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2 unusual facts about Sigmund Eisner


Sigmund Eisner

Monroe Eisner, the third son, was also born in Red Bank, entered Phillips Exeter Academy (graduated 1910) and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard in 1914.

He was a member of the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Welfare Board of America, and the Zionist Committee of America.


Edmund Wilson, Sr.

Among Edward Sr.'s close friends was Sigmund Eisner (great-grandfather of Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner), with whom he worked to improve the Red Bank school system.


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