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Frank Cohen, Philanthropist, Industrialist Dies in Tel Aviv

May 4, 1959
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Frank Cohen, New York industrialist and philanthropist, who came to Israel two weeks ago to attend a music festival at an auditorium which he financed at the settlement of Ein gev, died here early yesterday of a heart attack. He was 65.

Mr. Cohen participated at a special Passover festival concert in the auditorium at Ein Cev, and dedicated a plaque giving the auditorium his name. While in Israel, he conducted negotiations for industrial plant reconstruction in this country. In the United States, he had been chairman of the board of Empire Ordnance Corporation and affiliated groups since 1942. He was also president of the American Steel Corporation of Cuba.

In Jewish affairs. Mr. Cohen has been active particularly in Jewish educational work, having been vice president of the American Association for Jewish Education and, earlier, with the Bureu of Jewish Education. He was also author of a book, “Democratization of the Factory.”

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