Murray I. Gurfein was re-elected today for his sixth consecutive term as president of United Hias Service, worldwide Jewish migration agency.
Mr. Gurfein, a prominent American lawyer, served overseas as Chief of Intelligence of Psychological Warfare, as Lt. Col., A. U. S. during World War II and as Assistant to United States Chief of Counsel Justice Robert H. Jackson in Nuremberg war crimes proceedings. He was awarded the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Croix de Guerre with Star. He is a member of the Officer Order of the Britisn Empire.
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