Background
Radner, Sidney Hollis was born on December 8, 1919 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William I. Radner.
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Sidney Hollis Radner
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Student, Yale University, 1941.
Career
Retired president American Rug Company, Holyoke. Lecturer, consultant, investigator on crooked gambling United States Armed Forces, Government of Canada, state and municipal police squads. Director Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Director, organizer Annual Official Houdini Seance. With criminal investigation division United States Army, 1942-1946.
Achievements
Membership
Past president Holyoke Chamber of Commerce. Co-founder Volleyball Hall of Fame. Pastbd. directors Greater Springfield (Massachusetts) Better Business Bureau.
Honorary curator, director Houdini History Center, Appleton, Wisconsin Served with criminal investigation division U S. Army, 1942-1946. Member Society American Magicians (occult investigation committee), International Brotherhood Magicians, Magic Circle London (member Inner Magic Circle), Magicians Guild (charter), Magic Collector's Association (charter, Honor award 1992), American Platform Association, Houdini Club Wisconsin (honorary), National Association Bunco Investigators, Professionals Against Confidence Crime, Academy Magical Arts, China-Burma-India Veterans Association (life), Rotary, Masons, Shriners.
Connections
Married Helen Jane Cohen, December 12, 1946. Children: William Marc, Richard Scott.
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Religion
Judaism
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1941