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Samuel Bronfman, CC (February 27, 1891 - July 10, 1971) was the founder of Seagrams and a Canadian family dynasty the Bronfman family. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ...
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
The Seagram Company Ltd. ...
The Bronfman family, one of the most influential Jewish families in the world, was made famous by Samuel Bronfman (1891-1971), who made a fortune in the distilled alcoholic beverages business during the 20th century through his Seagram Company. ...
Early life
Bronfman was one of eight children of Mindel and Ekiel Bronfman, who were from Soroki, Bessarabia. His parents were refugees who immigrated to Wapella, Saskatchewan in 1889, but soon moved to Brandon, Manitoba. In 1903, the family bought a hotel business, and Samuel, noting that much of the profit was in alcoholic beverages, set up shop as a distributor, founding the Distillers Corporation in Montreal in 1924. Old map of Bessarabia Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia annexed by Russia in 1812. ...
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Brandon, known as the Wheat City, is a city in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. ...
City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area - % water 366. ...
1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
His empire He built an empire based on the appeal of brand names, including Calvert, Dewars, and Seven Crown, to higher level consumers, and merged with Joseph E. Seagram & Sons of Waterloo, Ontario in 1928. The Seagram Company Ltd. ...
His sales were boosted during the United States' abortive experiment with prohibition, and he was apparently able to do so while staying within the confines of both Canadian and American law, while dealing with unsavory characters and Chicago bootleggers. Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. ...
Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
His company, Seagram Co. Ltd., became an international distributor of alcoholic beverages, and is now a diversified conglomerate which includes an entertainment branch.
Family life On June 21, 1922, he married Saidye Rosner (1897 - July 7, 1995). They had four children: 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ...
1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- Aileen Mindel "Minda" Bronfman de Gunzburg (1925 - 1986)
- Phyllis Lambert (born January 24, 1927)
- Edgar Miles Bronfman (born June 20, 1929)
- Charles Rosner Bronfman (born June 27, 1931)
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Phyllis Barbara Lambert (born January 24, 1927) is a Canadian architect and member of the Bronfman family. ...
January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Edgar Miles Bronfman (born June 20, 1929) is a Canadian businessman and a member of the Bronfman dynasty, and the father of Edgar Bronfman, Jr. ...
June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ...
1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Charles Rosner Bronfman, PC , CC (born June 27, 1931 in Montreal) is a Canadian business man and philanthropist. ...
June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...
1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Philanthropy In 1952, he established the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation, one of Canada's major private granting foundations. He was president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 1939 to 1962. In 1971, he helped to establish The Bronfman Building at McGill University which houses the School of Management. The Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes the main lobby group for the Jewish community in the country though it often competes with Bnai Brith Canada in that regard. ...
McGill University (Université McGill), is a publicly funded, research-intensive, non-denominational, co-educational university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...
Honours He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1967. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ...
References - 1979: King of the castle: The making of a dynasty : Seagram's and the Bronfman empire by Peter Charles Newman
- 1991: Samuel Bronfman: The Life & Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam by Michael R. Marrus (ISBN 0874515718)
Michael Robert Marrus (born February 3, 1941) is a Canadian historian of France, the Holocaust and Jewish history. ...
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