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Anfenger, Milton L. (Milton Louis), 1874-1952

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Milton Louis Anfenger was born in Denver, Colorado, September 3, 1874. It is said that Congregation Emanuel in Denver, Colorado was founded at the bris or circumcision ceremony of Milton Anfenger, the eldest son of Louis and Louise Anfenger. He married Essie Wolfshon in 1911. Milton Anfenger became a successful attorney and leader in Denver. He was a lifetime board member of National Jewish Hospital and wrote a book about its early history. Anfenger was active in state politics and was elected to the Colorado state senate in 1904. From 1923 to 1932, he was the owner of the Denver Bears baseball club. Milton Anfenger was a humanitarian, and civic leader in Denver, president of the Denver Western Baseball Club, and a member of the Elks, Masons, Shriners, and B'nai B'rith. Milton Anfenger died in Denver in 1952.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
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Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.

Dates: 2009

Milton Anfenger Entry in Dr. Pepy's Pages, 1951 November-1952 November

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Identifier: B091.03.0001.0004.00003
Abstract Entry in ''Dr. Pepys' Pages'' on January 20, 1952: ''To the meeting of the Board of the Denver National Jewish Hospital where Felix van Cleef and Anfaenger [sic] presided. Here heard the annual reports and at luncheon spoke of how 10 states in the U.S. now have tuberculosis death rates under 12.'' Dr. and Mrs. Morris Fishbein sent ''Dr. Pepy's Pages,'' reprinted from Postgraduate Medicine, out as holiday greetings. Dr. Fishbein was a physician and the editor of the Journal of the American...
Dates: 1951 November-1952 November

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