Establishment of a Sigmund Livingston Memorial Fund to honor the Midwest lawyer and Jewish communal leader who founded the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith was announced here today on the fourth anniversary of his death. Organized by a group of the late attorney’s friends and associates in the A.D.L., the fund will be used for fellowships and scientific studies at various colleges and universities in the fields of intergroup and human relations and pre-judice.
Born in Germany in 1872, Mr. Livingston arrived in this country as a child. His family settled in Bloomington, Ill., where he attended school. After passing the Illinois bar he began the practice of law in Chicago. In 1913 Mr. Livingston suggested the creation of a special committee within the B’nai B’rith to campaign against anti-Semitism and the defamation of Jews. He was chosen head of this ad hoc group which was later replaced by the formal establishment of the Anti-Defamation League.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
