17 Facts About Cyril Magnin

Cyril Isaac Magnin was an American businessman from San Francisco, California.

Cyril Magnin was the chief executive of the Joseph Magnin Co.

Cyril Isaac Magnin was born to a Jewish family on July 6,1899.

Cyril Magnin's paternal grandfather, Isaac Magnin, was a Dutch-born frame carver and gilder.

Cyril Magnin then graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he went on to receive a law degree.

Cyril Magnin served as the president of Joseph Magnin Co.

Cyril Magnin then served as its chairman and chief executive officer from 1952 to 1970.

Cyril Magnin served as general partner and chairman of Cyril Magnin Investments Ltd.

Cyril Magnin served as president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.

Cyril Magnin was president of the Port of San Francisco and was instrumental in establishing such internationally renowned institutions as the Asian Art Museum, the American Conservatory Theater and the California Culinary Academy, serving as head of the California Museums Foundation.

Cyril Magnin served on the board of directors of the San Francisco Film Festival.

Cyril Magnin served as the "Chief of Protocol" for the City of San Francisco from 1964 to 1988.

Cyril Magnin appeared in the films Foul Play, as Pope Pius XIII, and Maxie, as Mr San Francisco.

Cyril Magnin published his autobiography, Call Me Cyril, in 1981.

Cyril Magnin was treasurer of President Franklin D Roosevelt's northern California re-election campaign in 1944, a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1948 and again in 1964, when he co-chaired the Finance Committee of President Lyndon B Johnson's campaign in California.

Cyril Magnin was married to Anna Magnin, who died in 1948.

Cyril Magnin remarried to Lillian Ryan Helwig in 1951, only to divorce a decade later, in 1961.