Ua make ʻo Manfred Steinfeld, 95, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Shelby Williams Industries, philanthropist Iudaio a me Contract Furniture Industry paionia, ma Iune 30, 2019 ma Florida.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma ʻApelila 29, 1924 ma Josbach, Kelemānia. Mahalo i ka Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Chicago, ua pakele ʻo Mr. Steinfeld i ka hoʻomāinoino Nazi a hiki i Chicago i ka makahiki 14 e noho me kahi ʻanakē. Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kula ki'eki'e o Hyde Park, ua komo 'o ia i ka pū'ali koa.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma ʻApelila 29, 1924 ma Josbach, Kelemānia. Mahalo i ka Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Chicago, ua pakele ʻo Mr. Steinfeld i ka hoʻomāinoino Nazi a hiki i Chicago i ka makahiki 14 e noho me kahi ʻanakē. Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kula ki'eki'e o Hyde Park, ua komo 'o ia i ka pū'ali koa.
Ua hele ʻo Mr. Steinfeld i ke kula naʻauao koa kahi i hiki ai iā ia ke lilo i mea akamai i ka pūʻali koa Kelemania. Ua pili ʻo ia i ka 82nd ʻO Airborne Division a hoʻohanohano iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he paratrooper e loaʻa ana i nā mekala Purple Heart a me nā Bronze Star. Ua komo pū ʻo ia i ka unuhi ʻana i ka palapala hāʻawi kūʻokoʻa ʻole i ka German i ka wā o ka 21st Ua hāʻawi pio ka pūʻali koa Kelemania i ka 82nd Airborne ma Mei 2, 1945.
Ma hope o ke kaua, ua ʻike ʻo ia ua make kona makuahine a me kona kaikuahine, ka mea i noho ma Kelemania i ka makahiki 1945 ma kahi kahua hoʻomoana. ʻO kona kaikaina, ʻo Naftali, ka mea i hoʻouna ʻia i Palesetina, ua make i ke kaua ʻana no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻāina hānau Iudaio.
Ua puka 'o Mr. Steinfeld mai RooseveltUniversity i ka makahiki 1948 me ke kēkelē 'oihana. A laila, i ka makahiki 1954, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Mr. Steinfeld a me kāna hoa hana i kahi hui mea hana banekorupa ma Chicago a kapa ʻia ʻo Shelby Williams Industries. Ua hoʻokumu ka hui i kona kaulana i ka hana ʻana i nā lako i kūpono i nā koi kikoʻī a me nā papa hana o nā mea hoʻolālā e lawelawe ana i ka ʻoihana hōkele a me ka hale ʻaina.
I ka ulu mau ʻana o ke kūʻai ʻana, i ka makahiki 1962 ua hoʻonui ʻo Mr. Steinfeld i nā hale hana ma Morristown, TN. ʻEkolu mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻolaha ka hui. Ua kūʻai ʻia e RCA a ma 1976 ua kūʻai hou ʻo Mr. Steinfeld i ka hui. I ka makahiki 1983, ua lawe hou ʻo ia iā Shelby Williams i ka lehulehu i lilo i hoʻokahi o nā hui liʻiliʻi e hele mai kahi pilikino i kahi lehulehu i kahi pilikino a laila lehulehu hou.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Shelby Williams i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka noho tubular stacking mua i lilo i mea maʻamau i nā hale ʻahaʻaina a me nā wahi ākea a puni ka honua. Ua ulu ka ʻoihana ma o ka loaʻa ʻana o Thonet Industries, ka hui Austrian i hoʻokumu ʻia e Michael Thonet, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ke kaʻina hana hale bentwood. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana he 40 mau ʻāpana kahiko Thonet. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Mr. Steinfeld i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, e kūkulu ana i kekahi o nā hōʻiliʻili nui loa o nā lako Thonet kumu.
Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻo Mr. Steinfeld i ka ʻAhahui Mea Hana Hana Hana i hoʻokumu i ke kumu no ka ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻoihana. He mau makahiki ma hope mai i ka makahiki 1968 me ke kākoʻo mai ka Merchandise Mart, ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hōʻike kālepa mua o ka ʻoihana. Ua lilo ka hōʻike ma hope mai NEOCON®, ka National Exposition of Contract Furnishings a me ka hōʻike nui loa no nā hale kalepa ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika.
I ka makahiki 1999 i ka wā i kūʻai aku ai ʻo Mr. Steinfeld iā Shelby Williams, ua hōʻike ʻo ia ua loaʻa ka waiwai o ka hui i kēlā me kēia 46 makahiki o kāna ʻoihana, a hiki i $165 miliona ma ke kūʻai aku a me ka hana ʻana i nā ʻoihana ma 87 mau ʻāina.
Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Mr. Steinfeld no kāna alakaʻi, ʻoihana ʻoihana a me ka lokomaikaʻi. Ma waena o kāna mau hanohano: ʻo ka Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans ma 1981; Makahiki ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ka makahiki ma 1986; Holocaust Foundation o Illinois 8th Makahiki Makahiki i ka makahiki 1993; ka Lifetime Achievement Award, i kapa ʻia ʻo “the Manny,” mai Hoʻolālā Hoʻokipa Magazine i ka makahiki 1999; a me Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award mai ka Jewish Federation of Chicago ma 2000. I ka makahiki 2014 ua loaʻa iā Steinfelds ka National Leadership Award mai ka US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Me kāna wahine ʻo Fern, nui nā ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao, moʻomeheu, hoʻomana, lawelawe kaiāulu a me nā ʻoihana lapaʻau i pōmaikaʻi mai ko lākou lokomaikaʻi. ʻo ia -
- Hāʻawi kālā no nā haʻawina ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 no nā haumāna e hele ana i ke Kulanui o Tennessee, Knoxville, TN;
- Hāʻawi ʻia i ka 20th ʻO Century Decorative American Arts Gallery ma Art Institute of Chicago a kākoʻo ʻia no ka Bentwood Furniture Exhibition ma ka Art Institute e hōʻike ana i nā lako mai kāna hōʻiliʻili;
- Hoʻokumu ʻia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻelima ma Orchestra Hall, Chicago;
- Ua hoʻokumu ʻia i kahi noho Polopeka ma ka Weitzman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel;
- ʻO ka mea hoʻokumu me kāna wahine o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Holocaust ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Wakinekona DC;
- Ua hoʻokumu ʻia a hāʻawi ʻia i ke kula ʻo Manfred Steinfeld School of Hospitality Management ma ke Kulanui ʻo Roosevelt o Chicago;
- Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Danny Cunniff Leukemia Research Laboratory ma Hadassah Hospital, Ierusalema, ʻIseraʻela no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kāna moʻopuna.
Ua paʻi ʻia ko Mr. Steinfeld ola a me nā hāʻawi pilikino a me nā ʻoihana ma ka paʻi, televise a me nā wikiō. I ka makahiki 1992, ua paʻi ka Art Institute ma Chicago i kahi puke i kapa ʻia E kūʻē i ka palaoa: Nā Mea Hana Bentwood mai ka ʻohi ʻana o Fern a me Manfred Steinfeld. Ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki, He Hoʻoilina no ke ʻano ua paʻi ʻia e hōʻike ana i ka mōʻaukala o Shelby Williams Industries. Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi palapala hōʻike ma CNN e pili ana i nā alakaʻi ʻoihana kūleʻa; ka PBS TV hōʻike, "Profiles of Success;" a me ka papahana Discovery Channel, "Nightmare's End" no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā kahua hoʻomoana ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II. ʻO ka moʻolelo 2000 "Victim & Victor," he wikiō wikiō o Mr. Steinfeld. ʻO ka puke, He Ola Loa Ka Huakai o Manfred Steinfeld, i paʻi ʻia ma 2013, hōʻike i ka moʻolelo o kona ola kupaianaha. Ua hōʻike hou ʻia ʻo ia ma ka puke Na Keikikane a me na Koa na Bruce Henderson e pili ana i ka poʻe Iudaio i pakele i ka poʻe Nazi a kaua pū me ka US Army e kūʻē iā Hitler.
