Paul Fortino : Grand Haven entrepreneur.

Paul Fortino, his daughter Margaret Michlitsch, and his wife Mary Jane are interviewed about the family businesses. Paul recollects Italian business ethics in the early 20th Century, what it was like being the only Italian Catholic family in Grand Haven, and working through the wartime and Depressi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Tri-Cities Historical Museum (Grand Haven, Mich.)
Other Authors: Fortino, Paul Francis, 1913-1999
Fortino, Mary Jane Knue, 1916-1999
Puleo, Thomas (Interviewer)
Language:English
Published: Grand Haven : Tri-Cities Historical Museum, 1997.
Series:Tri-Cities Historical Museum Oral History Project
Subjects:
Fortino, Paul Francis, > 1913-1999 > Interviews.
Fortino, Mary Jane Knue, > 1916-1999 > Interviews.
Michlitsch, Margaret Fortino > Interviews.
Grand Haven (Mich.) > History.
Oral histories (literary works)
Genre:
Interviews.
Oral histories (literary works)
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (59 min.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Electronic CD Audio
Description
Summary:
Paul Fortino, his daughter Margaret Michlitsch, and his wife Mary Jane are interviewed about the family businesses. Paul recollects Italian business ethics in the early 20th Century, what it was like being the only Italian Catholic family in Grand Haven, and working through the wartime and Depression eras. Paul also gives a detailed description of his school days and his career. He took over the family retail business in Grand Haven in 1941, which became the first business in Grand Haven to obtain a liquor license after Prohibition. Paul was a board member of the North Ottawa Community Hospital, the Harbor Commission, and the Highway Commission. He was President of the Chamber of Commerce and Director of Security First/Pacesetter Bank.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 13972
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Participant or Performer:
Interviewer, Thomas Puleo.