Otto Irving Wise (1871-1919), born in Budapest, Hungary, was a prominent lawyer of San Francisco. He came to America in 1874, the son of Rabbi Dr. Aaron and Sabine Wise. He was a student at the College of the City of New York in 1885-7, and the following two years he studied at the New York University. He was admitted to the bar in New York City, where he practiced for some time before removing to San Francisco. When he was 22 years old he ran for the Assembly in the old Twenty-first New York District, but was defeated by a small majority. For twenty years he practiced law in San Francisco, a member of the firm of Wise & O'Connor. He was Vice President and general counsel of the Western States Life Insurance Company, Pacific Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Pacific Porcelain Ware Company, and member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Federation of Jewish Charities. He was also a trustee of the Temple of Rodelph Sholem, of this city. His father, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Wise, was rabbi of Temple Rodeph Shalom (New York City). His paternal grandfather, Rabbi Dr. Joseph Wise, was chief Rabbi of Austria and Hungary. His brother was Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise of the Free Synagogue.