LAW OFFICES MARGOLIN AND KIRWAN 1000 UNITED MISSOURI BANK BUILDING ABRAHAM E. MARGOLIN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64106 TELEPHONE F. PHILIP KIRWAN SYLVAN SIEGLER (816) 842-7080 ROBERT C. RICHART NORMAN M. ARNELL ROBERT J. MARGOLIN FRANK B. KEECH ROBERT A. BABCOCK OF COUNSEL JOHN D. DUNBAR August 5, 1980 JAMES S. MARGOLIN G. STEVEN RUPRECHT TERRY L. TYRRELL LARRY NORTON SUE A. WARE RONALD K. BARKER ARNOLD R. DAY, JR. DAVID A. VORBECK Dr. Max Baer 4201 Cathedral Avenue, N.W., Apt. 1123 East Washington, D. C. 20016 Dear Dr. Baer: I have long believed that B'nai B'rith was remiss in its failure to accredit Nathan Mnookin fairly for his efforts in launching AZA, and I am glad that a person of your talent will now cover his history and activities. I may, therefore, be supplying more information than you want or can use. Nate was an exceedingly warm, compassionate, enthu- siastic, inspiring and ebullient individual. He loved youth and loathed indolence, and these attributes of his personality led him to advise youngsters he was counseling here to apply for B'nai B'rith sponsorship when he recognized their compe- tence and concluded that the lack of a constructive program was frustrating their potential. Nate personified the rare combination of humanist, scientist, and businessman. Nate was born February 22, 1901. He was graduated a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1922 from Kan- sas University where, incidentally, he was captain of the De- bate Team, a member of Delta Sigma Rho, vice president of the School of Engineering, and vice president of the University's honorary society, Black Mask. Following graduation, he went to Omaha to accept a position with Cudahy Packing Company, and while in Omaha he immediately evinced his interest in youth by counseling the group which later (subsequent to establishment of the Kansas City group) became the mother chapter of AZA. After a stay of less than two years in Omaha, he returned to Kansas City to establish Industrial Testing Laboratory in as- sociation with Dr. J. C. Patrick, a colleague at the Cudahy laboratories in Omaha.