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Mellman, Gerald (Gerald "Jerry" Mellman), 1927-2018

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Biography

Jerry Mellman (Aleksei Kolesnikov) was born May 26, 1927 and died in Denver August 6, 2018. He obtained a law degree, but soon became a sports photojournalist for the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN). He was at the IJN by the late 1930s. He was a fixture at sport games around Denver and also took photographs of sports legends such as Muhammad Ali. Jerry Mellman and his wife Genevieve's son David became a physician.

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B'nai B'rith 171 A.B. Cowan Contest Winners, between 1960-1979

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Identifier: B063.06.0006.00058
Abstract

Winners of the B'nai B'rith Lodge #171 A.B. Cowan Essay Contest. Left to right winners Joseph Litvak, David Kay, Sally Raub, Sharon Katchen, Judy Hecht, Jeff Kazzaz, Ruth Fortus, and John Goodman with Max Frankel and President Gerald Mellman handing an award to John Goodman.

Dates: between 1960-1979

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