Goldhamer, Samuel, 1883-1982.

Goldhamer was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Cleveland (later the Jewish Community Federation), serving from 1907-1948, and directing the Federation through its reorganization from the Federation of Jewish Charities to the Jewish Welfare Federation (1926). He was instrumental in creating the Bureau of Jewish Education and the Jewish Welfare Fund.

Samuel Goldhamer was the first director of the Jewish Welfare Federation, the organization later known as the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. He directed the Federation of Jewish Charities beginning in 1907, overseeing its 1926 transformation from a primarily charitable organization into a social, cultural, spiritual, and philanthropic agency. Goldhamer's son, Walter, was an engineer and business executive who served as chairman of the Cleveland-based Superior Die Casting. He was known for his prizewinning designs, including an optical mount die used in some Kodak Super 8 projectors in the 1960's.