Holland Furnace Co. - Specimen Stock Certificate
Inv# SE2690 Specimen Stock
Illinois
Specimen Stock printed by American Bank Note Company.
Louis M. Rabinowitz (1887–1957) was an American businessman, philanthropist and art collector. Born in Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire), he emigrated to the United States, where he founded a manufacturing company and became a millionaire. He established endowments at Yale University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He funded Nelson Glueck's archaeological trips to the Negev of Israel. His art collection is held posthumously at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Louis M. Rabinowitz was born on October 16, 1887, in Rosanne (Raseiniai), now Lithuania. He emigrated to the United States in 1901, at the age of 14.
Upon his arrival, Rabinowitz worked menial jobs and learned English by reading books in the Cooper Union library.
He founded L.M. Rabinowitz & Co., a corset manufacturing company based in Brooklyn, New York City. He served as its chairman. He sold it to Holland Furnace Co., a Holland, Michigan-based home furnace company, for US$2 million in 1966.
Rabinowitz served on the board of directors of the Municipal Bank of Brooklyn.
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