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Abraham Henry Raskin was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on April 26, 1911. His family was visiting Berlin during the hyperinflation; they settled in New York City. He was educated at Townsend Harris Hall. [1] He graduated from City College in education and government, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1931; he was president of the senior class. [1]
Following a 2-year battle with ovarian cancer, Raskin died in New York in 1984. Harold Schonberg in his New York Times obituary of Raskin wrote “as a leading singer with the New York City Opera, and then at the Metropolitan Opera from 1962 to 1972, Miss Raskin was hailed as one of the finest artists of her time. She had a voice that critics ...
The William A. Clark House, nicknamed "Clark's Folly", [2] was a mansion located at 962 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of its intersection with East 77th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was demolished in 1927 and replaced with a luxury apartment building (960 Fifth Avenue).
Eugene Raskin (September 5, 1909 in the Bronx, New York – June 7, 2004 in Manhattan, New York), [1] was an American musician and playwright, author of the lyrics of the English version of the Russian song "Those Were the Days" and also of three books on architecture and adjunct professor at Columbia University (1936–1976).
Aaron Raskin was born to Benzion and Bassie Raskin and raised in Crown Heights, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.His maternal grandfather was Jacob J. Hecht, official translator of Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Shea Hecht is his maternal uncle.
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Eleanor E. Raskin (née Stein; born March 16, 1946) ... she applied at City University of New York Law School at Queens College and graduated in 1986. [34]
Jef Raskin was born in New York City to a secular Jewish family, [1] whose surname is a matronymic from "Raske", Yiddish nickname for Rachel. He received a BA in mathematics and a BS in physics with minors in philosophy and music from Stony Brook University. [2]