(Mogelonsky) (8 Sept. 1925-17 July 2000), author, artist. (Alex Mogelon) Born in Winnipeg, Man. Parents: Sam Mogelonsky (born in the Ukraine) and his wife Rose Chasen (born in Poland). Alex Mogelon attended public school at Port Arthur, Ont., and Fort William, Ont. He lived in Winnipeg 1925-1930, Port Arthur and Fort William 1930-1950, Montreal 1950-1982, and Dunvegan, GC, 1982 till his death. He was married 15 Oct. 1950, at Saint John, N. B., to Lila Brownberg (25 Feb. 1925-18 Nov. 1997). (three children) The work of Studio Snowdon, the advertising agency which he and his wife Lila owned, included the production of brochures and audio-visual programs. Lila was also art editor of The Montrealer over a long period and was an editor of Viewpoints Magazine. She died at Dunvegan, predeceasing her husband. Alex Mogelonsky was a national director of the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University, and was “an avid supporter of many Jewish and Zionist causes,” who worked with various Jewish charitable organizations. He wrote many books on art techniques, also short stories and screenplays, and he was a filmmaker. With his daughter Ronna Mogelon he was in charge of the design and production of Freda Pemberton Smith: Her Work (1982), an illustrated tribute to the Vankleek Hill painter Freda Pemberton Smith on her 80th birthday. The subjects of his writing included Jewish life. He was deeply interested in the traditions of the Canadian Native people, and the last book he wrote was The People of Many Faces: Masks, Myths and Ceremonies of the Iroquois (1994). Alex Mogelon died in Cornwall, Ont., and is buried in Montreal.

Glengarry News 2 Aug. 2000 (QF) * private information * biog. sketch (portrait) back cover of above cited 1994 book * obituaries of his wife, GN 26 Nov. and 3 Dec. 1997