Aaron Frank, general manager of the Meier-Frank department store, the largest establishment of its kind west of the Mississippi, and a partner of Governor-elect Julius Meier, was today declared the first citizen of Portland for the year 1930. This selection is made annually by the Portland Realty Board.
Mr. Frank, who is a son of the late Sigmund Frank, one of the founders of the store, was selected as the outstanding citizen of his native city for his significant gifts as an organizer and executive and for his services to municipal welfare. Mr. Frank is 40 years old, a member of Temple Beth Israel and a brother-in-law of Rabbi Jonah Wise of the Central Synagogue in New York.
This makes the second selection of a Jew as the outstanding citizen of Portland in the past three years. Ben Selling was chosen as the outstanding citizen two years ago.
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