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Malcolm Woldenberg

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Malcolm Woldenberg
Born
Malcolm C. Woldenberg

5 May 1896
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died21 September 1982
NationalityCanadian, American
Occupation(s)Businessman and philanthropist
SpouseDorothy Woldenberg
View of the Mississippi River from Woldenberg Park

Malcolm C. Woldenberg (5 May 1896 - 21 September 1982) was an American businessman.

Early life

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Woldenberg was born in Montreal, Canada, the son of Jewish immigrants from Europe.[1] His family moved to the US when he was a child.[1]

Career

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He started working as one of the Canadian distillers Seagram's first employees in the US.[1] In the course of his work, he met Newman Goldring, and together they moved to New Orleans in 1941 to start a wholesale liquor business.[1][2] In 1944, Woldenberg founded the Magnolia Marketing Company with Goldring and his son Stephen Goldring, his long-time business partners.[3] It later became Republic National Distributing Company, and is today known as the Sazerac Company.[2]

Woldenberg was an active civic leader in New Orleans's Jewish community.[4]

Personal life

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He was married to Dorothy Woldenberg.[5]

Woldenberg is buried in the Hebrew Rest Cemetery #3 in New Orleans.[6]

Legacy

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The 14-acre Woldenberg Park in New Orleans is named in his honour, and contains a statue of him.[7][4] It was created due to $5 million given by the Dorothy and Malcolm Woldenberg Foundation to the Audubon Institute.[8]

The ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital in Jerusalem is named after Malcolm and Dorothy Woldenberg, who paid half of its cost.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Stephen Goldring and Malcolm Woldenberg – Freeman Centennial". freemancentennial.tulane.edu. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Blakeview: Woldenberg Park". theadvocate.com. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. ^ "ISJL - Stephen Goldring and Malcolm Woldenberg". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Woldenberg Park". www.neworleanspast.com. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. ^ a b www.catom.com, Minicy Catom Software Engineering Ltd. "History - About Us - ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital". www.alyn.org. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Malcolm Woldenberg (1896-1982) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com.
  7. ^ "The Old Man". newyorker.com. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Down by the Riverfront in the French Quarter". frenchquarterly.com. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2018.