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Eminent Ravislonians

LOUIS ECKSTEIN (1865-1935)

  • Lead Ravinia Opera to become world renowned and gifted the property in 1944

WALTER JACOBS (1896-1985)

  • Founder of Hertz

PHILIP M. KLUTZNIAK (1907-1999)

  • President of the World Jewish Congress
  • Served as Secretary of Commerce (1980-81)
  • Delegate to UN General Assembly (1957)
  • US Ambassador to UNESCO (1961-63)

JONAS KUPPENHEIMER (1854-1921)

  • Leading manufacturer of men’s clothing

ALBERT D. LASKER (1880-1952)

  • Known as the ‘Founder of Modern Advertising
  • Helped establish the National Institute of Health

SALMON LEVINSON (1865-1941)

  • Internationally known attorney and war debts expert who is credited with fathering the Kellogg-Briand pact to outlaw war

JULIAN W. MARK (1866-1943)

  • Founder of the Harvard Law Review
  • Chairman, Jewish delegation to Versaille Peace Conference (1919)

MILTON REYNOLDS (1892-1976)

  • Inventor of the pen
  • Crewman on the flight that broke Howard Hughes’ round-the-world record

ELAINE ROSENTHAL (1896-1994)

  • Three-time Women’s Western Amateur Champion

JULIUS ROSENWALD (1862-1932)

  • Partner & leader at Sears, Roebuck & Co
  • Founded the Museum of Science & Industry
  • Donated over $65 million to various causes
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