Famous Brandonites: Samuel Bronfman
5/27/2007 at 12:31 PM
Biographical sketch:
Born in 1891 in Brandon, Manitoba, Sam Bronfman was a leading Canadian industrialist and philanthropist. He began work in his father’s hotel business and later entered the mail-order liquor business. He acquired control of Canada's Joseph Seagram and Sons Ltd. and was later involved with the long-established British Distillers Corp. Ltd. which made him a major figure in the liquor distilling industry. Beneficiaries of his philanthropies included universities, hospitals, charities and museums.
SourceSource: Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives
http://www.cjccc.ca/national_archives/archives/arcguideB.htm