[T1S1] early life in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, PA; education, Colfax School, Taylor Allderdice High School; enlistment in the Army; graduation from Naval Reserve Officer Training Camp in South Carolina; returns to Pittsburgh; courtship and marriage in 1947; employment in father's wholesale business; 1961, opens a chain of drug stores, White Cross stores; children's names and careers; travels to Israel with the United Jewish Federation; offices held with the United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh, including president, 1971-73; merger of White Cross stores with Revco in 1972; involvement with the Symphony Society; board member and former vice president of Montefiore Hospital; national president of joint distribution committee (JDC); his travels for the JDC.
