Background
Chaikin, Sol Chick was born on January 9, 1918 in New York City. Son of Sam and Beckie (Schechtman) Chaikin.
Chaikin, Sol Chick was born on January 9, 1918 in New York City. Son of Sam and Beckie (Schechtman) Chaikin.
Graduate, City College New York, 1938. Bachelor of Laws, Brooklyn Law School, 1940. Doctor of Humane Letters, Rutgers University, 1980.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Brandeis University, 1980.
With, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1940-1986;
assistant director N.E. department, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1959-1965;
vice president, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1965-1973;
general secretary-treasurer, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1973-1977;
president, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1975-1986;
vice president, member executive council, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, from 1975. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations delegate to Egypt, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, representative at labor summits in London, 1977, Tokyo, 1979. Member board Trilateral Commission, from 1977.
Committee Present-Danger-Atlantic county, delegate International Labor Organization, 1976. National chairman Trade Union Council for Histadrut, National Urban Coalition, 1977, 80. Planning committee director Sen.
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, chairman center's Operating Corporation, mid 1980's, acting president, 1989-1990, president, 1990-1991. United States delegate Common for Security and Cooperative in Europe, 1977, 80.
Trustee Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, from 1967, Fashion Institute Technology, 1975. Trustee Brandeis U., from 1980, chairman overseers Florence Heller Graduate School Advanced Studies in Social Welfare at Brandeis. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations.
Married Rosalind Bryon, August 31, 1940. Children— Robert Evan, Eric Bryon, David Reed, Karen.