Seymour Fromer
American museum founder
About Seymour Fromer
Lived 1922 – 2009 (aged 87).
Seymour Fromer (October 3, 1922 – October 25, 2009) 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.
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Who was Seymour Fromer?
American museum founder
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Seymour Fromer was born on 3 October 1922.
When did Seymour Fromer die?
Seymour Fromer died on 25 October 2009.
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