Max Blumberg
Max Blumberg | |
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| Born | April 16, 1880 |
| Died | November 9, 1938 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | Lena Gurian |
| Children | 6 including George Blumberg |
Max Blumberg (April 16, 1880 – November 9, 1938) was a Lithuania-born American businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
[edit]Blumberg was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania and immigrated to the United States when he was 14 settling in New York City.[1] He worked as a millworker and later started his own business as a lumber wholesaler.[1] Blumberg served as President of the Bensonhurst Sash and Door Company, the Globe Exchange Bank, the Globe Financial Corporation, and the Farmers Title Guarantee and Mortgage Company; he was Vice President of the Philippine Button Company.[1]
Blumberg was a prominent Jewish philanthropist. He founded the Jewish orphanage, Pride of Judea Children’s Home, in Williamsburg[1][2] and the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in Brooklyn.[1][3][4]
Personal life
[edit]He was married to Lina Gurian (c. 1882–1966);[5] they had six children including George Blumberg (d. 1960), who served in the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate;[6][7] Jack Blumberg (1910–1970) who took over the family's philanthropic activities;[1][8] Elsie Blumberg Wolosoff who married homebuilder Leon Wolosoff;[9] and William Blumberg who founded KF Lumber and Supply in Queens, New York.[10] His granddaughter was Joan Wolosoff Wachtler, wife of Sol Wachtler, the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.[9]
Blumberg died in 1938.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Max Blumberg, 58, Donor to Charities; Retired Lumber and Millwork Dealer Is Stricken While Appealing for Funds; Founded Children's Home; Immigrant at 14, He Became a Leading Philanthropist in Brooklyn". The New York Times. November 10, 1938.
- ^ "Guide to the Pride of Judea Children's Home Records, undated, 1932-2013 (bulk 1933-1949)". American Jewish Historical Society. July 6, 2015.
- ^ Levitan, Tina (April 1988). Islands of Compassion: a History of the Jewish Hospitals of New York. Olympic Marketing Corp. ISBN 9997355784.
- ^ Abelow, Samuel Philip (1937). History of Brooklyn Jewry. Scheba publishing Company.
....some Wealthy Jews, among whom was the great philanthropist, Max Blumberg....
- ^ "Mrs. Lena Gurian Blumberg, vice president of the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in Brooklyn, died Saturday night in Mount Sinai Hospital after a short illness. She was 84 years old". The New York Times. October 10, 1966.
- ^ Goeorge Blumberg of Oil Firm Dies; Head of Coastline Fuel in Flushing Was Former G.O.P. State Senator in the New York Times on January 19, 1960 (subscription required)
- ^ Who's Who in American Jewry (1933; pg 114)
- ^ "Jack M. Blumberg, founder and president of Fine Arts Lamps, Ltd., lamp manufacturers at 230 Fifth Avenue, died of a heart attack Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital". The New York Times. May 2, 1970.
- ^ a b Wolfe, Linda (August 26, 2014). Double Life: The Shattering Affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781497648869.
- ^ Marzlock, Ron (May 5, 2016). "KF Lumber and Supply — a true family business". Queens Chronicle.