About Mitchell Wolfson
Lived 1900 – 1983 (aged 82). Mitchell Wolfson was an American politician.
Mitchell Wolfson Sr. (1900 – January 28, 1983) was an American businessman, theatre owner, politician, and founder of Wometco Enterprises.
Biography Wolfson was born in 1900 in Key West, Florida. He went to school in Key West and at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York, and then graduated from Columbia University. He resigned after one term to fight Nazi Germany in World War II.
As a founder and for his later philanthropy towards Miami-Dade College, the downtown campus was named the Wolfson Campus in his honor.
Personal life He was married to Frances Meyer (December 16, 1906 – May 9, 1980); they had two sons, Mitchell Wolfson Jr. and Louis Wolfson II. Wolfson died on January 28, 1983, at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami.
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Who was Mitchell Wolfson?
American businessman and politician
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Mitchell Wolfson was born on 13 September 1900 in Key West.
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Mitchell Wolfson died on 28 January 1983 in Miami Beach.
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Mitchell Wolfson was a politician.
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Mitchell Wolfson was American.
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