Found;endowed Friedsam Found; benefactorMetropolitan Museum; active publiceducation, fine arts; WWI & natl guardservice. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:143,33:126;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,Apr 81931,1:3.

Friedzel (Friedsel), Louis; b. ca 1853; d.NYC, June 241923.

Yiddish composer, conductor, musician, NYC.• See:AJYB, 24:142, 26:154;

Friend,~urSunruner;b.~waukee,May

23 1879; d. Nov 1947.AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, motion pictureexec & producer, NYC; fdr Lasky Features;WWI government service. " See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 181947,29:3.

Friend, Charles; b. NYC, ca 1867; d.Milwaukee, reported Sep 3 1943.

Lawyer, communal worker, Milwaukee; bdJewish Social Service Assn; trustee Home forAged Jews, Com for Refugees. • See: AJYB,46:337.

Friend, Emanuel; b. Chicago, Aug 5 1867/1869; d. July 19 1938.

MD Rush Med ColI, post-grad abroad. •Surgeon, Chicago; specialty: abdominalsurgery; author in field. • See:AJYB, 41:422;WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; NYTimes, July 201938,19:5.

Friend, Emanuel M; b. ca 1854; d; NYC,Nov 11904.

Lawyer, NYc.. See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):217;NYTimes, Nov 2 1904,9:4.

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Friend, Emil (The Boersianer); b. Prague,Dec 25 1863/Prague, Dec 25 1867; d.Milwaukee, Oct 1920.

To US 1886.· UVienna.· Journalist,financial editor; with NY Daily News, ChicagoHerald-Examiner.· See:AJYB, 24:143;WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Oct 3 1920,22:1.

Friend, George B; b. Rumania, Oct 271884.

To US 1885. • Chain store exec, Chicago. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Friend, Harry M; b. Cincinnati, ca 1880; d.NYC, Oct 17 1945.

Newspaperman, NYC, Chicago, St Louis. •See: AJYB, 48:489; NYTimes, Oct 18 1945,23:5.

Friend, Hugo Morris; b. Prague, July 211882; d. Apr 1966.

To US ca 1884.· PhB U Chicago,JD UChicago. • Cook County circuit court judge,Chicago; presided at Black Sox trial; officerJewish Home Finding Soc; mem US Olympictrack team. • See: U]E; EJ; AJYB, 24:143;WWIA.J, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 11966,88:3.

Friend, Ida Weis (Mrs Joseph E Friend); b.Natchez, June 30 1868.

Clubwoman, New Orleans; State Fedn ofWornens Clubs, Nat! Council ofJewishWomen; active Democratic politics. • See:U]E; WWIAJ, 1938.

Friend,Jacob E; b.*; d. Florence, May 21912.

Mfr, legislator, Milwaukee. • See: AJYB,14(1912-1913):127.

Friend, Morris; b. Dehlingen, Alsace-Lorraine, Feb 11 1859.

To US 1876. • Merchant, Humboldt &Lincoln, NE; an orgr Beatrice Creamery;officerJewish Fedn, B'nai B'rith; active CharityOrg, Soc ofFriendless. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Friend, Robert Elias; b. Merton, WI, Sep 11886; d.July 141962.

Pres Nordberg Mfg Co, Milwaukee; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, July 15 1962,60:3.

Friendlich, Henry; b. ca 1829; d. NYC, July281911.

Rabbi, Leavenworth. • See: AJYB, 14(1912­1913):123.

Friendly, Alfred; b. Salt Lake City, Dec 301911; d. Nov 1983.

Amherst. • Editor, Pulitzer Prize winner;editor Washington Post; WWII service. • See:NYTimes, Nov 8 1983.

Friendly, Edwin Samuel (Samson); b.Elmira, NY,June 15 1884; d.July 1970.

Newspaper mgr, NYC; with NYTimes, NYSun, NY World-Telegram; active professionalassns. • See: U]E; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;REGA]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,]uly 101970,33:1.

Friendly, Fred (born Fred Wachenheimer);b.1915.

Noted television writer, dir, consult, radioannouncer; W\VII correspondent. • See: EJ.

Friendly, Myer; b. Bavaria, ca 1849; d.Elmira, NY, Mar 81937.

To US ca 1865. • Indian trader, carriagebusinessman. • See:AJYB, 39:591; NYTimes,Mar 91937,23:2.

Friendly, Oscar Nathan; b. Corvallis, OR,Aug 24 1884; d. Feb 11 1975.

BS U CA. • Consult mining engineer, exec,Salt Lake City; active professional assn. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6.

Fries, Robert G Jr; b. Cincinnati, Jan 61893; d. Cincinnati, Oct 28 1963.

Cornell. • Co-fdr, Fries & Fries, mfg chemist,Cincinnati; noted producers of food flavorings.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 29 1963,36:4.

Friesner, Isidore; b. NYC, July 25 1874; d.Katonah, NY, Sep 81945.

AB CCNY, MD U CO. • Physician, otologist,NYC; pres Mt Sinai med bd; officer med soc;author in field. • See: AJYB, 48:489; WWIAJ,1938; REGAJ; NYTimes, Sep 9 1945,45:1.

Friml, (Charles) Rudolf; b. Bohemia, 1881;d. Hollywood, CA, Nov 13 1972.

To US 1906. • Composer, songwriter, NYC;charter mem Am Soc ofComposers, Authors& Publishers; "Rose Marie." • See: AJYB,24:143; NYTimes story, July 25 1969, obituaryNov 141972, 50:1.

Frisch, Daniel; b. Targu Frumos, Rumania!Palestine, Sep 211897; d. NYC, Mar 71950.

To US 1921. • Retail merchant, investmentbroker, Zionist Idr, author, Indianapolis; presZionist Org ofAm, Jewish Agency, WorldFedn of Zionists. • See: EJ; AJYB, 52:502;WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ; NYTimes, Mar 81950,27:1.

Frisch, Emanuel; b. Brooklyn, May 141912; d. NYC,Jan 211971.

Lawyer, business exec, communal fundraiser,NYC; officer YM-YWHA; bd MetropolitanJewish Geriatric Center; trustee Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; active Nat! Conf of Christians&Jews. • See:AJYB, 73:631; NYTimes, Jan 241971,64:2.

Frisch, Ephraim; b. Shubocz, Lithuania,Oct 11880; d. NYC, Dec 241957.

To US 1888. • BA U Cincinnati, PhDColumbia, post-grad U Chicago, NY School ofPhilanthropy, ordained Heb Union ColI. •'Rabbi, author, editor, NYC, San Antonio; presJewish Chautauqua, San Antonio Open Forum;chr Am Falasha Com, Central Conf ofAmRabbis Social]ustice Commn; bdHeb UnionColI, League for Industrial Democracy;supporter Am Civil Liberties Union,Americans for Democratic Action. • See: U]E;EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):216,60:355; WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 26 1957, 19:1.

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Frisch, Leonard Hennan; b. Suwalki, Apr201890; d. Minneapolis, June 291984.

To Minneapolis 1901. • BA U MN, U MNLaw. • Editor, communal & Zionist Idr,Minneapolis; supervisor GalvestonImmigration Bureau; publisher, editor AmJewish Warld; exec bd Zionist Org ofAm,Keren Hayesod; WWI service. • See: AJYB,86:438; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; REGAJ;JTA-DNR, Sep 11 1984.

Frisch, Ruth Cohen (Mrs); b. ca 1885; d.San Antonio, Aug 5 1934.

Communal & civic worker, San Antonio. •See:AJYB, 37:256.

Frisch, William; b. Bohemia, 1854; d.Baltimore, July 301910.

To US ca 1865. • Newspaperman, Baltimore;editor-in-chief Baltimore Am; specialty:politics; tchr free classes for immigrants. • See:U]E;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):99,13(1911­1912):135; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,]uly 311910, 7:5.

Frischer, Julius; b. Myslowitz, Gennany,June 15 1885.

MD Kansas City Med ColI, post-grad Europe.• Urologist, Kansas City; officer med socs;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Frischwasser, Benjamin F; b. Austria,1883?; d. Bronx, July 30 1958.

Insurance broker, NYC; a fdr, officer ILGWU;bd Forward. • See:AJYB, 61:417; NYTimes,July 31 1958,23:4.

Frishberg, Israel Zev; h. Ukraine, May 181876; d. Brooklyn, Oct 18 1955.

Communal educator, author; chief consultMizrachi Nat! Bd of Education; fdr Heb TchrsAssn, Heb Principals Assn; faculty Yeshiva U,Herzliah Heb Tchrs Inst. • See: AJYB, 58:476;NYTimes, Oct 191955,33:3.

Frishberg, Naphtali Z; b.*; d. Englewood,NJ, Aug 1960.

CCNY, ordained Jewish Inst of Religion. •Rabbi, Larchmont, NY; active introducingHeb in public schools. • See: NYTimes, Aug 101960,31:2.

Frishman, Morris; b. Kiev, Oct 1 1890.To US 1894.· BS U Pittsburgh, MD JohnsHopkins. • Physician, Pittsburgh; withTuberculosis Hospital; WWI service. • See:WWIA},1938.

Frocht, Max Mark; b. Warsaw, June 3 1894.To US 1912. • BS, PhD U MI, MS UPittsburgh. • Mechanical engineer, Pittsburgh;specialty: stress analysis, photoelasticity; facultyCarnegie Inst; author in field; WWI service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Froehlich,Alfred;b.\Tienna, 1871;d.Mar1953.

To US 1939. • Pharmacologist, Cincinnati;discover/inventor methods; with JewishHospital; faculty U Vienna. • See: EJ;NYTimes, Mar 23 1953,23:3.

Froelich,Jesse; b. ca 1879; d. Long Beach,LI, May 13 1939.

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Merchant, Long Beach, LI; pres Bd ofEducation.· See:AJYB, 41:422; NITimes,May 141939, ill 7:4.

Frohlich, Louis David; b. NYC, Feb 191885; d. Mar 1953.

AB Columbia, NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC;specialty: copyright; general counsel Am Soc ofComposers, Authors & Publishers. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Apr 11953,29:2.

Frohman, Charles; b. Sandusky, June 171860; d. Lusitania, May 71915.

Theatrical mgr, NYC; a fdr TheatricalSyndicate. • See:]E; UJE; E] (sub Frohman);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):99, 17(1915-1916):219;WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, May 15 1915, 13:5,May241915, 11:5,June 3 1915,11:5.

Frohman, Charles Eugene; b. Sandusky,Aug 91901; d. Sep 10 1976.

BS U PA, JD Yale; honorary degree. • Banker,mfr, lawyer, author, Sandusky; Episcopalian. •See: WWWL4, 7.

Frohman, Daniel; b. Sandusky, Aug 22185111853; d. NYC, Dec 1940.

Theatrical mgr, journalist, NYC; a fdrTheatrical Syndicate; pres Actors Fund ofAm;dir Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky FilmCo; memoirs. • See: ]E; UJE; E] (subFrohman);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):99,24:143;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Dec 27 1940, 14:3.

Frohman, Enuna;b. Sandusky; d. NYC, Apr141937.

Charitable worker, NYC; active Actors Fund,US World War Amputation Assn, WWI. •See:A]YB, 39:591; NYTimes, Apr 161937,23:4.

Frohman, Gustave; b. Sandusky, 1855; d.Aug 1930.

Theatre mgr, NYC. • See: E] (sub Frohman);NITimes, Aug 17 1930, IT 7:3.

Fromberg, Harry George; b. Chiconov,Russia, July 13 1889; d. New Hyde Park,LI, Nov 261974.

To US 1893. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; afdr, pres Natl Council ofYoung Israel; activeRepublican politics, Union of OrthodoxJewishCongregations, Am Jewish Cong.· See:A]YB,76:513;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Nov29 1974,42:3.

Fromberg, Joseph; b. Augusta, GA, May 271890.

LLB USC. • Lawyer, legislator, municipaljudge, aide to governor, Charleston, SC, thenspecial asst US atty general, Washington DC;officer Union of OrthodoxJewishCongregations; active Zionist Org ofAm. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Fromenson, Abraham Haym (Hyman); b.Chicago, Nov 4/18 1872/1873/1874/1878; d. NYC, Apr 121935.

NYU. • Newspaperman, publicity agent,public relations consult, Zionist ldr, NYC; execsecy B'nai B'rith, Natl Farm School; publicitydir Zionist Org ofAm, communal fundraising

campaigns; introduced/edited English sectionJewish Daily News. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­1905):99-100,24:143,37:256; WWIA], 1928;BEOA]; Eisenstadt, 72.

Fromenson, Baruch; b. ca 1847; d. NYC,May 71917.

Cantor, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):265..

Fromenson, Ruth Bernard (Mrs AbrahamH Fromenson); b. Rochester, NY, 1880?;d. NYC, Jan 261953.

A fdr Hadassah; chr Palestine Supplies Bureau.• See: A]YB, 55:455; NITimes, Jan 27 1953,25:5.

Fromkes, Maurice; b. Poland, Feb 191872;d. Paris, Sep 17 1931.

Cooper Union, Natl Academy of Design. •Portrait painter, NYC; noted portraits ofSpanish intellectuals & peasants. • See: UJE;A]YB, 24:143, 34:111; WWWIA, 1.

Fronun, Erich; b. Frankfurt, Mar 23 1900;d. Mar 18 1980.

To US ca 1933. • Psychoanalytic Inst (Berlin),PhD U Heidelberg. • Psychoanalyst, socialphilosopher, theoritician, neo-Freudian,author; faculty Bennington ColI, N atl U(Mexico), MI State, NYU. • See: E]; WWWIA,7; NYTimes, Mar 19 1980.

Fronun, Nelson K; b. Albany, NY, Dec 91881; d.Jline 22 1938.

AB Dartmouth, MD Albany Med CoIL •Physician, communal worker, Albany, NY;faculty Albany Med ColI; officer med soc,synagog; author in field; WWI service. • See:A]YB, 40:384; BEOA]; NITimes, June 23 1938,21:3.

Fronun-Reichmann, Frieda (Mrs ErichFromm); b. Karlsruhe, Oct 23 1889; d.Apr 281957.

To US 1933. • Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst,pioneer psychotherapist; fdr SouthwestGerman Psychoanalytic Inst; assocd withCenter for Advanced Studies in the BehavioralSciences (Stanford); author in field. • See: E];NAW: modem; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Apr 301957,29:2.

Fromme, Herman; b. ca 1863; d. NYC,June 281913.

Lawyer, NYc.. See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):270.

Fromme, Isaac; b. ca 1854; d. Asbury Park,NJ, Aug 291917.

CCNY, LLB CCNY. • Registrar, NYC; orgrReal Estate Exchange; counsel Lawyers TitleInsurance Co.· See:A]YB, 20(1918­1919):228;NITimes,Aug311917,7:4.

Frommer, Jacob (F) abn (the Levite); b.Riga, Jan 30 1854; d. New Haven, Jan 131918.

Rabbi, Russia, Cleveland, New Haven. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):57,20(1918-1919):228.

Fronuner, SamueIAlexander;b. Cleveland,Feb 61893.

B Lin Columbia. • Advertising exec,

Fuchs, Emil Edwin

stockbroker, communalldr, Indianapolis;officerJewish Educational Assn,JewishWelfare Fund, INJewish ConE • See: BEOA].

Frost, Charles; b. NYC,July41895; d.NYC, Jan 8 1971.

Honorary degree. • Industrialist,philanthropist; pres Am Technion Soc; a fdrJewish NYU Culture Found; benefactor AlbertEinstein ColI ofMed.· See:A]YB, 73:631;NITimes, Jan 91971,31:1.

Frucht, Nathaniel; b. NYC, Oct 14 1889.ME Cornell. • Patent lawyer, Providence;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Frumberg, Abram Morgan; b. Towanda,PA, Mar 30 1877; d. Sep 1943.

NYU, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, St Louis,NYC; counsel for "Black Sox." • See: WWIA],1926, 1938; NITimes, Sep 8 1943,23:5.

Frumkes, John G; b. NYC; d. Clearwater,FL, Apr 1969.

Garment maker, industry ldr, NYC; fdrRefugee Relief Fund. • See: NITimes, Apr 51969,17:3.

Frumkin, Abraham; b. Jerusalem, 1872; d.Seagate, LI, Apr 29 1940. .

To US 1899. • Yiddish author, journalist,scholar, Seagate, LI; with Idishe Velt. • See:]E(sub Frumkin, Israel Dob); Eisenstadt, 79.

Frumkin,Jacob G; b. Kovno, Oct 11879; d.NYC, Sep 271971.

To US 1941. • Lawyer, ORT exec, NYC; presUnion of RussianJews; co-editor works onRussianJewry. • See: A]YB, 73:631; NITimes,Sep 29 1971, 36:5.

Frydman, Szako (Szajko); see Szajkowski,Zosa.

Fryer, Samuel A; b. 1884?; d. Santa Monica,Sep 91967.

Biochemist, philanthropist, Los Angeles;benefactor Haifa Technion, Heb U, UJudaism.· See:A]YB, 69:607.

Fuchs, Abraham Wallerstein; b. NYC, Feb2 1892.

CE CornelL • Sanitary engineer; with USPublic Health Service; studied pollution,malaria control; author in field. • See: WWIA],1926,1928,1938;BEOA].

Fuchs, Daniel; b. NYC, June 25 1909.AB CCNY. • Novelist, public school tchr,scriptwriter, NYC; contributor New Republic,Am Heb. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.

Fuchs, Emil; b. Vienna, Aug 9 1866; d.NYC, Jan 13 1929.

Imperial Academies (Vienna, Berlin). • Painter,sculptor, etcher, NYC; tchr London RoyalAcademy, Paris Salon; autobiography. • See:UJE;A]YB, 31:92; WWIA], 1926,1928;WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Jan 141929,1:4.

Fttchs, Emil Edwin; b. Bromberg,·Germany, Apr 17 1878; d. Boston, Dec1961.

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LLB NYU. • Lawyer, deputy district atty,police & municipal judge, baseball player,NYC, Boston; longtime supporter, counselUniversity Settlement House; owner BostonBraves baseball team. • See: WWIA], 1928;BEOA]; NITimes, Dec 61961,47:4.

Fuchs, Jacob; b. ca 1869; d. Brooklyn, Apr241940.

Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 42:479;NITimes, Apr 25 1940, 23:2.

Fuchs, James; b. Austria.Writer, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:144.

Fuchs, Josef; b. NYC, Apr 26 1899.Inst ofMusical Art. • Violinist, NYC; withCleveland Symphony: ldr Cleveland StringQuartet. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Fuchs, Julius; b. St George, Austria, Oct 161846.

Normal School (Vienna). • German languagetchr, poet, Cincinnati; faculty Cincinnati HighSchool; author in field. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):100.

Fuchs, Lillian; b. NYC, Nov 181903.Inst ofMusical Art. • Violipist, composer,NYC; mem string quartets. • See: WWIA],1926, 1928.

Fuchs, Nathaniel; b. NYC, July 201898; d.Linden, NJ,Jan 1956.

B Chern, PhD Cornell. • Research chemist,Linden, W; with General Aniline Works. •See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Jan 271956,23:5.

Fuchsberg, Jacob D; b. 1913.Leading trial lawyer, state court of appealsjudge, NYC; officer professional assn, ZionistOrg ofAm; author/editor in field. • See:E]:1973-1982.

Fuld, Caroline Bamburger Frank (MrsFelix Fuld); b. Baltimore, Mar 16 1864;d. Lake Placid, NY, July 18 1944.

Philanthropist; fdr Inst for Advanced Study(Princeton); benefactor Am Joint AgricultureCorp, Newark Art Museum. • See: UJE (subFuld, Felix);A]YB, 47:522; NAW; NITimes,July 19 1944, 19:1.

Fuld, David; b. ca 1836; d. Albany, NY, Feb61913.

Mfr,Albany, NY.• See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):270.

Fuld, l'elix; b. Frankfurt, ca 1869; d. SouthOrange,Jan 201929.

To US ca 1883.· Merchant, dept store exec,philanthropist, Newa.rk; with Bambergers; presFedn ofNJ YM & YWHAs; officer trade assns;active communal fundraising,Jewishagricultural settlements. • See: UJE; A]YB;24:144,31:92; WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Jan 211929,21:4.

Fuld, Joseph E; b. NYC, ca 1873; d. NYC,Jan 3 1937.

MD Columbia. • Surgeon, NYC; specialty:

hands; officer professional assn. • See: A]YB,39:591; NITimes, Jan 41937,29:1.

Fuld, Leonhard F; b. NYC, Aug 12 1883; d.Trenton, Aug 301965.

AB, AM, LLB, LLM, PhD Columbia. •Lawyer, economist, municipal, state & federal'civil service examiner, philanthropist;benefactor Helene Fuld Hospital (Trenton);author/editor in field; WWI governmentservice.· See:A]YB, 67:535; WWWIA, 4;NITimes, Sep 1 1965, 37:1.

Fuld"Ruth Scharps (Mrs MoseslMoe 1Fuld); b. Newburgh, NY, Apr 25 1874; d.Jan 1957.

Vassar. • Charity worker, Paterson; officerThrift Shop Workers, StJosephs Hospital,Heb Ladies Benevolent Soc; active synagog. •See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Jan 5 1957, 17:5.

Fuld, Stanley Howells; b. 1903.Lawyer, state court of appeals judge, defenderofpersonal rights, NYC; active Republicanpolitics, communal affairs, JTS, Hillel, JointDefense Appeal. • See: E].

Fuller, Aaron; b. ca 1858; d. St Louis, July 31936.

Merchant, communal worker, St Louis. • See:A]YB, 39:591.

Fuller, Leo Charles; b. Ft Smith, AR, Aug23 1865; d. Sep 1963.

AB Yale. • Exec, realtor,. St Louis; with Stix,Baer & Fuller Co; dir Chamber of Commerce.• See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4.

Funaro, Roberto; b. Leghorn, 1883; d. Mar1955.

To NYC 1939.· UPisa, U Berlin.·Pediatrician, physician to royal families; facultyU Leghorn; author in field. • See: UJE;NITimes, Mar 13 1955,86:5.

Funk, Casimir; b. Warsaw, Feb 23 1884; d.Nov 20 1967.

To US 1915. • PhD U Berne, post-gradLondon Lister Inst. • Biochemist, discoverervitamin B, med researcher, Found pres; withLondon Cancer Hospital Research Inst,Rockefeller Found Support, Warsaw School ofHygiene; consult US Vitamin Corp; author infield; WWI drug producer. • See: E]; A]YB,24:144; DAB, 8; NITimes, Nov 211967,1:8.

Funk, Rudolph A; b.*; d. Cincinnati,]une 51942.

Rabbi, Cincinnati.· See:A]YB, 44:337.

Funsten, Benjamin Reed; b. St Louis, Nov3 1887; d. Mar 15 1969.

Merchant, St Louis, San Francisco; with RiceStix (St Louis); pres B F Schlesinger & Sons(San Francisco). • See: WWWIA, 5,8.

Furth,]acob; b.*; d. Seattle, June 2 1914.Banker, Seattle. • See: A]YB, 16(1914­1915):162.

Furscott, Mortimer C; b. Charleston, SC,Feb 241879.

Merchant, Indianapolis; pres Kahn Tailoring

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Co (Indianapolis), English Woolen Co(Cleveland). • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Furst, Bruno; b. Metz, Germany, Mar 131891; d. NYC, Mar 281965.

To US 1938. • Writer, lecturer, memoryexpert; faculty McGeorge CoIl ofLaw(Sacramento); fdr School ofMemory &Concentration; author in field. • See:A]YB,67:535; NY7imes, Mar 30 1965,47:1.

Furst, George; b. NYC, May 11 1891; d.Newark, Apr 18 1964.

LLB NJ Law, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, Newark;officer B'nai Abraham; active Beth IsraelHospital, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NITimes, Apr 19 1964, 85:1.

Furst,Joseph; b. Boston, Aug 311900; d.May241967.

Rice Inst, U TX. • Investment banker, Boston;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4.

Furst, MelvinJ; b. NYC; d. LI, Feb 1982.Businessman, philanthropist; bd JTS;benefactor Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, LIJewish Hillside Memorial Center; supporterHadassah; active synagog. • See:A]YB, 84:332.

Furst, Michael; b. ca 1857; d. Brooklyn,June 271934.

Lawyer, banker, philanthropist, civic worker,Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 36:280; NITimes, June28 1934,23:4.

Furst, Moritz; b. near Pressburg,Bratislava, 1782; d. 1840.

To US 1807. • Noted medallist; with US Mint(Philadelphia). • See: E].

Furst, Sol; b. Czechoslovakia, 1894; d.NYC, Nov 171.971.

To US 1908. • Business exec, philanthropist; afdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed, Bar-nan; .trustee Yeshiva U.· See:A]YB, 73:631;NITimes, Nov 191971, 48:4.

Furstenberg, Hillel (Harry); b. Berlin,1935.

To Israel 1965. • BA, MSc Yeshiva U, PhDPrinceton. • Mathematician; faculty MIT, UMN, Heb U. • See: E]:1973-1982.

Furth, Emanuel; b. Reading, PA, Sep 261857; d. Philadelphia, Mar 171931.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), LLBU PA. • Lawyer, legislator, author,Philadelphia; active Democratic politics, repealof Sunday closing laws. • See: UJE; A]YB,6(1904-1905):100,33:126.

Furth, George Washington; b. St Louis,Sep 241876; d. Cleveland, Aug 22 1944.

Lawyer, councilman, Cleveland; dir JewishOrphan Home, Heb Free Loan Assn,Educational League; active Progressive Party,Zionist Org ofAm.· See:A]YB, 47:522;WWIA],1938.

Furth, Jacob; b. Bohemia, June 12 1844; d.St Louis, Oct 15 1918.

Commercial CoIl (St Louis). • Wholesalegrocer, communal worker, Cleveland, St Louis;

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officer B'nai B'rith; bdJewish Orphan Asylum,Public Library, House of Refuge. • See:A]YB,7(1905-1906):61,21:205. .

Furth, Jacob; t;.. Miskolc, Hungary, Sep 201896; d.July 22 1979.

To US 1924. • MD U Prague; honorarydegrees. • Physician, pathologist, consult,

NYC; faculty Cornell, Columbia; specialty:cancer; officer professional assns. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, July 28 1979.

Fusfeld, Irving Stanley; b. NYC, Nov 51893.

BS, MA Columbia, Bach Pedagogy, MA

Fyne, Sheftel

Gallaudet.· Editor, Am Annals ofthe Deaf,Washington DC.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Fyne, Sheftel; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Apr 201936.

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 38:428.