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1943. Wagner, Charles Abraham; b. NYC, 1901. To US 1896. • Cooper Union, LLB NY Law. AB Columbia, LI ColI Hospital. • Journalist, • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; a fdr Am drama & book critic, poet; NYC; with Daily Guild for German Cultural Freedom; pres Mirror, Morning Telegraph. • See:. UJE. Jewish Braille Inst; fought Nazi racial laws; active pressing claims against Nazi Wahl, Davis; b.NYC, Apr 26 1907; d. w government.· See:A]YB,46:347; WWIA], Castro Valley, CA,Jan 1969. 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Sep 211943,23:5. Police officer, NYc. • See: NYTimes, Jan 10 Wachenheim, F L; b.* 1969,47:2. Physician, NYC. • See: A]YB, 24:211. Wachtler, Sol; b. Brooklyn,.1930. BA, LLB Washington & Lee.· Lawyer, chief Wahl, Maurice; b. NYC, June 10 1901. Wachenheimer, Jacob; b. NYC; d. June 23 judge state court ofappeals, Jamaica, NY. • LLB, LLM NYU, CCNY, Columbia. • 1934. See:E]:1986-1987. Lawyer, asst district atty, NYC; active bar assn, Banker, civic worker, Peoria; bd Home for Republican politics. • See: BEOA]. Friendless.· See: WWIA], 1928; WWWIA, 1. Wacksman, Moses David; b. ca 1876; d. Los Angeles, Nov 21931. Wahrhaftig, Felix Solomon; b. Sacramento, Wachman,Johel Max; b. Tarnopol, Poland, Actor, Los Angeles. • See:A]YB, 34:113. Oct 14 1909; d. Feb 18 1969. Jan 171875. AB, LLB U CA (Berkeley). • Lawyer, To NYC 1891 • Silkmfr, NYC; officer Wadel, Burnett; b. Summit, MI, Sep 18 legislator, Sacramento; with CA Bd of Downtown Talmud Torah, Soc for the 1863; d. Tyler, TX,June 41943. Equalization; consult US Treasury. • See: Advancement of]udaism; dirJewish Pioneer settler, merchant, communal & civic WWWIA,5. Educational Assn. • See: WWIA], 1938. ldr, Tyler, TX; mem Bd ofEducation, Bd of Public Welfare; pres Salvation Army; officer Wahrhaftig, Matt; b. Orangevale, CA, Apr Wachs, Adolph; b. Austria, 1873. synagog.· See:A]YB, 45:396; WWIA], 1938; 61892. Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia; dir BEOA]. LLB,JD U CA.· Lawyer, lecturer, Oakland, Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, synagog. • See: CA.· See:A]YB, 24:211; WWIA], 1938. WWIA], 1926. Wadel, Reba (Mrs Ernest G Wadel); b. Longview, TX, 1902; d. Dallas, Nov 29 Waife, Marie; b. Odessa, 1892; d. NYC, Wachsman, Alvin Leopold; b. NYC, Apr 16 1949. Dec 111985. 1890; d. July 1948. Social worker, communal & civic ldr; active To US 1914. •U Lausanne. • Daughter & Broker, civic & philanthropic worker, NYC; bd UnitedJewish Appeal, Community Chest. • celebrator ofSholom Aleichem. • See: A]YB, NY Cotton Exchange. • See: WWIA], 1938; See:A]YB, 52:505;NYTimes, Nov 30 1949, 87:444. BEOA]; NYTimes, July 15 1948,23:4. 1:8. Wainer, Max Robert; b. Zitomir, Russia, Wachsman, Zvi H; b.Jerusalem, 1900?; d. Waelsch, Heinrich B; b. Briinn, Austria, ca Oct 311885; d. Havertown, PA,July Montreal, Sep 13 1948. 1905; d. NYC, Mar 1966. 1959. To US 1940. eJournalist, author, linguist; MD, DSc U Prague. • Biochemist; faculty To US 1887. •U PA Law. • US army officer, advisor to Jan Masaryk; WWIJewish Legion Columbia; with NY PsychiatricInst; dir State clothing mfr, Philadelphia; officer NatlJewish service. • See:A]YB, 51:525; NYTimes, Sep 16 Research Inst for Neurochemical & Drug Welfare Bd Army & Navy Com; bd trade assn; 1948,29:6. Addiction; author/editor in field. • See: WWI & WWII service. Ii See: A]YB, 24:211; NYTimes, Mar 23 1966, 47:2. WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, July 29 Wachsmann, Siegfried; b. Gleiwitz, 1959,29:3. Germany, Dec 24 1864; d. Middletown, Wagenheim, Elsie Wager (Mrs Harry NY, Feb 181946. Wagenheim); b. Danville, PA, Apr 18 Wainger,MorrisArthur;b.'lilna, 1895;d. To US 1901. • MD U Berlin. • Physician, 1895. NYC,Jan 51956. NYC; faculty Fordham, Columbia. • See: Communalldr, Pensacola; active Sunday Lawyer, communalldr; active Am Jewish Com. A]YB, 24:211, 48:501;WWIA], 1926, 1928, School Union, synagog, sisterhood, • See:A]YB, 58:479; NYTimes, Jan 71956, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 191946,25:3. Community Chest. • See: WWIA], 1928. 17:4. Wachtel, Barney; b. Austria, Jan 12 1872. Wagenheim, Isaac E; b. ca 1864; d. Wainhouse, David Walter; b. 'lilna, Sep 15 Communal worker, Hartford; active numerous Pensacola, Apr 1917. 1900; d. Mar 19 1976. Jewish orgs. • See: WWIA], 1928. Rabbi, Pensacola. ·See:A]YB, 19(1917 To US 1908/1909. • AB, AM, JD (LLB?) 1918):268. Harvard, BCL Oxford U. • Lawyer, Wachtel, Henry Isaac; b. Rzeszow/Cracow, government consult, NYC, Washington DC; Nov 13 1880; d. NYC, Feb 14 1969. Wagenheim, Michael Benjamin; b. Norfolk, advisor State Dept, embassies, Ellis Island To US 1898. • DDS NY ColI ofOral & Jan 61900; d. Aug 8 1972. Commn; author in field; WWII service. • See: Dental Surgery. • Dentist, art collector, NYC; BL UVA.· Lawyer, civic ldr, Norfolk; mem WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Mar21 fdr childrens dental clinic aerusalem); active School Bd; officer Zeta Beta Tau, bar assns; dir 1976,47:2. aid to refugees, supporting dentists in Israel. • Community Fund, Chamber ofCommerce. • See:A]YB, 71:610; WWIA],1938;BEOA]; See: WWWIA, 5. Waksman, SelmanAbraham; b. Priluka, NYTimes, Feb 16 1969, 76:7. Russia, July 29 1888; d. Hyannis, MA, Wagg, Abraham; b. London, 1719; d. Aug 161973. Wachtel, Mrs Emanuel; b.*; d. Seattle, Feb Bristol, England, Apr 271803. BS, MS Rutgers, PhD U CA; honorary 5 1939. Loyalist colonial merchant, chocolate mfr, degrees. • Microbiologist, Nobel laureate, Communal worker. • See:A]YB, 41:432. NYC; tried to make peace between colonies & New Brunswick, N]; pioneer in antibiotic Great Britain. • See: UJE; E]; BDEA]; PA]HS, research; faculty Rutgers; autobiography. • Wachtel, William; b. Lemberg, 1875; d. 31:33-75. See: UJE;E];A]YB, 75:657-58; WWIA], 1928, NYC, 1952. 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTim.es, Aug 17 To US ca 1940. • Painter, Vienna, Havana, Waghalter,Ignatz; b. Warsaw, 1881; d. Apr 1973,1:8. US; paintings of]ewish customs & culture. • 1949. See: UJE; NYTimes, Nov 3 1952,27:4. To US 1937. • Academy ofMusic (Berlin). • Wald, Albert; b. NYC, Feb 211889; d. Conductor, composer; with National Opera NYC, Feb 1 1985. Wachtell, Samuel Robert; b. Moscziski, (Riga); ousted byNazis. • See: UJE; NYTimes, CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, Poland, Apr 29 1886; d.NYC, Sep 19 Apr81949,25:3. civic & communal worker; natl council Boy Wald, Benjamin 666 Scouts; officer Union ofOrthodoxJewish Walden, Henry W; b. Walden, MA, Nov 10 Waldman, Max; b. ca 1920; d. 1981. Congregations, professional socs; active 1883/1888; d. Sep 1964. Dance & theatre photographer, author. • See: Democratic politics; WWI with US Shipping DDS Columbia. • Aviation pioneer, dentist, NYTimes, Mar 3 1981. Bd.· See:A]YB, 87:444; WWIA], 1938; flight instructor, designed & built aircraft, BEOA]. NYc.. See: UJE; BEOA]; NYTimes, Sep 14 Waldman, Milton; b. Cleveland, Oct 4 1964,33:3. 1895; d. Mar 61976. Wald, Benjamin; b. Poland, ca 1905; d. AB Yale, Sorbonne. • Author, biographer, NYC,June 1969. Waldes, Heinrich; b. Prague, 1884; d. London, Paris, Rome; WWI service. • See: U Warsaw, Sorbonne. • Interpreter at Maspeth, LI, July 15 1941. UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7; Nuremberg MilitaryTrials, newspaperman, To US 1941. • Industrialist, snapfastener mfr, NYTimes, Mar 13 1976,28:5. NYC; with Forward. • See: NITimes, June 20 LI; fdr art collection, Button Museum; active 1969,41:3. politically (Czechoslovakia). • See: UJE. Waldman, Morris David; b. Bartfa, Hungary, May 1 1879; d. NYC, Sep 8 Wald, George; b. NYC, 1906. Waldheim,Aaron;b.Cincinnati,Dec2 1963. Columbia. • Biologist, biochemist, Nobel 1863; d. St Louis, Mar 71938. PhB NYU, Colum.bia, JTS. • Social work & laureate; faculty- Harvard; political activist Merchant, communal worker, philanthropist, communal exec, rabbi, non-Zionist, NYC; an against Vietnam War. • See: E]. St Louis; presJewish Hospital, Fedn ofJewish orgr Natl Desertion Bureau; exec seey Am Charities. • See: UJE; A]YB, 40:393; WWIA], Jewish Com; dir Galveston Movement, United Wald, Gustavus Henry; b. Cincinnati, Mar 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 8 1938, 19:3. Heb Charities, Natl ConfofJewish Charities, 301953. Joint Distribution Com; active in promoting Yale, Harvard; honorary degree. • Lawyer, Waldinger, Ernst; b. Vienna, 1896; d. 1970. family welfare, planned parenthood; Cincinnati; faculty, dean U Cincinnati Law To US 1938.· UVienna.· Austrian poet; autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 7(1905 School; active Democratic politics; editor in faculty Skidmore; WWI Austrian service, 1906):112,24:211,65:438; WWIA], 1928, field. • See: WWWIA, 1. WWII government service. • See: E]; 1938;]TA-DNB, Sep 91963;NYTimes, Sep 8 NITimes, Feb 2 1970,33:3. 1963,87:1. Wald, Haskell Philip; b. Worcester, Sep 6 1916; d. Nov 211981. Waldman, Benjamin; b. ca 1854; d. NYC, Waldman, MortonJ; b. Brooklyn, 1941; d. AB Clark, AM, PhD Harvard. • Government Mar 1933. Queens, Dec 301980. official, economist, Washington DC; with Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB, Rabbi, communal worker, NYC; facultyJTS. • Federal Reserve Bank (NYC); authorltchr in 35:130. See:A]YB,82:374. field. • See: WWWIA, 8. Waldman, Bernard; b. Borisov, Russia, Feb Waldman, Philip Harold; b. NYC, Aug 24 Wald, Jerry; b. NYC, Sep 16 1912; d. 11900. 1906. Hollywood, CA,July 13 1962. To US 1920.· AB CCNY, LLB Brooklyn U vr, MD U vr. • Physician, Jamaica, NY. • BCS NYU. • Motion picture dir, Los Angeles; Law. • Exec, dress mfr, then with Modern See: WWIA], 1938. "The Glass Menagerie," "Johnny Belinda." • Merchandising Bureau, NYC. • See: WWIA], See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,July 141962,1:5. 1938. Waldman, Sam; b. Csany, Hungary, Feb 20 1873. Wald, Lillian Dj b. Cincinnati, Mar 10 Waldman, Eleanor Zuppan (Mrs); b. ca To US 1886. • Dept store merchant, 1867; d. Westport, CT, Sep 11940. 1884; d. Albany, NY, May 10 1938. Bloomington, IL; pres Bureau ofSocial NY Hospital Training School for Nurses, Communal & civic worker; WWI nurse. • See: Service. • See: WWIA], 1938. Womens Med COlli honorary degree. • Social A]YB, 40:393. worker & reformer, fdr Henry Street Waldstein, Abraham Solomon; b.