Sigmund Eisner was a prominent manufacturer and president of the Sigmund Eisner Company based in Red Bank, New Jersey.
10 Facts About Sigmund Eisner
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Sigmund Eisner is known as the great-grandfather of Michael Eisner, who was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from 1984 to 2005.
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Sigmund Eisner was born in Bohemia to a Jewish family and educated in public schools there.
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The Sigmund Eisner Company started with only a few garments, but specialized in uniforms.
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Sigmund Eisner took great interest in civic and social affairs.
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Sigmund Eisner was vice-president of the Red Cross of Monmouth County and water commissioner of Red Bank.
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Sigmund Eisner was a member of the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Welfare Board of America, and the Zionist Committee of America.
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Sigmund Eisner took his preparatory course at Phillips Exeter and graduated Harvard in 1911.
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Monroe Sigmund Eisner, the third son, was born in Red Bank, graduating Phillips Exeter in 1910 and Harvard in 1914.
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Sigmund Eisner subsequently attended Harvard Business School, graduating in 1915.