Henry Cohen (civil servant), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henry Cohen (civil servant)

Director of Fohrenwald

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1922

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1999

Profession: university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Henry Cohen (civil servant)

  • Henry Cohen (June 5, 1922 – January 14, 1999) was appointed in 1946 the director of Föhrenwald, the third-largest Displaced Persons camp in the American sector of post-World War II Germany.
  • A native of New York City and a child of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania, Cohen was a graduate of City College of New York.
  • During World War II, he served as an infantryman in the U.S.
  • Army. He later served as research director of the New York City Planning Department and as Deputy City Administrator under Mayor Robert F.
  • Wagner, Jr..
  • Later, he was First Deputy Administrator of the New York Human Resources Administration under Mayor John Lindsay. After leaving the city government, Cohen became the founding Dean of the Milano School of Management, Policy, and Environment at The New School.

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