Irwin S. Field of Los Angeles, has been elected general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal for the 1 97 9 campaign, it was announced here by Frank R. Lautenberg, UJA president. Field succeeds Leonard R. Strelitz of Norfolk, Va., the present general chairman. At the age of 43, Field is the youngest general chairman selected in UJA history, Lautenberg pointed out. “He brings with him 15 years of communal and national UJA/Federation leadership experience, including chairmanship of two of Los Angeles’ most outstanding campaigns.”
In describing the tasks confronting Field, Lautenberg added: “The 1 97 9 campaign will be an historic one: a year of celebration of Israel’s 30th year of independence and UJA’s 40th Anniversary.” Field is president of the Liberty Vegetable Oil Company of Sante Fe Springs, California, and the New Mexico Paint Manufacturing Corporation of Albuquerque.
Currently a UJA national officer, Field was a founding member and officer of the UJA Young Leadership Cabinet. He is on the National Council of the Joint Distribution Committee, on the Board of Directors of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, and the American Association for Jewish Education, the North American Jewish Students Union, and Brandeis Camp Institute.
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