Dr. Arnold Netter, noted physician and Jewish leader, was elected today as president of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, international Jewish educational and philanthropic organization. He succeeds Professor Sylvain Levi, historian and orientalist, who died Oct. 31.
Professor Netter, who is eighty-one years old, was for thirty-one years vice-president of the alliance. He is a nephew of Charles Netter, one of the six persons who founded the organization in 1860.
He is a commander of the Legion of Honor and honorary physician of Paris hospitals. He has been a member of the Academy of Medicine since 1904 and of the French Health Council since 1898.
Dr. Netter was formerly professor of medicine at the University of Paris and before that at the University of Strassburg. He has written on children’s diseases, cerebrospinal meningitis, encephalitis and poliomyelitis. He was born in Strassburg.
The program of the alliance calls for fighting for equal rights for Jews in all countries, working for moral progress among the Jews, alleviating their suffering and supporting movements which will bring about these ends.
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