Background
Strauss, Charles was born on November 28, 1854 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Henrietta (Westheimer) Strauss.
Strauss, Charles was born on November 28, 1854 in New York City. Son of Isaac and Henrietta (Westheimer) Strauss.
Educated College City of New York, 1869-1873. Columbia University Law School, 1873-1875.
Admitted to New York bar, December 31, 1875. Member firm of Strauss, Reich & Boyer. President Eastchester Development Company, Seaman Realty Company.
Director Underwood Elliott Fisher Company (finance committee).
President Board of Water Supply, New York, 1911-1918. Commissioner of education, New York, 1890-1898.
Member Court House Board, New York, 1909-1910. Trustee College City of New New York
Vice president National Security League, New York Law Institute.
Director Flower Hospital.
Member firm of Strauss, Reich & Boyer. Member Court House Board, New York, 1909-1910.
Married Pauline Loewenstein, January 4, 1886. Children: Eugene (deceased), Edith South. (Mistress East. Howard Figg).