July 23, 2009
Gary A. Tobin, Jewish Philanthropy Scholar
Age at death: 59.
Major philanthropy job: Founder and president of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research, an independent think tank in San Francisco.
How he made his mark: "A leading scholar of Jewish population and identity, he was an iconoclast whose studies routinely challenged the conventional pessimism of other community analysts," wrote J.J. Goldberg, editorial director of the Forward newspaper.
Key accomplishments: He
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