Rabbi Dov (Bernard) Revel becomes first titular head of REITS
REITS (Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary) is the rabbinical training seminary of Yeshiva University.
REITS becomes one of the key components of embryonic Yeshiva University, and Revel becomes president of the university at large.
Revel was born near Kovno, Lithuania. Later, after yeshiva study and ordination in the USA, as well, he receives a doctorate in philosophy from Dropsie College (at the University of Pennsylvania). Then, before heading REITS, he had a small stint as an Oklahoma “oil man,” where he made a respectable fortune (according to legend, anyway).
In 1987 he appeared on a $1 US Postage stamp as part of the “Great American” series.
A renowned yeshiva day school in Queens, Yeshiva Dov Revel of Forest Hills was named after him…along with Yeshiva University’s Hebrew Studies graduate school.