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Solly Border diploma

Document | Accession Number: 2014.490.13

Solly Border's diploma in chemical engineering, awarded to him from the Polytechnic University in Iași, Romania in 1957.

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Date: creation: 1957
Language: Romanian
Genre/Form: Diplomas.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Claudia Greif

Document Creator: Solly Border
Biography: Solly Border (born Solly Oisie, 1931-2013) was born on 13 March 1931 in Bucharest, Romania to Yancu and Feiga Border. He had sister, Ella. Solly and his family survived Nazi persecution in Romania during World War II. He studied chemical engineering at the Polytechnic University in Iași, Romania and graduated in 1957. He and his wife Rose and son Lee immigrated to the United States in 1971. Solly worked in real estate and business, and later authored several books. His son Lee died in a helicopter crash while he was serving in the United States Army. Solly died in 2013.
Topical Term: Engineering students.
Jews--Romania.
Geographic Name: Iași (Romania)
Personal Name: Border, Solly, 1931-2013.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The diploma was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Claudia Greif in 2014. Claudia was a family friend of Solly.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2019-12-05 21:23:58
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