Background
Szold, Robert was born on September 29, 1889 in Streator, Illinois, United States. Son of Adolph and Rachel (Gumbiner) Szold.
Szold, Robert was born on September 29, 1889 in Streator, Illinois, United States. Son of Adolph and Rachel (Gumbiner) Szold.
Bachelor of Science, Knox College, 1909, Master of Science, 1909, Master of Arts summa cum laude, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1953. Bachelor of Laws cum laude. Harvard, 1912; Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Brandeis U., 1956, Jewish Studies, 1959.
D.J., Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1972.
Assistant attorney general P.R., 1915. Assistant to solicitor general United States, 1915-1918. Member of law firm Szold, Brandwen, Meyers & Altman and predecessor law firms, New York City.
Chairman of the Board Palestine Economics Corporation, 1945-1960, ast president United Housing Foundation. Director Riverbay Corporation, East River Housing Corporation, Edward A. Filene Good Will Fund, Inc. Chairman P.E.F. Israel Endowment Funds, Inc.
President Hillman Housing Corporation Past president Zionist Organisation American. Vice chairman Council of Jewish Agency, 1931.
Member Association Bar City New York, New York County Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi.
Married Zip Falk, September 4, 1917. Children: Miriam (Mistress Norman Seligman), Ruth (Mistress Eli Ginzberg), Betty (Mistress B. Krainis), Joan (Mistress Norman L. Zheutlin).