Background
Wolsey, Louis was born on January 8, 1877 in Midland, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Frances (Krueger) Wolsey.
Wolsey, Louis was born on January 8, 1877 in Midland, Michigan, United States. Son of William and Frances (Krueger) Wolsey.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Cincinnati. Rabbi, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1899, Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, 1939. Graduate study University of Chicago, Western Reserve University, University of Pennsylvania.
Rabbi Congregation B’nai Israel, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1899-1907, Euclid Avenue Temple, Cleveland, 1907-1925, Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, 1925-1947, emeritus, since 1947. Chaplain, Arkansas National Guard, 1906-1907.
Member Board Education, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1906-1907. Member Central Conference American Rabbis (president 1925-1927. Member of executive board Commision on Jewish Education Chairman Mayor’s Crime Commission, Philadelphia 1937.
Clubs: Philmont, Ashborne.
Married Florence Helen Wiener, June 12, 1912 (deceased). Married second, Helen Frank Meyers, March 7, 1943. Children: Allon L., Jonathan L. (deceased).