Frank H. Newman

Frank H. Newman, died December 10, 2011 at age of 98 in Indianapolis. Husband of Dorothy Selig Newman for 65 years; father of Robert (Jan) of Hillsborough, Ca., Terry (Richard) Bernstein of St. Louis and Nancy Reiter of Indianapolis; grandfather of Lauren, David and Julie Bernstein and Jessica and Katie Reiter. He was a longtime Executive Vice-President of the Jewish Federation of Indianapolis. His tenure’s accomplishments included the building of the Jewish Community Campus. Born in 1913, Newman graduated from George Williams College and received a Master’s of Social Work from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University. He began his Jewish community service in Yonkers, N.Y. and moved to St. Louis to be on the staff of the Jewish Community Center. He spent eight years in Gary, Ind. as Jewish Federation director. He later served on the administrative staff of Jewish Federations of the Chicago and New York metropolitan areas. He came to Indianapolis in 1959. He was a World War II veteran. He served on the boards of Inter-Faith Housing, Visiting Nurses, Planned Parenthood, Indianapolis Repertory Theater, Dance Kaleidoscope, Ballet International, Girls Club of Indianapolis, United Way, Community Credit Counseling, Legal Aid Society and FBI Citizen’s Academy. The Newman Award is given each year to the outstanding community professional of that year. He was a longtime member of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation and Broadmoor Country Club. Contributions to the Frank H. Newman Charitable Fund, c/o Jewish Federation, 6705 Hoover Rd., Indianapolis, Ind. 46260.