Philip Lown Elected Head of Combined Jewish Appeal in Boston

Philip S. Lown, noted Jewish leader, was unanimously elected general chairman of the 1956 campaign of the Combined Jewish Appeal here which is raising and allocating funds for 201 local, national, overseas and Israel institutions. He succeeds Louis P. Smith.

Mr. Lown is president of the American Association for Jewish Education, a trustee of the Hebrew Teachers College, president of the National Friends of Hillel, and a trustee of the United Jewish Appeal, the Development Corporation for Israel, and is state chairman of the Israel Bonds for Maine. he is New England chairman of the United Jewish Appeal