[2] He was also a notable member of the National Genealogical Society, serving as president of the organization from 1945 to 1949 as well as 1953 to 1954.
[1] During his childhood, he would gain an interest in genealogy from his uncle, who told him stories about the Rubincam family.
[1] In 1934, Milton Rubincam moved to Washington, D.C., with Priscilla Teasdale, his future wife, and the next year he started working as a clerk-typist on a Works Progress Administration project, the start of his career as a federal employee.
[2] In 1972, Rubincam retired from his position as chief of security for the foreign operations office at the Commerce Department to become a full-time genealogist.
(OCLC 865972877, ISBN 978-1258323035) In 2003, Milton Rubincam was elected to the National Genealogy Hall of Fame.