Background
Fink, Sheldon Edwin was born on September 10, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Leo Bernard and Sally (Mehrstein) Fink.
Fink, Sheldon Edwin was born on September 10, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Leo Bernard and Sally (Mehrstein) Fink.
Graduate music and art high school, 1943.
Art director, Irving Serwer Advertising, New York City, 1938-1942; draftsman, Anaconda Copper Mining Company. New York City, 1943; with, United States Navy, 1943-1946; art director, George Elliot Advertising, New York City, 1946-1947; art director, Silberstein Goldsmith Advertising, New York City, 1947-1949; art director, Weintraub Advertising, New York City, 1949-1950; various positions for other firms, 1950-1953; freelance illustrator and fine art painter, Brooklyn, 1953-1962; fine artist, portrait painter, master carpenter, Massachusetts, since 1962. President Shelly's Jentimnel Corporation, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, since 1982.
Chairman group to restore and preserve Brooklyn Heights (New York ) Association, 1959-1962. Chairman Planning Board, Alford, Massachusetts, 1966-1967. Union organizer longshoremen Brooklyn Docks, Red Hook, 1953-1954.
Member Committee for Nuclear Disarmament, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, since 1985. With United States Navy, 1943-1946.
Married Christina Willebeek-Le Mair, (divorced 1975). Children: Jennie Aafje, Timothy Pip, Nellie Wren.