L | the Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

L | the Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography

Theatre & movie publicity dir, Universal City, Business exec, civic worker, NYC; officer CA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 23 Child Development Center,Jewish Bd of 1941,21:3. Guardians; active mental health concerns. • See:AJYB, 69:609; NYTimes, Mar 291967, Lachmann-Mosse, John Hans; b. Berlin, 45:1. L 1885; d. Oakland, CA, Apr 181944. To Los Angeles 1940. • Editor, publisher Lahn, Louis; b. Norwich, CT, Aug 22 1895; Berliner Tageblatt; art & book collector. • See: d. Oct 1958. Labatt, Abraham Cohen; b. Charleston, SC, UJE (sub Mosse); AJYB, 46:340-41; NYTimes, AB NYU, MD Fordham. • Physician, 1802; d. Galveston, Aug 16 1899. Apr 191944,23:3. gynecologist, NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic. • Merchant, TX, Charleston, SC, New Orleans, See: WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJi NITimes, Nov 1 San Francisco; alderman (San Francisco); fdr Ladejinski, WolfIsaac; b. Russia, 1899; d. 1958,19:5. synagogs. • See: JE; UJE. July 1975. To US 1922. • Agronomist; with Dept of Lahr, Bert; b. NYC, Aug 13 1875; d. NYC, Labov, Benjamin; b. Russia, Nov 24 1896; Agriculture; specialty: Asia; donated Asian art Dec41967. d. West Palm Beach,Jan 111972. to Israel Museum. • See: EJ:1973-1982; Musical comedy & motion picture actor; best Industrialist, philanthropist,Jersey City; officer NYTimes,July41975,26:1. known for Cowardly Lion in "Wizard ofOz." Jewish Welfare Council, Heb Home & • See: AJYB, 69:609; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8; Hospital; chr NJ UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: Laderman, Isidor; b. Bodzanow, Plotsk, NYTimes, Dec 5 1967, 1:5. AJYB, 74:557; NYTimes, Jan 141972, 36:2. May 20 1887; d. Dec 1952. To NYC 1907.·· Union official & orgr, NYC; Lainer, Fannie Hoffner (Mrs Samuel Labovitz, Margaret; b. Minneapolis, Dec 29 with Knit Goods Workers, Bag Makers & Lainer); b. ca 1865; d. Worcester,July 3 1898. Portfolio Workers; WWI service. • See: 1937. LLB U MN. • Lawyer, communalldr, WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 7 1952, 88:6. Communal worker, Worcester.· See:AJYB, Minneapolis; officer Hadassah. • See: WWIAJ, 40:388. 1928,1938. Ladin, Louis]ulius; b. Kovno, Oct 15 1862; d. Sep 15 1951. Lait, Jacquin Leonard crack Lait}; b. NYC! Labowitch, David; b. Mogyoraska, AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician, Chicago, Mar 12/13 1882/1883; d. 1954. Hungary, July 10 1897. gynecologist, consult, NYC; faculty NY Lewis Inst. • Author, editor, critic, reporter, To US 1903.· Merchant, civic & communal Polyclinic: • author in field; WWI service. • war correspondent, scriptwriter, NYC; with worker, Chicago; WWI US Shipping Bd See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; Hearst papers, Daily Mirror. • See: AJYB, . service. • See: WWIAJ,.1926. NYTimes, Sep 16 1975,85:1. 24:166; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes, Apr 2 1954,27:1. Laby, Irving Earl; b. en route to US (Am Laemmle, Carl; b. Laupheim, parents), Aug 12 1896. Wiirttemberg,Jan 17 1867; d. Lakman, Max; b.*; d. Cleveland, Nov 29 DDS Loyola. • Dentist, Chicago; faculty Hollywood, CA, Sep 241939. 1911. Loyola; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938. To US 1884. • Motion picture pioneer, exec, Rabbi, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 14(1912­ Hollywood, CA; pres Universal Pictures; 1913):125. Lachman, Arthur; b. San Francisco, Dec 4 discovered Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino; 1873; d. Berkeley, Nov 1957. aided refugees from Nazis. • See: UJEi EJi Lambert, Alexander; b. ca 1864; d. NYC, BS U CA (Berkeley), PhD U Munich. • AJYB, 24:166,42:480; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, Dec 311929. Chemist, mfr, consult engineer, patent holder, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA; 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Vienna Con~ervatory. • Concert pianist, Berkeley; faculty U MI, U OR, U CA; author Sep 25 1939,19:1. composer, tchr, NYC; staffCurtis; fdr NY ColI in field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):132, ofMusic. • See:AJYB, 32:154; NYTimes,]an 1 24:165; WWIAJ, 1926 (addenda), 1928, 1938; Laemmle, CarlJr; b. Chicago, Apr 28 1908. 1930, 19:3. BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 1 1957, Motion picture producer, scriptwriter, Beverly 88:7, correction Dec 2 1957,27:6. Hills; exec Universal Pictures; "All Quiet on Lambert, Henry Lewis; b. NYC, Aug 23 the Western Front."· See: BEOAJ. 1903; d. Dec 311982. Lachman, George Sydney; b. Baltimore, Jeweler, NYC; pres NY BdofTrade; officer Oct 11898. Laemmle, Edward; b. Chicago, Oct 25 Boy Scouts; bd NY Lighthouse. • See: AB, MDJohns Hopkins. • Ophthalmologist, 1887; d. 1937. WWWIA,8. San Francisco. • See: BEOAJ. Armour Inst. • Motion picture dir, Universal City, CA; South Seas explorer; fdr synagog; Lambert, Robert K; b. NYC, ca 1900; d. Lachman, Harry; b. LaSalle, IL,June 29 soldier in China. • See:WWIAJ, 1928; NYC, Oct 3 1946. 1886; d. Nice, Mar 191975. NYTimes, Apr 41937, II 11:1. Ophthalmologist, NYC; faculty Columbia; U MI, Paris. • Painter, cinema dir, illustrator, specialty: glaucoma research; WWI & WWII tchr, Paris; illustrator Saturday Evening POsti Lafair, IsadoreC; b. Kreslavaka, Russia, service. • See: AJYB, 49:613; NYTimes, Oct 4 WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; Nov271896. 1946,23:3. WWWIA, 6, 7; NYTimes, Mar211975, 40:3. Central High School (Philadelphia), Temple U, Dropsie. • Mfr, importer, Zionist worker, Lamfrom, Leon Benedict; b. Milwaukee, Lachman, Henry;b. ca 1860; d. San Philadelphia; mem Keren Hayesod Council; Sep 191883. Francisco, July 10 1915. author on Zionism. • See: WWIAJ, 1928. AB U WI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chevalier, French Legion ofHonor, San Milwaukee; officer Civic Alliance; dir Francisco.· See:AJYB, 18(1916-1917):108. La Guardia, Fiorello Henry (Enrico); b. FederatedJewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, .NYC, Dec 11 1882; d. Bronx, Sep 20 1928,1938. Lachman, Samson; b. NYC, May 2 1885; d. 1947. NYC, Dec 28 1931. LLB NYU; honorary degrees. • Congressman, Lamm, Norman; b. Brooklyn, 1927. CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, district mayor, NYC; supporter progressive causes, RIETS. • Orthodox rabbi, university official, court judge, communal worker, NYc. •.See: legislation benefiting urban poor; one parent author, NYC; faculty, president Yeshiva U; fdr, UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):133,24:166,34:111; Jewish. • See: UJE; EJi WWWIA, 2; DAB, 4; editor Tradition. • See: EJ. WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Dec 291931, 21:3. NYTimes, Sep 21 1947, 1:1. Lampe, David; b. Baltimore, June 8 1896. Lachmann, Marc; b. Chicago, Mar 191897; Lahm, Mortimer; b. NYC, Feb 4 1893; d. Advertising exec, communal worker, d.Apr 1941. NYC,Mar271967. Baltimore; active Jewish Social Service, Am Lampert, Jacob 352 Jewish Cong; WVVI service. • See: WWIAJ, NYC.· See:AJYB, 38:431; Cong Biweekly LLB NYU. • Lawyer, laundry co exec, NYC; 1938. story, Nov 23 1964. pres Consolidated Laundries Corp. • See: WWWIA,5. Lampert,Jacob; b. ca 1857; d. St Louis, Feb Lance, Saul; b. NYC, Nov 10 1899; d. NYC, 19 1921. July 171965. Landau, Jacob Henry; b. ca 1865; d. NYC, Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB, Lawyer, communal educational & fundraising Mar251920. 23:132. ldr, NYC.· See:AJYB, 67:538; NYTimes, July Rabbi, Sydney, Australia. • See: AJYB, 22:166. 181965,68:5. Lampert, JuliusJ; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, Nov Landau, Louis (pseud=A Wohliner); b. 101921. Land, Edwin H; b. Bridgeport, CT, 1909. Starokonstantinoff, Volhynia, Nov 10 Merchant, communal worker, NYC; pres Harvard. • Inventor Polaroid camera, many 1877; d. NYC, Apr 1942. undertakers supplies firm; active synagog. • military devices, wwn. • See: EJ. To US 1902. • Yiddish writer, journalist, See:AJYB, 24:102;NYTimes, Nov 12 1921, editor, Boston, NYC; with Boston Daily 13:5. Landau, Abraham; b. NYC, Feb 16 1885; d. Advocate, Der Zeit, Jewish Am Family Magazine. Palm Beach, Feb 1960. • See: A]YB, 44:340; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, Lampl, Henry; b. NYC, May 31 1881. AB CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Clothing mfr, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 211942,23:1. AB Friends U (Wichita), JD U Chicago. • lawyer, investment exec, NYC; fundraiser Fedn Lawyer, Wichita; officer Kiwanis; trustee ofJewish Philanthropies, Joint Distribution Landau, Samuel David (Lev); b. Warsaw, synagog; WVVI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938. Com; active Republican politics. • See: Apr 171895; d. NYC,Jan 71979. WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 111960,35:3. To US 1909. • Artist, author, Yiddish poet, Lamport, Arthur Matthew; b. Franklin NYC.· See:AJYB, 81:369-370. Falls, NY, Nov 211883; d. NYC, Nov 8 Landau, Edmund Alderman; b. Hamilton, 1940. Ontario, Dec 17 1875; d. Albany, GA, Landau, Sara; b. Philadelphia, Nov 4 1890. BS CCNY. • Investment banker, economist, May 141945. AB, MA U Louisville, UPA. • Economist, government advisor, businessman, Ordained Heb Union Coli, U Cincinnati. • Louisville; faculty U Louisville, Wheaton; philanthropist, communal worker, art Rabbi, Albany, GA; active communal & civic active Natl Council ofJewish Women; WVVI collector, music patron, NYC; orgrJewish affairs, Boy Scouts. • See: AJYB, 5(1903­ with Red Cross. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938. colonization (Dominican Republic). • See: 1904):71,47:526; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938. AJYB, 43:360; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; Landau, Saul Raphael; b. Cracow, 1870; d. NYTimes, Nov91940, 17:1. Landau, Emil; b.*; d. Aug 81972. 1943. Rabbi, communalldr, Long Beach, CA; fdr To US 1938. • Lawyer, pioneer Labor Zionist; Lamport, Harold; b. NYC, Feb 161908; d. Heb Academy Mesivta; • benefactor Yeshiva aide to Herzl; editor Neue Nationalzeitung; Dec 271975. U, yeshivahs.· See:AJYB, 74:557. memoirs. • See: EJ. BS Harvard, post-grad U Gottingen, MD Columbia. • Biophysicist, investment Landau, Ezekiel; b. Nowy Sacz, Poland, Landau, Wolf; b. near Konigsberg, Apr 3 management exec, inventor, NYC; faculty Feb 51888; d. NYC, Aug 191965. 1841; d. Bay City, MI, Aug 25 1903. CCNY; fdr Found; author in field. • See: To US 1940. • Rabbi, communalldr, NYC; Rabbi, Schenectady, Honesdale & Titusville, WWWIA, 6, 7; NYTimes, Dec 29 1975,28:3. fdr Jewish Friends Soc; active Israel Bonds. • PA, Zanesville, OH, Hamilton, Ontario, Bay See: AJYB, 67:538; NYTimes, Aug 201965, City. MI. • See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):71,216. Lamport, Miriam Dworsky (Mrs Samuel C 29:3. Lamport); b. NYC, 1886?; d. NYC, Oct 4 Landau, Zisho (Zishe, Zisha; 1951. Landau, GustaveJoseph; b. Dukla, Austria, pseud=Yehudoh); b. Plotzk, 1888; d. Communal & Zionist worker, philanthropist, Aug 71899.

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