Benjamin Joseph Buttenweiser (1900 – 1992) was an American banker, philanthropist and civil leader in New York. 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Buttenwieser graduated Columbia College in 1919 and soon became a Limited Partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and director of Revlon; Benrus Watch; Tischman Realty and others. Buttenwieser married Helen Lehman Buttenwieser in 1929. His wife was an attorney for Alger Hiss. Their activism landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. Columbia College is the main undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the universitys main campus of Morningside Heights in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York. ... Kuhn, Loeb and Co. ... Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 - November 15, 1996) was a U.S. State Department official involved in the establishment of the United Nations. ... A master list of Nixon political opponents was compiled to supplement the original Nixons Enemies List of 20 key people considered opponents of President Richard Nixon. ...

The Buttenwieser Professorship at Columbia University was established in 1958 with a gift to the University from Buttenweiser, a longtime University Trustee and clerk of the Trustees, in honor of his father, Joseph. He was also a trustee of Lenox Hill Hospital and the New York Philharmonic. He was also president of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies. Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattans Upper East Side, is a 652-bed, fully accredited, acute care hospital and a major teaching affiliate of NYU Medical Center. ... The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States. ...

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• Trimel, Suzanne (September 9, 1996). Social Scientist Charles Tilly Joins Columbia Faculty.
• The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, 1940, volume 2, p. 610.
• English, Bella (July 29, 1999). Family Man: Arts patron also champions a tradition of social justice and philanthropy. Boston Globe