 Will Maslow

William Maslow (September 27, 1907 – February 23, 2007) was an American lawyer and civil rights leader who fought for full equality in a free society for Jews, blacks, and other minorities at positions he held in government and as an executive of the American Jewish Congress.Born in Kiev, Russian Empire, Maslow came to the United States with his parents Raeesa and Saul Maslow (family name Masliankin) in 1911, and was raised primarily in Brooklyn, N.Y. After graduating from Boys High School Brooklyn, he won a state tuition scholarship to Cornell University, where he was a senior associate editor of the student paper, "The Cornell Daily Sun", revived the Liberal Club, and, in 1929, graduated with an A.B.