Nathan S. Jonas

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Nathan Solomon Jonas (August 1, 1868 – October 17, 1943) was a Jewish-American banker and philanthropist from Brooklyn.

Nathan S. Jonas

Life

Jonas was born on August 1, 1868, in Montgomery, Alabama, the son of Jacob Jonas and Bella Mayer. His father was a German immigrant from Düsseldorf who immigrated to America in 1848, became a cigar manufacturer in Montgomery, and served as a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War.[1] His brother was lawyer Ralph Jonas.[2]

Jonas moved to

Manufacturers Trust Company. He served as president of the bank until he resigned in 1929, after which he became chairman of the board until he retired in 1931.[1]

Jonas was an influential member of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and was identified with the Brooklyn and Queens Chambers of Commerce. In 1902, Mayor

New York City Board of Education. Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. retained him on the Board, and he continued to serve on it until 1909.[3] Active in civic and philanthropic affairs, he was a founder and president of the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital as well as an organizer and first president of Brooklyn Federation of Jewish Charities. In 1940, he wrote his autobiography, Through the Years.[4] He was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention and a presidential elector for the 1932 presidential election.[5]

Jonas was a member of the

Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the New York Horticultural Society, the Freemasons, the Elks, the Iroquois and Unity clubs of Brooklyn, the Soundview Golf Club of Great Neck, the Fresh Meadow Country Club of Flushing, and the Lakeville Golf and Country Club of Great Neck. He helped organize the latter two clubs. During World War I, he was active in various Liberty Loan campaigns and served as treasurer of the United War Work campaign in Brooklyn. He was an honorary trustee of the Union Temple of Brooklyn. In 1893, he married Jennie Strauss. They had two children, Isabel (wife of Jules Edmund Rosenthal) and Jay Seth (who predeceased Jonas).[1]

Jonas died at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn from a heart attack on October 17, 1943.

Manufacturers Trust Company vice chairman Henry C. Von Elm, Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum president Maurice Rosenfeld, Jewish Hospital acting president Isidor Leviton, hospital president Captain Alin Rosenson, Dr. Emanuel Libman, Congregation Emanu-El rabbi emeritus Nathan Krass, and New York Supreme Court Justices Charles C. Lockwood, Harry E. Lewis, Meier Steinbrink, Algernon I. Nova, and Philip M. Kleinfeld. He was buried in Maimonides Cemetery in Brooklyn.[7]

References

  1. ^
    James T. White and Company. 1945. pp. 267–268 – via HathiTrust
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  2. ^ Landman, Isaac, ed. (1942). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. pp. 179–180 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Hazelton, Henry Isham (1925). The Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, Counties of Nassau and Suffolk, Long Island, New York, 1609-1924. Vol. VI. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. p. 17 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Jonas, Nathan S." Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  5. ^ "Index to Politicians: Joice to Jonelle". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  6. ^ "Nathan S. Jonas, 75, Bank Ex-Head, Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. XCIII, no. 31313 (Late City ed.). New York, N.Y. 18 October 1943. p. 15.
  7. ^ "1,000 At Service for Nathan Jonas" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. XCIII, no. 31315 (Late City ed.). New York, N.Y. 20 October 1943. p. 21.
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