The Department of Religious Studies' Aronov Endowment
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In the mid-1980s efforts began to raise funds to establish
within the Department of Religious Studies an endowed chair
in the study of Judaism. Private funds were raised from within
the state of Alabama, the University of Alabama provided matching
funds from mineral royalties on University-owned lands, and
the state of Alabama made available funds from the Alabama
Trust Fund for Eminent Scholars.
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Efforts to establish the endowment were authorized by the
University of Alabama's Board of Trustees at its July 1986
meeting, and the endowed chair was formally established in
1990.
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The endowment was named after the late Mr. Aaron Morris Aronov
(b. 1919), a native of Montgomery, AL, founder of Aronov
Realty, and the fundraising chairman for the Department's
endowment. (A brief biography
of Mr. Aronov can be found at the state of Alabama's Department
of Archives and History.)
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Apart from funding the position for a professor who teaches
on the history and contemporary issues in the study of Judaism,
the Aronov Endowment has assisted the Department in a variety
of ways, from funding Post-Doctoral Fellowships and Visiting
Assistant Professors to making possible additional purchases
for the Department library. Its benefits have rippled all
across campus, by funding visiting public
speakers, enabling the Department to assist Gorgas
Library to supplement its holdings, and funding student
activities.
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Although new donors periodically contribute
to the Aronov Endowment, the following people (whose names
appear on the plaque that hangs in our lounge) are the founding
supporters of the Department's Endowed Chair in the Study
of Judaism:
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Harold Lee Abroms
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Jerald Jacob Labovitz
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Mr. and Mrs. Jay P. Altmayer
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Harry Labovitz
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Bernard N. Ames
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Mr. and Mrs. James L. Loeb
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Hazel Levin Aronov
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Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lubel
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Aaron Morris Aronov
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Mr. and Mrs. Herman Martin
Maisel
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Jacqueline E. Aronov
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The Ben May Foundation
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Owen William Aronov
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Burt Meisler
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The Charles and Minnie Temerson
Foundation
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Perry Mendel
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Mark Hirsch Berkin
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Mayer Mitchell
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Berkowitz, Lefkovits, Isom,
and Kushner
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Abraham A. Mitchell
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Fred Berman
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J. George Mitnick
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Birmingham Jewish Federation
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Richard Pizitz
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Jeffrey Warren Blitz
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Michael Pizitz
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Estan J. Bloom
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Merritt Pizitz
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Paul M. Brown
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Edward Brian Raymond
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Ralph Eli Capouya
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Fred A. Richard, Jr.
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Dr. and Mrs. Morris N. Capouya
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Harold Ripps
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Mr. and Mrs. Albert Capp
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Gordon Rosen
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Raymond E. Cohen
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Alan Rothfeder
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Charles A. Collat
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Morris S. Rousso
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Joe Engel
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Arnold Royal
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Marvin Stanley Epstein
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Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Lee Sabel
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Morris Feinberg
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Mark Sabel
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Edward Morris Franco
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Morris K. Sirote
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Ralph Abraham Franco
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E.M. Friend, Jr.
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Frances Abramson Frank
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Karl B. Friedman
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Yale Friedlander
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James L. Permutt
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Mr. and Mrs. Lowell J. Friedman
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Richard I. Lehr
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Percy G. Gellert
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Kim E. Rosenfield
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Roy S. Goldfinger
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Jack B. Levy
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Richard J. Grassgreen
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Richard Cohn
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Emil C. Hess
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Joseph S. Bluestein
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Donald E. Hess
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Jack E. Held
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Marty Karzmar
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Edward M. Friend, III.
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Samuel Kaufman
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Steven A. Brickman
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Rita Capouya Kimerling
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Judy F. Todd
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kimerling
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Harold I. Apolinsky
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Jeff Kohn
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Sisterhood of Temple Emmanuel
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Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E. Kreisman
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Ronald P. Slepian
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Neal D. Labovitz
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Bill Woldenberg
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Dr. and Mrs. Jack Wool
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