Marcus, George
name: label: Collection Interviewer
content: Allison, David Kite
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Velasquez, Steve
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Yeingst, William
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
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content: 815.99 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:20:51, audio/wav)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2015-08-19
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content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: Oral history interview with George Marcus, founder of Marcus & Millichap, Inc. and Essex Property Trust. Originally from Greece, Marcus recounts his parents' backgrounds; growing up during World War II; immigrating at a young age to the United States; joining the Army and serving in Germany; assimilating to American culture while maintaining pride in his heritage and Greek Orthodox traditions; studying at Golden Gate University and San Francisco State University; working at Bank of America; pursuing real estate; his marriage and three daughters; owning two Greek restaurants; and political identities.