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After the attack, Greenberg immediately reenlisted in the United States Army Air Forces. In 1947, Greenberg, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates and playing his final season, was one of the few ballplayers to give a warm welcome to Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, the majors' first black player in many years. Robinson later said, "Class tells.
In 1998, Greenberg was the subject of a documentary which was directed and written by Aviva Kempner entitled The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg. [66] In 2010, he was again one of the main subjects of the film Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story , alongside Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers .
She is the scriptwriter, director and producer of The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, a film about first Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues. [ 8 ] In 2009, she produced Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg , a 90-minute documentary about Gertrude Berg , a popular American radio and television personalities who received the first Best Actress Emmy in ...
Greenberg twice compiled at least 50 doubles in a season, which were the two times he led the league in the stat. Hank Greenberg crosses the plate with the third run as Aaron Robinson makes a stab ...
I sat down with former AIG chairman and CEO Hank Greenberg this week. We talked about everything from AIG's early days, its growth, to its downfall and bailout in 2008. Below is one of the most ...
Years prior, Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers took a similar stance and sat out during a tight pennant race. [ 1 ] Incidents such as those of Greenberg and Koufax throw into sharp highlight the conflict many Jewish people face between social pressures and personal beliefs on a daily basis.
The American International Group (AIG) of today has no value to its long-term shareholders, according to Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg, the insurer's former longtime chairman and chief executive.
The Maurice "Hank" Greenberg Scholarship, administered in his name by the US-China Education Trust, supports the studies of ten Chinese students from low-income families each year at Yunnan University. [36] Greenberg was presented the Friendship Medal for Contribution to China’s Reform by President Xi Jinping in 2018. [14]