Prof. Julius Drachsler, one of the best known educators in the United States and prominent Jewish social workers, died last Friday in a sanitarium at Brown’s Mills, N. J., following an illness of two years. He was 37 years of age.
Prof. Drachsler, who was the author of numerous books including “Democracy and Assimilation.” “Intermarriage in New York City” and many studies and surveys on social questions, was Director of the Bureau of Jewish Social Research, and Assistant Professor of Economics and Sociology at Smith College. He also held the positions of President of the Conference on Immigration, special expert to the United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Assistant Secretary of the Jewish Big Brothers, and Secretary of the Faculty at the School for Jewish Social Service.
Prof. Drachsler was born in Bella. Czechoslovakia, on September 5, 1889. and came to the United States in 1903. He was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1912 and took his Master’s Degree at Columbia University in 1915. In 1921 he was given the degree of Ph.D. at Columbia. He also received a certificate from the School of Philanthropy in 1915.
A book on race prejudice, which Dr. Drachsler was engaged in writing, remains unfinished.
He is survived by his parents, two sisters and two brothers.
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