ORGANIZATION

Founded 1906 primarily "to safeguard the welfare and security of Jews in the United States, in Israel, and throughout the world." Presently has over 100,000 members.

As of 2006: President, E. Robert Goodkind. Executive Director, David A. Harris.

Official Website:
http://www.ajc.org/

Founding Date:
1906

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barry J. Alperin	Business	c. 1941		Former Vice Chairman of Hasbro
Stanley M. Bergman	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Henry Schein
Eli Black	Business	9-Apr-1921	3-Feb-1975	Swan dive onto Park Avenue
Stuart Eizenstat	Diplomat	15-Jan-1943		US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
Edward E. Elson	Diplomat	c. 1934		US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98
Max M. Fisher	Business	15-Jul-1908	3-Mar-2005	Gas station tycoon
Murray Friedman	Historian	15-Sep-1926	18-May-2005	Founder, Rosaline Feinstein Center
Gabrielle Giffords	Politician	8-Jun-1970		Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12
Arthur J. Goldberg	Judge	8-Aug-1908	19-Jan-1990	Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65
Gary N. Jacobs	Business	12-Jul-1945		General Counsel for MGM Mirage
Jeff Jacoby	Columnist	10-Feb-1959		Boston Globe columnist
Max Kampelman	Diplomat	7-Nov-1920	25-Jan-2013	US Ambassador to the CSCE
Hans Kohn	Historian	15-Sep-1891	16-Mar-1971	The Idea of Nationalism
Milton R. Konvitz	Educator	12-Mar-1908	5-Sep-2003	Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations
Sol Linowitz	Business	17-Dec-1913	18-Mar-2005	Negotiated return of the Panama Canal
Seymour M. Lipset	Sociologist	18-Mar-1922	31-Dec-2006	American Exceptionalism
Bernie Marcus	Business	12-May-1929		Co-Founder of Home Depot
Peter R. Rosenblatt	Attorney	4-Sep-1933		Washington attorney
Arthur L. Schechter	Diplomat	6-Dec-1939		US Ambassador to the Bahamas, 1998-2001
Jacob Schiff	Business	10-Jan-1847	25-Sep-1920	New York banker
Sid Sheinberg	Business	14-Jan-1935		President and COO of MCA, 1973-95
Jerome J. Shestack	Attorney	11-Feb-1923	18-Aug-2011	Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis
Manuel N. Stamatakis	Business	c. 1948		Capital Management Enterprises
Felix M. Warburg	Business	14-Jan-1871	20-Oct-1937	Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Max M. Warburg	Business	5-Jun-1867	26-Dec-1946	M. M. Warburg & Company
Jon Winkelried	Business	c. 1959		Formerly Co-COO of Goldman Sachs
Fred S. Zeidman	Business	c. 1947		GOP activist

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