Elmer L. Winter was born March 6, 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father, Sigmund
Winter, emigrated to the United States from Bohemia, and his mother, May Winter,
whose family emigrated from Budapest, Hungary, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1929, Winter left Milwaukee to attend the University of Wisconsin--Madison where
he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics in 1933. In 1935 he earned a L.L.B
degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Winter returned to Milwaukee in 1936 to join the law firm of Wurster and Scheinfeld
where he later became partner. Also that year, he married Nannette Rosenberg, with
whom he had three children, Susan, Lynn, and Martha.
In 1948, Winter and his law partner Aaron Scheinfeld founded Manpower Inc., a
temporary help service agency, which now operates in 36 countries. Winter also
co-founded the International Franchise Association, and organized Youthpower and
Operation 4000, both non-profit job-placement organizations for Milwaukee youth.
In 1972 Winter served as the National President of the American Jewish Committee, and
in 1976, founded the Committee for Economic Growth of Israel (CEGI), a non-profit
organization dedicated to expanding business relationships between the United States
and Israel, and to assisting Israel's financial independence. While CEGI ceased
operations in 2007, Winter continued to publish the You Ought
to Know Gazette as a means to spread the organization's mission.
Elmer Winter passed away on October 22, 2009.
