Kuhn, Marshall

Educator, health worker, historian, and conservationist. He was also known for his leadership and service in and for the Jewish community. Committed to safeguarding the environment, he helped ensure the preservation of Sierra Club documents housed in the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley; won the John Muir Memorial Association conservation award; and served as the treasurer of the Strybing Arboretum Society in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. In addition, he was also a board member of the Campfire Girls, the Judah L. Magnes Museum, the American Cancer Society, and many other charities and social services; he was also the principal of the religious schools at San Mateo's Temple Beth El and at San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El.

From the description of Marshall Kuhn papers, 1922-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84669164