Joseph Gold (other)
Joseph Gold may refer to: * Joseph Gold (lawyer) (1912–2000), international law scholar and long-time official of the International Monetary Fund * The chemist who proposed the medical use of hydrazine sulfate in 1970s * Joe Gold (1922–2004), American gym owner *Joe Dan Gold Joe Dan Gold (June 7, 1942 – April 14, 2011) was an American basketball player and coach, most notably at Mississippi State University. Early life and college Gold, a 6'5 forward was born in Benton, Kentucky; he played at Mississippi State f ...

Joseph Gold (lawyer)
Sir Joseph Gold (July 12, 1912 – February 22, 2000) was an English lawyer who served as general counsel and director of the legal department of the International Monetary Fund since its inception for many years. Background Gold was born on July 12, 1912, in London, United Kingdom. He received undergraduate and law degrees from the University of London and an SJD from Harvard University. Career Early in his career, Gold served as legal adviser to the British Merchant Shipping Mission and secretary to the British Seaman's Welfare Board. In 1946, Gold joined the International Monetary Fund (or IMF, established by the Bretton Woods conference of 1944). In 1949, he became IMF assistant general counsel. In 1960, he became the IMF's general counsel and director of its legal department. He retired in 1979 but continue to consult to the IMF until 1999. Gold was well acquainted with many IMF, World Bank, and economics colleagues who came under accusation for Communist associa ...
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world." Formed in 1944, started on 27 December 1945, at the Bretton Woods Conference primarily by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, it came into formal existence in 1945 with 29 member countries and the goal of reconstructing the international monetary system. It now plays a central role in the management of balance of payments difficulties and international financial crises. Countries contribute funds to a pool through a quota system from which countries experiencing balance of payments problems can borrow money. , the fund had XDR 477 billion (a ...
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Hydrazine Sulfate
Hydrazine sulfate, more properly hydrazinium hydrogensulfate, is a salt of the cation hydrazinium and the anion bisulfate (hydrogensulfate), with the formula or more properly . It is a white, water-soluble solid at room temperature. Hydrazine sulfate has a number of uses in chemical laboratories and in the chemical industry, including analytical chemistry and the synthesis of organic compounds. In those uses it is usually preferred to pure hydrazine, because it is not volatile and is less susceptible to atmospheric oxidation on storage. Preparation The compound can be prepared by treating an aqueous solution of hydrazine () with sulfuric acid (). Laboratory and industrial uses Besides its general use as a safe source of hydrazine, the compound is used as a catalyst in making fibers out of acetate, in the analysis and synthesis of minerals, and testing for arsenic in metals. Medical uses Hydrazine sulfate can be used as a fungicide and antiseptic. Hydrazine sulfate ha ...
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Joe Gold
Joe Gold (born Sidney Gold; March 10, 1922 – July 11, 2004) was an American bodybuilder and businessman. He was the founder of Gold's Gym and World Gym. He has been credited with being the father of the bodybuilding and the fitness craze. Early life Joe Gold was the youngest of four siblings, Robert Gold (born Ruben Gold), Nathan Gold and Eunice Gold Fiss. His parents, Max Gold (born Abraham Mordechai Goldglejt) and Jennie Gold Glick Sussman (born Zelda Feierman) were both Jewish emigrants having relocated from Belarus to Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Max Gold was the neighborhood junk collector and the family's back yard and garage served as a makeshift junk yard. His mother, Jennie, was a seamstress who divorced Joe's father and remarried two additional times. Joe attended Theodore Roosevelt High School. He developed an interest in bodybuilding at the age of 12, when he saw his sister-in-law's design for strengthening her arms. She had attached a filled bucket to each e ...
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