The 1964 Appeal of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston closed here with a total of $5,037, 000.
In announcing the final figure, Benjamin Ulin, president of the CJP, paid special tribute to Roger P. Sonnabend, general campaign chairman, Sidney Stoneman, chairman of Big Gifts, as well as the more than 4,000 campaign workers who made the results possible.
Mr. Ulin indicated that this was the ninth consecutive year that Greater Boston had raised more than $5,000,000. He pointed out that nearly 40,000 contributions were made to the campaign, the highest in recent years. Dr. Benjamin B. Rosenberg is executive director of the CJP, Aaron Levine is campaign director.
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