Wines, music, and lifelong education
By: with an introduction by Brian Lurie ; interviews conducted by Elaine Dorfman, Caroline Crawford, and Ruth Teiser ; Regional Oral History Office,
Contributors: Adams, Leon David, 1905-; Dorfman, Elaine, 1924-; Crawford, Caroline; Lurie, Brian, 1942-; Teiser, Ruth.; Fromm, Hanna Gruenbaum, 1913-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California ; Trustees of the Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Adler, Kurt Herbert.; Bronfman, Samuel, 1891-1971.; Fromm, Norman.; Fromm, Paul, 1906-1987.; Sichel, Franz, d1967.; Christian Brothers.; Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning (Jerusalem, Israel).; Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning (San Francisco, Calif.).; Jewish Community Museum (San Francisco, Calif.); Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.; Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum.; Paul Masson (Firm); San Francisco Opera.; Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Ltd.; Wine Museum of San Francisco.; Wine -- Marketing.
Other titles: California Jewish community oral history series.; Wine spectator California winemen oral history series.; Marketing California wine and brandy.
Description: Reflects upon his background, family, and emigration from Germany in 1936. He also discusses his contributions to education, music, and the Jewish community, particularly the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning, Berkeley's Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, and the San Francisco Jewish Community Museum. He also offers remembrances of Kurt Herbert Adler, San Francisco's long time opera conductor. Volume also includes an interview, "Marketing California Wine and Brandy", conducted in 1984 as part of the Wine Spectator California Winemen Oral History Series and a separate interview with Fromm's wife, Hanna Gruenbaum Fromm.