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Herbert Tenzer (November 1, 1905 – March 24, 1993) was an American
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, who served two terms in the
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from 1965 to 1968.Rep. Herbert Tenzer
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Early life and education

Tenzer was born in
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and attended the city's public schools. He graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1923 and the
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in 1927. He was admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced the practice of law.


Career

Tenzer was a senior partner in the firm of Tenzer Greenblatt Fallon & Kaplan, which he founded in 1937. From 1940 to 1960 he was chairman of the Barton's Candy Corporation. He was elected as a Democrattwo decades as Barton's chairman, ran for office against a noteworthy Republican opponent: to the Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth Congresses, serving from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1969 as the Representative of
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. He did not run for reelection in 1968, and resumed the practice of law. Tenzer was a founder of the
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at
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. He was a founder of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, served on the board of trustees, and held the posts of chairman and chairman emeritus. He was also active in founding Yeshiva's Sy Syms School of Business. Tenzer was also a board of directors member and board president for the National Council to Combat Blindness (NCCB) (now Fight for Sight). He was also a founder and past president of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York. After
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, he headed Rescue Children Inc., which cared for European war orphans. From 1969 to 1983 Tenzer was chairman of the Nassau County board of ethics. In 1975 he served as vice chairman of New York State's special advisory committee on medical malpractice. From 1977 to 1983 he served as chairman of the New York State Board of Social Welfare. He was a resident of
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, on Long Island, New York, until his death there on March 24, 1993. He was buried at Beth David Cemetery in
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.


Family

Tenzer and his wife, the former Florence Novor, had a daughter Diane and son Barry and nine grandchildren.


See also

* List of Jewish members of the United States Congress


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tenzer, Herbert 1905 births 1993 deaths New York University School of Law alumni Stuyvesant High School alumni Yeshiva University Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Lawrence, Nassau County, New York 20th-century American politicians Burials at Beth David Cemetery