- David Aronberg
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David Aronberg 
29th Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky In office
January 1, 1952 – 1955Preceded by Will C. Simpson Succeeded by Wilburn Caskey 31st Mayor of Ashland, Kentucky In office
1960–1964Preceded by Wilburn Caskey Succeeded by Wilburn Caskey Personal details Born April 3, 1893
Manchester, EnglandDied 1967 Political party Republican Spouse(s) Sadie Freyman Children Gloria E. (Levine) and S. Harold Aronberg Residence Ashland, Kentucky, United States Religion Judaism[1] Signature 
David Aronberg (April 3, 1893 - 1967)[2] was the former mayor of Ashland, Kentucky[3]. He was also a merchant, involved in the real estate business, and a soldier in the United States Army during World War II. Aronberg was a member of the Freemasons, Shriners, Kiwanis, Forty and Eight, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Elks, as well as the American Legion, which he was vice commander of.[4][5] Aronberg was also chairman of the National Civil Defense Committee.[6]
Aronberg owned a chain of retail stores, being the senior partner of Aronberg and Pfeffer, along with David Pfeffer, from 1923 to 1956.[7][8]
Aronberg was a Jew, and attended Congregation Agudath Achim in Ashland.[9]
Notes and references
- ^ Southern Jewish Mayors Throughout History
- ^ Time For Memory
- ^ A History of Ashland, Kentucky 1786 - 1954
- ^ The Political Graveyard
- ^ The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby
- ^ Hearings, Volume 1, United States Congress (1963)
- ^ The National Jewish monthly: Volume 43 (1928)
- ^ Fairchild's list of store executives (1930)
- ^ Who's who in world Jewry by Harry Schneiderman and Itzhak J. Carim
Categories:- Mayors of Ashland, Kentucky
- 1893 births
- 1967 deaths
- Jewish American mayors
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