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• Ansorge, Martin Charles    b. January 1, 1882  d. February 4, 1967
  US Congressman. He served in the United States Army during World War I. He was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 21st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923. He was the co-author of the Edge-Ansorge Bill, which created the New York Port Authority.
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Dryfoos, Orville  b. November 8, 1912  d. May 25, 1963
  Journalist, Publisher. The son-in-law of noted publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger, he began his career as a reporter at the New York Times in 1942. He later became the publisher of the newspaper from 1961 until his death in 1963. (Bio by: K)
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Godowsky, Leopold   b. February 13, 1870  d. November 21, 1938
  Polish pianist, composer, and teacher. He has been described as the "Pianist of Pianists". He was teacher at the New York College of Music. He also worked in Broad Street Conservatory in Philadelphia, and in the Chicago Conservatory, where he headed the piano department. A successful European concert tour in 1900 landed him in Berlin, where he divided his time between performing and teaching. From 1909 to 1914 he taught master classes at the Vienna Academy of Music. When the World War I began...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Hurok, Sol    b. April 9, 1888  d. March 5, 1974
  Impresario.
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Kapp, Jack    b. June 15, 1901  d. March 25, 1949
  Businessman. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he founded the Kapp Record Company in New York with his brother David in 1955. The company licensed its records to London Records in England, before it was sold to MCA Records in 1967. Jack Kapp though is more notable for establishing the American Decca Records 1934. (Bio by: K)
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Ochs, Adolph   b. March 12, 1858  d. April 8, 1935
  Publisher of New York Times / Director of Associated Press.
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim    b. January 30, 1912  d. February 6, 1989
  Historian. She is best known for her work "The Guns of August", which chronicled the opening days of World War I. Published in 1962, the book received much critical acclaim, and became a best seller, garnering Barbra Tuchman the Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. In 1970 she published "Stillwell and the American Experience in China", a biography of United States Army General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell. It too was received with critical plaudits, and won her a second Pulitzer Prize. Her...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   
• Zukor, Adolph    b. January 7, 1873  d. June 10, 1976
  Film producer and executive. His Famous Players merged with a company owned by Jesse Lasky, eventually becoming Paramount. Became board chairman in 1935.
  Temple Israel Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
   

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