Sol Satinsky„ Prominent National
Jewish Leader, Dies at Age of 66
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — Lead-
ers of national and local Jewish
organizations mourn the death of
Sol Satinsky, national figure in
American Jewish communal life.
who died at Hahnemann Hospital
here last Friday. He was 66
A well-known philanthropist, Mr.
Satinsky has been a member of
the national cabinet of the United
Jewish Appeal, and one-time presi-
dent of the Allied Jewish Appeal in
Philadelphia, where he resided.
He was also vice-chairman of the
Joint Distribution Committee and
chairman of its national council.
He was one of the founders and
leaders of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds,
and a member of the board of
United Hias Service.
Mr. Satinsky was a member of
the national executive of the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee, member of
its board of governors and chair-
man of its budget committee; a
member of the board of directors
of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
acting president of Dropsie Col-
lege, board member of the Albert
Einstein Medical Center. Mr. Satin-
sky had been president of the
Jewish Publication Society and
.
Sam Lichtenstein Dies;
Memorialized in Israel
Samuel B. Lichtenstein, 17565
Wisconsin, died Nov. 4 at age 74.
Funeral services were held Sun-
day noon at Kaufman Chapel.
Surviving him are his wife,
Esther; two daughters, Mrs. Wil
(Joanne) Viviano and Mrs.
Harry A. (Virginia) Heller; seven
grandchildren; a sister, Esther
Milstein, and three nephews,
Georg. Yeshaia and Israel Lichten-
stein, all of Israel.
A fund is being established in
Mr. Lichtenstein's memory in
the Beth Nahama Orphanage in
Rishon LeZion, Israel, which
was established and is being
maintained by Detroit Council
of Pioneer Women.
Mr. and Mrs. Lichtenstein were
married 49 years, and they had
just begun to plan their 50th wed-
ding anniversary.
A World War I veteran, Mr.
Lichtenstein was a member of
Lawrence Jones Post of Jewish
War Veterans. of the U.S.A. A
veterans' guard paid final tribute
to his memory at the funeral.
Mr. Lichtenstein was a whole-
sale dry goods salesman in the De-
troit area for 50 years, was well
known among the small indepen-
dent merchants, scores of whom
became his intimate friends, and
during the half century of his
business activities he had repre-
sented I. Shetzer & Co., Broder
Brothers and General Hosiery.
He was active in many of the
city's movements and was especi-
ally linked with the activities of
Mlawer Umgegend Verein and
American Jewish Congress, both
of which he served as financial
secretary. With his wife he hosted
many affairs, and they were among
the main leaders in the Mlawer
circle. He was a member of the
Federation of Polish Jews, Labor
Zionist Organization, Zionist Or-
ganization of America and other
groups.
Cecelia Shere Wyckoff
Publisher of Wall Street
Magazine ; Ex-Detroiter
Cecelia Shere Wyckoff, former
Detroiter who owned the Magazine
of Wall Street until recently, died
Oct. 29 in New York. She was 78.
Mrs. Wyckoff married the late
Richard Wyckoff, editor of the New
York financial magazine, and car-
ried on the business after his death.
Born in New York, Mrs. Wyckoff
lived in Detroit for many years.
She leaves two sisters here, Mrs.
Charles (Miriam) Hamburger and
Mrs. Abraham (Rose) Cooper.
Mrs. Wyckoff also leaves a
daughter. Mrs. Dallas (Dorothy)
Baker of Chicago and six grand-
children.
chairman of the American Jewish
History Center. He had visited
Israel a number of times as a
member of the United Jewish Ap-
peal study missions.
Born in Philadelphia, he was one
of the outstanding Jewish person-
alities who took active part also
in numerous general civic, cultural
and philanthropic causes and was
one of the generous contributors.
A message of condolence from
the American Jewish Committee,
signed by president Morris B.
Abram and Dr. John Slawson, exe-
cutive vice-president. emphasized
that "the broadness of his commit-
ment to the welfare of mankind
was marked by his participation
and leadership in manifold com-
munal activities, Jewish and gen-
eral."
A message of condolence was
also received from the JDC, sign-
ed by Louis Broido and Charles
H. Jordan, chairman and execu-
tive vice-chairman, respectively,
who stressed Mr. Satinsky's tire-
less work to bring relief to needy
Jews overseas. The Council of Jew-
ish Federations and Welfare Funds,
in a message signed by Lewis H.
Weinstein, president, and Philip
Bernstein, executive director, em-
phasized the "countless responsi-
bilities" which he carried out in
American Jewish communal life.
Murray Gurfein, president of the
United Hias Service, stressed his
"tireless work in behalf of mi-
grants and refugees."
Tribute to Mr. Satinsky was paid
by Eleazar Lipsky. president of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, on be-
half of the JTA board of directors
; and the staff. Mr. Satinsky, who ;
was a member of the JTA board
since 1962, played an Important
role in the reorganization of the
news agency as a communal in-
stitution.
Aliya Center Director Due THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Shinuel Werzberger, director of
the Israel Aliya Center in Cleve-
land, will make his monthly visit
to Detroit Tuesday and Wednes-
day at the Labor Zionist Institute.
For appointments and aliya infor-
mation, call the institute, DI 1-0669.
Federation Receives National Mention for Booklet
The Jewish V4relfare Federation
of Detroit was a winner of the an-
nual public relations contest spon-
sored by the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds, it
was announced at the opening ses-
Dr. P. Debye, Chemist;
Fled from Nazi Germany
ITHACA, N.Y.—Dr. Peter J. W.
Debye, Nobel Prize-winning chem-
ist who fled Nazi Germany in 1939,
died Nov. 2 at age 82.
A graduate of the University of
Munich, Dr. Debye succeeded Al-
bert Einstein as professor of phys-
ics at the University of Zurich in
1911.
While at the Kaiser Wilhelm In-
stitute, the Nazis demanded he re-
nounce his Dutch citizenship and
become a German. He fled and in
1940 came to the United States to
head the chemistry department at
Cornell University. In 1948 he be-
came an American.
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