Available online.
Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (November 9, 1907, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – November 9, 1991, St. Thomas) was a businessman and politician who served as the ninth civilian governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1961-1969. Ralph Paiewonsky was the son of Jewish Lithuanian immigrants to the Virgin Islands. He graduated from New York University in 1930. His degree was in chemistry his father owned A.H. Riise & Co. Ltd. an apothecary, general store and a bay rum distillery in St. Thomas.
No comments:
Post a Comment