Chase, David Theodore, 1927-2016

Person

Biographocal Note

David T. Chase was born in 1927 in Kielce, Poland to Leon and Helen Ciesla. He survived Nazi concentration camps and emigrated to Connecticut in June 1946. He graduated from Weaver High School in 1948. He attended Hillyer College and University of Connecticut. He later married Rhoda Cohen and had two children, Cheryl and Arnold. He and Rhoda launched Chase Enterprises, Inc. in the 1960s. The company engages primarily in real estate development.

Chase was a Council member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from 1988 to 1993. He was committed to philanthropic work.

Chase passed away at his home on 1 June 2016.

Obituary

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Commemorations/Connecticut/Weinberg, Elbert sculpture on ground of JCCGH

Digital Record

Identifier: sculpture

Dates: 1981

Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Weinberg, Elbert, Sculpture on Ground of JCCGH, 1981-04-30-1991-06-23

File

Identifier: 7228

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings relating to the JCC Holocaust Memorial Sculpture designed by Elbert Weinberg. Holocaust Memorial Program, and photocopy of newspaper clipping.

Dates: 1981-04-30-1991-06-23

Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford / Holocaust collection / Commemorations

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Subject: Commemorations/ Memorials X