Background
Lax, Philip was born on April 22, 1920 in Newark. Son of Nathan and Beckie (Hirschhorn) Lax.
Lax, Philip was born on April 22, 1920 in Newark. Son of Nathan and Beckie (Hirschhorn) Lax.
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1940; postgraduate, New York University, 1941-1942.
With, Lax & Company, Newark, 1942-1977; vice president, Lax & Company, 1950-1977; president, Chathill Management, Inc., since 1977. Consultant World Book of America Heritage, 1992.
President B'nai Brith Center, Rochester, Minnesota, 1965-1970, now honorary president. Trustee Rutgers University Hillel. President B'nai Brith Rutgers University Hillel Foundation Building Corporation, since 1969.
Chairman United Jewish Appeal, Maplewood, New Jersey, 1966, 76. Member New Jersey region executive board Anti-Defamation League, member national community relations board. Member Governor's Conference on Education, New Jersey, 1966, member board trustees Society Friends of Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, 1996.
Vice president Touro Synagogue, since 2000. Board directors Hebrew Immigration Society (HIAS). Honorary chair B'nai B'rith Center for Public Policy.
1999; member Mayor's Budget Committee, Maplewood, 1958-1959. Co-chairman New Jersey Opera Ball, 1977. Trustee B'nai Brith Foundation, Washington, since 1967 (Philip Lax Gallery of B'nai Brith History and Archives named for him in Philip Klutznick Museum, Room named in his honor Stern School of Economics, New York University).
Co-chairman B'nai Brith International Council, 1979-1984, chairman, 1982-1994. Voting delegate to Jewish Agency, Jerusalem. Represented ICBB in United Nations as non-governmental organization, Economic and Social Council member United Nations, representing coordinated Board Jewish Organizations.
Attended United Nations Educational Conference in Mexico, 1982, with International Council B'nai Brith and United States. Trustee, member executive committee New Jersey section National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1981. Trustee Henry Monsky Foundation, Washington, since 1968.
Trustee Leo N. Levi Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1968-1971, B'nai Brith World Jewish Center, Jerusalem, 1982, National Arthritis Hospital, since 1976, New York Statue of Liberty Centennial Foundation, Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, since 1996. Honorary trustee Arts Council of Suburban Essex, New Jersey, 1980, Society Friends Touro Synagoague, Newport, 1996. Member Economic Development Commission, Township of Maplewood, since 1979.
Member steering committee to Restore Ellis Island, since 1977. National president Ellis Island Restoration Commission, since 1978, responsible for planning, funding and operating Family History Center on Ellis Island. Appointed to planning team of Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island by President Carter, Department of Interior.
Member Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Centennial Commission, chairman board Committee of Architecture and Restoration of Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island, past chairman. Board directors Hebrew Immigration Aid Society. Member American Society Interior Designers, National Society Interior Designers (trustee 1970-1973), American Arbitration Association, American Jewish History Committee (vice president), American Jewish History Society (trustee 1984), American Society Israel Philatelists, Masons (32 degree), Shriners, B'nai Brith (vice president Supreme Lodge 1968-1971, international board governors since 1971, member executive committee of international council), New York University Club (founding member 1956), National Press Club.
Son of Nathan and Beckie (Hirschhorn) L. Married Madeline Blondman, June 13, 2004. Children from previous marriage: Corinne, Barbara.