The appointment of Gottlieb Hammer as executive vice-chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Inc. was announced today by Dewey D. Stone, chairman of the Agency. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hammer served as executive director of the New York office of the Jewish Agency for Israel until the recent reorganization of that body.
Mr. Hammer joined the New York office of the Jewish Agency for Israel in 1944 after having been active in banking and public accounting. As executive director of the Jewish Agency, he was largely responsible for the development of a widespread network of banking relationships for the Jewish Agency and the United Jewish Appeal. Mr. Hammer is president of the American Israeli Shipping Company; a director of the Citadel Life Insurance Company and vice-president of the American Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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