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Jan Shrem
Jan Isaac Shrem (1930 – September 2024) was an American book distributor and publisher, winery owner, art collector and philanthropist. Background Born in Colombia to History of the Jews in Lebanon, Jewish-Lebanese parents, Shrem spent his childhood in Jerusalem and his early adolescence in Colombia. He immigrated to the United States at age 16. He attended the University of Utah and UCLA. While in college, he sold encyclopedias. Shrem married Maria Manetti Shrem in 2012. He died in September 2024, at the age of 94. Book distribution and publishing business in Japan A romance with a Japanese woman led him to visit Japan. He stayed for 13 years, establishing a book distribution company that sold English language encyclopedias, engineering books and art books. His company also published translations of books into Japanese. Shrem sold his Japanese business after 13 years. At that time, it had 50 offices and 2,000 salespeople. He met Mitsuko Shrem in 1960; they married and had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Utah
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public university, public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret (Book of Mormon), Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. The university received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900. It is the flagship university of the Utah System of Higher Education. As of fall 2023, there were 26,827 undergraduate education, undergraduate students and 8,409 postgraduate education, graduate students, for an enrollment total of 35,236, making it the List of colleges and universities in Utah#Public institutions, second-largest public university in Utah. Graduate studies include the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the University of Utah School of Medicine, School of Medicine, Utah's first medical school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
