| Malcolm Woldenberg | |
| Birth Name: | Malcolm C. Woldenberg |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1896 |
| Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Death Date: | 21 September 1982 |
| Death Place: | New Orleans, US |
| Nationality: | Canadian, American |
| Occupation: | Businessman and philanthropist |
| Spouse: | Dorothy Woldenberg |
Malcolm C. Woldenberg (5 May 1896 - 21 September 1982) was an American businessman.
Woldenberg was born in Montreal, Canada, the son of Jewish immigrants from Europe.[1] His family moved to the US when he was a child.[1]
He started working as one of the Canadian distillers Seagram's first employees in the US.[1] In the course of his work, he met Newman Goldring, and together they moved to New Orleans in 1941 to start a wholesale liquor business.[1] [2] In 1944, Woldenberg founded the Magnolia Marketing Company with Goldring and his son Stephen Goldring, his long-time business partners.[3] It later became Republic National Distributing Company, and is today known as the Sazerac Company.[2]
Woldenberg was an active civic leader in New Orleans's Jewish community.[4]
He was married to Dorothy Woldenberg.[5]
Woldenberg is buried in the Hebrew Rest Cemetery #3 in New Orleans.[6]
The 14-acre Woldenberg Park in New Orleans is named in his honour, and contains a statue of him.[7] [4] It was created due to $5 million given by the Dorothy and Malcolm Woldenberg Foundation to the Audubon Institute.[8]
The ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital in Jerusalem is named after Malcolm and Dorothy Woldenberg, who paid half of its cost.[5]