Kanof, Abram

• 1903, Dec. 25: Born, Russia
• 1924: Graduated from Columbia University
• 1928: Received M.D. from the State University of New York Medical School
• 1931: Married Frances Pascher
• 1948 - 1962 : Chairman, Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.
• 1956: Founded the Tobe Pascher Workshop, Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y.
• 1961 - 1964 : President, American Jewish Historical Society
• 1965 - 1972 : Professor of Pediatrics, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
• 1970: Published Jewish Ceremonial Art and Religious Observance
• 1971: Received the Maimonides Award for Service to Medicine and Judaism.
• 1972 - : Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
• ca.1975 - 1980 : Guest Curator of Judaica, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C.

From the guide to the Abram Kanof Papers, 1858-1991, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)