Axel Rosin

Axel Gerhardt Rosin (December 11, 1907 – March 27, 2007) was a philanthropist, president of the Book-of-the-Month Club and chairman emeritus of the Scherman Foundation.

Biography Rosin was born in Berlin and graduated from Berlin University with a J.D. degree in 1930. He worked as a lawyer for the Supreme Court of Prussia until 1934, when he emigrated to the United States after the Nazis banned Jews from entering courthouses. During Rosin's leadership the company's annual sales doubled and membership reached 1.25 million.

Overseeing the Scherman Foundation, Rosin was responsible for distributing grant monies to organizations promoting the arts, social welfare programs, the environment, disarmament, and reproductive rights.

He has two daughters with his wife, Karen Rosin Sollins and Susanna Rosin Bergtold. Sollins is the developer of the Trivial File Transfer Protocol.