David Aronberg
David Aronberg | |
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| 29th Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky | |
| In office January 1, 1952 – 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Will C. Simpson |
| Succeeded by | Wilburn Caskey |
| 31st Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky | |
| In office 1960–1964 | |
| Preceded by | Wilburn Caskey |
| Succeeded by | Wilburn Caskey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 250px April 3, 1893 Manchester, England |
| Died | February 11, 1967 (aged 73) Ashland, Kentucky |
| Resting place | 250px |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Sadie Freyman |
| Children | Gloria E. (Levine) and S. Harold Aronberg |
| Parent(s) | Lewis Aronberg and Leah (Tarshes) Aronberg |
| Residence(s) | Ashland, Kentucky, United States |
| Signature |  |
David Aronberg (April 3, 1893 – February 11, 1967)[2] was a mayor of Ashland, Kentucky.[3] He was also a merchant, involved in the real estate business, and a soldier in the United States Army during World War I. Aronberg was a member of the Freemasons, Shriners, Kiwanis, Forty and Eight, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Elks, as well as the American Legion, of which he was vice commander.[4][5] Aronberg was also chairman of the National Civil Defense Committee.[6]
Aronberg owned a chain of retail stores, being the senior partner of Aronberg and Pfeffer, along with David Pfeffer, from 1923 to 1956.[7][8]
Aronberg was Jewish, and attended Congregation Agudath Achim in Ashland.[9]
Notes and references
- ^ Southern Jewish Mayors Throughout History
- ^ Time For Memory
- ^ A History of Ashland, Kentucky 1786 - 1954
- ^ The Political Graveyard
- ^ The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby
- ^ Hearings, Volume 1, United States Congress (1963)
- ^ The National Jewish monthly: Volume 43 (1928)
- ^ Fairchild's list of store executives (1930)
- ^ Who's who in world Jewry by Harry Schneiderman and Itzhak J. Carim
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1967 deaths
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- American Freemasons
- American people of English-Jewish descent
- Businesspeople from Kentucky
- English emigrants to the United States
- Jewish American mayors
- Jews and Judaism in Appalachia
- Mayors of Ashland, Kentucky
- People from Manchester
- Shriners
- 20th-century American politicians