[T1S1] parents' country of origin; siblings' names; residences in Pittsburgh; education, Bellefield Elementary, Schenley High School, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University; his participation in basketball program at Duquesne; graduation from Duquesne University; coaching and teaching at Rankin School; family and religious life; the depression era; joins Edgar Lewin brokerage firm in 1936; experience with anti-Semitism; people who helped him in his career as a broker; marriage to Mildred Simon in 1939; wife's background and education.