Talk:Jesse I. Strauss

Spelling Straus or Strauss
The family uses one S consistently, as do most sources. The "United States Ambassadors to France" template uses 2 as does the US French embassy site. Searching the NY Times for "'Jesse I. Strauss' and ambassador" returns 2 hits, but using the single S the same search returns 20, including his obituary. It seems unlikely that he changed the family's spelling to add an S since his son Kenneth Straus, also president of Macy's, has just one S in his NY Times obituary.

The Straus family historical society discusses the origin of the name briefly.

There's no hurry, but I'd like to change all refs to the single S, unless anyone objects. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 17:20, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems indeed very unlikely that the son and father of a "Straus" should spell his name as "Strauss" (not to mention uncles and brothers). Can somebody look at his grave? The American National Biography lists him as
 * Susan Hamburger. "Straus, Jesse Isidor"
 * with this in its bibliography: "Reginald Wright Kauffman's privately published Jesse Isidor Straus: A Biographical Portrait (1973) is a comprehensive biography." Looks like a solid case for "Straus". -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 09:05, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Done. Bmclaughlin9 (talk) 17:55, 5 December 2010 (UTC)