Abraham Feinberg. New York civic leader, has been elected to the presidency of the American Committee of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovoth, Israel, it was announced today by Dewey D. Stone, chairman of the board. Mr. Feinberg, who was previously chairman of the national council of the American Committee, was inducted into office yesterday at a brief ceremony held in the home of Senator Herbert H. Lehman, who is a life-long friend of President Chaim Weizmann of Israel and has been a member of the national council of the committee since its inception.
Congratulating Mr. Feinberg upon the assumption of his new post, Senator Lehman pointed out that “the fostering of the scientific program of the Weizmann Institute of Science would accelerate the development of Israel as a true sister democracy to the United States which has done so much to facilitate its progress towards independence.”
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