Benjamin Abrams
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Benjamin Abrams (August 18, 1893 – June 23, 1967)<ref>Biography at hbs.edu</ref> was an American businessman and a founder of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation after his purchase of Emerson Records in 1922.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Along with his brothers he invented a number of devices that are commonplace today, among them midget transistor radios, self-powered radios, and clock radios.<ref>Biography Template:Webarchive at Consumer Electronics Association website</ref>
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He was born in Dorohoi, Romania and emigrated with his parents to the United States when he was 12.<ref>Marjorie Dent Candee, Current Biography yearbook, Volume 15, Page 3 (H. W. Wilson Company), 1954</ref>
He was a prominent donor to Jewish cause.<ref name=JTA>Template:Cite news</ref> He was a founder of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, a founder of the Greater New York Committee for Israel Bonds, and a founder and board member of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Greater New York. He served as a member of the board of directors of the United Jewish Appeal, the Weizmann Institute, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the American Financial and Development Corporation for Israel, and the American Friends of the Hebrew University.<ref name=JTA/> In 1954, he funded the electronic laboratory at the Weizmann Institute at Rehovot which was named in his honor.<ref name=JTA/>
Abrams was a Freemason. He was a member of Farragut Lodge No 976 in New York.<ref>Denslow, William R. 10,000 Famous Freemasons, Vol. I, A-D.</ref>
He was married to Elizabeth Kramer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1964, his daughter Cynthia Abrams married businessman Nelson Peltz;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> they divorced in 1981.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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External linksEdit
- Benjamin Abrams profile on Consumer Electronics Association
- How Benjamin Abrams took Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation to the corporate top Info at A Touch of Business.com
- Chronological info at consolidatedscrap.com
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