Emil Ganz

Emil Ganz (d. 1922) was the three-time mayor of Phoenix, Arizona.

He fought in Georgia during the American Civil War, on the Confederate side. From a German Jewish background, he was an atheist, and brought his children up as atheists.Fact|date=May 2008

In 2001, professional historian Mark Pry wrote a biography of Ganz, "Immigrant Banker: The Life of Emil Ganz". The book was commissioned by granddaughter Joan Ganz Cooney, a television producer who co-created "Sesame Street"; the biography is part of her papers, donated to the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University.

External links

* Barbara Yost, " [http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/010323/right.shtml Right place, right time] ". "The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix", 23 March 2001.