General Information

Named in memory of: Jesse Isidor Straus
Ambassador to France (appointed by Franklin Roosevelt)
President of R.H. Macy & Co. 
Ground-breaking Date:  April 14, 1961
Opening Date: March 4, 1963 
Architect: Edward Durell Stone (read bio, written by Kim Norton Butler)
Architectural Firm:
Belluschi, Catalano & Westerman
General Contractor:
Wilaka Construction Corporation
Cost: $2.4 million 
Number of Classrooms: 35 classrooms 
Special Classrooms: 5 for cerebral palsy, 2 for brain injured, 1 for blind students

Dedication Ceremony

Dedication Date:  March 24, 1964, 8:15am in auditorium 
Attendees: Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus (age 90)
Jack Straus, son of Isidor
Gerald Levy, grandson of Jesse Isidor Strauss
Robert Levy, great-grandson of Jesse Isidor Strauss (age 5)
Speakers: Stanley H. Lowell, chairman of the City Commission on Human Rights
Mark Shubert, executive director of the Lincoln Center Fund
Dr. Morris Finkel, Assistant Superintendent of School Districts 6 & 8
Jack Straus
Coach Fher
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