{"id":3128397,"date":"2021-10-01T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/kenneth-a-preston\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T12:47:22","slug":"kenneth-a-preston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth A. Preston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Preston<\/strong>\u2014<em>Kenneth A. Preston<\/em>, de 89 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 22 de enero de 2021, en paz en su casa de San Francisco, California, rodeado de su familia. Nacido como Hans Albert Pressburger el 21 de abril de 1931 en Stuttgart, Alemania, Ken fue el \u00fanico hijo de Joseph Pressburger y Trude Wertheimer Pressburger. La familia escap\u00f3 por poco del Holocausto, huyendo a los Estados Unidos y llegando en barco a Ellis Island en abril de 1941. Se establecieron en la ciudad de Nueva York y lucharon para llegar a fin de mes. En 1945, cambiaron su apellido de Pressburger a Preston.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ken asisti\u00f3 a escuelas p\u00fablicas en el Bronx y obtuvo su licenciatura en la Universidad de Nueva York en 1950 despu\u00e9s de solo dos a\u00f1os y medio de estudio. Fue reclutado en el Cuerpo de Marines de los EE. UU. durante la Guerra de Corea en 1951 y recibi\u00f3 una baja honorable dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s. En 1950, utilizando dinero de restituci\u00f3n del gobierno alem\u00e1n, sus padres fundaron J.A. Preston Corporation, una empresa que vend\u00eda equipos de rehabilitaci\u00f3n a consultorios m\u00e9dicos y hospitales. Ken se hizo cargo del negocio despu\u00e9s de la muerte de su padre en 1961, y fue presidente hasta que vendi\u00f3 la empresa en 1988. Bajo su liderazgo, J.A. Preston Corporation creci\u00f3 de una peque\u00f1a empresa familiar a una empresa internacional de ventas y fabricaci\u00f3n con asociaciones en Canad\u00e1, Jap\u00f3n y Corea.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ken conoci\u00f3 a su esposa, Linda Rothchild, en un ferry a Fire Island en mayo de 1961. Se casaron al a\u00f1o siguiente y pronto se mudaron a Greenwich Village en la ciudad de Nueva York, donde criaron a sus tres hijos, Alan, Leslie y Dean. Ken y Linda estuvieron casados 47 a\u00f1os, hasta la muerte de ella en 2009.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despu\u00e9s de vender el negocio familiar, Ken encontr\u00f3 una segunda carrera en la ense\u00f1anza y la consultor\u00eda. Le encantaba aplicar su \u00e9xito en los negocios a la ense\u00f1anza y la tutor\u00eda de estudiantes en la Stern School of Business de la Universidad de Nueva York. Fue consultor para peque\u00f1as empresas emergentes como voluntario durante mucho tiempo en Executive Service Corps y la Administraci\u00f3n de Peque\u00f1as Empresas.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 1969, Ken se convirti\u00f3 en un miembro activo de la Sociedad Religiosa de los Amigos, uni\u00e9ndose al Meeting de la Calle Quince en la ciudad de Nueva York. Se sinti\u00f3 atra\u00eddo por los cu\u00e1queros por su compromiso con el pacifismo, las preocupaciones sociales, la defensa de los jud\u00edos en el Holocausto y la pr\u00e1ctica de la adoraci\u00f3n silenciosa. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ken fue voluntario durante d\u00e9cadas en numerosas juntas directivas de organizaciones sin fines de lucro y don\u00f3 generosamente a organizaciones de educaci\u00f3n, artes, vivienda, investigaci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer y derechos de las personas con discapacidad.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 2008, Ken y Linda se mudaron a San Francisco para estar m\u00e1s cerca de sus hijos. Ken comenz\u00f3 a ense\u00f1ar en la Haas School of Business de la Universidad de California, Berkeley, pero se jubil\u00f3 poco despu\u00e9s para cuidar de Linda despu\u00e9s de que ella se enfermara. Trasladaron su membres\u00eda al Meeting de Berkeley (California) el 12 de julio de 2009. Linda muri\u00f3 en agosto de 2009, y Ken encontr\u00f3 consuelo al asistir al Meeting de Berkeley.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Ken le precedieron en la muerte su esposa, Linda Rothchild Preston; y su hija, Leslie Preston. Le sobreviven dos hijos, Alan Preston (Cecilia Kingman) y Dean Preston (Jenckyn Goosby); la ex esposa de Alan, Pramila Jayapal; y cinco nietos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preston\u2014Kenneth A. Preston, de 89 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 22 de enero de 2021, en paz en su casa de San&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9829],"tags":[12033,20091,11381,20089],"fpb_issue_category":[10684],"class_list":["post-3128397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hitos","tag-asuntos","tag-linda-rothchild","tag-nueva-york","tag-preston-corporation","fpb_issue_category-octubre-de-2021"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenneth A. Preston - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kenneth A. Preston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Preston\u2014Kenneth A. Preston, de 89 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 22 de enero de 2021, en paz en su casa de San&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-01T04:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-12T12:47:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FJ_generic_featured_FINAL.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenneth A. Preston\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@friendsournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friends Journal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7\"},\"headline\":\"Kenneth A. Preston\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-01T04:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T12:47:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":596,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Asuntos\",\"Linda rothchild\",\"Nueva York\",\"Preston corporation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Hitos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kenneth A. Preston - Friends Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-01T04:15:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-12T12:47:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/kenneth-a-preston\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/inicio\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kenneth A. Preston\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"description\":\"Comunicar la experiencia cu\u00e1quera para conectar y profundizar en la vida espiritual\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/fj-logo-white.png\",\"width\":617,\"height\":74,\"caption\":\"Friends Journal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/friendsjournal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/friendsournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/friendsjournal\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/3154709\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/friendsjournal\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7\",\"name\":\"Friends Journal\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Friends Journal\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.friendsjournal.org\\\/es\\\/author\\\/alla-podolsky\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kenneth A. Preston - Friends Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kenneth A. Preston","og_description":"Preston\u2014Kenneth A. Preston, de 89 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el 22 de enero de 2021, en paz en su casa de San&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/","og_site_name":"Friends Journal","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","article_published_time":"2021-10-01T04:15:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-12T12:47:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":779,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/FJ_generic_featured_FINAL.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Friends Journal","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Kenneth A. Preston","twitter_creator":"@friendsournal","twitter_site":"@friendsournal","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Friends Journal","Est. reading time":"3 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/"},"author":{"name":"Friends Journal","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7"},"headline":"Kenneth A. Preston","datePublished":"2021-10-01T04:15:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-12T12:47:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/"},"wordCount":596,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#organization"},"keywords":["Asuntos","Linda rothchild","Nueva York","Preston corporation"],"articleSection":["Hitos"],"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/","name":"Kenneth A. Preston - Friends Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-10-01T04:15:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-12T12:47:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/kenneth-a-preston\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/inicio\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kenneth A. Preston"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/","name":"Friends Journal","description":"Comunicar la experiencia cu\u00e1quera para conectar y profundizar en la vida espiritual","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#organization","name":"Friends Journal","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fj-logo-white.png","width":617,"height":74,"caption":"Friends Journal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/friendsjournal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/friendsournal","https:\/\/instagram.com\/friendsjournal","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3154709","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/friendsjournal"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/#\/schema\/person\/315ffb22a36ecbabdf5dbdc09d7d1eb7","name":"Friends Journal","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d068a76f0e4cdb5e89a047c27adb947f34ce284fc0a7d0bf77b0eb450771ae46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Friends Journal"},"url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/author\/alla-podolsky\/"}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Friends Journal","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/","push-errors":false,"acf":{"author_name":"Equipo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3128397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3128398,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128397\/revisions\/3128398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3128397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3128397"},{"taxonomy":"fpb_issue_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fpb_issue_category?post=3128397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}