| Walter Shorenstein  AKA Walter H. Shorenstein
Born: 23-Feb-1915
Birthplace: Glen Cove, NY
Died: 24-Jun-2010
Location of death: San Francisco, CA
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business, Philanthropist
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: San Francisco real estate mogul Military service: USAF (1940-45, Maj.) Net worth $650M in 1998 (Forbes). His company owned 25% of San Francisco commerical real estate as of 2000, largely in downtown high rises. Democratic Party financier. Wife: Phyllis J. Finley (b. 1918, m. 8-Aug-1945, d. 1994)
Son: Douglas Shorenstein (Chairman, Shorenstein Company)
Daughter: Joan Shorenstein (television producer, b. 1947, d. 1986)
Daughter: Carole Shorenstein Hays (Broadway producer, b. 1948)
University: Pennsylvania State University (1933-34)
University: University of Pennsylvania (1934-36)
Administrator: Board of Directors, Hastings College of the Law (as Chairman)
Administrator: Benefactor, Joan Shorenstein Center for the Press, Harvard University
Administrator: Benefactor, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Shorenstein Company LP President (1960-95)
Milton Meyer Co. Partner (1951-1960)
Milton Meyer Co. (1946-51)
Asia Foundation Trustee
California Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Friends for Harry Reid
Gorbachev Foundation
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
San Francisco Performing Arts Center Board of Directors
University Club of San Francisco
United Way
Vietnam Orphans Airlift Chairman
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
San Francisco Giants Investor (1993)
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