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April 2002
January 1998

BORN:	June 24, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri 1 3 7 8 9
DIED:	January 26, 1977 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky of stomach cancer. 2 7 8
BURIED:	He was cremated at Louisville Crematory, Louisville, Kentucky. 2 8
PARENTS:	Rose Meyer and Bennett Wasserman 1 2 3 8 9 10
RELIGION:	Jewish 1 2
EDUCATION:	Ph. D. Cornelle University, Ithaca, New York, University of St. Louis, University of Lyon, France 1 2
OCCUPATION:	W.W. I (pilot) New Deal Program Department of Commerce Howard University, economics professor University of Kentucky in Louisville, associate professor of economics He wrote several Economics text books. 1 2 8
MARRIAGE:	Rose Marie Brosseau (Sep. 4, 1893 Dijon, France-Mar. 5, 1984 MD) on August 4, 1925 in Lyon, France. 1 2 3 8 13

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Laurence Bernard WASSERMAN	Dec. 30, 1931	Apr. 1978	LIVING	3
Max Judd WASSERMAN	Feb. 8, 1934	1987	LIVING	1 3
LIVING

RESIDENCES:	St. Louis, Missouri 1 2 8 9 10
	Champagne, Urbana, Illinois 1930 - 1934 1 2
	France 1929 1 2
	Washington D.C. area 1 2
	Lexington, Kentucky 1 2 8

NOTES:	Rose and Max met at the University of Lyon where he was studying for his Ph.D. and she was studying Criminal Law.2 He was in "Who's Who in Judaism". 1 2
DESCRIPTION:	He had curly red hair, fair skin and blue eyes. He was of medium height. He became bald and blind in one eye due to glaucoma. His little toe was a hammertoe. 1

SOURCES:	1 Joanne Thornton
	2 Ben E. Wasserman
	3 Wasserman Family Bible
	7 Social Security Death Index
	8 Death Certificate of Max Wasserman
	9 1900 Census, Missouri
	10 1906 Obituary of Bennett Wasserman
	13 1893 Birth Record of Rose Brosseau
	Max Wasserman's birth certificate was not found in the St. Louis, Missouri Vital Records Service in January 2001.