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Past Event

The Story of Joe Koret

Joe Koret was an immigrant, businessman and philanthropist. He is credited with helping make San Francisco a center for the design and manufacture of popular style and fashion.

Join us for a conversation about an innovative businessman and civic leader whose legacy is still very visible in the Bay Area.

This was an audio-only program recorded at The Commonwealth Club.

May 31, 2019

The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Taube Family Auditorium
San Francisco, 94105
United States

Speakers

Reed Bunzel

Author, California Style: The Joe Koret Story; Mystery Novelist; Editor in Chief, Streaming and Radio Ink Magazines

Christopher O'Sullivan

Professor, University of San Francisco; Author, Agent of Manifest Destiny: Thomas Oliver Larkin and American Conquest of California; Recipient, 2013 Innovations of Teaching Award and 2011 DIstinguished Teaching Award

Joe Epstein

President, Sierra Steel Trading; Past President, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors