Gustav Tafel (1830 – 1908), German-born colonel in the Union Army
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During the “Club War” of 1913-1914, Aleph Samach allied itself with The Cornell Daily Sun, Sphinx Head and Quill and Dagger in an effort to suppress the growing influence of the following “social clubs” or drinking societies at Cornell: Majura, Beth l’Amed, Kappa Beta Phi, Bench and Board, Gemel Kharm, Yonan, Mermaid, Krug and Tafel, and the Climax.
Mayor Tafel appointed him a member of the Board of Supervisors, and he became president of the body in 1900.
Taf. is an abbreviation of Tafel, German for plate.