Background
Charney, Lena London was born on January 26, 1919 in Simyatycze, Poland. Daughter of Moysei Isaakovitch and Emma (London) Barengolts.
Charney, Lena London was born on January 26, 1919 in Simyatycze, Poland. Daughter of Moysei Isaakovitch and Emma (London) Barengolts.
Bachelor cum laude, Hunter College, 1941. Master of Arts, Clark University, 1942. Postgraduate, Columbia University.
Owner, manager London's Studio Apartments, 1959—2005. Millinery designer Sanjour Studio, 1937, 1939—1941, Lenblac Millinery, 1938. Secretary to manager New York City Office Insurance Field, 1945.
Saleswoman Bonwit-Teller, Lane Bryant, Arnold Constable, 1947—1949. Teacher, principal St. Basil's Academy Garisson, New York, 1968—1973. Substitute teacher various school districts, New York, 1974—1982.
Charter member, recording secretary, board directors, Sunday school teacher Lakeland Jewish Center, Mohegan Lake. Teacher Sunday school Temple Beth Am, Yorktown Heights. Director, teacher Workmen's Circuit Yiddish School, Shrub Oak.
Active Hudson Valley Hospital Center Auxiliary, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, American Foundation for Blind, General Israel Orphans Home Girls, National Yiddish Book Center, Lighthouse, Recording for Blind, Jewish Braille Institute, American Printing House for Blind, Eye Bank Sight Restoration, Glaucoma Research. Member Westchester Arts Council, United Jewish Appeal-Federation. Chairman eye research project, chairman American affairs, chairman Zionist affairs, vice president education, president Aviva chapter Hadassah.
Active World Jewish Congress, Union Councils Soviet Jews. Recording secretary Mohegan Lake Resort Owners Association, New York. Vice president Mohegan Lake Improvement Corporation.
Vice president publicity Brandeis University. Member of American Civil Liberties Union, Institute for Jewish Research, National Association For Visually Handicapped, Guiding Eyes For Blind, American Association University Women, Poetry Society of America, Academy American Poets, Hudson Valley Writers Center, National Writers Union, Academy Political Science, American History Association, Anti-Defamation League.
Married Roy L. Charney, November 10, 1955 (deceased 1972). 1 child, Craig Russell.