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Mary Schenck Woolman (1860–1940), pioneer in vocational education (born Mary Schenck) Michael Schenck (1876–1948), Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; Nicholas Schenck (1881–1969), American film industry executive; Norman C. Schenck, mycologist who described Glomus aggregatum; Paul Schenck (born 1958), clergyman, lecturer, and author
Schenck was born to a Jewish family [2] in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian Empire.He emigrated to New York City on July 19, 1892, under the name Ossip Schenker; [3] and with his younger brother Nicholas eventually got into the entertainment business, operating concessions at New York's Fort George Amusement Park.
One of seven children, Schenck was born to a Jewish household [2] in Rybinsk, a town on the Volga River in the Yaroslavl Governorate of Tsarist Russia.With his parents, he and his brothers, George and Joseph, emigrated to the United States in 1892 [1] where they settled in a tenement on New York's Lower East Side.
George William Schenck (February 12, 1942 – August 3, 2024) was an American television writer and producer. [1] His credits included Futureworld , [ 2 ] the TV-movie The Phantom of Hollywood and numerous episodes of NCIS , where he was its showrunner from 2016 to 2018.
Benjamin W. Schenck (August 12, 1837 – February 19, 1916) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. [ 1 ] Schenck was born in Butler County, Ohio on August 12, 1837, and entered service at Maroa, Illinois .
Carl Alwin Schenck (25 March 1868 – 17 May 1955) was a German forester and pioneering forestry educator. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When Schenck came to the United States to work for George W. Vanderbilt at the Biltmore Estate , he became the third formally trained forester in the United States. [ 3 ]
Ernst-Günther Schenck (3 October 1904 – 21 December 1998) was a German medical doctor and member of the SS in Nazi Germany. Because of a chance encounter with Adolf Hitler during the closing days of World War II , his memoirs proved historically valuable. [ 1 ]
Van and Schenck. Van and Schenck horsing around in 1918. Van and Schenck were popular American entertainers in the 1910s and 1920s: Gus Van (born August Von Glahn, August 12, 1886 – March 12, 1968), baritone, and Joe Schenck (pronounced "skenk"; born Joseph Thuma Schenck, (June 2, 1891– June 28, 1930), tenor.