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Samuel Paley, Jewish Philanthropist, Dies in Palm Beach; Was 87

April 2, 1963
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Samuel Paley, prominent Philadelphia Jewish philanthropist, died here yesterday at the age of 87. He was a former member of the board of the Columbia Broadcasting System.

Born in Russia, Mr. Paley was brought to this country in 1883. He was an honorary director of the Allied Jewish Appeal, the Federation of Jewish Charities and the Albert Einstein Medical Center, all in Philadelphia. He recently donated a wing, the Paley Clinic, to the Center. Mr. Paley founded and endowed the Samuel Paley Lectureship on American Culture and Civilization at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for the purpose of permitting distinguished Americans to visit and lecture in Israel.

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