Philip M. Klutznick
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| 25th United States Secretary of Commerce | |
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In office January 9, 1980 – January 19, 1981 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Juanita M. Kreps |
| Succeeded by | Malcolm Baldrige |
| President of the World Jewish Congress | |
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In office 1977–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Nahum Goldmann |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Bronfman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Philip Morris Klutznick July 9, 1907 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 1999 (aged 92) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Riekes |
| Children | Bettylu Klutznick Richard Klutznick (deceased) Thomas Klutznick James Klutznick Robert Klutznick Samuel Klutznick |
| Alma mater |
University of Kansas University of Nebraska Creighton University School of Law |
| Occupation |
Real estate developer Investor |
| Religion | Judaism |
Philip Morris Klutznick (July 9, 1907 – August 14, 1999) was a U.S. administrator who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from January 9, 1980 to January 19, 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He was a prominent leader of several Jewish organisations, including as President of the World Jewish Congress from 1977 to 1979.
Klutznick was born to a Jewish family on July 9, 1907, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Morris and Minnie Klutznick, who had emigrated from Poland two years earlier. In 1924, Klutznick participated in the formation of the second chapter of the Jewish fraternal youth organization Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA). He became Grand Aleph Godol (President) of the expanding organization in 1925. After high school, he became the first executive director of AZA.
He attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and received a J.D. ("Doctor of Law") degree in 1930 from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. After school, he worked as an attorney and became involved in housing construction. During World War II, he was responsible for building homes for defense workers in the eastern United States including the construction of the residential town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where parts of the atomic bomb was being developed in the super-secret "Manhattan Project". After the war, he built suburban shopping malls in the Chicago area in partnership with the famous Chicago department store chain, Marshall Field & Company.
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