Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. at Riverside Memorial Chapel for Joseph Brainin. retired executive vice president of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, who died here last night at the age of 74. Mr. Brainin, a journalist and writer, recently returned from a six-week stay at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovoth, Israel where he helped prepare the archives of the late Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Israel’s first President, for publication. Mr.Brainin was associated with the Weizmann Institute since its founding in the nineteen-thirties and was a staff member of the American Committee since 1953. After his retirement in 1967 he continued to serve in an advisory capacity. Mr. Brainin established the Seven Arts Feature Syndicate in 1921 and served as its editor and managing director until 1938.
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