Milton Stanzler

Milton Stanzler was born in New York City in 1921 and is known as being one of the founders of Trinity Rep. He moved to Rhode Island at the age of ten with his family, attended Hope High School in Providence, and went on to study at what is now known as the University of Rhode Island. Upon graduation, he attempted numerous career paths including dental school at Ohio State, work as a Japanese translator during the war at the University of Michigan and elsewhere in the Midwest, and finally legal studies at Boston University. In his adult life, he was the founder of the Rhode Island chapter of the ACLU, one of the founders of Trinity Rep, a President of the Jewish Community Center, and ran his own legal practice for over forty years.