Fromer, Seymour, 1922-2009

found: NUCMC data from Judah L. Magnes Museum for His Papers, 1941-1978(Seymour Fromer, Oct. 3, 1922-; born in New York City; first exec. dir. of the Magnes Museum, which he co-founded with his wife, Rebecca, in 1962; also involved with several Jewish organizations in California and the U.S.)

found: New York times WWW site, Nov. 2, 2009(in obituary published Nov. 1: Seymour Fromer; b. Oct. 3, 1922, the Bronx; d. Oct. 25, Berkeley, Calif., aged 87; with his wife, Rebecca, opened the Judah L. Magnes Museum, which eventually came to hold one of the largest collections of Judaica in North America, including archives documenting the history of Jews in the American West)