Schneider, Henry, 1910-1998.

Attorney (Columbia University J.D. with honors, 1934), member board of Editors Columbia Law Review (1932-1934). As President of the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, he was instrumental in the creation of the Chairs now held by the Deans of Columbia College and the Columbia Law School.

Henry Schneider served in the United States Army from September 1942 to October 1945. The Henry Schneider Collection documents his service as an U.S. Army officer immediately after World War II. Schneider served as a Deputy Chief under Col. Bernard Bernstein (1908-1990), Director, Finance Division, Individuals' External Assets Branch, Division of Investigation of Cartels and External Assets (DICEA). As a deputy chief, Schneider was primarily engaged in identifying the economic assets of, accumulating evidence about and conducting interrogations against Nazi war criminals.