Sacramento County
Biographies
SIMON J. LUBIN
SIMON J. LUBIN.--Well-known among the
successful men of affairs in Sacramento, and one of the best informed citizens
concerning mercantile interests as well as the resources and housing conditions
of this great commonwealth, is Simon J. Lubin, a
native son of the Golden State. He was
born in Sacramento, in 1876, and was reared and educated in the excellent
schools of that city. In 1895 he
graduated from the Sacramento high school and in 1903 he received the A. B.
degree from Harvard University. He
engaged in college settlement work, his field of action being principally in
New York and Boston. In 1906 he returned
to Sacramento and became an active member of the firm of Weinstock,
Lubin & Company, the oldest department store in
the Valley. Year by year he steadily
worked his way upward, until he is now the president of this corporation and
also chairman of the board of managers.
Intensely interested in the cause of education, he has served as a
member of the Sacramento board of education.
Mr. Lubin has given much time and thought to
the study of immigration and kindred problems.
On August 20, 1912, Governor Hiram Johnson appointed him as a member of
the temporary immigration commission; and on the formation of the state commission
of immigration and housing, on September 16, 1913, Governor Johnson appointed
Mr. Lubin a member of that commission and he was
elected its president, a position he has filled with credit and entire
satisfaction all these years. He spent a
great deal of time and effort organizing the commission and they now have
offices in the principal cities of the state.
Desiring to get a further grasp of this overwhelming problem, Mr. Lubin made two of his four trips aboard solely for the
study of immigration and housing conditions in other countries.
In 1905, in New York City, occurred the
marriage of Simon J. Lubin and Miss Rebecca
Cohen. She was born in Moscow, Russia,
but was reared and educated in New York City.
Their union has been blessed with three children: David, Ruth, and Miriam. Mr. Lubin is very
active and enthusiastic in his support of the various civic organizations in
Sacramento and gives generously of his time and means toward the movements that
have for their aim the improvement and upbuilding of
the city and community. He is a member
of the Harvard Club of New York and of San Francisco, the American Association
of Labor Legislation, the Academy of Political Science, and the Taylor
Society. Locally, he is a member of both
the Sutter and Del Paso Country Clubs.
Louise Shoemaker,
transcriber, October 03, 2007.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 327. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Louise E. Shoemaker.