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Prof, Benjamin Selekman Dies in Boston; Was Active in Jewish Communal Work

Professor Benjamin M. Selekman, a labor relations expert, member of the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and an active Jewish communal leader, died here yesterday at the age of 69. Born in Bethlehem, Pa. , Dr. Selekman was formerly director of the American office of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In […]

April 9, 1962
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Professor Benjamin M. Selekman, a labor relations expert, member of the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and an active Jewish communal leader, died here yesterday at the age of 69.

Born in Bethlehem, Pa. , Dr. Selekman was formerly director of the American office of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In 1929 he was appointed executive director of the Associated Jewish Philanthropies of Boston and was named to the Harvard faculty in 1935. He was a past president of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Services.

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