Seymour Fromer
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Seymour Fromer was an American
co-founder of the Judah L. Magnes Museum
in Berkeley, California
. Fromer co-founded the museum, which houses 11,000 Jewish artifacts, one of the largest collections in the United States
, with his wife, Rebecca Fromer, in a Berkeley mansion
in 1962. He remained the director the Judah L. Magnes Museum until his retirement in 1998.
Fromer was born in the Bronx on October 3, 1922. He attended both Brooklyn College
and Columbia University
for his education. He worked as a school administrator in New Jersey
, before moving to the Los Angeles
area in the 1950s. He later moved to Oakland, California
.
Seymour Fromer died at his home in Berkeley, California
, on October 25, 2009, at the age of 87. He was survived by his wife, Rebecca Camhi Fromer, their daughter, Mira Z. Amiras, and two grandchildren.
United States
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co-founder of the Judah L. Magnes Museum
Judah L. Magnes Museum
The Judah L. Magnes Museum is a museum of Jewish history, art, and culture in Berkeley, California. It was founded in 1962 by Seymour and Rebecca Fromer and named for Jewish activist Rabbi Judah L. Magnes, a native of Oakland...
in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. Fromer co-founded the museum, which houses 11,000 Jewish artifacts, one of the largest collections in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, with his wife, Rebecca Fromer, in a Berkeley mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
in 1962. He remained the director the Judah L. Magnes Museum until his retirement in 1998.
Fromer was born in the Bronx on October 3, 1922. He attended both Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
for his education. He worked as a school administrator in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, before moving to the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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area in the 1950s. He later moved to Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
.
Seymour Fromer died at his home in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, on October 25, 2009, at the age of 87. He was survived by his wife, Rebecca Camhi Fromer, their daughter, Mira Z. Amiras, and two grandchildren.