Malcolm C. Woldenberg (5 May 1896 - 21 September 1982) was an American businessman.

Early life

Woldenberg was born in

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, Canada, the son of Jewish immigrants from Europe. His family moved to the US when he was a child.

Career

He started working as one of the Canadian distillers

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's first employees in the US. In the course of his work, he met Newman Goldring, and together they moved to New Orleans in 1941 to start a wholesale liquor business. In 1944, Woldenberg founded the Magnolia Marketing Company with Goldring and his son Stephen Goldring, his long-time business partners. It later became Republic National Distributing Company, and is today known as the

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. Woldenberg was an active civic leader in New Orleans's Jewish community.

Personal life

He was married to Dorothy Woldenberg. Woldenberg is buried in the Hebrew Rest Cemetery #3 in New Orleans.

Legacy

The 14-acre

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New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

is named in his honour, and contains a statue of him. It was created due to $5 million given by the Dorothy and Malcolm Woldenberg Foundation to the Audubon Institute. The ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

is named after Malcolm and Dorothy Woldenberg, who paid half of its cost.

References

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