Schulson, Hyman A., 1912-1997.

Hyman A. Schulson (1912-1997) was an attorney, Zionist, and activist in Jewish community affairs.

In September of 1940 he was appointed administrative assistant to the executive director of the Zionist Organization of America. Following his military service during World War II, Schulson resumed his Zionist work as representative (and later, in 1949, as director) in Washington, D.C. of the American Zionist Emergency Council. As Washington, D.C. representative Schulson was responsible for conveying to members of congress, governmental officials and others the Council's analysis of the Palestine problem and of the urgent need to create an independent Jewish state. In the fall of 1948 he attended the Paris session of the United Nations as the Council's special representative. He left the Council after the creation of the state of Israel. In early 1951 he was appointed counsel and national executive director of the American ORT Federation, a position he held until December when he resigned to take up the private practice of law in New York City.

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