Background

Persky, Joseph H. was born on December 7, 1914 in Cleveland. Son of Abraham E. and Sylvia (Meisel) Persky.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Case Western Reserve University, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, Case Western Reserve University, 1938.

Career

Admitted to Ohio bar, 1938. Managing associate firm Persky, Konigsberg and Shapiro Company, Legal Professional Association, Cleveland, since 1938. President A.J. Armstrong Company, Inc. of Ohio, Cleveland, 1960-1982.

Vice president, secretary, director Magnetics International, Inc., 1969-1986. Secretary, director Horizons Research, Inc. Secretary, director Clark Consolidated Industries, Inc., Kidron Body Company President, Cleveland College Jewish Studies, Fairmount Temple.

Trustee Jewish Community Federation.

Achievements

• Bar: Ohio 1938.

Membership

Served to Lieutenant United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Bar Association Greater Cleveland, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Beechmont Country, Commerce.

Connections

Married Roselyn Diamondstone, September 8, 1940.

father:

Abraham E. Persky

mother:

Sylvia (Meisel) Persky

spouse:

Roselyn Diamondstone