Background
Ellis, Harriette Rothstein was born on February 29, 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Edith (Brodsky) Rothstein.
Ellis, Harriette Rothstein was born on February 29, 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Edith (Brodsky) Rothstein.
Student, Memphis State University, 1941-1942; student, Memphis Art Academy, 1940-1943; Bachelor, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1944; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1950; postgraduate, Chouinard The Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles, 1948.
Advertising art/copy retail industry, New Orleans, Albuquerque, Los Angeles, 1944—1949. Writer, graphic artist for newspapers and magazines, Los Angeles, 1950—1952, 1960—1968. Editor Jewish Federation News, Long Beach, 1969—1981.
Director corporation communications Startel Corporation, Irvine, 1981—1982. Editor, writer California Fashion Publications, Los Angeles, 1982—1986. Editor Valley Magazine, Granada Hills, 1987.
Public relations Joan Luther & Associates, Beverly Hills, 1988—1990. Editor Jewish Community Chronicle, Long Beach, 1990—2006. Contributing editor Orange County Jewish Life, since 2006.
Member committee implementation flouridation city water system, Long Beach. Community interfaith committee. Board directors Hillel, Camp Komaroff, 1994—2001, Jewish Community Center, Long Beach, Temple Israel, Long Beach, National Council Jewish Women, Jewish Studies.
Advisory board Cal State University, Long Beach. Member of American Association of University Women, American Jewish Press Association, Southern California Media Professionals (president 1997—2002, SCMP Sweepstakes 2004, board directors, treasurer, vice president, Newspaper awards 1985, 1988-1989, 1993—2007), Women of Reform Judaism (board directors), National Federation Press Women (Newspaper awards 1995, 2001), Sierra Club.
Married Manuel J. Kaplan, June 1, 1944 (divorced January 1970). Children: Deborah Elise Kaplan-Wyckoff, Claire Naomi Kaplan, Amelia Stephanie Kaplan. Married Theodore J. Ellis, 1971 (divorced January 1992).
Married Oscar University Burlin, 1995.