Joseph Kahn

Joseph Kahn (May 25, 1916 – December 3, 1979), was a shipping industry executive who served as the chairman of Seatrain Lines, an innovator in the way ships carried freight. Kahn immigrated to the United States in 1930 from the Soviet Union. Kahn enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of World War II, ascending through the ranks from private to first lieutenant.