Lee Kaufer Frankel (August 13, 1867 – July 25, 1931) was a Jewish-American social worker and insurance executive.
He introduced professional social standards into Jewish philanthropy, stressed the importance of adequate relief towards rehabilitation, developed programs for dependents like mothers and for assisting migration to reduce the concentration of Jews in New York City.
[4] Frankel was assistant secretary of the New York State Conference of Charities and Corrections in 1901, an executive committee member in 1902, and vice-president in 1903.
He quickly introduced an education campaign on personal health and hygiene and established a free nursing service for policy holders.
He was president of the National Conference of Jewish Charities in 1912, a commissioner of the New York State Board of Charities from 1918 until his death, president of the American Public Health Association in 1919, director of welfare for the Post Office Department from 1921 to 1922, chairman of the special European commission of the American Jewish Relief Committee in 1922, chairman of the National Health Council from 1923 to 1926, and chairman of a commission to survey Palestine for the Jewish Agency in 1927.
[6] Over a thousand people attended his funeral at Congregation Emanu-El of New York, including around a hundred nurses from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, nurses from the Henry Street Settlement, and representatives from the American Public Health Association, the Joint Distribution Committee, the State Board of Social Welfare, and the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
Rabbi Nathan Krass of Congregation Emanu-El, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company vice-president Leroy A. Lincoln, and banker Felix M. Warburg delivered eulogies.