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Gimbel Family
Gimbel may refer to: People *Adam Gimbel (1817–1896), American businessman and founder of the Gimbels department store *Bernard Gimbel (1885–1966), American businessman who served as president of the Gimbels department store * Bruce Alva Gimbel (1913–1980), American businessman who served as president of the Gimbels department store * Elinor S. Gimbel (1896–1983), American progressive leader and women's rights activist * Howard Gimbel (born 1934), Canadian ophthalmologist *Norman Gimbel (1927–2018), American lyricist * Peter Gimbel (1927–1987), American filmmaker and underwater photojournalist * Richard Gimbel (1898–1970), American businessman, war veteran, and curator *Roger Gimbel (1925–2011), American television producer * Sophie Gimbel (1898–1981), American fashion designer * Thom Gimbel (born 1959), American musician Other *Gimbels, American department store See also *Gimbal, a pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object about a single axis *Johnny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gimbel
Adam Gimbel (May 16, 1817 – June 28, 1896) was the founder of the Gimbels, Gimbel Brothers Company. Biography Gimbel was born to a German Jews, Jewish family in the Palatinate (region), Palatinate, then a part of Bavaria, in 1817 where he worked in the local baron's vineyard.Moodys Magazine: "Gimbel Brothers: Human Side of A Great Business" Volume 17, February 2014 In May 1835, he immigrated to the United States paying his fare by working as a ship's hand. Arriving in New Orleans, he worked two years as a dock worker. Noticing the itinerant peddlers who moved up and down the river peddling their goods, he saved his earnings and purchased an inventory of needles, thread, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gimbels
Gimbel Brothers (known simply as Gimbels) was an American department store corporation that operated for over a century, from 1842 until 1987. Gimbel patriarch Adam Gimbel opened his first store in Vincennes, Indiana, in 1842. In 1887, the company moved its operations to the Gimbel Brothers Department Store in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It became a chain when it opened a second, larger store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1894, moving its headquarters there. At the urging of future company president Bernard Gimbel, grandson of the founder, the company expanded to New York City in 1910. The company is known for creating the oldest Thanksgiving parade, the Gimbels Thanksgiving Day Parade, originating in 1920 in Philadelphia. Gimbels was also considered the chief rival of Macy's with their feud popularized in American culture. As of 1930, Gimbels had grown to 20 stores, whose sales revenue made it the largest department store chain in the world. The company expanded to a peak of 53 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Gimbel
Bernard Feustman Gimbel (April 10, 1885 – September 29, 1966) was an American businessman and president of the Gimbels department store. Biography Gimbel was born to American Jews, Jewish parents, Rachel (née Feustman) and Isaac Gimbel, son of Adam Gimbel, founder of the Gimbels chain of department stores. In 1907, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He started as a shipping clerk for his family's company and worked his way up to vice president in 1909. In 1910, Gimbel convinced his family to open a department store in New York City at the cost of $17 million ($425 million in 2013 dollars). In 1922, he convinced his family to list Gimbels on the New York Stock Exchange although with the family maintaining a controlling interest. In 1923, Gimbels purchased a controlling interest in Saks Fifth Avenue for $8 million from Horace Saks, son of Andrew Saks, using the money from the Gimbel's stock issuance.Harris, p. 79 Also in 1923, Gimbels purchased the Kaufmann & Baer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Alva Gimbel
Bruce Alva Gimbel (July 28, 1913 – October 7, 1980) was an American businessman and president of the Gimbels department store. Biography Gimbel was born on July 28, 1913, to a Jewish family, the son of Alva (née Bernheimer) and Bernard Gimbel. He had four siblings: twins Peter Gimbel and David Gimbel; and twins Hope Gimbel and Caral Gimbel. His sister Hope was married and divorced from art collector David M. Solinger and mother of photographer Lynn Stern. His sister Caral was married and divorced from Edward Lasker, son of Albert Lasker; and baseball superstar Hank Greenberg before settling down with World War II hero Joseph M. Lebworth. In 1935, he graduated from Yale University. Gimbel ferried planes during World War II before working for the family company, the only child of Bernard to do so, as vice president of sales in 1946. Career Gimbel worked up through the ranks and in 1953, his father retired and he became president of Gimbels which had at the time over $300 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elinor S
Eleanor is a female given name. Eleanor, Elenore, Elinor, Elinore, Ellinore, Elynor or variations thereof may also refer to: Arts and entertainment *"Elenore", a 1968 song by The Turtles * "Elinor" (song) by Basshunter, 2013 *''Elinor'', a 1980 album by Zohar Argov, also the title track on the album * ''Eleanor'' (picture book), a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood by Barbara Cooney * ''Eleanor'' (novel), a novel by Mary Augusta Ward * Elanor, the name of a flower in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy work ''Lord of the Rings'' *Eleanor (automobile), a car in the film ''Gone in 60 Seconds'' and a different car in the 2000 remake Places in the United States *Eleanor, Iowa, an unincorporated community *Eleanor, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Ellinor, Kansas, an unincorporated community *Eleanor, West Virginia, a town *Lake Eleanor, a reservoir in Yosemite National Park, California *Mount Eleanor, a mountain in Alaska Ships *, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Gimbel
Howard V. Gimbel FRCSC, AOE, FACS, CABES, (born January 17, 1934) is a Canadian ophthalmologist, university professor, senior editor, and amateur musician. He is better known for his invention, along with Thomas Neuhann, of the continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis (CCC), a technique employed in modern cataract surgery.Gimbel H, Neuhann T. Continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. J Cataract Refract Surg 1991;17(1):110-1. Early life Gimbel was born in Calgary, Alberta. The son of Jacob and Ruth Gimbel, he grew up along with five siblings on a grain and dairy farm east of Calgary near the small town of Beiseker. In 1952, he graduated from high school at Canadian University College near Lacombe (Alberta). He attended Walla Walla University in Washington, and graduated with a degree in physics. It was here where he met his wife and lifetime companion, Judy Carl, whom he married on the evening of his graduation day. Education Gimbel attended medical school at Loma Linda University Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Gimbel
Norman Gimbel (November 16, 1927 – December 19, 2018) was an American lyricist and songwriter of popular songs and themes to television shows and films. He wrote the lyrics for songs including " Ready to Take a Chance Again" (with composer Charles Fox) and " Canadian Sunset". He also co-wrote " Killing Me Softly With His Song". He wrote English-language lyrics for many international hits, including " Sway", " Summer Samba", "The Girl from Ipanema", " How Insensitive", " Drinking-Water", "Meditation", " I Will Wait for You" and "Watch What Happens". Of the movie themes he co-wrote, five were nominated for Academy Awards or Golden Globe Awards or both, including " It Goes Like It Goes", from the film '' Norma Rae'', which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1979. Gimbel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984. Background Gimbel was born on November 16, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Lottie (Nass) and businessman Morris Gimbel. His parent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gimbel
Peter R. Gimbel (February 14, 1927 – July 12, 1987) was an American filmmaker and underwater photojournalist. Biography Born in New York City, he was the son of Alva (née Bernheimer) and Bernard Feustman Gimbel and heir to the Gimbels department store chain. His great grandfather was Adam Gimbel. He had two sisters, Hope Gimbel Solinger and Caral Gimbel Lebworth; and one brother, David Alva Gimbel. After serving in the United States Army occupation force in Japan in 1946–1947, he graduated from Yale University in 1951, earning degrees in both English and economics.Credo Reference Topic"Peter Robin Gimbel"/ref> He spent ten years as an investment banker but after the death of his twin brother at age 29, he left banking to pursue a career in exploration. He parachuted into the Peruvian Andes with G. Brooks Baekeland (grandson of Leo Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite) and Peter Lake in search of the lost Inca city of Vilcabamba. He was the first to dive the wreck of ''SS An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gimbel
Richard Gimbel (July 26, 1898 – May 27, 1970) was an American businessman, World War I and World War II veteran, and book collector who served as president of curator of aeronautical literature at the Yale University Library.New York Times: "Col. Richard Gimbel Dies at 71; Flier Was Yale Library Curator" May 28, 1970 Biography Gimbel was born July 26, 1898, in Atlantic City, the son of Ellis A. Gimbel and Minnie (née Mastbaum). His father was chairman of the board at the Gimbel Brothers Company which his grandfather, |
Roger Gimbel
Roger Gimbel (March 11, 1925 – April 26, 2011) was an American television producer who specialized in television movies. Many of Gimbel's television films dealt with real-life events, including '' Chernobyl: The Final Warning'', '' S.O.S. Titanic'', '' The Amazing Howard Hughes'', and ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman''. Often, Gimbel's films also focused on serious societal problems, including mental illness, war, and domestic abuse. Gimbel produced more than 50 television films and specials, which earned eighteen Emmy Awards. Biography Gimbel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 11, 1925, into the family who owned the Gimbels department store. His parents were Julia (née de Fernex Millhiser) and the Col. Richard Gimbel, U.S.A.F.New York Times: "Miss Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Gimbel
Sophie Gimbel (1898 – November 28, 1981) was an American fashion designer for Salon Moderne of Saks Fifth Avenue. She was a leading designer for nearly 40 years and an innovator of the "New Look" that gained popularity after World War II. Early life Born in Houston, Texas, Sophie was the daughter of Caroline (née Kiam) and Felix Haas. Her father was a tobacco merchant who died when she was four and her mother remarried a year later to John Alexander McLeay, whence the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. As a young girl, Sophie cut her designing teeth making clothing for her dolls. She attended Agnes Scott College for a time before marrying at age 19 to Jay Harry Rossbach and moving to Philadelphia. They had one son, Jay Harry Rossbach Jr. While she was raising her son, she was employed as a part-time stage costume designer. The couple divorced after nine years in 1926. Fashion career Sophie was hired as a stylist for Saks by Adam Long Gimbel, grandson of Adam Gimbel, the found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thom Gimbel
Thomas Ellis Gimbel (born November 1, 1959) is an American rock musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a member of the rock band Foreigner from 1992 to 1993 and again from 1995 to 2021. Early life Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Gimbel started playing drums as a young child, beginning lessons in third grade. Later he got interested in the guitar. He played flute and guitar and was lead vocalist at Northfield Mount Hermon School in a band called Your Sister's A** with Matt Thurber (drums; who later played in The Rings), Travis Hudelson (drums; who later played with Rich Deans), Jim Steinwedell (lead guitar; who later played in Panzer A, Steven Harriman (lead guitar), and Robert Burns (bass). In the following year, he continued to play in bands at school, applying to music schools on the east coast. After high school, Gimbel attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he majored in jazz composition and arranging. Не met guitarist Jon Butcher with whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
