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Surviving him are his wife,
Pearl; two daughters, Mrs. Har-
old (Caroline) Schappiro, of
Morristown, N. Y., and Mrs.
Jesse (Rosalie) Sherman, of
New York; three grandchil-
dren; a brother, Harry Z.
Brown, of Detroit; and three
sisters, Mrs. Harry Wilk, of
New York, Mrs. Mildred B.
Lester, of Detroit, and Mrs.
Florence B. Weinstein, of Los
Angeles.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland,
Nov. 3, 1875, Brown was
brought to Detroit at the age
of five. He was educated in
the local schools and entered
business in 1896, establishing
the General Necessities Corpor-
ation which at one time had as
many as 20 subsidiaries.
In 1929 he founded the
Broadway National Bank and
Trust Co. and the Broadway
National Co.
His international fame, how-
ever, was in the field of phil-
anthropy. He commenced his
deep interest in work for the
relief of Jewish war sufferers
in 1917, when he directed the
New York campaign to aid the
victims of World War I.
In 1921 he became the na-
tional chairman of the Ameri-
can Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, in its first great
campaign to raise $14,000,000.
At that time, this sum was
considered a fantastic aim. But
Brown labored relentlessly and
he astonished the national Jew-
ish leaders by his energetic ac-
tivities which resulted in an
oversubscription of this record
sum.
It was at that time that he
befriended the late Louis Mar-
shall, Felix M. Warburg, David
Bressler, and many others who
directed American Jewish af-
fairs.
He remained the national di-
rectorial genius of relief drives
until the early 1930s and he
won international esteem for
his untiring labors in behalf of
the needy and the oppressed.
He headed a commission to
investigate the conditions of
European Jews in 1922. In
1924 he toured the United
States and Canada in behalf of
the Palestine Foundation Fund.
in a tribute to Brown in The
Jewish News on Nov. 2, 1945,
on the occasion of Brown's
70th birthday, Morris D. Wald-
man, who was the director of
the Jewish Welfare Federation
of Detroit in 1925, wrote: "Two
men—nearly forgotten — Jacob
Billikopf and David A. Brown,
have been mainly responsible
for teaching the Jews of Amer-
ica to give generously to phil-
anthropic causes." Billikopf
was recalled as the man who
set the pace for great national
campaigns in 1917, when he
headed the first $10,000,000
JDC drive, which included a
$1,000,000 gift from Julius Ros-
enwald. "Billikopf discovered
Brown," Waldman wrote. "With
the help of Jacob H. Schiff,
Billikopf got Brown to agree
to head the New York City
part of the campaign."
Then came the series of na-
tional drives which made
Brown famous. Some people
will recall the honor that was
accorded at a dinner here at
Hotel Statler, April 9, 1922,
when Louis Marshall and Ju-
lius Rosenwald were among
the leaders who came to show
their appreciation for Brown's
work.
Brown moved to New York
in 1929. There was hardly a
movement involving humani-
tarian needs that did not draw
his attention. The record
speaks for itself.
From 1928 to 1933 he was
chairman of the China Famine
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Relief Fund. He was chairman
of the China Flood Fund in
1931-32, and was named presi-
dent of American Friends of
China.
He toured the United States
for the Keren Hayesod in 1924.
In 1924-25 he was chairman of
the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations' finance commit-
tee.
His activities received recog-
nition when he was awarded
the Zeta Beta Tau Gottheil
Medal in 1926.
He served on the JDC board
from 1920 to 1937. He was on
the board of the Palestine Eco-
nomic Corporation from 1926
to 1936.
Together with the late Dr.
Joseph A. Rosen, he toured
Russia in 1925 and headed a
campaign for the settlement of
Jews on the land in that coun-
try. He was honored with the
establishment of the David
Brown Colony in Crimea.
Locally, Brown was for 14
years chairman of the member-
ship committee of the YMCA.
He was director-general of the
United War Work Campaign in
Michigan during World War I.
He was director general of De-
troit's first Community Fund
drive in 1918, and in 1919 was a
director of the Red Cross.
He was one of the found-
ers of the Old Newsboys, and
for many years he was on a
favorite corner downtown
selling papers on Goodfellow
Day.
He was a Spanish-Ameri-
can War veteran and was
among the first to volunteer
after the sinking of the
Maine.
Brown was involved in a
sensational law suit with the
General Motors Corp. and its
Frigidaire and Delco Light sub-
sidiaries. Judge Tuttle's ver-
dict was in favor of his com-
pany, the General Necessities
Corp.
Only three weeks ago, Brown
was in Detroit to speak at a
dinner in honor of the Irish
leader, Luke Leonard.
Dr. Tadmor Named
Center Adult Head
Appointment of Dr. Shlomo
Tadmor as director of the adult
services department of the Jew-
ish Community Center of De-
troit was announced this week.
Dr. Tadmor
will direct
special pro-
gramming for
adults of the
Center's new
main building
at Curtis and
Meyers, sched-
uled to open
early next
year, as well
as at the Cen-
ter's Davison
and Ten Mile
Dr. Tadmor branches.
Dr. Tadmor, who lived in
Israel for 20 years and served
in that country's defense army
during the war of liberation,
holds an Ed.D. from Columbia
university, and master's degrees
from both Columbia and Heb-
rew University in Jeruslem. He
speaks six languages and has
written articles on education for
leading publications in Israel.
He was senior research assis-
tant, school of education, Heb-
rew University, taught high
school in Jerusalem, and was an
instructor in Hebrew to new
immigrants for the Israeli
ministry of education.
Adult services' program at the
Center's new main building will
include family programming,
arts and crafts classes, forums,
discussion groups, workshops,
conferences and other adult
education and recreation
courses.
Detroit Young Helpers Elect First Officers
Deborah Mellomed has been
elected president of the Young
Helpers of Detroit, a newly-
organized group of girls who
meet weekly to promote leader-
ship and to participate in fund-
raising causes for worthy philan-
thropies.
Also elected to head the
group, which is comprised of 10
to 14-year-olds, were Karon Rat-
ner, vice - president; Shelley
Bank, treasurer; Nancy Berman
and Harriette Ratner, secreta-
ries.
Mrs. Sally Fields, who organ-
ized the group early this fall, is
the adviser and director. The
girls already have assisted in
such campaigns as the drive for
the City of Hope Cancer Fight-
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Dave Brown's Colorful Career