Background
Ohrbach, Jerome Kane was born on December 17, 1907 in Brooklyn. Son of Nathan M. and Matilda (Kane) Ohrbach.
Ohrbach, Jerome Kane was born on December 17, 1907 in Brooklyn. Son of Nathan M. and Matilda (Kane) Ohrbach.
AB, Cornell Univercity, 1929.
Assistant advertising director, assistant buyer, buyer, merchandise manager, Ohrbachs Inc., New York City general merchandise manager, 1930-1939; vice president, 1940-1946; president, 1946-1962; opned Los Angeles store, 1948; special partner, Dreyfus & Company, 1947-1970; special partner, Weiss, Peck & Greer, from 1970; president, Transpacific Equipment Corporation, from 1962; principal owner, Factory discotheque, Los Angeles, from 1967. As advertising director introduced new institutional approach in retail advertising.
Member Cornell Council, New York City Board Higher Education, 1950. Board directors Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles Lieutenant colonel United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Member Explorers Club, Century Country Club, Hillcrest Country Club.
Married Gladys T. Otey, June 4, 1940 (divorced 1952). Children: Barbara Jane, Susan, Jeffrey. Married Marjorie Winters McGee, October 1954.
Children: Lisa Kane, Caryl Edna. Married Ingrid Goude, 1962.