abstract:Solomon Schechter (Hebrew: שניאור זלמן שכטר; December 7, 1847 – November, 19 1915) was a Moldavian-born Romanian rabbi, academic scholar, and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement.
One supposes it's difficult for a 17-year-old to take business trips while keeping up a 4.0 average at SolomonSchechter School, playing point guard on the basketball team and laying out the school yearbook.