Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891, Feb. 10 | Born, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1909-1911 | Attended Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
| 1913 | Married Edith Goodkind |
| 1920 | General manager, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Philadelphia plant, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1925-1926 | Began collecting prints, drawings, and rare books |
| 1928 | Executive vice president, Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
| 1931-1932 | Vice president, board of directors, and chairman, executive committee, Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
| 1932-1939 | Chairman, board of directors, Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
| 1932-1948 | Chairman, board of trustees, Julius Rosenwald Fund |
| 1939 | Retired from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Opened Alverthorpe Gallery, Jenkintown, Pa. |
| 1941-1943 | Director, Conservation Division, War Production Board |
| 1943 | Donated print collection to the National Gallery of Art and rare books to the Library of Congress Founder and chairman, American Council for Judaism |
| 1963 | Awarded Philadelphia Art Alliance Medal of Achievement |
| 1967 | Received Philadelphia Award Received Donald F. Hyde Award, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1979, June 24 | Died, Jenkintown, Pa. |