Background
Kaufmann, Edmund I. was born on June 6, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Aron and Jeannette (Marx) Kaufmann.
Kaufmann, Edmund I. was born on June 6, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Aron and Jeannette (Marx) Kaufmann.
Student private tutors, 1893-1908.
; children—Joel Swope, Robert David, Aron Paul. Married second, Gertrude Dryfoos, June 14, 1946. Partner Finsterwalds, retail clothing, Toledo, since 1910, Kaufmanns Furniture, Reading, Pennsylvania, since 1916, Hadley Furniture, since 1916.
President Kay Jewelry Stores (85 stores), founded 1916.
Fairfax Distributing Company, wholesale jewelry, founded 1924. Chairman American-Palestine Trading Corporation Former president Zionist Organisation American, president Jewish Fund for Medical Research.
Trustee Jewish Institute Religion. President Leo North. Levi Memorial Hospital Association, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Director Dominican Republic Settlement Association.
Executive director Joint Distribution Committee. Member of advisory committee Jewish Chautauqua Society. President Chaim Weizmann Institute of Science.
Member of advisory committee Jewish Chautauqua Society. Clubs: Woodmont Country (Washington).
Married Lillian Swope, January 23, 1911 (deceased. Married second, Gertrude Dryfoos, June 14, 1946. Children: Joel Swope, Robert David, Aron Paul.