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Dinner Honoring Louis Berry June 6
DR. WILLIAM I I ABER
Leonard N. Simons. chairman of
the annual dinner of the Jewish
National Fund, to be held at the
ghaarey Zedek, June 6. announced
that Prof. William Ilaber,' dean of
the college of literature, science
and the arts of the University of
Michigan. will be the guest
speaker.
This year's dinner will honor
Louis Ilt•rry in recognition of his
numerous services to Jewry. to
Israel and to America.
Prof. Haber has been associat-
ed with the University of Michi-
gan for 30 years. Ile has held
the position of professor of eco-
nomics and for a time was chair-
man of that department. In 1963,
he was named dean of the col-
lege of literature, science, and
the arts—the largest academic
unit in the university.
Dr. Ilaber has had a close asso-
ciation with the federal and state
government. During the depth of
the depression. he served as the
Michigan State Emergency Relief
Administrator and as head of the
state's WPA and NVA programs.
Ile was chairman of the commis-
sion which drafted Michigan's un-
employment insurance taw and for
a time served as a member of the
Michigan Unemployment Compen-
sation Commission. Ile has been a
consultant to secretaries of labor
in five administrations. Ile was a
member of the advisory cmincil
which helped redraft t he Social
Security Act in 1939. For 10 years,
he was chairman of the Federal
Hi st ori c al So ci ety
Advisory Council on Employment , He has long been a member of
Security and is still a member of , the Bnai Brith National Hillel
that council. This is a statutory Commission which administers the
body created by Congress to advise Hillel Foundations on university
the Secretary of Labo'r on unem- and college campuses in this coun-
ployment insurance and manpower try and overseas. Between 1955
problems.
and 1963 he served as chairman
He has been associated with the of the Hillel Commission and is
Departnient of Conerce as a now an honorary chairman. He
member of the public advisory was also a member of the Bnai
committee to the Area Redev slop- , Brith International Council.
ment Administration and still
Since 1950 he has been presi-
'serves as a member of the Re-
dent of the American ORT Fed-
I gional Export Expansion Council ' eration and is also president of
appointed by the Secretary of ' the Central Board of the World
Commerce.
ORT Union, whose vocational
training activities are carried on
He is the author of several vol-
in 21 countries.
umes and numerous professional
publications in labor relations, un-
Dr. Haber has traveled exten-
employment insurance. and social sively to the Middle East, includ-
security. Most recently, he co- ing Israel and Iran; to North Af-
authored a volume on "The Michi- rica, including Morocco. Tunisia,
gan Economy: Its Potential and and Algeria: to South Africa,
Problems.'' published in 1959; South America. and many Euro-
"The Impact of Technological pean countries in ORT•s behalf.
Change: The American Exper-
ience:" published in 1963; and in Education is an admirable thing.
1965, he co-authored a volume but it is well to remember from
"Michigan in the 1970s: An Eco- time to time that nothing that is
nomic Forecast": in 1966 he edit- worth knowing can be taught.
ed a volume on "Labor in a Chang-
ing America,• arid (together with':
Merrill G. Murray) authored "Un-
GOLDEN ROSE PIN
employment Insurance in the
American Economy." the first at-
tempt at a comprehensive review
of the history and problems of un-
employment insurance in this
count r•.
Dr. Haber is a member of the
National Academy of Arbitrators,
has had wide experience as a labor
arbitrator. and has been a consul-
tant to labor-management and
government departments. in Michi-
14K Gold-Exquisitely hand detail-
gan and other areas.
ed rose unfolds to
Ile did his graduate work at
disclose cultured pearl
Harvard University and at the
Other fine, 14K goid pins
University of Wisconsin. and he
priced from 512-50
holds a PhD degree from the
latter institution.
In the area of Jewish Affairs,
Dr. Haber has had long exper-
Certified Master Watchmaker
ience dating back to 1939 when,
and Jeweler
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Michigan. he organized and di-
rected the National Refugee Ser
vice. Re is a life member of
the executive committee of the
American Jewish Committee and
of the national council of the
American Joint Distribution Com-
mittee. In 1948, on leave from
PATINA and BRASS
the university, he was in Ger-
many as special advisor on Jew-
ish affairs to General Lucius
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Clay. the American Commander
(5 different styles
in Chief in Germany.
to choose from)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Passover
,, reetings from Moscow Chi
ehuda Leib Levin were ef received
Rabbi
by Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak
Nissim and by Dr. Israel Goldstein.
.
president of the World
Hebrew
on in Israel. Similar
Union
had been received from Chief Rabbi
Levin in previous years.
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library and headquarters being constructed adjacent to the campus
of Brandeis University are (front left) Dr. Abram L. Sacher,
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tiring president: Dr. Abram Kanof, .past president; Dr. Philip D.
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which took place April 2, was a highlight of the organization's '75th
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