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Dr. Saul Orkin
1923 - 1983 (60 years)
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1. Dr. Saul Orkin was born 4 Sep 1923, New York, New York (son of Aaron Orkin and Minnie Rubenstein); died 7 Oct 1983, Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States. Notes:
SAUL ORKIN, COLLEGE PRESIDENT
Dr. Saul Orkin, president of Union County College in Cranford, N.J., died, apparently of a heart attack, Friday evening at his home in Hillsborough, N.J. He was 60 years old.
A 1941 graduate of Union, Dr. Orkin had served as its president since 1974 and presided over its merger last year with Union County Technical Institute.
The merger led to Union's conversion to a public institution. As a private institution, the two-year school was known as Union College.
Dr. Orkin had earlier served as the school's director of admissions and as social sciences department chairman.
He received an A.B. degree from Rutgers University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; a master's degree in political science from the University of Michigan, and a doctorate in public law and government from Columbia University. He joined Union College's faculty in 1955, teaching government, history and economics.
Dr. Orkin was credited with starting the college's Institute for Intensive English in Elizabeth, N.J.
In 1967, he was the founding dean of Somerset County College in Branchburg, N.J., before returning to Union College.
Dr. Orkin is survived by his wife, Maria; a brother, Robert, of Long Beach, Calif.; and two sons, Philip, of Milwaukee, and Neil.
Source: New York Time, 9 October 1983, Obituaries
Birth:
As stated in the marriage record.
Died:
SS # 139188803Saul married Maria Lidia Astorga Calonje 21 Nov 1953, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Maria (daughter of José Luciano de Jesús Astorga Fonseca and Maria Lydia de la Concepción Calonje Cornejo) was christened 6 Nov 1918, Villa Sandino, Chontales, Nicaragua; died 11 Sep 1993, Somerset, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Philip Luciano Orkin was born 29 Jul 1954, USA; died 13 Jun 2007, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA.
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2. Aaron Orkin was born , Russia. Aaron married Minnie Rubenstein. Minnie was born Abt. 1900, Latvia; died 5 Apr 1950, Somerville, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Minnie Rubenstein was born Abt. 1900, Latvia; died 5 Apr 1950, Somerville, New Jersey, USA. Notes:
Birth:
Year of birth based on obituary (The Courier-News, Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA, 6 April 1950, page 36)
Buried:
Gateville CemeteryChildren:
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- 1. Dr. Saul Orkin was born 4 Sep 1923, New York, New York; died 7 Oct 1983, Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.