Paul Fortino
- Description:
- 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.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Place:
- Grand Haven (Mich.)
- Subject Topic:
- History
- Subject Name:
- Fortino, Paul Francis, 1913-1999, Fortino, Mary Jane Knue, 1916-1999, and Michlitsch, Margaret Fortino
- Subject Genre:
- Interviews, Interviews, and Interviews
- Language:
- English
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- URL:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m53b5w79f