Jules Stein AKA Jules Caesar Stein Born: 26-Apr-1896 Birthplace: South Bend, IN Died: 29-Apr-1981 Location of death: Los Angeles, CA Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business Nationality: United States Executive summary: Founder of MCA Military service: US Army Reserve (1st Lt., 1923-28) Trained as an ophthalmologist. Founder of MCA, started the company as a booking agency. With he and Lew Wasserman this company grew to be one of the major record labels, also going into television (Revue Studios). An MCA employee, Taft Schreiber, engineered a deliberate overpayment to Ronald Reagan for land the actor owned, making Reagan wealthy. After Stein became wealthy he founded Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. in 1960, and also Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. Father: Louis M. Stein (merchant) Mother: Rosa Cohen Wife: Doris Babette Jones (m. 16-Nov-1928, until his death, two daughters) Daughter: Jean Babette Daughter: Susan Rosa
High School: Winona Academy, Winona, IN University: University of West Virginia (studied 1912-13) University: PhB, University of Chicago (1915) Medical School: MD, Rush Medical School, University of Chicago (1921) University: University of Vienna (postgraduate study)
MCA founder, 1924 Lasker Award Public Service Award (1975) Hollywood Walk of Fame 6821 Hollywood Blvd. Cholecystectomy (Apr-1981) Heart Attack
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