Felix Fuld

Felix Fuld was born to a Jewish family in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the son of Ludwig and Theresa Fuld who came to New York in 1890, when Felix was 12. Fuld's father was a partner in the New York City banking house of Sternberger, Sinn & Fuld. Sternberger, Sinn & Fuld later became Gruntal & Co. Through his father, Fuld found a job at the Chesapeake Rubber Company in Baltimore where he met Louis Bamberger.

The three initial Bamberger's partners (Frank, Bamberger, and Fuld) lived together with Bamberger's sister Caroline (Carrie) Bamberger, who was Frank's wife at that time, in a rented house in South Orange, New Jersey. They later bought a large home on Centre Street in South Orange. Louis Frank died suddenly in 1910. Carrie Bamberger Frank remained a widow for three years until 1913 when she married Felix Fuld. The Fulds continued to live with Louis Bamberger until Fulds death in 1929. After an influenza infection, Felix Fuld died of pneumonia on January 20, 1929, at his home in South Orange. A memorial service was held in the Old First Presbyterian Church in Newark attended by many of the city's notables. He was buried at the B'nai Jeshurun Cemetery, Elizabeth, New Jersey.

With his business partner and brother-in-law, Louis Bamberger, Felix Fuld contributed to numerous Newark and New Jersey institutions. They helped launch a building drive for the Newark YM-YWHA in 1922 that led to the construction of the 652 High Street building (Now 652 MLK Blvd) which opened in 1924, with an auditorium named 'Fuld Hall'. They were also major donors to the first hospital in Newark that freely offered a place for Jewish doctors to practice, Beth Israel Hospital. Fuld providing one third of Beth's original funding.