Edgar B. Stern

Edgar B. Stern
1917 caricature
Born
Edgar Bloom Stern

(1886-01-23)January 23, 1886
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
DiedAugust 24, 1959(1959-08-24) (aged 73)
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationBusinessperson
Known forPhilanthropy, civic leadership
SpouseEdith Rosenwald Stern
Children3

Edgar Bloom Stern Sr. (1886–1959) was an American leader in civic, racial, business and governmental affairs for the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.[1] He was successful at an early age in the cotton business in New Orleans, later diversifying into other businesses. Stern was an organizer of Dillard University, Flint Goodridge Hospital, and the Bureau for Governmental Research. Stern's family home, Longue Vue House and Gardens, is now a museum open to the public.[1]

  1. ^ a b Staff writers (August 26, 1959). "Heart ailment fatal to Stern". New Orleans Times-Picayune Francis.