Biography

Budish, Nathan Norman (Steele, Jack); b. June 29, 1914, St. Paul (Minneapolis), Minnesota; Attended the University of Minnesota; US Army National Guard in the Artillery; Single; Aeronautical Engineer; CP 1934 (YCL 1934); Received Passport# 364989 on February 2, 1937 which listed his address as 135 Iglehart Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota; Sailed February 17, 1937 aboard the President Roosevelt; Arrived in Spain on March 17, 1937; Served with the 35th Artillery Battery, and 129th BDE, Anti-Tank unit; Commanding Officer; Returned to the US on February 4, 1938 aboard the President Harding; WWII civilian aeronautical engineer; d. July 3, 1982, Mexico.

Source: Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Americans; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 977, ll 26 (under Rudisch); Pacific NW. Code A

A Letter to Nathan Budish – by Vince Lossowski, reprint, The Volunteer Blog, posted August 18, 2015.

Photographs: Norman Nathan Budish. Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 869; and from family.