Background
Buttenwieser was born to a Jewish family and entered Columbia College at age 15 and graduated in 1919.
Buttenwieser was born to a Jewish family and entered Columbia College at age 15 and graduated in 1919.
Columbia College; Columbia University.
Buttenwieser married Helen Lehman Buttenwieser in 1929. Their activism landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. The Buttenwieser Professorship at Columbia University was established in 1958 with a gift to the University from Buttenwieser, a longtime University Trustee and clerk of the Trustees, in honor of his father, Joseph.
He was also a trustee of Lenox Hill Hospital and the New York Philharmonic.
He was also a president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.