the founding members, led by sylvan m. cohen, a philadelphia attorney, included the club's first board of governors: harry blofstein, morris boehm, alfred b. carp, sylvan m. cohen, sidney cohn, max e. falik, milton gold, samuel green, leonard gross, harold l. landesberg, ben f. lieber, jules link, j. leonard schorr, irvin segal, walter seideman, paul silver, myron b. sloane, edward taxin, howard weiss, and jack l. wolgin. sylvan cohen was elected president. the other officers were alfred carp, secretary; irvin segal, treasurer; jack wolgin, vice president; max falik, vice president; and harold landesberg, vice president.