Herman Shapiro
| There have been two different descriptions of Herman Shapiro in newspapers and magazines: "Aircraft Technician" and "NY and Miami Hotel operator". Though both are likely to be true, I do know for sure that early on he worked as a salesman. Herman was born in May 1913 to Russian immigrant parents in New York City. He was raised there and on Long Island and married his first wife in Queens in 1938. This marriage ended in divorce one month before he married Dorothy on August 27, 1946 in Miami Beach Florida. He seemed to be a man who liked to keep busy, I have found evidence that through the mid/late 1960's and even as late as 1973 he was still working and starting new businesses and partnerships. Being about 10 years younger than Dorothy, and only 43 years old when she died in 1957, I do not know if he ever remarried after her death. Herman Shapiro passed away in California in 1979, he was 65 years old. |
| Miami Beach hotels in the 1940's |