Background
Ornstein, Ethel Rae Cohodas was born on February 12, 1915 in Marinette, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Aaron Modecai and Geraldine Helen (Mansfield) Cohodas.
Ornstein, Ethel Rae Cohodas was born on February 12, 1915 in Marinette, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Aaron Modecai and Geraldine Helen (Mansfield) Cohodas.
Student, Sorbonne, France, 1924; Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1925; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1990.
Assistant principal, St. Mary's College, St. Mary's City, Maryland., 1925-1928; department head, East Senior High School, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1929-1934.
President Outagamie County United Way, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1954-1956, Visiting Nurse Association, Appleton, 1957-1961, Outagamie County Mental Health Association, 1961-1965. Past president Appleton Memorial Hospital, Fox Valley Pan Hellenic Association. Member Appleton Parks and Recreation Commission, 1950-1962, Governors Commission on Human Rights, 1960-1968, Wisconsin Arts Council.
Founder, president Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra Association. Liaison officer Outagamie County. Founder, first president Peabody Manore Retirement Home.
Chairman Appleton Service League. Chairman American Red Cross of Outgamie County, Salvation Army, Appleton, 1964-1968, member hospice, member recruitment staff. Past education director Young Men’s Christian Association, Appleton.
Education chairman Sisterhood Temple Emanuel, Sarasota, Florida, Selby Library. Board, Sarasota; member social planning committee Hadassah, Sarasota. Appleton urban representative to Outagamie County Board for Rural Problems.
Life member Lion Judah Center Advanced Study Behavioral Science. Founder Center Hearing Testing for Industry, Boy's Town Jerusalem. Double founder American Friends Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Member founding committee Sarasota Ballet Company, Van Wezel Center for Arts. Member speaker's bureau Hearing Impairment. Member admissions review staff University Michigan, member board Martha Cook dorm.
Member Speaker's Bureau heath agencies, Sarasota. Member American Association of University Women (honorary life, past president 1940), John and Mable North Ringling Museum (doscent) Sarasota Opera Association, Star National Council Jewish Women, American Association for Rehabilitation, Asolo Center for Performing Arts, Century Club Sarasota Memorial Hospital (life), Sarasota Rotary Anns (life), University Michigan Alumni Association (honorary).
Married Harold Abraham Ornstein, June 30, 1934 (deceased). Children: Gerri, Lee, Frye.