Harry Greenstein, executive director of the Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore for the past 35 years, was honored tonight at the 35th annual dinner of the Maryland Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Mr. Greenstein shared the honors with Archbishop Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore, and Dr. George B. Brain, superintendent of Baltimore Public Schools. Mr. Greenstein was cited for his relief work in both the United States and Europe and his contribution to the development of the state and city departments of welfare.
In 1933, Mr. Greenstein was appointed first state relief administrator of Maryland and as a “dollar-a-year man” he organized and directed the state’s relief program for the unemployed. During his administration, the state and city departments of public welfare were established. During the Second World War he was appointed by the late Governor Herbert H. Lehman, director of Welfare for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in charge of Middle East operations. In 1949, he was appointed by the Secretary of War as adviser to Gen. Lucius D. Clay with the rank of major general.
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