Alan J. Altheimer
Alan J. Altheimer (September 2, 1903 – March 30, 1999) was an American lawyer with Altheimer & Gray and nonprofit leader who was the former president of the Chicago-based Jewish Council on Urban Affairs.[1]
Biography
[edit]Altheimer was born in St. Louis and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is a descendent of the Altheimer brothers, who are the namesake of Altheimer, Arkansas.[2][3] He studied law at Columbia University, graduating from Columbia College in 1923 and Columbia Law School in 1925.[4][5] Upon being admitted to the Illinois Bar, he joined his uncle, prominent Chicago lawyer and civic leader Benjamin Altheimer's law firm, Altheimer, Mayer, Woods & Smith,[6][7] which eventually became Altheimer & Gray and where he remained for the next 73 years.[4]
Altheimer was involved in the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, a non-profit organization that focuses on improve housing, business opportunities and education in low-income neighborhoods, shortly after it was founded and served as the organization's president. He also worked with mayor Harold Washington and Jesse Jackson to promote interracial dialogue.[1]
Altheimer also served as president of North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois.[1] He was also a president of the Phi Sigma Delta fraternity, and the midwestern section of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and National Jewish Welfare Board.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "ALAN ALTHEIMER; FOUGHT SOCIAL INJUSTICE". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ LeMaster, Carolyn (July 1994). A Corner of the Tapestry: A History of the Jewish Experience in Arkansas, 1820s–1990s. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-68226-190-3.
- ^ "One powerful family". Arkansas Online. 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ^ a b c "CC Today - Obituaries". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- ^ Columbia Alumni News. Alumni Council of Columbia University. 1923.
- ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1886). History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time ... A. T. Andreas.
- ^ "Forced out at 65, lawyer thrives". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-01-21.