Katharine Weisman Jaffe

Background

Jaffe, Katharine Weisman was born on April 27, 1927 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Maurice and Esther (Feinberg) W.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in American Civilization, Colby College, 1948; Master of Science in Library. Science, Simmons College, 1952.

Career

Assistant children's library Boston Public Library., 1948-1951. Library Mishkan Tefila Synagogue, Newton, Massachusetts, 1955-1958, Temple Emmanuel, Newton, 1958-1959. Reserve library Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1960-1962.

Reference library, archives library, rare books library Boston College, 1963-1975. Volunteer library and archives library Berkshire History Society, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1994-1996. Chairperson Friends of Library., New Marlborough, 1978-1994.

Achievements

• Katharine Weisman Jaffe has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Library. representative to design referenc and Atrium New Library. Boston College, 1973-1975. Founding chair bookstore Brandeis Women's Committee, Noami Lodge, 1950-1975.

Book group leader, organizer, 1955-1975. Voter education chair South and Central Berkshire chapter League of Women Voters, 1994-1996, 97-2001, president 1996-1997, member governing board 1980-2001, League of Women Voters. Docent Edith Wharton Home, Mount Lenox, 1988-1992.

Class secretary Colby '48, 1993-1998, class agent, since 2000. Associate editor New Marlborough History Society Pictorial History New Marlborough, 2001, secretary New Marlborough History Society, 2002-2007. Volunteer Fairview Hospital, since 2006.

Interests

• Avocation: reading mysteries and United States and international politics.

Connections

Married Myron I. Jaffe, December 18, 1949. Children: Stephen Philip, Jane Elizabeth J. Martin, Samuel Morris.

Father:

Maurice W.

Mother:

Esther (Feinberg) W.

Spouse:

Myron I. Jaffe

child:

Stephen Philip Jaffe

child:

Jane Elizabeth J. Martin Jaffe

child:

Samuel Morris Jaffe