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Wolfson, Isaac Son of Lord Wolfson.
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Isaac Wolfson
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Isaac Wolfson, Foundation executive. Fellow Weizmann Institute Science, Israel, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, Jews' College, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Wolfson College, Oxford; recipient Einstein award, United States, 1967, Herbert Lehmann award, United States, 1968; named Freeman City of Glasgow, 1971.
M C. Member grand council Cancer Research Campaign; patron Royal College Surgeons.
Education
Student, Queen's Park School, Glasgow, ScotlandData Control Language (honorary), University Oxford, 1963;Doctor of Laws (honorary), University London, 1958;Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Glasgow, 1963;Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Cambridge, 1966;Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Manchester, 1967;Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Strathclyde, 1969;Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brandeis U., 1969;Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Nottingham, 1971;Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Jerusalem, 1970.
Career
Joined, The Great Universal Stores Ltd., 1932;joint chairman, The Great Universal Stores Ltd.
then honorary life president, The Great Universal Stores Ltd., from 1987. Honorary president Weizmann Institute Science Foundation, trustee Religious Center, Jerusalem. Trustee Wolfson Foundation, from 1955.
Member Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers.
Membership
Member grand council Cancer Research Campaign. Patron Royal College Surgeons.
Connections
Married Edith Specterman, 1926 (deceased 1981).
Awards
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Fellow Weizmann Institute Science, Israel, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, Jews' College, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Wolfson College, Oxford. Recipient Einstein award, United States, 1967, Herbert Lehmann award, United States, 1968. Named Freeman City of Glasgow, 1971. M C.Fellow Weizmann Institute Science, Israel, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, Jews' College, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Wolfson College, Oxford. Recipient Einstein award, United States, 1967, Herbert Lehmann award, United States, 1968. Named Freeman City of Glasgow, 1971. M C.