[T1S1] birth and early life in Odessa, Russia; father's grocery business; number of siblings; early education at the gymnasium; religious instruction at home; immigration to United States in 1921 with sister and her husband; execution of family members during Nazi era; immigration of other family members and their history; his stay in Romania during immigration; discussion of life under the Bolsheviks; receives financial aid from brother in America, travels to Philadelphia; various jobs held in Philadelphia; learning English; education, Northeast High School, Wharton School and Temple University on scholarship from Wharton; employment teaching a political science course at Temple; employment with the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce; joins the Pennsylvania Economic League in Philadelphia (PEL) in 1933; discussion of the PEL and its function; becomes the director of Research of PEL in Pittsburgh in 1936; moves to Pittsburgh in 1938.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.249_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.249
"Kurtzman, David H. - 1975" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Kurtzman, David H. - 1975
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
David Kurtzman, PhD, elected the 14th and first Jewish Chancellor and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh and served in state government as secretary of Administration in Governor Lawrence's cabinet and as secretary of Education during the
Contributor
Kurtzman, David H. (interviewee), Alpern, Betty;Sussman (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1975
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.249
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your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: University of Pittsburgh, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
