Background
Baar, Emil N. was born on September 9, 1891 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1893. Son of Jacob and Fannie (Sonnenschein) Baar.
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Emil N. Baar
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AB, Columbia University, 1913. Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1915. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1965.
Career
Member firm, Baar, Bennett & Fullen, New York City, 1926-1974; member firm, Palmer, Series & Baar, New York City, 1974-1978; counsel, Baar, Bennett & Metz, New York City, 1978-1981; counsel, Keenan, Powers & Andrews, New York City, 1981-1985; justice, New York State Supreme Court, 1951; special assistant, State Attorney General, 1955. Vice-president, director JHMCB Nursing Home Company Inc. Honorary trustee Metropolitan Savings Bank, Brooklyn.
Achievements
Membership
Honorary life Chairman of the Board Interfaith Medical Center. Honorary life trustee Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences. Trustee United Hospital Fund New York, Jewish Braille Institute American, honorary president, Federation Jewish Philanthropies.
Governing committee Brooklyn Museum. Honorary life president Union Temple. Honorary governor Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute Religion.
Honorary life vice president, governor World Union for Progressive Judaism Ltd. Served with 49th Infantry Army of the United States, World War I. Member Union American Hebrew Congregations (honorary life Chairman of the Board), American, New York State, Brooklyn bar associations, Association Bar City New York, American Legion (county commander 1925), Masons (32 degree), Elks, Sojourners Club, Unity Club (Brooklyn) (director), Fresh Meadow Country Club (president, Chairman of the Board 1936-1946).
Connections
Married Amelia A. Wasch, June 19, 1919 (deceased 1966). Married Grace Arenson, 1974 (deceased 1984).
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Nationality
American
Education
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1913
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1915
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1965