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Max Blumberg
Born	1887 Lithuania
Died	1938
Occupation	Businessman
Spouse	Lina Gurian
Children	6 including George Blumberg

Max Blumberg (1887–1938) was a Lithuania-born American businessman and philanthropist.

Biography

Blumberg was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania and immigrated to the United States when he was 14 settling in New York City. He worked as a millworker and later started his own business as a lumber wholesaler. Blumberg served as President of the Bensonhurst Sash and Door Company, the Globe Exchange Bank, the Globe Financial Corporation, and the Farmers Title Guarantee and Mortgage Company; he was Vice President of the Philippine Button Company.

Blumberg was a prominent Jewish philanthropist. He founded the Jewish orphanage, Pride of Judea Children’s Home, in Williamsburg and the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in Brooklyn.

Personal life

He was married to Lina Gurian (d. 1966); they had six children including George Blumberg (d. 1960), who served in the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate; and Jack Blumberg who took over the family's philanthropic activities. Blumberg died in 1938.

References

1. ^ "Max Blumberg, 58, Donor to Charities; Retired Lumber and Millwork Dealer Is Stricken While Appealing for Funds; Founded Children's Home; Immigrant at 14, He Became a Leading Philanthropist in Brooklyn". The New York Times. November 10, 1938.
2. Goeorge Blumberg of Oil Firm Dies; Head of Coastline Fuel in Flushing Was Former G.O.P. State Senator in the New York Times on January 19, 1960 (subscription required)
3. Who's Who in American Jewry (1933; pg 114)

• 1887 births
• 1938 deaths
• American Jews
• People from Brooklyn