Background
Kirstein, George Garland was born on December 10, 1909 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Louis E. and Rose (Stein) Kirstein.
author insurance company executive
Kirstein, George Garland was born on December 10, 1909 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Louis E. and Rose (Stein) Kirstein.
He attended the Berkshire School, a private boarding school in Sheffield, Massachusetts and graduated in 1929. He attended Harvard College and graduated in 1933.
After Harvard, Kirstein went to Hollywood, where he worked as an assistant director at Radio-Keith-Orpheum. He then worked at Bloomingdale"s from 1938 to 1941. During World World War II, he served as executive secretary of the National Defense Mediation Board and the National War Labor Board. He also served as a lieutenant in the United States. Navy, stationed in the South Pacific from 1943 to 1945.
He worked five years as a management labor-consultant, then became executive vice president of the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York from 1950 to 1955.
He then bought and published The Nation from 1955 to 1965. He headed the Mamaroneck Historical Society from 1965 until his retirement in 1971.
He was a trustee of Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. Kirstein died from a heart attack at his home in Mamaroneck, New York, aged 76.
He was also a member of the New York Foundation. Kirstein was married to Elinor Ferry, a member of the Independent-Socialist Party and lifelong support of Alger Hiss.
Married Jane Stolle Cianfarra, September 26, 1957 (deceased). Married Paulina Dean Steward, December 27, 1972 (divorced May 1976).