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William Ungar
Born(1913-01-21)January 21, 1913
Krasne, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austro-Hungarian Empire
DiedSeptember 19, 2013(2013-09-19) (aged 100)
Education
City College of the City University of New York
Known forFounder, National Envelope Corporation
SpouseJerry Schweitzer
ChildrenFlorette Ungar (Shaashua)
Joan Ungar (Levy)
Denise Ungar (Stern)
Rita Ungar (Moser)

William Ungar (January 21, 1913 – September 19, 2013)

Holocaust survivor, and founder of the National Envelope Corporation
.

Biography

Ungar was born to a

crawl space for nine months.[3] In 1944, the city was liberated by the Red Army.[3]

Ungar came to

City College of the City University of New York with a degree in mechanical engineering,[4] he obtained several envelope making machines[3] and founded the National Envelope Corporation.[4] He grew his company into one of the largest privately owned producers of envelopes in the United States.[5]

His memoir, published in 2000 by the

Queens College and has received numerous awards for his accomplishments, both in the world of business and in the world of philanthropy, including the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the America Business Achievement Award, being named the 1996 National Entrepreneur of the Year, the 1996 New York City Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the NCCJ Brotherhood Award, and the 2008 Envelope Manufacturers Association Founders Award, among others.[6][7]

Philanthropy

Ungar helped to found the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.[4] He also helped to found Yad l'Yeled, the Children Holocaust Museum and the Ungar School of Holocaust Studies both located on Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot in Israel.[8] The Ungar School of Holocaust Studies was created to foster awareness and understanding of the lessons that can be learned from the Holocaust to young Arab, Muslim and Jewish Israelis as well as to train educators from around the world.

He served on the Temple Israel of Great Neck Board of Trustees.[3]

Personal life

In 1950, he married fellow Jew Jerry Schweitzer. She was an underground supporter of the Jewish group Haganah which was fighting for the independence of Israel. She assisted by disassembling ammunition-making equipment and shipping it in pieces to Israel.[3] They had four daughters, Florette, Joan, Denise and Rita.[9] In addition, William and Jerry had 17 grandchildren.[9] The Ungars were members of Temple Israel of Great Neck.[3] Commenting on his meeting with the Pope along with other prominent Jewish leaders he stated: "Imagine that. I grew up in a small Polish village of anti-Semites and survived the Holocaust. Now, Hitler is in hell, and I get to meet with the Pope."[3]

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ "WILLIAM UNGAR Obituary". legacy.com. September 22, 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Former Temple Israel President William Ungar Dies at Age 100" (PDF). Temple Israel of Great Neck Voice. October 3, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2017.
  4. ^
    New York Times
    . Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  5. ^ Glaun, Dan (September 26, 2013). "William Ungar, Holocaust survivor, dies at 100". Great Neck Times. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ^ "William Ungar". Ellis Island Medal of Honor. National Ethnic Coalition. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Queens College Announces William and Jerry Ungar Professorship in Jewish Studies". Press release. The City University of New York. October 13, 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  8. ^ "The Ghetto Fighters' House Mourns the Passing of William Ungar". www.gfh.org.il/. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Paid Notice: Deaths UNGAR, JERRY". The New York Times. April 12, 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

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