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WILLIAM S. SCHWARTZ, 1896-1977
William Samuel Schwartz was born in Smorgen, Russia on February 23, 1896, and died in Chicago February 10, 1977. He studied at the Vilna Art School in Russia from 1908 to 1912. At the age or sixteen he immigrated to America and three years later entered the Art Institute of Chicago where he was awarded a scholarship. To help support himself, he worked 16 hours a day waiting on tables, ushering in theatres, singing in concerts and operas.