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| Affiliation | Liberal |
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| Name | Dean Alfange |
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Bronx, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 02, 1899
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| Died | October 24, 1989
(89 years)
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| Contributor | nystate63 |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Nov 23, 2015 03:51am |
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Greek - Army -
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| Info | The Honorable Dean Alfange was an American statesman born December 2, 1899, in Constantinople (now Istanbul). He was raised in upstate New York.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War 1 and attended Hamilton College, graduating in the class of ?22. He attended Colombia University where he received his law degree and opened a practice in Manhattan. In 1942 Alfange was the American Labor Party candidate for governor of New York and a founder of the Liberal Party of New York.
Dean Alfange was also Professor Emeritus at UMass Amherst and a leading figure in various pro-Zionist organizations (between other actions, in November 1943, he appeared before the House of Representatives and addressed them on the rescue of the Jewish people of Europe). He died in Manhattan at the age of 91 on October 27, 1989.
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