Background
Saltzstein, Benjamin Franklin was born on November 4, 1884 in Plock, Poland. Son of Isidore Jacob and Sarah (Goldberg) Saltzstein.
Saltzstein, Benjamin Franklin was born on November 4, 1884 in Plock, Poland. Son of Isidore Jacob and Sarah (Goldberg) Saltzstein.
LL.b., University of Michigan, 1906.
Came to the United States, 1888, naturalized by Acting of Congress. Admitted to Wisconsin bar, 1906. Private practice law, Milwaukee, since 1906.
Member of firm Salzstein, Levine & Wolff.
Director Jewish Welfare Fund, since 1938, president, 1949-1952. Member Executive Board American Jewish Committee, since 1949.
Director Jewish Community Center, since 1940. Member Jewish Tercentennary Committee, since 1955.
Member of national special gift committee National Conference Christians and Jews, 1952-1953.
President Federated Jewish Charities, 1929-1930. Director Milwaukee County Community Fund, 1933-1936. Regional chairman United Jewish Appeal, 1951.
Member United Hospitals Fund Milwaukee County, 1952.
Member planning committee Deaconess Hospital, since 1946. Member American Judicature Society, American, Wisconsin, Milwaukee bar associations, Foreign Policy Association (council. Mason, Elk.; Club: Milwaukee Athletic.
Married Edna Docter, June 11, 1911. Children: Robert A., James I., Jean (Mistress David A. Herman).