Background
Forsch, Albert was born on May 22, 1880 in New York City. Son of Ferdinand and Rebecca (Schiffer) Forsch.
Forsch, Albert was born on May 22, 1880 in New York City. Son of Ferdinand and Rebecca (Schiffer) Forsch.
Student Columbia College, 1901, Columbia Law School, 1903.
Admitted to New York State bar, 1903, and practiced in New York City as member firm of Cooke & Forsch, 1903-1908. Member of partnership of Pelgram and Meyer, manufacturers of textiles, 1908-1928, and banking firm of Lazard Freres & Company, 1928-1938. Director, member Executive Committee Associate Dry Goods Corporation.
Director General American Investors. Company, Lord & Taylor, Hehne & Company, James McCreery & Company.
Member of partnership of Pelgram and Meyer, manufacturers of textiles, 1908-1928, and banking firm of Lazard Freres & Company, 1928-1938. Served in the United States Army, 1917-1920, (retired rank of lieutenant colonel), Ordnance Department, 1940-1943, as administrator director Propellant Charge Plants and.