DDach, Ike Milton; b. Fremont, OH, Sep 28

1879.Underwear mfr, Jackson, MI; officer synagog.• See: WWlA], 1938.

Dachowitz, Aaron Bernard; b. Vilna, Jan 11908.

To Brooklyn 1923. • Ordained Yeshiva ColI,LLB Brooklyn Law. • Rabbi, lawyer, Brooklyn;author on Heb & English jurisprudence. • See:WWIA],1938.

Dachowitz, Hirsh; b. Sakola, Poland, Oct15 1885/1887; d. Brooklyn, Nov 16 1953.

To US 1922. • Rabbi, author, authority onJewish law, Vilna, Brooklyn; officer Union ofOrthodox Rabbis; chr Greater NY RabbinicalBd, Ezras Torah Relief Soc. • See: A]YB,56:569; WWlA], 1938; NITimes, Nov 18 1953,31:3.

Da Costa, Isaac; b. 1721; d. Charleston, SC,1783.

To Charleston, SC 1750. • Merchant,minister, Charleston, SCi est Masonry. • See:UJE.

Da Costa, Jacob Mendez; b. St Thomas,W.I., Feb 7 1833; d. Villanova, PA, Sep111900.

U Dresden, Jefferson Med ColI, post-gradParis, Prague, Vienna. • Physician, noteddiagnostician, clinician, Philadelphia; facultyJefferson Med ColI; fdr, pres med assns; trusteeU PA; author in field. • See: UJE; DAB.

Da Costa, Joseph; b.*Early colonial settler, New Amsterdam (1655).• See: UJE.

Dacso, Michael Mihaly; b. Tovaros,Hungary, June 25 1909; d. Oct 111975.

To US ca 1940. • MD Royal Hungary U(Budapest). • Physician, NYC; specialty:rehabilitation med; with Goldwater MemorialHospital, NYU; faculty CUNY; author/editor/consult in field. • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NITimes,Oct 141975, 40:3.

Dahlberg, Edward; b. Boston, July 22 1900;d. Santa Barbara, CA, Feb 1977.

U CA, PhB Columbia. • Novelist, critic;contributor New Masses, The Nation. • See:UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes,Feb281977,30:3.

Daily, Helene Gladys; b. Rosenberg, TX,June 20 1911.

AB, LLB U TX, Cornell, Syracuse U. •Lawyer, Houston; active womens professionalorgs, League ofWomen Voters. • See:WWIA],1938.

Daily, Ray Karchmer (Mrs Louis Daily); b.Vilna, Mar 16 1891.

To US before 1914.· MD UTX, post-gradPhiladelphia ColI, Vienna, Berlin, Zurich,Paris. • Physician, Houston; officer Bd ofHealth; consult US Public Health Service. •See: WWlA], 1926, 1938.

Daimont, Nathan; b. Rechitza, Gomel,Russia, Apr 291894.

To US 1911. • Cooper Union, KS State. •Merchant, communal worker, Newport, NH;active Zionist Org ofAm; Mexican border &WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938.

Daina, Ber Leib; b. Russia.To US 1925. • Rabbi, Brooklyn; chaplain AmLegion; mem Mizrachi, Union of OrthodoxRabbis. • See: BEOAJ.

Daixel, Samuel; b. Kishinev, 1884.To US 1912. • Yiddish writer, journalist,playwright; contributor Freiheit, Zukunft; activeRussian revolutionary politics. • See: UJE.

Dale, Alan (pseud of Cohen, Alfred]); b.Binningham, England, May 141861; d.May211928.

Oxford U. • Drama critic, playwright, novelist,author, NYC; with NITimes, NY EveningWorld; fdr school of criticism. • See: JE; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):74,24:130,31:92;WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,May221928,27:3.

Dalgin, Ben; b. NYC, Nov 7 1892; d. NYC,May 1968.

Dir of art, photography, typography designer,NITimes, NYC; active magician; author infield. • See: NITimes, May 17 1968,47:1.

Dalidansky, I Leon; b. Vilna, 1868; d. NYC,May81935.

To US 1906. • Heb & Yiddish journalist,Leeds, London, NYC; fdr, editor Der YiddisherJournal; with]ewish Daily News. • See: AJYB,37:255; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928.

Dalinda, Joseph ZionsoIi; b. Vilna, Sep 141885.

To US 1915 as Russian representative. • UKazan. • Industrial developer, diplomat,journalist; active US-Russian trade, Russianeconomic reconstruction through Am fmance.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Dalkowitz, Samuel; b.*; d. San Antonio,Mar 111916.

Merchant, San Antonio. • See:AJYB, 18(1916­1917):106.

Dallin, David Julievich; b. Rogachev,Russia, May 241889; d. Feb 211962.

To US 1940. • U St Petersburg, U Berlin,PhD U Heidelberg. • Author, journalist, NYC;specialty: Soviet affairs; mem MenshevikCentral Com. • See: AJYB, 64:492; WWWIA,4; NITimes, Feb 22 1962,25:1.

Dalmatofsky, Morris (Morris the Peddler);b. Russia, ca 1900; d. NYC, Dec 1965.

Peddler, known for honesty, Times Square,NYC. • See: NITimes, Dec 21 1965, 37:2.

Dalsheimer, Helen M; b. Baltimore, Apr 161900; d. Baltimore, Dec 261974.

Communalldr, Baltimore; pres World FednYM-YWHAs, Natl Fedn ofTempleSisterhoods; bdJewish Welfare Bd, Heb UnionColl-:Jewish Inst of Religion, Union ofAmHeb Congregations. • See: AJYB, 76:513.

Dalsheimer, Hugo; b. Baltimore, May 101891.

BS U PA. • Mechanical engineer, Baltimore;exec Lord Baltimore Press; bd Assocd JewishCharities, Heb Union ColI. • See: WWIA],1928, 1938.

Dalsimer, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 13 1908; d.NYC, Aug 22 i969.

Cornell. • Advertising exec, NYC; natl chrAnti-Defamation League; bdJewish FamilyService; active Natl Community RelationsAdvisory Council. • See:A]YB, 71:603;WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Aug 23 ·1969,27:1.

Dalsimer, Sylvan; b. ca 1843; d. AtlanticCity, Mar 14 1935.

Veteran shoe merchant & mfr, Philadelphia. •See:AJYB, 37:255.

Dames, Joseph; b. NYC, Feb 11921; d.NYC, Feb 181971.

Communal exec; with Am Jewish Com, JointDefense Appeal; active Liberal Party, Am CivilLiberties Union. • See:A]YB, 73:630;NITimes, Feb 191971,41:1.

Dameshek, William; b. Voronezh, Russia,May 221900; d. NYC, Oct 51969.

To Boston 1902/1903. • Harvard, MDHarvard. • Hematologist; faculty Harvard,Tufts, Mt Sinai; author/editor in field. • See:EJ;AJYB, 71:603; WWlAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Oct 71969,37:4.

Dammann, Milton; b. Washington DC, ca1878; d. NYC,Jan 1962.

Georgetown U. • Razor corp exec, Brooklyn;pres Chamber of Commerce; counsel hatindustry; active civic affairs. • See: NITimes,Jan 161962,33:2.

Damrosch, Frank Heino; b. Breslau, June22 1859; d. NYC, Oct 22 1937.

CCNY; honorary degree. • Music educator,organist, choir dir, conductor, Denver, NYC;with Denver public schools; fdr Inst ofMusicalArt; chorus dir Metropolitan Opera. • See:UJE; EJ (sub Damrosch);A]YB, 24:130;WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NITimes, Oct 23 1937,17:3.

Damrosch, Leopold; b. Posen, Oct 22 1832;d. Feb 15 1885.

To NYC 1871.· MD U Berlin.· Conductor,composer, violinist, NYC; with BreslauPhilharmonic, Metropolitan Opera; fdrmusical orgs. • See: ]E; UJE; EJ (subDamrosch); DAB; NITimes, Feb 16 1885, 1:7.

Damrosch, Walter; b. Posen, 1832; d.NYC, 1885.

To US 1871. • Conductor, composer, Breslau,NYC; fdr Oratorio Soc, NY MetropolitanOpera, NY Symphony Soc. • See: E] (subDamrosch).

Damrosch, Walter Johannes

Damrosch, WalterJohannes; b. Breslau,Jan 301862; d. Dec 22 1950.

Honorary degrees. - Conductor, pioneer inconcert broadcasting; fdr NBC MusicAppreciation Hour; with Metropolitan Opera,Oratorio Soc, NY Symphony Soc;autobiography. - See: UJE; E] (subDamrosch); A]YB, 24:130; WWWIA, 3; DAB,4; NITimes, Dec 23 1950,1:2.

Danbaum, Benedict F; b. Omaha, June 271889.

Police inspector then private detective, Omaha;earlier embalmer; active professional assn. ­See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

D'Ancona, Arnold Abraham; b. Brooklyn,Apr291860.

MD U CA. - Physician, San Francisco; memBd of Supervisors; dean U CA med school. ­See: A]YB, 6(1904,-1905):79, 24:130~

D'Ancona, Ezio Levi; b. Mantua, Italy, ca1885; d. Boston, Mar 281941.

To US 1939. - Noted Romance languagelinguist; faculty U Florence, U Naples,Wellesley ColI; prolific author in field. - See:A]YB,43:356.

Daneman, Joseph G; b. Dayton, OH, Sep101880.

Communal worker, Milwaukee; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities, synagog. - See: WWIA],1928.

Dangel, Edward Miron; b. Boston, July 91891.

LLB Boston U. - Lawyer, author, Boston;officer regional Los Angeles Sanitarium & Ex­Patients Home; bd Home for Children; activeprofessional socs. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Daniels, Benjamin; b. NYC, Aug 15 1898;d. NYC, July 3 1957.

Business exec, realtor, NYC; pres A S BeckShoe.· See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 41957, 19:1.

Daniels, Julius; b. Roxbury, MA, June 81895.

Northeastern, Boston U. - Businessman,Boston; with Edison Electric; officer trade soc;active job & industrial development; WWIservice. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Danielson, Jacques; b. Moscow, July 231875; d. Mar 3 1952.

To US 1892. -Moscow Conservatory ofMusic. - Pianist, NYC; faculty NY ColI ofMusic; asst Steinway Hall. - See: WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Mar 4 1952, 27:4.

Danish, Max D; b. Russia, Apr 25 1881; d.NYC,Jan 11-1964.

To US 1900. - Lawyer, labor editor, unionofficial, author; editor ILGWU publication. •See:AJYB, 66:574; NITimes, Jan 121964,92:6.

Dannenbaum, EdWin M; b. Feb 14 1874; d.Philadelphia, Feb 16 1940.

Silk mfr, music patron, Philadelphia. - See:A]YB, 42:477; NYTimes, Feb 18 1940,41:3.

Dannenbaum, Harry M; b. ca 1871; d.Philadelphia, Sep 15 1938.

Businessman, philanthropist, Philadelphia. ­See:A]YB, 41:420;NITimes, Sep 18 1938,44:8.

Dannenbaum, HenryJ; b. Columbia, TX,ca 1871; d. Houston, Aug 23 1940.

State district court judge, civic & communalldr, pioneer Zionist, Houston; pres school bd;chr civil service commn; asst federal atty forprosecution ofMann Act. - See:A]YB, 24:130,43:356.

Dannenbaum, Morris; b. ca 1858; d. May 21939.

Communal worker, Atlantic City. - See: A]YB,41:420.

Dannenbaum, Solomon; b. ca 1841; d. SanFrancisco, July 1933.

Pioneer merchant, San Francisco.- See: A]YB,36:279.

Dannenberg, Joseph; b. NYC, June 281888.

AB CCNY, LLB NY Law. - Lawyer, NYC;pres Mens Club ofJuvenile Service League. ­See: WWIA], 1938.

Dannenberg, Max; b. NYC, ca 1897; d.Brooldyn, June 1960.

MD LI ColI Hospital. - Radiologist, Brooklyn;officer med soc. - See: NITimes, July 1 1960,25:5.

Dannenberg, Oscar Asahel Halevy; b.Brooklyn, Apr 221891; d. Mar 1950.

Yale, LLB NYU. - Lawyer, legislator, sheriff,Bridgeport, CT; counsel Dept of PublicWelfare; WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Mar 91950,29:4.

Dannin, Robert Martin; b. Newport, Feb23 1902.

LLB Boston U. - Lawyer, probate judge,Newport; pres YMHA. - See: WWIA], 1926,1938.

Danovitch, Lewis Julius; b. Boston, Apr 51901.

DMD Harvard. - Dentist, Norwood, MA; dirCommunity Chest; active synagog. - See:WWIA],1938.

Danto, Louis; b. Poland, 1929.Hazzan, US, Toronto, Israel, Soviet Union;spent WWII in Soviet Union. • See: E]:1983­1985.

Dantzig, Berry; b.*; d. Kansas City, Dec 271912.

Communal worker, Kansas City. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):269.

Dantzig, Meyer Michael; b. Yanova, Russia,Jan 91876.

Industrial School ofArt, PA Museum &Academy of Fine Arts, Paris. • Artist, NYc. •See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):79:'80.

Dantzig, Tobias; b. Shavil, Russia, Feb 191884; d. Aug 1956.

To US 1911. - PhD UParisIINU.·

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Mathematician, College Park, MD; facultyColumbia, Johns Hopkins, U MD; author infield; WWI service. - See: UJE;A]YB, 24:130;WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 7;NITimes,Aug 11 1956, 13:6.

Danz, Jessie Mohr (Mrs John Danz); b.Stapleton, Staten Island, Feb 22 1889.

Social welfare ldr, Seattle; officerJewishWelfare Soc, Galland Borne for Aged,Community Fund, Natl Council ofJewishWomen. - See: WWIA], 1938.

Danzer, Charles Saul; b. NYC, June 51895; d.Jan 1950.

MD NYU. - Physician, NYC; faculty NYHomeopathic Med CoIl, Columbia; devisedinstruments, author in field. - See: WWIA],1938; BEGA]; NITimes,Jan 201950,25:2

Danzig, David; b. Grace,MS, Aug 251910;d. NYC, July 13 1969.

Social work admr; specialty: intergrouprelations; faculty Columbia; staffAm JewishCom; consult "White House; author/editor infield. - See:A]YB, 71:603;NITimes,July 141969,35:5.

Danzig, Jesse A cress Dandy); b. ca 1872; d.NYC, Apr 15 1923.

Comedian, NYC. - See:A]YB, 26:154.

Danzig, Nathan; b. ca 1854; d. Akron, OH,Nov 13 1934.

Rabbi, Akron, OH. - See:A]YB, 37:255.

Danzig, P; b.*Cantor, Toledo. - See:A]YB, 7(1905­1906):120.

Danziger, Adolphe; b. Poland, 1864.To US 1883. - Breslau, Berlin, U Bonn. •Rabbi, dentist, lawyer, US consul at Madrid,San Francisco; contributor Jewish press,periodicals. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):80,24:130.

Danziger, Alfred David; b. New Orleans,Sep 201884.

LLB Tulane. - Lawyer, New Orleans; presAssn of Commerce, YMHA. - See: WWIA],1938.

Danziger, Ernst; b. Germany, 1871; d.NYC, 1930.

U Berlin, MD NYU. - Physician, NYC;specialty: research on tuberculosis of larynx;faculty Fordham; author in field. - See: UJE.

Danziger, Frederick Simon; b. NYC, Apr15 1911; d. Nov 15 1980.

BA Harvard, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, NYC;trustee Altro Rehabilitation Services; WWIIservice. - See: WWWIA, 7.

Danziger, George; b. New Orleans, Mar 191887.

Realtor, New Orleans.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Danzis, Max; b. Russia, Feb 12 1874; d. Oct1953.

To US 1889.· MD NYU.• Physician,Newark; an orgr Beth Israel Hospital; officermed socs; author in field, onJews in medicine.

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- See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Oct 22 1953, 29:3.

Danzis, Mordecai; b. Meshirov, Podolia,Apr 161886/1888; d. NYC, Aug 141952.

To US 1905/1907. - Brooklyn ColI ofPhannacy. - Yiddish editor, author, radiocommentator; staff Wahrheit, Jewish DailyJournal, The Day; pres Zionist-Revisionists ofAm,Jewish Writers Club; co-chr NatlJewishCouncil. - See: UJE; AJYB, 55:455; WWIAJ,1928; NYTimes, Aug 16 1952, 16:3.

Da Ponte, Lorenzo (born Emanuele/Jeremiah Conegliano); b. Ceneda, Italy,Mar 10 1749; d. NYC, Aug 171837/1838.

To US 1805.- Librettistfor Mozart, poet,promoter ofItalian culture in US; facultyColumbia; autobiography. • See: JE; UJE; EJ;DAB.

Darman, Arthur I; b. Kurilevitz, Russia,Sep 281890.

To US 1901.- Merchant, mfr, Woonsocket,RI. - See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Darmstadt, Joseph; b.*; d. Richmond, ca1820.

To US ca 1776. - Hessian settler, merchant,prominent Mason, Richmond; a fdr synagog. ­See: EJ; BDEAJ.

Daroff, Joseph Alfred; b. Philadelphia, Dec181899.

Temple U, U PA. - Mens clothing mfr,Philadelphia; active YM-YWHA, Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Daroff, Samuel H; b. Philadelphia, Dec 181899/1900; d. Philadelphia, Feb 14 1967.

Pierce Business ColI. - Mens clothing mfr,communal & civic ldr, Philadelphia; mem PAIndustrial Race Relations Com, PA FairEmployment Practices Com; pres Bd of CityTrusts; bdJewish Welfare Bd,JointDistribution Com; active Am Jewish Cong,synagog, JTS. - See: EJ; AJYB, 69:606;BEOAJ;JTA-DNB, Feb 15 1967;NYTimes,Feb 15 1967,41:1.

Darvas, Lili (Mrs Ferenc Molnar); b.Budapest, Apr 10 1902; d.July 22 1974.

To US 1938. - Actress, Europe, US, NYC;mem Max Reinhardt repertory theatre. - See:EJ; WWWIA,6;NYTimes,July23 1974,40:1.

Dash, Samuel; b. Camden, N], 1925.JD Harvard. _. Lawyer;. faculty Northwestern,Georgetown U; with US Dept of]ustice,Watergate investigation; officer professionalsoc; dir Internatl League for the Rights ofMan. - See: EJ:1972-1983.

Dashefsky, Joseph; b. Russia?, ca 1881; d.Philadelphia, Apr 17 1941.

To US ca 1912. - Noted hazzan, rabbi,Philadelphia. - See:AJYB, 43:357; NYTimes,Apr 18 1941, 21:4.

Dashevsky, Rebecca; b.*; d. Columbia, SC,May 121937.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. - See: AJYB,39:590.

Dashew, Leon; b. Elizabethgrad, Apr 121883; d. Jan 1943.

To NYC 1887. - LLB Brooklyn Law. ­Lawyer, real estate developer, communalworker, NYC, Spring Valley, NY. - See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 11943, 15:1.

Daskal, Benjamin Albert; b. Chicago, July 21894. .

Ordained, D Th Heb Theological ColI. ­Rabbi, Chicago. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dassin, Jules; b. 1911.Film & stage dir, earlier Yiddish actor; Rififi. ­See:EJ.

Dato, Edward Ali; b. Sinjava, Ukraine, Apr71885.

To US 1914. - MD Federal ColI(Switzerland), Sorbonne, EE Northwestern. •Engineer, realtor, Chicago; trustee EdithRockefeller McCormick Trust. - See:WWIAJ,1938.

Datz, A (Abraham) Mark; b. Chrenovka,Russia, Oct 141889; d. Apr 1969.

To NYC 1903. - Cooper Inst, Natl Academyof Design, Beaux Art. - Artist, NYc. - See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 13 1969,88:1.

Daub, \\'dIiam;b.Nidda,Oberhessen,Sep261846.

To US 1866. - Mfr, communal admr, NYC;supt Lebanon Hospital. - See: AJYB, 7(1905­1906):51.

Daube, David; b. Freiburg, Baden, 1909.U Gottingen, Cambridge, Oxford. - Jurist,biblical scholar, authority on Roman law;faculty Oxford U, U CA (Berkeley); author infield. - See: EJ.

Daus, Felix F; b. ca 1855; d. Neponsit, LI,Mar271923.

Inventor, Neponsit, LI. - See:AJYB, 25:138;NYTimes,Mar281923, 19:3.

Dautch, Charles; b. Buffalo, Aug 10 1896.LLB U Buffalo... Lawyer, author, Buffalo;active Jewish Fedn for Social Service. - See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Davenpott, Marcia; b. NYC, 1903.Novelist, biographer, supporter ofCzechoslovakia; fiancee of]an Masaryk. - See:EJ.

David, AbeJ; b. Elizabeth, Aug 211876; d.Roselle, N], Nov 211942.

LLB NY Law. - Lawyer, district court judge,prosecutor ofpleas, Elizabeth; officer Chamberof Commerce; active YM-Y\VHA. - See:AJYB, 45:383; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 22 1942,52:4.

David, David; b. Montreal, Oct 14 1764; d.Montreal, Nov 30 1824.

Banker, Montreal; War of 1812 British armyservice. - See: JE (sub David); BDFAJ.

David, Gershon; b. ca 1828; d. Jackson,OH, Sep 22 1911.

Trustee State Asylum, Athens, OH. - See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):124.

Davidman, Joseph Isaac

David, Gertrude V (Mrs); b. ca 1825; d.NYC, Nov 2 1914.

Communal worker, NYc. - See: AJYB,17(1915-1916):219; NYTimes, Nov 3 1914,11:6.

David, Harry; b. San Francisco, Sep 181888.

Theatre operator, exec, Salt Lake City. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

David, John; b. ca 1870; d. Atlantic City,Nov 15 1937.

Merchant, haberdashery chain proprietor,NYC. - See:AJYB, 40:383; NYTimes, Nov 161937,23:1.

David, Joseph B; b. Louisville, Oct 27 1863;d. Chicago, Feb 17 1938.

Lawyer, chief justice county superior court,Zionist worker, Chicago; speCialty: criminallaw; trustee Federated OrthodoxJewishCharities. - See: UJE; AJYB, 24:131 (subDavis), 40:383; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 19 1938, 15:5.

David, Lazarus; b. Swansea, Wales, 1734; d.Montreal, Oct 221301776.

Merchant; married Phoebe Samuel (1761, RI)... See: JE (sub David); BDEAJ.

David, Leslie C; b. ca 1891; d. Dec 20 1938.Advertiser, civic & communalldr, Kansas City.• See:AJYB, 41:420.

David, Maurice; b. Germany, 1863; d.NYC, 1938.

Numismatist, antiquarian, NYC. - See: UJE.

David, Morris; b. Jania, Greece, 1904; d.NYC, Mar 16 1978.

To US 1908. - Business exec, Sephardiccommunalldr, philanthropist; fdr BelferSchool of Science (Yeshiva U), BrooklynSephardic Home for the Aged. • See: AJYB,80:363; NYTimes, Mar 181978,26:6.

David, Nathan; b. Austria; Mar 17 1885.Wholesale exec, communal worker, Newport;officer Zionist Org ofAm, synagog, UnitedTalmud Torah. - See: WWIAJ,I928.

David, Rebecca Behrend (Mrs); b.*; d.Washington DC, Mar 51939.

Communal worker, pianist, Washington DC."See:AJYB, 41:420.

David, Samuel; b. Montreal, Oct 22 1766;d. Montreal, Jan 3 1824.

Merchant; War of 1812 service. - See: JE (subDavid); BDEAJ.

David, Sigmund \\'dIiam; b. Chicago, Aug161889.

AB,JD U MI. • Lawyer, Chicago; officer AmJewish Cong, Bd of]ewish Education; WWIservice. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

David, Tucker; b. ca 1830; d. NYC.Active Shearith Israel, NYC. - See: JE.

·Davidman, Joseph Isaa,c; b. Galicia, Feb 121887.

To NYC 1893. • BSCCNY, PhD NYU. -

Davidoff, Leo Max

Educator, public school principal, NYC; memFederal Housing Authority for East Side;officer Zionist Council of Greater NY,professional socs; editor AM ORT journal. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Davidoff, Leo Max; b. Talsen, Latvia, Jan16 1898; d. Wivenhal, England, Dec 241975.

To US 1905. • Harvard, MD Harvard, post­grad London, Hamburg; honorary degree. •Neurologist, surgeon, NYC; mem Byrd ArcticExpedition, Hadassah Medical Advisory Bd; afdr, faculty Albert Einstein ColI ofMed;faculty Columbia; author in field. • See: EJ;AJYB, 77:593; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Dec 25 1975,24:5.

Davidoff, Sid; b. Queens,July 181939.CCNY, NYU Law. • Asst Bldg Commr, NYC.• See: NYTimes story, Nov 11 1967.

Davidow, H (Harry) M; b. Troy, Nov 191900; d. Oct 1957.

Dept store exec, Washington DC; active Socfor Crippled Children, Heb Home for Aged. •See: WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Oct 13 1957,86:7.

Davidow, Myer;'b. ca 1872; d. NYC, Oct 81934.

Merchant, communal worker, philanthropist,Scranton. • See:AJYB, 37:255.

Davidowitz, Harry S; b. Shimely, Kovno,Dec 101887.

BS, MA Columbia, JTS, PhD Dropsie.·Rabbi, Cleveland; active Jewish Welfare Fedn,Educational Alliance, United Synagogue ofAm; WWI chaplain. • See:AJYB, 24:131;BEOAJ.

Davidowitz, Herman; b. Szeget, Hungary,ca 1897; d. Florence, Jan 1969.

To US 1921. • Tie mfr, Judaica collector,NYC. • See: NYTimes, Jan 22 1969,47:4.

Davids, Mark; b. Los Angeles, Apr 4 1896;d. Dec 25 1979.

AB Stanford. • Investment banker, LosAngeles; officer professional assn; trustee BoysRepublic; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Davidsohn, Israel; b. Tarnopol, Austria,Apr 201895; d. Dec 3 1979.

To US 1923.· MD UVienna, post-grad UBerlin; honorary degree. • Physician,pathologist, Chicago; faculty U Chicago;officer professional socs; author/editor in field.• See: WWWIA, 7.

Davidson, Aaron; b. Minsk, May 191896.To US 1902. • Newspaperman, NYC; earlierOmaha & SD; managing editor Brewers News;active Am Legion; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Davidson, Arthur Julius; b. Philadelphia,Mar 20 1886.

MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Orthopedicsurgeon, Philadelphia; mem Med Advisory Bd;facultyJefferson Med ColI; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Davidson, Arthur William; b. NYC, Feb 161896.

BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Chemist, StLawrence, KS; faculty U KS; officerprofessional org; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Davidson, Benjamin; b. Russia, Aug 151859; d. Oct 311927.

To US 1911. • Merchant, peddler, realtor,Sioux City. • See: WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA, 1.

Davidson, Carrie Dreyfuss (Mrs IsraelDavidson); b. Brooklyn, Feb 121879; d.NYC, Dec 171953.

Editor, writer, NYC; fdr Natl Womens LeagueUnited Synagogue ofAm; editor Outlook; estDavidson Memorial Library (CCNY);memoirs. • See:AJYB, 56:569; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 19 1953, 15:4.

Davidson, Cecilia R; b. St Louis, 1891?; d.San Diego, Sep 28 1968.

Communal & childrens welfare worker,Childrens Bureau Inspector, NYC,Washington DC; tchr Educational Alliance;active immigrant affairs. • See: AJYB, 70:520.

Davidson, David; b. Lautenburg, Germany,Aug 281848; d. NYC, Feb 281933.

To US 1880. • U Breslau. • Rabbi, DesMoines, Cincinnati, Montgomery, AL, NYC;faculty Heb Union ColI, JTS; dir Soc for theAid ofJewish Prisoners. • See: UJE; AJYB,5(1903-1904):50,35:123; WWIAJ, 1926.

Davidson, David; b. Slutz, Jan 11863; d.before 1938.

To Sioux City 1883. • Merchant, peddler,Sioux City, earlier Sioux Falls, SD. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Davidson, David; b. Warsaw, Sep 231886;d. NYC, June 1961.

To US 1893. • Printer, NYc.. See: WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes,June91961,33:1.

Davidson, David; b. NYC, ca 1908; d. NYC,1985.

CCNY, Columbia Journalism. • Novelist,television scriptwriter, newspaperman; author!instructor in field; WWII service. • See:NYTimes, Nov 4 1985.

Davidson, David W; b. 1905; d. Aug 211979.

Dept store exec, Chicago, Seattle. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Davidson, De Witt A; b. NYC, Oct 171878.

Jewelrymfr, NYC; officer trade assns; trustee2nd Church of Christ Scientist; active WWILiberty Loan, Red Cross. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 6.

Davidson, Dore; b. NYC.Actor, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:131.

Davidson, Gabriel; b. NYC, Jan 23 1879; d.Flushing, NY, Nov 8 1958.

CCNY, LLB NY Law, LLM NYU; honorarydegree. • Lawyer, communal & agricultureexec, NYC; mem State Bureau of Farm

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Information; general mgrJewish AgriculturalSoc; authorllecturer in field. • See: UJE; AJYB,61:416; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Nov 9 1958, 88:6.

Davidson, George; b. Warsaw, May 101889; d. Shelton, CT,June 1965.

To US 1896. • Natl Academy of Design, Italy,France, Greece. • Artist, muralist, NYC; WWIRed Cross service. • See:UJE; 4JYB, 24:131;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,4;NYTimes,June 191965,29:3.

Davidson, Gustav(e); b. Warsaw, Dec 251895; d. Feb 1971.

To NYC 1896. • AB, AM Columbia. • Writer,editor, poet, playwright, NYC; with QuiD,Mirror, This Week in NY; WWI service. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Feb 10 1971,46:4.

Davidson, H; b. ca 1841; d. Stockton, CA,Sep 17 1911.

Rabbi, Stockton, CA.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):124.

Davidson, Harry; b. Philadelphia, 1858; d.NYC, Aug 1924.

Noted wood engraver, critic, Philadelphia;with Vogue.· See:AJYB, 24:131;NYTimes,Aug 121924,11:3.

Davidson, Henry Alexander; b. Newark,May 27 1905; d. Aug 23 1973.

MD Jefferson Med ColI, M Sc U PA. •Physician, psychiatrist, Cedar Grove, NJ; suptEssex County Hospital; officer professionalsocs; author/editor in field; WWII service. •See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Aug 24 1973, 36:2.

Davidson, Irwin Delmore; b. NYC, Jan 31906.

BS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, generalsessions judge, NYC; active Democraticpolitics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes story,Mar 81960.

Davidson, Isidore Meir; b. Lithuania, Aug 21889.

To US 1891. • Columbia, RIETS. • Rabbi,Orthodox community worker, Youngstown,Wilkes-Barre; orgrJewish Consumptive AidAssn. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Davidson, Israel (born Movshovitz); b.Yanova, Lithuania, MaylJuly 271870; d.Great Neck,June 271939.

To US 1888. • BA CCNY, PhD Columbia;honorary degrees. • Heb & Semitic scholar,prison chaplain, NYC; faculty JTS; dir HebOrphan Asylum; author in field. • See: UJE;EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):80, 24:131,41:35-56,420; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; Eisenstadt,31; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NITimes, June 281939,21:3.

Davidson, J Edward; b. Schenectady, Apr191901; d. Apr 211980.

AB Harvard, Harvard Business School. • Retailexec, NYC; with Federated Stores. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Davidson, Jehiel; b. Bobrouisk, Russia.To US 1904. • BS, PhD Cornell.· Research

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chemist, Washington DC; with Dept ofAgriculture; author in field. • See: AJYB,24:131; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.

Davidson, Jo; b. NYC, Mar 30 1883; d.Tours, France,Jan 2/3 1952.

Educational Alliance Art School, Yale, ArtStudents League. • Noted sculptor, US, Paris;autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:131,54:538; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;WWW1A, 3; DAB, 5;NYTimes,]an 3 1952,1:2.

Davidson, Joseph Elias; b. NYC, Aug 131884; d. NYC, Aug 1951.

AB CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, communaleducator, NYC; with RabbiJacob]osephSchool, Educational Alliance; active Legal Aid,synagog, Am]ewish Cong; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 121951,76:6.

Davidson, Kallman M; b. ca 1859;d.Boston, reported July 29 1938.

Physician, communal worker, Boston. • See:AJYB, 41:420.

Davidson, Louis; b. ca 1879; d. Des Moines,Oct 301922.

Philanthropist, Des Moines; officer Chamberof Commerce. • See:AJYB, 25:138.

Davidson, Louis R; b. NYC, Sep 8 1894.NYU, MD Bellevue. • Physician, NYC; withNY Post-Grad Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Davidson, Mary; b. ca 1869; d. Des Moines,Apr 301940.

Communal worker, Des Moines. • See: AJYB,42:478.

Davidson, Maurice P; b. NYC, Sep 14 1879;d.July 161956.

CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, Commr ofWater, Gas & Electricity, communal &political worker, author, NYC; mem StatePower Authority; a fdr Fusion Party; officerprofessional soc; reserve military service. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA};WWWIA,3;NYTimes,]uly171956,23:1.

Davidson, Max David; b. Newark, Mar 81899; d. Perth Amboy, Sep 1977.

AB NYU, MA Rutgers, PhD, PhD Columbia,ordained]TS.· Rabbi, drama critic, PerthAmboy; pres Rabbincial Assembly, SynagogueCouncil ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 111977,36:4.

Davidson, Mendel; b.*; d. Plainfield, NJ,July 3 1940.

Rabbi, Plainfield, NJ. • See:AJYB, 43:357.

Davidson, Morris; b. Russia, May 15 1876.Exec, banker, Stockton, CA.· See: WWIAJ,1938.

Davidson, Morris; b. Rochester, NY, Dec161898. .

Baltimore City ColI, MD Inst of Design,Chicago Art Inst, Europe. • Artist, NYC;author/tchr in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,1926,1928.

Davidson, Philip; b.*; d.June 3 1978.

Business exec, philanthropist, NYC; officerUnited]ewish Appeal-Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; benefactor Israel EducationFund, Metropolitan Geriatric Center; bdHampshire House, Hospital for]oint Diseases;trustee Woodmere Academy. • See: AJYB,80:363; NYTimes, June 13 1978, IV 19:3.

Davidson, Rita Charmatz (Mrs David SDavidson); b. Brooklyn, Sep 1 1928; d.1985.

BA Goucher, LLB Yale; honorary degree. •Lawyer, state special appeals & court ofappeals judge, MD; commr MD Park Commn;chr Government Commn on Jobs for Veterans.• See: WWWIA, 8.

Davidson, Saul; b. Kalvarea, Lithuania, Dec15 1862/1863.

To US 1881. • Furniture dealer, Des Moines;active philanthropy. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Davidson, Sidney; b. Minsk, Feb 17 1894; d.Lawrence, NY, Aug 8 1965.

To NYC 1905. • Ladies underwear mfr, NYC;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, IsraelBonds; WWI service. • See:AJYB, 67:533;WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 10 1965,29:3.

Davidson, Sol Charles; b. NYC, Sep 3 1887.MD Albany Med ColI. • Radiologist,Rochester, NY; faculty U Rochester; officerprofessional soc; bdJewish Welfare Council;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

David-Weill, Pierre Sylvain Desire Gerard;b. Paris, May 71900; d.Jan 1975.

Banker, NYC, Paris; with Lazard Freres;WWII French army service. • See: WWW1A,6.

Davies, J Clarence; b. NYC, Nov 27 1868;d. NYC, Apr 12 1934.

CCNY. • Real estate developer, bldr,philanthropist, NYC; an orgr NY Real EstateBd, Bronx Bd ofTrade; benefactor MuseumCity of NY. • See: UJE; AJYB, 36:279;WWIAJ, 1926.

Davis, AM; b. NYC, 1883; d. Nov 13 1971.AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYc. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Nov 161971,48:3.

Davis, Abel; b. Chicago, Dec 261874; d.Chicago, Jan 7 1937.

LLB Northwestern; honorary degree. • ILNat! Guard Brigadier-General, lawyer,legislator, public servant, Chicago; memPlanning Commn; active Republican politics;Spanish-Am War, Mexican border & WWIservice.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:131, 39:590;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1;NYTimes,Jan81937,19:3. '

Davis, Abraham N; b. NYC, ca 1892; d.Harrison, NY, Oct 1966.

NY Law. • Lawyer, public servant, exec deputysecy of state, NYC; active Republican politics,professional assn, Henry Street Settlement. •See: NYTimes, Oct 27 1966, 47:2.

Davis, Adolph Morris; b. Cincinnati, Mar22 1892.

Davis, Goodman Richard

Tech ColI (Cincinnati), BA U Cincinnati. •Businessman, realtor, insurance broker,communalldr, Sioux City; pres Jewish SocialService; officer Zionist Org ofAm; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Davis, Allan; b. Pittsburgh, Mar 4 1885; d.Pittsburgh, Jan 1 1929.

AB Harvard, Harvard Law, LLB U Pittsburgh.• Lawyer, playwright, social worker; presMenorah Soc, Zionist Soc; active synagog,Jewish Home for Babies, Heb Inst, Am JewishCong.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:131, 31:92;WWIAJ,1928.

Davis, Alvin; b. NYC, ca 1926; d. BrooklynHgts, Mar 1982.

U Paris, BS Columbia, Harvard. • Newspapereditor, broadcast journalist, NYC; with NYPost, NYTimes; WWII service. • See: NYTimes,Apr 11982.

Davis, Barnett; b.*; d. Pittsburgh, Sep 281913.

Businessman, communal worker, Pittsburgh. •See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):162.

Davis, Benjamin Bernard; b. Vesae,Lithuania (Am parents), June 281902; d.Dec261977.

U CO, PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer,Chicago.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.

Davis, Bernard George; b. Pittsburgh, Dec111906; d. Seoul, Aug 271972.

U PA, Columbia, BS U Pittsburgh. •Publisher, educator, NYC, Palm Beach;publisher Ellery Queen Magazine; officer tradeassn. • See: WWW1A, 5; NYTimes, Aug 291972,37:1.

Davis, Bette.(Ruth Elizabeth Davis); b.Lowell, MA, Apr 5 1908.

Actress, Oscar winner, Hollywood, CA. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Davis, Daniel Louis; b. Baltimore, Aug 221903; d. Ghent, NY,Jan 311974.

AB Johns Hopkins, ordained Heb Union ColI,post-grad U Chicago, U MI; honorary degree.• Rabbi, author, Lancaster, PA; dir WelfareFedn, Municipal Ownership League, NY Fednof Reform Synagogues.· See:A]YB, 76:513;WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 2 1974,32:5.

Davis, David P; b. Lexington, KY, Feb 81877.

Civic worker, Frankfort, KY; bd Normal &Industrial Inst, Chamber of Commerce; activeorganizing 1st religious school. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Davis, Haim Iddell; b. Kovno, July 211865;d. Chicago, Apr 12 1938.

MD (no place given). • Psychiatrist, Chicago;faculty U IL. • See: AJYB, 40:383; WWIAJ,1938.

Davis, Goodman Richard; b. NYC, June 271876; d. NYC, Apr 1962.

CCNY. • Bldr, realtor, NYC; specialty:hospitals, model tenements; officerConvalescent Home for Heb Children, Loeb

Davis, Harold I

Convalescent Home, Real Estate Bd. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Apr 81962,86:4.

Davis, Harold I; b. Erie, Feb 15 1893.Realtor, insurance broker, Tacoma; officersynagog; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Davis, Harry Benjamin; b. NYC, Aug 211872; d. before 1938.

Columbia, NY Law. • Lawyer, realtor, exec,NYC.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Davis, Harry William; b. Periaslav, Russia,May 101890. .

To Duluth 1904. • LLB U MN. • Lawyer,Duluth, St Paul; pres UnitedJewish SocialAgencies; officer Am Legion, synagog; activeZionist; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928.

Davis, Irving Kaye; b. RumanialNYC?,1900; d. NYC, Nov 1965.

To NYC as infant. • PlayWright, press agent,reporter, NYC. • See: BEOA]; NITimes, Nov91965,43:3.

Davis, Isidore Leonard; b. Poland, Dec 221899.

To US 1906.· DDS CO ColI, post-gradNorthwestern.· Dentist, communal worker,Cheyenne; officer B'nai B'rith, med soc; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Davis, Jack; b. NYC, Oct 21 1904; d. NYC,May 1969.

LLB NYU, post-grad Cornell, CCNY. •Lawyer, realtor, NYC, Washington DC;counsel Natl Recovery Adm, Senate com; chiefasst sergeant-at-arms Democratic NatlConvention; active synagog. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, May 291969,39:4.

Davis, Jacob L; b. ca 1869; d. Buffalo, Sep15 1937.

Merchant, communal worker, civic ldr,Buffalo. • See:A]YB, 40:383.

Davis, James; b. Kovno, May 7 1869/1871;d. Palm Beach, Mar 7 1943.

To US 1891. • Merchant, communal & civicworker, Chicago; a fdr, pres Fedn of OrthodoxJewish Charities; active Jewish Peoples Inst,AmJewish Com, Bd ofJewish Education,Jewish WelfareBd.· See:A]YB, 24:131,45:383.

Davis, Jeanette Isaacs (Mrs BenjaminDavis); b. NYC, Nov 1 1857; d. Chicago,Mar 20 1943.

Jersey City Normal School. • Tchr, communalldr & admr, Jersey City then Chicago; natlofficer Womens League United Synagogue ofAm; officer Am Jewish Cong; dir Heb Inst,OrthodoxJewish Home. for Aged; activeHadassah.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):51,45:383; WWIA], 1938.

Davis, Julius E; b. Minneapolis, Apr 211912; d. Mar 161979.

BS, JD U MN. • Lawyer, Minneapolis; pres UMN Found; trustee Friends ofMrican Art;wwn service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Davis, Lawrence Bowen; b. Indianapolis,Aug 161879; d. Indianapolis, Aug 141946.

Butler, LLB IN Law School. • Lawyer,Indianapolis; pres bar assn. • See: A]YB,49:609; WWIA], 1926, 1938.

Davis, Leah H (Mrs); b. ca 1880; d. SanFrancisco, Oct 91930.

Fdr, Gold Star Mothers Assn, San Francisco. •See:A]YB,33:125.

Davis, Lewis; b. Worcester, May 15 1889.BS Worcester Polytech, MS MIT. •Consulting chemist, bacteriologist, Worcester;active synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Davis, Lillian S; b.*; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 191939.

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

Davis, Louis; b. ca 1853; d. NYC, July 301935.

Real estate exec, communal worker, NYc. •See:A]YB,38:426.

Davis, Louis J; b.*; d. Syracuse, May 171938.

Communal worker, Syracuse. • See: A]YB,40:383.

Davis, M (Morris) Edward; b. Cheyenne/Poland, Oct27 1899; d. Feb 61978.

U CO, BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI,post-grad Berlin, Vienna. • Noted obstetrician,gynecologist, Chicago; specialty: fertility;faculty U Chicago; officer professional assns;author/editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWL4, 7.

Davis, Meyer; b. Ellicott City, MD,Jan 101893; d. Apr 51976.

George Washington U Law. • Musician,orchestra ldr, conductor, NYC; with MeyerDavis Orchestra. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWL4, 7; NYTimes, Apr 6 1976,38:1.

Davis, Michael Marks; b. NYC, Nov 191879; d. Aug 191971.

AB, PhD Columbia; honorary degree. • Medadmr, consult, NYC, Chicago, Chevy Chase,MD; with Rosenwald Fund; author in field. •See: WWWL4, 5; NYTimes, Aug 27 1971,36:1.

Davis, Morton I; b. NYC, Feb 22 1892; d.Dec 1955. .

CPA, NYC; bd Beth Israel Hospital. til See:BEGA]; NYTimes, Dec 16 1955,29:2.

Davis, Moshe; b. Brooklyn, 1916.Ordained JTS, PhD Heb U. • Historian ofAmJewish life, NYC, Israel; dean, provostJTSTchrs; fdr Com on Manpower Opportunities(Israel); author in field. • See: E].

Davis, Mrs Simon; b. ca 1847; d. Seattle,Jan 261935.

Communal worker, Seattle. • See: A]YB,37:255.

Davis, Nathaniel A; b. Brazil; d. LosAngeles, Apr 6 1945.

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Physician, peace advocate; exec chr Am Comto Aid Korean Refugees in China; orgr LosAngeles school of foreign service. • See: A]YB,47:520.

Davis,. Philip; b. Moteleh, Russia, June 121876; d. Boston, Nov 1951.

To US 1890. • Hull House, Lewis Inst,UChicago, AB Harvard, LLB Boston U. •Lawyer, pioneer in documentary filmaking,educational & industrial movie producer, socialwork admr, author, Boston; natl orgr ILGWU;officer trade socs; dir Community PictureBureau; supervisor Boston Newsboys Republicand Newsboys Court. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NITimes,Nov 211951,25:3.

Davis, Sadie Gertrude (Mrs Jack Davis); b.Providence, Nov 261885.

Business school. • Communal & civic worker,Providence; officer Ladies MontefioreBenevolent Assn, New England Dispensary,Natl Council ofJewish Women.· See:WWIA],1938.

Davis, Sam; b. Toledo, June 271883; d.Toledo, Oct 241945.

Realtor, coal merchant, civic & communalworker, Toledo; dir Public Health Assn, JewishFedn, Salvation Army, Boy Scouts. • See:A]YB, 48:486; WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Davis, SammyJr; b. ca1927.Entertainer, convert to Judaism; activeNAACP. • See: NYTimes stories, Apr 13 1966,Apr 2 1971.

Davis, Sydney; b. Orange, NJ, Nov 4 1882;d. West Orange, NJ, 195911960.

BS U PA. til Consulting chemist, realtor, WestOrange, NJ; earlier with NYC Health Dept;faculty Pratt Inst; editor The Catalyst; activeBoy Scouts; WWI service.· See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Jan 2 1960, 13:5.

Davis, Tobe Coller; b. Milwaukee; d. Dec251962.

Downer ColI. • Merchandise & fashionconsult, NYC; fdr Fashion Reports; consultOffice of Quartermaster General. '. See:WWWL4, 4; NITimes (strike summary), Apr 11963,35:4.

Davison, Charles; b. Moinesti, Rumania,Apr 181891.

To US 1909. • BS, MD U Pittsburgh. •Psychiatrist, neuropathologist, neurologist,Pittsburgh, NYC; officer professional assn;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEGA].

Dawidowicz, Lucy; b. NYC, 1915.Yiddish Inst. • Historian of Holocaust, author;faculty Yeshiva U; with Yiddish Inst, JointDistribution Com, Am Jewish Com. • See:E]:1983-1985.

Dawidowicz, Szymon M; b. Mlawa, Poland,July 291895; d. NYC,June 11979.

To US 1941. • Yiddish editor, printer; memJewish Socialist Bund; with Yiddish Inst;known for raising publication standards. • See:A]YB, 81:365.

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Dazian, Henry; b. ca 1854; d. Miami Beach,May41937.

Stage costumer, philanthropist, NYC. • See:AJYB, 39:590; NYTimes, May 5 1937,25:1.

Dean, Vera Micheles (Mrs William JDean); b. St Petersburg, Mar 291903; d.NYC, Oct 10 1972.

To US 1919. • BA Radcliffe, AM Yale, MDRadcliffe. • Internatl affairs specialist, editor,author; with Foreign Policy Assn; facultyNYU; advocate of collective security. • See:NAW:modern; NYTimes, Oct 12 1972, 50:1.

D~Bear, Israel; b. ca 1832; d. NYC, May 51913.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,15(1913-1914):269.

DeBeer, Anna Boochever (Mrs Frederick SDeBeer); b. Brooklyn, Apr 23 1892.

AB NY State ColI ofTchrs. it Social welfareworker, Albany, NY; with Council of SocialAgencies, Bd of Education, State Bureau ofEmployment; active synagog, Natl Council ofJewish Women.· See: BEGAJ.

Debrest, Harold; b. Brest-Litovsk, Nov 251883/1884.

JTS, NYU Law. • Communal social worker,journaJist, poet, biographer, NYC; withEducational Alliance, Jewish School ofPhilanthropy, Jewish Forum, Jewish Tribune,NY Post; fdr InternatlJewish Cong, Kehillah. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.

De Casseres, Benjamin; b. Philadelphia,Apr 3 1873; d. NYC, Dec 61945.

Author, poet, essayist, screenwriter, critic,columnist, NYC; book reviewer NY Sun,NYTimes, Bookman. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:131,48:486; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;WWWlA, 2; NYTimes, Dec 7 1945,22:2.

De Castro, Adolphe Danziger; b. Poland,Nov 101866.

To US ca 1883. • Author, poet, NYC; editorAI (Chicago), News Letter (San Francisco);active Republican politics, support ofTRoosevelt. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928.

De Castro, Morris; b. Panama, Feb 51902;d. Christiansted, Virgin Islands, Dec 91966.

(;overnor,merchant, StThomas, VirginIslands.· See: WWWIA, 4;JTA-DNB, Dec 121966.

Decker, Adolf; b.*; d. Chicago, Nov 201915.

Chess expert, physician, Chicago. • See: AJYB,18(1916-1917):106.

Decker, Alfred; b. Kirchheimbolanden,Bavaria, Nov 2 1871; d.July 1948.

To Chicago 1886. • Clothing mfr, civic &communal worker, Chicago; officer CrimeCommn; dir Arts in Industries Assn, JewishPeoples Inst. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;BEGAJ; NITimes, July 241948, 15:4.

De Cordova, Alfred; b.Jamaica, WestIndies, 1848; d. NYC, Apr 1907.

To NYC as youth. • Banker, sportsman,philanthropist; governor NY Stock Exchange.• See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 7 1907,9:6.

De Cordova, Jacob; b. Spanish Town,Jamaica, 1808; d. 1868.

TX pioneer, railroad bldr, legislator, publlsher,earlier Philadelphia; fdr TX Land Agencies;co-publisher IXHerald. • See: UJE; EJ.

De Cordova, Phineas (Phinehas); b.Philadelphia, 1819;d. 1903.

Author, TX publicist; co-publisher IXHerald.• See: UJE (sub De Cordova, Jacob).

. Decter, Jacob; b. Bessarabia, ca 1884; d.Philadelphia, Nov11 1946.

To US 1913. • Rabbi, Pittsburgh,Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 49:609; NYTimes,Nov 13 1946,27:5.

De Ford, Francis Allen (Mrs Moses DeFord); b. ca 1856; d. Philadelphia, Jan 91937.

MD Womens Med ColI. • Pioneer womanphysician, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 39:590;NYTimes, Jan 10 1937, II J 0:8.

De Ford, Miriam Allen; b. Philadelphia,Aug 211888; d. Mar 22 1975.

Wellesley ColI, AB Temple U, post-grad UPA. • Author, biographer, noveli~t, poet, SanFrancisco; with Federated Press. • See:WWWlA,6.

De Haas, Jacob Judah Aaron; b. London,Aug 13 1872; d. NYC, Mar 211937.

To NYC 1902. • Zionist ldr, journalist, author,assoc of Herzl; introduced Brandeis toZionism; editor London Jewish World, TheMaccabean, Boston Jewish Advocate; a fdrZionist Org ofAm, Am Jewish Cong; exec secyFedn of Am Zionists, Zionist ProvisionalEmergency Com. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,6(1904-1905):80-81,24:131,39:590;Eisenstadt, 32; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEGAJ;WWWlA, 4; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Mar 22 1937,23:4.

Deiches, August; b. ca 1851; d. Norfolk,May 201911.

Communal worker, Norfolk.· See:AJYB,13(1911-1912):138.

Deiches, Maurice; b. NYC, ca 1882; d.NYC, Feb 15 1938.

U MI. • Lawyer, NYC; mem Bd of Education;referee State Insurance Dept; activeprofessional soc, Democratic politics,educational affairs. • See:AJYB, 40:383;NYTimes, Feb 16 1938,21:1.

Deiches, William; b. ca 1843; d. Baltimore,May241916.

Communal worker, Baltimore. • See: AJYB,19(1916-1917):106.

Deinard, Amos Spencer; b. Terre Haute,Mar 10 1898.

BA, LLB U MN, JSD Harvard. • Lawyer,communalldr, Minneapolis; natl council JointDistribution Com; pres Fedn ofJewishServices; active Zionist Org ofAm, B'naiB'rith, Commn on Financing ofNatl &

De Lamar,]oseph Raphael

InternatlJewish Agencies. • See: WWIAJ,1928,1938; BEGAJ.

Deinard, Benedict Spinoza; b. TerreHaute, Oct 20 1899.

AB, LLB U MN, JSD Harvard. • Lawyer,Minneapolis; bdJewish Shelter Home forChildren.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Deinard, Ephraim; b. Shossmaken,Kurland, May 151846; d.June 241930.

To US 1888.· Traveler, bibliophile, Hebauthor, publisher, historian, collector ofHebraica; fdr NY agricultural settlement; orgrHeb collectionsof Libraryof Cong, numerousuniversity Heb libraries; publisher Ha­Le'ummi; orgr emigration from Odessa toPalestine. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904­1905):81,24:131,32:153; PAJHS, 34:149-63;Eisenstadt, 31.

Deinard, Samuel N; b. Rossein, Russia, Jan25 1872; d. Minneapolis, Oct 211921.

Jerusalem, Cologne, BA U PA, MA De Pauw,U Chicago. • Rabbi, Minneapolis; faculty UMN.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):50,24:101.

Deitchman, Louis S; b. ca 1894; d.Youngstown, Sep 4 1946.

Otolaryngologist, Oakland, CA; WWIIservice. • See: AJYB, 49:609; NYTimes, Sep 6·1946,21:1.

Deitsch, Peter H; b. NYC?, ca 1925; d.Munich, June 1970.

Haverford, MA Columbia. • Art dealer,authority on contemporary prints. • See:NYTimes, June 11 1970, 45:3.

Dejong, Max; b. Ensche de Holland, Mar281870.

Civic & communal worker, Evansville, IN;officer United]ewish Campaign, synagog,cemetery; dir Chamber of Commerce. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Dejonge, Minnie; b. NYC, June 141860.Communal worker, pianist, Newark; cifficerHeb Ladies Sewing Circle, Heb LadiesImmediate Relief Soc, Daughters of Rebekah.• See: AJYB, 7(1905-1906):51-52.

De Jur, Harry; b. 1893; d. London, June 111971.

Business exec, philanthropist; benefactor HebU, Technion; active Henry Street Settlement.• See:AJYB, 73:630; NYTimes, June 121971,32:4.

Dekel, Alex S; b. Cluj, Rumania, July 161930; d. NYC, June 19 1983.

To US 1963. • Communal worker, Auschwitzsurvivor, media consult, author; social workerHeb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: AJYB, 85:414.

De Koven, Bernard; b. Russia, July 3 1877;d.Aug 1940.

MD Columbia, Cornell. • Pediatrician,Chicago; bd Heb Theological ColI; activeZionist Org ofAm, synagog. • See: BEGAJ;NY!imes, Aug 12 1940, 15:2.

De Lamar, Joseph Raphael; b. Amsterdam,Sep 21843; d. NYC, Dec 11918.

De La Motta, Jacob

Capitalist, ship contractor, mine owner, IDterritorial legislator; then business exec, NYC;benefactor universities. • See: DAB; NYTimes,Dec2 1918, 13:4.

De La Motta, Jacob; b. Savannah, Feb 241789; d. Feb 13 1845.

MD UPA. • Physician, asst Commr of Health,Charleston, SC, Savannah; officer med soc;active Mason, \Vhig politics, opponentReform, synagog; author in field; War of 1812service.· See: EJ; PAJHS, 52:200-19.

Del Banco, Miriam; b. New Orleans, June271867.

State Normal School (MO). • Author, poet,public school tchr & principal, translator,Chicago. • See: JE.

De Lee, Joseph Bolivar; b. Cold Springs,NY, Oct 28 1869; d. Chicago, Apr 21942.

CCNY, MD Northwestern, post-grad Vienna,Paris, Berlin; honorary degree. • Notedobstetrician, gynecologist, instrument designer,proponent of asepsis, noted tchr, Chicago; fdrLying-In Hospital; faculty Northwestern, UChicago; author in field. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,24:131,44:336; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAB; NYTimes, Apr 31942,21:1.

De Leon, Abraham; b. Charleston, SC, July16 1790; d. Charleston, SC, Nov 121847.

Physican, army surgeon, Masonic ldr,Charleston & Camden, SCi War of 1812service. • See: UJE; BDEAJ.

De Leon, Daniel; b. Cura~o, Dec 141852;d. NYC, May 111914.

To US ca 1874. • LLB Columbia. • Socialistldr, author, NYC; editor The People; fdrSocialist Trade & Labor Alliance, IndustrialWorkers of the World. • See: UJE; EJ; A]HQ,65:245-56; Fink, 75-76; WWWIA, 1; DAB;NYTimes, May 12 1914, 11:5.

De Leon, David Camden; b. Camden, SC,1813/1816; d. Santa Fe, Sep 3 1872.

MD U PA. • Surgeon, physician, "fightingdoctor"; author in field; surgeon generalConfederate Army, Seminole & Mexican Warservice. • See: JE; UJE; E] (sub De Leon).

De Leon, Edwin; b. Charleston, SC, 1818/1828; d. NYC, 1891.

SC ColI. • Journalist, diplomat, author; editorSavannah Republican, Southern Press(Washington DC); helped install first EgyptianBell Telephone system; active Confederateagent; memoirs. • See: JE; UJE; EJ (sub DeLeon).

De Leon, Edwin Warren; b. Charleston,SC, Aug 6 1868; d. 1918.

AB Randolph-Mason, LLB Columbia. •Insurance exec; pres Casualty Co ofAm;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 1.

De Leon, Jacob; b. Kingston, Jamaica, Sep7 1764; d. Columbia, SC, Sep 29 1828.

Revolutionary soldier, commn merchant,

Charleston & Columbus, SCi ldr Mason. •See: UJE; BDEAJ.

De Leon, Mordecai H; b. 1791; d. 1848.Physician. • See: E] (sub De Leon).

De Leon, Perry M; b. 1841; d. 1922.Civil War Confederate veteran, familyhistorian.· See: PAJHS, 50:332-34.

De Leon, Thomas Cooper; b. Columbia,SC, May 211839; d. Mobile, Mar 191914.

Georgetown U. • Journalist, author, editor,playwright, translator, Mobile; managingeditor Mobile Registrar; mgr Mobile Theatre;orgr Mobile Mardi Gras carnival; Civil WarConfederate service. • See: JE; UJE; EJ (subDe Leon); WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Mar201914,11:4.

Delieben, Israel; b. Prague, 1740; d.Charleston, SC,Jan 281807.

To Am 1770. • Merchant, shohet,Northumberland, PA, Philadelphia, Savannah;active synagog; Revolutionary War service. •See:BDEAJ.

Delman, Herman B; b. Portersville, CA, ca1895; d. NYC, Oct 1955.

Merchant, noted shoe designer, NYC, London;owner racing stable; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 13 1955,31:6.

Del Mar, Alexander; b. NYC, Aug 9 1836;d. Little Falls, NJ,July 11926.

Madrid School ofMines. • Mining engineer,journalist, economist, historian, author,government consult, NYC; dir Bureau ofStatistics. • See: A]YB, 24:131; DAB.

Del Mar, Algernon; b. NYC, 1870.Mining engineer, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,'24:132.

Del Monte, Abraham; b. NYC, Sep 191886.

Hat mfr, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1928; BEOAl

De Lucena, Abraham Haim; b.*; d. 1725.Merchant, rabbi, NYC; benefactor bldg ofTrinity Church steeple. • See: EJ (subDeLucena); BDEA].

De Lucena, Samuel; b. NYC?, 1711.Freeman, NYC; broker, Philadelphia;benefactor Mikveh Israel. • See: EJ (sub DeLucena); BDEA].

Demask, Emil; b. Vienna, 1880; d.Brooklyn, Oct 3 1941.

To US 1938. • Lawyer, exec; exec seeyAlexander Kohut Memorial Found; special asstresearcher Jewish Division (NY PublicLibrary). • See:AJYB, 44:336; NYTimes, Oct 41941,15:6.

Dembitz, Arthur Aaron (pseud=UncleArthur, others); b. Louisville, Feb 241870; d.June 1940.

BAJohns Hopkins.· Communal tchr &journalist, Heb tchr, Philadelphia; facultyGratz; editorial staffAm Heb. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):81; NYTimes, June 27 1940,23:3.

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Dembitz, Henry; b. ca 1854; d. Cleveland,Feb 181923.

War veteran, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 25:138.

Dembitz, Lewis Naphtali; b. Zirke, Posen,Feb 3 1833; d. Mar 111907.

Honorary degree. • Lawyer, scholar,communal & civic ldr, author, Louisville;helped estJTS; officer OrthodoxJewishCongregational Union ofAm; exec bd UnionofAm Heb Congregations; active Republicanpolitics, public service; memoirs. • See: JE;UJE;E];AJYB, 6(1904-1905):81-82,9(1907­1908):505; WWWIA, 1.

Dembitzer, Paul (pesach, Pavel); b.Cracow, 1889; d. NYC, Mar 26 1937.

Yiddish journalist, labor ldr; a fdr JewishSocialist Democratic Party (Galicia); asst editorGerechtigkeit (ILGWU Yiddish organ);contributor Forward. • See: UJE; AJYB,39:590.

Demblin, Benjamin (born BenjaminJosephTeitelbaum); b. DemblinlModzitz,Poland, Sep 13 1897; d. Miami Beach,Jan 271976.

To US 1921. • Yiddish novelist, communalworker; staffUnited Jewish Appeal,JointDistribution Com. • See: EJ; AJYB, 78:539;NYTimes, Jan 301976,32:2.

Dembo, Leon H; b. 1895; d.July 121973.MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Physician,pediatrician, Cleveland; faculty WesternReserve. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Dembow, SamJr; b. NYC, Jan 41890.Theatre owner, exec, NYC; pres Marks BrosTheatres; general mgr Nat! Screen Service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

De Menasce, Jacques; b. Bad Ischl, Austria,Aug 191905; d. Switzerland, Jan 1960.

To US 1941. • Concert pianist, composer. •See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Feb 1 1960,27:3.

Denburg, HarryL; b. US, 1897; d. WestOrange, NJ, Nov 14 1980.

Businessman, communalldr; fdr PrintingIndustries ofNJ trade assn, Jewish News (NJ);active trade assns, against anti-Semitism atRutgers. • See:AJYB, 82:365.

Denebeim, Louis; b. ca 1859; d. KansasCity, Dec 141938.

Merchant, communal worker, Kansas City. •See:AJYB, 41:421.

Denhoff, Eric; b. Brooldyn, June 51913.BS, MD U VT; honorary degree. • Pediatricneurologist, Providence; faculty Brown; meddir Meeting Street School, ChildrensRehabilitation Center; author/editor in field. •See: WWWIA, 8.

De Porte, Joseph Vital; b. Korop,Chernigov, Jan 1 1889/1892; d. Aug'1969.

To US 1906. • AB U OK, MA Princeton, PhDColumbia. • Statistician, Albany, NY; withState Bd of Health; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Aug 171969,81:1.

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Deren, Maya (born Derenkowsky); b. Kiev,~r29 1917; d. Queens, Oct 13 1961.

L'Ecole Internationale (Geneva), AB NYU,New School, AM Smith.· Avant-garde filmmaker, author, Los Angeles, NYC; "At Land."• See: NAW:modern; NYTimes, Oct 14 1961,23:4.

Derkeim, Myer; b. Germany, ca 1748; d.Philadelphia, Aug 2 1818.

Petty merchant, itinerant circumciser,Richmond, Charleston, SC, Philadelphia. •See:BDEAJ·

De Roy, Aaron; b. ca 1881; d. Hartsville,SC, Mar 11935.

Leading automobile dealer, philanthropicworker, Detroit. • See:A]YB, 37:255.

De Roy, Israel; b. ca 1846; d. Pittsburgh,Dec61935.

Chain store fdr, diamond cutter, Pittsburgh. •See:A]YB; 38:427.

Desatnek, Elias (Elis) B; b. Tulchin, Russia,Mar 15 1886; d. Brooklyn, Oct 181946.

To US 1899. • Businessman, realtor, exec,Brooklyn; a fdr, pres Daughters ofZion HebDay & Night Nursery, Pride ofJudea OrphansHome; dir Heb Benevolent Loan Soc. • See:A]YB, 49:609-10; WWIA], 1926,1928;NYTimes, Oct 20 1946,60:2.

Desbecker, Louis E; b. Buffalo, Apr 2 1871.AB Harvard, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, corpcounsel, Buffalo; active Democratic politics. •See: WWIA], 1926.

De Sola, Abraham; b. London, 1825; d.NYC, 1882.

To Canada 1847.· Honorary degree. • Rabbi,Orientalist, opponent of Reform, author; presNatural History Soc; delivered openinginvocation US Congo • See: UJE (sub De Sola);E].

De Sola, Clarence Isaac; b. Montreal, Aug15 1859; d. Boston, May 101920.

McGill. • Architect, Canadian cOIIllI1unalldr,Zionist, Montreal; pres Canadian Council ofZionist Orgs. • See: UJE (sub De Sola); E](sub De Sola); PA]HS, 28:269-72.

De Sola, Meldola (Aaron David Meldola deSola); b. Montreal, 1853; d. NYC, 1918.

Rabbi, outspoken opponent of Reform,Montreal; an orgr, officer Union of OrthodoxCongregations. • See: UJE (sub De Sola); E](sub De Sola).

De Sola Pool, David; see Pool, David DeSola.

De Sola Pool, Tamar; see Pool, Tamar DeSola.

Dessar, Leo Charles; b. Cincinnati, 1847; d.NYC, 1924.

Columbia law. • Lawyer, legislator, municipaljudge, author, NYC; active opponent TweedRing; Civil War Union drummerboy.· See:UJE; WWWIA, 5.

Dessar, Louis Paul; b. Indianapolis, Jan 221867; d. Feb 1952.

CCNY, Natl Academy ofDesign, Beaux Arts(Paris). • Artist, Old Lyme, CT. • See: A]YB,24:132; WWWIA,3; NYTimes, Feb 16 1952,13:1.

Dessau, S Henry; b. ca 1848; d. NewRochelle, June 1921.

Physician, Civil War veteran, New Rochelle. •See:A]YB, 24:101; NYTimes, June 121921,22:2.

Deutelbaum, Leopold; b. Kotteso,Hungary, Sep 23 1863.

Jewish Tchrs Seminary (Budapest, Milwaukee).• Communal childrens worker; with ChicagoHome for Jewish Orphans, Jewish OrphanAsylum (Cleveland).· See:A]YB, 7(1905­1906):52.

Deutsch, Adolph; b. Budapest, Oct 251881.

AB U Budapest. • Banker, Detroit. • See:WWWIA.,6.

Deutsch, Albert; b. NYC, Oct 23 1905; d.Horsham, England, June 18 1961.

Author, journalist, pioneer in reporting mentalhealth problems. • See: A]YB, 63:559;WWWIA.,4;NYTimes,June 191961,27:4.

Deutsch, Babette (Mrs AvramYarmolinsky); b. NYC, Sep 22 1895; d.NYC, Nov 13 1982.

AB Barnard; honorary degree. • Poet,translator, author, editor, novelist, NYC;lecturer New School, Columbia; honoraryconsult Library of Congo • See: UJE; E];WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 8;NYTimes, Nov 15 1982.

Deutsch, Bernard Seymour; b. Baltimore,Sep 25 1884; d. NYC, Nov 211935.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, natl communalldr,public servant, NYC; mem State MunicipalCourt Commn; pres Bd ofAldermen, AmJewish Cong; officer bar assns. • See: UJE; E]iA]YB, 38:427; WWIA], 1928; BEOA];WWWIA, I;NYTimes, Nov 22 1935,1:8.

Deutsch, Boris; b. Lithuania, June 4 1892.Bloom Academy (Riga), Germany. • Painter,NYc. • See: BEOAJ.

Deutsch, Eberhard Paul; b. Cincinnati, Oct311897; d. New Orleans,Jan 17 1980.

Tulane; honorary degree. • Lawyer, internatllaw authority, New Orleans; officer law socs;active recreating Austria after WWII; author/editor in field; WWI & WWII service. • See:WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Jan 181980.

Deutsch, Felix; b. Vienna, 1884; d. 1964.To US 1935.· UVienna. • Psychiatrist, assocof Freud; specialty: psychosomatic med; a fdrVienna Psychoanalytic Clinic; pres BostonPsychoanalytic Inst; author in field. • See: E].

Deutsch, Gotthard; b. Kanitz, Austria, Jan311859; d. Oct 14 1921.

To US 1891. • JTS (Breslau), PhD UVienna,ordained Heb Union ColI; honorary degree. •Rabbi, historian, theologian, author; acting

Devore, Sy

pres Heb Union ColI; editor Die Deborah. •See:]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:101; WWWIA, 1;DAB; NYTimes, Oct 15 1921,13:5.

Deutsch, Helene Rosenbach (Mrs FelixDeutsch); b. Przemysl, Poland, Oct 91884.

To US 1935.· MD UVienna.·Psychoanalyst, prolific author, political activist,anti-Vietnam, Boston; fdr, dir ViennaPsychoanalytic Inst; active womens rights. •See:E].

Deutsch, Hermann Bacher; b. Briix,Austria, Mar 16 1889; d. NYC, June1970.

To US 1891. • BS, MS, PhD U Chicago.·Author, newspaperman, biographer, novelist,New Orleans; authority on Huey Long; WWIservice. • See: UJE (sub Deutsch, Gotthard);WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 27 1970,29:5.

Deutsch, Joseph; b. Baltimore, July 101866.

Cooper Union. • Lithography co exec,Chicago; officer trade assns. • See: WWIA],1928.

Deutsch, Monroe Emanuel; b. SanFrancisco, Aug 17 1879; d. SanFrancisco, Oct 211955.

AB, AM, PhD U CA; honorary degrees. •Classicist, philologist, Berkeley; faculty, dean,provost U CA (Berkeley); officer professionalsocs; bd Natl Conf of Christians & Jews;authorin field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:131,58:476; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA., 3;NYTimes, Oct 22 1955,19:5.

Deutsch, Samuel; b. Louisville, June 11865; d. Chicago, Feb 12 1929.

Mfr, communal & welfare worker, Chicago;exec Inland Steel Co; pres Jewish Charities. •See:A]YB, 24:132, 31:92; WWIA], 1928.

Deutsch, Sigmund; b. ca 1876; d. NYC,Nov291917.

Physician, NYC; military service. • See: A]YB,20(1918-1919):227.

Deutsch, Solomon; b. Russia, Aug 20 1879.To US 1908. • AM Technical School(Frankfurt), EE U Nancy, DDS NY ColI ofDentistry. • Dental surgeon, Zionist ldr,Brooklyn; natl exec com Zionist Org ofAm;dir Am Zion Commonwealth. • See: WWIA],1926.

Deutsch, Zola Gotthard; b. Cincinnati, Sep13 1899; d. Hackettstown, NJ, May 1965.

Chern E U Cincinnati. • Marine & chemicalengineer, Saltville, VA; surveyed site forManhattan Project; author in field; WWIreserve service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, May 6 1965, 39:2.

Deutschberger, Rose Harris (Mrs); b.*; d.NYC, Apr 1936.

Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,38:427.

Devore, Sy; b. Brooklyn, ca 1909; d.Hollywood, CA,July 1966.

NYU. • Filmland tailor, Hollywood, CA;

DeVorkin, Moses I

WWII service. • See: NYTimes, July 12 1966,43:1.

DeVorkin, Moses I; b. ca 1863; d. LosAngeles, June 13 1936.

Physician, socialworker. • See:A]YB, 38:427.

De Waltoff, Dayve B; b. Russia, Oct 91865; d; Brooklyn, June 19 1947.

To US 1890. • MA, MD? U Moscow, MD UKiev. • Inventor, physician; orgrJewishcommunity centets;sentenced to Siberia asstudent, escaped; author/editor in field;Spanish-Am War intelligence service, WWIchemical warfare service. • See:A]YB, 50:514;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; REOA]; NYTimes,June 20 1947, 19:4.

De Woskin, Morris R; b. Gluckow, Russia,Aug 271903; d. Sep 201970.

To US 1917.· LaSalle U.· Hotel broker,exec, Chicago; bd Jewish Bd of Education;active communal & Zionist fundraising. • See:WWWIA,5.

De Young, Bertram Isaac; b. Philadelphia,Feb 201877.

LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; legaladvisor US Prohibition Dept. • See: "WWIA],1928,1938.

De Young, Charles; b. ca 1847; d.Philadelphia, Dec 271932.

Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB,35:123.

De Young, Meichel Henry (Michael,Michel); b. St Louis, Oct 1 1848/1849; d.Feb 15 1925.

Journalist, civic ldr, San Francisco; co-fdr,editor San Francisco Chronicle; donor DeYoung Memorial Museum; active Republicanpolitics, expositions. • See: UJE; WWWIA., 1;NYTimes, Feb 16 1925, 19:1.

Diamant, Arthur Herbert; b. St Louis, Jan2 1879;d. Aug 1956.

BS CCNY. • Chemical & consulting engineer,NYC. • See: "WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes,Aug 15 1956,29:2.

Diamant, David S; b. ca 1849; d. NYC, July191912.

Portraitist, landscape artist, NYc. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):269; NYTimes, July 20 1912,7:7.

Diamant, EmanuellEdward M; b. Hungary,Apr 21883; d. NYC, Oct 1953.

Typographer, NYC; active trade assns. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 12 1953,27:6.

Diamant, Gertrude; h.Brooklyn, July 161901; d.]an 1969.

Cornell, BA Barnard, Columbia Tchrs ColI. •Author, Brooklyn; contributor communal &literary magazines. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928;NYTimes,Jan 51969,77:2.

Diamant, Henry A; h. ca 1863; d. St Louis,Apr 21932.

Editor, actor, St Louis; with first St LouisJewish newspaper. • See: A]YB, 34:110.

Diamant, Solomon; b. ca 1859; d. NYC,Feb 10 1923.

Editor, NYC; a fdr Yiddish theatre. • See':A]YB, 25:138;NYTimes, Feb 121923,13:5.

Diamond, David;·b. Buffalo,June 211898.LLB U Buffalo. • Lawyer, corporation &county counsel, Buffalo; faculty U Buffalo;active bar assns, Zionist Org ofAm, Legal Aid;editor in field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;REOA].

Diamond, David; b. NYC, Feb 2 1900.Movie producer, writer, Beverly Hills. • See:WWIA],1938.

Diamond, David Leo; b. Rochester, NY,1915.

Cleveland Inst, Eastman School ofMusic,Paris. • Composer. • See: UJE; EJ.

Diamond, Ignatz; b. May 8 1862.Rabbi, Brooklyn earlier Hungary. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):50.

Diamond, Isaac; b. Minsk, Mar 5 1888. .To US 1914.· Merchant, alderman,Minot,ND; earlier ReI;> tchr, rabbi; mem NDStatePlanning Commn; pres Community Council;dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, Heb TheologicalColI (Chicago); Russian army service. • See:WWIA],1938.

Diamond, Joseph; b. Polonnoe, Russia, Nov11905.

To US 1921. • Heb Tchrs ColI (Boston), BEClark U, PhD Dropsie. • Hebeducator,principal, Worcester then Philadelphia; officerJewish Community Council, Regional Councilof Communal Agencies. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Diamond, Joseph Solomon; b. Botosani,Rumania, Oct 20 1881; d. Paris, Apr 291953.

To NYC 1898. • MD NYU, post-grad Vienna,Berlin, London. • Physician, NYC; officer medsoc; author in field. • See: A]YB, 55:455;WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 1 1953,22:3.

Diamond, Leo Aaron; b. NYC,Jan 81906;d. May 5 1980.

PhD, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago,NYC; faculty Rutgers; author/editor in field. •See: WWWIA., 7.

Diamond, Louis Klein; b. 1902.Hematologist, Boston; faculty Harvard; consultNatl Inst of Health; author in field. • See: E].

Diamond, Martin; b. NYC, Dec 191919; d.July 22 1977.

AM, PhD U Chicago; honorary degree. •Political scientist; faculty Claremont MensColI, Claremont Grad School, Northern IL;author in field; WWII merchant marineservice. • See: WWWIA., 7;NYTimes, July 231977,22:6.

Diamond, Morris; b. Russia, Dec 11 1864;d. Buffalo, Nov 15 1944.

To US 1889. • Scholar, Heb tchr, Buffalo; fdrBuffalo Heb School; orgr Heb Benevolent

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Loan Assn. • See:A]YB, 47:520; NYTimes,Nov 16 1944,23:3.

Diamond, Moses; b. BerlatlBerlad,Rumania, June 4 1894; d. NYC, Oct1949.

To NYC 1899.· DDS NY Dental School.·Dental surgeon, NYC; faculty Columbia;active professional socs, Am Jewish PhysiciansCom for Heb U; author in field; WWI service.• See: UJE; "WWIA], 1928,1938; REOA];NYTimes, Oct 7 1949, 27:4.

Diamond, Norman Henry; b. Buffalo, Nov11905.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIl. •Rabbi, Newcastle, PA. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Diamond, Oscar K; b. NYC, ca 1911; d.Orangeburg, NY, Dec 1970.

U WV, MD U VA, post-grad Columbia. •Hospital dir, psychiatrist; head Rockland StateHospital; faculty CUNY, Columbia; WWIIservice. • See: NYTimes, Dec 22 1970, 36:4.

Diamond, Selma; b. London, Canada, ca1921; d. Los Angeles, May 1985.

AB NYU. • Comedy writer, actress; wrote forGroucho Marx, Sid Caesar. • See: NYTimes,May 141985.

Diamond, Sigmund; b. Baltimore, 1920.Sociologist; faculty Columbia; author/editor infield. • See: E].

Diamond, Tobias Ellsworth; b. Tilsit, Mar181876.

To US 1887. • Northern IL Normal School,LLB State U IA. • Lawyer, US atty, SiouxCity; active Democratic politics. • See:WWWIA.,5.

Diamondstein, David Irving (penname=David Irving Dobson); b.Kurenitz, Vilna, Apr 141883.

To NYC 1897. • Educational Alliance,Chicago Art Inst, Paris, Dusseldorf. • Artist,writer, Brooklyn. • See: "WWIA], 1938.

Dick, Max; b.ca 1877; d. NYC,Jan 231937.

Realtor, communal worker, "Mayor ofRivington Street."· See:A]YB, 39:590;NYTimes,Jan241937,II8:5.

Dickenstein, Abraham; b. 'Wishniewa,Poland,June 15 1902; d. Tel Aviv, Feb161977.

To US 1936. • Banker, industrialist, pioneerworker in Palestine, communalldr; fdr, mgrAudit Union of Credit Cooperatives; chr IsraelAm Industrial Development Bank. • See:A]YB, 79:368; NYTimes, Feb 17 1977,42:3.

Dicker, Samuel Byron; b. NYC, Apr 41889; d. Feb 9 1960.

AB Cornell, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, mayor,Rochester, NY. • See: WWWIA., 3; NYTimes,Feb 10 1960, 37:4.

Dicker, Zoltan; b. Ungrar, Hungary, Mar251876.

To US 1890. • Exec, furrier, Chicago; withSeats. • See: WWIA], 1928.

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Dickerman, Solomon; b. Noviradomsk,Russian Poland, June 18 1880.

To US 1902. • Communal worker, SanAntonio; orgr, officer Heb Free Loan Assn;officerJewish Social Service Fedn, Zionist OrgofAm, Heb lnst. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Dickstein, Samuel; b. Vilna, Feb 5/61885;d. NYC, Apr 22 1954.

To US 1887/1888.· CCNY, NY Law. •Congressman, state supreme court justice,NYC; mem Bd ofAlderman, House Com onImmigration; active fight against Nazis,drafting NY kosher legislation. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 24:132, 56:569; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr231954,27:1.

Didjah, Belle; b. NYC.Vienna, Berlin, Bayreuth. • Dancer, NYC;with Metropolitan Opera Ballet. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Diedesheimer, Philip; b. ca 1832; d.SanFrancisco, July 1916.

Mining engineer, San Francisco. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):264.

Diesendruck, Zevi Hirsch Wolf; b. Stryj,Polan'd, Nov 101890; d. Cincinnati, June41940.

To Cincinnati 1930. • Law degree U Vienna,PhD U Berlin. • Professor of philosophy;specialty: Maimonides; faculty HebPaedagogium (Vienna), Jewish Inst of Religion,Heb U, Heb Union ColI; author/translator infield; WWI Austrian service. • See: UJE; E];AJYB, 42:478,43:391-98; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; NYTimes, June 51940,25:2.

Dietz, David Henry; b. Cleveland, Oct 61897; d. Dec 9 1984.

AB Western Reserve; honorary degrees. •Newspaper editor, author, civic & communalworker, Cleveland; specialty: science; withCleveland Press; officer professional org. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,8.

Dietz, Howard; b. NYC, Sep 8 1896; d.NYC, July 301983.

Columbia Journalism. • Publicity dir,Broadway librettist, songwriter, NYC; "TheBandwagon"; active professional org; WWIreserve service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Aug 11983.

Dillon, Abraham Moshe (born ZuchowickilZuchowitsky); b. Russia, 1883; d. NYC,Oct 3 1934.

To US 1909. • Yiddish poet, affiliated with DiYunge, NYC. • See: EJ; A]YB, 37:255.

Dillon, Clarence Douglas; b. Geneva/SanAntonio, Sep 271882; d. Apr 1979.

AB Harvard. • Banker, ambassador to France,art collector, NYC; pres Dillon Read & Co.·See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes story,Sep 51960, obituary, Apr 15 1979.

Dillon, IsraeJ/Isidore· (Sotcha); b. Slonim,Russia, Feb 15 1898; d. NYC, Sep 191961.

To US 1907. • Yiddish poet, editor; withJewish Telegraphic Agency. • See:A]YB,64:492; NYTimes, Sep 211961,35:3.

Dillon, Samuel; b. NYC, Apr 1 1898.CCNY, MD NYU. • Pediatrician, FarRockaway; officer med soc. • See: WWIA],1938.

Dilsheimer, Nettie; b. ca 1874; d.Philadelphia, Dec 211939.

Communal worker.· See:A]YB, 42:478.

Dimond, Abraham Julius; b. Honesdale,PA, Mar 22 1880; d. Newark, Aug 41956.

Specialty steel mfr, communalldr,philanthropist, fundraiser, Newark, NYC,Orange, NJ; officer Community Chest; activeYM-YWHA, Conf ofJewish Charities. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Aug 51956,76:6.

Diner, Jacob; b. Russia, Aug 26 1870; d.Amityville, NY,July 25 1937.

U Strasbourg, MD Fordham. • Bacteriologist,pharmacologist, physician, NYC; a fdr, faculty,dean Fordham U ColI ofPharmacy; author infield. • See: AJYB, 24:132,40:383; WWIA],1926, 1928; NYTimes, July 27 1937,21:5.

Dinerman, Harold; b. NYC, Sep 6 1928; d.Newark,June 201976.

Social worker, Newark; withJewish WelfareBd; pres NJ Assn ofJewish Center Workers;author in field. • See: A]YB, 78:539-40;NYTimes, June 22 1976,38:2.

Dinerman, Helen Schneider (Mrs JamesDinerman); b. NYC, Dec 25 1920; d. Aug141974.

AB Hunter, MA Columbia. • Sociologist, exec,NYC; chr Internatl Research Assns, Inc; officerprofessional assns; author in field; WWIIgovernment service. • See: WWU7IA, 6;NYTimes, Aug 17 1974,26:3.

Dingol, Solomon; b .. Rogachev, Minsk, Mar15 1886/1887; d. NYC,June 12 1961.

To NYC 1916. • U Bern, Columbia. • Yiddishjournalist, novelist & playwright, NYC; withDer Tog; pres Sholom Aleichem Folk Inst;active League for Labor Palestine, HebImmigrant Aid Soc, Yiddish Inst, JTS. • See:UJE;A]YB, 63:559; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];]TA-DNB, June 141961;NYTimes, June 141961, 19:5.

Dinin, Samuel; b. Zarawitz, Russia, Oct 101902; d. 1972.

To NYC 1909. • AB CCNY, MA, PhDColumbia. • Communal educator, editor,NYC, then Los Angeles; exec dir Soc forAdvancement ofJudaism; with TheReconstructionist; faculty JTS; dean Bureau ofJewish Education (Los Angeles). • See: E];WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May41972, 48:6.

Dinkelspiel, Bella; b. ca 1863; d. Seattle,Oct 22 1937.

Pioneer settler, communal worker, Seattle.·See:AJYB, 40:383.

Distillator, Samuel E

Dinkelspiel, Henry GW; b. Suisun City,CA, Feb 22 1869; d. San Francisco, Apr20 1931.

Hastings, U CA. • Lawyer, legislator, consul,civic & communalldr, San Francisco; activeprofessional orgs, bar assns. • See: UJE; A]YB,11(1909-1910):145,24:132,33:125; WWIA],1926, 1928; BEOAJ. .

Dinkelspiel, Lloyd W; b. San Francisco,Nov 191899; d. Palo Alto, May 151959.

Lawyer, communalldr, San Francisco; presJewish Welfare Bd, Jewish Welfare Fedn;officer bar assn; bd Stanford; WWI & WWIIservice.· See:AJYB, 61:416; WWU7IA, 3;NYTimes, May 16 1959,23:2.

Dinkelspiel, Martin Jerrold; b. SanFrancisco, Nov 30 1898.

U CA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, consul,communal & civic ldr, San Francisco; officerJewish Educational Soc; active Native Sons,bar assns, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dinkelspiel, Max;b. Germany, 1843/1844;d. Pass Christian, MS, Aug 271927.

State court of appeals judge, New Orleans. •See:A]YB, 24:132, 30:79.

Dinkes, Nathan; b. NYC, Apr 271910.CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC;orgr Flatbush Congress House; active AmJewish Cong, synagogs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dintenfass, Henry; b. Tarnow, Austria, Apr2 1885.

To US 1885. • MD U PA, post-grad Vienna,Berlin. • Otologist, otorhinolaryngologist,Philadelphia;. faculty U PA Grad School; withNortheastern Heb Orphan Home; author infield.· See:A]YB, 24:131; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEOAJ.

Dintenfass, Mark M; b. ca 1878; d. CliffsidePark, NJ, Nov 23 1933.

Motion picture pioneer. • See:AJYB, 36:279.

Dische, Zacharias; b. Sambor, Austria-Hungary, 1895.

To US 1941. • Biochemist, Vienna, NYC;laboratory head U Vienna; faculty Columbia;Austrian army service. • See: E].

Diskin, Carlton Fine; b. Trenton, Jan 271914; d. Coral Gables, FL,Jan 271967.

Baltimore City ColI, LLB U Baltimore. • Mfgexec,NYC; earlier government lawyer,Washington DC. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,Jan 28 1967,27:3.

Disman, Butler; b. Salida, CO, Nov 151889.

AB U CO, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, KansasCity; earlier CO, NYC; officer synagog; dirJewish Childrens Home; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.

Distillator, Samuel E; b. Vilna, May 211848.

Cantor, circumciser, NYC; earlier Germany,England.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):50.

Dittenhoefer, Abraham (Abram) Jesse

Dittenhoefer, Abraham (Abram) Jesse; b.Charleston, SC, Mar 17 1836; d. NYC,Feb 231919.

AB Columbia. • Lawyer, municipal judge,author, NYC; speCialty: law relating to stage;counsel Bd ofAlderman; trustee synagog;active Republican politics. • See: UJE; E];AJYB, 6(1904-1905):82,21:204; WWWlA, 1;NITimes, Feb 241919,13:2.

Dittenhofer, Abraham S; b. ca 1844; d.Cleveland, Mar 111917.

Civil War Union naval veteran, Cleveland. •See:AJYB,19(1917-1918):264.

Dittle, Alexander; b. ca 1850; d. Atlanta,May 71919.

Communal worker, Atlanta. • See: AJYB,21:204.

Dix, Henry A (born Dickstein); b. Poltava,1850; d. NYCI Battle Creek, MI, June 101933.

To US 1892. • Clothing mfr, philanthropist,NYC; turned business over to employees; madehis Mt Kisco home into home for workinggirls. • See: UJE; AJYB, 35:123; NITimes, June211933, 18:2.

Dixon, Arthur J; b. 1924; d. LI, Nov 11981.Accountant, communal worker; pres stateprofessional org; officer Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; active Jewish Guild for theBlind.· See:AJYB, 83:353.

Dlugasch, V>uis; b. Odessa, Dec 25 1885.To NYC 1893. • MD NYU. •Otolaryngologist, NYC; active Am JewishPhysicians Com, synagog, Mens League ofPalestine. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dluznowsky, Moshe; b. Tomashov, Poland,1906; d. NYC, July 30 1977.

To US 1941. • Author, playwright, essayist;depicted Jewish life. • See: EJ; AJYB, 79:368;NITimes, Aug 11977,26:5.

Dobkin, Nicholas; b. Gomel, Russia, Sep 15. 1874; d. Brooklyn, Apr 211948.

To US as a child.· MD Columbia.·Physician, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad MedSchool; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 50:514;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;NYTimes,Apr221948,27:3.

Dobrzynski (Dobrzinsky), Aaron; b. Katno,Poland, ca 1857; d. NYC,Jan 211940.

To US 1900. • U Prague. • Rabbi, author,essayist, NYC, Bronx. • See: AJYB,7(1905­1906):120,42:478; NYTimes, Jan 241940, 21:6.

Dobsevage, I George; b. Kiev, Nov 211883.

CCNY, NYU Law, Rand School of SocialScience. • Socialist Party worker, exec,publicist, NYC; with JE; secyJewishPublication Soc ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

DobsewitchIDobsevage, Abraham Baer BenJoseph Ezra; b. Pinsk, Oct 17 1843; d.NYC, Jan 14/0ct 71900.

To US 1891. • Hebraist, exegete, tchr, NYC;withJE. • See:JE; UJE; Eisenstadt, 32.

Doctoroff,John; b. NYC, July 191893; d.Chicago, June 271970.

Cooper Union, Chicago Art Inst. • Portraitpainter, Dallas, then Chicago. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWlA, 5;NYTimes,June291970,37:2.

Doctorow, Edgar Lawrence; b. Bronx,1931.

Novelist, editor; editor Dial Press; novel,movie: Ragtime.· See: EJ:1983-1985.

Dodek, Samuel Mayer; b. Chicago, June 141902.

AB George Washington, MD Jefferson MedCoIl, MA Western Reserve. • Obstetrician,Washington DC; natl pres Phi Alpha;developed instrumentslauthor in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Doeblin,Ahred;b.Stettin, 1878;d. 1957.To US 1940, to Germany after WWII. •German poet, novelist; became Catholic. • See:EJ.

Doft, BenjaminJ; b. Austria, Feb 211902;d. Far Rockaway, Mar 291968.

To US 1921. • Business exec, communalldr,NYC; bd Jewish Culture Found; active ZionistOrg ofAm, Alliance Israelite Universelle,United Jewish Appeal. • See:AJYB, 70:520;NITimes, Mar 31 1968, 81:2.

Dolaro, Selina; b. London, 185211853; d.NYC, Jan 23 1889.

To US 1877/1879. • Paris Conservatory. •Actor, singer, playwright; autobiography. •See: JE; UJE.

Dolgin, Simon Arthur; b. Chicago, 1915.To Israel 1971. • Ordained Heb TheologyCoIl, Dr Theology U Southern CA. •Orthodox rabbi, Mizrachi ldr, Beverly Hills. •See:EJ:1973-1982.

Dolgoff, Albert H; b. Ostryn, Poland, ca1888; d. Utica, Dec 25 1942.

To US 1909. • Rabbi, Utica; fdr Heb FreeSchools; co-fdr Bikur Cholim.. • See: AJYB,45:384.

Dolicki, Menahem Mendel; see Dolitzky,Menahem Mendel.

Dolinsky, Nathan; b. Russia, 1890.Natl Academy ofDesign, Europe. • Artist,NYC; faculty Cooper Art School; dir CampSchoharie. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Dolitzky (Dolitzki, Dolicki), Menahem(Menakhem) Mendel; b. Bialystok, Apr 31854/1855/1856; d. Los Angeles, 1931.

To US 1892. • Heb poet, novelist, journalist,tchr, NYC; staffJewish MorningJournal;expelled from Moscow. • See: JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):82,24:132,33:125;Eisenstadt, 31-32; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Dolkart, Leo; b. Caucasia, Sep 141881; d.Oct 1966.

To Chicago 1893. • EE U IL, Northwestern. •Electrical engineer, Chicago; an orgr Heb Inst;active Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, B'nai B'rith;

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author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 4.

Dollinger, Isidore; b. NYC, Nov 13 1903.BCS NYU, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,legislator, NYC; active Democratic Party. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dolnick, Max A; b. Russia, 1890?; d.Chicago, Apr 181951.

Educator, Zionist ldr; a fdr Poale Zion LaborOrg. • See:AJYB, 53:524; NYTimes, Apr 211951,17:5.

Dolowitz, Alexander; b. Raigrod, Poland,Nov 13 1887; d. NYC, Apr 101966.

To NYC 1904. • BS Cooper Union, CEColumbia, CPA U NY. • CPA, NYC; activeORT, Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: AJYB, 68:525;WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ.

Dolowitz, Florence Reda Levine (MrsAlexander Dolowitz); b. Kalvaria, Poland,Mar 23 1889; d. Brooklyn, July 23 1983.

To US 1898/1899. • BSHunter. • Tchr,communalldr, NYC, Brooklyn, Cold Springs,NY; fdr, pres Womens Am ORT; a fdr AmORTFedn.· See:AJYB, 85:414; WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, July 26 1983.

Dolowitz, Francis Marie Fleisher (MrsDavid A Dolowitz); b. Philadelphia, June23 1913.

Wellesley CoIl, B Nursing Yale. • Pediatricnurse, Salt Lake City; officer Natl Council ofJewish Women; bd YWCA, League ofWomenVoters; active synagog.· See: WWWIA, 5.

Doman, Leon Herbert; b. Philadelphia,Aug261899.

AB, MBA CCNY, JD NYU. • Counsel,auditor, NYC; with Am Foreign InsuranceAssn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ.

Domash, Samuel G; b. Poland, Nov 7 1901.CCNY, LLB NYU. • Business exec, LI City;officer Am-Polish Industrial Bureau, Fedn ofPolishJews in Am, United Jewish Appeal;active trade assns. • See: REGAJ.

Donat, Alexander; b. Warsaw, Apr 191905;d. NYC, June 161983.

To US 1946. ·Publisher, concentration campsurvivor; author on the Holocaust; publisherWarsaw daily newspaper. • See:AJYB, 85:414.

Donath, Ludwig; b. Vienna, ca 1900; d.NYC, 1967.

To US 1940. • Stage, screen & televisioncharacter actor, tchr, NYC. • See: NITimes,Oct 2 1967,47:1.

Donati, Enrico; b. Milan, 1909.To NYC 1930s. • Italian surrealist & abstractpainter. • See: EJ.

Doniger, David D; b. England, I875?; d.Lawrence, LI, Dec 4 1949.

Industrialist, philanthropist; a fdr, officerZionist Org ofAm. • See: AJYB, 52:501;NYTimes, Dec 5 1949,23:4.

Doniger, Simon; b. Russia, Nov Ii 1896.

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To NYC 1909. • PhG Fordham, BS, MS, PhDcandidate NYU. • Social worker, Newark; withJewish Child Guidance Bureau; activeprofessional socs. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Doniger, William N; b. 1908; d.June 1972.Sportswear mfg co exec, NYC; active synagog.• See: "WWWIA, 5; NYI'imes, June 6 1972,44:1.

Donin, Hayim.; b. NYC, 1928; d.Jerusalem,Jan 1982.

To Israel 1973. • Rabbi, author, Southfield,MI, Jerusalem; faculty U Detroit; activecommunal education.· See:A]YB, 84:331.

Dopkin, Lee Lazar; b. Baltimore, June 171895.

Business exec, wholesale grocer, Baltimore; chrMD Old Age Security Commn; pres HebHome for Aged, Jewish Educational Alliance. •See: WWIA], 1938; REOA].

Dorati, Antal; b. Budapest, 1906.To US 1945. • Hungarian Royal Academy ofMusic. • Conductor, composer, Budapest,Dresden, Dallas, Minneapolis; musical dirStockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, NatlSymphony Orchestra. • See: E]:1973-1982.

Dorf, Morris; b. Baltimore, May 30 1891.Business colI. • Merchant, cap mfr, Baltimore;active Heb Home for Aged, Democraticpolitics. • See: WWIA], 1938; REOA].

Dorf, Samuel; b. Austria, 1858; d. NYC,Feb 251923.

Merchant, communal worker, NYC;grandmaster B'rith Abraham. • See: A]YB,24:132, 25:138;NYI'imes, Feb 261923,13:5.

Dorff, George Benjamin; b. Bialystok, Jan211900.

To US 1906. • BS, MD NYU. • Pediatricendocrinologist, NYC; faculty NYU. • See:WWIA], 1938; REGA].

Dorfman, Abraham M; b. ca 1893; d.Philadelphia, Aug 19 1937.

Author, pedagogue, Philadelphia; orgr firstHeb kindergarten.• See:A]YB, 40:383.

Dorfman, Albert; b. Chicago, July 61916;d.July 271982.

BS, PhD, MD U Chicago. • Biochemist,pediatrician, Chicago; faculty U Chicago; dirJoseph P KennedyJ r Mental RetardationResearch Center. ··See: "WWWIA, 8.

Dorfman, Bernard; b. Cleveland, ca 1904;d. Cleveland, Mar 11943.

Rabbi, Lima, OH. • See:A]YB, 45:384.

Dorfman, Boris Waldemar; b. Nicolaev,Russia, July 20 1880; d. 1964.

To US 1903. • Architect, Brooklyn; activeprofessional soc. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYI'imes, July 2 1964,31:5.

Dorfman, Jacob Simcho; b. Slutzk, Russia,Nov 301Dec141897; d. Aug 1959.

To NYC 1921. • ColI of Oriental Languages(Vladivostok), PhG, AM Columbia. •Pharmacist, NYC; communalldr, tchr, Harbin;

faculty Columbia; author in field & onJapan,China.· See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; REOA];NYI'imes, Aug 61959, 27:4.

Dorfman, Joseph; b. Russia, 1904.Economist; with N atl Industrial Conf Bd;faculty Columbia; author in field. • See: E].

Dorfman, Maurice Edward; b. Portland,OR, Nov281903.

BA Reed ColI, MA U CA. • Research chemist,Taft, CA; with Midway Gas Co; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Dorfman, Saul; b. Chicago, May 181912; d.Feb 21984.

U Chicago, Leipzig State Conservatory, StateMusic ColI (Berlin). • Pianist, musician, tchr,synagog music dir, Chicago; faculty Roosevelt;officer professional assn. • See: "WWWIA, 8.

Doris, Abraham Louis; b. NYC, July 151888; d. June 1972.

AB Cornell, LLB Brooklyn Law. • FirstDeputy State Comptroller, lawyer, tchr,Brooklyn, Albany, NY; active professional socs,Democratic politics, Fedn ofJewish Charities,YMHA. • See: WWlA], 1928, 1938; REGA];NYI'imes, June 5 1972,36:4.

Domblatt, Albert Julius; b. Athens, GA,Dec 121905.

BS U GA, Chern E, MA Columbia. •Chemical engineer, metallurgist, WashingtonDC; faculty US Naval Academy; staff Bureauof Standards; author in field. • See: WWlA],1938.

DombushIDombusch, Sigmund; b. 1896?;d. East Orange, NJ, Dec 181956.

Business exec; a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed.· See:A]YB, 59:474;NYI'imes, Dec 191956,31:3.

Dome, Albert; b. NYC, Feb 7 1901; d.NYC, Dec 15 1965.

Honorary degree. • Noted illustrator, freelance artist, tchr, writer; fdr Famous ArtistsSchool (Westport, CT); officer professionalassns. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec 161965,47:1.

Doro, Edward; b. Dickinson, ND, Feb 31909.

AM U PA, Sorbonne.· Poet, Berkeley, NYC.• See: WWIA], 1938; REOAJ.

Dorosin, Hyman L; b. Russia, July 15 1894.To US 1909. • Clothing merchant, communalworker, Marshalltown, IA.· See: WWlA],1938.

Dortch, Isaac; b. ca 1868; d. Philadelphia,Dec 31946.

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 49:610.

Doskow, Israel; b.Russia, 1881.Painter, illustrator, NYC. • See: A]YB, 24:132.

Doskow, Samuel; b. Krolevetz, Chernigov,Sep 22 1879; d.July 1957.

To US 1891. • DDS U PA. • Dentist, NYC,earlier Philadelphia; active dental socs; author

Drachman, Harry Arizona

in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July12 1957,21:1.

Douglas, Kirk (born Issur Daniilovich); b.Amsterdam, NY, 1916.

Am Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). •Actor, Hollywood, CA; active Israel causes. •See:E].

Douglas, Melvin (born Melvyn EdouardHesselberg); b. Macon, GA, Apr 51901;d. NYC, Aug 1981.

Broadway, film & television actor; activeScreen Actors Guild, social & human rightsissues; WWI & WWII service. • See: UJE;WWWIA, 8; NYI'imes, Aug 5 1981.

Dourm!ishkin, Ralph Leo; b. Minsk, June301891; d. Oct 1956.

To NYC 1906. • MD BellevuelNYU. •Urologist, NYC; officer professional socs;devised instruments & procedures; author infield; WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938; REOA]; NYI'imes, Oct 11 1956, 39:3.

Dow, Morris; b.*; d. Houston, May 31920.Communal worker, Houston. • See: A]YB,22:164.

Drabkin, David Lion; b. NYC, May 31899.AB Cornell, MD Cornell. • Physiologicalchemist, Philadelphia; faculty U PA; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Drabkin, Israel Edward; b.Jersey City, Feb71905; d. Hackensack, NJ, Mar 271965.

AB CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Classicist,historian of science, NYC; faculty CCNY;officer professional socs; prolific author infield.· See:A]YB, 67:533-34; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 4; NYI'imes, Mar 281965,92:5.

Drabkin, Joseph E; b. Russia, May 15 1884.To US 1904. • Printer, New Haven; presColumbia Printing Co; officer JewishCommunity Center, trade assn; bd Heb Inst. •See: WWlA], 1938.

Drabkin, Stella Molly Friedman (Mrs DavidL Drabkin); b. NYC; d. Aug 11 1971.

Natl Academy of Design. • Artist, printmaker,mosaicist, Philadelphia. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Drachman, Bernard; b. NYC, June 271861;d. NYC, Mar 12 1945.

BA Columbia, ordained JTS (Breslau), UBreslau, PhD U Heidelberg. • NotedConservative ldr, rabbi, educator, author,NYC; a fdr, faculty, deanJTS; faculty YeshivaColI; fdr Sabbath Alliance ofAm; pres Unionof OrthodoxJewish Congregations;autobiography. • See: ]E,' UJE; E]; A]YB,5(1903-1904):50-51,24:132,47:520-21;WWlA], 1926, 1928, 1938;A]H, 76:456-84;WWWIA, 2; NYI'imes, Mar 13 1945,23:5.

Drachman, Gustave; b. ca 1864; d: NYC,Apr 3 1934.

Communal worker, counselJewish SabbathAlliance ofAm, NYc. • See: A]YB, 36:297.

Drachman, Harry Arizona; b. Tucson, Feb31869.

Merchant, legislator, city treasurer, communal,

Drachsler, Julius

civic & fraternal org ldr, Tucson; officerKnights ofPythias, Masons, IndependentRedman, Eastern Star. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Drachsler, Julius; b. Austria-Hungary, Sep5 1889/1890; d. Browns Mills, NJ, July221927.

BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia, NY School ofPhilanthropy. • Sociologist; faculty Smith,CCNY, School for Jewish Communal Work;exec dir Bureau for Jewish Social Research;pres Confon Immigration Policy; officerJewish Big Brother Assn; dir NatlJewishWelfare Bd; author in field. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB. 24:132, 30:79; WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA,1; NYTimes, July 23 1927, 13:5.

Dreben, Sam; b. Poltroe, Russia, 1878; d.Los Angeles, Mar 1925.

To US 1898. • "The Fighting]ew," soldier offortune, war hero, Dallas; benefactor JointDistribution Com; active opponent Ku KluxKlan; Mexican Revolution, WWI service. •See: UJE;AJYB, 27:151; PAJHS, 31:211-17;NYTimes, Mar 161925,19:5.

Dreschsler, David; b. 1883?; d. Brooklyn,Aug 30 1955.

Labor relations lawyer, legislator; counsel NYClothing Mfr Exchange; active communalphilanthropies, fundraising. • See: AJYB,58:476; NYTimes, Aug 31 1955,25:3.

Drechsler, Sigmund; b. Brezova, Hungary,Apr 23 1843; d. Cleveland, Mar 6 1908.

Rabbi, Hungary, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):51, 10(1908-1909):129.

Dreier, Louis H; b. Kurland, July 10 1888.Butler ColI. • Merchant, communal, civic &philanthropic fundraiser, New Haven. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Dreifus, Charles; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 71870; d. Pittsburgh, Sep 1952.

Exec, Pittsburgh; WWI government service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 30 1952,31:3.

Dreifus, Jacob S; h. ca 1847; d.Philadelphia, Sep 28 1935.

Communal worker, philanthropist,Philadelphia. • See:AJYB, 38:427.

Dreikurs, Rudolph; b. Vienna; d. May 251972.

To US 1937.· MD UVienna. • Psychiatrist,Vienna, Chicago; faculty U Chicago; fdr AlfredAdler Inst of Chicago & Tel Aviv; officerprofessional assns; prolific author in field. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, May 31 1972, 44:1.

Dresden, Arnold; b. Amsterdam, Nov 231882; d. Apr 10 1954.

To US 1903.· U Amsterdam, MS, PhD UChicago. • Mathematician, Swarthmore, PA;faculty Swarthmore ColI; officer professionalsoc; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 13 1954,31:3.

Dresner, B Ruth (Mrs Judah Dresner); b.Kovno,Dec 3 1891.

To US 1895.· NYU, NY School of SocialWork. • Social work & orgn officer, Yonkers;officer Big Sisters, Welfare Fedn, Council ofSocial Agencies, Natl ConfofChristians &Jews, Natl Council ofJewish Women.· See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Dresner, Ja~obDavid; b. Przemysl, Austria,Aug21883.

To US 1887. ··LLB Tulane.· Lawyer, realestate exec, New Orleans. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Dresser, Louise Kerlin; b. Evansville, IN,Oct 5 1882; d. Woodland Hills, CA, Apr241965.

Stage & vaudeville actress, NYC • See:WWWIA, 4,7; DAB, 7; NYTimes, Apr 25 1965,87:3.

Dressler, Wtlliam; b. Austria, 1890; d. Oct1969.

To US 1938. • Cardiologist,electrocardiographer; recognized post-heartattack Dressler Syndrome; author in field. •See: EJ; NYTimes, Oct 12 1969, 86:6.

Dreyer, David (Dave); b. Brooklyn, Sep 221894; d. NYC, 1967.

Songwriter, pianist,. accompanist; "Me and MyShadow."· See: WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Mar3 1967,35:4.

Dreyer, Eugene C; b. St Louis, Feb 281876.

Feed merchant, St Louis; officer local, natltrade assns. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.

Dreyfoos, Max; b. Cincinnati, Apr 191877;d. Cincinnati, Sep 3 1935.

U Cincinnati, MD OH Med ColI, Berlin,Vienna. • Physician, Cincinnati; faculty UCincinnati; active Childrens Clinic, BabiesMilk Fund Assn; author in field. • See: AJYB,38:427; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEOAJ.

Dreyfous, FelixJulius; b. New Orleans, Oct211896; d.Jan 241975.

Tulane, BS U PA. • Architect, city parkcommr, New Orleans; admr Isaac DelgadoMuseum; officer professional soc; WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6.

Dreyfous, Florence; b. NYC.NY Henri School, Paris Grande Chaumiere.•.Artist, Brooklyn, Philadelphia. - See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938.

Dreyfus, Camille Edouard; b. Basel, Nov 111878; d. Sep 27 1956.

MA, PhD U Basel, Sorbonne. • Exec, NYC;pres Celanese Corp ofAm, Canadian Celanese.• See: WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 3; NYTimes,Sep 281956,27:3.

Dreyfus, Carl; b. Boston, July 26 1876; d.Boston, Mar 29 1951.

Harvard.- Publisher, mfr, realtor,philanthropist, Boston; chr MA TrainingSchools; publisher Record-Atnerican; dir AssocdJewish Philanthropies. • See: UJE; AJYB,53:524; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3.

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Dreyfus, Isaac; b. ca 1850; d. Pine Bluff,AR, Apr 1934.

Pioneer merchant, Pine Bluff, AR. • See:AJYB, 36:279.

Dreyfus, JackJ Jr; b. ca 1913.Financier, drug promoter (Dilantin); a fdrDreyfus & Co, Dreyfus Fund; chr NY RacingAssn. • See: NYTimes story, Dec 31 1969.

Dreyfus, Joe Gustave; b. B~sel, Nov 51874.To NYC 1885. • Columbia, Ecole deCommerce (Lyons). • Investment securitiesbroker, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dreyfus, Joseph; b. ca 1820; d. HalesComers, WI, Nov 4 1910.

Postmaster, Hales Corners, WI. • See: AJYB,13(1911-1912):136.

Dreyfus, Joseph; b. ca 1826; d. Kansas City,May8191S.

Confederate veteran, Kansas City. • See:AJYB, 17(1915-1916):219.

Dreyfus, Louis Goethe Jr;b. SantaBarbara,Nov 231889; d. May 1973.

BA, MA Yale. • Foreign service officer, SantaBarbara; Episcopalian. • See: AJYB, 24: 132;WWWIA,6.

Dreyfus, Maurice; b. ca 1848; d.Hattiesburg, MS, reported May 1937.

Communal & philanthropic worker,Hattiesburg, MS. • See:AJYB, 39:590.

Dreyfus, Max; b. Kuppenheim, Germany,Apr 1 1874; d. Brewster, NY, May 12'1964.

To US ca 1888.· Music publisher, NYC; withWitmark & Sons; helped est Kern, Friml,Gershwin. • See: DAB, 7; NYTimes, May 161964,25:4.

Dreyfus, Milton; b. Emma, IN, Nov 251895.

U IL. • Electrical appliance dealer, Gary, IN,earlier Champaign, IL; active B'nai B'rith;WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dreyfus, Pierre; b. France, ca 1892; d.NYC, Dec 28 1946.

To US 1942. • Industrialist, France, NYC;active ORT; WWI & WWII service. • See:AJYB, 49:610.

Dreyfus, Sarah Landman (Mrs); b. ca 1892;d. Elmira, NY, Mar 111936.

Tchr, social worker, communalldr, Elmira,NY; WWI welfare worker. • See: AJYB,38:427.

Dreyfus, Solomon; b.*; d. Youngstown,May 10 1920.

Rabbi, Youngstown. - See:AJYB, 22:164.

Dreyfus, Sylvia Goulston (Mrs CarlDreyfus); b. Boston; d. Boston, Sep 141942.

Communal worker, sculptor, author; presHecht Neighborhood House; trustee NewEngland Conservatory ofMusic; advisory bdBerkshire Festival; honorary chr Palestine

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Orchestra Fund. • See:AJYB, 45:384;NYTimes, Sep 15 1942,23:2.

Dreyfus, Theodore Frank; b. Brookhaven,MS, Mar 22 1878.

ME Stevens Tech. • Engineer, exec, schooltrustee, Hattiesburg,MS; active YMCA;Spanish-Am War service.· See: WWIAJ,1938.

Dreyfus, William; b. Oberendingen,Switzerland, June 17 1869; d. NYC, Mar13 1946.

To NYC 1899. • BS U Zurich, ScD UGeneva. • Research chemist, NYC, LI City;specialty: disinfection; officer trade assns;active Rabbi Jacob Joseph School,philanthropic orgs, synagog. • See: AJYB,48:487; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Mar 141946,25:5;

Dreyfus, Wolfram E; b. Germany, Dec 211864.

U Strasbourg, AB, PhD U Munich. III

Consulting chemist, exec, NYC; earlier fdr,pres Cambridge Soap & Chemical Co; authorin field. • See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):82-83,24:133; WWIAJ, 1928.

Dreyfus-Barney, Laura (Mrs HippolyteDreyfus [Cordozo]); b. Cincinnati, Nov301879.

League ofNations supporter, author,Washington DC; active womens groups,internatl peace, art, neighborhood settlements.• See: WWWIA, 6.

Dreyfuss, Albert; b. NYC, Oct 23 1880.Pratt Inst, Art Students League. • Sculptor, artcritic, essayist, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:133;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Dreyfuss, Barney (Bernard); b. Freiburg,1865; d. NYClPittsburgh, Feb 51932.

To US 1881. • World Series fdr, distiller,commu,nal worker; pres Pittsburgh BaseballClub, Louisville Colonels. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:133, 34:110.

Dreyfuss, Henry; b. NYC, Mar 2 1904; d.Oct 51972.

Honorary degrees. • Industrial & theatricaldesigner, NYC, South Pasadena, CA. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Oct 10 1972, 46: 1.

Dreyfuss, Leonard; b. Brooklyn, Nov 61886; d. Livingston, NJ, Dec 291969.

Honorary degrees. • Business exec, educationphilanthropist, NYC; officer trade orgs; trusteeRutgers; active Red Cross; author in field;WWII NJ Dir of Civil Defense. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 301969,33:3.

Dreyfuss, Richard; b. Brooklyn, 1948.Stage & screen actor. • See: EJ: 1973-1982.

Dreyfuss, Sol; b. Dallas, Aug 12 1885; d.Dallas, May 271951.

Merchant; active civic & charitable affairs. •See:AJYB, 53:524.

Drob, Max; b. Mlawa, Poland, Sep 23 1887;d. Wingdale, NY,June 41959.

To US 1896. • AB, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS; honorary degree. • Conservative rabbi,NYC, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Bronx; a fdr,officer United Synagogue ofAm; presRabbinical Assembly ofAm; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Boy Scouts, KerenHayesod. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 61 :416;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 51959,27:2.

Drogin, Isaac; b. Bialystok, Dec 101891.To NYC 1901.· AB CCNY, MSc, PhD UPittsburgh. • Research & industrial chemist,NYC; author/lecturer in field. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938.

Droock, Barney; b. ca 1864; d. Dec 231937.

Civic & communalldr, Detroit. • See: AJYB,40:383.

Dropkin, Celia; b. Bobruisk, Dec 181888;d. NYC, Aug 171956.

To US 1911. • Yiddish poet, artist. • See:AJYB, 59:474; NYTimes, Aug 191956,92:8.

Dropsie, Moses Aaron; b. Philadelphia,Mar 91821; d.July 81905.

Lawyer, communal education ldr, translator,Philadelphia; earlier watchmaker, jeweler;officer Heb Education Soc; benefactorMaimonides ColI, Gratz, Dropsie; active Whigpolitics, anti-slavery, Republican party. • See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):83, 7(1905­1906):218; PAJHS, 16:193-95; DAB.

Drosdoff, Matthew; b. Chicago, 1908.Soil chemist; with Dept ofAgriculture, Agencyfor Development; faculty Cornell; active B'naiB'rith, Hillel; author in field. • See: EJ.

Druck, David; b. Kreuzhurg, Latvia, 1883;d. NYC,June 171943. .

To US 1920. • Writer, journalist, NYC;editorial staffJewish MorningJournal. • See:UJE;AJYB, 45:384; NYTimes, June 181943,21:4.

Druck,Jacob Leebert; b. Scranton, Feb 41892; d. Mar 1971.

Newspaperman, Scranton, Carbondale,Easton, PA, New Bedford, MA; owner,publisher several newspapers; officer YMHA;active Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Mar 261971,42:3.

Druck, Samuel; b. Scranton, Jan 1 1897; d.Scranton, Apr 1959.

Real estate broker, city clerk, dir ofpublicsafety, newspaperman, Scranton; pres PA FednofYM-YWHAs; bd Jewish Home forFriendless; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes, Apr 141959, 35:3.

Drucker, Aaron Pinchos; b. Mohilov,Russia, Sep18 1876.

To US 1895. • BA Columbia, MA U Chicago,JTS. • Business admr, author, ColoradoSprings & El Paso, CO; mem CountyEducational Relief Council; faculty, dean COColI; faculty Labor ColI. • See: UJE; AJYB,

Dube, Newman

7(1905-1906):120; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.

Drucker, Eliezer; b. ca 1851; d.Philadelphia, Aug 61916.

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 19(1917­1918):264.

Drucker, Emanuel Benjamin; b. NYC, Nov141900.

DDS NYU. • Dentist, Brooklyn, Queens;officer Lions Club of Richmond Hill; activepolitics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938. .

Drucker, Joseph Jerome; b. Chicago, Aug111900.

JD DePaul. • Lawyer, municipal judge, asstcorp counsel, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Drucker, Julius H; b. Rumania,Jan 2 1886.To US 1906. • AM, LLB St Louis U. •Lawyer, St Louis. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Drucker, Lewis; b. Montreal, Dec 251893;d. Cleveland, Aug 1952.

To US 1896.· AB CCNY, LLB WesternReserve. • Lawyer, municipal judge, Cleveland;faculty Cleveland Law School; officer ZionistOrg ofAm, League for Professional LaborPalestine, B'nai B'rith; active against problemof alcoholism; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Aug 12 1952, 19:2.

Drucker, Meyer; b. NYC, 1918; d. Queens,May 1984.

Brooklyn ColI, NYU, NY Law. 49 Independentarbitrator, NYC; mem State Mediation Bd. •See:NYTimes, May 24 1984.

Drucker, Nath~;b. ca 1838; d. Cincinnati,Dec 20 1920.

Civic & communal worker, Cincinnati; pres BdofTrade. • See:AJYB, 23:131.

Drucker, Saul; b. ca 1882; d. Pittsburgh,Sep 15 1932. .

Social worker, Pittsburgh.· See:AJYB, 35:123.

Dryer, Ida F (Mrs Adolph Dryer); b.Cincinnati, Feb 2 1870.

Braille transcriber, Cincinnati. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Dryfoos, Orvil Eugene; b. NYC, Nov 181912; d. ~C, May 25 1963.

AB Dartmouth; honorary degrees. •N e'wspaper publisher & exec, NYC; presNYTimes; trustee Baron de Hirsch Fund,Rockefeller Fund, Dartmouth. • See: AJYB,65:432; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NITimes, May 261963,1:4.

Dryshpel, John; b. Grodno, 1844?; d. NYC,Jan 301951.

Engineer, NYC subway system designer. • See:AJYB, 53:524; NITimes, Jan 311951, 25:4.

Dube, Newman; b. Minsk, 1866; d.Brooklyn, Nov 1966.

To US 1888. • Communalldr, Brooklyn; a fdrIsrael Zion Hospital, YM-YWHA; officerTalmud Torah. • See: AJYB, 68:525; NITimes,Nov 101966,47:4.

Duberman, Martin

Dubennan, Martin; b. NYC, 1930.Historian, playwright; faculty Harvard, Yale,Princeton. • See: EJ.

Duberstein, Benjamin; b. Russia, Dec 101875.

Business exec, communal worker, Dayton, OH;nat! exec com Zionist Org ofAm. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Dubilier, William; b. NYC, July 25 1888; d.July 1969.

Heb Tech Inst, Cooper Union. • Engineer,inventor, patent holder, Warsaw, London,Berlin, NYC.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:133;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,5;NYTimes,July271969,65:1.

Dubin, Abraham; b. Klintzy, Russia, June301900.

To NYC 1905.· JTS Tchrs, BS CCNY,ordained Agudath Horabonim, ordainedJewish Inst of Religion; LLB StJohns. • Rabbi,Brooklyn, San Antonio, Flushing, NY. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Dubin, Al; b. Switzerland, ca 1891; d. LosAngeles, Feb 111945.

To US as child. • Songwriter, lyricist. • See:AJYB, 47:521;NYTimes, Feb 121945, 19:1.

Dubin, Harry Ennis; b. Russia, Mar 41891.To NYC 1895.· BS CCNY, PhD UPA.·Biochemist, patent holder, NYC; specialty:vitamins; author in field. • See: UJE; AJYB,24:133; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Dubin, Isadore Nathan; b. Montreal, July13 1913.

To US ca 1940. • BSc, MD McGill. •Pathologist, Philadelphia; specialty: liverdisease; faculty Womens Med ColI Hospital,Duke, U TN; author in field; military service.• See: WWWIA, 8.

Dubin, Maxwell H; b. Gennany, June 141900.

Heb Union ColI, Southwestern. • Rabbi,author, Los Angeles. • See: BEOAJ.

Dubinsky, David; b. Brest-Litovsk, Feb 221892; d. NYC, Sep 17 1982.

To US 1910.· Honorary degree. • Laborunion exec, NYC; pres ILGWU; master baker,unionist, Russia; supt Histadruth; active FednofJewish Philanthropies, Workmen's Circle,Jewish Labor Com for Refugees; author infield. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 84:331; Fink, 84­85; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 8;NITimes, Sep 18 1982.

Dubinsky, Frank; b. Kiev, May 15 1901.To US 1906. • Publisher, editor, Hartford;publisher, managing editor Jewish LedgerPublications; active YMHA. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Dubinsky, Jack; b. Poland, Feb 12 1884.Realtor, communal & philanthropic worker, StLouis. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Dubinsky, Vladimir I; b. Harkoff, Russia,Sep 10 1876; d.Jan 1938.

To US 1904. • Moscow Imperial ConservatoryofMusic. • Cellist, conductor, composer, tchr,Russia, NYC; fdr Dubinsky Musical ArtStudios; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Jan 11 1938,23:6.

Dublin, Louis Israel; b. Kovno, Nov 11882;d.Mar 1969.

BS CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Statistician,insurance exec, welfare & public health ldr,NYC; pres Am Public Health Assn; facultyCCNY, Yale; officer professional assns; authorinfield.· See: U]E;AJYB, 24:133; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Mar 9 1969, 88:3.

Dubnoff, Belle; b.*; d.Jan 161977.BA U CA, MA Whittier ColI, post-gradClaremont ColI. • Educational admr, socialservice worker, psychologist, tchr, NorthHollywood, CA; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Dubnove, Aaron; b. Maloarchangelsk,Russia, Feb 15 1892.

To US 1921. • AB, MD U Manitoba. •Surgeon, med examiner, Detroit; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dubnow-Ehrlich, Sophia (Mrs HenrykEhrlich); b. 1885.

To US 1942. • Writer, biographer, Bundist. •See: EJ (sub Ehrlich, Henryk).

Duhov, Leopold; b. Minsk, Apr 8 1880/1885; d. NYC, Oct 15 1955.

To US 1900. • Org exec, ldr in Brailletranscription, author, NYC; fdr, officerJewishBraille Inst ofAm. • See:A]YB, 58:476;WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 161955, 35:5.

Dubov, Marcus Hillel; b. Minsk, Oct 121852; d. Petersburg, VA, Aug 261904.

Rabbi, Russia, Evansville, IN, Richmond. •See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):51,6(1904­1905):215,7(1905-1906):216; PAJHS, 38:53­56.

Dubovsky, Benjamin; b. TaIno, Ukraine,Jan 6/7 1888; d. NYC, Sep 111963.

To US 190111905. • MD NYU.• Physician,NYC; faculty NYU/Bellevue; pres Nat! FednUkranianJews ofAm; author/editor/columnistin field. • See:AJYB, 65:432; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 13 1963,30:1.

Dubow, Joseph L; b. Russia, ca 1899; d.NYC, 1970.

To US 1902. • Garment industry ldr, lawyer;first in industry to include retirement fund forworkers; dir NY Coat & Suit Assn. • See:NYTimes, Mar 4 1970,47:2.

Dubrow, Benjamin; b. Russia, 1876?; d.Brooklyn, July 19 1958.

To US 1914.· Restaurateur, communalphilanthropic worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,61:416; NYTimes, July 22 1958,27:1.

Dubrow, Jacob A; b.*; d. Washington DC,Nov 171944.

Rabbi, Washington DC. • See:AJYB, 47:521.

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Duchin, Eddy (Edwin Frank); b.Cambridge, MA, Apr 1 1909; d. NYC,Feb 91951.

MA ColI ofPharmacy. • Pianist, orchestra ldr,author; fdr piano technique school, orchestra. •See:AJYB, 53:524; DAB, 5; NYTimes, Feb 101951,13:4.

Duchovny, Moshe; b. Berdichev, Russia,Jan 21904; d. NYC, Nov 2 1960.

To US 1920. • Yiddish author, journalist;editorial staffDay-Jewish Journal; publicrelations dir Israel Development Corporation.• See:AJYB, 63:559; NITimes, Nov 3 1960,39:4.

Dukas, Julius J; b. Sulzberg, Baden, Aug 151859/Feb 10 1860; d. NYC, Sep 71940.

To US 1875/1878.· Merchant, communalworker, philanthropist, NYC; mem ViennaStock Exchange; a fdr, exec bd Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; pres Heb Free Loan Soc, AmAlliance Israelite Universelle, Union ofOrthodox Congregations. • See: UJE; AJYB,7(1905-1906):52,24:133,43:357; WWIAJ,1926, 1938; NITimes, Sep 8 1940,49:1.

Duker, Abraham Gordon; b. Rypin, Poland,Sep 271907.

To US 1923.· AB CCNY, PhD candidateColumbia. • Historian, librarian, editor,author, NYC; staffJTS, Grad School forJewish Social Work; active League for LaborPalestine. • See: UJE; E]; WWIAJ, 1938.

Dulberger, Louis L; b. Rumania, July 71880.

To US 1884. • Union ColI, MD Albany MedSchool. • Physician, NYC. • See: WWIAJ,1926.

Dulcan, Charles B; b. Wtnnipeg, Aug 151888; d.Jan 61957.

To US 1894. • Dept store exec, WashingtonDC; active Red Cross, Cancer Soc, trade assns.• See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Jan 81957,31:4.

Dulcan, Harris; b. ca 1858; d. Baltimore,June 71938.

Communal worker, Washington DC.· See:AJYB, 40:383.

Dunkelman, David; b. Poland, July 4 1883.In US 1885. • Clothing merchant, mfr,Toronto.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Dunn, Jacob; b. Poland, July 181883.To US 1902. • Mfr, Zionist ldr, communalworker, NYC; officer Fedn ofAm Zionists,Zionist Org ofAm, Sons ofZion; active JewishCenter. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Dunn, Morris S; b. Yanova, Lithuania,Jan261886.

Health Commr, New Britain, CT; delegate 1stAm J ewishCong; active Zionist & communalorgs. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Dunner, Joseph; b. Fiirth, Bavaria, May 101908; d. Aug 24 1978.

To US ca 1936. • U Berlin, AM U Frankfurt,PhD U Basel. • Political scientist, governmentadvisor on refugees, NYC; faculty Grinnell

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ColI, Yeshiva U; bd Friends ofHeb U; authorin field; WWII government service. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Dunsker, Ely; b. ca 1863; d. May 51940.Rabbi, Cincinnati. • See:A]YB, 42:478.

Dunya, Abraham E; b. ca 1863; d. Racine,WI, Apr 9 1912.

Rabbi, Racine, WI. • See: A]YB, 14(1912­1913):127.

Durant, Ariel (Mrs Will Durant); b. Russia,May 181898; d. Oct 251981.

To US 1900. • Writer, popular historian ofphilosophy, Los Angeles; co-author withhusband. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Durst, Joseph; b. Austria?, 1892; d. NYC,Jan 11974.

To US 1902. • Real estate exec, philanthropist,NYC; bd Heb Free Loan Soc; active synagogs,Israel Bonds, Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies. •See:A]YB, 76:513; NYTimes,]an 2 1974,43:1.

Durst, William; b. ca 1839; d. Philadelphia,Jan 41916.

Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,18(1916-1917):106.

Duschoff, D Falk; b.*; d. Detroit, Apr 201923.

Communal worker, Detroit. • See: A]YB,26:154.

Dushkin, Alexander Mordecai; b. Poland,Aug 211890; d. 1976.

To US 1903. • AB CCNY, MA, PhDColumbia, ordained]TS.· Communaleducator & admr, NYC,]erusalem; withBureau of]ewish Education, Zionist Org ofAm, Bd of]ewish Education (Chicago); headHeb U Dept ofEducation; officer professionalsoc.· See: UJE;E];A]YB, 24:133; WWIA],1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,]une 41976, IV 16:6.

Dushkin, Samuel; b. Suwalki.To US as child. • Paris Cortservatory. •Violinist, child prodigy, noted Stravinskyinterpreter; WWI British army service. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Dushman, Saul; b. Rostov, Russia, July 121883; d. July 7 1954.

To US 1912.· BA, PhD UToronto.·Physical chemist, author, Schenectady; withGeneral Electric. • See: E]; A]YB, 24:133;WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; UTWWIA, 3;NYTimes, July 8 1954,23:2.

Dushnik, Ben; b. near Minsk, Aug 15 1897.To US 1914. • BA, MA, PhD U MI. •Mathematician, Ann Arbor, MI; faculty U MI;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

DuveeJ,l, HenryJ; b. ca 1857; d. NYC, Jan15 1919.

Art connoisseur, collector. • See: A]YB,21:205;NYTimes,]an 161919,13:3.

Duveen, Joseph (Baron Duveen ofMilbank); b. Hull, England, Oct 141869;d. May 1939.

Art collector, dealer, donor & collectionadvisor, London, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, May 26 1939,23:1.

Dvilinsky, Beatrice; b. Chelsea, MA, Nov 21908.

BS Tchrs ColI (Boston). • Kindergarten tchr,childrens author & illustrator, Roxbury, MA. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Dworkin, Zalman Shimon; b. Rogachev,Russia, 1900; d. NYC, Mar 9 1985.

To US 1953. • Noted Lubavitch rabbi,Pittsburgh, Brooklyn; chr LubavitchRabbinical Council; dean Lubavitchskollel­Grad School.· See:A]YB, 87:438; NYTimes,Mar 111985.

Dworkis, Martin Bernard; b. NYC, June 141919; d. NYC, Aug 201965.

AB, AM U MI, PhD NYU. • Educationaladmr, social scientist, NYC; pres Borough ofManhattan Community ColI; faculty BrooklynColI, Hunter; officer professional socs; bd NYCivil Liberties Union; active Democratic­Libertarian politics;' author in field. • See:A]YB, 67:534; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Aug 211965,21:4.

Dworsky, Bertha Phillip (Mrs); b. Suwalki,1860; d. NYC,June 5 1925.

Philanthropist, communalldr, NYC; fdr, presHome of the Daughters ofJacob; active HebImmigrant Aid Soc. • See: UJE; A]YB, 28:150;NYTimes notice of memorial, Nov 9 1925,19:4.

Dzialynski, Morris A

Dyche, John Alexander; b. Lithuania, 1867;d.1939.

To US 1900/1901. • US labor ldr; officerILGWU; active opponent ofleft wingunionists (left union as a result). • See: E];Fink, 90.

Dyer, Isadore (Isidore); b. Dessau,Germany, 1813; d. Waukesha, WI, 1888.

To Baltimore as child. • TX pioneer,philanthropist, Galveston; creator ofcommunal instns. • See: ]E; UJE.

Dyer, Isadore; b. Galveston, Nov 2 1865;d.Oct 121920.

PhB Yale, U VA, MD Tulane. •Dermatologist, leprologist, New Orleans;faculty, dean Tulane; active professional orgs. •See: WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Oct 13 1920,15:4.

Dyer, Leon; b. Alzey, Germany, Oct 91807; d. Louisville, 1883.

To Baltimore at an early age. • Acting mayor,Baltimore; fdr ] ewish congregation (SanFrancisco); Mexican War service. • See:]E;UJE.

Dykaar, Moses W; b. near Vilna, 1885; d.NYC, Mar 10 1933.

To US 1916. • Sculptor; specialty: busts ofnoted Americans. • See: UJE; A]YB, 35:123;NYTimes, Mar 11 1933,21 :8, Mar 13 1933,12:4.

Dym, Aaron; b. Sanok, Poland, Feb 71896;d.June 5 1951.

To US 1925. • U Budapest. • Rabbi, NYC;with Fedn of Orthodox Rabbis ofAm, PolitcalAction Com for Palestine. • See: WWWIA, 3.

Dymov, Ossip Q'oseph Perehnan); b.Bialystok, Feb 17 1878/1879/1880; d.NYC, Feb 21959.

To US 1913. • Imperial Academy of Forestry(St Petersburg). • Yiddish & Russianplaywright, author; with Schildkraut Theatre;fdr Bialystoker Center & Home for Aged. •See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:133,61:416; WWIA],1928; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 4 1959, 26:1.

Dzialynski, Morris A; b. Poland, 1841; d.Jackonsville, FL, 1907.

To US as a boy. • Mayor, municipal judge,pioneer settler,]acksonville, FL; pres synagog;Civil War Confederate service. • See: UJE.