Background
Lerner, Harry Jonas was born on March 5, 1932 in Minneapolis. Son of Morris and Lena (Liederschneider) Lerner.
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Harry Jonas Lerner
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Student, University Michigan, 1952; student, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1953-1954; Bachelor of Arts, University Minnesota, 1957.
Career
Founder, Lerner Publs. Company, Minneapolis, 1959;
president, chief Executive officer, public, Lerner Publs. Company, since 1959;
founder, Muscle Bound Bindery, Inc., 1967;
chief Executive officer, Muscle Bound Bindery, Inc., since 1967;
founder, Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 1969;
president, general manager, Interface Graphics Inc., since 1969;
Chief Executive Officer, Interface Graphics Inc., since 1993.
Board visitors University of Minnesota Press. Delegate White House Conference on Library. and Information Superior vena cava syndrome, 1979. Chairman North Loop Business Association, Minneapolis, 1972-1979, Minnesota Book Publications Roundtable, 1974.
Board overseers Hill Monastic Manuscript Library., St. John's U., Collegeville, Minnesota, 1986-1989. Board directors, library dir.Jewish Community Center.
Achievements
Membership
President Twin City chapter American Jewish Committee, 1980—1985. Board directors Foreign Policy Association Minnesota, 1970—1971, Children's Book Council, New York City, 1991—1994, Minnesota Library. Association Foundation, 1997.
Board advisors Books for Africa, 1996. Member of Jewish History Society, St. Paul-Minneapolis Committee Foreign Affairs, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute Art, Daybreakers Breakfast Club (Minneapolis), Upper Midwest Ampersand Club.
Connections
Married Sharon Ruth Goldman, June25, 1961 (deceased 1982). Children: Adam Morris, Mia Carol, Daniel Aryeh, Leah Anne. Married Sandra Karon Davis, August 24, 1996.
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American
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1952
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1957