Max Adler (Sears)

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Max Adler (May 12, 1866 – November 4, 1952) was born in Elgin, Illinois, to a German Jewish family that emigrated to America in about 1850. He was raised in Elgin and graduated from Elgin High School. As an adult, he was a concert violinist in Chicago before he gave up music to become a vice president at Sears Roebuck & Co. after marrying into the family that controlled the company. His wife was , the sister of Julius Rosenwald, who founded Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. He retired in 1928 to become a philanthropist and was key to the creation of the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, which bears his name.

In 1914, he had a 12,000 square foot mansion built as his house.^[1]

References[]

• "Max Adler, Prominent Jewish Philanthropist, Dies in Los Angeles". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 7, 1952.

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