Gerson, Albert (January 23, 1903 - March 9, 1977)

Albert Gerson (January 23, 1903 - March 9, 1977) was a Jewish Russian-American lithographic job printer and inventor based in New York in the mid-20th century. The place of his birth is something of a mystery. Documents predating 1930, list his birthplace as Russia. After 1930, including on his 1942 World War II draft card, his birthplace is listed as Brooklyn. During the 1920s he worked as a millinery salesman, but by 1930, he established his own printing concern, Gerson Offset Lithography. In 1960, Gerson invented the Gerson Multiplater - a labor saving machine for making photo-offset lithograph plates. In 1924, he married Cecelia Schwehel (1924 - 1972).