Background
Wax, Bernard was born on April 4, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Anna (Kaminker) Wax.
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Wax, Bernard was born on April 4, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel and Anna (Kaminker) Wax.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1955; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1955-1959.
Field representative, field services supervisor, Illinois State History Library, 1959-1966; director, American Jewish History Society, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1966-1991; director special projects, American Jewish History Society, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1991-1993; director emeritus, American Jewish History Society, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1993. Member Illinois State Records Commission, 1961-1966, Cook County State Records Commission, 1961-1966.
Co-founder Joint Cultural Appeal, 1972. President Bay State History League, 1975-1977, Council on Archives and Research Libraries in Jewish Studies, 1983-1985. Treasurer Southern Jewish History Society and New England Region American Jewish Congress, since 1997.
With Signal corpus, United States army, 1953-1955. Member Bay State History League (editor, board directors 1971-1976, president 1976-1978).
Married Dolores Helen Nemchek, March 21, 1953. Children– Ann Susan Wax Loeb, Steven Albert, Stuart Michael, Rebecca Mara.