| 词条 | Louis E. Kirstein |
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| name = Louis Edward Kirstein | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = June 9, 1867 | birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S. | death_date = December 10, 1942 | death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_cause = pneumonia | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = | employer = | occupation = Businessman, philanthropist | party = | spouse = Rose Stein | children = 2 sons, 1 daughter | parents = Edward Kirstein Jeanette Leiter | relatives = }}Louis E. Kirstein (June 9, 1867 – December 10, 1942) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the chairman of Filene's, a Boston-based department store. He was "one of the foremost merchants and commercial leaders in New England,"[1] and "one of the outstanding leaders of American Jewry."[2] Early lifeLouis E. Kirstein was born on June 9, 1867 in Rochester, New York.[1][2][3] His father, Edward Kirstein, was an immigrant from Germany who first worked as a peddler and eventually owned an optics store in Rochester.[4] His mother was Jeanette Leiter.[3] His uncle owned a clothing manufacturing company in Rochester, Stein-Bloch Co.[4] Kirstein left school at 13.[4] CareerKirstein began his career by working in the baseball industry.[4] He hired John McGraw to play in Florida for $50 a month.[3] He subsequently purchased the Rochester Ball Club.[3][4] In 1890, he worked as a peripatetic salesman for his father; four years later, he worked in the same capacity for his uncle.[4] Kirstein became a major investor and vice president of Filene's, a department store headquartered in Boston, in 1912.[4][5] He subsequently became its chairman.[5] He also served on the boards of directors of Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, Bloomingdale's, R. H. White, and the Federated Department Stores (now known as Macy's, Inc.).[5] He often negotiated with organized labor and encouraged other businessmen to do the same.[3] He became "one of the foremost merchants and commercial leaders in New England."[1] Kirstein was the co-founder and chairman of the American Retail Federation.[4][5] He served on the Massachusetts Industrial Commission,[4] the National Labor Board as well as on the Business Advisory Council of the United States Department of Commerce.[2] He also served on the Industrial Advisory Board of the New Deal's National Recovery Administration.[4] He was a charter member of the Business Historical Society.[4] PhilanthropyKirstein was the founder and president of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies of Boston.[2][5] He was also the chairman of the General Committee of the American Jewish Committee, and the honorary national chairman of the United Jewish Appeal.[2] Additionally, he served as a director of the National Jewish Welfare Board. He was the president of the Graduate School for Jewish Social Work,[2] now known as the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. He was also a member of the National Conference of Jews and Christians.[5] Additionally, he served on the visiting committee of the Semitic Museum, and he supported the Beth Israel Hospital.[3] He became known as "one of the outstanding leaders of American Jewry."[2] Kirstein joined the board of the Boston Public Library in 1919, and he served as its president five times.[3] He was also associated with the Boston Community Fund.[4] He was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from Harvard University in 1933 and an honorary doctorate of commercial science from Boston University in 1938.[5] He became associated with the Harvard Business School,[3] where a professorship (now held by Jay Lorsch) was named in his honor.[6] Personal life and deathKirstein married Rose Stein, whose father worked for his uncle's company.[3] They had two sons and a daughter.[4] He died of pneumonia on December 10, 1942 in Boston.[1][2] His papers are held at the Harvard Business School's Baker Library.[7] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last1=Isaacs|first1=Ronald H.|last2=Olitzky|first2=Kerry M.|title=A Glossary of Jewish Life|date=1992|publisher=Jason Aronson|location=Northvale, New Jersey|isbn=9781568219653|oclc=36391734|page=140|url=https://books.google.com/?id=GCy77T7kpnkC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=Louis+E.+Kirstein+(1867%E2%80%931942)#v=onepage&q=Louis%20E.%20Kirstein%20(1867%E2%80%931942)&f=false}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirstein, Louis E.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|title=Louis E. Kirstein Dies in Boston at 75|url=http://archive.jta.org/1942/12/11/archive/louis-e-kirstein-dies-in-boston-at-75|accessdate=March 18, 2017|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=December 11, 1942}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite journal|last1=Selekman|first1=Benjamin M.|title=LOUIS EDWARD KIRSTEIN: 1867–1942|journal=The American Jewish Year Book|date=September 30, 1943 – September 17, 1944|volume=45|pages=35–46|jstor=23602855|via=JSTOR|registration=yes}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 {{cite journal|title=Louis Edward Kirstein|journal=Bulletin of the Business Historical Society|date=June 1943|volume=17|issue=3|pages=57–62|jstor=3110911|via=JSTOR|registration=yes}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|title=Louis Kirstein, Boston Retail Merchant, Dies|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1942/12/11/page/36/article/louis-kirstein-boston-retail-merchant-dies|accessdate=March 18, 2017|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=December 11, 1942}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Jay W. Lorsch: Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations|url=http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6502|website=Harvard Business School|accessdate=March 18, 2017}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Louis E. Kirstein Collection|url=https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/wes/collections/women_finance_investment/business_ownership/content/1001956080.html|website=Women, Enterprise & Society|publisher=Harvard Business School|accessdate=March 19, 2017}} 12 : 1867 births|1942 deaths|American people of German-Jewish descent|Businesspeople from Rochester, New York|Businesspeople from Boston|American corporate directors|American businesspeople in retailing|Jewish American philanthropists|Harvard Business School people|Deaths from pneumonia|Philanthropists from New York (state)|Trustees of the Boston Public Library |
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