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Catalog Number 2004.055.001
Collection Louis J. Fox Papers
Object Name Manuscript
Scope & Content The Louis J. Fox Papers contain both personal papers and those related to the many organizations with which he was involved. Personal papers include military records, awards, newspaper clippings, and correspondence he received for his accomplishments. Organizational papers consist primarily of official correspondence from the Jill Fox Memorial Fund, the Council of Jewish Federations, the Anti-Defamation League, the Legacy and Endowment Fund, State of Israel Bonds, and the Jewish Deaf Society, and from his involvement with Soviet Jewry. These papers are organized alphabetically by the name of the group or organization.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Louis J. Fox was born in Baltimore on June 8, 1911. He graduated from Baltimore City College High School in 1929 and for a short time thereafter worked in the insurance industry and the scrap metal industry. In 1931, Louis and his brother Robert opened Fox Chevrolet in Baltimore. On September 11, 1933, he married Dorothy Newman and they had two daughters, Jill Fox and Shirley (Fox) Scholder. Jill died in the 1950s and her parents founded the Jill Fox Memorial Fund in her honor.

In 1944, Louis Fox entered the Army as a Radio Repairman, Aircraft Equipment and achieved the rank of sergeant. He was discharged in 1946 and he returned to Baltimore to work at his car dealership. In 1958 he bought out his brother Robert and subsequently expanded the business to several area locations and began selling other brands. He served as company president and was named chairman in 1972, a post that he occupied until his death.

Louis Fox was active in several local and national organizations. He was president of the Jewish Welfare Fund in the 1950s, the Associated Jewish Charities in 1965 and 1966, and the Council of Jewish Federations in 1966, 1967, and 1968. He was president at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and was the first president of its Parents' Association. He was also on the executive board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and was director of the University of Baltimore, Sinai Hospital, and South Baltimore General Hospital, now the Harbor Hospital Center. He was the first president of the Jewish Community Center, a regional chairman for the national Conference of Christians and Jews, and was a founder of the Jewish Historical Society of Maryland, now the Jewish Museum of Maryland.

He died on February 25, 1995 at Sinai Hospital of heart failure.
Title Louis J. Fox (1911-1995)
Papers, n.d., 1929-1981
Date n.d., 1929-1981
Imagefile 171\2004055001.JPG
Search Terms Associated Jewish Charities
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds
Soviet Jewry
Jill Fox Memorial Fund
B'nai B'rith
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Jewish Deaf Society
Jewish Telegraphic Society
Fox Chevrolet
Fox Automobiles
State of Israel Bonds
Subjects Businesses, Automobile
Community Organizations
Military Service
Lexicon category 8: Communication Artifact
Condition Good
Language of Material English
Level of description Folder
Other number MS 5
People Fox, Louis J.
Fox, Dorothy Newman
Fox, Jill
Fox, Shirley
Newman, Dorothy
Fox, Robert