Elbert Lee Sapinsley

Background

Sapinsley, Elbert Lee was born on November 17, 1927 in New York City. Son of Robert Browning and Jessamine (Moayon) Sapinsley.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Louisville, 1949. Bachelor of Hebrew Letters, Hebrew Union College, 1952. Master of Hebrew Letters with honors in History, Hebrew Union College, 1954.

Doctor of Divinity, Hebrew Union College, 1979.

Career

Rabbi Temple Hesed Abraham, Jamestown, New York, 1956-1958, Temple Beth Sholom, Topeka, 1958-1968. Hillel counselor Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1968-1970. History faculty Kansas State University, 1963-1979.

Hillel counselor Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 1970-1973. Rabbi Congregation Ahavath Sholom, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1975-1992. Retired, 1992

Chaplain Veterans Administration Hospital, Topeka, 1958-1970, Menninger Psychiatric Hospital, Topeka, 1964-1966.

Visiting assistant professor Kansas University School of Religion, Lawrence, 1960-1965. Instructor Hebrew, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1970-1973. President Mid-Atlantic Region/Center Conference of America Rabbis, 1986-1988, secretary, 2d v.p, 1982-1986.

Member international executive board Center Conference American Rabbis, 1986-1988.

Achievements

• Elbert Lee Sapinsley has been listed as a noteworthy rabbi by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founder, chairman Topeka Interfaith Council for Racial Justice, 1961. Board directors Kansas Vocational Rehabilitation Policy Planning Board, 1966-1968, member executive committee, 1967-1968. Founding member, area chairman Association of Reform Zionists of America, 1978.

Board directors Greater Bluefield United Way, 1985. Jewish chaplain to Women's Federal Prison, Alderson, West Virginia, 1980-1989. Teacher Hebrew School, adult classes in Biblical Hebrew Temple Beth Or, Raleigh, North Carolina, since 1993.

Relations speaker Jewish Federation Community, Wake County, North Carolina 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1954-1956. Member Bluefield Ministerial Association (president 1984-1985), Greater Carolinas Association of Rabbis (secretary 1985-1986), Rotary (board directors 1983-1985), B'nai Brith, Phi Alpha Theta.

Connections

Married Dorothy Kaufman, June 15, 1952 (divorced July 1973). Children: Jesamine Leah Sapinsley Schiltz, David Jay. Married Susan Melton Fowler, June 12, 1978.

Children: Mark Daniel Fowler, Dianna Fowler.

Father:

Robert Browning Sapinsley

Mother:

Jessamine (Moayon) Sapinsley

Spouse:

Susan Melton Fowler

Spouse:

Dorothy Kaufman

child:

Jesamine Leah Sapinsley Schiltz Sapinsley

child:

Mark Daniel Fowler Sapinsley

child:

David Jay Sapinsley

child:

Dianna Fowler Sapinsley