[T1S1] Respondent owner Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising; involved in many other business ventures. Respondent tells father's history: born in Warsaw, educated in Switzerland to avoid war; father's emigration; early life in US; setting in Pittsburgh; courtship, marriage; his jobs; various houses family have lived in; (Respondent enclosed dedication speech of Carnegie Mellon's Posner Hall). Respondent talks about mother's family; her parents, siblings, where they settled in US. Respondent recalls childhood memories, education, lack of religious observances. Respondent talks about anti-Semitism during college at Princeton University; never attended religious services until after college; funding reading room for Center for Jewish Life at Princeton; majoring in physical chemistry. Respondent mentions research jobs after college including Carnegie Tech; getting masters at University of Pittsburgh; how his father's company expanded.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.351_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.351
"Posner, Henry - October 1, 1994" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Posner, Henry - October 1, 1994
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Respondent. Businessman, born 1918.
Contributor
Posner, Henry (interviewee), Leyton, Hope;Adelson, Ruth (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1994-10-01
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.351
Rights
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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/
