Tobriner, Walter Nathan, 1902-1979

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Personal name heading	Tobriner, Walter Nathan, 1902-1979 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Biography/History note	Walter Nathan Tobriner (b. July 2, 1902, Washington, D.C.-d. July 14, 1979, Washington, D.C.), lawyer, United States Ambassador, and government appointee. He attended Sidwell Friends School, but left early to attend Princeton University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1923. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 1926, and began practicing law in Washington, D.C. in 1927. He was a law professor at the National University School for Law from 1927 to 1950. Tobriner served as president of the board of the Garfield Memorial Hospital from 1952 to 1955, president of the board of the Lisner Home for Women in 1954, director of the Blue Cross Plan from 1953 to 1961, and headed the board of the Washington Hospital Center from 1959 to 1961. He served as a member of the Board of Education in Washington, D.C. from 1952 to 1961, and was appointed president in 1957. He was appointed to the Washington, D.C. Board of Commissioners from 1961 to 1967, and served as its last president. Tobriner was chairman of the National Housing Authority, chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from 1966 to 1967, and a trustee of the National Cultural Center, also known as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, from 1964 to 1967. He served as United States Ambassador to Jamaica from 1967 to 1969. Tobriner was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1956, 1960, and 1964. He was a member of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City from 1974 until his death in 1979. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946. Tobriner is the son of Leon and Blanche, and he married Marienne Smith in 1933.
Located	Washington (D.C.) Jamaica
Birth date	1902-07-02
Death date	1979-07-14
Place of birth	Washington (D.C.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Field of activity	Diplomacy Law
Affiliation	Sidwell Friends School (Washington, D.C.) Princeton University Harvard University National University (Washington, D.C.). Law School Garfield Memorial Hospital (Washington, D.C.) Lisner Home for Women Blue Cross Plan for Hospital Care Washington Hospital Center District of Columbia. Board of Education District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners National Capital Housing Authority (Washington, D.C.) Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.) United States. Air Force United States. Embassy (Jamaica) Democratic National Convention (1956 : Chicago, Ill.) Democratic National Convention (1960 : Los Angeles, Calif.) Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.) Committee of 100
Profession or occupation	Ambassadors Lawyers
Found in	Dreiser, Theodore. A Hoosier holiday, 1916: [name not given] Walter E. [sic] Tobriner Finding Aid online (Walter Nathan Tobriner, civic leader in Washington, D.C., b. 1902, d. 1979) <www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/collections/manuscript> Walter N. Tobriner papers, April 1963-October 1969: (served on Board of Commissioners for Washington, D.C.; United States Ambassador to Jamaica; chairman of National Housing Authority) Wikipedia.org, October 13, 2016 (Walter Nathan Tobriner; b. July 2, 1902, Washington, D.C.; d. July 14, 1979, Washington, D.C.; was a local Washington, D.C. government appointee, one of the last appointed commissioners of the city, and a U.S. ambassador.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Nathan_Tobriner> George Washington University Special Collections Research Center WWW site, October 13, 2016: finding aid: Walter Tobriner papers, 1949-1968 (Walter Nathan Tobriner; b. July 2, 1902, Washington D.C.; d. 1979; lawyer; United States Ambassador to Jamaica; member of the Board of Education in Washington, D.C., 1952-1961; member of Washington, D.C. Board of Commissioners, 1961-1967) <https://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms2014.xml> Washington Post via Google search, October 13, 2016: obituary, July 15, 1979 (Walter N. Tobriner, 77, who served as the last president of the D.C. Board of Commissioners before it was ended in a major reorganization of the city government in 1967, died yesterday at his home in Washington.) <https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/07/15/w-n-tobriner-dc-commissioner-rights-advocate-dies/046c1ac3-801a-4cab-a1a4-651df2a0ace5/> OCLC, November 4, 2016 (hdgs.: Tobriner, Walter; Tobriner, Walter Nathan, 1902-1979; usages: Walter Tobriner; Walter N. Tobriner)