Chase, David Theodore, 1927-2016
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 7 Collections and/or Records:
Chase, David T. and Tec, Nechama, 1983-05-16-1997-02-14
1997 Jewish Ledger article concerning a book entitled "The Triumphant Spirit", in which David Chase and Nechama Tec are featured along with the stories of other Holocaust survivors. 1983 New York Times newspaper clipping of a an address given by Mr. David T. Chase, at the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.
Chase, David_1984/06/14,Oral History, June 14, 1984
Commemorations/Connecticut/Weinberg, Elbert sculpture on ground of JCCGH
Holocaust collection
Holocaust Survivors and Nazi War Criminals, 1986-03-05-1997-08-01
Mutiple newspaper clippings from the Hartford Courant and Jewish Ledger, about Nazi war criminals and trials.
Weinberg, Elbert, Sculpture on Ground of JCCGH, 1981-04-30-1991-06-23
Newspaper clippings relating to the JCC Holocaust Memorial Sculpture designed by Elbert Weinberg. Holocaust Memorial Program, and photocopy of newspaper clipping.