Trope, Harry

TROPE, Harry. Retired Chemist and Merchant. Born Posvityn, Lithuania, 1st June, 1892, son of Aizik and Bessie Trusfus. Educated in Kovno. Came to South Africa 1911. Conducted a business and farmed in the O.F.S. before settling in Johannesburg, where he was in business as a wholesaler in liquor and fancy goods and a manufacturer of perfumery. Hon. Treasurer, S.A. Zionist Federation, 1952-1967. National Chairman, Israel United Appeal since 1954. Member of the Actions Committee, World Zionist Movement. Member of the World Board of Directors of the Keren Hayesod, Jerusalem; President of the Poalei Zion of South Africa; Director of the J.N.F. Charitable Trust; Chairman, of the Administration, General Purposes and Finance Committees of the S.A. Zionist Federation. Hon. Vice-President S.A. Zionist Federation. Member, Transvaal Automobile Club. Married the late Sylvia Lipman, 1913; married Florrie Jacobs, 1943; three sons, one daughter. Recreation: Bowls. Add.: 10, Gleneagles, Killarney, Johannesburg.