President, Jewish Comunity Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties, 1992-1994
By: Roselyne Chroman Swig ; with introductions by Phyllis Cook, Naomi Lauter, and Alan E. Rothenberg. Interviews conducted by Eleanor K. Glaser in 1995 and 1996. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Glaser, Eleanor.; Jewish Community Federation Leadership Oral History Project.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2001
Subjects: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.; Jewish Vocational Service (San Francisco, Calif.); Jewish women -- California -- Interviews.; Jews -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Charities.; Arts -- California -- San Francisco.; Jews -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Family and schooling, Chicago and Los Angeles, UCLA, UC Berkeley; marriage to Richard Swig, 1950; San Francisco-based Jewish Community Federation: board member and president of Jewish Vocational Service, Women's Division (president, 1970-1972), Federation campaign chair, 1984, president, 1992-1994; discusses disputes with Jewish Agency, involvement with Israel; organization memberships and awards; starting Artsource, and term as Clinton-appointed director of Art in Embassy Program, U.S. State Department.