Philip N. Lilienthal

Philip N. Lilienthal (1850–1908) was an American banker and philanthropist.

Philip N. Lilienthal
Born
Philip Nettre Lilienthal

1850
Died1908 (age 58)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationBanker
ChildrenJoseph L. Lilienthal
Elsie Lilienthal Beer
Phillip N. Lilienthal, Jr.
Theodore Max Lilienthal
Parent(s)Babette Nettre Lilienthal
Max Lilienthal

Biography

Lilienthal was born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1850, the son of Babette "Pepi" Nettre (born 1821) and Max Lilienthal, a leading Rabbi in Reform Judaism.[1][2][3] He was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2] At the age of 14, he worked for Stix, Krause & Co. and at the age of 17, moved to New York City where he worked for James and Joseph Seligman at J. & W. Seligman & Co.[2] In 1869, he was sent to San Francisco to run the Seligman Bank.[2] In 1873, he co-founded the Anglo-Californian Bank with Ignatz Sheinhart.[2] He went on to found several other banks: the Porterville Bank of Porterville, California; the Bank of South San Francisco, the Bank of Pleasanton, the Bank of Willits, and the Bank of Eureka.[2]

Lilienthal served as a director of the California Title Insurance & Trust Company of San Francisco, the San Francisco Free Library, Union Iron Works, and was President of the Philharmonic Society.[2] He co-founded the Russian Jewish Alliance with Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger which assisted Jews who had fled Russia for the United States.[2]

Personal life

Lilienthal married Isabella Seligman, daughter of Joseph Seligman; they had 4 children: Joseph L. Lilienthal, Elsie Lilienthal Beer (wife of Dr. Edwin Beer), Phillip N. Lilienthal, Jr. (married to Ruth Haas, daughter of Abraham Haas), and Theodore Max Lilienthal.[2][4] In 1908, Lilienthal died in an automobile accident.[2] He was a member of Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco.[2]

References
  1. Western Jewry: An Account of the Achievements of the Jews and Judaism in California : Including Eulogies and Biographies. The Jews in California. Henry Hollander. Dec 31, 1916. pp. 123–125.
  2. "Phillip N. Lilienthal, Jewish Pioneer Banker and Philanthropist". Jewish Museum of the American West. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
  3. Ruben, Bruce L. (December 1, 2011). Max Lilienthal: The Making of the American Rabbinate. Wayne State University Press.
  4. "Philip Nettre Lilienthal III". Press Democrat. December 12, 2010.
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