Bequests aggregating $1,044,000 are made to Jewish charitable institutions in the will of Solomon Friedman, filed in the Surrogates’ Office Wednesday. The largest amount goes to the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews of which the testator was trustee. The provision for this institution is $25,000 outright and $750,000 upon the death of Mr. Friedman’s widow, Mrs. Amelia G. Friedman.
Mr. Friedman was a retired cotton goods merchant and a member of the New York Chamber of Commerce and of several clubs. He was a supporter of many philanthropies. He died on January 2.
Mr. Friedman left an estate estimated at $2,000,000, but uncertain of the extent of his fortune, he stipulated in his will that in case his estate was less than $1,250,000 the charitable bequests and some others were to be revoked, although he made other provisions for the public institutions to be effective upon the death of Mrs. Friedman.
The public benefactions of Mr. Friedman, besides those for the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, are Hebrew Orphan Asylum, $5,000 and $50,000 on the death of Mrs. Friedman ; Convalescent Home for Hebrew Children, $5,000 and $50,000 on the death of Mrs. Friedman ; Beth-El Sisterhood, $5,000 and $50,000 on the death of Mrs. Friedman ; Montefiore Hospital, $5,000 ; Mount Sinai Hospital, $7,500 ; Temple Rodoph Sholom, $2,000, and Emanuel Sisterhood of Personal Service, $2,500.
Home for Hebrew Infants, $5,000, and Hospital for Joint Diseases, $5,000. The last three institutions also are to receive an additional $5,000 each on the death of the testator’s widow. Mr. Friedman bequeathed to his brother, Arthur L. Friedman, $50,000, and $40,000 each to his sisters, Mrs. Carrie Stern, Mrs. Jennie Schoolherr, Miss Henrietta Friedman, Mrs. Esther Levy and Mrs. Florence F. Meyers.
He also created a trust of $60,000 for his sister, Miss Henrietta Friedman. All these provisions for his brother and sisters with the exception of those for Miss Friedman, were to be annulled along with the charitable bequests in case the value of the estate fell below $1,250,000.
The residuary estate is left in trust for Mrs. Friedman, and upon her death, Mr. Friedman provided, twenty other Jewish philanthropic and welfare institutions and societies are to receive $5,000 each and two others $10,000 each.
Announcement was made by the medical staff of the Northwestern General Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., that Dr. David W. Kramer was appointed Chief of the Department of Metabolic Diseases. Dr. Kramer has for many years engaged in research studies in the field of metabolic diseases, particularly diabetes. He was chief of the first Diabetic Clinic in Philadelphia at the Polyclinic Hospital in 1915. During the World War he served overseas with the American forces. He is Associate in Clinical Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, Associate of the Medical Staff at the Jewish Hospital, and Chief of the Diabetic Clinic Jewish Hospital.
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