Donald C. Rubel
Donald Clarke Rubel (October 1, 1900 – February 12, 1980) was a Philadelphia banker and politician. Early life and career Rubel was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1900, the son of Henry M. Rubel and Gretchen Scott Rubel. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I and graduated from Brown University in 1923. After graduation, Rubel stayed at Brown to coach the freshmen football team. He later became a stockbroker and was a member of the Union League. In 1925, he married Julia Davis Lee at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. They had a son, Walter, and a daughter, Julia. He joined Parrish Securities in 1930, and remained associated with the firm for the rest of his life. Politics Rubel was a lifelong Republican, but joined in the efforts of Democrats and some reform-minded Republicans in working for an end to machine politics in Philadelphia. He served as president of the Committee of Seventy, a local reform organization. Rubel advocated the passage of a new city charter in 1951, as well as the defeat of the GOP political machine at the polls that same year. Under the new charter, seven city council at-large