Some 150 American Jewish Leaders and Israeli government officials gathered at a luncheon at the Delmonico Hotel today to honor Gottlieb Hammer on the occasion of his retirement as executive vice chairman of the United Israel Appeal (UIA). The luncheon was hosted by Melvin Dubinsky, of St. Louis, UIA chairman; Max M. Fisher, of Detroit, a former UIA chairman, who is chairman of the board of the Jewish Agency for Israel; and Jack D. Weiler, of New York, treasurer of the ULA and national chairman of United Jewish Appeal. In addition to the hosts, other speakers Joining in the tribute were Pinchas Sapir, recently retired Israeli Finance Minister, and Mrs. Charlotte Jacobean, chairman of the World Zionist Organization American Section.
Fisher presented Hammer with a 2,000-year-old ceramic Jar that was uncovered in the soil of Israel. Sapir, who has worked closely with Hammer over the years, said that Hammer was the first one “to introduce Israel to the banks and bankers” of the world. Sapir praised Hammer as one who “helped strengthen the Jewish State from the very beginning to present day.”
Hammer has resigned from his post after 35 years of service with the UIA and the Jewish Agency for Israel. He leaves the UIA on July 1 to become senior vice-president and resident representative in the United States of the International Credit Bank, Geneva.
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