Background
Berkson, Sadie Finkelstein was born on June 18, 1913 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Samuel and Minnie (Liss) Finkelstein. came to the United States, 1927.
Berkson, Sadie Finkelstein was born on June 18, 1913 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Samuel and Minnie (Liss) Finkelstein. came to the United States, 1927.
Graduated from the high school, Chicago.
Executive secretary, Convenant Club, Chicago, 1929-1940.
Supervisor blood bank American Red Cross, World War II and Six Days War, Israel. Past member board directors Federation and Jewish United Fund. Charter, life board directors Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Brandeis Hadassah, B'nai B'rith, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Friends Chicago Public Library., Museum Contemporary Art, National American Red Cross.
Chairman 1st Women's Israel Bond Doctor, 1948. A founder women's branch Brandeis division, Chicago. Co-chairman 1st women's gift division Jewish Combined Jewish Appeal,1947.
Founder 1st special women's gift division Crusade of Mercy, 1970. Board overseers Illinois Institute Technology-Chicago-Kent College Law, since 1992, chairman Consular Ball, 1993, 94. Chairman Rita Hayworth Ball for Alzheimer's Association, Chicago, 1987, also board directors and co-chairman Chicago support group, honorary emeritus board directors, since 1996.
Member Society Wills and Endowment for Alzherimer's Association (founding).
Married Isadore J. Berkson, February 3, 1940 (deceased October 1982).