Louis E. Kirstein, president of the Associated Philanthropies of Boston, leader in the Jewish educational and philanthropic enterprises of the community, and identified with numerous civic and industrial ventures, has been elected chairman of the Boston Port Authority Board, to succeed the late Guy W. Currier. The election was voted at a meeting of the Board.
Mr. Kirstein was appointed to membership on the Port Authtority Board by Frank G. Allen, Governor of Massachusetts.
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