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Simon Selig dies in automobile accident
Simon S. Selig Jr., 72, of At
lanta. whose prominent patronage
ot the arts and education comple
mented his stewardship of Selig
Enterprises Inc., died Thursday,
March 13, in an auto accident.
f uneral service was held Mon-
das. March 17, at The Temple,
with Rabbi Alvin Sugarman offici
ating. Entombment was at West-
view Abbey.
In ins eulogy, Rabbi Sugarman
praised Selig, stating, “Our city,
our state, in fact, life itself have all
lost a friend.” The rabbi said
Simon Selig “was literally a friend
to life, for he touched so many of
us and so many of our central insti
tutions in such a significant man
ner."
At the 1980 Israel Bonds city
wide Spring Dinner, Selig and his
wife Caroline, who died in 1984,
were honored for their impact on
the city.
This was indicative of the esteem
in which Selig was held by Atlan
ta’s business and cultural commun
ity. His family-owned firm has
built and managed real estate for
nearly two decades and he earlier
guided a family-owned chemical
company.
The Seligs were avid art collec
tors. In January 1985, Mr. Selig
presented to the University of
Simon Selig
Georgia the largest single gift in its
bicentennial fundraising cam
paign, $2 million. The gift was for
the Georgia Museum of Art which
will be called the Caroline M. Selig
Museum of Art upon its comple
tion.
The Seligs were major suppor
ters as well of the High Museum of
Art, The Temple and other com
munity endeavors, especially in the
field of arts and culture.
Aside from his business affilia
tions, Selig devoted time to many
social, recreational and educa
tional organizations. He was a
Writer Bernard Malamud dies at 71
Novelist Bernard Malamud,
who won the Pulitzer Prize and the
National Book Award for fiction
in 1967 for “The Fixer,” died
Tuesday, March 18, in New York.
He was 71.
He had previously won a 1959
National Book Award for “The
Magic Barrel,” a collection of
short stories.
Malamud, who grew up in
Brooklyn, began to teach in 1939.
His experiences at Oregon State
College were drawn on for his third
novel, “A New Life,” published in
I96l. He later taught at Harvard.
Thirty-four years after the pub
lication of his first novel, about the
rise and fall of a baseball player,
Malamud’s “The Natural” was
made into a movie starring Robert
Redford.
However, it was for his finely
drawn, realistic books about the
Jewish world that he was best
known. These also included “The
Assistant,” "Pictures of Fidel-
man,” “The Tenants,’ and “Idiots
First.”
He was considered one of the
most significant of the younger
generation of the mid-20th century
American writers.
The salesmen and staff of
Selig Chemical Industries
mourn the tragic loss of their
former president,
Simon Selig, Jr-
and extend their condolences
to the Selig and Joel families
member of The Temple, The Atlanta
C hamber of Commerce, Yaarab
Shrine, B’nai B’rith, the Com
merce C lub and was a former pres
ident and lifetime director of the
Standard Club. In I972, he re
ceived the American Jewish
Committee’s Human Relations
Award.
Selig was a graduate of Boys
High and the University of Geor
gia, where he received a bachelor’s
degree in business administration
in 1935. He served in the U.S.
Infantry for five years in World
War II, rising to the rank of lieut
enant colonel.
Survivors include a daughter,
Cathy Selig Fine of Beverly Hills.
Calif.; a son, S. Stephen Selig III of
Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy
Joel of Atlanta; and five grand
children.
Mrs. Rebecca Bell Landau
Mrs. Rebecca Bell Landau, 87,
of Atlanta died Friday, March 14.
Graveside service was held Mon
day, March 17, at Greenwood Cem
etery, with Rabbi Judah Kogen
officiating.
She was a member of Work
men’s Circle, the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center and Pioneer
Women.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. Rosa Fitterman and
Mrs. Ida Katz, both of Atlanta;
two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Schlafferof At
lanta and Mrs. Sylvia Siven of Van
Nuys, Calif.; two brothers, Oscar
Bell of Rye, N.Y. and Joe Beil of
Los Angeles; five grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
Harry Gerber
Harry Gerber of Sunrise, Fla.,
died Monday, March 17, on his
83rd birthday.
Funeral service was held Tues
day, March 18, at Star of David
Synagogue in Sunrise, with inter
ment the following day at Mount
Moriah Cemetery in Fairview,
N.J.
He was a Master of Works of his
Knights of Pythias Lodge, and
was a member of B’nai B’rith and
Red Magen David.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Olga Gerber; a daughter, Mrs.
Helene Strauss of Brooklyn, N.Y.;
a son, Bernard M. Gerber of At
lanta; four grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Donations may be sent to the
Heart Association.
Murray J. Moss
Murray J. Moss, 73, of Tam
arac, Fla., died Wednesday,
March 19.
Graveside service was held Fri
day, March 21, at Greenwood Cem
etery, with Rabbi Harry H. Ep
stein and Cantor Isaac Goodfriend
officiating.
Formerly of Long Island, N.Y.,
he was a member of the Baldwin
Jewish Center, the Knights of
Pythias — Knickerbocker Lodge
510, and was a member of the
Dress Buyers Association of New
York.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Evelyn Gold Moss of Tamarac;
daughter, Judy Steinberg of Sandy
Springs; two sons, Joel Moss and
Robert Moss of Atlanta; and one
grandchild.
A Memorial Scholarship Fund
has been set up in
Susan Babush’s
name and in her memory
Anyone interested can make a donation to:
The Georgia State Univeisity Foundation
The Susan Babush
Memorial Scholarship Fund
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