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Harry L. Wolfson
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 18; Series 1; Item 53
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- Gordon Mendly fonds
- Portraits series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 18
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 53
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- [ca. 1955]
- Physical Description
- 1 negative : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Harry L. Woflson was born in Toronto on 11 September 1910, to Hyman and Rebecca (née Trambetsky) Wolfson. He married Rose (née Chrom) and had four children: Sheila, Alan, Judith and Laurence. Wolfson was a world-renowned economist and financial consultant. He was educated at the University of Toronto and at King's College, Cambridge University, where he studied under John M. Keynes.
- He was the director and officer of various organizations including the general manager of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (1934-1950); executive secretary of the Economic Stabilization Commission in Palestine (1942-1948); economic co-coordinator of the State of Israel (1948-1950); financial councilor for the Canadian Embassy in Washington (1951-1952); and alternate director of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank (1951-1952). He was affiliated with the Zionist Organization of Canada, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Jewish Welfare Fund, the Jewish Home for the Aged and Baycrest Hospital and the Y-Arts Council of the YM-YWHA.
- Wolfson died on 6 November 1974, at the age of 64.
- Scope and Content
- Item is portrait of Harry L. Wolfson.
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Related Material
- See the Harry L. Wolfson fonds at the Library and Archives Canada for further information.
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- Archival Descriptions