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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.
The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Taube Family Auditorium
San Francisco, 94105
United States
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Reed Bunzel
Author, California Style: The Joe Koret Story; Mystery Novelist; Editor in Chief, Streaming and Radio Ink Magazines
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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
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Joe Epstein
President, Sierra Steel Trading; Past President, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors