Philanthropist from New York laid to rest near mausoleum

American Committee on Africa Executive Director George M. Houser, Tom Mboya, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and William X. Scheinman in the US. [File, Standard]

At Tom Mboya’s home in Rusinga, his mausoleum stands out but what strikes you is the tombstone belonging to William Scheinman.

Born in a rich Jewish family in New York in 1927, Scheinman later befriended Mboya and his family and helped him with the airlifts of students from East and Central Africa.