Age 18. 180 East 79th Street, New York, NY. Born 2/27/1924, in Manhattan, NY. Died of burns (death certificate). Sophomore at Harvard University (residing at Lowell House). Attended the club with Wellesley College freshman Miss Margaret "Peg" Whitson, age 17, of Moylan, PA, dead. Also present his visiting friend, Columbia University sophomore David Hillman, age 17, of New York, NY, escort of Wellesley coed Miss Sadie Fors, age 17, of Worcester, MA, both dead. Two other Wellesley College undergrads and their dates also lost their lives in the same group of eight. "The names of the student escorts were found on the 'evening out' record books at the girls' dormitories" (The Boston Globe, 12/01/1942). Was one of the first two Harvard casualties confirmed by the college on early Sunday as deceased (also Lieut. Eugene Goss, U.S. Army, Signal Corps, age 22): "Their bodies were identified this morning [Sunday] at the Massachusetts General Hospital" (Boston Sunday Post, 11/29/1942). One of five Harvard civilian undergrad fire victims (also ten military trainees were lost for a total of 15 dead, more than from any other single institution). Was raised in New York City. Graduate of Lawrenceville High School, Lawrenceville, NJ. Enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve two months before the blaze (was not yet active). Was single. His group of four Wellesley College coeds and their four companions ranked the second-largest known present (if counted as a single party) in which all died (after a main dining room engagement announcement party for Theodore "Ted" Fisher, age 27, and Miss Betty Cohen, age 28, all ten dead including the nuptial couple). Parents Mrs. Esther R. (Solomon), same address, and the late Mr. Abraham A. Silberberg. Father died in November 1941. Burial at Mount Hope (Temple Israel) Cemetery, Westchester, NY. Middle name Robert.

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