Funeral service were held here today for Dr. Gabriel Lowenstein, a prominent Jewish restaurant executive and an authority on nutrition, who died of a heart attack at the age of 75.
Born in Lithuania, Dr. Lowenstein came to this country in 1905 and, after earning his doctorate in biochemistry, taught at Columbia University for several years before entering the restaurant business. He had served as a division chairman for the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the United Jewish Appeal. For several years he wrote a syndicated newspaper column on nutrition.
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