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wWachenheim, F L; b.*Physician, NYC. • See: A]YB, 24:211.
Wachenheimer, Jacob; b. NYC; d. June 231934.
Banker, civic worker, Peoria; bd Home forFriendless.· See: WWIA], 1928; WWWIA, 1.
Wachman, Johel Max; b. Tarnopol, Poland,Jan 171875.
To NYC 1891 • Silkmfr, NYC; officerDowntown Talmud Torah, Soc for theAdvancement of]udaism; dirJewishEducational Assn. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wachs, Adolph; b. Austria, 1873.Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia; dirHeb Immigrant Aid Soc, synagog. • See:WWIA], 1926.
Wachsman, Alvin Leopold; b. NYC, Apr 161890; d. July 1948.
Broker, civic & philanthropic worker, NYC; bdNY Cotton Exchange. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, July 15 1948,23:4.
Wachsman, Zvi H; b.Jerusalem, 1900?; d.Montreal, Sep 13 1948.
To US 1940. eJournalist, author, linguist;advisor to Jan Masaryk; WWIJewish Legionservice. • See:A]YB, 51:525; NYTimes, Sep 161948,29:6.
Wachsmann, Siegfried; b. Gleiwitz,Germany, Dec 24 1864; d. Middletown,NY, Feb 181946.
To US 1901. • MD U Berlin. • Physician,NYC; faculty Fordham, Columbia. • See:A]YB, 24:211, 48:501;WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Feb 191946,25:3.
Wachtel, Barney; b. Austria, Jan 12 1872.Communal worker, Hartford; active numerousJewish orgs. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Wachtel, Henry Isaac; b. Rzeszow/Cracow,Nov 13 1880; d. NYC, Feb 14 1969.
To US 1898. • DDS NY ColI of Oral &Dental Surgery. • Dentist, art collector, NYC;fdr childrens dental clinic aerusalem); activeaid to refugees, supporting dentists in Israel. •See:A]YB, 71:610; WWIA],1938;BEOA];NYTimes, Feb 16 1969, 76:7.
Wachtel, Mrs Emanuel; b.*; d. Seattle, Feb5 1939.
Communal worker. • See:A]YB, 41:432.
Wachtel, William; b. Lemberg, 1875; d.NYC, 1952.
To US ca 1940. • Painter, Vienna, Havana,US; paintings of]ewish customs & culture. •See: UJE; NYTimes, Nov 3 1952,27:4.
Wachtell, Samuel Robert; b. Moscziski,Poland, Apr 29 1886; d.NYC, Sep 19
1943.To US 1896. • Cooper Union, LLB NY Law.• Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; a fdr AmGuild for German Cultural Freedom; presJewish Braille Inst; fought Nazi racial laws;active pressing claims against Nazigovernment.· See:A]YB,46:347; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Sep 211943,23:5.
Wachtler, Sol; b. Brooklyn,. 1930.BA, LLB Washington & Lee.· Lawyer, chiefjudge state court of appeals, Jamaica, NY. •See:E]:1986-1987.
Wacksman, Moses David; b. ca 1876; d. LosAngeles, Nov 21931.
Actor, Los Angeles. • See:A]YB, 34:113.
Wadel, Burnett; b. Summit, MI, Sep 181863; d. Tyler, TX,June 41943.
Pioneer settler, merchant, communal & civicldr, Tyler, TX; mem Bd of Education, Bd ofPublic Welfare; pres Salvation Army; officersynagog.· See:A]YB, 45:396; WWIA], 1938;BEOA].
Wadel, Reba (Mrs Ernest G Wadel); b.Longview, TX, 1902; d. Dallas, Nov 291949.
Social worker, communal & civic ldr; activeUnited Jewish Appeal, Community Chest. •See:A]YB, 52:505;NYTimes, Nov 30 1949,1:8.
Waelsch, Heinrich B; b. Briinn, Austria, ca1905; d. NYC, Mar 1966.
MD, DSc U Prague. • Biochemist; facultyColumbia; with NY PsychiatricInst; dir StateResearch Inst for Neurochemical & DrugAddiction; author/editor in field. • See:NYTimes, Mar 23 1966, 47:2.
Wagenheim, Elsie Wager (Mrs HarryWagenheim); b. Danville, PA, Apr 181895.
Communalldr, Pensacola; active SundaySchool Union, synagog, sisterhood,Community Chest. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Wagenheim, Isaac E; b. ca 1864; d.Pensacola, Apr 1917.
Rabbi, Pensacola. ·See:A]YB, 19(19171918):268.
Wagenheim, Michael Benjamin; b. Norfolk,Jan 61900; d. Aug 8 1972.
BL UVA.· Lawyer, civic ldr, Norfolk; memSchool Bd; officer Zeta Beta Tau, bar assns; dirCommunity Fund, Chamber of Commerce. •See: WWWIA, 5.
Wagg, Abraham; b. London, 1719; d.Bristol, England, Apr 271803.
Loyalist colonial merchant, chocolate mfr,NYC; tried to make peace between colonies &Great Britain. • See: UJE; E]; BDEA]; PA]HS,31:33-75.
Waghalter, Ignatz; b. Warsaw, 1881; d. Apr1949.
To US 1937. • Academy ofMusic (Berlin). •Conductor, composer; with National Opera(Riga); ousted by Nazis. • See: UJE; NYTimes,Apr81949,25:3.
Wagner, Charles Abraham; b. NYC, 1901.AB Columbia, LI ColI Hospital. • Journalist,drama & book critic, poet; NYC; with DailyMirror, Morning Telegraph. • See:. UJE.
Wahl, Davis; b.NYC, Apr 26 1907; d.Castro Valley, CA,Jan 1969.
Police officer, NYc. • See: NYTimes, Jan 101969,47:2.
Wahl, Maurice; b. NYC, June 10 1901.LLB, LLM NYU, CCNY, Columbia. •Lawyer, asst district atty, NYC; active bar assn,Republican politics. • See: BEOA].
Wahrhaftig, Felix Solomon; b. Sacramento,Oct 14 1909; d. Feb 18 1969.
AB, LLB U CA (Berkeley). • Lawyer,legislator, Sacramento; with CA Bd ofEqualization; consult US Treasury. • See:WWWIA,5.
Wahrhaftig, Matt; b. Orangevale, CA, Apr61892.
LLB,JD U CA.· Lawyer, lecturer, Oakland,CA.· See:A]YB, 24:211; WWIA], 1938.
Waife, Marie; b. Odessa, 1892; d. NYC,Dec 111985.
To US 1914. • U Lausanne. • Daughter &celebrator of Sholom Aleichem. • See: A]YB,87:444.
Wainer, Max Robert; b. Zitomir, Russia,Oct 311885; d. Havertown, PA,July1959.
To US 1887. • U PA Law. • US army officer,clothing mfr, Philadelphia; officer NatlJewishWelfare Bd Army & Navy Com; bd trade assn;WWI & WWII service. Ii See: A]YB, 24:211;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, July 291959,29:3.
Wainger,MorrisArthur;b.'lilna, 1895;d.NYC,Jan 51956.
Lawyer, communalldr; active AmJewish Com.• See:A]YB, 58:479; NYTimes, Jan 71956,17:4.
Wainhouse, David Walter; b. 'lilna, Sep 151900; d. Mar 19 1976.
To US 1908/1909. • AB, AM, JD (LLB?)Harvard, BCL Oxford U. • Lawyer,government consult, NYC, Washington DC;advisor State Dept, embassies, Ellis IslandCommn; author in field; WWII service. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Mar211976,47:2.
Waksman, SelmanAbraham; b. Priluka,Russia, July 29 1888; d. Hyannis, MA,Aug 161973.
BS, MS Rutgers, PhD U CA; honorarydegrees. • Microbiologist, Nobel laureate,New Brunswick, N]; pioneer in antibioticresearch; faculty Rutgers; autobiography. •See: UJE;E];A]YB, 75:657-58; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTim.es, Aug 171973,1:8.
Wald, Albert; b. NYC, Feb 211889; d.NYC, Feb 1 1985.
CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator,civic & communal worker; natl council Boy
Wald, Benjamin
Scouts; officer Union of OrthodoxJewishCongregations, professional socs; activeDemocratic politics; WWI with US ShippingBd.· See:A]YB, 87:444; WWIA], 1938;BEOA].
Wald, Benjamin; b. Poland, ca 1905; d.NYC,June 1969.
U Warsaw, Sorbonne. • Interpreter atNuremberg Military Trials, newspaperman,NYC; with Forward. • See: NITimes, June 201969,41:3.
Wald, George; b. NYC, 1906.Columbia. • Biologist, biochemist, Nobellaureate; faculty- Harvard; political activistagainst Vietnam War. • See: E].
Wald, Gustavus Henry; b. Cincinnati, Mar301953.
Yale, Harvard; honorary degree. • Lawyer,Cincinnati; faculty, dean U Cincinnati LawSchool; active Democratic politics; editor infield. • See: WWWIA, 1.
Wald, Haskell Philip; b. Worcester, Sep 61916; d. Nov 211981.
AB Clark, AM, PhD Harvard. • Governmentofficial, economist, Washington DC; withFederal Reserve Bank (NYC); authorltchr infield. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Wald, Jerry; b. NYC, Sep 16 1912; d.Hollywood, CA,July 13 1962.
BCS NYU. • Motion picture dir, Los Angeles;"The Glass Menagerie," "Johnny Belinda." •See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,July 141962,1:5.
Wald, Lillian Dj b. Cincinnati, Mar 101867; d. Westport, CT, Sep 11940.
NY Hospital Training School for Nurses,Womens Med COlli honorary degree. • Socialworker & reformer, fdr Henry StreetSettlement, public health nurse, NYC; opposedUS entry into WWI; did not identify withJudaism religiously. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,7(1905-1906):111,24:211,43:365; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; NAW;DAB, 2; NITimes, Sep 2 1940, 15:1.
Wald, Rose Fischel; b. NYC, 1900; d. NYC,May 181954.
Communalldr; bd Fedn ofJewish WomensOrgs, Union of OrthodoxJewishCongregations (wornens division). • See:A]YB, 56:572.
Wald, Sadie T (Mrs Adam Wald); b.Chicago, 1869.
Childrens social worker, juvenile courtprobation officer, Chicago; natl bd NatlCouncil ofJewish Women. • See:A]YB,7(1905-1906): 111-12.
Wald, Solomon A; b. Boston, ca 1887; d.Miami Beach, Mar 1970.
Pres, Marine Salvage Co, Jersey City. • See:NITimes, Mar 5 1970,39:3.
Waldbaum, Abraham; b. Manchester,England, Dec 23 1899.
To Philadelphia 1911. • CPA, Philadelphia. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Walden, Henry W; b. Walden, MA, Nov 101883/1888; d. Sep 1964.
DDS Columbia. • Aviation pioneer, dentist,flight instructor, designed & built aircraft,NYc.. See: UJE; BEOA]; NYTimes, Sep 141964,33:3.
Waldes, Heinrich; b. Prague, 1884; d.Maspeth, LI, July 15 1941.
To US 1941. • Industrialist, snapfastener mfr,LI; fdr art collection, Button Museum; activepolitically (Czechoslovakia). • See: UJE.
Waldheim,Aaron;b.Cincinnati,Dec21863; d. St Louis, Mar 71938.
Merchant, communal worker, philanthropist,St Louis; pres Jewish Hospital, Fedn ofJewishCharities. • See: UJE; A]YB, 40:393; WWIA],1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 8 1938, 19:3.
Waldinger, Ernst; b. Vienna, 1896; d. 1970.To US 1938.· UVienna.· Austrian poet;faculty Skidmore; WWI Austrian service,WWII government service. • See: E];NITimes, Feb 2 1970,33:3.
Waldman, Benjamin; b. ca 1854; d. NYC,Mar 1933.
Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,35:130.
Waldman, Bernard; b. Borisov, Russia, Feb11900.
To US 1920.· AB CCNY, LLB BrooklynLaw. • Exec, dress mfr, then with ModernMerchandising Bureau, NYC. • See: WWIA],1938.
Waldman, Eleanor Zuppan (Mrs); b. ca1884; d. Albany, NY, May 10 1938.
Communal & civic worker; WWI nurse. • See:A]YB, 40:393.
Waldman, Emerson;b. NYC, 1912.U WI. • Novelist, newspaperman, broadcaster;WWII government service. • See: UJE.
Waldman, Leonard S; b. ca 1868; d. Albany,NY,Apr41937.
Mens clothing mfr, exec, communal worker,Albany, NY; fdr Jewish Community Center. •See:A]YB, 39:599; NYTimes, Apr 5 1937, 19:4.
Waldman, Louis; b. Ukraine,Jan 5 1892; d.NYC, Sep 1982.
To NYC 1909. • BS Cooper Union, LLB NYLaw. • Lawyer, legislator, labor union counsel,anti-Communist, author, NYC; officer barassns; active SoCialist Party, Am Labor Party. •See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes story,Dec 13 1957, obituarySep 141982.
Waldman, Louis I; b. Albany, NY, Mar 171855; d. Albany, NY, June 30 1923.
Dye mfr, communal & civic ldr, Albany, NY; afdr Jewish Home Soc; active Republicanpolitics. • See: PA]HS, 29:193-94.
Waldman, Mark; b. Wistiten, Lithuania,May 10/28 1873; d. Sep 1955.
MA Columbia, PhD NYU. • Germanlanguage specialist, NYC; faculty CCNY;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 291955,33:1.
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Waldman, Max; b. ca 1920; d. 1981.Dance & theatre photographer, author. • See:NYTimes, Mar 3 1981.
Waldman, Milton; b. Cleveland, Oct 41895; d. Mar 61976.
AB Yale, Sorbonne. • Author, biographer,London, Paris, Rome; WWI service. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Mar 13 1976,28:5.
Waldman, Morris David; b. Bartfa,Hungary, May 1 1879; d. NYC, Sep 81963.
PhB NYU, Colum.bia, JTS. • Social work &communal exec, rabbi, non-Zionist, NYC; anorgr Natl Desertion Bureau; exec seey AmJewish Com; dir Galveston Movement, UnitedHeb Charities, Natl Conf ofJewish Charities,Joint Distribution Com; active in promotingfamily welfare, planned parenthood;autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 7(19051906):112,24:211,65:438; WWIA], 1928,1938;]TA-DNB, Sep 91963;NYTimes, Sep 81963,87:1.
Waldman, MortonJ; b. Brooklyn, 1941; d.Queens, Dec 301980.
Rabbi, communal worker, NYC; faculty JTS. •See:A]YB,82:374.
Waldman, Philip Harold; b. NYC, Aug 241906.
U vr, MD U vr. • Physician, Jamaica, NY. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Waldman, Sam; b. Csany, Hungary, Feb 201873.
To US 1886. • Dept store merchant,Bloomington, IL; pres Bureau of SocialService. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Waldstein, Abraham Solomon; b. Kovno,July 14 1874; d. Tel Aviv, 1932.
To Palestine 1912, to US 1925, to Tel Aviv1929.· BA Harvard, PhD Columbia, UChicago. • Heb writer, tchr, lecturer, fdr ofLabor-Zionist movement in US. • See: UJE;WWIA],1928.
Waldstein, Charles; see Walston, Charles.
Waldstein, Louis; b. NYC, Apr 15 1853; d.London, Apr 12 1915.
Columbia, MD U Heidelberg, post-gradEurope. • Pathologist, NYC then London;author in field. • See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):203,17(1915-1916):223; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Apr13 1915, 11:5. '
Waldstein, Martin E; b. NYC, Oct 18 1854.Columbia, PhD U Heidelberg. • Chemist,business exec, Tunbridge Wells, England. •See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):203; WWWIA, 4.
WaIinsky, Adam; b. NY, 1937.Lawyer, aide to Robert Kennedy; unsuccessfulcandidate for office (NY). • See: E] (subWalinsky).
WaIinsky, Louis Joseph; b. London, 1908.Economist, tchr, government consult, author;seey-general World ORT Union. • See: E](sub Walinsky).
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Walinsky, OssipJoseph; b. Grodno, 1886;d. NYC, Mar 4 1973.
To US 1912? • Socialist, Yiddish poet,contributor to Yiddish press, labor ldr, Zionist,NYC; fdr Workmen's Circle (England); presInternatl Leathergoods, Plastic & NoveltyWorkers Union. • See: EJ (sub Walinsky);AJYB, 75:658; NYTimes, Mar 61973,44:2.
Walker, Joseph; b. NYC, Mar 191912; d.Mar291980.
BA CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, deptstore exec, NYC; with S Klein Dept Stores;active Anti-Defamation League. • See:WWUTIA,7.
Walkin, Samuel; b. Grusd, Russia, 1908; d.NYC, Aug 251979.
To US 1947. • Chief rabbi, refugeecommunity in Shanghai during WWII; helpedprovidefor Jewish refugees. • See:AJYB,81:376.
Walkowitz, Abraham; b. Tumen, Russia,Mar 22 1878/1880; d. Brooklyn, Jan 26/271965.
To US ca 1890. • Prolific painter,watercolorist, etcher, Brooklyn; exhibit 1913Armory Show; • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(19041905):203,24:211,67:544; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; WWUTIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 281965,29:2.
Wall, Nathan Sanders; b. Chicago, May 251925; d. Sep 2 1979.
BS Rensselaer Polytech, PhD MIT. •Physicist, Silver Springs, MD; faculty MIT,U MD; active Am Civil Liberties Union;author in field; WWII service. • See:WWUTIA,7.
Wallace, Victor; b. ca 1842; d. Salisbury,NC,July 21918.
Civil War veteran, Salisbury, NC. • See: AJYB,21:207.
Wallach, Isaac; b. Germany, 1841; d. NYC,Mar 15 1907.
To US ca 1846. • Philanthropic officer, cottonwholesale merchant, NYC; pres Mt Sinai;trustee United Charities Bldg. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):112, 8(1906-1907):505;NYTimes, Mar 161907,9:5.
Wallach, Isabel Richman (Mrs Joseph GWallach); b. NYC, 1858; d. NYC, Aug 261911.
Communal worker, author, NYC; active NatlCouncil ofJewish Women, Sisterhood ofPersonal Service. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):203, 14(1912-1913):124.
Wallach, SolomonJ; b. NYC, July 291866;d. Sep 1948.
CCNY. • Exec, NYC; with Salant & Salant;pres Mendellson/Mendelssohn BenevolentSoc. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep3 1948, 19:4.
Wallach, Sydney (Sidney); b. Horochow,Russia,July61905; d.June 241979.
To NYC 1912. • BA CCNY, Columbia. •Journalist, public relations consult, NYC; withJewish Tribune, NY Je7JJish Guardian; a fdr
Commentary; dir Am Jewish Com educationdept. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;WWUTIA,7.
Wallack, HenryJohn; b. London, 1790; d.NYC, Aug 30 1870.
To Baltimore 1819. • Actor, theatre owner,stage dir; mem of acting family; Jewish father.• See: DAB.
Wallack, James William; b. London, ca1795; d. Dec 251864.
To NYC 1818.· Actor, theatre owner & mgr;mem of acting family; Jewish father. • See:DAB; NYTimes, Dec 27 1864,5:2.
Wallack, James William; b. London, Feb 241818; d. near Aiken, SC, May 24 1873.
To US 1819. • Actor; mem acting family;Jewish grandfather. • See: DAB; NYTimes, May25 1873,5:2.
Wallant, Edward L; b. New Haven, 1926; d.Norwalk, CT, Dec 51962.
Author, The Human Season. • See: AJYB,65:438; NYTimes, Dec 61962,43:5.
Wallen, Saul; b. NYC, June 29 1910; d.NYC, Aug 5 1969.
BS NYU. • Labor arbitrator; with governmentagencies, Ford Motor Co, United AutoWorkers; pres NY Urban Coalition. • See:WWUTIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 61969,39:3.
Wallenberg, Ernst; b. Berlin, 1878; d.NYC, Aug 21 1948.
To US 1938.· Journalist, editor, linguist,dentist; taught German to Am singers; authorlanguage textbooks. • See:AJYB, 51:525;NYTimes, Aug 23 1948, 17:3.
Wallenrod, Reuben; b. Vizno, Belorussia;d. Dec 1966.
Heb author, Brooklyn; faculty Brooklyn Coli;wrote about Am Jewish immigrant life. • See:EJ; AJYB, 68:534; NYTimes, Dec 28 1966,43:2.
Wallenstein, Henry; b. ca 1855; d. Wichita,reported Dec 18 1936.
Communal worker. • See:AJYB, 39:599.
Wallenstein, Sydney; b. Kovno, July 291886.
To US 1899. • MD U MD. • Surgeon,Baltimore; specialty: genito-urinary surgery;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wallerstein, David; b. ca 1863; d.Philadelphia, Dec 2 1932.
Lawyer, Philadelphia.· See:AJYB, 35:130.
Wallerstein, Edward; b. Kansas City, Dec 91891; d. Fort Lauderdale, 1970.
Haverford ColI. • Pres, Columbia Records;helped introduce long-playing records. • See:NITimes, Sep 3 1970,33:4.
Wallerstein, Emanuel Ullman; b.Richmond, Nov 13 1893.
AB U VA, MD Johns Hopkins. •Laryngologist, Richmond; faculty Med Coli ofVA.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Walter, Bruno
Wallerstein, Herman; b. ca 1839; d.Paducah, Dec 1922.
Merchant, Civil War veteran, Paducah. • See:AJYB, 25:141.
Wallerstein, Lothar; b. Prague, 1882; d.Nov 1949.
To US 1940/1941. • MD U Prague, Munich,music conservatory (Geneva). • Opera stagedir; with Rhineland, Frankfurt, Vienna &Metropolitan Operas, Salzburg Festival. • See:UJE; NITimes, Nov 151949,25:5.
Wallerstein, Max; b. ca 1875; d. NYC, Apr11937.
Chemist, philanthropist, NYC; expert onenzymes.· See:AJYB, 24:211, 39:599;NYTimes, Apr 3 1937,19:3.
Wallerstein, Morton Ludwig; b. Richmond,Dec 71890.
AB UVA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, civic ldr,Richmond; exec seey League ofVAMunicipalities; chr State Planning Commn;officer municipal assns; author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wallerstein, Rose; b. NYC, Jan 25 1896; d.Apr 1961.
Yiddish actress, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1926;NITimes, Apr 211961,33:1.
Wallerstein, Ruth C; b. Philadelphia, 1893.AB Bryn Mawr, MA, PhD U PA. • Englishliterature specialist, Madison; faculty U WI;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Wa1Iing, Anna Strunsky; see Strunsky,Anna.
Wallstein, Leonard Michael; b. NYC, Dec 71884; d. NYC, Aug 1968.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, civic & politicalworker, NYC; IDem NY Charter Commn;counsel municipal agencies, legislature; activeRepublican-Fusion politics. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 7 1968,43:2.
Walston, Charles, Sir (originallyWaldstein); b. NYC, Mar 23 1856; d.London, 1927.
Columbia, PhD U Heidelberg; honorarydegrees. • Archaeologist, author; facultyCambridge U; rector Am Archaeology Schoolat Athens; dir Fitzwilliam Museum. • See: ]E;UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):202-03; WWUTIA, 1.
Walt, Abraham (pen name=A Liessin,Abraham Liesen); b. Minsk, May 2 1871/1872; d. NYC, Nov 1938.
To NY 1892/1897. • Litterateur, writer,editor, Socialist, Yiddish poet; editor Zukunft;expelled from talmudic academy for hereticalviews. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904~1905):204,24:173,41:427; WWIA], 1926,1928; Eisenstadt, 42; NYTimes, Nov 6 1938,49:3.
Walter, Bruno; b. Berlin, Sep 15 1876; d.Beverly Hills, Feb 171962.
To US 1939.· Stern Conservatory(Berlin). •Noted conductor, author, Germany, Austria,NYC; with NYPhilharmonic, SalzburgFestival.
Walter, Edgar
• See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4;DAB, 7;NITimes, Feb 181962, 1:4.
Walter, Edgar; h.*; d. San Francisco; Mar 21938.
Sculptor.· See:A]YB, 40:393.
Walter, Josephine; h. ca 1850; d. NYC, Feh261935.
Physician, NYC; WWI service. • See: A]YB,37:262.
Walter, Moses R; h. Baltimore, Dec 131847; d. Baltimore, Dec 27 1916.
U VA. • Lawyer, Baltimore; active communalphilanthropy, Am]ewish Com, Am JewishHistorical Soc, MD School for the Blind. •See:A]YB, 19(1917-1918):268; PA]HS,26:288-89;NITimes, Dec291916, 9:5.
Walter, Simon; h. Philadelphia, ca 1869; d.Philadelphia, Dec 1945.
Exec, Philadelphia, York, PA; mem CityCouncil (Philadelphia); dir old city schoolsystem. • See: WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Dec28 1945, 15:3.
Walter, William Israel; h. NYC, ca 1862; d.NYC, Nov 4 1944.
Mfr, civic, communal & political worker,philanthropist, NYC; benefactor Bryn Mawr,Metropolitan Museum ofArt, Mt Sinai. • See:A]YB, 24:211,47:53 3; NITimes, Nov 5 1944,54:3.
Walters, Golda Richmond (Mrs Charles HWalters); h. Boston, Nov 271907.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, asst atty general,Boston; active Democratic politics; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Walters, Lou; h. London, ca 1896; d.Miami, Aug 1977.
To US ca 1911. • Supper club owner,impresario, vaudeville booking agent, NYc. •See: NITimes, Aug 161977, 38:1.
Waltman, Harry Franklin; h. Killhuck, OH,1871; d.]an 1951.
Painter, NYC, Dover Plains, NY. • See: A]YB,24:211, WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Jan 25 1951,25:3.
Waltuch, Egon; h. Vienna, ca 1900; d.ForestHills, NY, Feh 1971.
To US 1938. • Physician, NYC; specialty:tuberculosis. • See: NITimes, Feb 9 1971,42:2.
Walzer, Isidore; h. NYC, Jan 30 1886; d.Feh 1953.
CE Cornell.· Engineer, Lindenhurst, NY;officer United Synagogue ofAm, • Zionistorgs. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Feb251953,21:1.
Wampold, Simon; h. Natchez, MS, Apr 111881.
Shoe co exec, Montgomery, AL; officer JewishFedn,B'nai B'rith, synagog. • See: WWIA],1938.
Wander, Harry; h. Galicia, 1879?; d. LosAngeles, Sep 1951.
Labor ldr; pioneer mem, exec ILGWU. • See:A]YB, 54:541; NITimes, Sep 12 1951,31:1.
Wander,Solo~on;h.Brody,Ausnia,ca
1866; d. Alhany, NY, Aug 141937.Chemical mfr, communalldr, Albany, NY;officer synagog, hospital, Heb EducationalInst. • See:A]YB, 40:393; NITimes, Aug 161937,19:3.
Wang, Samuel H; h. Poland, 1917; d. GreatNeck, NY, May 11976.
To US 1940. • Shipping exec, philanthropist;fdr Boystown Gerusalem); benefactor YeshivaHigh School, Zionist Org ofAm. • See: A]YB,78:546-47; NITimes, May 5 1976, 44:3.
Wangenheim, Emil S; h. San Francisco.Bank exec, mayor, Newman, CA. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wangenheim, Henry;h. ca 1846; d. SanFranciscolBoston, June 51920.
Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:A]YB, 23:133.
Wangenheim, Julius; h. San Francisco, Apr211866; d. Mar 10 1942.
BS U CA. • Banker, civic ldr, San Diego; memPark Commn, City Planning Commn; regentU CA; trustee Scripps Call. • See: WWWIA., 2.
Wanger, Walter; h. San Francisco, July 111894; d. NYC, Nov 18 1968.
Dartmouth. • Theatre & movie producer; presAcademy ofMotion Pictures; WWI service. •See: DAB, 8; NITimes, Nov 191968,41:1.
Want, Samuel; h. Manchester, England,Oct181888.
To US 1901.· LLB U MD.· Lawyer,Darlington, SC.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Wapner, Joseph Max; h. Bessarahia, Jan 301898.
To Los Angeles 1906. • LLB U Southern CA.• Lawyer, communalldr, Los Angeles; presUnion of]ewish Orthodox Instns; bd UnitedJewish Welfare Fund; memJoint KashruthCom. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Warhurg, Edward Mortimer Morris; h.White Plains, June 6 1908.
Harvard. • Impresario, cultural, civic &communalldr, art collector, philanthropist,NYC; pres·School ofAm Ballet; chrJointDistribution Com, United Jewish Appeal. •See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938.
Warhurg, Felix Moritz; h. Jan 14 1871; d.NYC, Oct 201937.
To US 1894. • Banker, prominent communal,civic & culturalldr, philanthropist, NYC; memBd of Education; with Kuhn, Loeb; supporterEducational Alliance, Henry Street Settlement;chr Joint Distribution Com. • See: ]E; UJE;E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):204, 24:211, 40:2340,393; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];PA]HS, 35:323-25; WWWIA., 1; DAB, 2;NITimes, Oct211937, 1:3.
Warhurg, Frederick Marcus; h. NYC, Oct14 1897; d. Winchester, VA, July 101973.
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Banker, communal & civic supporter, NYC;with Kuhn, Loeb; officer Am Jewish Com,92nd Street Y, Boy Scouts. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 75:658; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA., 6;NITimes, July 11 1973,44:2.
Warhurg, Frieda Schiff (Mrs Felix MWarhurg)j h. NYC, 1876; d. WhitePlains, Sep 141958.
Philanthropist, communalldr, NYC; bdJTS;officerJewish Welfare Bd; benefactor UnitedJewish Appeal; active immigrant aid, YMHA,Visiting Nurses, Hadassah. • See: UJE; E];WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Sep 15 1958,21:3.
Warhurg, Gerald Felix; h. NYC, May 121901; d. Feh 141971.
Harvard, Inst ofMusical Art, Vienna, Paris. •Cellist, conductor, NYC; with NYPhilharmonic, Stradivarius Quartet; orgrBrooklyn Symphony Orchestra. • See: E];WWIA], 1938; WWWIA., 5;NITimes, Feb 151971,26:1.
Warhurg, James Paul (pseud=PaulJames);h. Hamhurg, Aug 18 1896; d. Greenwich,CT,June 3 1969.
To US 1902. • ABHarvard. • Banker, prolificwriter, poet; a fdr United World Federalists;mem FDR brain trust; WWI service;autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA., 5; DAB, 8; NITimes, June 41969,47:1.
Warhurg, Max M; h. Hamhurg, 1867; d.NYC, Dec 26 1946.
To US 1939. • UMunich, Sorbonne, PhDHamburg. • Banker, philanthropist, communalldr; mem German Peace Delegation toVersailles; active refugee aid. • See: UJE;A]YB, 49:619; NITimes, Dec 28 1946, 15:1.
Warhurg, Nina Loeh (Mrs Paul MWarhm"g); h. NYC, 1870; d. NYC, Jan 211946.
Philanthropist, communalldr, NYC; bd HenryStreet Settlement. • See: A]YB, 48:501;NITimes,Jan 22 1946,27:5.
Warhurg, Paul Felix; h. White Plains, NY,Oct 6 1904; d. NYC, Oct 8 1965.
Investment banker, diplomat, communal &civic ldr, NYC; pres Federal EmploymentService; active Republican politics, refugeework. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 67:544; WWIA],1938; NITimes, Oct 11 1965, 39:1.
Warhurg, Paul Moritz; h. Hamhurg, Aug101868; d. NYC, Jan 241932.
To US 1902. • Banker, philanthropist, author,NYC; mem Federal Reserve Bd; architect ofFederal Reserve system; ldr Joint DistributionCom, Charities Fedn; active Juilliard. • See:UJE;E];A]YB, 24:211, 34:113; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA., 1; DAB; NITimes, Jan 251932,1:2.
Ward, Jess; h. NYC, 1901; d.Jerusalem,June 291975.
Philanthropist, communal worker, NYC;benefactor childrens village (Israel); activeUnion of OrthodoxJewish Congregations,United Jewish Appeal. • See:A]YB, 77:601;NITimes, July 3 1975,34:5.
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Warendorff, Benjamin; b. ca 1873; d. NYC,May221934.
Pioneer floral merchant, NYc. • See: A]YB,36:287.
Warfield, David; b. San Francisco, Nov 281866; d. NYC, June 27 1951.
Actor, portrayer ofJewish characters, theatreowner, NYC; Catholic. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:211; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NITimes, June 28 1951,25:1. .
Warheit, IsarelAlbert; b. Toronto, Dec 121912; d. Feb 2 1973.
To US 1928.· AB EasternMI, MA,PhD VMI, post-grad U Zurich. • Computer co exec,systems analyst, San Jose, CA; librarian AtomicEnergy Commn (Oak Ridge). • See: WWWIA,5.
Warner,Albert;b. Warsa~fBal~ore,July23 1883; d. Miami Beach, Nov 261967.
Motion picture pioneer, NYC; fdr WarnerBros Pictures; benefactor Mt Sinai (MiamiBeach). • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 69:613;WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes,Nov271967,47:1.
Warner, Benjamin; b. Poland.To US ca 1887. • Shoe-repairer, Youngstown;his sons founded Warner Bros Pictures. • See:UJE.
Warner, Eugene; b. Buffalo, Jan 71876; d.Buffalo, Dec 301943.
AB Harvard, Buffalo Law. • Lawyer,communalldr, Buffalo; pres Jewish Fedn ofSocial Services; officer Nat! Council ofJewishFedns; dir Joint Distribution Com. • See:A]YB, 46:347; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];NITimes, Dec 311943,15:5.
Warner, Harry Morris; b. Krasnashiltz,Poland, Dec 12 1881; d.July 25 1958.
To VS ca 1888/1890. • Motion picturepioneer, communal supporter, philanthropist,NYC; fdr Warner Bros Pictures. • See: UJE;E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB,6;NITimes,July261958,15:3.
Warner, Jack F; b. St Louis, 1912; d. Oct 121967.
MD Wayne. • Physician, psychiatrist, Detroit,Los Angeles; faculty Wayne.· See: WWWIA,6.
Warner, Jack Leonard; b. London, Canada,Aug 2 1892; d. Los Angeles, Sep 91978.
Motion picture producer, NYC, Los Angeles;chr Nat! Recovery Adm (CA).· See: UJE; E];WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Sep 10 1978.
Warner, Marie Pichel (Mrs Louis JLevinson); b. Cincinnati, June 30 1895.
BS, MD V Cincinnati. • Physician, NYC; dirMaternal Health Clinic; authorllecturer/moviemaker on sex, birth control & hygiene. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Warner, Maurice; b. Buffalo, 1865.Merchant, banker, Summitville, IN. • See:WWIA],1938.
Warner, Samuel L; b. London, Ontario,1884fBal~ore,1887; d. Oct 1927.
Motion picture producer, exec; a fdr WarnerBros. • See:· UJE; E]; NITimes, Oct 6 1927,25:3.
Warren, Leonard; b.NYC, Apr 211911; d.NYC, Mar41960.
Noted operatic & concert baritone, NYc. •See: WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NITimes, Mar 51960, 1:2.
Warsa~, Isidor; b. PrussiaIKovno, Dec 251874/1879; d. Dec 1953.
To US 1899. • Kaiser Frederick Wilhelm V(Berlin), AB V Cincinnati, MA Cornell,ordained Heb Vnion ColI, PhD V Berlin. •Reform rabbi, author, NYC; pres PhoenixDevelopment Co; fdr Vocational Adoption. •See:A]YB, 5(19Q3-1904):104; 6(19041905):225; WWIA], 1926, 1938; NITimes, Dec231953,25:2.
Warshauer, Samuel; b. West NY, N}, 1915;d. Tel Aviv, July 11978.
Business ex~ philanthropist; supporter HebV, UnitedJeWishJ\.ppeal, Community Center(Englewood, NJ). esee=A]YB, 80:374;NITimes, July 3 1978,22:3.
Warsha~, David; b. NYC, June 26 1894; d.Houston, May 1960.
AB, MD Cornell, General Staff ColI. •Surgeon, NYC; pioneer in electro-surgery;active Armistice Commn in Europe, med socs;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA]; NITimes, May 28 1960, 21 :6.
Warsha~, Harry A; b. Philadelphia, Mar 201896.
Philadelphia School of Pedagogy, BS, MA VPA. • Public & communal school tchr,principal, Philadelphia; WWI service.· See:WWIA],1928,1938.
Warsha~, Irving; b. 1895; d. NYC, Nov 171970.
NYU,NY Law. • Lawyer, CPA, communalworker, NYC; a fdr Heb V; bd Fedn of theHandicapped.· See:A]YB, 72:546; NITimes,Nov 18 1970,51:2.
Warsha~,Jacob; b. London, Dec 22 1878;d. Sep 30 1944.
Educator, romance language specialist,Columbia, MO; supt of schools, Puerto Rico;faculty V MO; officer professional assn;Spanish textbook author. • See: UJE; WWIA],1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2.
Warsha~, Nathan; b. Rypin, Poland, 1884;d. NYC, Dect2 1969.
To VS 1913.· Officesupplymfr, communalworker; officer Am Jewish Cong; est found. •See:A]YB, 71:610;NITimes, Dec 151969,47:5.
W arsha~, Robert Irving; see Warsho~,Robert Irving.
Warsha~sky,Abel George; b. Sharon, PA,Dec 281883; d. Paris, May 1962.
Cleveland School ofArt, Paris. • Artist, Paris& Cleveland; WWI French Army service. •
Washer, Benjamin Seelig/Selig
See: UJE;A]YB, 24:211; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,4;]TA-DNB,June51962; NITimes, June 11962,28:1.
Warsha~sky,Alexander; b. Cleveland, Mar291889; d. Los Angeles, May 281945.
Cleveland School ofArt, Nat! Academy ofDesign, Paris. • Painter, Los Angeles; WWIFrench army service; active art soc. • See:A]YB, 47:533; WWIA], 1938.
Warsha~sky, Irving; b. Jerusalem, Jan 291902; d. Aug 1977.
To VS 1920. • English ColI Gerusalem),Rutgers, Columbia. • Labor & communal orgexec, Labor-Zionist, Hackensack, NJ; WWIJewish Brigade service. • See:A]YB, 79:375;WWIA], 1938.
Warsho~, Robert; b. NYC, 1917; d. NYC,Mar 181955.
Editor, critic, NYC; with New Leader,Commentary. • See:A]YB, 57~608; NITimes,Mar 19 1955, 15:5.
Warsho~, Robert Irving; b. Indianapolis,Jan 81898; d. NYC, Nov 1938.
AB, MA Cornell. • Economist, publisher,author, NYC; advisor Securities & ExchangeCommn; withJoint Distribution Com(Vienna), Nat! Industrial ConfBd. • See:A]YB, 41:433 (sub Warshaw); WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NITimes, Nov 8 1938,23:5.
Warsoff, Louis A; b. Telechan, Poland, July10 1903; d.Jan 1959.
To VS 1912. • BS, MBA CCNY, LLB, LLMColumbia, JD NYU, MA, PhD Fordham. •Lawyer, NYC; faculty Yeshiva ColI, BrooklynLaw; active Am Jewish Cong; author/radiospeaker in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];NITimes,Jan 181959,89:1.
Warszamak, Hermann; b. Warsaw, 1865.To NYC 1890. • Grocer, convert toChristianity, Christian missionary to Jews;accused of fraud. • See: UJE.
Warmck, Robert (born Robert TaylorBien); b. Sacramento, ca 1879; d. LosAngeles, June 1964.
Broadway & motion picture actor, Hollywood,CA; WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 24:211;NITimes, June 7 1964, 86:4.
Wascermtz, Morris Herman; b. NYC,1865.
LLB V CA. • Communalldr, San Francisco;officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; dir JewishEducation Soc. • See: A]YB, 7(19051906):112.
Wasch, Milton Goodman; b. Brooklyn, Mar2 1884; d. Feb 1957.
MD Cornell. • Radiologist, civic & communalcharity worker, Brooklyn; faculty LI ColIHospital; officer professional assns. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Feb 231957, 17:2.
Washer, Benjamin Seelig/Selig; b.Georgeto~,KY, Sep 3 1881; d.Louisville, Feb 5 1935.
Centre Call, U Louisville. • Lawyer, dept store
Washer, NatM
exec, newspaper publisher & editor, civic ldr,Louisville; mem Park Commn; bd NatlJewishWelfare Bd.· See:A]YB, 37:262; WWIA],1928.
Washer, Nat M; b. Sommerville, TN, Apr12 1861; d. San Antonio, Feb 1935.
Public official, commtillal worker, SanAntonio; head State Bd of Education; officersynagog. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):112-13,37:262; WWIA], 1928.
Wasserman, A Alfred; b. Philadelphia, Apr111899; d. Philadelphia, Nov 301946.
Gratz, Temple U, U PA • Lawyer, legislator,Philadelphia; sponsor civil rights bill. • See:A]YB, 49:619; BEOA]; NYTimes, Dec 2 1946,25:3.
Wasserman, David; b. Amsterdam, NY, Oct171867; d. Amsterdam, NY, Feb 1953.
Broom mfr, Amsterdam, NY; fdr laboratory atcity hospital; officer synagog, cemetery. • See:WWIA], 1928; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 8 1953,88:3.
Wasserman, Frank; b. Russia, Oct 161877.To Boston 1887. • LLB Boston U. • Lawyer,municipal court judge, Brooklyn; activesynagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wasserman, Gay Bennett (Mrs BernardWasserman); b. Chattanooga, July 141893.
Communal & civic worker, Norfolk; pres NatlCouncil ofJewish Women; active TravelersAid. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wasserman, Jack; b. NYC, Apr 271921; d.May 1980.
BA, MA, PhD NYU. • Art historian; faculty UCT, U WI; dean Temple U;active rescue ofItalian art; author in field; WWII service.·See: WWWIA, 8.
Wasserman, Jacob; b. Kamnets, Russia, Oct15 1884.
ToUS 1886.· LLB Northeastern.· Lawyer,legislator, election commr, Boston; memcommn to revise city charter, state Republicancom.· See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Wasserman,Joseph;b. ca 1855; d. NYC,Oct 81921.
To NYC 1890. • Rabbi, Athens, GA, Akron;active Heb Sheltering Guardian Soc. • See:A]YB, 24:103; NYTimes, Oct 9 1921,22:4.
Wasserman, Joseph; b. ca 1858IJuly 261863; d. Boston, Sep 81937.
Textile mfr, communal worker, philanthropist,Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 40:393; WWIA],1926; NYTimes, Sep 10 1937,.23:5.
Wasserman, MaxJudd; b. St Louis, June 241895.
AB Cornell, AM U IL, U Lyons. • Economist,Urbana, IL; faculty U IL; earlier with Am FieldService (France), Social Science ResearchCouncil; author in field; WWI service. • See:BEOA].
Wasserman, WilliamStix; b. Philadelphia,Mar 241901; d. NYC,Jan 51979.
AB Princeton. • Investment co exec, author,Philadelphia; advisor Internatl Labor Conf;WWII chief of lend-lease to Australia. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Jan 61979.
Wasservogel, Isidor; b. Budapest, Dec 251871/1875; d. NYC, Feb 8 1962.
To US 1880/1881.· CCNY, LLB NY Law. •Lawyer, state supreme court judge, NYC;active Republican politics. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:212; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 91962,29:1.
Wassman, Joseph; b.*; d. Chattanooga, May12 1909.
Mayor, Chattanooga.· See:A]YB, 11(19091910):108.
Waterman, Edmund;b. 1882;d.PabnSprings, CA, Feb 15 1956.
Merchant, communalldr, philanthropist,NYC; active AmJewish Com, AntiDefamation League, NY Guild for JewishBlind. • See: A]YB, 58:479; NYTimes, Feb 171956,23:1.
Waterman, Henry Samuel; b. PortTownsend, WA, Mar 20 1882.
U CA, post-grad MI ColI ofMines. •Diplomat, consular official, Russia, South Am,Norway, China, India.· See: UJE; WWIA],1938; BE04]; WWWIA, 7.
Waterman, Jerome Aaron; b. Hawkinsville,GA, Nov 6 1883.
Mercer U; honorary degree. • Merchant,Tampa; active pilot orgs. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Waterman, Julian Seesel; b. Pine Bluff, AK,Sep 9 1891; d. Fayetteville, AR, Sep 181943.
AB Tulane, AM U MI,JD U Chicago.·Professor, dean, official, U AR, Fayetteville,AR; officer Southwest Athletic Conf, Natl TaxAssn; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 2;NYTimes, Sep 19 1943,48:7.
Waterman, Julius Louis; b. Rochester, NY,Mar 181890.
MD Cornell. • Urologist, Rochester, NY,Bradford, PA; WWI service.· See: WWIA],1926.
Waterman, PhilipM; b. NYC, 1896; d.NYC, Apr 161974.
Business exec, communal worker; ldr Appealfor Human Rights, Am Jewish Com, JewishWelfare Bd. • See:A]YB, 76:518; NYTimes,Apr 18 1974,44:5.
Waterman, Sigismund; b. Bruck, Bavaria,Feb 221819; d. NYC, 1899.
MD Yale. • Physician, communalldr;specialty: use of spectroscope; fdr Old AgeHome (Yonkers), Maimonides Library. • See:UJE; WWWIA,4.
Waters, James ijulius Rosenwasser); b.Hungary; d. NYC, Nov 20 1945.
To US as teenager. • Yiddish & Broadwaycomedian, actor, NYC; "The Goldbergs." •See:A]YB, 48:501-02; NYTimes, Nov 211945,21:1.
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Watner, Abraham; b. Baltimore, Feb 221891; d. Baltimore, June 1961.
Pace Inst. • Accountant, corp & sports exec,Baltimore; owner Baltimore Colts. • See:WWWIA,4;NYTimes,June20 1961, 33:4.
Wattenberg, Philip; b. ca 1869; d.Jerusalem, Apr 15 1932.
Communal worker, Zionist ldr, philanthropist,NYC. • See: A]YB, 34:113.
Watterman, Leopold; b.*Mid 19th century communalldr, New Haven;pres synagog; welcomed Kossuth to NewHaven. • See: UJE (sub Watterman,Sigismond).
Watters, Abraham; b. Germany; d. SaltLake City, 1893. .
To US 1834. • Western pioneer; synagog fdr,San Francisco; correspondentJewish Chronicle(London); fought CA anti-Jewish legislation. •See: UJE.
Watters, Gertrude Wtle (Mrs LeonWatters); b. Buffalo, Feb 22 1887.
Cotnmunalldr, Buffalo, NYC; pres Natl FednofTemple Sisterhoods; bd Union ofAm HebCongregations; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.
Watters, Leon Laizer; b. Salt Lake City,Nov 13 1877; d. NYC, Apr 171967.
BS U UT, MA, PhD Columbia. • Scientist,chemist, food & drug inspector, exec,communalldr, author, NYC; developed sterilecatgut; WWI, WWII med contributions. •See: UJE; E];A]YB, 69:613; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Apr 191967,45:1.
Watters, Wtlliam Graupe; b.·Salt LakeCity, Dec 15 1875; d.July 1959.
U UT. • Dental supply co exec, NYc. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, July 261959,69:2.
Watts, James Leicester; b. NYC, Dec 21890.
CE Internatl Correspondence School, LLB,MLD, LLM Georgetown U, AB GeorgeWashington, U Paris. • Lawyer, civic &Zionist activist, Richmond; officer Am JewishCong, Jewish Community Council. • See:WWIA],1938.
Watts, Stanley Saul; b. Richmond, Sep 291922; d. Dec 3 1972.
BS, CLU U Richmond. • Life insurance exec,civic ldr, Norfolk, Miami; officer professionalassns; chr United Fund, United Jewish Appeal;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Waxberg, Louis; b. Manchester, England,June 22 1878.
To US 1880. • Lawyer, farm owner, NYC;owner Henrietta Nest Farm; justice of thepeace, Pine Brook, NJ. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Waxelbaum, Benjamin; b. Austria, Mar 231886.
To NYC 1893. • Advertising exec, NYC;specialty: Jewish advertising. • See: WWIA],1938.
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Waxgiser, Morris; b. NYC, Mar 201902.Columbia, MD IA State. • Physician,Ridgewood, NY. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Waxman, Abraham Patrick; b. NYC, Dec25 1897; d.July 1962.
Advertising counsel, NYC; advisor theatres,movies; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, July 21 1962, 19:4.
Waxman, David; b. Philadelphia, Dec 31897; d. White Plains, Aug 1944.
CE U PA. • Sales mgr, engineer, St Louis,NYC; with Shell Petroleum; dir Asphalt Inst. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 211944,17:3.
Waxman (Wachsmann), Franz; b.Konigshiitte, Germany, Dec 241906; d.Los Angeles, Feb 25 1967.
To US 1934. • Dresden Music Academy,Berlin Conservatory. • Composer, conductor,movie score composer, Academy Awardwinner. • See: A]YB, 69:613; WWWIA, 4;DAB, 8; NYTimes, Feb 26 1967,84:1.
Waxman,Meyer;b.Slutzk, 1885/1887;d.Miami Beach, Mar 7 1969.
To US 1905. • BA NYU, MA, PhD Columbia,ordainedJTS. • Communal educator, rabbi,scholar, author, Chicago; faculty HebTheological ColI. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:212,71:610; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Mar 8 1969, 29: 1.
Waxman, Nathan; b. Plotsk, Poland, 1846;d. Brookline, MA,June 30 1913.
Tenement House Commr, communal worker,congregation ldr, Boston; dir FederatedCharities.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):113,15(1913-1914):275.
Waxman, Nissan; b. Starobin, Russia, Dec181904.
To US 1923. • Ordained Yeshiva ColI.·Rabbi, Lakewood, NJ; contributorJewishpress. 0 See: WWIA], 1938.
Waxman, Samuel Montefiore; b. Boston,Oct 221885.
AB, MA, PhD Harvard, U Paris. • Romancelanguage specialist, Boston; faculty Boston U;officer professional assns; author in field. • See:UJE;A]YB, 24:212; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,7.
Waxman, SydneyW; b. 1908; d. Brooklyn,July 23 1967.
Realtor, communalldr; a fdr Albert EinsteinColI ofMed. • See: A]YB, 69:613; NYTimes,July 25 1967, 32:6.
Wdowinski, David; b. Lodz, 1897; d. TelAviv, May 3 1970.
To US 1947. • Psychoanalyst, Zionist ldr,NYC; faculty New School; supporter Irgun;testified for Israeli government at Eichmanntrial.· See:A]YB, 72:546; NYTimes, May 51970,45:1.
Webber, Abraham; b. Boston, Aug 3 1876.Boston U Law. • Lawyer, governmentinvestigator, MA Public Utilities Commr,
Boston; lecturer Boston U Med; officerJewishPrisoners Aid Soc. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926,1928.
VVebber,Murray;b.Flartford, 1904; d. Los/ Angeles, Aug 3 1965.!Businessexec, civic & communalldr, Losi,Angeles; officer City of Hope, Mt Sinai. • See:4]YB, 67:544."-
Weber, Abraham S; b. NYC, 1889; d. NYC,Apr291946.
Public official, NY; dir NY State Budget. •See: A]YB, 48:502; NYTimes, Apr 30 1946,22:3.
Weber, Joseph Maurice (Morris); b. NYC,Aug 11 1867; d. Los Angeles, May 101942.
Comedian, theatrical mgr, NYC; part ofcomedy team Weber & Field. • See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):204,24:212,44:345;WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA]; DAB, 3;NYTimes, May 111942,15:1.
Weber, L(ouis) Lawrence; b. NYC, Jan 101872; d. NYC, Feb 22 1940.
Theatrical & motion picture producer, NYc. •See:A]YB, 24:212,42:485; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 23 1940, 15:3.
Weber, Max; b. Bialystok, Apr 181880/1881; d. Great Neck, Oct 41961.
To US 1891. • Pratt. • Artist, musician, tchr,LI; often used Heb themes. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:212,64:497; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes, Oct 51961, 37:1.
Weber, Samuel L; b. ca 1861; d. Chicago,Dec 181936.
Physician, surgeon, Chicago; faculty Rush MedColI. • See: A]YB, 39:599.
Wechsberg, Joseph; b. Moravska, Ostrava,Aug 291907; d. Apr 10 1983.
To US 1938. • Vienna State Academy ofMusic, Sorbonne, U Prague Law. • Writer,journalist, NYC; with New Yorker. • See:WWWIA,8.
Wechsler, Abraham Fisher; b. NYC, June281900.
Columbia. • Merchant, coffee importer, NYC;natl officer Young Judea; trustee MadisonHouse Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wechsler, Benjamin B; b. Russia, Nov 121879.
To Pittsburgh 1891.· Duquesne, MD U ofthe South. • Physician, obstetrician,Pittsburgh. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wechsler, David; b. Lespedi, Rumania, Jan12 1896; d. May 2 1981.
To US 1902. • AB CCNY, AM, PhDColumbia, U Paris. • Psychologist; facultyNYU; devised several intelligence tests; authorin field. • See: E]; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Wechsler, Gabriel; b. 1909; d. NYC, July221977.
Social welfare admr, communalldr; exec Civic
Weckstein, Herman Bernard Joseph
Fedn ofNY, B'nai B'rith (Philadelphia); fdrWar Refugee Bd. • See:A]YB, 79:375;NYTimes,July241977,36:3.
Wechsler, Flarry F; b. Jersey City, 1899; d.NYC, July 22 1981.
Columbia.. • Physican, communal worker;active Zionist Org ofAm; WWII service. •See:A]YB, 83:364.
Wechsler, Flerbert; b. NYC, Dec41909.AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Legal scholar;served Justice Harlan Stone; faculty Columbia;advisor at Nuremberg trials; author/editor infield. • See: E]; WWIA], 1938.
Wechsler, Israel Spanier; b. Lespedi,Rumania, May 26 1886; d. Dec 6 1962.
To US 1900. • MD NYU; honorary degree. •Neurologist, NYC; faculty Columbia; officerprofessional assns; supporter Heb U; author infield.· See: UJE; E];A]YB, 65:438; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec7 1962,29:1.
Wechsler, James Arthur; b. NYC, Oct 311915; d. NYC, Sep 111983.
AB Columbia. • Newspaperman, liberalldr,author, columnist, NYC; with PM then NYPost. • See: WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Sep 121983.
Wechsler, Judah; b. Bavaria, 1833; d.Indianapolis, Aug 6 1907.
Rabbi; fdr communal colony (Painted Woods,ND). • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):104; 10(19081909):127.
Wechsler, Martin; b. Eger, Flungary, Sep 51875; d. Brooklyn, July 1942.
To US 1883.· AB CCNY, LLB NYU.•Lawyer, NYC; officer United Synagogue ofAm; donated fathers Heb library to RIETS;active communal philanthropy; author infield.• See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,July 20 1942, 13:5.
Wechsler, Morris; b.Flungary, 1849; d.NYC, Feb 23 1919.
Rabbi, author, NYc. • See: A]YB, 5(19031904):104,21:207; Eisenstadt, 41; NYTimes,Feb 241919, 13:3.
Wecht, Milton M; b. Brooklyn, Dec 3 1894;d. NYC, Apr 1965.
NYU, CPA, LLB Brooklyn. • Municipal &state supreme court judge, communalldr,NYC; officerJewish Community Council. •See:A]YB, 67:544; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,Apr 11 1965, 92:4.
Wechter, Eugene Jacob; b. Berne, IN,July81900.
AB DePauw, MS, PhD U WI. • Dir ofresearch, Louisville Cement Co, Speed, IN;author in field. • See: BEOA].
Weckstein, FIerman Bernard Joseph; b.Newark, Mar 26 1898.
LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, Newark; officer OrderSons of Zion; officer]ewish War Veterans; dirYM-YWHA; active anti-Nazi boycott; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wedeck, Harry E
Wedeck, Harry E; b. Sheffield, England,Jan111894.
To US 1920. • MA UEdinburgh, post-gradColumbia, U Caen. • Oriental languageseducator, writer, NYC; with]ewish Tribune(Bombay), public school system; author infield; WWI British army service. • See:WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA].
Weglein, David Emrich; b. Baltimore, June101976; d. Oct 1950.
Baltimore City ColI, BA, PhD Johns Hopkins,AM Columbia. • Supt of Schools, Baltimore;facultyJohns Hopkins; officer professionalsocs; advisor NYU; active synagog. • See:WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Oct 11 1950,33:2.
Wehl, Abraham; b. Hamburg, Dec 12 1852.To Butte 1883. • Communal, synagogal &Masonic ldr, Butte. • See: A]YB, 7(19051906):113.
Wehle, Louis Brandeis; b. Louisville, Sep13 1880; d. Feb 13 1959.
AB, MA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, governmentservant, labor negotiator, NYC; mempresidential commns; friend ofFDR; head USForeign Economic Adm mission to theNetherlands; author in field; WWIgovernment service. • See: A]YB, 24:212;WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6;NITimes, Feb 141959,21:1.
Weidenbaum, Murray Lew; b. Bronx, Feb101927.
BA CCNY, MA Columbia, PhD Princeton. •Economist, Asst Secy of the Treasury; activeRepublican politics. • See: NYTimes story, Feb23 1971.
Weidenreich, Franz; b. Edenkoben,Germany, June 7 1873; d.July 111948.
To US ca 1937. • U Munich, U Kiel, MD UStrasbourg. • Anatomist, anthropologist,paleontologist, NYC; specialty: Peking Man;mem Strasbourg City Council; faculty UStrasbourg, U Heidelberg; with Museum ofNatural History; active anti-Nazi; author infield. • See: E]; DAB, 4; NITimes, July 131948,28:2.
Weidenthal, Leo; b. Cleveland, Apr 231878.
Editor, philanthropist, Cleveland; mem CityPlanning Commn; with Jewish Independent;officer Am Equality League, Zionist Org ofAm.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA].
Weidenthal, Maurice; b. ca 1856; d.Cleveland, July 21 1917.
Editor, Cleveland.· See:A]YB, 20(19181919):231.
Weidenthal, Nathan; b. Cleveland, July 171855.
AB U Rochester, MD Wooster U, post-gradPrague, Vienna. • Pathologist, Cleveland;faculty Wooster U, ColI of Physicians &Surgeons. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Weidenthal, William R; b. ca 1889; d.Cleveland, Jan 241932.
Publisher, communal worker, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 34:113.
Weidman, Jerome; b. NYC, 1913.Novelist; unsympathetic attitude towardsfellow Jews. • See: UJE; E].
Weihl,AJbertC;b.caI886;d.Cincinnati,Apr 1965.
Steel co exec, Cincinnati; a fdr JewishVocational Service; officer Natl Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods; active refugeeresettlement, Community Chest. • See: AI,Apr 29 1965, 12:1.
Weil, A Leo; b. Keysville, VA, July 1918~8;
d. Pittsburgh, Sep 17 1938.U VA Law. • Lawyer, civic reformer, natlcommunalldr, philanthropic worker,Pittsburgh; orgr Voters League; officer WorldUnion for Progressive Judaism, Natl MunicipalLeague. • See: E]; A]YB, 24:212, 41:7578,433; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Sep 18 1938,44:7.
Weil, Abraham; b. NYC, 1869.Cooper Union, Academy of Design. • Painter,newspaperman, illustrator; with NY Star, TheWorld, Herald,]ournal, StLouis Post-Dispatch.·See: A]YB, 6(1904~1905):204,24:212.
Weil, Adolph Leonard; b. Petaluma, CA,Jan 81876; d. Feb 251952.
PhB, LLB U CA. • Lawyer, business exec, SanFrancisco; specialty: oil litigation; officer LegalAid; dir Heb Home for the Aged, GoodwillIndustries. • See: BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Feb 26 1952,28:4.
Weil, Andre; b. Paris, 1906.Mathematician; faculty U Strasbourg,Swarthmore, U Chicago, Princeton; • See: E].
Weil, Ann Yezner; b. Harrisburg, IL, Aug311908; d.July 311969.
U IL, BE Evansville ColI. • Author, Evansville,·IN; active Planned Parenthood. • See:WWWIA,5.
Weil, Arthur; b. Braunschweig, Germany,Oct 31887.
To US 1922. • U Munich, U Halle, MD UBerlin. • Neuropathologist, Chicago; faculty UHalle, Northwestern; author/editor in field;WWI German army service. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Weil, Arthur T; b. Evansville, IN, Nov 291900.
BJourn U MO. • Newspaperman,Washington DC; withAm Heb, Jewish Tribune(NYC). • See: BEOA].
Weil, Arthur William; b. ca 1881; d. NYC,Apr 291940.
Lawyer, copyright authority. • See: A]YB,42:485; NITimes, Apr 301940,21:5.
Weil, BenjaminJonas; b. AJtdorf, Germany,Sep 14 1871; d. NYC,July 8 1963.
To US 1872. • CCNY, Columbia Law. •Realtor, communalldr, NYC; officer synagog;trustee Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:
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A]YB, 65:438; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July10 1963, 35:3.
Weil, Bruno; b. Saarlouis, Germany, 1883;d. NYC, Nov 111961.
To US 1937/1940.· Lawyer, author; fdr AxisVictims League; represented Jews in Germany.• See:A]YB, 64:497; NITimes, Nov 13 1961,31:2.
Weil, Carl; b. Burr Oak, KS, Apr 28 1882;d. Nov 3 1934.
Lincoln (NE) Business ColI, U NE Law. •Banker, Lincoln, NE.· See: WWWIA, 1.
Weil, Carrie (Mrs Charles Weil); b.Detroit, 1855; d. Boston, Nov 1907.
Communal worker, Boston; trustee FederatedJewish Charities. • See: A]YB, 7(19041905):113;NITimes, Nov 30 1907,7:5.
Weil, Cassie Ritter (Mrs A Leo Weil); b.Youngstown, 1861; d. Pittsburgh, Apr 141934.
Civic, communal & philanthropic worker,Pittsburgh; supporter Columbian School; bdConsumers League,·Free Kindergarten Assn. •See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):113,36:287.
Weil, Charles AJphonse; b. NYC, Oct 31897.
BS U PA. • Hide & leather merchant, businessexec, author, NYC; active state Chamber ofCommerce; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].
Weil, Clarence Kraus; b. Montgomery, AL,May 161900.
BS U AL, MD Columbia. • Surgeon,Montgomery, ALj mem Bd of Healthj editorZeta Beta Tau Quarterly; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Weil, David; b. ca 1831; d. Montgomery,AL, Oct 41919.
Communal worker, Montgomery, AL. • See:A]YB, 22:168.
Weil, Edith Isaacs (Mrs Maurice Weil); b.Louisville, Jan 51890.
BS U KY. • Communal & civic worker,Lexington, KYj active League ofWomenVoters, Parent-Tchr Assn, FederatedSisterhoods. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weil, Edward; b. NYC, Apr 121872; d.NYC, Mar 3 1932.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • City magistrate,legislator, NYCj active Democratic politics. •See:A]YB, 34:113j NITimes, Mar 51932,15:1.
Weil, Edward Arthur; b. Savannah, Nov 121898.
BS U PA. • Oil burner mfr, Chicago; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weil, Emil; b.*; d. Evansville, IN,Jan 101917.
Pres, Chamber of Commerce, Evansville, IN. •See: A]YB, 19(1917-1918):268.
Weil, Emil(e); b. New Orleans, Jan 201878.
673,/
Architect, New Orleans; designer: siagogs,hospitals, churches. • See: A]YB, 24:212;WWIA], 1928, 1938. "
Weil, Ferdinand Theobald; b. Youngstown,Apr 23 1890.
B Litt Princeton, LLB U Pittsburgh. • Lawyer,Pittsburgh; natl officer Fedn ofTempleBrotherhoods; natl panel Am Arbitration Assn;officer Irene Kau&nann Settlement; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Weil, Frank Leopold; b. NYC, Mar 6 1894;d. NYC, Nov 10 1957.
BS, LLB Columbia; honorary degree.•Lawyer, communal & civic ldr, NYC; mem USCommn to UNESCO; pres Jewish WelfareBd, World Fedn ofYMHAs & JewishCommunity Centers; dir Lincoln Center;active Boy Scouts, Heb Union ColI. • See:UJE;E];A]YB, 60:358; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; PA]HS, 47:230-33; WWWIA, 3.
Weil, Gertrude; b. Goldsboro, NC, 1879.Social worker, Goldsboro, NC. • See: A]YB,24:212.
Weil, Harold Simon; b. New Orleans, Sep 11890.
Tulane. • Merchant, hat mfr, New Orleans;officer synagog; bd T ouro Infirmary. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Weil, Henry; b. Oberdorf, Germany, 1846;d. Goldsboro, NC, Aug 10 1914.
Business exec, Goldsboro, NC; trustee U NC.• See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):113-14; 17(19151916):223.
Weil, Herbert Schwartz; b. New Orleans,Oct 91896.
AB, LLB Tulane. • Lawyer, New Orleans; dirYMHA; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weil, Irving; b. NYC,]uly 261878; d.Paris, Aug 26 1933.
BS CCNY, Sorbonne. • Music critic, NYC;with EveningJournal, MusicalAmerican. • See:A]YB, 36:287; WWWIA, 1.
Weil,]acob; b. Bavaria,]an 91863; d.Bronx, Nov 1944.
To US ca 1877. • Drug co exec, civic ldr,NYC; chr Commn on Public Health; officerSalomon Benefit Soc; trustee ColumbiaPharmacy School; active Republican politics;author in field. • See: BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov241944,23:2.
Weil,]acob; b. ca 1865; d. Philadelphia,Dec 241921.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,24:103.
Weil,]acques; b. ca 1853; d. Pittsburgh,Aug271916.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):268.
Weil,]onas;b.Enunendingen,Baden,ca1837; d. NYC, Apr 111917.
To NYC 1860. • Real estate investor,philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Lebanon Hospital,synagog, Baden orphanage, JTS. • See: A]YB,
19(1917-1918):268; NYTimes, Apr 12 1917,11:6.
Weil,]onas; b. Alsace-Lorraine, Feb 81869.
Communal & civic ldr, agricultural expert,Lexington, KY; state dir Soc for CrippledChildren; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See:WWIA], 1928.
Weil,]onas; b. Chicago, Dec 91874; d.Minneapolis,]an 17 1933.
LLB U MN. • Lawyer, civic & communalldr,Minneapolis; mem Bd ofPublic Welfare; bdN atl Council ofJewish Charities, JewishFamily Welfare Assn; dir Red Cross; active barassns. • See:A]YB, 35:130; WWIA], 1926,1928.
Weil, Joseph; b. Baltimore, July 19 1897.Baltimore Polytech, BS J OMs Hopkins, MS UPittsburgh. • Engineer, Gainesville, FL; facultyU FL; officer professional socs; author in field.• See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Weil, Leah A (Mrs Robert Weil); b. 1874;d. Stamford, CT,May 281959.
Communal worker; active N atl Council ofJewish Women, NY Guild for Jewish Blind. •See:A]YB, 61:419; NYTimes, May 301959,17:5.
Weil, Lee Herman; b. Huntsville, AL, May23 1875.
Harvard Law.· Lawyer, award-winningarchitect, Montgomery, AL, San Francisco. •See: WWWIA, 5.
Weil, Leopold; b.*; d. Lawrence, LI,]une 41914.
Mfr, real estate investor, LI. • See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):167; NYTimes, June 17 1914,11:5.
Weil, Leslie; b. Goldsboro, NC,]une 291876.
PhB U NC. • Merchant, natl Boy Scout ldr,Goldsboro, NC; officer Chamber ofCommerce, synagog; bd U NC. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Weil, Lionel; b. Goldsboro, NC, Sep 11877; d. Baltimore, Feb 11 1948.
PhB U NC. • Retail exec, communal & civicworker, alderman, Goldsboro, NC; • memNatl Municipal League, state agriculturalcommns; endowed lecture series on Amcitizenship. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:212, 50:524;WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; NYTimes, Feb 121948,23:3.
Weil, Louis Arthur; b. Brooklyn, June 191877/1878; d. Dec 101959.
Newspaper editor, publisher, author, PortHuron, MI; with Port Huron Times-Herald;active civic charities. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Dec 111959,34:1.
Weil, Louis Victor (L Victor); b. NYC, Oct91877; d. NYC, Feb 1958.
Columbia. • Realtor, bIdr, NYC; officerLebanon Hospital; active Fedn ofJewish
Weiler, Jack D
Philanthropies, Anti-Defamation League,JointDistributionCom.· See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 81958,19:3.
Weil, Maurice; b. Ittlingen, Bavaria, Apr 291870; d. St Louis, Feb 14 1945.
To US 1884. • Mfr, philanthropist, St Louis;fdr "Love Thy Neighbor" Assn; pres Natl FolkFestival; dir Jewish Fedn of Charities. • See:A]YB, 47:533-34; WWIA], 1926; BEOA];NYTimes, Feb 15 1945,19:4.
Weil, Moe; b.*; d. Detroit, Apr 1920.Communal worker, Detroit. • See: A]YB,22:169.
Weil,Moritz;b.ca1853;d.Chicago,Aug291914.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 17(19151916):223.
Weil, Morris; b. Saverne, France, Dec 11858.
To US 1875. • Banker, Lincoln, NE. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Weil, Mrs Sol; b. ca 1855; d. Goldsboro,NC, Nov 1928.
Civic & communal worker, philanthropist,Goldsboro, NC. • See:A]YB, 31:94.
Weil, Myra Kann (Mrs A Leo Weil]r); b.Pittsburgh, June 3 1900. .
Communal worker, Pittsburgh; pres Bureau forJewish Children; active Jewish Family WelfareAssn, Fedn of Social Agencies. • See: WWIA],1938.
Weil, Oscar; b. Columbia County, NY,June 2 1840; d. San Francisco, Apr 1921.
Music tchr, composer, Civil War veteran, SanFrancisco. • See:A]YB, 23:133; WWWIA, 4.
Weil, Reuben W; b. NYC, May 12 1882.Dept store exec, Hillsboro, OR; officerChamber of Commerce; chr WashingtonCounty Welfare, Red Cross. • See: WWWIA,7.
Weil, Richard; b. NYC, Oct 15 1876; d.Macon, GA, Nov 191917.
AB, MD Columbia, post-grad Vienna,Strasbourg. • Physician, pioneer in cancerresearch; faculty Cornell; officer professionalsocs; author/editor in field; WWI service. •See: UJE;A]YB, 20(1918-1919):231; DAB;NYTimes, Nov 20 1917, 13:4.
Weil, Richard]r; b. Brooklyn, Dec 51907;d. May 101958.
Yale. • Dept store exec, author, NYC; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, May 121958,29:1.
Weiland, Louis; b. Cincinnati, Apr 2 1886.LLB Cincinnati Law. • Lawyer, Cincinnati;active synagog, B'nai B'rith, OrthodoxJewishHome for Aged. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Weiler,]ackD; b.*Realtor, communal & political worker, NYC;served Senator Lehman, Mayor Wagner; activeUnited Jewish Appeal. • See: E].
Weiler, Millard Kronacher
Weiler, Millard Kronacher; b. Cincinnati,Jan 10 1893.
Jeweler, Greenwood, MS; active Red Cross;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weiler, Moses Cyrus; b. Riga, Mar 231907.
In US by 1926, to South Africa 1933. •Dropsie, AB U DE, ordained Heb Union ColI.• Rabbi, communal ldr, Johannesburg,Jerusalem; organized Reform congregation inJohannesburg for World Union for ProgressiveJudaism.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Weilerstein, Baruch Reuben; b. NYC, May22 1894; d. May 1963.
AB NYU, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, AtlanticCity; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 22 1963,41:5.
Weill, Alfred .sigismund; b. Buffalo, Dec 51873; d. Philadelphia, Nov 1941.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, tax expert,Philadelphia.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938;NYTimes, Dec 11941,19:2.
Weill, Edmund (Edmond); b. NYC,July 291877.
Natl Academy of Design, Adelphi. • Etcher,painter, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):204,24:212; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEGA].
Weill, Felix; b. Versailles, Aug 3 1871; d.Dec 1948.
To US 1900. • Sorbonne. • Romance languagetchr, NYC; faculty CCNY; officer AllianceFran~aise; textbook author. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:212; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGA];NYTimes, Dec22 1948,23:5.
Weill, Harold; b. NYC, Apr 30 1908.Columbia; honorary degree. • Lawyer,philanthropist, NYC; bd Weizmann Inst; fdrclinic NY Hospital. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Weill, Julius; b. Grodno, ca 1861; d. NYC,Oct 23 1944.
Rabbi, tchr, talmudist, NYC; faculty RIETS,Yeshiva ColI. • See:A]YB, 47:534.
Weill, Kurt; b. Dessau, Mar 2 1900; d.NYC, Apr 3 1950.
To US 1935.· Opera, song & stage composer;worked with Brecht, "Three Penny Opera." •See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3;DAB, 4; NYTimes, Apr 41950,29:1.
Weill, Michel David; b. Paris, Dec 291887.Business exec,· civic worker, San Francisco;officer retail & credit assns; active art causes;WWI French service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Weill, Milton; b. NYC, Oct 211891; d.NYC, Oct 2 1975.
AB Columbia. • Business exec, communalldr,NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,Jewish Welfare Bd, Am Jewish Com; WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 77:601; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA,6.
Weiller, Pauline Eichberg; b. Stuttgart,1839; d. Baltimore, Dec 28 1874.
To NYC 1859. • Pianist, child prodigy, tchr,Chopin interpreter. • See: ]E.
Weiman, Rita (Mrs Maurice Marks); b.Philadelphia, Feb 23 1889; d. June 231954.
Art Students League. • Novelist, playwright,screenwriter, newspaper contributor, NYC;collaborated with husband. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:212; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGA];WWWIA, 3;NYTime.f,June 251954,21:5.
Wein, I; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 1919.Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 21:207.
Wein, Samuel; b. Lemberg, May 11888.To US 1896. • Columbia. • Chemist, inventor,NYC; author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Wein, Samuel Zvi; b. it-
Rabbi, talmudist, NYC. • See: Eisenstadt, 40.
Weinbaum, Mark; b. Proskurov, Russia,Oct 201890; d. NYC, Mar 191973.
To NYC 1913.· CCNY, NYU.• Editor,Russian language journalist, communal worker;a fdr Russky Golos. • See:A]YB, 75:658;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 211973, 48:4.
Weinbaum, Max; b. Brody, Austria, Sep 151886.
To US 1888.· Merchant, communalldr,Brooklyn; a fdr Yeshivah of Flatbush; orgr,pres Max Weinbaum Kinsman Assn; dirRIETS. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Weinberg, Aaron 0; b. Russia, 1888; d.NYC, May 4 1954.
Lawyer, communalldr; bd Natl Com forLabor Israel; active Workmen's Circle. • See:A]YB, 56:572;NYTimes,May51954, 31:2.
Weinberg, Abraham I; b. ca 1863; d.Baltimore, May 311932.
Baltimore City ColI. • Merchant, communalworker, Baltimore; officer Am WholesaleCorp, Am Jewish Relief Corp ofMD; bdJewish Court ofArbitration. • See: A]YB,34:113; WWIA], 1928.
Weinberg, Abraham Joseph; b. Poland, Dec251886.
To US 1892. • Linen supply co exec, Atlanta;officerJewish Childrens Services, Natl ConfofChristians &Jews; active Brandeis. • See:WWWIA, 7.
Weinberg, Benjamin A'} J?; b. Odessa,1899; d. NYC, Nov 10 1949.
To US 1926/1927. • U Odessa, Polish Inst ofCommerce. • Banker, communal welfareworker, NYC; officer Heb Immigrant Aid Soc;active Am Jewish Cong; Russian army service.• See: A]YB, 52:505; NYTimes, Nov 11 1949,25:3.
Weinberg, Benjamin Franklin; b. KansasCity, Nov 101892; d. Feb 281970.
KS Commercial ColI. • Hotel exec, KansasCity; active Shrine Crippled Childrens Home;WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Weinberg, Bernard; b. Chicago, Aug 231909; d. Feb 13 1973.
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PhB, PhD U Chicago, U Paris, post-gradEurope. • Romance language specialist,Chicago; faculty Northwestern, U Chicago;author/editor in field; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,5.
Weinberg, Celia Grosberg; b.*; d. Boston,Oct 20 1934.
Communal worker, Boston. • See: A]YB,37:262.
Weinberg, Edwin David; b. Lonaconing,MD, July 25 1895.
AB, MA Dickinson, MD Johns Hopkins. •Orthopedic surgeon, Baltimore; facultyJohnsHopkins; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEGA].
Weinberg, Frederick; b. Duluth, MN.Editor, Minneapolis; with AmJewish World,earlier Duluth News-Tribune; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinberg, Gladys (Mrs Saul S Weinberg);b.1909.
Archaeologist; authority on Greek glass; dir UMO museum; author/editor in field. • See: E](sub Saul S Weinberg).
Weinberg, Harold M; b. NYC, 1889; d.NYC, Mar 22 1978.
Business exec, physician, philanthropist, NYC;active United Jewish Appeal, Heb ImmigrantAid Soc, Jewish Center (Flatbush); WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 80:374;NYTimes, Mar 241978,25:4.
Weinberg, Harry; b. Mayden, Russia, July171878; d. Miami Beach, Feb 1964.
To US 1898. • Newspaper delivery co owner,NYC, Brooklyn; orgr Yiddish Mayden Verein;a fdr synagog, Senior Citizen Symposium. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 16 1964,93:2.
Weinberg, Harry; b. Austria, Aug 15 1908.To US ca 1912.· Williams, MAHarvard.·Business exec, Scranton, NYC. • See: NYTimesstory, Mar 8 1962.
Weinberg, Harry Edward; b. Baltimore,Sep 71891.
Clothing mfr, Baltimore; officer trade assn;advisor Natl Recovery Adm; active synagog;author in field. • See: BEGA].
Weinberg, Henry; b. Richmond, June 181901.
Dept store exec, Richmond; active businessassns, Democratic politics. • See: WWIA],1938.
Weinberg, Herman G; b. East Harlem, Aug91908; d. NYC, Nov 1983.
Translator of foreign films, author on film,NYC; praised for preserving nuances oflanguage in film. • See: NYTimes, Nov 8 1983.
Weinberg, Jacob; b. Odessa, July 11879; d.NYC, Nov 2 1956.
To US 1926/1928. • LLD U Moscow, Dr MusImperial Conservatory (Moscow); honorarydegrees. • Composer, pianist, tchr, NYC;faculty U Odessa, NY ColI ofMusic, Hunter. •
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See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 59:477; WWIA], 1938;BEGA]; NITimes, Nov 3 1956,23:7.
Weinberg~Jack;b. Kiev, Jan 181910.To US 1924. • BS, MD U IL. • Psychiatrist,gerontologist, consult, Chicago; admr ILMental Instns; faculty U IL; officerprofessional soc; bd Council Jewish Elderly,Jewish Family & Community Services; au¢.orin field; "WWII service. 0 See: WWWIA., 8.
Weinberg, Jack; b. Philadelphia/Camden,NJ, Oct 12 1895; d. Philadelphia, Oct1946.
Business colI. 0 Realtor, city assessor, Camden,N]; dir YM-YWHAs, Fedn ofJewishCharities; active political campaigns & issues;"WWI service. • See:·WWIA], 1928; NITimes,Oct 20 1946,60:7.
Weinberg, Jacob; b. Borshievke, Russia,1888.
To US 1915. • Chem E OH Northern, MS,PhD NYU. • Chemist, NYC; with HealthDept; active Yeshiva Rabbi Solomon Kluger;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinberg, Jonathan; b. Russia; d.McKeesport, PA, Nov 181945.
To US 1905. • Rabbi, Austria, McKeesport,PA. • See:A]YB, 48:502.
Weinberg, Joseph; b. Cracow, 1877; d.Miami Beach, Feb 12 1955.
Yiddish journalist, communalldr, NYC; withForward; active Workmen's Circle. • See:A]YB, 57:608;NITimes, Feb 141955, 19:5.
Weinberg, Joseph Alexander; b. CouncilBluffs, IA, Sep 181894.
U Omaha, MD, MS U NE. • Surgeon,Omaha; faculty U NE; bd Jewish CommunityCenter & Welfare Fund. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Weinberg, Joseph Lewis; b. Omaha, Nov12 1890.
AB Harvard. • Architect, Cleveland; officerprofessional soc, B'nai B'rith;"WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinberg, Julius; b. Cleveland, 1922; d.Cleveland, Feb 81984.
Case Western, PhD U MI.· Historian, rabbi,communal exec, Cleveland; faculty ClevelandState. • See:A]YB, 86:444;]TA-DNB, Feb 151984.
Weinberg, Leonard; b. Baltimore, Dec 301889.
LLB U MD. • Lawyer, Baltimore,Washington DC; secy MD Social SurveyCommn; officer synagog; dir Assocd JewishCharities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinberg, Louis; b. Poland, 1885; d.Bridgton, ME, Nov 1964.
CCNY, Art Students League, EducationalAlliance. • Writer on art, NYC; facultyCCNY. • See: A]YB, 24:212; NITimes, Nov 111964,43:2.
Weinberg, Max H; b. Saroca, Bessarabia,Mar 16 1883.
To US 1901. • MD U Pittsburgh, post-gradNYC, Pittsburgh. 0 Physician, neurologist,neuropsychiatrist, translator, PittSburgh;officer med soc; author in field, Yiddish shortstories; "WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926,1938.
Weinberg, Milton; b. Manning, SC, Feb 21886.
AB USC, MD Johns Hopkins, NY ColI ofPhysicians & Surgeons. • Physician, Sumter,SCi with State Bd of Health; active med assn;editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Weinberg, Morris; b. Miden, Russia, Jan 151876/1877/1878; d. Palm Beach, Dec 201968.
To US 1895. • Bldr, publisher, nat! communalldr, NYC; fdr, pres The Day, Nat! Heb School;nat! officer Zionist Org ofAm.; dir Heb FreeLoan Soc, Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See:A]YB, 24:213, 70:526; WWIA], 1926,1938;NITimes, Dec 22 1968,52:5.
Weinberg, Mrs Philip; b. ca 1863; d. NYC,Dec 301933.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,36:287.
Weinberg, Nat; b. NYC, Feb 15 1914.Labor economist, Detroit; with United AutoWorkers; active Am. for Democratic Action,NAACP. • See: NITimes story, July 11 1967.
Weinberg, Robert Charles; b. NYC, Dec 181901; d.Jan 25 1974.
AB Harvard, Harvard School ofArchitecture,Harvard School of City Planning. • Architect,city planner, government consult, NYC; authorin field. • See: WWWIA., 6; NITimes, Jan 261974,34:4.
Weinberg, Samuel; b. Brooklyn, Mar 281908.
CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,communalldr, NYC; pres Fedn ofJewishCharities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinberg, Samuel D; b. Poland, ca 1889; d.Detroit, Apr 15 1943.
Journalist, Yiddish author; with Forward(Detroit); "WWI British government service. •See:A]YB, 45:396; NITimes, Apr 171943,17:3.
Weinberg, Saul; b. Chicago, 1911.Archaeologist, museuni dir; specialty:excavation (Greece); faculty U MO, Heb U. •See:E].
Weinberg, SidneyJames; b. Brooklyn, Oct12 1891; d. NYC,July 23 1969.
Columbia, NYU.• Investment banker,government official, unofficial presidentialadvisor, NYC; with Goldman, Sachs; execcouncil Am. Jewish Com; active Democraticpolitics; "Mr Wall Street." • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 71:610; WWIA], 1938; BEGA];WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,July241969, 1:6.
Weinberg, Steven; b. NYC, 1933.Cornell, PhD Princeton. • Physicist, Nobellaureate; faculty U CA (Berkeley), MIT,Harvard; author in field. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Weinberger, Julius Milton
Weinberg, Tobias; b. Baltimore, Mar 31910; d. Nov 211969.
BA, MD Johns Hopkins. • Pathologist,Baltimore; faculty Johns Hopkins. • See:WWWIA.,5.
Weinberg, Tobias Bernard; b. Harlau,Rumania, Mar 13 1887.
To NYC 1897. • CCNY, NYU, MD Bellevue.• Roentgenologist, NYC; faculty NYU; anorgr synagog; author in field. • See: WWIA],1928,1938.
Weinberger, Alfred; b. Czechoslovakia, ca1873; d. NYC, Aug 16 1946.
To US 1941. • Lawyer; Consul General ofDenmark (Prague). • See: A]YB, 49:619;NITimes, Aug 17 1946, 13:5.
Weinberger, Bernhard (Bernard) Wolf; b.Idaho Springs, CO, June 5 1885; d. NewOrleans, May 1960.
U Denver, DDS U PA. • Orthodontist,historian & bibliographer of dentistry; facultyNYU; librarian NY Academy ofMedicine;active med socs. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7; NITimes,May91960,29:5.
Weinberger, Charles; b. Austin, TX, 1875.Merchant, civic & communal worker, NewOrleans. • See: A]YB, 24:213.
Weinberger, Esther Cohen (Mrs FerdinandWeinberger); b. Cincinnati,. Dec 311890.
Womens wear merchant, author, Huntington,WVA; active Sabbath School, Heb Union CallMuseum, sisterhood. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinberger, Harry; b. NYC, Jan 13 1885/1886; d. NYC, Mar 5 1944.
NYU Law. • Lawyer, theatrical producer,NYC; counsel for Emma Goldman; activeFarmer Labor party; author in field, popularsubjects. • See: UJE; A]YB, 46:347; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Mar 61944,19:4.
Weinberger, Harry Harrison; b. NYC, Mar4 1888; d. Passaic, Mar 1938.
LLB, LLM NY Law. • Lawyer, bank exec, citycounsel, Passaic; officer bar assns, communalorgs. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes,Mar 141938,15:4.
Weinberger, Jacob; b. Czechoslovakia, Jan41882; d. May 1974.
To US 1889. • LLB U CO; honorary degree. •Lawyer, district court judge, San Diego; memBd of Education. • See: WWWIA, 6,7.
Weinberger,Jaromir; b. Prague, 1896; d.Aug 1967.
To US 1937/1939. • Composer; used folkthemes; "Schwanda the Bagpiper." • See: UJE;E]; NITimes, Aug 111967,21:4.
Weinberger, Julius Milton; b. NYC, June 11889.
DDS NYU. • Dental surgeon, NYC; orgrdental clinics; bd Henry Meinhardt MemorialHouse; active dental socs. • See: WWIA],1938.
Weinberger, Martin
Weinberger, Martin;b. Nuremberg, 1893;d. NYC, Sep 1965.
To US 1936. • PhD U Munich. • Arthistorian; specialty: Italian art; faculty NYU, UPA; WWI German army service. • See: UJE;NYTimes, Sep 8 1965, 47:2.
Weinberger,Moses;b.~esen,lIungary,
1854; d~ Brooklyn, June 13 1940.To US 1880. • Reb scholar, rabbi, author,NYC. • See: A]YB, 42:485; Eisenstadt, 40;NYTimes,June 141940,21:1.
Weinberger, William; b. Vienna, Sep 301869; d. Bronx, Aug 1958.
To US 1896.· MD UVienna,MS NYU.•Physician, internist, NYC; author in field;reserve service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Aug 161958,17:5.
Weinblatt, Abraham Isador; b. NYC, Aug 31896.
Fur buyer, NYC; a fdr synagog; orgr, officertrade assns. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weindorf, Arthur; b. LI City, 1885.Painter, architect, writer, NYC. • See: A]YB,24:213.
Weiner, Adolph Daniel; b. Pressb~rg,lIungary, Dec 23 1861.
To Chicago 1891. • JD UVienna, LLB LakeForest. • Lawyer, Chicago; counsel AustroHungarian consulate; pres Jewish FreeEmployment Bureau; bd Anti-DefamationLeague.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Weiner, Alphonse; b. ca 1861; d. NYC, July1912.
School Commr, jeweler, Bronx. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):275; NYTimes, July 25 1912,9:6.
Weiner, Elias; b. New Orleans, Aug 101902.
BS, MD Tulane. • Urologist, Astoria, NY;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weiner, Ethel Natelson .(Mrs MeyerWeiner); b. Brooklyn, Aug 101889; d.Brooklyn, 1954.
BS CCNY, MA NYU. • Public & religiousschool tchr, principal, NYC; officerJewishTchrs Assn; active Hadassah, JointDistribution Com, Fedn ofJewish Charities,professional assns. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Mar 4 1954, 25 :4.
Weiner, lIarry; b. ca 1893; d. Brooklyn,June 17 1936.
Dentist, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 38:436.
Weiner, Harry; b. ca 1873; d. Los Angeles,Apr 301937.
Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,39:599.
Weiner, Joseph Lee; b. Drombrowica,Poland, Mar 16 1902; d.Jan 15 1976.
ToNYC 1910.· AB, LLB Columbia.·Lawyer, asst corp counsel, NYC; counsel Bd ofTransportation; "WWII government service. •See: WWIA], 1938;~,6; NYTimes, Jan16 1976, 32:1.
Weiner, Lazar; b. Kiev, Oct 15 1897; d.NYC, Jan 10 1982.
To NYC 1914. • Kiev Conservatory. • Pianist,composer, conductor, NYC; fdr choruses;conductor Mendelssohn Symphony Orchestra;specialist in Yiddish art song. • See: UJE;E]:1973-1982;A]YB, 84:341; WWIA], 1938.
Weiner, Louis; b. Vinnitza, Russia, May 281892.
To Chicago 1906. • Chicago Academy of FineArts, Chicago Art Inst. • Painter, Chicago. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Weiner, MEdwin; b. Cleveland, 1916; d.Cleveland, oct 15 1969.
Business exec, communalldr, Cleveland; nat!officer United Jewish Appeal. • See: A]YB,71:610-11.
Weiner, Max; b. Lithuania, Oct71896.To US 1902.· DMD Tufts.· Dentist, NYC;with Dept of Health; a fdr Forest Hills WestJewish Center. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weiner, Otto Francis; b. Chicago, Nov 61898.
PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, asst corpcounsel, Chicago; mem Rogers ParkRecreation Com; active Democratic politics,Am Legion, B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinennan, E (Edwin) Richard; b.lIartford, July 171917; d. Zurich, Feb1970.
AB Yale, MD Georgetown U, MPH Harvard.• Public health expert, New Haven; facultyYale; advisor labor unions, governments;author in field; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Feb 241970, 43:1.
Weinfeld, Charles; b. Chicago, Apr 2 1882.LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer, Chicago; dirJewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinfeld, Edward; b. NYC, May 141901.LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, US district courtjudge, State Housing Commr, NYC; counselState Legislature; nat! pres Phi Sigma Delta;active Democratic politics. • See: WWIA],1938;NYTimesstories, Aug 181965,June 121968.
Weinfeld, Morris; b. NYC, Dec 28/29 1898.NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC; sponsor oflegislation for better living conditions. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Weingart, Isaac; b. NYC, ca 1873; d. NYC,Nov61913.
Mfr, importer, philanthropist, NYC; dirMontefiore Home. • See: A]YB, 16(19141915):167; NYTimes, Nov 91913, IV 7:5.
Weingart, Samuel; b. Frankenthal,Gennany, ca 1848; d. lIigh Mount, NY,Aug 141914.
To US 1870. • Educator, NYC; fdr, principalWeingart Inst at High Mount. • See: A]YB,17(1915-1916):223; NYTimes, Aug 15 1914,9:7.
Weingarten, Carola E (Mrs AdolphWeingarten); b. Dortmund, Gennany
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1905; d. NYC,June 201965.To US 1941.· Admr, communal official,author; active refugee relief, League forIndustrial Democracy. • See: A]YB, 67:543-44;NYTimes, June 211965,29:4.
Weingarten, Joseph!]oe; b. Galicia, Oct 81884; d.lIouston, Feb 261967.
To US 1890. • Retail food chain exec,communalldr, Houston; fdr World Inst forWorld Peace; bd TX Med Center; active JTS,Boy Scouts. • See:A]YB, 69:613-14; WWWIA,4,7; NYTimes, Feb 271967,29:2.
Weingarten, Lawrence A; b.*; d. Feb 61975.
Motion picture producer, Los Angeles; "AdamsRib," "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof"; officer tradeassn. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Feb 91975,48:6.
Weingarten, Melville David; b. NYC, May13 1890; d. Jan 1954.
Stockbroker, NYC; dir Altro Workshops. •See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Jan 51954,27:1.
Weingarten, Oscar L; b. Troy, Feb 71898;d.Apr 1942.
Business colI. • Mfr, communal worker,Newark; officer Conf ofJewish Charities. •See: WWIA], 1926,1938; NYTimes, Apr 151942,21:5.
Weingrow, SamueIMeyer;h.Lomza, Dec311901.
To NYC 1912. • CCNY, MD NY Med ColI& Flower Hospital. • Neurologist, NYC;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weinhandler, lIattie (Mrs S Weinhandler);b. Gennany, 1851.
Communalldr, NYC; officer Fedn ofSisterhoods; an orgr synagog (Tannersville,NY); dir United Heb Charities. • See: A]YB,7(1905-1906):114.
Weinman, Moses; b. NYC, Oct 111862; d.NYC, Apr 12 1912.
CCNY, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, NYC;officer Freundschaft Soc; active communalcharities. • See: A]YB, 14(1912-1913):127;NYTimes, Apr 141912, II 17:2.
Weinmann, Albert; b. ca 1860; d. EastRockaway, NY,July 211931.
Sculptor, East Rockaway, NY. • See: A]YB,34:113.
Weinmann, Fritz (Fritz Wyman); b.*To US 1941. • Industrialist, Germany • See:E] (sub Weinmann, Jacob).
Weinmann, lIans; b.*To US 1941. • Industrialist; est WeinmannFound.· See: E] (see Weinmann,Jacob).
WeinperIWeinperlech, Zishe; b. Turisk,Russia, 1892/1893; d. Brooklyn, Jan 271957.
To NYC 1913. • Yiddish poet, essayist,communal exec; editor Der Onhoyb; exec JewishCultural Alliance; Jewish Legion service. • See:E]; A]YB, 59:477; NYTimes, Jan 28 1957,23:4.
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Weinrach, Mildred Frances (Mrs BenjaminWeinrach); b. New Kensington, PA.
Philadelphia Normal School. • Educator,communalldr, Philadelphia; natl pres JrHadassah. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Weinreich, Max; b. Kuldiga, Latvia, Apr 221894; d. NYC, Jan 291969.
U St Petersburg, U Berlin, PhD U Marburg. •Philologist, Yiddish linguist, historian, editor,NYC; faculty CCNY; first professor ofYiddishin US; co-fdr Yiddish Inst. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 70:59-68;JTA-DNB, Jan 301969;NYTimes, Jan 301969,42:1.
Weinreich, Uriel; b. Vtlna, May 23 1926; d.NYC, Mar 301967.
To US 1940. • BA, MA, PhD Columbia, postgrad U Zurich. • Yiddish linguist, languagetchr, editor, NYC; faculty Columbia; activeprofessional org; author in field; WWIIservice. • See: EJ; UTWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 11967,32:3.
Weinrib, Edward Charles; b. Stamford,CT, Sep 25 1884.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Zionist, NYC; natlofficer Natl Fedn ofJewish Mens Clubs,United Synagogue ofAm. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Weinrich,Morris;b.\Tienna, ca 1882; d.Teaneck, NJ, Oct 1960.
ME, MA, PhD Columbia. • Physicist, NYC;faculty Brooklyn ColI; specialty: atmosphere ofplanets. • See: NYTimes, Oct 13 1960,37:3.
Weinryb, Bernard Dov Sucher; b. Breslau,1900.
To Palestine 1934, to US 1941. • PhD UBreslau. • Economic & social historian,librarian, author; facultyJewish TchrsSeminary, Brooklyn ColI, Columbia, YeshivaU, Dropsie; author in field. • See: UJE; E].
Weinshank, Theodore; b. Bobruisk?,Minsk, Aug 15 1865.
To US 1881. • BS, ME U IL. • Mechanical &consult engineer, Chicago; fdr Beis Lechemcolony (Mitchell, SD); "WWI voluntary fuelsaving engineer. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Weinschenker (Weinshenker), Tobias; b.ca 1844; d. Chicago, Mar 291912.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,14(1912-1913):126.
Weinshenker, Esther T; b.Russia, 1878.To US 1886. • Chicago Business ColI. •Communal & Zionist ldr, essayist, Chicago;exec council Fedn ofAm Zionists. • See:AJYB,7(1905-1906):.114.
Weinstein, Aaron L; b. Goshen, IN, 1883;d.Jamaica, NY, Apr 291947.
Rabbi, Fort Wayne,!A; mem Central Conf ofAm Rabbis. • See:AJYB, 49:619-20, 50:52425; NYTimes, Apr 30 1947,25:5.
Weinstein, Abraham; b. \Tilna, May 151872.
Communal charity & educational worker,Brooklyn; officer Talmud Torah. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.
Weinstein, Alexander; b. NYC, Oct 8 1891;d. Los Angeles, Feb 19 1947.
Columbia. • Business consult, industrialengineer, NYC; reorganized many cos during1930s; faculty Columbia; officer professionalassn; active Am Jewish Cong; WWI service. •See:AJYB, 49:620; WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ;WW"WIA, 2; NYTimes, Feb 201947,26:2.
Weinstein, Alexander; b. Russia, 1893.Biologist, Garrison-on-Hudson, NY. • See:AJYB,24:213.
Weinstein, Arthur David; b. Hartford, Feb15 1910.
AB Trinity, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Hartford;pres YMHA; dir Heb school. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Weinstein, Berish; b. Galicia, 1905; d.1967.
To NYC ca 1925. • Yiddish poet, NYC;known for autobiographical epic trilogy. • See:EJ.
Weinstein, Bernard; b. Odessa, July 101866; d. NYC, Apr 231946.
To US 1882. • Labor ldr, journalist, author,NYC; a fdr United Heb Trades; an editorFonoard; active Socialist politics. • See: AJYB,48:502; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Apr 261946,21:5.
Weinstein, Boris; b. New Orleans, Mar 311930; d.June 291983.
BS LA State, MS Purdue, PhD OH State,post-grad U CA (Berkeley). • Organic chemist,Seattle; faculty Stanford, U WA; editor in field;military service. • See: WWfVIA, 8.
Weinstein, Ephraim; b. London, Mar 241886.
To NYC 1888. • AB CCNY, MA NYU. •Public & religious school tchr, principal, NYC;pres Friends of University Settlement Assn. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Weinstein, George; b. NYC, ca 1902; d.Mexico, Mar 1969.
NYU Law. • Lawyer, civic ldr, Hempstead, LI;mem NY Bd of Regents; trustee educationaltelevision station; active Natl Conf ofChristians & Jews. • See: NYTimes, Mar 71969,37:2.
Weinstein, Gregory; b. \Tilna, Apr 201864;d. Brooklyn, Sep 1953.
To US 1891. • Cooper Union. • Author,publisher, printer, civic activist, NYC; fdrInternatl Press; trustee Brooklyn PublicLibrary; active politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928; NYTimes, Sep 23 1953,31:3.
Weinstein, Harris; b. Suwalki,Jan 18 1859.To US 1881. • Rabbi, Goshen, IN. • See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):104-05.
Weinstein, Harris; b. ca 1870; d. NYC, Jan8 1935.
Physician, stomach specialist, NYc. • See:AJYB, 37:262.
Weinstein, Isaac; b. ca 1851; d. Detroit, Sep141932.
Weinstein, Mariom
Reader ofTorah at Congregation ShaareZedek for 40 years, Detroit. • See: AJYB,35:130.
Weinstein, Israel; b. NYC, May 261893; d.Brooklyn, May 1975.
AB CCNY, AM, PhD, MD Columbia, D ScNYU. • Physician, Commr ofPublic Health,NYC; faculty NY ColI ofMed; asst dir BureauofHealth Education; author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May291975,38:3.
Weinstein, Jacob I; b. Brode, Austria,July201882; d. Philadelphia, Dec 1957.
To US 1883. • BS, AM, LLB U PA. • Lawyer,Philadelphia, NYC; specialty: bankruptcy. •See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 10 1957,35:3.
Weinstein, Jacob Joseph; b. Stephin,\Tolhynia, June 6 1902; d; Chicago, Nov 21974.
To US 1907/1908. • AB Reed, ordained HebUnion ColI; honorary degrees. • Rabbi,Chicago, San Francisco; mem IL Commn onHuman Relations; pres Central Conf ofAmRabbis; editor Jewish Frontier; bd Union ofAmHeb Congregations; dir Am Civil LibertiesUnion.· See:A]YB, 76:518-19; WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov 3 1974,79:3.
Weinstein, Jerome; b. ca 1897; d. NYC,Nov 1960.
NYU. • Press exec, NYC; with GeorgianPress, Interriatl Press. • See: NITimes, Nov 231960,29:2.
Weinstein,Joe; b. Austria, Sep 15 1894; d.NYC,June 13 1963.
To US 1909.· Retail exec, civic & communalworker, philanthropist, Brooklyn; benefactorNYU.• See:AJYB, 65:438; WWWIA,4;NYTimes, June 141963, 31:1.
Weinstein, Joseph; b. ca 1862; d. NYC,May 141917.
Analytic chemist, NYC; faculty Columbia. •See:AJYB, 19(1917-1918):268;NYTimes, May161917,13:6.
Weinstein, Lewis Hyman; b. Arany, \Tilna,Apr 10 1905.
To US 1906. • AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,communalldr, Boston; natl officer Zionist OrgofAm; officer United Jewish Brotherhoods,Intercoll Menorah; WWII Eisenhower liaisonto de Gaulle. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938.
Weinstein, Louis; b. NYC, Dec 281892.BCS, CPA NYU. • Accountant, NYC; officerYMHA, Zionist Org ofAm, Community Chest(all Mt \Ternon, NY);"WWI service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.
Weinstein, LouisJ; b. Russia, 1881; d.NYC, May 141930.
Dental technician, metallurgist, NYC,Chicago; co-fdr NY Post-Grad School ofDentistry; faculty Northwestern. • See: UJE;AJYB, 33:128.
Weinstein, Mariom; b.*Journalist, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:213.
Weinstein, Maurice
Weinstein, Maurice; b. ca 1839; d. NewRochelle,June 161933.
Civil War Veteran, New Rochelle. • See:AJYB,35:130.
Weinstein, Max; b. Puchovitch, Russia, Aug21878; d. NYC,Jan 1950.
To US ca 1892.· Exec, NYC; co-fdrDaughters ofJacob Home & Hospital; activecommunal affairs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;NITimes, Feb 11950,29:1.
Weinstein, Morris Abraham; b. NYC, Sep 11884; d. Philadelphia, Feb 1962.
MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Otolaryngologist,Philadelphia; faculty U PA; officer med soc;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,Feb 27 1962, 34:1.
Weinstein, Moses M; b. NYC,June 81913.Brooklyn ColI, Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,legislator, Democratic politican, Queens;majority ldr State Constitutional Convention,State Assembly; WWII service. • See: NITimesstory, Apr 6 1967.
Weinstein, Nathan; b. Vilna, Aug 301871.Pioneer Zionist, communalldr, Portland, OR;natl officer Zionist Org ofAm; exec comUnited Synagogue ofAm. • See: BEOAJ.
Weinstein, Philip; b. Nov 271873; d.Miami,Jan 171938.
Womens coat mfr, financier, communalworker, philanthropist, NYC; dir Beth IsraelHospital. • See: AJYB, 40:393; WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Jan 19 1938,23:4.
Weinstein, Reuben; b. NYC, May 4 1884.Life insurance underwriter, EI Paso; officerTravelers Aid; exec com Council of SocialService Agencies; dir Jewish Relief Soc. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Weinstein, Robert M; b. ca 1899; d. NYC,May 1968.
Textile mfr, NYC; pres synagog (Lynbrook,LI). • See: NITimes, May 7 1968, 41 :6.
Weinstein, Samuel; b. Jerusalem, Oct 21895.
To US 1902. • Electricity distributor,Syracuse; officer Zionist Org ofAm. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Weinstein, Solomon J; b. Grodno province,Oct 241880; d. Apr 1974.
To US 1896/1897. • Zionist ldr, NYC; an orgrAm Zion Commonwealth; mem PioneerFriends of Zion. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; NITimes, Apr 18 1974,44:3.
Weinstein, Walter Herbert; b. NYC,Jan 51905.
'Wharton, BS UPA, Columbia Law. • Banker,dept store exec, Brooklyn; active Democratic &New Deal politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Weinstine, Heimann·H; b. Kowel, Russia,Sep 141904.
To US 1905. • Cincinnati Conservatory,Juilliard, Chicago Musical ColI. • Concertviolinist, soloist, concertmaster, St PauL· See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Weinstock, Celia (Mrs Samuel Weinstock);b. Ostrowo, Germany, Jan 1 1870. .
To Des Moines 1888.· Social worker, DesMoines; an orgr, supt Federated JewishCharities; bd Jewish Community Center;trustee Public Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Weinstock, Gerard; b. NYC, 1919; d. NYC,Jan 22 1981.
Businessman, communal & civic ldr, NYC;active Radio Free Eur'ope, Human RightsCommn, Mental Health Commn (NewRochelle), Am Jewish Com; WWII service. •See:AJYB, 83:364.
Weinstock, Harris; b. London, Sep 181854; d. Palo Alto, Aug 22 1922.
To US 1855, to CA 1869. • Merchant, realtor,publicist, communal & civic ldr,philanthropist, author; San Francisco; bd NatlCivic Fedn, Heb Union ColI; active laborrelations, drafting city charter. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 7(1905-1906):114-15,24:213,25:141;PAJHS, 29:194-98; WWWIA, 1.
Weinstock, Harry Herschel; b. Bradford,PA, Feb 21884; d. Mendham, Nj, Dec1960.
BS, CE Cooper Inst. • Auditor, NYC; withNITimes. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Dec121960,29:3.
Weinstock, Isadore (Isidore) H;b.Yanova,Russian Poland, 1871; d. Forest Hills,NY, Dec 10 1937.
Conservatories (Warsaw, NYC, Cincinnati). •Cantor, composor, NYC; wrote liturgicalmusic & ballads. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):225,40:393.
Weinstock, Louis; b. Brzezan, Austria,1882; d. Miami, Mar 191953.
'Wholesale newspaper deliverer; natl dir JewishConsumptives Relief Soc. • See: AJYB, 55:460;NITimes, Mar 20 1953, II 7:2.
Weinstock, Max: E; b~ Miawa, Poland, June11888.
To US 1892. • Clothing mfr, Chicago; trusteeILGWU retirement fund. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Weinstock, Nathan; b. ca 1871; d.Brooklyn, Aug 291923.
Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 26:157.
Weinstock, Sydney Arthur; b. NYC, Dec 141905.
AB Columbia, JD (LLD) NYU. • Lawyer,NYC; specialty: transportation cos; activeDemocratic Fusion politics, synagog. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ.
Weinstone, William W; b. ca 1898; d.Queens, Oct 1985.
Marxist scholar, union orgr, NYC; a Edr USCommunist Party; editor Daily Worker; servedprison term. • See: NITimes, Oct 26 1985,13:6.
Weintraub, Abraham Allen; b. Philadelphia,Sep 15 1917; d. May 2 1974.
BS LaSalle, Cornell, UCA, MIT. • Hospitaladmr, Little Rock; with St Vincent Infirmary;officer professional assns. • See: WWWIA, 6.
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Weintraub, Claire June Cohen (MrsSydney L Weintraub); b. Miami,June 11905.
AB U Miami. • Communal & civic worker,Miami; mem Governors Welfare Com; officerNatl Council ofJewish Women, Natl WomensAeronautical Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Weintraub, Ezechiel; b. Mogilev-Podolsk,July41874.
.Sorbonne, ChE Zurich Polytech, PhD UZurich. • Chemist, electrical engineer,inventor, Paris, NYC; active internatl electricalsocs.· See:AJYB, 24:213; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.
Weintraub, George R; b. ca 1893; d.Atlantic City, Nov 251937.
Newspaper editor, Philadelphia, Atlantic City;with Atlantic City Press &' Union; WWI service.• See:AJYB, 40:393;NITimes, Nov261937,31:3.
Weintraub, J ehiel; b. Bialystok, Dec 61879.
Silk mill pres, Paterson; mgr Zukunft; assoceditor NJ Star; bd Bialystoker Center; activeWorkmen's Circle. • See: WWIAJ,1928.
Weintraub, Josef David; b. NYC, Dec'81905.
BS, MB, MD U Cincinnati, post-grad Europe.• Ophthalmologist, Cincinnati; dir UnitedJewish Social Agencies; author in field. • See:WWIAJ,1938.
Weintraub, Joseph; b. Cranford, Nj, Mar 51908; d. Feb 1977.
AB, LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, NJ supreme courtjudge; bd Rutgers; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 7; NITimes story, June 9 '1965,obituary, Feb 7 1977,26:1.
Weintraub,' Rebecca Fusfeld; b. Odessa,1873?; d. NYC, July 301952.
Yiddish actress, NYC. • See: AJYB, 55:460;NITimes,July311952,23:2.
Weintraub, Sidney; b. NYC, Apr 281914;d.June 19 1983.
London School of Economics, PhD NYU.•Economist, Philadelphia; faculty U PA; consultgovernment agencies; author in field. • See:WWWIA,8.
Weintraub, William Hobart; b. Chicago,Oct 6 1897/1898; d. NYC, Dec 1971.
Columbia, U Chicago. • Publisher, Chicago,NYC; with Esquire; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Dec 101971,46:3
Weintraub, Zigmont (Sigmund); b. ca 1872;d. NYC, Oct 261939.
Yiddish actor, NYC.· See:AJYB, 42:485;NITimes, Oct 27 1939,23:5.
Weis, Albert; b. Germany, ca 1840; d.NYC, May 1918.
To US ca 1843. • Civil War Confederateveteran, military officer, NYC, earlierGalveston; head Am Theatrical Exchange. •See:AJYB, 20(1918-1919):231, 21:207;NITimes, May 3 1918,15:4.
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Weis, J Max; b. McKeesport, PA, Apr 121891; d. 1968.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,post-grad U Cincinnati, U Chicago, Columbia,Union Theological ColI. • Rabbi, author,editor, NYC; staffAmJewish Com.· See:WWIA], 1926; BEOA]; NITimes, Jan 4 1968,34:4.
Weis, Joseph Deutsch; b. New Orleans,1872.
Physician, colI professor, New Orleans. • See:A]YB, 24:213.
Weis, Julius; b. Klingen, RhenishPalatinate, 1826; d. New Orleans, Dec 311909.
Philanthropist, communal worker, NewOrleans; office Heb Education Soc, TouroInfirmary. • See: A]YB, 12(1910-1911):110.
Weis, Samuel Washington; b. Natchez, Aug8 1870.
MIT.· Exec, painter, Chicago, New Orleans;active communal & civic charity orgs. • See:A]YB, 24:213; WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Weis, Walter M; b. NYC, Feb 28 1892.AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; orgrCity Fusion Party; active Citizens Union,professional soc. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Weisbach, Harry; b. Odessa, Apr 281886;d. Chicago, Feb 1946.
To US 1890. • Violinist, concertmaster,Chicago. • See: A]YB, 24:213; WWWIA, 7;NITimes, Feb 24 1946, 44:4.
Weisberg, Aaron H; b. 1878.Violin tchr, Missoula, MT. • See: A]YB,24:213.
Weisberg, Alex F; b. Russia, July 16 1882.BS U TX, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, civicworker, Dallas; mem City Planning Commn. •See: WWIA], 1928.
Weisberg, Harold Charles; b. Brooklyn,June 21925; d.July 171970.
BA Brooklyn ColI, MHL JTS, PhD Columbia.• Philosopher, communal exec; facultyBrandeis; dir Jewish Reconstructionist Found;author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 5;NITimes, July 191970,65:2.
Weisberg, Joseph; b. Boston, 1911; d.Boston, Apr 9 1984.
Harvard, Harvard Law. • Reporter, editor,publisher, communalldr, Boston; with]ewishAdvocate; trustee Combined JewishPhilanthropies. • See: A]YB, 86:444.
Weisberg, Louis; b. Dallas, Jan 13 1891.AB U TX, PhD MIT. • Chemist, consult,NYC; active professional assn; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Weisberg, Mark; b. Volhynia, Mar 15 1890.To US 1911. • BS Tufts. • Research chemist,consult, mfr, Providence; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.
Weisberg, Philip P; b. Sandusky, OH, 1897;d. NYC, Sep 15 1979.
Business exec, philanthropist; fdr Abilities, Inc;officer LI Jewish Hospital. • See: A]YB,81:377.
Weisberg, Samuel Myer; b. Boston, June 21905.
BS Tufts, MS Am U, PhD Johns Hopkins. •Research chemist, Baltimore; with Nat! DairyProducts; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weisberger, David; b. Dunmore, CT, Feb15 1904; d. Nov 8 1966.
BS St Thomas ColI, DMD Harvard, MD Yale.• Physician, Boston; faculty Harvard DentalSchool; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Weisberger, Siegfried; b. Bielitz, Austria,1895; d. Cambridge, MA, Mar 1984.
To US 1912. • Bookstore owner, Baltimore;friend ofH L Mencken. • See: NITimes, Mar261984.
Weisbord, Albert; b. NYC, ca 1901; d.Chicago, Apr 1977.
CCNY, LLB Harvard. • Radical labor orgr,textile strike ldr, Marxist historian, Passaic;mem Socialist Party, Communist Party,Trotskyite group. • See: NITimes, Apr 281977, II 8:5.
Weisbrod, Maxfield; b. Philadelphia, Sep 231894.
Reynold Business School (Amsterdam, NY),Emerson Inst (Washington DC), LLB GeorgeWashington.· Lawyer, Chicago; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weisel, Nathaniel; b. NYC, Jan 2 1883.BS, CE NYU. • Civil engineer, NYC; with USTreasury Dept. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weisenberg, Morris; b. Leuchau, Hungary,Jan 2 1885; d. NYC, Jan 1965.
To NYC 1889.· AB CCNY.· Public schooltchr, principal, textbook author, NYC, LI City;UN representative of League for IndustrialDemocracy. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes,Jan 191965,33:5.
Weisenberg, Theodore H; b. Budapest!NYC, Apr 10 1876; d. Philadelphia, Aug3 1934.
Lehigh, MD U PA. • Neurologist,Philadelphia; faculty U PA; pioneered used ofmotion pictures to study patients; officerprofessional socs; author/editor in field; WWIservice. • See: E]; WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes,Aug 41934,11:6.
Weisenfreund, Muni; see Muni, Paul.
Weisgal, Meyer Wolf; b. Kikol, Poland,Nov 101894; d.Jerusalem, Sep 291977.
To US 1905, to Israel 1949. • Columbia. •Theatrical producer; Zionist & communalculturalldr, author, editor; with Maccabaean;officer Zionist Org ofAm; mem JewishAgency; representative ofWeizmann in US;WWI service. • See: E]; E]:1973-1982; A]YB,79:375; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;]TA-DNB,Sep 301977; NITimes, Sep 301977, II 2:7.
Weisgall, Hugo; b. Ivancice,Czecholslovakia, 1912.
Weisman, Philip
To US 1920. • Composer, conductor, tchr,Baltimore, NYC; faculty Juilliard, JTS. • See:E].
Weiskopf, Bertha (Mrs Henry Weiskopt);b. Charleston, SC, ca 1855; d.Minneapolis, Dec 15 1942.
Communal worker, ldr, Minneapolis. • See:A]YB, 45:396.
Weiskopf, Samuel; b. ca 1860; d. StPetersburg, FL, Dec 20 1936.
Construction engineer, NYC. • See: A]YB,24:213,39:599.
Weisl, Edwin; b. NYC, Jan 14 1888; d.Great Neck, Jan 1949.
CCNY. • Investment banker, real estate &insurance salesman, yachtsman, NYC, GreatNeck; dir Madison Square Garden Corp;benefactor Police Dept Honor League. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938; NITimes, Jan 151949,17:3.
Weisl, Edwin Louis; b. Chicago, Dec 311897; d.BelAir, CA,Jan 1972.
PhA, PhB,JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, exec,politician, NYC; mem Democratic Nat! Com;with Paramount Pictures; friend of Lyndon BJohnson; trustee Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; WWI service. • See: WWU7IA,5; NYTimes, Jan 171972, 36:1.
Weisman, Ben; b. St Louis, Aug 29 1888.Merchant, exec, St Louis; trustee synagog. •See: WWIA], 1928.
Weisman, Herman John; b. Hartford, Nov18 1888; d. Mar 1961.
LLB Yale.· Lawyer, Waterbury,CT; presEastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs,bar assn; officer Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA],1938; NITimes, Mar 241961,31:4.
Weisman, Joseph; b. ca 1871; d. NYC, Sep281939.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 42:485.
Weisman, Joseph; b. Schenectady, Feb 171907.
Chouinard Art Inst, Art Center School (bothLos Angeles). • Painter, Los Angeles. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Weisman, Maurice Murray; b. Dayton,OH, May 21 1895.
Harvard. • Businessman, admr, NYC; mgrCarnegie Hall, Sherry-Netherland HotelCorp.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Weisman, Milton Charles; b. NYC, Apr 111895; d. Oct 81977.
AB Syracuse U, LLB Fordham.· Lawyer,business exec, NYC; trustee Touro ColI, FednofJewish Philanthropies; dir Daughters ofJacob Geriatric Inst. • See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Oct 10 1977, 32:6.
Weisman, Philip; b.*; d. Dayton, OH, Apr1912.
Rabbi, Dayton, OH.· See:A]YB, 14(19121913):128.
Weisman, Samuel Arthur
Weisman, Samuel Arthur; b. .Minneapolis,May 181891.
B Phar, BS, MB, MD V MN. • Physician,Minneapolis; faculty V MN; bd synagog;WWI med examiner. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weismann, Walter W; b. NYC, Aug 111891; d. NYC, Oct 13 1969.
Industrialist, consult, communalldr, NYC;specialty: revitalizing cos; officer Vnion ofAmHeb Congregations, synagog. • See: A]YB,71:611; WWWIA., 5; NYTimes, Oct 141969,47:1.
Weisner, Louis; b. NYC, May 11899.BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. •Mathematician, Bronx; faculty Hunter. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Weiss, Abraham; b. Podhajce, Galicia,1895; d. Jerusalem, Oct 1970.
PhD U Vienna; honorary degree. • To VS1940, to Israel 1967. • Talmudic & rabbinicscholar, VS, Israel; faculty Bar Han; officerMizrachi; active W orId Zionist Org; author/editor in field. • See: E]; NYTimes, Oct 8 1970,50:3.
Weiss, Albert; b. France, 1863; d.Philadelphia, Mar 291943.
Rabbi, talmudic scholar, N], PA. • See:A]YB,45:346; NYTimes, Apr 1 1943,23:3.
Weiss, Albert; b. Czechoslovakia, Mar 291865; d. NYC, Apr 301947.
To VS 1883. • Cotton industry exec, civicworker, NYC; mem NY Bd ofHigherEducation; trustee CCNY.. • See:A]YB,49:620; BEOA]; NYTimes, May 21947, 21:2.
Weiss, Albert Paul; b. Steingrund,Germany, Sep 15 1879; d. Apr 3 1931.
To VS as infant. • BA, MA, PhD U MO. •Psychologist, social philosopher, author,Columbus, OH; faculty OH State. • See: E];WWWIA., 1.
Weiss, Arthur Joseph; b. NYC, Feb 5 1885.Realtor, distiller, Hammond, IN; officerprofessional soc; active synagog, B'nai B'rith,Community Chest. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Weiss, Benjamin Paul; b. Philadelphia, July141884; d. Philadelphia, Feb 1957.
MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Neurologist,psychiatrist, Philadelphia; faculty JeffersonMed ColI; active PA Public Charities Assn. •See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 211957,27:5.
W~iss, Bernard; b. Russia, Sep 211888.MD Tufts. • Physician, Matapan, MA; facultyColI of Physicians & Surgeons (Boston); editorYiddisher Journal; active Zionist Org ofAm. •See:BEOA].
Weiss, Bernyce Schavrien (Mrs LeonardWeiss); b. 1902; d. NYC, June 17 1964.
Hunter. • Communal official, NYC; execVnitedJewish Appeal; exec dir B'nai B'rith. •See: A]YB, 66:582; NYTimes, June 19 1964,31:4.
Weiss (Weis), Camillo; b. Vienna, June 111886.
To VS 1910.· CE VVienna,MS VIL.·Structural engineer, inventor, Bethlehem, PA;with Bethlehem Steel; active Boy Scouts;author in field.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Weiss, Charles; b. Hungary, June 271891.CE Cornell. • Civil engineer, Philadelphia;with PA Railroad; author/editor in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Weiss, Charles; b. Brzesko, Austria, Oct 181894.
To VS 1905.· BScCCNY,MSNYU,MD,PhD V PA,Jewish Tchrs Inst OTS), post-gradYale Army Lab School. • Bacteriologist,immunologist, Sanjuan, Puerto Rico, SanFrancisco; faculty V CA; officer Zionist Org ofAm, Menorah Soc; author in field, onJewishtopics. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.
Weiss (Ha-Livni), David; b.Czechoslovakia, 1927.
To VS 1947. • Talmudic scholar, rabbi,concentration camp survivor, NYC; facultyJTS. • See: E].
Weiss, Deso A; b. Budapest, ca 1901; d.NYC, Nov 1971.
To VS 1947.· VPrague,MD V Vienna. •Psychiatrist; authority on speech & voicetherapy; faculty V Vienna; with CreedmoreState Hospital (Queens). • See: NYTimes, Nov20 1971,34:1.
Weiss, Dorothy Wilkes (Mrs CharlesWtlkes); b. NYC, Aug 101896.
MD NY Med ColI & Hospital for Women,post-grad NY Post-Grad Med School. •Pediatrician, NYC, Philadelphia, SanFrancisco; officer Hadassah (San Francisco);active social work, synagog; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Weiss, Edward; b. Wilcox, PA,July 301895; d. Philadelphia, Jan 1960.
MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Physician,Philadelphia; faculty Temple V; fdr, pres AmPsychosomatic Soc; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 151960, 31:1.
Weiss, Emil; b. Sisak, Yugoslavia, Feb 261893.
To Chicago 1921. • V Vienna, U Graz, MDBohemian V (Prague), V Zagreb, PhD V IL. •Pathologist, Chicago; faculty Loyola, V IL,Northwestern; consult VS Public HealthService; author in field; WWI AustroHungarian service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938. .
Weiss, Ferencz; b. Samson, Hungary, Feb261884.
To VS 1928. • Pressburg RabbinicalSeminary, V Steiermark. • Rabbi, PerthAmboy; pres Col De Kovatch Assn (NYC); dirRabbinical Assn ofVS & Canada; WWI fieldrabbi. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weiss, FrederickA; b. Berlin, ca 1899; d.NYC, Feb 1967.
To VS 1939. • V Berlin, MD V Heidelberg,
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post-grad V Freiburg. • Psychoanalyst, NYC;fdr Karen Homey Clinic; officer professionalsocs. • See: NYTimes, Feb 19 1967,89:1.
Weiss, Harry; b. ca 1866; d. Chicago, July181916.
Official, Deportation Dept of the ImmigrationService (San Francisco). ·See:AJYB, 19(19171918):268.
Weiss, Harry; b. Debreczen, Hungary, Oct191875; d. Brooklyn, Mar 1952.
To VS 1880.· AB V Cincinnati, BHL,ordained Heb Vnion ColI. • Rabbi, Brooklyn,earlier Macon, GA; pres NY Bd ofMinisters;officer BrooklynJewish Ministers Assn. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):105; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Mar 61952,31:4.
Weiss, Harry; b. NYC, June 281891; d.NYC, Apr 1955.
CCNY, CE, MA, PhD, MA Columbia. •Physician, bacteriologist, inventor, NYC;faculty Harvard, Columbia; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Apr 22 1955,25:3.
Weiss, Henry; b.*; d. NYC, reported Oct291937.
Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,40:393.
Weiss, Herman; b. ca 1869; d. NYC, July 91934.
Lawyer, legislator, NYc. • See:A]YB, 37:262.
Weiss, Herman; b. NYC, ca 1889; d. NYC,Jan 1971.
LLB St Lawrence. • Lawyer, Bloomingdaleexec, NYc. • See: NYTimes, Feb 11971,34:1.
Weiss, Herman Leonard; b. Cleveland, July22 1916; d. Sep 61976.
BS Case Inst. • Electric equipment mfr, exec,Fairfield, CT; with General Electric; trusteeCase Western. • See: WWWIA., 7; NYTimes,Sep7 1976, 36:1.
Weiss, Hiram B; b. Syracuse, Sep 16 1890.Syracuse V, AB, MD V Cincinnati, post-gradSt Andrews (Scotland). • Physician, Cincinnati;bd Heb Vnion ColI; author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Weiss, Jacob; b. NYC, June 271900.CCNY, NY Law, LLB Benjamin HarrisonLaw School. • Lawyer, legislator, Indianapolis;dirJ ewish Welfare Fund, Jewish FeOO, AmJewish Cong; active synagog. • See: WWIA],1938.
Weiss, Jerome Sidney; b. Chicago, Feb 71909.
PhB, JD V Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago;officer synagog, bar assns; advisory bd IL.Youth Commn; dir Mt Sinai; active civic,youth & other causes. • See: WWU1IA, 7.
Weiss, Julius; b. Rumania, ca 1876; d.NYC, Apr 111939.
To VS as child. • J3S Cornell, MDLI ColIHospital. • Obstetrician, gynecologist,communal worker, Bronx; fdr, pres BronxMaternity Hospital; pres FeOO of Rumanian
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Jews in Am; active Am Jewish Cong; author/editor in field. • See:AJYB, 41:433; NYTimes,Apr 12 1939,24:4.
Weiss, Leon C; b. Fannersville, LA, 1882.Architect, New Orleans.· See:AJYB, 24:213.
Weiss, Louis; b. Hungary, 1848; d.Bradford, PA, July 30 1909.
Rabbi, author, Bradford, PA, earlier Palestine,TX; mem Central Conf ofAm Rabbis. • See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):225, 12(1910-1911):108.
Weiss, Louis Stix; b. NYC, Feb 7 1894; d.NYC; Nov 13 1950.
AB Yale, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;head NAACP Legal Defense Com; dir AmCouncil on Race Relations, US Com for Careof European Childrel1-;active New School. •See: WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Nov 151950,31:3.
Weiss, Martin; b. Vecz, Hungary, Mar 191866.
To US 1888. • Retail merchant, civic worker,Dallas; mem Park Bd; pres Assocd CivicLeagues; dir Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts. • See:WWIAJ,1938.
Weiss, Milton; b. Brooklyn, Feb 71913; d.Dec271981.
LLB U Miami. • Savings & loan exec, lawyer,Miami Beach; orgrJ r Chamber of Commerce;pres Greater Miami Jewish Fedn; trustee UMiami. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Weiss, Moritz; b.*; d. NYC, Dec 13 1938.Rabbi, NYc. • See:AJYB, 41:433.
Weiss, Myron; b. Cleveland, July 14 1894.AB Harvard, Cleveland Law School. • Editor,NYC; with Time, Fortune. • See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ.
Weiss, Nathan; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Apr 231933.
Mfr, communal worker, NYc. • See: 4JYB,35:130.
Weiss, Paul; b. NYC, May 191901.BS CCNY, MA, PhD Harvard. • Philosopher,author, editor; faculty Bryn Mawr, Yale; officerprofessional assn; fdr, editor The Review ofMetaphysics. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Weiss, Ray; b. New Haven.New Haven Normal School, U PA, Pratt,Paris. • Etcher, painter, tchr, New Haven. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Weiss, Richard Simon; b. St Louis, Nov 171885.
MD Washington U (St Louis). • Physician,dermatologist, St Louis; faculty WashingtonU; author/editor in field; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Weiss, Rose (Mrs Jeremiah Weiss); b.Mizricha, Russia, Oct 3 1886.
To US 1893. • Realtor, Miami Beach; dir Fednof Charities, Jewish Welfare Bureau, ParentTchr Assn; active synagog. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Weiss, Rose G (Mrs Leopold Weiss); b.*; d.NYC,Apr271940.
Social worker, NYC; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See:AJYB, 42:485; NYTimes,Apr 291940,15:6.
Weiss, Rudolf;b. Vienna, ca 1901; d. NYC,Apr 1978.
To US 1939.· Actor, Austria, NYC; withVoice ofAm; fdr Jiidisches Kultur Theatre. •See: NYTimes, Apr 8 1978,26:2.
Weiss, Samson; b. Emden, Gennany, 1910.To US 1938, to Israel 1972. • Rabbi, Orthodoxldr, NYC; exec Young Israel, Union ofOrthodoxJewish Congregations. • See: EJ;EJ:1973-1982.
Weiss, Samuel; b. Kaszony, Hungary, May6 1885; d. Apr 5 1966.
MD LI ColI Hospital. • Gastroenterologist,NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic Med School; bdJewish Academy ofArts & Sciences; active BoyScouts, internatl med socs; author/editor infield. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 6 1966,43:4.
Weiss, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 31892; d.Nov171956.
Business exec, Washington DC; pres Am Coke& Coal Chemicals lust; WWII governmentservice. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Weiss, Samuel Arthur; b. Krotowicz,Poland, Apr 15 1902.
To US 1902. • U Pittsburgh, BS, LLBDuquesne; honorary degree. • Congressman,common pleas judge, lawyer, legislator, sportsofficial, communal worker, Pittsburgh; presRosalia Foundling Home; deputy commr NatlProfessional Football League. • See: UJE; EJ;WWWIA, 7.
Weiss, Sandor; b. ca 1846; d. Passaic, Mar 31935.
Civic worker, Passaic. • See: AJYB, 38:436.
Weiss, Seymour; b. Bunkie, LA, Sep 131896; d. Baton Rouge, Sep 17 1969.
Hotel exec, aide to Huey Long, New Orleans;pres Port of New Orleans Commrs; convictedin scandals; officer trade assns; bd Natl Conf ofChristians & Jews; WWI service. • See:WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Sep 191969,47:3.
Weiss, Simon B; b.*; d. Duquesne, PA, Nov161935. .
Rabbi, Duquesne, PA.· See:AJYB, 38:436.
Weiss, Solomon; b. Fannersville, LA,Apr171885.
AB Tulane, LLB UVA. • Lawyer, civic &communalldr, New Orleans; pres Zionist OrgofAm; officer Jewish Natl Fund, bar assns;active Community Chest, Civic Council,synagog; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.
Weiss, Soma; b. Bestercze, Hungary,Jan271899; d. Cambridge, MA,Jan 311942.
, To US 1920. • Royal Hungarian U, ABColumbia, MD Cornell. • Physician,researcher, Boston; faculty Harvard, Peter BentBrigham Hospital; active med socs. • See: UJE;
Weissman, Irving
AJYB, 44:345; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Feb 11942,42:3.
Weiss, Wtlliam; b. Hungary, July 10 1887;d. NYC, May 10 1958.
To NYC 1896.· LLB Brooklyn Law, LLMNY Law. • Lawyer, political worker,communalldr; natl pres Union of OrthodoxJewish Congregations; ldr Mizrachi; memschool bd; active Republican/Progressivepolitics, AmJewish Congo • See: UJE; AJYB,60:358; WWlA}, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, May 111958,87:1.
Weiss-Rosmarin, Trude; b. Frankfurt, June171908.
To US 1931.· UBerlin, U Leipzig, PhD UWiirzburg. • Biblical scholar, educator, writer,NYC; fdr, dirThe School of theJewishWoman; active Am Jewish Congo • See:WWIAJ, 1938;UJE; EJ.
Weissberger, Arnold; b. Gennany, ca 1899;d. Rochester, NY, Sep 1984.
To US 1936. • PhD U Leipzig. • Chemist,inventor, patent holder, Rochester, NY; withEastman Kodak; faculty U Leipzig, Oxford U;editor in field. • See: NYTimes, Sep 7 1984.
Weissberger, Charles H; b. ca 1860; d.NYC, Feb 16 1931.
Physician, author, NYc. • See:AJYB, 33:128.
Weissberger, L (Lenson) Arnold; b. NYC,Jan 16 1907; d. Feb 27 1981.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, culturalldr,NYC; officer Bronx House; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropy, Joint Distribution Com;author in field, legal history. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 7.
Weisser, Budd Samuel; b. NYC, Jan 301896.
LLB NY Law, Columbia, CCNY. • Lawyer,NYC; active Republican-Fusion politics;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Weisser (pilderwasser), Samuel Joshua; b.Novo-Ushitza, Ukraine, Aug 15 1888; d.1952.
To US 1914. • Cantor, composer, writer,Brooklyn; officer professional assn; activeJewish orgs.· See: UJE; E]; WWIAJ, 1938.
Weisskopf, Victor; b. Austria, 1908.To US 1937. • Physicist; with U Rochester,Manhattan Project, MIT; active support ofnuclear disarmament; author in field. • See: EJ.
Weissman, Arthur; b. NYC, Mar 261913;d. Oct 12 1980.
BA CCNY,JD George Washington, post-gradColumbia. • Medical care admr, Oakland, CA;with Kaiser Found Health Plan & Hospitals;advisor US, CA health agencies; author infield; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Weissman, Irving; b. Kolomear, Austria,Apr41905.
To US 1911. • Commonwealth ColI, U WI,Washington U (St Louis). • Social work orgexec, researcher, publicist, St Louis; editorChild Welfare; active social work & sociology
Weissman, Reuben
assns, civic relief & welfare orgs. • See:WWIA],1938.
Weissman, Reuben; b. ca 1855; d. NYC,Feb 241936.
Yiddish playwright, producer, NYc. • See:A]YB, 38:436; NITimes, Feb 25 1936,20:3.
Weissman, Ruth; b. Umangne, Russia, Aug71897.
To Boston 1914. • MD Tufts.· Pediatrician,Boston; assocd with Dept of Health, Tufts. •See: WWIA]; 1938.
Weissman, Simon David; b. New Haven,Apr 121895.
Yale, LLB Northeastern, CLU Am ColI ofLife Underwriters. • Insurance exec, Boston;officer professional assns; WM service. • See:BEOA].
Weissmandel, Michael Dov; b. Hungary,1904; d. Nov 1957.
To US after WMI. • Orthodox rabbi,resistance ldr; pleaded for Allied bombing ofAuschwitz; jumped from train carrying him toAuschwitz; memoir. • See: E]; A]YB, 60:358;NITimes, Nov 301957,21:5.
Weitz, EmanuelNoah; b. Jersey City, Oct271893.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, Jersey City; officerB'nai B'rith; dir Jewish Community Center;WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Weitz, Martin Mishli; b. Denver, Aug 31907.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,MA CO State. • Rabbi, editor, poet, author,Kenosha, WI; dir Hillel (Evanston, IL); activeCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis, Chicago RoundTable.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Weitz, Sidney Newton; b. Cleveland, July101887.
LLB Baldwin U. • Lawyer, communalldr,Cleveland; officer Welfare Assn for JewishChildren, Jewish Welfare Fedn; active bar assn.• See: WWIA], 1938.
Weitzenkorn, Jennie Livingston (Mrs); b.*;d. Wilkes-Barre, May 261936.
Communal worker, Wilkes-Barre. • See:A]YB, 38:436.
Weitzenkorn, Joseph K; b. Pottstown, PA,ca 1867; d. WIlkes-Barre, Nov 191938.
Financier, realtor, communal & philanthropicldr; dir Nat! Home for Jewish Children,Nat!Jewish Hospital. • See: A]YB, 41:433 j
NITimes, Nov 21 1938, 19:4.
Weitzenkorn, Louis; b. Wilkes-Barre, May28 1893; d. WIlkes-Barre, Feb 7 1943.
PA Military ColI, Columbia. • Playwright,editor, NYC, Hollywood, CA; with NY World,NY Evening Graphics.· See:A]YB, 45:396;WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA].
Weitzman, Elliot David; b. Newark, Feb 41929; d. NYC, June 1983.
BA U IA, MD U Chicago. • Neurologist,psychiatrist, NYC; fdr Inst of Chronobiology
(White Plains); faculty Columbia, Cornell,Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; officer med socs;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes,June 16 1983.
Weitzman, Ellis; b. Atlanta, Nov 261910;d. Aug 171967.
AB Emory, MA Creighton, PhD U NE. •Psychologist, Washington DC; faculty Am U;consult US Public Health Service; WMIservice. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Weitzner, Emil; b. Brooklyn, Sep 2 1896; d.NYC, May 25 1965.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, author, poet, NYC; bdYM-YWHA; dir Emanu-EI Brotherhood. •See:A]YB, 67:545; WWIA], 1938;NITimes,May271965,37:3.
Weitzner, Henry M; b. Podhajcer, Austria,Nov 23 1889; d. May 1954.
To US 1896. • CCNY, Cooper Union, CEBrooklyn Polytech. • Civil engineer, bldr, realestate operator, NYC; earlier with USgovernment, Brooklyn Naval Yards. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, May 20 1954,31:3.
Weitzner, Samuel; b. NYC, June 27 1891.CCNY, MD NYU. • Radiologist, NYC;WM service. • See:. WWIA], 1938.
Weixelbaum, Adolph; b. Germersheim,Bavaria.
To US 1870. • Newspaper publisher, Lima,OH; with Lima Courier. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Welb, Ferdinand; b. ca 1852; d. St Louis,Oct 2 1910.
Theatrical mgr, St Louis. • See: A]YB,13(1911-1912):135.
Welch, Ben; b. NYC, 1873; d. Smithtown,LI,1926.
Actor, comedian, NYC; remained on stagedespite becoming blind.· See:A]YB, 24:213;NITimes, Sep 3 1926, 17:6.
Welch, Joe (born Joseph Wolinski); b. ca1869; d. NYC, July 1918.
Comedian, impersonator, NYc. • See: A]YB,21:207; NITimes, July 161918,13:5.
Welfeld, Joseph; b. Vienna, July 7 1874.To US 1888.· MD Loyola.· Physician,dermatologist, urologist, Chicago; pres medassn.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Weller,Louis; b. Grodno, Poland, Dec 191898.
To Newark 1923. • Rabbi, communal worker,Newark; nat! coUncil Mizrachi; nat! exec bdUnion of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: WWIA],1938.
Wels, Harry; b. NYC, Mar 10 1891.Merchant, Brooklyn; pres trade assn; dir EastMidwood Jewish Community Center. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Wels, Isidor; b. NYC, Dec 51881; d. Sep1963.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; active communal
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philanthropy, bar assns, legal ethics &procedures. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938;NITimes, Sep 7 1963, 19:1.
Welsh, Arthur L; b. Kiev, 1881; d.Washington DC,June 111912.
To US 1890. • Pioneer aviator, record-holder,tchr, Dayton, OH, College Park, MD; diedwhile trying to set new altitude record; militaryservice. • See: E]; A]YB, 14(1912-1913):128.
Welt, Louis; b. ca 1855; d. Detroit, Mar 181923.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See: A]YB,25:141.
Welt, Melville Samuel; b. IN, Nov 13 1881.AB U MI. • Paper co exec, communalldr,Detroit; officerJewish Social Service Bureau,Jewish Child Council; dir Community Fund. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Welt, Mildred Goldsmith (Mrs Joseph MWelt); b. Ligonier, IN, July 21 1889.
Communal exec, Detroit; nat! pres Nat!Council ofJewish Women; bd Jewish WelfareFedn; nat! dir Joint Distribution Com. • See:WWWIA,8.
Weltchek, Nathaniel; b. Elizabeth, Apr 151905.
LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, civic worker,Elizabeth; pres Bd ofPublic Works; counselChamber of Commerce Exposition Co, CivicCouncil on Transportation; author in field. •See:BEOA].
Weltfish, Gene; b. ca 1902; d. NYC, Aug1980.
Barnard, PhD Columbia. • Anthropologist,feminist, author; faculty Fairleigh Dickinson;active anti-capital punishment movement. •See: NITimes, Aug 5 1980.
Weltman, Leon; b. Vitebsk, Russia, Apr 121889.
Imperial Conservatory ofMoscow. • Concertviolinist, composer, opera dir; fdr WeltmanConservatory ofMusic (Malden, MA). • See:WWIA],1928.
Wender, Harold H; b. 1896; d. NYC, Dec171965.
Mfr, philanthropist, communal fundraiser,NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •See:A]YB, 67:545;NITimes, Dec 191965,84:8.
Wender, Louis; b.Janova, Lithuania, Jan 61890; d. NYC, Feb 81966.
To US 1900. • MD LI ColI Hospital. •Psychiatrist, hospital med dir, Hastings-onHudson, NY; active professional soc; author infield. • See: A]YB, 68:534; WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Feb 91966,36:1.
Wendrowsky, Isaac Zev (Zeav) (Wolt); b.Vilna, 1856.
To US ca 1900. • Rabbi, Orthodox ldr,journalist, NYC; a fdr Agunah Soc; activeUnion of Orthodox Rabbis, Bd of OrthodoxRabbis ofNY. • See: Eisenstadt, 42; Gottlieb,305.
'683 Wertheim, Emma Stern (Mrs]acob Wertheim)
-Wener, Jacob; b. ca 1870; d. Saratoga, NY,July 11936.
Merchant, communal & educational worker,NYC. • See: A]YB, 39:599.
Wenger, John; b. Elizabethgrad, June 161888/1889; d. NYC, Aug 1976.
To US 1903/1904. • Nat! Academy of Design.• Artist, scene designer, NYC; withMetropolitan Opera. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:213; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];NYTimes, Aug 26 1976, 36:4.
Wengeroff(Vengerova), Isabel; b. 1877; d.Feb 1956.
Pianist, music tchr; faculty Curtis, StPetersburg Conservatory. • See: UJE; E] (subWengeroff (Vengerov), Semyon Atanasyevich);NYTimes, Feb 81956,33:3 (sub Vengerova,Isabelle).
Wengeroff, Zinaida; b. Russia, 1867; d.NYC, 1941.
Literary critic, translator, London, US. • See:UJE; E] (sub Wengeroff, Pauline).
Werbe, Anna Lavick (Mrs David Werbe); b.Chicago.
Chicago Art Inst, Smiths Academy, ChicagoConservatory ofMusic. • Painter, Detroit; bdJewish Community Center, Jewish Home forAged; active Republican politics. • See:WWIA],1938.
Werbell,JohnM; b. Russia?, ca 1886; d.Philadelphia, Dec 11933.
Physician, cancer researcher, Philadelphia;Russian army service. • See: A]YB, 36:288.
Werbelowsky, David; b. Eydtkuhnen,Gennany, June 8 1878; d. Brooklyn, Sep171937.
To US 1888. • Business colI (NYC). •Publisher, communal & Zionist ldr, NYC,Brooklyn; orgr Nat! Heb Schools of Brooklyn,Beth Moses Hospital; pres Heb Publishing Co;exec com Zionist Org ofAm. • See: UJE;A]YB, 24:213, 40:393; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Sep 18 1937, 19:2.
Werbelowsky, Jacob H; b. ca 1869; d.Brooklyn, Mar 17 1913.
Glass mfr, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 15(19131914):275.
Werbelowsky, Joseph L; b. Werbalin,Russia, ca 1854; d. Brooklyn, June 111919.
Publisher, NYC; fdr !feb Publishing Co,synagog. • See:A]YB, 22:169; NYTimes, June12 1919, 15:6.
Werblowski, William; b. ca 1903; d.JerseyCity, Dec 201939.
Lawyer, rabbi, Jersey City. • See: A]YB,42:485.
Werfel, Franz; b. Prague, Sep 10 1890; d.Hollywood, CA, Aug 26 1945.
To US 1940. • Novelist, playwright, poet,mem ofViennese soc; WWI Austrian armyservice.· See: UJE; E]; E]:1973-1982;A]YB,48:502; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes,Aug 27 1945, 19:1.
Werfel, Louis; b.*; d. Algeria, Dec 241943.Rabbi, chaplain, "Flying Rabbi"; died inairplane crash. • See:A]YB, 46:347.
Werk,Julius;b.Austria, 1896; d. NYC, July311968.
To US 1901. • Business exec, philanthropist,NYC; benefactor Haifa Technion. • See:A]YB, 70:526; NYTimes, Aug 11968, 31:2.
Werlin, Jacob Baer; b. Kiev, Dec 23 1875.Author, accountant, Zionist ldr, Bellaire, TX;officer TX & LA Zionist Fedn; author of selftaxing plan of]ews for Jewish purposes; activeJewish colonization. • See: BEOA].
Werne, Isaac; b. Slonim, Poland, Dec 121876/1878; d. Los Angeles, Mar 101940.
To US 1904. • PhD, Phil D, Litt D, MA UKonigsberg. • Rabbi, Orthodox communalldr,author, Los Angeles, earlier Columbus, OH. •See: UJE; A]YB, 42:485; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Mar 12 1940,23:4.
Werner, Adolph; b. Frankfurt, Jan 5 1839;d. NYC, Aug 261919.
To NYC 1850.· CCNY, PhD Rutgers FemaleColI. • German language scholar, educationalexec, NYC; acting pres CCNY; pres NY TchrsAssn; officer Phi Beta Kappa. • See: A]YB,6(1904-1905):204-05,22:169; PA]HS, 28:31112; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Aug 27 1919,11:4.
Werner, Alfred; b. Vienna, Mar 301911; d.NYC,July 141979.
JD U Vienna, Inst of Fine Arts, NYU. • Artcritic, biographer, poet; faculty Rutgers; editorUJE; consult Am Jewish Cong, Theodor HerzlInst (NYC); author in field. • See: A]YB,81:377; WWWIA, 7.
Werner, Charles; b. Krosinewitz, Poland,Apr 151865.
Exec, communal & philanthropic worker, StLouis; with MGM. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Werner, Eric (Erich); b. Vienna, 1901.To US 1938. • PhD U Strasbourg. •Musicologist, musician, Cincinnati, Tel Aviv;specialty: history of music; faculty Heb UnionColI, U Tel Aviv. • See: E].
Werner, Heinz; b. Vienna, Feb 111890; d.May 141964.
To US1933.· PhD UVienna. • Psychologist,Worcester; specialty: psychology of language& symbols; faculty U Hamburg, Harvard, UMI, Clark; author in field. • See: E]; WWIA],1938; WWW1A, 4; NYTimes, May 16 1964,25:6.
Werner, Hirsch; b.*; d. Seattle, Apr 8 1912.Rabbi, Seattle. • See:A]YB, 14(19121913):126.
Werner, Max (pseud ofSchiffrin,Alexander); b. Kharkov; Russia, 1901; d.NYC,Jan 81951.
To NYC 1943. • Writer, military & politicalanalyst, Russian Social Democrat, author. •See: UJE; A]YB, 53:526; WWW1A, 3;NYTimes, Jan 9 1951,29:1.
Werner, Morris R; b. NYC, Mar 6 1897.~olumbia. • ~uthor, foreign correspondent,blOgraphe~; WIth NY Tribune; official WPA;WWI seI'Vlce. • See: UJE; WWIA] 19261928, 1938; BEOAj. "
Werner, Simon; b. NYC, Apr 211871.illustrator, artist, lithographer, NYC; withHarpers, Ladies Home Journal. • See: A]YB,6(1904-1905):205,24:214.
Werner, Theodore; b. Bavaria, June 281856.
Cigar mfr, NYc. • See: WWlAJ, 1926, 1928.
We~er, William E; b. Buffalo, Apr 191855; d. Rochester, NY, Mar 11916.
Lawyer, state supreme court & court of appealsjudge, Rochester, NY. • See: A]YB, 18(19161917):111; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Mar 2 1916,11:5.
Wernick, Abraham David; b, Kiev province,Aug 51888; d. Philadelphia, Nov 195'6.
U PA Law, Gratz. • Lawyer, communalldr,militant anti-missionary, Philadelphia; officerYoungJudea; active Keren Hayesod, synagog,politics. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Nov 23 1956,27:2.
Wershaw, Irving B; b~ New Haven, ca 1902;d. NYC, 1963.
Yale. • Chemical co exec, pharmacist. • See:NYTimes, May 3 1963,32:1.
Wershow, Max; b. Rus~ia, Feb 131888.DVM OH State, MD U MI. • Physician,Detroit; with public & communal clinics. •See: WWIA], 1928.
Werstein, Irving; b. Brooklyn, ca 1914; d.NYC, Apr 1971.
NYU. • Author of childrens books & booksabout war. • See:NYTimes,Apr91971, 34:4.
Wertham, Fredric; b. Germany, 1895; d.Nov 251981.
Kings ColI (London), U Munich, U Erlangen,MD U Wiirzburg. • Psychiatrist, neurologist,NYC; with Dept ofHospitals; author in field& popularization. • See: WWU1IA, 8.
Werthan, Meier; b. ca 1842; d. Nashville,Sep 91914.
Merchant, Nashville. • See:A]YB, 17(19151916):223.
Wertheim, David; b. BessarabialRumania,Nov 301898; d. Havana, Apr 10 1953.
To NYC 1923. • U Odessa, U Berlin, BerlinLehranstalt. • Zionist ldr, exec; general secyLabor Zionist Org ofAm; dir Histadrutcampaign for Latin Am; active Am JewishCong; Russian army service. • See: A]YB,55:460; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Apr 111953,17:4.
Wertheim, Edgar; b. LaSalle, IL, 1886.MSc U KS, PhD U Chicago. • Chemist,textbook writer; faculty U KS, U AR; becamemem Baptist Church. • See: UJE.
Wertheim, Emma Stem (Mrs JacobWertheim); b. ca 1867; d. Nyack, NY,
Wertheim, Maurice
Oct 211937.Philanthropist, NYC; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Childrens Aid, synagog;benefactor Harvard, Heb Technical School forGirls. • See: A]YB, 40:393; NITimes, Oct 221937,23:2.
Wertheim, Maurice; b. NYC, Feb 161886;d.Cos Cob, CT, May271950.
AB, AM Harvard. • Investment banker; cigarco exec, art patron, communalldr, NYC; a fdrTheatre Guild; mem Am Persian Relief Com;active Am Jewish Com, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 52:505;WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NITimes, May 281950,44:3.
Wertheim, Stanley; b. Ironton, OH, Nov 151888.
Yarn,mfr & importer, NYC; officer trade org;Prohibition candidate for NY Senate. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wertheimer, AlfredJ; b. St Louis, Aug 241887.
Harvard. • Insurance broker, NYC; earliercommercial banker. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wertheimer, Barbara Mayer; b. NYC, ca1926; d. Lakeville, CT, Sep 1983.
Oberlin, MA NYU. • Authority on women inunions, labor orgr, NYC; faculty Cornell;consult US & NY goverments; author in field.• See: NITimes, Sep 22 1983.
Wertheimer, Dan S; b. ca 1860; d.Cleveland, May 211930.
Publisher, communal worker, Cleveland. • See:A]YB,32:155.
Wertheimer, Howard M; b. Cleveland, Apr111893.
BS Harvard, LLB Western Reserve. • Lawyer,editor, Cleveland; with]ewish Review. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Wertheimer, Jacob; b. ca 1858; d. NYC,Nov 141920.
Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC. •See:A]YB, 23:133.
Wertheimer, Max; b. ca 1864; d. Ada, OH,Feb 3 1941.
Rabbi, Dayton, OH;convert to Christianity. •See:A]YB, 43:365.
Wertheimer, Max; b. Prague, Apr 15 1880;d. New Rochelle, Oct 12 1943.
To US 1933. • Charles U (Prague), U Berlin,PhD U Wiirzburg. • Gestalt psychology fdr,NYC; faculty U Frankfurt, U Berlin, NewSchool; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 46:347; WWIA], 1938; DAB, 3;NITimes, Oct 13 1943,23:5.
Wertheimer, Mildred S; b. ca 1896; d. SanDiego, May 6 1937.
Vassar, MA, PhD Columbia. • Foreign policyspecialist; with Foreign Policy Assn; author infield.· See:A]YB, 39:599; NITimes, May 71937,30:3.
Wertheimer, Ralph Monroe; b. Cleveland,Apr 161889.
Spencerian ColI. • Publisher, printer,Cleveland; with Jewish Review & Observer;WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Wertheimer, Sam; b. ca 1860; d. Portland,OR, Nov 211909.
Deputy sheriff, Portland, OR. • See: A]YB,12(1910-1911):109.
Wertheimer, Samuel; b. ca 1833; d.Pittsburgh, May 3 1915.
Merchant, Pittsburgh. • See:A]YB, 17(19151916):223.
Wertheimer, SydneyB; b. ca 1879; d.Brooklyn, May 18 1937.
Broker, communal worker, NYC, Brooklyn;trustee Brooklyn Heb Orphan Asylum,synagog. • See: A]YB, 39:599; NITimes, May201937,21:4.
Weschler, Anita; b. NYC.NY School ofFine & Applied Art, PAAcademyofFine Arts, Natl Academy ofDesign. • Sculptor, poet, NYC; memMacDowell Colony. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Weshner, David Engel; b. Brooklyn, Nov111894.
AB NYU. • Theatre mgr, advertiser,Philadelphia; active civic affairs, Democraticpolitics. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wessel, Bessie E Bloom (Mrs Morris JWessel); b. Ukraine, Apr 22 1889.
To US 1891.· PhB Brown, MA, PhDColumbia. • Sociologist, social worker, NewLondon, CT; specialty: ethnicity; faculty UCT; pres CT Conf of Social Work; author infield. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Wessel, Harry Nathan; b. NYC, Apr 271879; d. July 1958.
LLB, LLM NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officersynagog; active Union ofAm HebCongregations. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];NITimes, July 111958, 23:5.
Wessel, Harvey Edward; b. Chicago, July 81894.
AB, MA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, Duluth, Tyler, TX; officerUnited Jewish Social Agencies. • See: WWIA],1938.
Wessel, Henry N; b. Nebraska City, NE,Jan 2 1871; d. Philadelphia, Mar 61920.
LLB U PA. • Court of Common Pleas judge,communal worker, Philadelphia; active JewishHospital, Masons, Kehillah. • See: A]YB,22:169; PA]HS, 28:313-14.
Wessel, Meyer; b. Philadelphia, June 261891.
Exec, communal worker, Camden, NJ; activeBd of Education, YMHA, B'nai B'rith, Fedn ofCharities. • See: WWIA], 1928.
West, Nathanael (Weinstein, NathanWallenstein); b. NYC, Oct 171902; d.Dec221940.
Novelist, Miss Lonelyhearts, Day ofthe Locust,Hollywood, CA. • See: E]; WWWIA, 4.
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Westerman,.Abe; b.*; d. Pittsburgh; Aug 241939.
Communal & philanthropic worker,Pittsburgh. • See:A]YB, 42:485.
Westheimer, Eugene Ferdinand; b. StJoseph, Nov 281861; d. Feb 1957.
Distiller, then broker, Cincinnati; pres Homefor Jewish Aged. • See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Feb 23 1957, 17:4.
Westheimer, Henry Ferdinand; b. StJoseph, Jan 30 1870; d. Oct 1969.
Banker, broker, Baltimore. • See: WWIA],1928,1938; NITimes, Oct 5 1969,92:5.
Westheimer, Irvin Ferdinand; b. Newark,Sep 19 1879; d. Dec 311980.
Cornell. • Banker, broker, Cincinnati; fdr BigBros Assn; concerned with Manhattan Project;WWI fundraiser. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA; 7.
Westheimer, Isaac; b.*; d. Titusville, PA,Feb 211914.
School Bd mem, Titusville, PA. • See:A]YB,16(1914-1915):167.
Westheimer, Johanna Haas; b.Grossbieberau, Hessen-Darmstadt, Sep3 1845; d. StJoseph, Mar 51918.
To US 1861. • Communal & philanthropicworker,StJoseph; officerJewish LadiesBenevolent Soc. • See: PA]HS, 28:314-15.
Westheimer, Leo F; b. StJoseph, Jan 51868.
Banker, civic & communal worker, Cincinnati;officer Longview Hospital; exec com UnitedJewish Social Agencies. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Westheimer, Milton F; b. StJoseph, Jan 311872.
Broker, Baltimore. • See: WWIA], J 938.
Weston (born Westheimer), David; b. StJoseph, Aug 81877; d. Cincinnati, May1969.
Nazareth ColI (PA). • Business exec,Cincinnati; with Title Guarantee & Trust Co.• See: AI, May 8 1969, 18:1.
Weston, Robert Spurr; b. Concord, NH; d.Wakefield, RI,July 1943.
BS, AM Amherst ColI, post-grad MIT, UBerlin. • Construction & sanitary engineer,exec, Boston; specialty: water purification;faculty MIT; active Independent Republicanpolitics; author in field. • See: REGA];NITimes, July 301943,15:3.
Wetstein, Martha A; b. Philadelphia, May101880.
Juvenile court probation officer for all Jewishcases, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 7(19051906):115.
Wetzler, Benjamin; b. Auburn, NY,Jan 241908; d. Apr 26 1980.
BS Syracuse U. • Stockbroker, NYC; officerState Democratic Party; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 7.
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Wetzler, Hermann Hans; b. Frankfurt,1870; d. NYC, May 1943.
To VS 1892, 1940.· Hoch Conservatory.·Conductor, organist, composer; fdr WetzlerOrchestra; conductor Cologne Opera. • See:NYTimes, May 30 1943,26:3.
Wetzler, Joseph; b. Hoboken, NJ, Dec 61863; d. 1911.
Stevens Inst ofTechnology. • Engineer, NYC;dir Heb Technical Inst; editor in field. • See:WWWIA,I.
Wetzler, S Frederick; b. ca 1883; d. NewHaven, Nov 6 1936.
Lawyer, civic ldr, New Haven, • See: AJYB,39:599.
Wetzler, Sidney H; b. Milwaukee, Feb 21883.
V WI, Rush Med ColI. • Surgeon, Milwaukee.• See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Wexler, Emanuel]; b. Syracuse, Mar 171899.
BS, MD Syracuse V. • Surgeon, Chicago;Commr of Health, Niles Center, IL. • See:WWIAJ,1938.
Wexler, Harry; b. Fall River, MA, Mar 151911; d. Aug 111962.
BS Harvard, D Sc MIT. • Metereologist,Washington DC; with VS Weather Bureau;author in field; WWII service. • See: EJ: 19731982; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Aug 12 1962,80:1.
Wexler, Irving (Waxey Gordon); b. NYC,1888; d. Alcatraz, CA, June 241952.
Vnderworld figure; involved in alcohol, drug& black market activities. • See: DAB, 5.
Wexler, Jacob; b. Kishinev, June 18 1904;d. July 5 1972.
To VS 1905. • V TN, MD Middlesex V,Boston CoIl Law, JD Calvin Coolidge Law. •Physician, Boston; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,6.
Wexler, Solomon; b. Natchez, Nov 291867; d. Apr 1921.
Banker, New Orleans, NYc. • See: WWWIA,1; NYTimes, Apr 23 1921, 11:6.
Wexler, William Abe; b. Toledo, 1913.Natl communalldr, optometrist, alderman,Savannah; natl pres B'nai B'rith; chr Conf ofPresidents ofMajor Am Jewish Orgs. • See:EJ.
Wexley, John; b. NYC, Sep 141907.NYU. • Playwright, scriptwriter, earlierYiddish & English actor, NYC. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.
Weyl, Bertin Alfred; b. San Francisco,1877.
Judge, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB, 24:214.
Weyl, Carrie Stein (Mrs Maurice N Weyl);b. Philadelphia, July 7 1870.
Communal & civic ldr, Philadelphia; officerNatl Council ofJewish Women; active League
ofWomen Voters, anti-war orgs. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Weyl, Charles; b.·Philadelphia, May 22/261896; d. Aug 23 1967.
BS, MS, EE, post-grad V PA. • Physicist,electrical engineer, fiction writer, Philadelphia;faculty V PA;inventor/author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;WWWIA,5.
Weyl, Hermann; b. Elmshom, Germany,Nov 91885; d. Zurich, Dec 81953.
To VS 1933. • V Munich, PhD V G6ttingen.• Mathematician; with Inst for Advance Study(Princeton), Zurich Inst of Technology, VG6ttingen; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Dec 10 1955,21:3.
Weyl, Julius Stem; b. Philadelphia, 1871; d.Philadelphia, Dec 22 1935.
Mfr, printer, communal fundraiser,Philadelphia; fdr Heb press for JewishPublication Soc. • See: AJYB, 38:21-26,436.
Weyl, Maurice Nathan; b. Philadelphia,July 14 1869; d. Philadelphia, July 231936.
Author, publisher, composer, Philadelphia. •See:AJYB, 24:214, 39:599; BEGAJ.
Weyl,Max;b.Muhlem, Wurttemberg, Dec11837; d. Washington DC,July 61914.
To US 1853. • Landscape painter, earlierjeweler, Washington DC. • See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):205, 17(1915-1916):223;WWWIA, I;NYTimes,July71914, 9:6.
Weyl, Walter Edward; b. Philadelphia, Mar111873; d. NYC, Nov 9 1919.
PhB, PhD V PA, post-grad Europe. •Economist, author, editor; with Bureau ofStatistics. • See: JE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):205,22:169;WWWIA,I;NYTimes,Nov111919,13:3.
Weyl, Woldemar Anatol; b. Darmstadt,Germany, June 13 1901; d.July 301975.
To VS 1936. • Engr TechnicalV (Darmstadt),Dr Chern E Technical V (Aachen). • Scientist,editor, State CoIl, PA; authority on glass;faculty PA State. • See: WWWIA, 6,7;NYTimes, Aug 4 1975, 22:2.
Weynberg, David H M; b. London, Feb 101877.
To Brooklyn 1882. • NYU. • Lawyer, specialstate deputy atty general, Brooklyn; officerFree Sons ofIsrael, synagog; active HebImmigrant Aid Soc. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Whinston, Benjamin Harrison; b. NYC,Aug 81894; d.Jan 1964.
Cooper Vnion, Mechanics Inst, Columbia. •Architect, NYC; author in field; WWI service.• See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Jan 22 1964,37:3.
Whinston, Morris; b. Kolno, Russia, Jan15/18 1883/1885; d.Jan 1951.
To NYC 1890. • Brooklyn Polytech. •Architect, structural engineer, NYC. • See:
White, Morris
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEOAJ; NYTimes,Jan 301951,25:3.
Whinston, Selig; b. NYC, July 2 1900.Architect, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
White, Abraham; b.*; d. NYC, May 241906.
Representative ofVnited Heb Charities, EllisIsland, NYc. • See:AJYB, 8(1906-1907):225.
White, B;b. ca 1864;d.Pittsburgh,Apr231935.
Merchant, civic worker, Pittsburgh. • See:AJYB,37:263.
White, Bessie Felstiner (Mrs Nathan IWhite); b. Buczacz, Austria, June 6 1892.
To MA 1896. • AB, MA Boston U.•Playwright, lecturer, Brookline, MA; activeHadassah. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
White, David Herman; b. Konigsberg,1903;d. Houston, Jan 12-1972.
To VS 1909. • Editor, publisher, communalldr, Houston; withJewish Digest; supporterB'nai B'rith, Jewish Community Center. • See:AJYB, 74:560; NYTimes, Jan 141972, 36:4.
White, George; b. NYC, 1890; d. LosAngeles, Oct 11 1968.
Producer, dir, actor, librettist, lyricist, dancer;creator Charleston & Turkey Trot dances. •See: DAB, 8; NYTimes, Oct 12 1968,37:1.
White, Harry Dexter; b. Boston, 1892; d.Fitzwilliam, NH, Aug 16 1948.
PhD Harvard. • Economist, financial expert,communal & settlement house worker; withTreasury Dept. • See: EJ; AJYB, 51:525;NYTimes, Aug 18 1948, 1:2.
White, Henry (Harry); b. Baltimore, 1866.Labor, civic & public ldr; general secy VnitedGarment Workers ofAm. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):205-06.
White, James Louis; b. Ogden, Vtah, Nov 21894.
AB V VT, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Salt LakeCity; secyJewish Community Center; officersynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
White, Lawrence; b. New Haven, 1901; d.New Haven, July 27 1958.
Communal org exec, lawyer; active B'naiB'rith.· See:AJYB, 61:419; NYTimes, July 281958,23:5.
White, Lazarus; b. Rochester, NY, Feb 261874; d. July 30 1953.
CE Columbia. • Civil engineer, inventor,NYC; author in field. • See:AJYB, 24:214;WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, July 311953, 19:1.
White, Morris; b. Yelisand-GradnKhersonnear Odessa, Russia, ca 1888; d. NYC,Oct 1962.
To NYC ca 1900. • Handbag mfr, real estateoperator, NYC; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Salvation Army; fundraiserYeshiva V.· See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;NYTimes, Oct 7 1962, 82:1.
White, Morton
\V1Ute,~orton;b.~C,1917.Philosopher, physicist; special interest:epistemology; faculty CCNY, Columbia, UPA, Harvard. • See: EJ.
\V1Ute, Robert~ayer; b. Boston, 1923.Meteorologist; chiefUS Weather Bureau;WWII service. • See: EJ.
\V1Ute, Saul Elchanan; b. Kolno, Poland,June 8 1908; d. 1983~
To US 1920.· BS NYU, MHLJewish Inst ofReligion. • Rabbi, San Francisco. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.
\V1Uteman,lUdnnan;b.caI882;d.~C,
Sep241946.Tchr, author on Heb,Yiddish & Jewishsubjects, NYc. • See: AJYB, 49:620; NYTimes,Sep 25 1946,28:2.
\V1Utrnan, Philip G; b. Quincy, MA, 1896;d.~C,~ay61965.
Mfr, philanthropist; supporter Heb U, LIJewish Hospital. • See: AJYB, 67:545.
\V1Utney, Rosalie Loew (~sT H\V1Utney); b. ~C, 1873; d. ~C, 1939.
Hunter, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, court ofdomestic relations judge, NYC; mem StateIndustrial Commn; dir Neighborhood LaundryAssn; active Legal Aid Soc, Republican politics,fight against loan sharks. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):206;NYTimes, Sep41939, 19:3.
Wholberg, Gerald Walker; b. Brooklyn,Mar 41939; d. Dec 10 1973.
MD Albert Einstein ColI ofMed. •Psychiatrist; faculty Boston U. • See:WWWIA,6.
Wice, David Herschel; b. Petersburg, VA.AB, MA Washington & Lee, BHL, ordainedHeb Union ColI.· Rabbi, Omaha, Newark,Philadelphia; active youth & family work. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Widrewitz, Chayirn (HayyirnJacob); b.~ogilevdistrict, Nov 17 1836; d. ~C,May91911.
To US 1891. • Hassidic rabbi, scholar, NYc. •See:AJYB, 13(1911-1912):138; Eisenstadt, 38.
Wieder, Henry Str~uss; b. Sep 10 1881; d.Philadelphia, Apr 22 1936.
MA Central High School (Philadelphia), MDU PA. • Physician, otologist, Philadelphia;facultyUPA.· See:AJYB, 24:214,38:436;WWIAJ, 1928.
Wieder, Moritz; b. ca 1844; d. Hartford,Nov27191S.
Councilman, health commr, Hartford. • See:AJYB, 18(1916-1917):111.
Wiel, Eli Hecht; b. Baltimore, July 17 1873.Shoe mfr, civic & philanthr:opic worker, SanFrancisco. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.
Wieman, Harry Lewis; b. Cincinnati, 1883.Zoologist, colI professor, Cincinnati. • See:AJYB, 24:214.
Wiener, Abraham; b. NYC, 1841; d.Cleveland, Dec 101921.
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Civic & communal worker, Cleveland; trusteesynagog, Heb Relief Soc, Assocd Charities,Jewish Orphan Asylum. • See:AJYB, 24:103.
Wiener, Abraham; b. ~C, June 4 1893.AB, MS CCNY. • Public school principal,supt, camp dir, NYC; active BrooklynJewishCenter.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wiener, Alexander Solomon; b. Brooklyn,~ar 161907; d. Nov61976.
AB Cornell, MD LI ColI Hospital; honorarydegree. • Physician, immunohematologist,NYC; specialty: research into Rh & otherblood factors; faculty NYU; active professionalassns; author in field. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Nov71976,40:1.
Wiener, Belle Aub (~sAbraham Wiener);b. Cincinnati, 1858.
Communal & civic worker, Cleveland; bdFresh Air Camp, General Hospital. • See:AJYB,7(1905-1906):115-16.
Wiener, Cecil B; b. ca 1876; d. Buffalo,1960.
U Buffalo Law. • Childrens court judge, socialwork exec, Buffalo; pres NY Conf on SocialWork; exec dir Jewish Fedn for Social Services;active Democratic politics. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Sep 4 1960, 69:1.
Wiener, Eli; b. Winona, ~S, ~ar 22 1876.Southwestern. • Lumberman, Dallas; activeB'nai B'rith, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wiener, Frank; b. Philadelphia, May 71881.
BS Central High School (Philadelphia). •Business exec, Philadelphia; chr State CommnofAthletics; trustee hospitals. • See: WWIAJ,1928.
Wiener, Hyman Samuel; b. Russia; d.Baltimore, Apr 9 1944.
To US 1921.· Rabbi, Baltimore.· See:AJYB,46:347.
Wiener, Jacob; b. ca 1848; d. Adantic City,July 181921.
Caterer, restaurateur, Philadelphia. • See:AJYB, 24:103.
Wiener, Jacob I; b. ca 1876; d. Jamaica, NY,Feb 281936.
Communal worker, Jamaica, NY.• See:AJYB,38:436.
Wiener, Joseph; b. NYC, ~ar 24 1872; d.Far Rockaway, Aug 28 1938.
AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Surgeon,anesthesiologist, NYC; author in field. • See:AJYB, 41:433; WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Aug30 1938, 17:2.
Wiener, Leo; b. Bialystok, July 26 1862; d.Dec 12 1939.
To US 1882.· UWarsaw, Berlin Polytechnic.• Philologist, historian of Yiddish & Slaviclanguages, literature & folklore, Cambridge,MA; faculty Harvard, U KS, U MO; translated& introduced poetry ofMorris Rosenfeld;author in field. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB,24:214; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;
686
WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Dec 14 1938,27:5.
Wiener, ~ax; b. Oppeln, Germany, 1882;d. NYC, June 30 1950.
To US 1939. • U Breslau, PhD U Berlin, JTS(Breslau). • Reform rabbi, theologian, Zionist,author, Cincinnati; faculty Heb Union ColI;WWI German army chaplain. • See: UJE; EJ;NYTimes, July 2 1950, 24:8.
Wiener, ~eyer; b. St Louis, Jan 10 1876.Washington U (St Louis), MD MO Med ColI,post-grad abroad. • Ophthalmologist, St Louis;faculty Washington U; officer med assns;active MO Commn for the Blind; author/editor in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 5.
Wiener, Nathan; b. Hasenpoth, Russia,Nov 25 1892.
To NYC 1907. • PhG Columbia. • Dress mfr,NYC; active Jewish philanthropic & cominunalinstns. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Wiener, Norbert; b. Columbia, MO, Nov26 1894; d. Stockholm, ~ar 18 1964.
AB Tufts, MA, PhD Harvard, post-gradCornell, Columbia, Cambridge U, UG6ttingen. • Mathematician, inventor scienceof cybernetics, Cambridge, MA; faculty MIT;autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:214;WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA,4;DAB, 7;NYTimes, Mar 19 1964, 1:3.
Wiener, Norman Henry; b. Russia, May 121891.
To US 1907.· Steel co exec, mayor, Albion,MI; mem city council. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wiener, Philip; b.NYC, 1905.Philosopher, NYC; faculty CCNY; fdr Journalofthe History ofIdeas. • See: EJ.
Wiener, Philip Leo; b. Kremenitz, Poland,Aug 51903.
To US 1909.· BS CCNY, LLB Columbia.·Lawyer, LI City; officer Avukah; active UnitedSynagogue ofAm, Boy Scouts, Zionist Org ofAm; speaker onJewish topics & Democraticpolitics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wiener, Samson; b. Shreveport, Dec 271907.
AB U MI. • Lumberman, Dallas; bdNatl FednofTemple Brotherhoods; dir Dallas OpenForum; active natlJr Chamber of Commerce.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wiener, Samuel B; b. Superior,"WI, ca1887?; d. San Francisco, Mar 14 1947.
Soldier; Spanish-Am War, WWI service. •See:AJYB, 50:525.
Wiener, Samuel G; b. Monroe, LA, Dec 261896; d. June 24 1977.
BArch U MI, Atelier Corbett-Gugler (NYC),Atelier Gromort (Paris). • Architect,Shreveport; mem LA Bd ofArchitects; officerprofessional assn; author in field; WWI service.• See: WWWIA, 7.
Wiener, Theodore; b. 1918.Jewish librarian, Reform rabbi; with Heb
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Union Coll-JewishInst of Religion, Library ofCong.· See: E]; E]:1973-1982.
Wiener, William; b. Newark, 1867; d.Newark, July 311948.
MA, ·PhD Columbia, LLB NJ Law. •Educator, meteorologist, Newark; principalcity high school; blamed bad weather on war inEurope.· See:A]YB, 24:214; NITimes, Aug 11948,56:3.
Wiener, William P; b. Rockaway Beach,NY, Oct 91891; d. Queens, 1956/1957.
NYU, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, municipal judge,LI City; active Democratic politics. • See:WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Jan 2 1957,27:3.
Wierndkoff, Samuel; b. ca 1884; d.Peabody,MA, Apr 111938.
Rabbi. • See:A]YB, 40:393.
Wiernik, Peter; b. Vilna, Mar 61865; d.Brooklyn, Feb 12 1936.
To Chicago 1885. • Yiddish journalismpioneer, editor, historian, author, NYC; editorJewish Morning Journal; exec com JointDistribution Com; advocated Americanism &Orthodoxy.· See:]E; UJE;E]:1973-1982;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):206, 24:214,38:436;WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA]; Eisenstadt, 4041; NITimes, Feb 13 1936,19:4.
Wiesel, Alexander Sandor; b.Felsoveresmart, Austro-Hungary, Sep 171894.
U AL. • Rabbi, Shreveport, Amarillo, TX; aneditor Jewish Monitor; officer Zionist Org ofAm, B'nai B'rith, Civic Music Assn. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Wiesel, Alice Hirsh (Mrs Samuel Wiesel);b. NYC,]une 51885.
U Chicago, U AL. • Communal & civicworker, Tuscaloosa, AL; secy Bd of Education;officer AL Assn of Sunday School Tchrs,CrippledChildrens Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wiesel, Elie; b. Sighet, Rumania, 1928.Nobel Peace laureate, novelist, journalist,concentration camp survivor; mem PresCommn on the Holocaust; faculty Boston U. •See: E]; E]:1973-1982; E]: 1986-1987.
Wiesel, Sam; b. Budapest, Oct 15 1885.To Tuscaloosa, AL 1900. • Clothingmerchant, Tuscaloosa, AL; officer trade assns,synagog; dir Emergency Relief Bd; active BoyScouts, Girl Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wiesen, Bessie (Mrs Elias Wiesen); b.Austria, ca 1865; d. NYC, Nov 171938.
To US as young woman. • Communal &welfare worker, NYC; dir Heb ChildrensHome, Johanna Aid Soc. • See:A]YB, 41:433;NITimes, Nov 18 1938,21:5.
Wiesen, David Stanley; b. NYC, May 271936; d. Aug 161982.
AB, PhD Harvard.· Classics scholar, PalosVerdes, CA; faculty Brandeis, U Southern CA;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Wiesenberg, William Maurice; b. Jaworow,Austria, Jan 18 1892.
To US 1903. • BS CCNY, CE BrooklynPolytech, MS George Washington. •Engineer, contractor, NYc. • See:WWIA],1926, 1938.
Wiesenberger, Arthur; b. NYC, Oct 101896; d. Rome, Jan 12 1970.
BA Columbia. • Investment banker, broker,mutual fund pioneer, NYC; author in field. •See: WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Jan 141970,47:2.
Wiesenfeld, Blanche Friedenwald; b.*; d.Baltimore, Mar 8 1935.
Civic worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB, 37:263.
Wiesenfeld, Hattie M; b. Baltimore.Communal worker; secy Heb Ladies SewingSoc, Natl Conf ofJewish Women, Heb UnionColI. • See: UJE.
Wiesenfeld, Leon; b. Rzeszow, Galicia, Feb71885.
To US 1920. • Editor, NYC, Philadelphia,Cleveland; with]ewish World; orgr Fedn ofJewish Socs; active AmJewish Cong, anti-Nazimovement. • See: WWIA], 1928; BEOA].
Wiesner (Wiener), Adolf; b. Prague, 1807;d. NYC, Sep 23 1867.
To US 1852. • Journalist, author, playwright,lawyer, customs house official; helped raiseSchiller monument, nurse Union soldiers,German immigrants; embraced Catholicism &changed name to become a lawyer. • See:]E.
Wiesner, Jerome Bert; b. 1915.University pres, electrical engineer; pres MIT;mem Pres Science Advisory Com; dir Office ofScience & Technology; bd Weizmann Inst;WWII scientific research. • See: EJ.
Wiesner, Louis; b. Solotvina, Galicia, Dec161874.
Slipper mfr, communal & philanthropicworker, Brooklyn. • See: BEOA].
Wiess, Bernard; b. West Hoboken, NJ,June 201903.
AB, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, county judge, citycorporation counsel, Monticello, NY; officerZionist Org ofAm, B'nai B'rith; active BoyScouts. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wigdor, Meyer; b. NYC, June 26 1896.BS, MA, MD Cornell. • Surgeon, NYC,Miami Beach; author in field; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Wiggs, Harvey A; b. Austria, 1897; d. NYC,Apr 12 1968.
To US 1902. • Dentist; benefactor of dentistryin PalestinelIsrael. • See: A]YB, 70:526;NYTimes, Apr 13 1968,25:2.
Wigodsky, Dena Ruth Baron (Mrs Dave AWigodsky); b. Sioux City, Nov 111911.
Morningside ColI, U MI. • Social serviceworker, Sioux City; dir Fedn ofJewish SocialServices. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wijsenbeck, Caroline Franken; b.Amsterdam, 1884;
To US 1940.· U Amsterdam, ULondon.·
Wile, Herman
Psychoanalyst, communal & civic worker,author. • See: UJE.
Wtlburn, Cora; b. ca 1831; d. NorthDuxbury, MA, Dec 4 1906.
Poet, North Duxbury, MA. • See: A]YB,9(1907-1908):505. .
Wtlchinski, Norman M; b. ca 1883; d. DesMoines, June 26 1937.
Public official, communal worker,philanthropist, Des Moines. • See: A]YB,40:393.
Wtlczynski, Ernest Julius; b. Hamburg,Nov 13 1876; d. Sep 14 1932.
To US 1885.· PhD U Berlin.•Mathematician; specialty: differentialgeometry; with US government; faculty U CA,U Chicago, Carnegie Inst; officer professionalsocs; author in field. • See: ]E; WWWIA, 1;DAB.
Wtldberg, Simon; b. ca 1835; d. Cincinnati,Jan 281916.
Mfr, Cincinnati.· See:A]YB, 18(19161917):111.
Wtldenstein, Daniel; b. 1917.To US 1940. • Art gallery owner, NYC;author in field. • See: E] (sub Wildenstein).
Wildenstein, (Lazare) Georges; b. Paris,Mar 161892; d.June 111963.
To US 1941. • Art dealer, historian, editor, artcollector, gallery owner; in US during WWII.• See: E] (sub Wildenstein); WWWIA, 4;NITimes, June 12 1963,43:2.
Wtlder, Billy;b. Vienna, 1906.To US 1933/1934.· Film dir, writer, AcademyAward winner; "Ninotchka," "Sabrina," "LostWeekend."· See: E].
Wtldman, Nat Castelberg; b. Danville, VA,Oct 2118.94.
Baltimore City ColI. • Advertising exec,Brooklyn. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wtle, Frederic Wtlliam; b. La Porte, IN,Nov 30 1873; d. Washington DC, Apr 71941.
Notre Dame; honorary degrees. • Journalist,Washington DC; foreign correspondentChicago Tribune, NYTimes; fdr news service;bd Childrens Hospital; advocate of interfaithharmony; WWI intelligence service. • See:UJE;A]YB, 24:214, 43:365; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,Apr 8 1941,25:3.
Wtle,. Frederic William Jr; b. Berlin, Mar301908; d. Dec 171961.
AB Princeton. • Broadcasting exec, LosAngeles; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4;NITimes, Dec 181961,35:5.
Wtle, Herman; b. Germany, July 22 1864;d. Buffalo, Dec 281958.
To US 1880?· Merchant, mfr, communalworker, Buffalo; exec Union ofAm HebCongregations; trustee NatlJewish Hospital,synagog. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):116,
Wile, Ira Solomon
61:419; WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Dec 301958,35:4.
Wile, Ira Solomon; b. Rochester, NY, Nov291877; d. NYC, Oct 91943.
AB, BS, MS U Rochester, MD U PA. •Pediatrician, NYC; mem NY Milk Commn;faculty Columbia, NYU, CCNY; officerprofessional assns; dir Natl Childrens HealthAssn; author/editor in field. • See: U]E; A]YB,24:214,46:347; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 2;NYTimes, Oct 101943,49:1.
Wtle, Julius; b. ca 1839; d. NYC, Apr 121912.
Merchant, NYc.. See:A]YB, 14(19121913):127.
Wtle, Julius M; b. ca 1851; d. Rochester,NY, Apr 211937.
Clothing mfr, Rochester, NY; co-fdr trust co. •See:A]YB, 39:599; NYTimes, Apr 22 1937,23:1.
Wtle, Max L; b. Buffalo, Mar 17 1882.Riverview Military Academy (Poughkeepsie). •Insurance agent, clothing mfr, NYc. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wtle, Sadie Schiff (Mrs Meyer L Wile); b.Gainesville, TX, Nov 12 1883.
Business colI. • Social service exec, Ft Worth;exec dirJewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wile, Udo Julius; b. NYC, Aug 8 1882; d.June 71965.
AB Columbia, MD Johns Hopkins; honorarydegree. • Dermatologist, civic worker, AnnArbor, MI; pres Bd ofHealth; faculty U MI;officer med socs; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, June 81965,41:3.
Wilencheck, Bernard N; b.*; d. Chicago,July 10 1936.
Communal worker, St Paul. • See: A]YB,39:599.
Wilensky,Mary;b.Warsa~, 1874; d. NYC,Sep 51953.
Yiddish actress, comedian, NYc. • See: A]YB,56:572; NYTimes, Sep 6 1953, 50:2.
Wtlensky, Michael; b. Usvyaty, Russia, Oct301877; d.June 1955.
To US 1935. • U Kazan, PhD U Berne. • Hebphilologist, mathematician, Cincinnati;cataloguer Heb Union Colllibrary; editor!contributor historical journals. • See: U]E; E];WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 23 1955,29:4.
Wtlensky, Oscar R; b. Passaic, 1904; d.Passaic, Mar 1974.
U PA, Columbia, LLB Cornell.· Lawyer,legislator, communalldr, Clifton, NJ. • See:UJE; NYTimes, Mar 61974,44:5.
Wilentz, David Theodore; b. Dec 211895.LLB NY Law School. • NJ Atty General,lawyer, Perth Amboy; prosecuted Hauptmannin Lindbergh case; active Democratic politics.• See: UJE; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Wilentz, Robert N; b. Perth Amboy, 1927.Princeton, BA Harvard, LLB Columbia. •Lawyer, legislator, NJ supreme court judge;WWII service. • See: E]: 1986-1987.
Wiley, Louis; b. Hornell, NY, May 31 1869;d. NYC, Mar 20 1935.
MA U Rochester; honorary degrees. •Journalist, publishing exec, philanthropist,non-Zionist, NYC; business mgr NYTimes. •See: UJE;A]YB, 24:214, 37:263; WWIA],1926, 1928;NYTimes,Mar211935, 1:4.
Wtlhelm, Seymour Frederick; b. NYC, Apr2 1900; d. Feb 1958.
BS, MD Columbia. • Urologist, surgeon,NYC; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 16 1958, 86:8.
Wilimovsky, Charles A; b. Chicago, 1885.Painter, etcher, Kansas City. • See: A]YB,24:214.
Wilinsky, Charles Francis; b. Warsaw, Dec201882.
MD U Baltimore. • Physician, Deputy Commrof Health, Boston; exec secy Health League;co-surveyor of health in Palestine; active FednofJewish Charities, professional socs. • See:WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOAj.
Wtlkoff, Mrs Samuel; b. ca 1867; d.Youngsto~, June 19 1939.
Communal worker, Youngstown. • See: A]YB,41:344.
Willen, Joseph; b. Kushnitsa, Russia, June22 1897; d. NYC,July 61985.
To NYC 1905. • AB CCNY.· Social welfare& fundraising exec, NYC; innovator infundraising techniques; exec officer Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; active Urban League,Red Cross, Am Jewish Com.· See: E]; A]YB,87:444-45; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,July 111985.
Willen, Pearl Lamer; b. Chicago, Jan 21904; d. Nairobi, Mar 17 1968.
BA Washington U (St Louis), MA Columbia,NY School of Social Work, School ofJewishSocial Work. • Social & human welfareworker, communalldr; pres Natl Council ofJewish Women; active Libertarian Party,League for Industrial Democracy, CORE,Crusade Against Poverty. • See: E] (subWillen,Joseph);A]YB, 70:526; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Mar 18 1968, 45: 1.
Willens, Bessie Bluma Bourde (Mrs IsaacWillens); b. Kiev, Oct 18 1872.
To US 1899.· Orgr, Natl Home forJewishChildren, Denver; pres Bikur Cholim Soc,Hadassah; officer Jewish N atl Fund ofAm. •See: WWIA], 1938.
William, Maurice; b. Kharkov, Russia, Apr12 1881; d. Sep 1973.
To NYC 1889.· DDS NYU.• Periodontist,NYC, Los Angeles; advisor NYC Health Dept;officer professional socs; active aid to Asiancountries, orphans; author in field & oninternatl relations. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,.Sep 16 1973,67:1.
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Williams, Jacob L; b. Augusto~, Su~alki,
Apr 211888.Communalldr, Wilkes-Barre; pres Heb FreeLoan; officer synagogs; dir Heb Inst, TalmudTorah. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Willing, Joseph K; b. Philadelphia, ca 1889;d. Philadelphia, June 41938.
Princeton, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, civic worker,Philadelphia; mem State UnemploymentCompensation Bd; bdJewish Welfare Soc. •See:A]YB, 40:393; NYTimes, June 5 1938,46:3.
Wtllinsky, Abram Isaac; h.Omaha, Mar 251885.
AB, MB U Toronto, post-grad Europe. •Physician, Toronto; officer med socs. • See:WWIA],1938.
Willner, M; b. ca 1841; d. Palestine, TX,July 1919.
Rabbi, Palestine, TX. • See:A]YB, 22:169.
Wtllner, Wolff; b. Strasbourg, July 28 1863;d. Frederick, MD, Aug 241932.
To US 1874. • BA, MA Yale, post-grad JohnsHopkins. • Rabbi, Meridian, MS, Houston,Frederick, MD; contriubutor]E. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):105,35:130; WWIA], 1926,1928.
Willo~ski, Jacob David Ben Ze'ev (Zeeb)(Ridbaz); b. Kobrin, Feb 7 1845; d. 1913.
To US 1900, to Palestine 1905. • Qrthodoxrabbi, talmudist,commentator, author; fdrRussian yeshiva; named "elder rabbi" Union ofOrthodox Rabbis (US); left US because of alack of religiosity among Orthodox Jews. • See:]E (sub Ridbaz,Jacob David B Zeeh); E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):222; Eisenstadt, 38-40.
Wilner, Anna; b. Russia, ca 1871; d.Rocka~ay Park, Feb 9 1940.
To US 1892. • MD NY Infirmary for Women& Children, post-grad Johns Hopkins, Vienna.• Physician, pioneer Zionist; active Hadassah;author in field.· See:A]YB, 42:485; NYTimes,Feb 11 1940,48:2.
Wilner, Joseph Aaron; b. Orlowa, Russia,Oct 12 1870/1879.
To US 1896/1897. • LLB Natl Law School,LLM Georgetown U. • Lawyer, clothingmerchant, Washington DC; officer B'naiB'rith, Assocd Heb Relief. • See: WWIA],1928,1938.
Wilner, Samuel; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, Apr 191934.
Mfr, Zionist & communal worker, NYc. •See:A]YB,36:288.
Wilson, Abraham; b. NYC, Oct 26 1898.BA CCNY, LLB St Lawrence. • Lawyer,NYC; counsel Master Plumbers Assn; activenon-partisan politics; author in field. • See:BEOA].
Wilson, Estelle (Mrs William Wtlson); b.*;d. Brooklyn, May 111939.
Civic & philanthropic worker, Brooklyn; execsecy Am Jewish Congo • See:A]YB, 41:433;NYTimes, May 12 1939,21:4.
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Wdson, Nathan; h. Kovno, Mar 17 1879; d.NYC, Apr 1955.
To US 1891. • Realtor, bldr, real estate referee& arbitrator, NYC; mem Real Estate Bd ofNY; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 141955,29:3.
Wtlson, Sampson James; b. Bialystok, July15 1885; d. Sep 1961.
To US 1902. • MD NYU, post-grad Harvard,Johns Hopkins, abroad. • Pediatrician, NYC,Brooklyn; author in field. • See: "WU7lAJ,1928; NYTimes,Sep 15 1961, 33:3.
Wdson, Sol; b. Vilna, Aug 23 1896; d. NYC,Nov 23 1974.
To US 1911. • Cooper Union, Beaux Arts,Nat! Academy of Design. • Artist, NYc. • See:WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov25 1974,34:4.
Wimpfheimer, Charles A; b. ca 1858; d.Nov 271934.
Merchant, philanthropist, NYC, Long Branch,Nl. • See:AJYB, 37:263.
Wimpfheimer, Henrietta Scheuer (MrsMarx Wimpfheimer); b. Mainz, June 211836; d. NYC, Sep 1939.
To US 1854. • Charter mem, United Order ofTrue Sisters, NY Guild for the Blind, AmeliaRelief Soc, Montefiore Home, GodmothersLeague (all NYC). • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 17 1939,49:1.
Wimpfheimer, Lloyd A; b. NYC, Dec 291932 (incorrect, probably 1882).
PhB Yale (1902). • Merchant, importer, NYc.• See: BEOAJ.
Winarick, Arthur; b. Russia, 1889?; d.Kiamesha Lake, NY, Nov 21·1964.
To US 1911. • Concord Hotel owner; patronJTS, United Jewish Appeal. • See:AJYB,66:582; NYTimes, Nov 211964,29:6, Nov 221964,86:4.
Winchell, Walter; b. NYC, Apr 71897; d.Feb 201972.
Newspaper & radio commentator, columnist,NYC; earlier vaudeville actor; fdr DamonRunyon Memorial Fund; known for gossipabout notables; WWI service. • See: U]E; E];WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;]ewishPost, Mar 17 1972; NYTimes, Feb 21 1972, 1:5.
Wtnchevsky, Morris (born Lippe BenzionNovachovitch) (pseud=LeopoldBenedict); b. Yanovo, Lithuania, Aug 91856; d. NYC, Mar 181932.
To US 1894. • Yiddish poet, essayist,journalist, editor, translator, pioneer JewishSocialist, NYC; expelled from Russia, beganusing Yiddish in London to reach Jewishworking classes.· See:AJYB, 24:214, 34:113;DAB; NYTimes, Mar 20 1932.
Wtnd, Edgar; b. Berlin, May 14 1900; d.London, Sep 12 1971.
To London 1933, to US 1942, to England1955. • PhD U Hamburg. • Art historian,philosopher; faculty U Hamburg, U Chicago,Smith, Oxford U; with Warburg Inst
(Germany, London); author/editor in field. •See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Sep 181971, 32:1.
Wind, Jacob Jonas; b. Seoziszow, Poland,Apr 25 1890.
To US 1907.· Merchant, Bergen, Nl; officerJewish Nat! Workers Alliance; active synagog.• See: "WU7lA], 1938.
Wind, Max Eisen; b. Austria, Dec 201881.To US 1899. • Mfr, Campello, MA. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wind, Solomon; b. Austria, 1904; d. Israel,Dec 161966.
To US 1920. • Rabbi, tchr ofJewish history &Talmud, NYC; faculty Stern ColI, Yeshiva U.• See: A]YB, 68:534; NYTimes, Dec 17 1966,33:6.
Windecker, Ben; b.*; d. Cleveland, May 21913.
Politician, Cleveland. • See: AJYB, 15(19131914):275.
Windheim, Marek; b. Warsaw, ca 1895; d.NYC, 1960.
Operatic tenor; with Metropolitan Opera. •See: NYTimes, Dec 2 1960,29:1.
Wtneburgh, H Harold; b. NYC, Nov 251901.
BS Princeton. • Advertising exec, Dallas,NYC; WWI service.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Wineburgh, Henry; b. NYC, Aug 171863;d. Phoenix, Feb 1937.
Advertising exec, NYC, earlier Dallas; presUnion Advertising Corp ofTX. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 25 1937,23:4.
Wineman, Henry; b. Cincinnati, Dec 121878; d. Palm Beach, Feb 1957.
AB U MI. • Mail order merchant, communal& civic ldr, Detroit; pres Jewish Welfare Fedn;bd Heb Union Coll;dir Better BusinessBureau.· See: U]E; WWIA], 1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 6;NYTimes, Feb 111957,29:3.
Winer, Samuel; b.*; d. St Paul, Feh 221940.
Civic & communal worker, St Paul. • See:A]YB, 42:485.
Wtner, Sol Berg; b. London, May 15 1897.To US 1907. • Insurance broker, Louisville;trustee synagog; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.
Winestine, Belle Fligelman (Mrs NormanWinestine); b. Helena, MT, Mar 251891.
AB U WI. • Civic ldr, author, playwright,Helena, MT; editor The MT Progressive; presMT League ofWomen Voters; secy toCongresswoman Jeanette Rankin; activeRepublican politics, childrens issues. • See:"WU7lA], 1938.
Winestine, Norman; b. Wassaic, NY, Feb15 1895.
AB Yale. • Merchant, civic ldr, Helena, MT;
Winkler, Eli
pres Capital City Rehabilitation Corp,Chamber of Commerce; dir YMCA; active BoyScouts, Salvation Army, synagog. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wtnett, Schai A; b. Elizabethgrad, June 41884.
To NYC 1903. • lnst ofTechnology (Russia),BS, CE Cooper Union, Industrial School ofArt (NYC). • Civil engineer, inventor, NYC;with NY Central Railroad; officer NY-RussianSocial Reform Party. • See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Wmetzkaya, Maria (Mrs Schai Winett); b.Kishinev, Feb 22 1893; d. May 1'956.
To US 1904. • Inst ofMusical Art. • Opera &concert singer, NYC; with various US operacos. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May23 1956,31:4.
Winick, Ben Raymond; b. Knoxville, June191897; d. Tel Aviv, Dec 301964.
AB, LLB U TN, post-grad Columbia. •Zionist ldr, lawyer, Knoxville; nat! officerZionist Org ofAm; active Jewish CommunityCenter, Republican politics; WWI service. 48
See:A]YB, 67:545; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,Jan 1 1965, 19:4.
Winig, Hyman; b. ca 1840; d. Albany, NY,Jan 111922.
Rabbi, Albany, NY. • See:A]YB, 24:103.
Winkelman, Nathaniel William; h.Philadelphia, Oct 28 1891; d.Philadelphia, Feb 13 1956.
Neurologist, neuropsychiatrist; faculty TempleU, U PA; officer med socs; author/lecturer infield. • See: U]E; A]YB, 58:479; WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Feb 15 1956,31:4.
Winkelstein, Asher; b. Syracuse, Oct 151893; d. May 1972.
BS, MD Syracuse U, U Berlin, U Vienna. •Gastroenterologist, NYC; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 31 1972,44:4.
Winkelstein, Lawrence B; b. Elmira, NY, ca1909; d. M1: Vernon, NY, 1966.
Cornell, MD, PhD U MN. • Gynecologist;authority on hypnosis; faculty Columbia;author in field. • See: NYTimes, Sep 3 1966,23:5.
Winkelstein, Moses; b. Syracuse, Oct 41887.
PhB Syracuse U. • Mfr, civic & communalldr,Syracuse; pres Community Chest, JewishWelfare Fedn. • See: "WU7lA], 1938.
Winkleman, Isadore; b. Manistique, MI,Nov 6 1901; d. Oct 20 1979.
Clothing co exec, Detroit; officer trade assns;bd Jewish Home for Aged. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Winkler, Eli; b. Cincinnati, Sep 23 1873; d.NYC, Nov 1949.
Merchant, communal & philanthropic worker,Cincinnati, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;NYTimes, Nov 11 1949,25:5.
Winkler, Guenther Emil
WmIder, Guenther Enill; b. Breslau, ca1900; d. Brooklyn, Dec 1965.
To. US 1941. • MD U Breslau. • Psychiatrist,NYC; specialty: anti-social behavior,concentration camp survivors; facultyDownstate Med Center; author in field. • See:NYTimes, Dec 7 1965,47:3.
WmIder, Helen; b. Austria, ca 1877; d. PaloAlto, Nov 221947.
To US as child. • Social work & immigrant aidexec, NYC; orgr Civic Com for Adult Literacy;active Natl Council ofJewish Women,immigrant aid. • See:A]YB, 50:525; NYTimes,Nov 25 1947,32:4.
WmIder, Max; b. Vama, Rumania, Nov 201301893; d. Sep 41953.
To NYC 1910. • U Vienna, Columbia, MA,PhD NYU. • Economist, government advisor,NYC; faculty CCNY; author in field. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEGA]; NYTimes,Sep 61953,50:5.
WmIder, Max; b. Cracow, Sep 4 1866; d.Mar 141930.
To US as child. • Harvard, PhD U MI, postgrad U Berlin. • Philologist, Ann Arbor;specialty: German language; faculty U MI;editor in field. • See: ]E; A]YB, 6(19041905):206,24:214; WWWlA, 1.
WmIder, Mayer; b. Velyepolye, Hungary,Feb 2 1882; d. Los Angeles, Jan 211944.
To US 1921.· OrdainedJTS (Vienna), PhDU Vienna. • Rabbi, author, Budapest,Homestead, PA, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,46:347; WWIA], 1926.
Wmn, Milton; b. NYC, Aug 28 1895; d.NYC, Mar 1 1966.
BS, LLB Columbia. • US government & UNofficial, diplomat, lawyer, communalldr;officer Am Turkish Soc; sent to Turkey by US& UN. • See: A]YB, 68:534; WWWlA, 4;NYTimes, Mar 2 1966, 41:1.
Wmner, Lily; b. St Louis, Mar 27 1892.Washington U (St Louis), UChicago. •Writer, editor, playwright, Jackson Hgts, NY;contributor Am Heb. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWlA, 8.
Wtnnig, Jacob S; b. Milwaukee, July 8 1887.Business colI (Oshkosh, WI). • Exec, Zionist,Fond du Lac, WI; pres trade assn; active B'naiB'rith, synagog, Jewish charity. • See: WWIA],1928.
Wmograd, Roman; b. Warsaw, May 291898.
To US 1900. • BS Cooper Union, LLB NYLaw, JSD StJohns. • Lawyer, NYC; earliermachine & tool designer.· See: WWIA],1938.
Wmograd, Simon M M; b. Jerusalem, May1893.
To US 1916.· BA UWA.· Rabbi, author,Seattle; a fdr Rabbinical Seminary of Chicago.• See: WWIA], 1926.
Wmogradow, Alexander; b. Leda, Russia,ca 1887; d. NYC, Nov 1970.
To US 1924. • PhD U Freiburg. • Chemist,researcher, consult; inventor of materials,fabrics. • See: NYTimes, Nov 16 1970,40:3.
Wmogrand, Garry; b. NYC, Jan 141928; d.Mar 191984.
Columbia, CCNY, New School. •Photographer, Los Angeles; military service. •See: WWWlA, 8.
Wmokur,Asher;b. 1Jshomir, Volynia,Aug51884.
To US 1914.· Vienna Conservatory. •Cantor, Hungary, Philadelphia. • See:WWIA], 1928.
Winokur, Morris; b. Philadelphia, Nov 81910.
BS CCNY, MS, Dr Ed NYU. • Biologist,NYC; faculty CCNY; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Winslow, Thyra Samter; b. Ft Smith, AR,Mar 15 1893; d. Dec 2 1961.
U MO, Columbia, Cincinnati Art Academy. •Story writer, book reviewer, NYC; dramaticeditor The Jewish Tribune. • See: WWIA],1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWlA, 4; NYTimes,Dec 3 1961, 88:4.
Winstein, Saul; b. Montreal, Oct 81912; d.Nov 23 1969.
To US 1923.· AB, AM U CA, PhD Cal Tech;honorary degree. • Chemist, Los Angeles;faculty UCLA. • See: WWWlA, 5; NYTimes,Nov 261969,45:2.
Wmstock, Walter Beal; b. Richmond, Mar18 1871; d. Oct 1940.
Advertising dir, Philadelphia; with EveningBulletin. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct15 1940,23:2.
Winter, Benjamin; b. Lodz, Feb 5 1881; d.NYC, June 161944.
To US 1901. • Realtor, communalldr,philanthropist, NYC; pres FednofPolishJewsofAm; exec bd Zionist Org of Am; officer AmJewish Congo • See:A]YB, 46:347; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; BEGA]; NYTimes, June 171944, 13:1.
Wmter, Ted;b. Chicago, May 91919; d.1980.
U MI, Loyola. • Publishing exec, Chicago;mem Bd of Education (Highland Park, IL);delegate White House Conf on Education;officer Am Jewish Com; bd Bureau ofJewishEmployment Problems. • See: WWWlA, 7.
Winter, Wtlliam; b. ca 1849; d. Shreveport,Dec 2 1917.
Public official, legislator, communal worker,Shreveport; mem city council, school bd. • See:A]YB,20(1918-1919):231.
Winter, William; b. Newark, May 61907.Asheville U (NC). • Lawyer, radiocommentator, Charlotte, NC; officer B'naiB'rith; active Democratic politics. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wintemitz, Emanuel; b. Vienna, Aug 41898; d. Aug 181983.
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To US 1938.· LLD UVienna. • Museumcurator, art historian, musicologist; facultyYale, Rutgers; with Metropolitan Museum ofArt; officer professional socs; author in fields. •See: WWWlA, 8.
Wmtemitz, Milton Charles; b. Baltimore,Feb 19 1885; d. Oct 3 1959.
AB, MD Johns Hopkins; honorary degrees. •Physician, pathologist, New Haven; dean,faculty Yale; active Natl Research Council. •See: UJE;A]YB, 24:215; WWIA], 1938;WWWlA, 3;NYTimes, Oct41959, 86:3.
Wmters, David; b. Boston, Aug 271872.Merchant, communal worker, Racine, WI; prestrade assn, synagog, B'nai B'rith. • See:WWIA], 1928.
Wmtersteiner, Oskar Paul; b. Bruck,Austria, Nov 15 1898; d. Graz, Aug 151971.
PhD U Graz. • Developer ofpenicillin,biological chemist, Princeton; faculty Rutgers,Columbia, Rockefeller; with Squibb. • See:WWWlA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 201971,36:2.
Wmthrop, Moses H; b. ca 1879; d.Minneapolis, Mar 61936.
Public official, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB,38:436.
Wmtner, (Hugo) Leopold; b. Hungary,1836; d. Brooklyn, May 191923.
U Vienna, PhD U Tiibingen. • Reform rabbi,author. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):105,26:157.
Wmtrobe, Maxwell Myer; b. Halifax, NovaScotia, 1901.
To US 1929.· BA, MD U Manitoba.·Hematologist, Salt Lake City; faculty Tulane,Johns Hopkins, U UT. • See: EJ.
Wirth, Louis; b. Gemiinden, Germany, Aug28 1897; d. Buffalo, May 3 1952.
To US 1911. • PhB, MA, PhD U Chicago. •Sociologist, communal worker, Chicago;faculty Tulane, U Chicago; specialty: urbanaffairs; pres Am Council on Race Relations;officer professional orgs; active Jewish SocialService Bureau, Natural Resource Com; authorin field. • See: E]; A]YB, 54:541; WWIA],1938;WWWlA, 3; NYTimes, May41952,90:5.
Wirth, Sophie (Mrs Jacob Wirth); b.Oppenheim, Germany, 1848.
Communal & social welfare worker, St Paul;supt Settlement House; officerJewish ReliefSoc, Natl Conf ofJewish Charities. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):116.
Wirtschafter, Zolton Tillson; b. Cleveland,Oct 10 1899; d. Aug 181967.
MB, MD U Cincinnati, BS Case. • Physician,Portland, OR; faculty U Southern CA, U OR;officer med assn; author in field; WWIIservice.· See: WWWlA, 4.
Wisan, Joseph Ezra; b. NYC, Feb 261901.BS CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Historian, NYC;faculty CCNY; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938.
691
Wishaum, Franklin Courtland; h. NiagaraFalls, NY,Jan 3 1905.
LLB V Buffalo. • Lawyer, Niagara Falls, NY;officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; dir NY Conf ofNatl Council ofJewish Fedns & WelfareFunds. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wischnitzer, Mark; h. Rovno, Poland,1882;d. Tel Aviv, Oct 161955.
To VS 1941. • PhD V Berlin. • Historian,sociologist, encyclopedist, editor, author,communal worker, NYC; faculty Yeshiva V, VSt Petersburg; active helpingJews emigratefrom Nazi Germany. • See: UJE; E]; NYTimes,Oct 181955,37:5.
Wischnitzer (Wischnitzer-Bernstein),Rachel; h. Minsk, 1892.
To VS 1940. • Jewish art scholar, curator,museum dir, NY<;::; author/editor in field. •See: UJE; E].
Wise, Aaron; h. Erlau, Hungary, May 21844; d. NYC, Mar 30 1896.
To VS 1873/1874. • V Leipzig, PhD V Halle.• Rabbi, early Conservative ldr, Heb scholar,communalldr, Brooklyn, NYC; a fdr JTS;active communal education. • See: ]E; UJE;DAB.
Wise, Benjamin S; h. ca 1863; d. Miami,July 71936.
Auctioneer, NYC.· See:A]YB, 39:599.
Wise, Carrie; h. ca 1859; d. NYC, June 301933.
Communal & civic worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,35:130.
Wise, Edmond E; h. Cassel, Germany, Feh12 1865; d. NYC, July 23 1932.
PhB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,NYC; bd Heb Orphans Asylum; dir Home forWorking Girls.· See:A]YB, 35:130; WWIA],1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1.
Wise, Edward; h. Boston, Nov 23 1870; d.June 19 1939.
Merchant, NYC; orgr, pres Vnited CigarStores ofAm. • See: WWWIA, 1; lVYTimes,June 20 1939,21:1.
Wise, Ethel Brand; h. NYC, 1888.Sculptor, Syracuse.· See:A]YB, 24:215.
Wise, Isaac Mayer; h. Steingruh, Bohemia,Mar 291819; d. Cincinnati,Mar26 1900.
To NY 1846. • Outstanding Jewish ldr of histime, Reform pioneer, rabbi, editor, author; fdror early proponent of all major Reform instns;fdr/editor Am Israelite; pres Heb Vnion ColI. •See:]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 2(1900-1901):634;DAB; NYTimes, Mar 27 1900, 1:7.
Wise, Isidor; h. Cincinnati, Dec 2 1856; d.Cincinnati, Nov 15 1929.
V Cincinnati. • Writer, editor, communalworker, Cincinnati; editor Sabbath Visitor;.withChicago israelite, NYTimes; managing editorAm Israelite. • See:A]YB, 32:155; WWIA],1928.
Wise, Isidore; h. Hartford, Nov 191865; d.Hartf<jrd,Jan 1956.
Merchant, alderman, park commr, commurial& civic worker, Hartford; mem State PatrolBd;exec bd Vnion ofAm Heb Congregations;dir State Prison Bd. • See: WWIA], 1926,1938; NYTimes, Jan 26 1956,29:5.
Wise, James Waterman; h. Portland, OR,Dec 7 1901; d. Nice, Nov 28 1983.
Communal worker, editor, author, rabbi,NYC; fdr Opinion; natl secy Avukah; gave earlywarnings about Hitler; purchased art inGeneva for Am collections. • See: UJE; E] (subWise, Stephen S);A]YB, 85:420; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov 301983.
Wise, Jonah Bondi; h. Cincinnati, Feh 211881; d. NYC, Feh 11959.
BA V Cincinnati, ordained Heb Vnion ColI, VBerlin, V Berne; honorary degree. • Reformrabbi, communal worker, editor, Chattanooga,Portland, OR, NYC; editor The Scribe, AI;active refugee work. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:215; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Feb 2 1959,25:1.
Wise, Julius; h. ca 1851; d. Chicago, Apr·1902.
Physician, journalist, Chicago. • See: A]YB,4(1902-1903):197; NYTimes, Apr 20 1902, 7:5.
Wise, Leo; h. Alhany, NY, Oct 28 1849; d.Cincinnati, Jan 27 1933.
St Xavier (Cincinnati), Trinity, Farmers ColI(Cincinnati), LLB V MI. • South Mricandiamond prospector, editor, publisher, Jewishcolbny promoter; involved withAm Israelite,American Jews Annual. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,6(1904-1905):207,24:215,35:130; WWIA],1926, 1928.
Wise, Leo Henry; h. Catonsville, MD, Apr23 1862; d. Oct 7 1934.
Financier, Baltimore; officer insurance cos. •See: WWIA], 1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1.
Wise, Louis Elsherg; h. NYC, Jan 29 1888.BA, PhD Columbia. • Chemist, Syracuse;faculty Syracuse V, Rollins ColI (Winter Park,FL); specialty: forestry chemistry; author infield & popular.· See:A]YB, 24:215; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938.
Wise, Louise Waterman (Mrs Stepen SWise); h. NYC, July 171874; d. NYC,Dec 10 1947.
Art Students League. • Communal worker,artist, translator, NYC; fdr Free Visiting NurseAssn (Portland, OR), first Jewish adoptionagency; pres wornens division AmJewishCong; helped provide temporary havens forrefugees. • See: UJE; E] (sub Wise, StephenS);A]YB, 24:215, 50:525; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NAW; NYTimes,Dec 11 1947,33:1.
Wise, Maurice; h. ca 1883; d. Nashville,June 261937.
Lawyer, communal worker, public official,Nashville. • See:A]YB, 40:393.
Wise, Nathan; h. ca 1878; d. Mt Vernon,NY, Aug 19 1930.
Painter, inventor, Mt Vernon, NY. • See:A]YB, 33:128.
Wit, Ignatz
Wise, Otto Irving; h. Vienna, Dec 5 1871;d. San Francisco, Jan 23 1919.
To VS 1874. • CCNY, NYU. • Lawyer,communal worker, NYC then San Francisco;bd Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: A]YB,21:207,24:215; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,]an 241919,11:4.
Wise, Samuel Daniel; h. Cleveland, Nov 281873.
Merchant, communal & civic ldr, Cleveland;officerJewish Welfare Fedn; exec comCommunity Fund; active immigrant aid. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Wise, Selma Bondi (Mrs Isaac MayerWise); h. ca 1843; d. NYC, Mar 141934.
Widow ofIM Wise.· See:A}YB, 36:288.
Wise, Stephen Sainuel; h. Budapest, Mar171872/1874; d. NYC, Apr 19 1949.
To VS as infant.· CCNY, AB, PhDColumbia. • Outstanding lib~ral rabbi, Zionist& communalldr, orator, Portland, OR, NYC;fdr Zionistsocs, Free Synagogue, Jewish Inst ofReligion; co-fdr NAACP; consult by PresidentWoodrow Wilson; his popular sermonssometimes filled Carnegie Hall;autobiography. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,5(1903-1904):106,24:215,51:515-18,525-26; •WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,2; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Apr 201949,33:1.
Wiseman, Joseph Rosenfeld; h. Syracuse,Dec 16 1881.
AB Harvard, MD Syracuse V. • Physician,Syracuse; specialty: internal medicine, allergies;faculty Syracuse V; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA}; WWWIA,6.
Wisenherg, Solomon Louis; h. Halinka,Grodno, 1893.
Mercer V.· Lawyer, merchant, Heb tchr,Laurel, MS; orgr Zionist district, Young Judea.• See: WWIA], 1926.
Wish, Harvey; h. Chicago, Sep 4 1900; d.Mar 81968.
BS IL Tech, MA V Chicago, PhDNorthwestern. • Historian, Cleveland; facultyWestern Reserve; author in field. • See:WWWIA,5.
Wishengrad, Morton; h. NYC, 1913;d.NYC, Feh 12 1963.
Playwright, NYC; scriptwriter for JTSprogram "Eternal Light" on NBC radio. • See:A]YB, 65:438-39;]TA-DNB, Feb 15 1963;NYTimes, Feb 15 1963,9:7.
Wishnick, Rohert Isadore/lsidore; h.Koltchina, Russia, Apr 51892; d. Feh 141980.
To VS 1900. • BS Armour Inst, LLB KentColI of Law. • Mfg chemist, business exec,NYC; officer trade assns; trustee Jewish ChildCare Assn; bd Armour Inst. • See: WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 7.
Wit, Ignatz; h. ca 1860; d. Boston, Sep 251937.
Communal worker, philanthropist, Boston. •See:A]YB,40:393.
Witkin, Isaac
Witkin, Isaac; b. NYC, Feb 3 1892.AB Harvard. • Commn broker, merchant,NYC; orgr, pres trade assn.· See: WWIA],1938.
Witkin, Morton; b.. Philadelphia, Apr 251895; d. Apr 1973.
LLB U PA. • Lawyer, legislator, Philadelphia;pres County Commn. • See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Apr 22 1973,54:6.
Witkin, Zara; h. Bondsville, MA, Dec 141900.
BS U CA. • Civil & construction engineer, LosAngeles; consult to USSR; active SocialHousing Movement. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].
Witmark, Isidore; b. NYC, June 15 1869; d.NYC, Apr 91941.
Music publisher, composer, sheet musicpioneer, NYC; sponsored black artists. • See:DAB, 3; NITimes, Apr 101941,23:5.
Witmark, Jay; b. NYC, 1872; d. NYC, Feb161950.
Music publisher, NYc. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):207,24:215,52:505; DAB, 3 (subWitmark, Isidore); NITimes, Feb 18 1950,15:5.
Witmark, Julius Peyser Gulie); b. 1870; d.1929.
Singer, pioneer "song plugger," NYC. • See:DAB, 3 (sub Witmark, Isidore).
Witmark, Marcus; b. Ft Gaines, GA, ca1834; d. NYC, Mar 1910.
To US 1853. • Peddler, music publisher,Confederate soldier, NYc. • See: A]YB,12(1910-1911):111; DAB, 3 (sub Witmark,Isidore); NITimes, Mar 30 1910, 12:1.
Witt, Louis; b. Rochester, NY, 1878; d.Dayton, OH, Nov 161950.
Rabbi, civic ldr, author, Dayton, OH; activeCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis. • See: A]YB,53:527; NITimes, Nov 18 1950, 15:6.
Witt, Max Siegfried; b. Stettin, Gennany,Nov 12 1871; d. Apr 5 1914.
Composer of popular melodies; "My LittleGeorgia Rose." • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):207; WWWIA, 1.
Wittels, Fritz; b. Vienna, 1880; d. NYC,Oct 161950.
Psychiatrist, lecturer, novelist, author, Freudbiographer, NYc. • See:A]YB, 53:527;NITimes, Oct 171950, 31:3.
Wittenberg, David H; b. Poland, 1875.CCNY, JTS, Columbia. • Rabbi, Jacksonville,FL. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):106.
Wittenberg, Philip; b. Brooklyn, Apr 41895.
Cornell, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; anorgr New Playwright Theatre; active AmJewish Cong, Civil Liberties Union; author infield; WWI army examiner. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].
Wittenstein, William; b. Nemirov, Grodno,Sep 111876.
Rabbi, Paterson. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Wittes, DavidM; b. ca 1905; d. NYC, Jan1972.
CCNY, Columbia Law. • Tchrs union ldr,NYC; authority on tchrs pensions; officerNYC Tchrs Retirement Bd, United Fedn ofTchrs. • See: NITimes, Jan 41972, 36:1.
Wittkower, Rudolf]; b. Berlin, June 221901; d. Oct 111971.
To US 1954. • PhD U Berlin; honorarydegrees. • Art & architecture historian, NYC;faculty Columbia; author in field. • See: E];WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Oct 12 1971,47:1.
Wittkowsky, Legriel Adolph; b. Camden,SC, May 25 1868.
AB, LLB SC U. • Lawyer, communal & civicworker, Camden, sc. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928.
Wittlin, Jozef; b. Galicia, 1896; d. NYC,Feb 1976.
To US 1941. • Polish poet, author, translator,exponent of expressionism; translated Homerinto Polish; WWI service. • See: U]E; E];NITimes, Mar 1 1976,26:1.
Witty, Henry; b. ca 1871; d. Deal Beach,NJ, May 23 1937.
Clothier, communal worker, NYc.. See:A]YB, 39:599; NITimes, May 241937, 19:4.
Witty, Irving; b. ca 1904; d. NYC, July1960.
U MI. • Clothing mfr, retailer, NYC; a fdr,officer Multiple Sclerosis Soc. • See: NITimes,July 30 1960, 17:5.
Wlach, Oscar (Oskar); b. Vienna, 1881; d.NYC, Aug 1963.
To US 1938. • Modern architect, NYC; builthousing projects (Vienna, Turkey); WWIservice. • See: U]E; NITimes, Aug 201963,33:3.
Wofsey, Abraham; b. Dvinsk, Sep 10 1889;d. Stamford, CT, Dec 271944.
To US 1906. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,municipal judge, Stamford, CT; officersynagog.· See:A]YB, 47:534; WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Dec 28 1944, 19:5.
Wofsey, Michael; b. Estonia, 1903; d. NewHaven, Nov41951.
Lawyer, communal & civic worker; active AmJewish Com, Good Government Assn. • See:A]YB, 54:541;NITimes, Nov61951, 29:6.
Wohl, David Philip; b. St Louis, Aug 241886; d. St Louis, Mar 2 1960.
Shoe mfr, philanthropist, St Louis; trusteeWohl Found; dir Washington U,Neighborhood Assn, Red Cross. • See:WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Mar41960, 25:5.
Wohl, Hennan; b. ca 1871; d. NYC, Oct 101936.
Composer, NYc. • See: A]YB, 39:599.
Wohl, Joseph S; b. 1910; d. LI, NY, Dec 81979.
Lawyer, philanthropist, NYC; benefactor
692
Childrens Med Fund,JTS, Boys TownQerusalem), Albert Einstein Coll ofMed,Yeshiva U.· See:A]YB, 81:377.
Wohl, Michael Gershon; b. Ukraine, Feb19 1887/Apr 25 1888.
MD Medico-Chirurgical (Philadelphia), postgrad Berlin, Columbia, Vienna. • Surgeon,Omaha, Philadelphia; faculty Creighton,Temple U; active med socs; author in field. •See:A]YB, 24:215; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA].
Wohl, Samuel; b. Novo-Oushitza, Russia,June 21 1895; d. Cincinnati, Nov 301972.
To US 1913.· AB U Cincinnati, AB UChicago?, ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,Cincinnati; fdr League for Labor Zionism;editor Jewish Frontier. • See: A]YB, 74:560;WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Wohl, Stanley Siedenbach; b. Philadelphia,Jan 11895.
Wharton. • State Dir of Securities,sportswriter, Raleigh, NC; mem Tax Commn;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Wohlauer, Alfred Arthur; b. Dresden, Dec61876.
To US 1903. • EE Technical Coll (Germany).• Electrical engineer, inventor, NYC; specialty:lighting; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938.
Wohlberg, Berenhard; b. Breslau, Dec 251866.
PhB U Berlin. • Rabbi, author, Waco. • See:A]YB,5(1903-1904):106.
Wohlberg, Harry I; b. Czechoslovakia,1904; d. NYC, Feb 41984.
To US 1923. • Rabbi, biblical scholar,Brooklyn; faculty Yeshiva U; officer ReligiousZionists ofAm. • See: A]YB, 86:444; NITimes,Feb 7 1984.
Wohlgelernter, Solomon Pinchas; b. Stacia,Miechow, Poland, June 251901.
To Canada 1923, to US 1930.· UWA. •Rabbi, contributor to Yiddish & Hebperiodicals, Seattle; Jewish community orgr,Poland; exec mem Rabbinical Council of theUnion of Orthodox Congregations; dirMizrachi. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wohliner, A; see Landau, Louis.
Wolbach, Murry; b. Chicago, Jan 29 1876.Realtor, Chicago; dir Michael Reese Hospital.• See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolbach, Simeon Burt; b. Grand Island,NE,]uly 3 1880; d. Mar 1954.
Harvard, MD Harvard. • Pathologist, Boston;faculty Harvard; mem Red Cross typhusresearch mission to Poland; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Mar 201954,15:3.
Wolbarsht, Jacob L; b. ca 1875; d. Boston,Dec 191936.
Communal worker, Boston. • See: A]YB,39:599.
693
Wolbarsht, Joseph Bernard; b. Boston, Aug231904.
AB, LLB Harvard.· Lawyer, communalworker, Boston; dir Jewish Big Brothers. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Wolbarst, Abraham Leo; b. NYC, Aug 41872; d. 1952.
CCNY, MD Columbia. • Urologist,communal worker, NYC; specialty: venerealdisease; fdr Soc for the Aid of CrippledChildren; -pd Jewish Bd of Guardians; author/editor/inventor in field. • See: UJE; A]YB,6(1904-1905):207-08,24:215; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; REOA]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,June 41952,27:5.
Wolberg, Lewis Robert; b. Odessa, 1905.To US as infant. • U Rochester, MD Tufts,NY Psychoanalytic Inst. • Psychologist,psychoanalyst; faculty NYU; fdr PostgradCenter for Mental Health; author in field. •See:E].
Wolchok, Samuel; b. Bobruisk, Russia, Sep301896.
To US 1912. • Labor ldr, AFL critic, NYC;pres United Retail, Wholesale & Dept StoreEmployees; active Liberal Party, Americans forDemocratic Action; WWI service. 0 See: Fink,379-80.
Woldenberg, Maximilian; b. Wloclawek,Poland, Aug 23 1887.
To Chicago 1893. • BS Armour Inst, PhD UZurich; honorary degrees. • Chemicalengineer, exec, Chicago; pres UnjustDiscrimination Com; officer Hillel(Northwestern); active Boy Scouts, synagog. •See: WWIA], 1928,1938; REOA].
Woldman, Albert Alexander; b. Russia, Jan11897; d. Dec 301971.
To Cleveland 1898. • AB Western Reserve,LLB OH Northern; honorary degre~. •Lawyer, journalist, public servant, juvenilecourt judge, Cleveland; inem OH governmentcabinet, public commns; facultyJ000 MarshallLaw; trustee League for Human Rights; activenat! Am Jewish Cong.· See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA,5.
Wolenske, Harriss; b. Nieshodt, Poland,1858.
Rabbi, Bradford, PA. • See:A]YB, 5(19031904):106.
Wolf, Aaron; b. ca 1838; d. Chicago, Dec 181914.
Merchant, Civil War veteran, Chicago. 0 See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):223.
Wolf, Abraham; b. ca 1845; d. Memphis,Nov 22 1923.
Mayor, Somerset, KY. 0 See:A]YB, 26:157.
Wolf, Abraham; b. ca 1877; d. Paterson,Apr 201935.
Mfr, communal worker, Paterson. 0 See: A]YB,37:263.
Wolf, Abraham; b. ca 1879; d. Knoxville,Oct 1919.
Rabbi, Knoxville. 0 See:A]YB, 22:169.
Wolf, Adolf; b. ca 1838; d. Silverton, OR,Jan 61918.
Mayor, Silverton, OR. • See:A]YB, 20(19181919):231.
Wolf, Adolph (Adolf) Grant; b. WashingtonDC,Jan 111869; d. Nov 3 1947.
AB Johns Hopkins, U Berlin, LLB, LLMGeorge Washington. • Lawyer, assoc supremecourt judge, communal worker, Puerto Rico;officer United Heb Charities. • See: ]E; UJE;E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):208,24:215; WWIA],1926,1928,1938; REOA]; WWWIA, 2.
Wolf, Albert; b. Philadelphia, June 15 1868;d. Philadelphia, Feb 16 1931.
Banker, communal worker, Philadelphia; pressynagog.· See:A]YB, 33:128; WWIA], 1926,1928.
Wolf, Alexander; b. Washington DC, Aug111866.
LLB, LLM Georgetown U. • Lawyer,Washington DC; officerJ ewish Foster Home,United Heb Charities; active Bd ofTrade,Masons, B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Wolf, Alexander S; b. Stefkovo, Austria,Aug 13 1870; d. St Louis, Dec 11945.
To US 1901. • MD Imperial U (Vienna). •Dermatologist, Zionist ldr, Herzl aide, StLouis; faculty St Louis U; staff Die Welt; activenat! Zionist Org ofAm; author in field, onZionism. • See: A]YB, 48:502; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.
Wolf, Alice R; b.*; d. Providence, Mar 261920.
Communal worker, Providence; bd RI Inst forthe Deaf. • See:A]YB, 22:169.
Wolf, Arnold Veryl; b. NYC, Dec 3 1916; d.Feb 271975.
BS CCNY, PhD U Rochester. • Physiologist,Chicago; faculty, dean U IL; faculty AlbanyMed ColI; author in field. 0 See: WWWIA, 6,7;NYTimes, Mar 11975,28:2.
Wolf, Atwood Charles; b. Jersey City, May3 1894; d. Nov 1969.
LLB NYU, U Rennes. • Lawyer, asst countyprosecutor, Jersey City; mem State Commn toRevise Mortgage Laws; pres Reserve OfficersAssn of US; WWI service.· See: WWIA],1938;NYTimes, Nov81969, 33:5.
Wolf, Benedict; b. Woodridge, NY, Dec 221904.
AB CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,NYC, Washington DC; secy Nat! LaborRelations Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolf, Benjamin; b. Philadelphia, July 11862.
Business exec, banker, mfr, communal worker,Philadelphia; trustee Free Library; dir HebEducation Soc. • See:A]YB, 7(19051906):116; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Wolf, Bernard; b. ca 1841; d. Chicago, Mar301913.
Merchant, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 15(19131914):275.
Wo1£, Eugene Everett
Wolf, Bernard Saul; b. NYC, Sep 81912; d.Sep 161977.
BS, MD NYU. • Radiologist, NYC; facultyMtSinai; advisor on radiation; officer med assn;author in field. - See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,Sep 17 1977,21:4.
Wolf, Clarence; b. Philadelphia, Apr 91860; d. Philadelphia, July 23 1937.
Banker, mfr, legislator, civic ldr, Philadelphia.• See:A]YB, 24:215, 40:393; WWIA], 1926,1928;NYTimes,July241937,15:2.
Wolf, D C Elias; b. Bavaria, 1820; d. after1881.
To US ca 1840. • Mfr, Philadelphia; presRodeph Shalom. • See: E] (sub Wolf).
Wolf, Deborah B (Mrs Bernard Wolf); b.Toronto, 1860.
Communal worker, Toronto, NYC; activeEducational Alliance, Nat! Council ofJewishWomen. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):116.
Wolf, Edward; b. Eschweiler, Germany, Jan11856; d. Philadelphia, Jan 28 1917.
To US 1871. • Printer, advertising agent,communalldr, Philadelphia; pres HebEducation Soc; active synagog, Jewish FosterHome.· See:A]YB, 19 (1917-1918):268;PA]HS, 26:289-90.
Wolf, Edwin; b. Ulrichsville, OR, Mar 111855; d. Philadelphia, Dec 16 1934.
Businessman, banker, mfr, communal & civicldr, philanthropist, Philadelphia; pres Bd ofEducation, Jewish Publication Soc; bd Dropsie,Free Library, Am Jewish Com. • See: UJE; E](sub Wolf);A]YB, 24:215, 37:55-60,263;WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Wolf, Edwin II; b. Philadelphia 1911.Librarian, historian & bibliographer of USJews, Philadelphia; pres Jewish PublicationSoc. • See: E] (sub Wolf).
Wolf, EdwinA; b. Cleveland, May 191883;d. Detroit, Nov 101938.
Textile mfr, civic & communal worker,Detroit; pres Northeast Clinic; dir JewishWelfare Fedn; active Community Fund.- See:A]YB, 41:433; WWIA], 1938.
Wolf, Elias (Mrs); b. ca 1833;d.Philadelphia, Dec 25 1913.
CommUnal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):167.
Wolf, Emma; b. San Francisco, June 151865; d. San Francisco, Aug 311932.
Author, novelist, San Francisco. • See: ]E;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):208,24:215, 35:130;WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 4.
Wolf, Erich; b.*; d. NYC, Mar 1913.Composer, pianist, accompanist. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):275; NYTimes, Mar 20 1913,11:4.
Wolf, Eugene Everett; b. Cleveland, Jan 11884.
AB, LLB Western Reserve-Adelbert ColI. •Lawyer, civic & communal worker, Cleveland;officer Social Services Bureau, B'nai B'rith,
Wolf, George David
Zionist Org ofAm; dir Education League forthe Higher Education of Orphans, Bd ofJewish Education. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Wolf, George David; b. Kovel, Russia, Dec16 1884; d. NYC, Apr 1954.
To NYC 1906. • MD NYU. • Surgeon,otolaryngologist, NYC; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 14 1954,29:4.
Wolf, George James; b. Mason City, IA,May 15 1901.
AB U MN, • Merchant, Albert Lea, MN;active natlJr Chamber of Commerce. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Wolf, Gustav; b. Karlsruhe, Germany,1887; d. Greenfield, MA, Dec 18 1947.
To US 1938. • Graphic artist, painter, tchr,illustrator, East Northfield, MA. • See: U}EjA]YB, 50:525; NYTimes, Dec 19 1947,25:4.
Wolf, Gustave; b. ca 1863; d. Brooklyn, Dec22 1933.
Orchestra ldr, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 36:288.
Wolf, Harry A; b. 1884?; d. Omaha, May 51950.
Communal & civic ldr, Omaha. • See: A]YB,52:505.
Wolf, Harry Benjamin; b. Baltimore, ca1881; d. Baltimore, Feb 17 1944.
U MD Law. • Congressman, lawyer,Baltimore; officer B'rith Shalom; activeDemocratic politics. • See: U}Ej A]YB, 46:347;NYTimes, Feb 18 1944, 17:4.
Wolf, Henry; b. Eckwersheim, Alsace, Aug3 1852; d. NYC, Mar 18 1916.
To US 1871.· Cooper Union. • Woodengraver, illustrator; reproduced pictures byAm artists. • See:A]YB, 18(1916-1917):111;WWWIA, 1; DABj NYTimes, Mar 20 1916,11:4.
Wolf, HenryJ; b. ca 1862; d. NYC, Mar 221937.
Physician, neurologist, psychiatrist, NYc. •See:A]YB, 39:599; NYTimes, Mar 23 1937,24:2.
Wolf, Henry Milton; b. Rock Island, IL,Nov 15 1860; d. Chicago, June 4 1935.
U Chicago, AB Yale. • Lawyer, art patron,Chicago; active in promotingJapanese-Amfriendship.· See:A]YB, 37:263; BEOA]jWWWIA, 1.
Wolf, Horace Joseph; b. Cincinnati, June15 1885; d. Rochester, NY, Feb 171927.
BA, MA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, communal & civic ldr,Rochester, NY; officer State Conf ofCharities& Corrections; field worker Jewish WelfareBd, Joint Distribution Com. • See: A]YB,29:117; WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Feb 18 1927,21:6.
Wolf, Irwin Damasius; h. Paragould, AR,July 81894; d. Apr 181956.
Washington U (St Louis).· Merchant,communal & civic ldr, Pittsburgh; pres Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; officer Boy Scouts,trade assns; trustee Jewish Family Welfare Bd,Montefiore Hospital, Irene KaufmannSettlement.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Apr 191956, 31:3.
Wolf, IsaacJr; b. Auburn, IN,July 251859.Merchant, art book publisher, advertisingagent, NYC, Berlin, Germany. • See:WWWIA,4.
Wolf, Isidor(e) Julius; b. Stuttgart, Oct 261864.
To US 1888. • U Heidelberg, MD U Munich.• Physician, Kansas City; faculty U KS; authorin field; German army service. • See: WWIA],1926, 1928.
Wolf,Jennie E (Mrs Louis Wolf); b.Indianapolis, Mar 21 1873.
Communal & social welfare worker,Indianapolis; officer Natl Council ofJewishWomen, Jewish Fedn, Community Fund. •See: WWIA], 1928.
Wolf, Julius; b. Ashland, KY, June 24 1894.BS,ME U KY.- • Steam engineer, Chicago;faculty Lewis Inst. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Wolf, Levi; b. Bavaria, 1811; d. 1893.Mfr, Philadelphia. • See: E] (sub Wolf).
Wolf, Louis; b. Philadelphia, 1856.Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •See:A]YB, 24:216.
Wolf, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Aug 11 1864;d. Philadelphia, July 3 1945.
Banker, communalldr, philanthropist,Philadelphia; fdr Fedn ofJewish Charities;benefactor Temple U. • See: A]YB, 7(19051906):116-17,48:502; NYTimes, July 6 1945,11:6.
Wolf, Louis M; b. ca 1860; d. Cleveland,Sep 171937.
Welfare & communal worker, Cleveland. •See: A]YB, 40:394.
Wolf, Maurice E; h. Cologne, ca 1895; d.NYC, Nov 1970.
To US 1941. • MD U Paris. • Physician,France, NYC; faculty U Strasbourg; estarthritis clinic; WWII French army service. •See:NYTimes, Dec 11970, 50:3.
Wolf, Mier; b. ca 1871; d. Mason City, IA,Oct 261938.
Merchant, civic & communal worker, MasonCity, IA. • See:A]YB, 41:433.
Wolf, Milton Grover; b. NYC, Nov 101891.
BS, MA, Chern E NYU. • Chemist, instructor,NYC; with Bd of Education; earlier with USDairy Assn. • See: WWIA}, 1938.
Wolf, Miriam H (Mrs); b. ca 1822; d.Philadelphia, Apr 61919.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,21:207.
Wolf, Monroe; b. Osceola, MO, 1889.MD Tulane. • Urologist, New Orleans. • See:WWIA], 1938.
694
Wolf, Morris; b. ca 1860; d. Boston,reported Dec 91938.
Police inspector, Boston. • See:A]YB, 41:433.
Wolf, Morris; b. Philadelphia, Aug 20 1883.U PA. • Lawyer, common pleas judge, city &state asst atty general, book collector,Philadelphia; exec com Am Jewish Com. • See:E] (sub Wolf);A]YB, 24:215; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 7.
Wolf, Nathan; b. Baden, Mar 8 1877.PhB NYU, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. •Rabbi, tchr, Hoboken, N]; active EducationalAlliance. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):225.
Wolf, PaulJacob; b. Chicago,July 81892.MD U IL, post-grad U Vienna. • Surgeon,Chicago; specialty: eye, ear, nose & throat; staffpres Belmont Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolf, Ralph; b. Little Rock, Aug 201880;d. NYC, Oct 26 1951.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, civic & communalworker, NYC; officerJewish Social ServiceAssn; active Red Cross, Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies.· See:AJYB, 54:541; WWIA],1938;NYTimes, Oct271951, 19:3.
Wolf, Sally Rivoli; b. NYC,Nov 6 1899.NYU. • Journalist, author, NYC; with NYGlobe, Augusta (GA) Chroniclej active natl AmLegion, Jewish War Veterans; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolf, Sidney Abraham; b. Cleveland, Dec 81906; d. 1983.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Corpus Christi, TX. • See: WWIA],1938; CCARYB.
Wolf, SidneyJoseph; b. Chicago, July 51898.
PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolf, Simon; b. Hinzweiler, Bavaria, Oct281836; d. Adantic City, June 41923.
To Ulrichsville, OH, 1848. • Lawyer,communalldr & lobbyist, Washington DC;consul Egypt; spokesman for Reform Judaism;represented B'nai B'rith, Bd of Delegates ofAm Israelites in Washington DC; memoir. •See: ]Ej U}Ej E]j A]YB, 6(1904-1905):208,24:215,26:158,404-19; PA]HS, 29:198-206,47:76-100,59:357-69; WWWIA, 1; DABjNYTimes,)une51923,21:3.
Wolf, Simson; b. ca 1855; d. Lake Placid,NY, July 20 1936.
Lawyer, NYC; specialty: corporation & realestate law. • See:A]YB, 39:599.
Wolf, William; b. ca 1826; d. San Francisco,Mar 3 1912.
Philanthropist, communal worker, SanFrancisco. • See: A]YB, 14(1912-1913):126.
Wolf, William B; b. Germany, 1869.Surgeon, Baltimore.· See:A]YB, 24:215.
Wolfe, Adolph(e); b. Germany, 1848; d.Portland, OR, Mar 1934.
695
Merchant, communal & civic worker,Portland, OR. • See: A]YB, 24:216, 36:288.
Wolfe, Alfred S; b.*Commander, US Navy.· See:AJYB, 24:216.
Wolfe, ¥chibald T; b. ca 1878; d.Brooklyn, Apr 29 1934.
Editor, government official; with Dept ofCommerce. • See: A]YB, 36:288.
Wolfe, Benjamin; b. ca 1767; d. Richmond,Jan 21818.
Merchant, communal & civic ldr, Richmond; afdr Beth Shalome; Richmond militia service. •See:BDEA].
Wolfe, Bernard; b. New Haven, ca 1915; d.Calabasas, CA, Oct 1985.
Yale. • Novelist; secy to Leon Trotsky. • See:NITi'J1!es, Oct 301985.
Wolfe, Bertram David; b. Brooklyn, Jan 191896; d. Feb 211977.
BA CCNY, post-grad U Mexico, AMColumbia; honorary degree. • Historian,author, biographer; a fdr US CommunistParty; broke with Marxist left in later life. •See: U]E; E]; WWWL4., 7.
Wolfe, Edward I; b.*; d. San Francisco,Jan261922.
Mem, Bd of Supervisors, San Francisco. • See:A]YB, 24:103.
Wolfe, Isaac; b. New Haven, 1860; d. NewHaven, Apr 281938.
LLB Yale. • Superior & common pleas judge,New Haven; active civic & communalcharities. • See: A]YB, 24:216,40:394;NITimes, Apr 29 1938,21:4.
Wolfe, James; b. Riga, Apr 271890.To US 1920. • Riga Polytechnic. • Bassbaritone, NYC; with Metropolitan Opera Co.• See: WWIA], 1938; WWWL4., 8.
Wolfe, Joel; b. Richmond, ca 1796.Merchant, Richmond. • See: BDEA].
Wolfe, Joseph Bernard; b. Atlanta, Nov 171880.
Life insurance agent, communal & civicworker, Atlanta; officer Fedn for Jewish SocialServices; orgr endowment for blind &underprivileged children. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].
Wolfe, Manny; b. Bialystok, May 261904;d. Los Angeles, Oct 1952.
To US 1906. • Reb Union Call, U Cincinnati,AB UCA.· Scenario editor, Hollywood, CA;play producer, NYC; with Paramount Pictures.• See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Oct 22 1952,27:4.
Wolfe, Max Oscar; b. Lodz, Oct 11897.To US 1914.· BS, MD Marquette.·.Physician, psychiatrist, Detroit; with USVeterans Adm; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].
Wolfe, SHerbert; b. Baltimore, Mar 191874; d. NYC, Dec 311927.
CCNY. • Actuary, consult, reserve general,NYC; helped draft War Risk Insurance Act;author in field; WWI service. • See: U]EjA]YB, 24:216; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1;NITimes, Jan 11928, 19:3.
Wolfe, SamuelA; b. NYC, July 181896; d.Miami, Oct 1975.
MD Bellevue. • Gynecologist, obstetrician,Brooklyn; faculty Downstate Med Center;officer med soc; author in field. • See: WWIA],1928; NITimes, Nov 11975, 32:5.
Wolfe, Walter Beran; b. Vienna, Jan 251900; d. Switzerland, Aug 15 1935.
AB Dartmouth, MD Washington U, post-gradVienna. • Psychiatrist, sculptor, NYC; asst toAlfred Adler (Vienna); author/lecturer in field;WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 38:437; WWIA],1928; NITimes, Aug 17 1935,2:4.
Wolfenson, Louis B; b. La Crosse, ~,Jan41882; d. Providence, Mar 211945.
AB, AM U WI, PhD Johns Hopkins. • Heb &Semitic language scholar, communal worker;faculty U WI, Heb Union Call; supt Home forJewish Children (Boston); dir Jewish schools;author in field. • See: A]YB, 24:216, 47:534;WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Wolfenstein, Martha; b. Insterburg,Prussia, Aug 5 1869; d. Cleveland, Mar171906.
To US as infant. • Short story writer, author;contributorJewish & general magazines. • See:]E; U]E;A]YB, 8(1906-1907):225.
Wolfenstein, Samuel; b. Gross-Meseritisch,Moravia, Dec 10 1841; d. Cleveland, Mar111921.
U Vienna, Prague, Breslau. • Rabbi, socialworker, writer, Cleveland; officer Heb ReliefAssn; dir Jewish Orphan Asylum. • See: A]YB,7(1905-1906):117,23:133.
Wolff, Albert; b.*Conductor, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:216.
Wolff, Alfred R; b. Hoboken, 1859; d.NYC, Jan 6 1909.
Stevens Inst ofTechnology. • Mechanicalengineer, author, NYC; specialty: heating,cooling & ventilation. • See: U]E; A]YB,11(1909-1910):108; NITimes, Jan 8 1909,9:5.
Wolff, Alvin Avrom; b. St Louis, Jan 5 1904.LLB Benton Call of Law. • Lawyer, legislator,asst atty general, provisional criminal courtjudge, St Louis; orgr Aleph Zadik Aleph. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wolff, Arnold; b. ca 1846; d. Chicago, Feb1936.
Military telegrapher during Civil War,Chicago. • See:A]YB, 38:437.
Wolff, Arthur Jacob; b. ca 1855; d.Hartford, June 22 1936.
Physician, municipal bacteriologist, Hartford.• See:A]YB, 38:437.
Wolff, David M; b. NYC, June 2 1877; d.Jamaica, NY, Apr 1956.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, civic & communal
Wolff, Lotta V
activist, Richmond Hill, LI; a fdr synagog;trustee County School Bd; active charityfundraising. • See: WWIA], 1926; NITimes,Apr 7 1956, 19:4.
Wolff, Edwin Daniel; b. San Antonio, July18 1881.
Advertising exec, Rochester, NY, San Antonio,NYC, Milwaukee; author in field, on vaudeville& magic. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolff, Emita P (Lewi, Emita May); b.Venezuela, 1851; d. NYC, 1931.
Communal worker; with Temple Emanu-EIand its Red Cross work. • See:U]E (sub Wolff,Aaron).
Wolff, Ernest Victor; b. Berlin, 1889; d.East Lansing, Aug 1960.
To US early 1930s. • Conservatory (Berlin),PhD U Berlin. • Harpischordist, pianist,Handel scholar, East Lansing; faculty MI State.• See: U]E; NITimes, Aug 211960, 29:4.
Wolff, Harry S; b. ca 1871; d. Memphis,July 261938.
Physician, social worker, Memphis. • See:A]YB, 41:433.
Wolff, Henry F; b. Buffalo, May 15 1878; d.NYC, July 281935.
Harvard Law. • Lawyer, public official, NYC;counsel for NY State; specialty: tax law; activebarassns. • See:A]YB, 38:437; WWIA], 1926,1928;NITimes,July291935,15:5.
Wolff, Herbert Alfred; b. NYC, July 201889; d. White Plains, Nov 1980.
AB Dartmouth, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,NYC; officer Hudson Guild, Soc for EthicalCulture; author in field & on education. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov 131980.
Wolff, Irving; b. NYC, ca 1894; d.Princeton, Dec 1982.
BA Dartmouth, PhD Cornell. • Developer ofradar, patent holder; with RCA. • See:NITimes, Dec 8 1982.
Wolff, Jacob; b. ca 1851; d. NYC, Apr 201934.
Theatre district restaurateur, NYc. • See:A]YB, 36:288; NITimes, Apr 211934,15:1.
Wolff, Julius; b.NYC, Dec 3 1869; d. NYC,Jan 261942.
AB Harvard, MD Columbia. •Ophthalmologist, NYC; author in field; WWIarinyexaminer. • See: A]YB, 44:345; WWIA],1938; NITimes, Jan 27 1942,21:5.
Wolff, Kurt August Paul; b. Bonn, Mar 31887; d. Ludwigsburg, Germany, Oct 211963.
To NYC 1941. • Publisher, book collector,Germany, NYC; est Pantheon Books; Germanmilitary service. • See: DAB, 7; NITimes, Oct23 1963,41:1.
Wolff, Lotta V; b.*; d. San Francisco,June251931.
Child welfare research associate, U CA. • See:A]YB,33:128.
Wolff, Louis Michael
Wolff, Louis Michael; b. Allendale, SC, Dec25 1910; d. Oct 301977.
BS Clemson, BArch U PA. 41 Architect,Columbia, SCi officer professional assn;advisory council SC Bd of Health; active RedCross; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Wolff, Meyer Henry; b. St Petersburg, Dec27 1887.
To US 1892. • PhB, MF Yale. • US ForestService officer, Missoula, MT; active StatePlanning Bd, professional assn; author in field.• See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Wolff, Oscar Monroe; b. Chicago, July 131876.
PhB Cornell, Cornell Law, LLB Chicago ColIof Law. • Lawyer, Chicago; faculty JohnMarshall Law; WWI government service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Wolff, Richard Alfred; b. NYC, Mar 181893.
ME Stevens Inst of Technology... Engineer,NYC; specialty: heating & ventilation; officerprofessional assn; trustee Stevens Inst, EthicalCulture School. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.
Wolff, Robert Lee; b. NYC, ca 1916; d.Cambridge, MA, Nov 1980.
BA, MA, PhD Harvard; honorary degree. It
Authority on Balkan affairs & East-Westrelations, historian, Cambridge, MA; facultyHarvard; author in field, on Victorian Englishliterature.· See: WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov13 1980.
Wolff, Samuel Lee; b. Baltimore, Jan 151874; d. Wmchendon, MA, Aug 1941.
AB Harvard, MA, PhD, LLB Columbia. •Englsih literature specialist, NYC; facultyColumbia; author in field. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, Aug 17 1941,38:2.
Wolff, William F Jr; b. ca 1914; d. NYC,Jan 1967.
Harvard, Harvard Law. It Lawyer, NYC; dirLavanburg-Corner House, N atl JewishWelfare Bd; active Democratic politics; WWIIservice. • See: NITimes, Jan 18 1967,43:2.
Wolffe, Frederick; b. Switzerland, 1832.To US 1855. • Railroad bldr, banker; supplypurchaser for Confederate army. • See: UJE.
Wolffe, Joseph Barnett; b. Apr 25 1896; d.Istanbul, Nov 10 1966.
To US 1915. • BS U Glasgow, MD TempleU. • Cardiologist, Philadelphia; fdr WolffeHospital; faculty Temple U; author in field. •See:AJYB, 68:534-35; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Nov 12 1966,29:3.
Wolfgang, Wolf; b.*; d. St Louis, Oct 81910.
Rabbi, St Louis. • See:AJYB, 13(19111912):136.
Wolfuer, Henry Lincoln; b. Chicago, Nov 11860; d. St Louis, July 111935.
St Louis School of Pharmacy, MDWashington U (St Louis), post-grad Europe. •Ophthalmologist, St Louis; pres Bd.of
Education; faculty Washington U ... See:AJYB, 38:437; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
Wolfort, Benjamin Edgar; b. St Louis, Oct5 1879; d. Sep 1950.
BS U PA, MD Johns Hopkins. • Orthopedicsurgeon, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 191950, 32:3.
Wolfort, Jesse Arthur; b. St Louis, Dec 31882.
LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer, StLouis; officer synagog, Jewish Aid Soc. • See:BEOAJ.
Wolfowitz, Jacob; b. Warsaw, Mar 19 1910;d.July 161981.
BS CCNY, MA Columbia, PhD NYU...Mathematician; faculty U NC, Cornell, USouthern FL; author/editor in field. • See:WWWIA,8,.
Wolfsohn, Arthur M; h. Chicago, 1873.Educator, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:216.
Wolfsohn, Carl; b. Alzey, Hesse, Dec 141834; d. Deal Beach, N],July 301907.
To US 1854. • Musician, concert pianist,Philadelphia, Chicago; fdr Beethoven Soc. •See: DAB.
Wolfsohn, Fred; b. San Francisco, Sep 191886.
BS, DDS U CA, post-grad Harvard. 41
Orthodontist, San Francisco; facultyU CA;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Wolfsohn, Jacob Mordecai; b. Alexandria,Volhynia, 1865/1866.
To US 1891. • Maskil (enlightener) & Yiddishjournalist, author, St Louis, Chicago; estYiddish paper (St Louis); editor Jewish Courier.It See: Eisenstadt, 37.
Wolfsohn, Joel David; b. Chicago, July 211900; d. Gary, IN,July 91961.
BJourn U MO, LLB Kent ColI of Law. •Journalist, lawyer, public official, communalexec; exec secy Natl Power: Com; asst Secy ofthe Interior; exec Am Jewish Com. • See: UJE;AJYB, 64:497; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA,4;NYTimes,Julyl0 1961,21:3.
Wolfsohn, JulianlJulius Mast/Masr; b. SanFrancisco, May 22 1883.
BS, MS U CA, MD Johns Hopkins, post-gradParis, London. • Physician, neuropsychiatrist,San Francisco; specialty: syphilis research;faculty Stanford; author in field. • See: UJE;AJYB, 24:216; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.
Wolfsohn, Leo Aria; b.Jan 41890; d. May1956.
BS/AB U MO. It Editor, Milwaukee; withMilwaukee Leader. .. See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;BEOAJ; NYTimes, May26 1956, 17:4.
Wolfsohn, Myer David; b. Buffalo, June 111890.
DDS U Buffalo. • Dentist, Buffalo; faculty UBuffalo; officer professional soc; bd JewishWelfare Soc; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ,1938; BEOAJ.
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Wolfsohn, Rachel; b.*; d. San Francisco,May 20 1914.
Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:AJYB,16(1914-1915):167.
Wolfson, Abraham; b. Narevka, Russia,Nov 241881.
To NYC 1902. • DDS NYU. • Dentist,realtor, NYC; pres Zionist Org ofAm; author/lecturer on Spinoza. II See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.
Wolfson, Arthur; b. Philadelphia, 1912; d.New Zealand, July 261977.
Temple U, NY School of Sacred Music, HebUnion Call-Jewish Inst of Religion. • Cantor,communal worker, Cincinnati, NYC; facultyHeb Union ColI; pres Am Conf of Cantors. •See:AJYB, 79:376; NYTimes, July 30 1977,22:4.
Wolfson, Arthur Mayer; b. Chicago, Apr 101873.
BA, MA, PhD Harvard. • Historian, publicschool tchr, author, NYc. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):209.
Wolfson, Erwin Service; b. Cincinnati, Mar271902; d. Purchase, NY,June 261962.
BA U Cincinnati; honorary degree...Skyscraper bldr, NYC; Park Commr(Westchester County); bd Haifa Technion,Brandeis, U Haifa. • See: A]YB, 64:497;WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;JTA-DNB, June 28 1962;NYTimes, June 27 1962, 35:1.
Wolfson, Harry Austryn; b. Ostrin,Lithuania, Nov 2 1887; d. Cambridge,MA, Sep 20 1974.
To US 1903, • BA, MA, PhD Harvard;honorary degrees. • Scholar, historian ofHebliterature & philosophy, Cambridge, MA;faculty Harvard. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:216,76:99-111; WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ; AJHQ,64:361-67; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Sep 211974,32:3.
Wolfson, Howard Edward; b. Chicago, Dec5 1898; d. Mar 12 1970.
Northwestern. • Automotive products mfr,Chicago; bdJewish Welfare Fund; advisor GirlScouts; active United Jewish Appeal. • See:WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Mar 13 1970,39:1.
Wolfson, Irving S; b.*; d. Dec 1982.Insurance co exec, Hartford. • See: WWWIA,8.
Wolfson, Jacob M; b. ca 1866; d.Milwaukee,Jan 22 1929.
Journalist, author, Milwaukee. • See: AJYB,31:94.
Wolfson, Joseph Napoleon; b. Campti, LA,Mar 291856.
LLB Tulane. • Lawyer, New Orleans, Manila;an orgr Commercial Law League of Am;Philippine military service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Wolfson, Leo; b. Husi, Rumania, July 41882; d. NYC, June 3 1959.
To US 1900. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,journalist, ethnic &communalldr, author,
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NYC; correspondent InternatlJewish PressBureau; an orgr, pres Rumania Jews in Am;pres Zionist Org ofAm; active NY ProgressiveParty." See: UJE;A]YB, 61:419-20; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, June 41959,31:5.
Wolfson, Louis E; b.*Business exec, convicted of fraud; Abe Fortasresigned from US Supreme Court because offriendship with him... See: Wall StreetJournalstories, Oct 19 1966, May 21 1969.
Wolfson, Milton A; b. Chicago, 1889.Corp exec, Maremont Corp... See: WWWIA,8.
Wolfson, Mitchell; b. Key West, Sep 131900; d. Jan 28 1983.
Columbia; honorary degree... Corp exec, civicldr, Miami Beach; mem City Council; trusteeMiami-Dade Community ColI; wwn service... See: WWWIA, 8.
Wolfson, Rosina Marguerite; b. NewOrleans, Apr 12 1887.
Welfare worker, Manila; active RepublicanNatl Com, Belgium Relief, Red Cross... See:WWWIA,8.
Wolfson, Theresa; b. Brooklyn, July 191897; d. Brooklyn, May 14 1972.
AB, MA Adelphi, Columbia, PhD Brookings. •Labor economist, workers education ldr,author, NYC; with Natl Child Labor Com,ILGWU, Consumers League; faculty BrooklynColI; bd The Woman Today; advocate ofindustrial democracy; "WWII mem War LaborBd.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NAW: modern;NITimes, May 15 1972,38:5.
Wolfson, William Leon; b. Key West, FL,June 211888; d. LI, May 1955.
VA Military Inst, Columbia Pharmacy, MDNYU... Surgeon, Brooklyn; faculty LI ColIHospital; officer med soc; author in field;"WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,May 23 1955,23:3.
Wolfstein, David I; b. Hannibal, MO,Jan111862; d.June 61944.
MD OH Med ColI, post-grad abroad...Biologist, neurologist, Cincinnati; faculty,trustee U Cincinnati; author in field. • See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):209,24:216; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA];~,2.
Wolheim, Louis Robert; b. NYC, Mar 281881; d. Los Angeles, Feb 18 1931.
BS CCNY, Cornell. • Stage & screen actor;earlier mining engineer, tchr. • See: UJE;A]YB, 24:216; DAB, 1; NITimes, Feb 19 1931,23:1.
Wolinski, Joseph; see Welch, Joe.
Wolinsky, Jacob; b. RussiaIPoland, Dec1881; d. NYC, Mar 1943.
To NYC 1906. • Dental colI (Odessa,Margolin). • Dental supply exec, Heb tchr,NYC; an orgr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 51943, 17:2.
Wolk, Rachel (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d.Pittsburgh, Jan 311939.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. .. See: A]YB,41:433.
Wolk,Samuel;b.LithuaniafBaltttnore,Mar12 1899/1902; d. NYC,Jan 111962.
To US 1908... RIETS, AB U Cincinnati,ordained Heb Union ColI, MA Harvard...Rabbi, author, Wilkes-Barre; mem EmergencyReliefBd; faculty Heb Union ColI; editor UJE.• See: UJE;A]YB, 64:497; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Jan 12 1962, 23:6.
"yvolkin, Harry; b. Russia, 1877.Painter, Pittsburgh... See: A]YB, 24:216.
Wolkomir, Nathan Tully; b. Baku, Russia,Oct 12 1909.
To US 1912... BS NYU, M Ed, D Ed StJohns, St Francis ColI (NYC)... Labor unionofficial, education specialist, Washington DC;pres Natl Fedn of Federal Employees; memgovernment advisory bds... See: WWWIA, 7.
Wolkowich, Erwin; b. Suwalki,Jan 19 1863.Cantor, Boston. • See: A]YB, 5(19031904):106.
Woll, Jacob; b. ca 1872; d. Tottenville,Staten Island, Sep 13 1932.
Captain, fire dept; commended for bravery 3times. • See:A]YB, 35:130.
Wollenberg, Albert Charles; b. SanFrancisco, June 13 1900; d. Apr 191981.
JD U CA (Berkeley). • Lawyer, state superiorcourt & US district judge, legislator, SanFrancisco; officer professional assns;"WWIservice... See:~, 8.
Wollenberg, Charles Maurice; b.Castroville, CA, Mar 13 1873.
U CA. .. Health & relief officer, pharmacist,San Francisco; supt Laguna Honda Home;active Red Cross... See: WWIA], 1938.
Wollenberger, Herrnann;b. Heilbronn,Wiirttemberg, Dec 311867.
To Chicago 1893 ... Investment broker,Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wollenberger, Sigmund; b. Heilbronn,Wiirttemberg, May 11875.
To Chicago 1894... DDS U IL. • Dentist,Chicago; officer U IL Alumni. • See: WWIA],1938.
Wollman, Benjamin F; b. ca 1872; d. NYC,May 11934.
Lawyer, banker, civic worker, NYc. • See:A]YB, 36:288; NYTimes, May 2 1934,21:1.
Wollman, Bernard; b. Russia, ca 1877; d.Mt Vernon, NY, Sep 201937.
To Mt Vernon, NY, 1903 ... Communalworker, insurance agent... See: A]YB, 40:394;NYTimes, Sep 211937, 25:3.
Wollman, Henry; b. Leavenworth, Aug 91858; d. NYC, Mar 1936.
U MI Law... Lawyer, communal & civicworker, philanthropist, Leavenworth, NYC;benefactor CCNY; active Republican politics.
Wolpe, Sender
• See:A]YB, 38:437; WWIA], 1926, 1928;NYTimes, Mar 14 1936, 15:1.
Wollman, William J; b. Leavenworth, KS,Sep 28 1867; d. NYC, Mar 1937.
Broker, investment banker, philanthropist,NYc. .. See: A]YB, 39:599; BEOA]; NITimes,Mar 27 1937, 15:3.
Wollstein, Martha; b. NYC, Nov 211868;d. NYC, Sep 1939.
Normal School (Hunter), MD Womens MedColI. • Physician, NYC; faculty Columbia;officer NY Infirmary for Women & Children... See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Oct 11939,53:2.
Wolman, Abel; b. Baltimore, June 10 1892.AB, BSEJohns Hopkins. • Civil & sanitaryengineer, Baltimore; with US Public HealthService, MD State Dept of Health; officerprofessional assns; dir New Deal agencies,AssocdJewish Charities; activ.e state & natlcommns on water resources; editor in field...See: UJE;E]:1973-1982; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; NITimes story, Sep 3 1965.
Wolman, IrvingJacob; b. Holyoke, MA,Feb 2 1905; d.June 23 1978.
AB, D Sc Amherst ColI, MD Johns Hopkins;honorary degree... Physician, Philadelphia; chrMilk Commn; faculty U PA; "WWII US PublicHealth service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Wolman, Leo; b. Baltttnore, Feb 24 1890;d. Oct 2 1961.
AB, PhD Johns Hopkins; honorary degree. •Economist, statistician, NYC; mem Natl LaborBd; faculty Hobart, U MI, Johns Hopkins,Harvard, Columbia, New School; officerprofessional assns; editor/author in field... See:UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 3 1961, 39:1.
Wolman, Paul Carroll; b. Woodbine, MD,Mar 17 1896; d. Oct 23 1978.
Baltimore City ColI, LLB U MD, post-gradLondon... Lawyer, Baltimore; mem NatlSelective Service Appeal Bd, Bd of Parole &Probation; natl commander Veterans ofForeign Wars; active NatlJewish Welfare Bd,Jewish Big Brothers, bar assns. • See:WWWIA, 7.
Wolman, Samuel; b. Nashelsk, Poland,June 17 1880.
To Baltimore 1885.· AB, MD Johns Hopkins... Physician, Baltimore; public health lecturerJohns Hopkins. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolodarsky, Myer; b. ca 1861; d. Brooklyn,Mar 6 1914.
Russian & Heb educator; faculty Yale. • See:A]YB, 16(1914-1915):167.
Woloshin, Benjamin; b. Russia, Mar 291892; d. Bronx, May 1942.
MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician, NYC; assocNY Post-Grad Med School. .. See: WWIA],1928; NITimes, May 27 1942,23:1.
Wolpe, Sender; b. ca 1851; d. Chicago, Sep61931.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 34:113.
Wolpe, Stefan
Wolpe, Stefan; b. Berlin, Aug 251902; d.Apr41972.
To US 1938. • Academy ofMusic (Berlin). •Composer, tchr, NYc. • See: UJE; WWWIA,5; NITimes, Apr 5 1972,48:1.
Wolpert, George; b. NYC, Dec 13 1894.Newspaperman, Far Rockaway; editor LI DailyPress; officer trade soc; dir Chamber ofCommerce.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Wolpert, Louis; b. ca 1863; d. Worcester,Aug 15 1934.
Communal worker, Worcester. • See: A]YB,37:263.
Wolsey, Louis; b. Midland, MI, Jan 8 1877;d. Philadelphia, Mar 41953.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,post-grad U Chicago, Western Reserve, U PA;honorary degree. • Reform rabbi,natlcommunalldr, Philadelphia, Cleveland; presCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis; officer WorldUnion of Progressive Judaism; bd Union ofAm Heb Congregations; opponent of politicalZionism. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 5(19031904):106,55:461; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Mar 5 1953,27:1.
Wolson, B Bernard; b. Toledo, Nov 171921; d. Nov 301976.
BS, JD OH State. • Lawyer, Toledo; officersynagog; bd County Retarded ChildrensProgram; editor/author in field. • See:WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Dec 2 1976,46:2.
Woods, Albert H (born Aladore Herman);b. NYC, Jan 3 1870; d. NYC, Apr 1951.
Theatrical mgr, producer, NYc. • See: A]YB,24:216; NITimes, Apr 25 1951,29:1.
Woodward, Helen (Mrs William EWoodward); b. NYC,'Mar 191882.
Author, advertising exec; dir League ofWomen Shoppers; autobiography. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Woog, Benjamin Bernard; b. WashingtonDC.
Marine officer.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):209.
Woolf, Albert Edward; b. NYC, Sep 251846; d. ClevelandlNYC, May 10 1920.
CCNY. • Electrician, chemist, inventor, NYC;specialty: water purification. • See: ]E; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):209-10,22:169; WWWIA,1.
Woolf, Benjamin Edward; b. London, Feb161836; d. Boston, Feb 6/7 1901.
Composer, dramatist, critic, journalist, Boston.• See:]E (sub Woolf, Edward); DAB.
Woolf, Edgar Allan; b. NYC, Apr 25 1886;d. Hollywood, CA, Dec 91943.
Columbia. • Playwright, NYC. • See: A]YB,24;216,46:347; WWIA], 1928;NYTimes, Dec10 1943,27:5.
Woolf, Edward; b. London, 1803/1807; d.NYC, Mar 14 1882.
To Mobile 1837.· Musician, orchestralldr,novelist, Mobile, NYC; fdr Musical Mutual
Protective Assn. • See:]E; PAIRS, 12:173-76;NITimes, Mar 17 1882,8:4.
Woolf, HerbertM; b. Kansas City, Oct 111880.
Clothing merchant, deputy police commr, racehorse owner, Kansas City; mem park bd,governors staff; officer Menorah Hospital. •See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 6.
Woolf, Michel Angelo; b. London, 1837; d.NYC, Mar 4 1899.
Street caricaturist. • See:]E (sub Woolf,Edward).
Woolf, Montague Sydney; b. Plymouth,England, Dec 3 1883.
To US 1917.• MS, BA U Birmingham~ngland), U Bonn, U Heidelberg, licentiateRoyal ColI of Physicians (England). • Surgeon,San Francisco; faculty U CA; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1938.
Woolf, Philip; b. NYC, Feb 71848; d.Boston, Aug 1903.
MD Bellevue. • Physician, novelist; editorSaturday Evening Gazette. • See:]E (subWoolf, Edward); WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Sep 11903, 7:6.
Woolf, Samuel]ohnson; b. NYC, Feb 121880; d. NYC, Dec 3 1948.
AB CCNY, Art Students League. • Artist,portraitist, writer, journalist, NYC; WWI warcorrespondent. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(19041905):210,51:526; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Dec 4 1948,13:1.
Woolf, Solomon; b. ca 1839; d. NYC, June21909.
Art & drawing tchr, NYC; faculty CCNY. •See:]E(sub Woolf, Edward);A]YB, 13(19111912):138.
Woolfe, Benjamin, B; b. Manchester,England, Feb 14 1850; d. before 1938.
Communal worker, Leavenworth; officersynagog, Am Jewish Relief Com ofKS. • See:WWIA], 1928.
Woolner, Adolph; b. Peoria, July 141907;d. Nov 141963.
Yale, BS Harvard. • Investment exec, NYC;governor NY Bd ofTrade; bd HillsideHospital; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4;NITimes, Nov 15 1963,35:2.
Woolner, Henry Sigmund; b. Austria, Nov11867.
U MI. • Oil co pres, Long Beach, CA. • See:WWIA],1938.
Woolner, Jacob; b. ca 1835; d. Peoria, Mar201909.
Communal worker, Peoria. • See: A]YB,11(1909-1910):108.
Woolner, Samuel; b. Szenitz, Hungary,Mar 111845; d. Peoria,Jan 141911.
To US 1866. • Merchant, distiller, alderman,communal worker, Peoria; officer synagog,B'nai B'rith; active natl communal orgs &
698
charities. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):117,13(1911-1912):137.
Woolner, William B; b. Louisville, Dec 281870; d. Peoria, Feb 111937.
Distiller, communal worker, philanthropist,Peoria; pres NatlJewish Hospital; officerUnion ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:A]YB, 40:394; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOAJ.
Wormser, David; b. ca 1846; d. Chicago,June 111910.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,12(1910-1911):111. .
Wormser, Isaac Maurice (I Maurice); b.NYC, May 261887; d. Oct 22 1955.
AB, LLB Columbia; honorary degree. •Lawyer, NYC; special asst counsel NY TransitCommn; faculty Fordham; officer bar assn;editor/author in field; WWI governmentappeal agent. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:217;WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,3; NITimes, Oct 23 1955,86:1, correction Oct25 1955,33:4.
Wormser, Isidor; b. ca 1868; d. Sospel,France, June 1914.
Banker, broker, auto racer, NYC. • See: A]YB,17(1915-1916):223; NITimes, June 25 1914,9:6.
Wormser, Leo; b. ca 1859; d. NYC, Dec 81934.
Jewelry & optical industry ldr, NYC. • See:A]YB,37:263.
Wormser, Leo Falk; b. Chicago, July 61884; d. Chicago, Aug 91934.
Armour Inst, PhB U Chicago, Harvard Law,JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, communal & civicworker, Chicago; natl bd Menorah Assn;trustee Museum of Science & Industry. • See:A]YB, 37:263; WWIA], 1928; BEOA];WWWIA, 1.
Wormser, Leon; b. Alsace-Lorraine, ca1873; d. Paris, Sep 1962.
To US 1873. • Mens clothing merchant; cofdr A Sulka & Co (NYC). • See: NITimes, Oct1 1962, 31:1.
Wormser, Rene Albert; b. Santa Barbara,CA,July 171896; d.July 141981.
BS, LLB Columbia; honorary degrees. •Lawyer, NYC; specialty: tax law, estateplanning; counsel government agencies; authorin field.· See: WWWIA, 8.
Worth, Isador Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Nov71897.
Cornell Law, LLB Temple U.· Lawyer, asststate district atty, Riverside, NJ'; WWI service.• See: WWIA], 1938.
Wortis, Rose D; b. Ukraine, Aug 1895.To NYC 1908. • Labor orgr,NYC; withILGWU, Needle Trade Workers IndustrialUnion, Trade Union Educational League,Communist Party; author in field. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wortis, Sam B; b. Brooklyn, 1904; d. NYC,Sep 51969.
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Psychiatrist, NYC; faculty, dean NYU; authorin field. • See:A]YB, 71:611; NYTimes, Sep 61969,29:4 (sub Wortis, S Bernard).
Wo~ann,Ala~;b.caI880;d.~C,Jan
261939.Dept store merchant, NYC. • See: A]YB,41:433; NYTimes, Jan 28 1939, 15:6.
Wortsman, Charles (Yecheskiel); b.Zvonets, Podolia, 1878; d. ~C, May 16
. 1938.To US 1907. • U Basle. • Zionist worker,editor, Yiddish journalist; participant 1stZionist Cong.· See: E]:1973-1982;A]YB,40:394; NYTimes, May 17 1938, 23:5.
Wouk, Herman; b. ~C, 1915.Novelist, playwright, Orthodox ldr, PulitzerPrize winner; Caine Mutiny; officer synagog;active commurial education; WWII service. •See: E]; E]:1973-1982.
Woytinsky, "Wladimir S; b. St Petersburg,Nov 12 1885; d. Washington DC, June101960.
To US 1935. • U St Petersburg. • Notedeconomist, statistician, Washington DC; withGeneral German Fedn of Labor, ILO(Geneva), Social Science Research Council,Social Security Bd; facultyJohns Hopkins;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,June 13 1960,27:3.
Wragge, Sydney C; b. ~C, ca 1908; d.Boca Raton, FL, Alar 23 1978.
NYU, NY School of Social Research. •Fashion designer, exec, NYC; donor FLAtlantic U. • See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar241978,25:1.
Wright, Harry; b. Brooklyn, Feb 141881.NYU Law. • Lawyer, communalldr, Newark;specialty: real estate law; officer Jewish SocialServices; active NYC & Natl Fedn ofTempleBrotherhoods, Republican politics. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wronker, Alorris; b.*; d. Helena, AR, Oct161913.
Civil War veteran, Helena, AR. • See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):167.
Wronker, Simon Lewis; b. Rochester, ~,Apr41890.
MD LI·Col1 Hospital. • Physician, Rochester,NY; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wuerpel, Edmund Henry; b. St Louis, May13 1866.
St Louis School of Fine Arts. • Artist, St Louis;tchr, dirSt Louis School of Fine Arts. • See:WWWIA,5.
Wulfson, Isidor; b. Bausk, Kurland, July 31863.
Lawyer, municipal judge, public servant,Indianapolis; helped found Yiddish theatre inAm. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Wulman, Leon (Leib); b. Russia, 1887/1889; d. ~C, Apr 28 1971.
To US 1939.· MD UWarsaw.· Physician,natl ethnic & communalldr, Poland; activeYiddish Inst. • See: UJE; A]YB, 73:636-67;NYTimes, Apr 301971,42:1.
Wunderlich, Frieda; b. Berlin, Nov 81884/1889; d. Dec 1965.
To US 1933. • PhD U Freiburg. • Economist,civic worker, Prussian Parliament mem,author, NYC; faculty, dean New School. • See:UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Dec 311965,21:4.
Wuntch, David; b. ~C, Oct41899.Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, Tyler, TX; pres TXZionist Assn; editor documents on TX history,liberty. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Wurf, Jerry; b. ~C, Apr 181919; d. Dec10 1981.
AB NYU.• Labor ldr, Washington DC; orgrNY Hotel & Restaurant Employees; pres AmFedn of State, County & MunicipalEmployees; officer AFL-CIO; bd Am forDemocratic Action, Jewish Labor Com,Common Cause. • See: Fink, 383-84;WWWIA, 8; NYTimes story, Sep 3 1968.
Wurman, Harry Paul; b. ~C, Oct 311896; d. NYC, Sep 29 1960.
Business exec, Philadelphia, NYC; pres tradeassn. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 1 1960,19:5.
Wurmser, A C; b. Cincinnati, Feb 14 1856;d. Kansas City, Oct 13 1934.
Businessman, civic worker, philanthropist,Kansas City; active Joint Distribution Com,Jewish Chautauqua, Am Jewish Com. • See:A]YB, 37:263; WWIA], 1928.
Wurtzel, George L; b. ca 1890; d. ~C,June 28 1945.
Physician, NYC; faculty Post-Grad Hospital;WWI service. • See: A]YB, 48:502; NYTimes,June 291945,15:3.
Wurzburg, Sidney W; b. Ludlow, KY, Dec71894.
Merchant, city mgr, legislator, Marcus, WA;mem city council; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.
Wurzburger, Julius; b. Bayreuth, 1819; d.~C, Sep 14 1876.
To US 1850s. • Journalist, editor; with NewYorker Staats-Zeitung; banished from Bavariabecause of liberal views expressed in 1848. •See:]E.
Wurzburger, WMter;b.Alunich, 1920.To US 1938. • Rabbi; officer RabbinicalCouncil ofAm, Synagogue Council ofAm. •See: E]; E]:1973-1982.
Wurzweiler, Gustav; b. Mannheim, 1896;d.1954.
To US 1941. • Banker, philanthropist; estfound to aid Jewish agencies; WWI German
Wyzanski, Max E
army service. • See: E]; NYTimes, Mar 4 1954,25:2.
Wyckoff, Cecelia G (pseud=CharlesBenedict); b. Detroit, Afay 301888; d.~C, Oct 1966.
Business owner, publisher, author, NYC;publisher The Magazine ofWall Street. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Oct 311966,35:3.
Wyle, Armand; b. Danville, PA, 1875; d.Katonah, ~,June 11959.
Social worker, author; concerned with orphancare, foster homes. • See: A]YB, 61:420;NYTimes, June 2 1959,35:5.
Wyler, W"dliam; b.Alulhouse, France, July11902; d.July 291981.
To US 1920. • Award winning film dir,producer, Hollywood. • See: UJE; E];WWWIA,8.
Wyman, Eugene Lester; b. I...os Angeles,July 211924; d.Jan 19 1973.
BS Northwestern, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,civic & communalldr, Democratic politicalfigure, Los Angeles; mem Democratic NatlCom; active Israel Bond fundraising, ReissDavid Clinic. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Jan201973,34:1.
Wyner, Emanuel; b. ~C, Apr 10 1887.CEBrooklyn Polytech. • Structural engineer,advertising exec, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Wyner, Francis Solomon; b. Stellenbosch,Cape Colony, South Africa, Sep 8 1890.
To Boston 1895. • BA, LLB Harvard. •Lawyer, municipal judge, Boston, Brookline,MA; active Red Cross, Salvation Army,communal & Zionist orgs; editor in field. •See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Wynn, Ed (born Israel Edwin Leopold); b.Philadelphia, Nov 9 1886; d. BeverlyHills, June 19 1966.
Business colI (Philadelphia). • Actor,comedian, author, composer; "The PerfectFool."· See:A]YB, 24:217; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8;NYTimes,June 2() 1966, 1:2.
Wyzanski, Charles Edward; b. ca 1875; d.Brookline, AlA, June 1 1934.
Realtor, civic worker, Brookline, MA. • See:A]YB, 36:288.
Wyzanski, Charles EdwardJr; b. Boston,May 271906.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Solicitor of Labor, actingSecy of Labor, US district judge, New Deallawyer; trustee Ford Found; bd Harvard;author in field. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938;BEOA].
Wyzanski, Alax E; b. Cambridge, AlA, June211871.
Realtor, sinking funds commr, Boston; presUnited Heb Benevolent Assn; officer trade org;trustee Paupers Instns, synagog; active RedCross. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
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