Seymour Fromer
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. Rebecca Fromer died in January 2012.
