American Jewish Committee

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American Jewish Committee

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1906 primarily "to safeguard the welfare and security of Jews in the United States, in Israel, and throughout the world." Presently has over 100,000 members.

As of 2006: President, E. Robert Goodkind. Executive Director, David A. Harris.

Official Website:
http://www.ajc.org/

Founding Date:
1906

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Barry J. Alperin Business c. 1941 Former Vice Chairman of Hasbro

Stanley M. Bergman Business c. 1950 CEO of Henry Schein

Eli Black Business 9-Apr-1921 3-Feb-1975 Swan dive onto Park Avenue

Stuart Eizenstat Diplomat 15-Jan-1943 US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96

Edward E. Elson Diplomat c. 1934 US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98

Max M. Fisher Business 15-Jul-1908 3-Mar-2005 Gas station tycoon

Murray Friedman Historian 15-Sep-1926 18-May-2005 Founder, Rosaline Feinstein Center

Gabrielle Giffords Politician 8-Jun-1970 Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12

Arthur J. Goldberg Judge 8-Aug-1908 19-Jan-1990 Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65

Gary N. Jacobs Business 12-Jul-1945 General Counsel for MGM Mirage

Jeff Jacoby Columnist 10-Feb-1959 Boston Globe columnist

Max Kampelman Diplomat 7-Nov-1920 25-Jan-2013 US Ambassador to the CSCE

Hans Kohn Historian 15-Sep-1891 16-Mar-1971 The Idea of Nationalism

Milton R. Konvitz Educator 12-Mar-1908 5-Sep-2003 Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations

Sol Linowitz Business 17-Dec-1913 18-Mar-2005 Negotiated return of the Panama Canal

Seymour M. Lipset Sociologist 18-Mar-1922 31-Dec-2006 American Exceptionalism

Bernie Marcus Business 12-May-1929 Co-Founder of Home Depot

Peter R. Rosenblatt Attorney 4-Sep-1933 Washington attorney

Arthur L. Schechter Diplomat 6-Dec-1939 US Ambassador to the Bahamas, 1998-2001

Jacob Schiff Business 10-Jan-1847 25-Sep-1920 New York banker

Sid Sheinberg Business 14-Jan-1935 President and COO of MCA, 1973-95

Jerome J. Shestack Attorney 11-Feb-1923 18-Aug-2011 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis

Manuel N. Stamatakis Business c. 1948 Capital Management Enterprises

Felix M. Warburg Business 14-Jan-1871 20-Oct-1937 Kuhn, Loeb and Co.

Max M. Warburg Business 5-Jun-1867 26-Dec-1946 M. M. Warburg & Company

Jon Winkelried Business c. 1959 Formerly Co-COO of Goldman Sachs

Fred S. Zeidman Business c. 1947 GOP activist

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