Son of Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis. His parents fled to this country from Prague, in the [then] Austrian Republic [which is now known as the Czech Republic]. Alfred and Louis, who was the youngest were extremely close. As the family became financially secure in this country, several of them became highly rarefied intellectuals who tended toward the useful and practical; supported Zionism; fiercely opposed monopolies and mega Big Business.
After his fathers death in 1906 he took on partnership in the firm A. Brandeis & Son (A Grain Merchant). He was one of organizers of the Louisville Board of Trade, and one of the directors and leading members of that organization for 34 years.
Alfred's brother, Louis D. Brandeis, was appointed by President Wilson as our nation's first Jewish Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Brandeis was an organizer of the Lincoln Savings Bank & Trust Company, and was a director of that institution until 1918, when he resigned. Listed as a stockholder in the Louisville Industrial Foundation, member of the Pendennis Club and Louisville Country Club, Traffic Club and Quindecim Club.
Married in 1884 to Jennie (Taussig) Brandeis of St Louis, Missouri. Her father was William Taussig, the builder of the ST Louis bridge over ther Mississippi, of the Union Station at ST Louis, and one of the organizers of the St Louis Terminal Railway Association. Mrs Brandeis was a sister of distinguished scholar and American Authority on political economy, F. W. Taussig of Harvard University. From this union was born at least four daughters, Adele, Amy Frances and Jean. Daughter Amy married Professor William H. McCreary of the Louisville High School, and they had two sons Alfred B and Bruce McCreary. Daughter Jean married Charles G. Tachau a businessman of Louisville.
After his fathers death in 1906 he took on partnership in the firm A. Brandeis & Son (A Grain Merchant). He was one of organizers of the Louisville Board of Trade, and one of the directors and leading members of that organization for 34 years.
Alfred's brother, Louis D. Brandeis, was appointed by President Wilson as our nation's first Jewish Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Brandeis was an organizer of the Lincoln Savings Bank & Trust Company, and was a director of that institution until 1918, when he resigned. Listed as a stockholder in the Louisville Industrial Foundation, member of the Pendennis Club and Louisville Country Club, Traffic Club and Quindecim Club.
Married in 1884 to Jennie (Taussig) Brandeis of St Louis, Missouri. Her father was William Taussig, the builder of the ST Louis bridge over ther Mississippi, of the Union Station at ST Louis, and one of the organizers of the St Louis Terminal Railway Association. Mrs Brandeis was a sister of distinguished scholar and American Authority on political economy, F. W. Taussig of Harvard University. From this union was born at least four daughters, Adele, Amy Frances and Jean. Daughter Amy married Professor William H. McCreary of the Louisville High School, and they had two sons Alfred B and Bruce McCreary. Daughter Jean married Charles G. Tachau a businessman of Louisville.
Son of Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis. His parents fled to this country from Prague, in the [then] Austrian Republic [which is now known as the Czech Republic]. Alfred and Louis, who was the youngest were extremely close. As the family became financially secure in this country, several of them became highly rarefied intellectuals who tended toward the useful and practical; supported Zionism; fiercely opposed monopolies and mega Big Business.
After his fathers death in 1906 he took on partnership in the firm A. Brandeis & Son (A Grain Merchant). He was one of organizers of the Louisville Board of Trade, and one of the directors and leading members of that organization for 34 years.
Alfred's brother, Louis D. Brandeis, was appointed by President Wilson as our nation's first Jewish Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Brandeis was an organizer of the Lincoln Savings Bank & Trust Company, and was a director of that institution until 1918, when he resigned. Listed as a stockholder in the Louisville Industrial Foundation, member of the Pendennis Club and Louisville Country Club, Traffic Club and Quindecim Club.
Married in 1884 to Jennie (Taussig) Brandeis of St Louis, Missouri. Her father was William Taussig, the builder of the ST Louis bridge over ther Mississippi, of the Union Station at ST Louis, and one of the organizers of the St Louis Terminal Railway Association. Mrs Brandeis was a sister of distinguished scholar and American Authority on political economy, F. W. Taussig of Harvard University. From this union was born at least four daughters, Adele, Amy Frances and Jean. Daughter Amy married Professor William H. McCreary of the Louisville High School, and they had two sons Alfred B and Bruce McCreary. Daughter Jean married Charles G. Tachau a businessman of Louisville.
After his fathers death in 1906 he took on partnership in the firm A. Brandeis & Son (A Grain Merchant). He was one of organizers of the Louisville Board of Trade, and one of the directors and leading members of that organization for 34 years.
Alfred's brother, Louis D. Brandeis, was appointed by President Wilson as our nation's first Jewish Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Brandeis was an organizer of the Lincoln Savings Bank & Trust Company, and was a director of that institution until 1918, when he resigned. Listed as a stockholder in the Louisville Industrial Foundation, member of the Pendennis Club and Louisville Country Club, Traffic Club and Quindecim Club.
Married in 1884 to Jennie (Taussig) Brandeis of St Louis, Missouri. Her father was William Taussig, the builder of the ST Louis bridge over ther Mississippi, of the Union Station at ST Louis, and one of the organizers of the St Louis Terminal Railway Association. Mrs Brandeis was a sister of distinguished scholar and American Authority on political economy, F. W. Taussig of Harvard University. From this union was born at least four daughters, Adele, Amy Frances and Jean. Daughter Amy married Professor William H. McCreary of the Louisville High School, and they had two sons Alfred B and Bruce McCreary. Daughter Jean married Charles G. Tachau a businessman of Louisville.
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