Background
Solender, Sanford was born on August 23, 1914 in Pleasantville, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Solender and Catharine (Goldsmith).
Solender, Sanford was born on August 23, 1914 in Pleasantville, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Solender and Catharine (Goldsmith).
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1935. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1937.
Director activities Neighborhood House, Brooklyn, 1935-1936. Assistant headworker Bronx House, New York, 1936-1939. Headworker Madison House, New York City, 1939-1942.
Executive director Council Educational Alliance, Cleveland, 1942-1948. Director bureau personnel and training, also director Jewish community center division National Jewish Welfare Board, New York City, 1948-1960, executive vice president board, 1960-1970. Executive vice president Federation Jewish Philanthropies New York, 1970-1981, executive consultant, 1982-1986.
Executive vice president United Jewish Appeal Federation Campaign, 1975-1981. Past president National Conference Jewish Communal Service. Past chairman planning committee International Conference Jewish Communal Service.
Chairman Task Force on New York City Crisis, 1976-1981. Chairman temporary inter-association council to organize National Association of Social Workers, 1957-1959.
Chairman ad hoc. committee to study federal government social welfare programs Department of Health, 1962, advisory council public welfare, 1963—1965. Active Mid East Watch-Human Rights Watch, Jewish Museum, from 1982, board directors. Member Governor Hugh Carey's Task Force on Human Services, New York, 1975.
Board directors National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, from 1984. Advisory board Brandeis University, Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service. Board directors Americans for Peace Now, from 1995, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, from 1985.
Member Mount Vernon Board Education, New York, 1953—1958, president, 1957—1958. Board directors Herman Muehlstein Foundation. Member National Association Jewish Center Workers (past president), National Conference Social Welfare (past president).
Married Ethel Klonick (deceased 1995), June 19, 1935. Children: Stephen, Ellen, Susan(deceased), Peter.