Frank Altschul

Frank Altschul (April 21, 1887 – May 29, 1981) was an American financier at General American Investors Company, and founder of the Overbrook Management Corporation. in San Francisco, the son of Camilla (née Mandlebaum) and Charles Altschul. His father had immigrated to the United States from London in 1877 and was the eighth employee of the San Francisco bank Lazard Freres. In 1908, Altschul graduated from Yale University.

Philanthropy In 1924, Altschul co-founded the Yale Library Associates, responsible for overseeing Yale libraries. Between 1961 and 1964, he also made financial contributions to various colleges and universities to establish professorships, including his alma mater Yale University and Williams College.

Personal life He was married to Helen Lehman Goodhart, granddaughter of Mayer Lehman, niece of Herbert H. Lehman, former United States Senator and Governor of New York (who his sister Edith married), and sister to Arthur Lehman Goodhart. They had three children: Margaret Lang (married to journalist Daniel Lang), Edith Graham, and Arthur G. Altschul. Altschul was a registered Republican who served twice as a Connecticut delegate to his party's national conventions; although he supported Adlai Stevenson II in his 1952 Presidential race against Dwight D. Eisenhower.