Israel Matz ( he, ישראל מץ; February 9, 1869 - February 10, 1950) Matz is well known for founding the

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company in 1906, today owned by

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. His grandson,

Roy M. Goodman Roy Matz Goodman (March 5, 1930 – June 3, 2014) was an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1969 to 2002. He was the Republican nominee in the 1977 New York City mayoral election, re ...

, was a

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from 1969–2002.

Community activity

Israel Matz Institute for Jewish Law

The Israel Matz Institute for Jewish Law at the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is located on

Mount Scopus Mount Scopus ( he, הַר הַצּוֹפִים ', "Mount of the Watchmen/ Sentinels"; ar, جبل المشارف ', lit. "Mount Lookout", or ' "Mount of the Scene/Burial Site", or ) is a mountain (elevation: above sea level) in northeast Je ...

, in one of the original buildings of the Hebrew University, built in 1925.

Israel Matz Foundation

The Israel Matz Foundation is a

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located in

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. The foundation is concerned with aiding indigent Hebrew writers

The Israel Matz Chair of Organic Chemistry

The Israel Matz Chair of Organic Chemistry was established at the

Weizmann Institute of Science The Weizmann Institute of Science ( he, מכון ויצמן למדע ''Machon Vaitzman LeMada'') is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli univ ...

by the Alice Matz Goodman Endowment Fund, New York, NY, daughter of Israel Matz.Annual report, 2001:"Historic Records of Major American Contributors", ''The Weizmann Institute of Science'', available online a

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1869 births 1950 deaths People from Kalvarija, Lithuania Lithuanian Jews Congress Poland emigrants to the United States American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent American businesspeople {{Lithuania-business-bio-stub