Max Blumberg

Max Blumberg (1880–1938) was a Lithuania-born American businessman and philanthropist.

Max Blumberg
Born1880
Lithuania
Died1938 (age 58)
OccupationBusinessman
Spouse(s)Lina Gurian
Children6 including George Blumberg

Biography

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

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
  1. "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.
  2. "Guide to the Pride of Judea Children's Home Records, undated, 1932-2013 (bulk 1933-1949)". American Jewish Historical Society. July 6, 2015.
  3. Levitan, Tina (April 1988). Islands of Compassion: a History of the Jewish Hospitals of New York. Olympic Marketing Corp. ISBN 9997355784.
  4. Abelow, Samuel Philip. History of Brooklyn Jewry. Scheba publishing Company. ....some Wealthy Jews, among whom was the great philanthropist, Max Blumberg....
  5. "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.
  6. 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)
  7. Who's Who in American Jewry (1933; pg 114)
  8. "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.
  9. Wolfe, Linda (August 26, 2014). Double Life: The Shattering Affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman. Open Road Media. ISBN 9781497648869.
  10. Marzlock, Ron (May 5, 2016). "KF Lumber and Supply — a true family business". Queens Chronicle.
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