2021 Bearing Witness Magazine

PAST CHAIRS CIRCLE

Martin J. Fein

1989 - 1990 | 1991 - 1994 Martin J. Fein served as the founding Board Chair of Holocaust Museum Houston. During his term, the property on which the Museum is located was purchased and a fundraising committee was formed. Ralph Appelbaum was hired to design the Permanent Exhibition. (Pre-incorporation)

Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein and Martin J. Fein

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Shirley and Bill Morgan

While Frank Goldberg was Board Chair, construction began on the new building for the Museum and a new logo was created. Ben Love became the first recipient of The Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award. On March 3, 1996, HMH opened to the public. Frank Goldberg | 1994 - 1996

William J. Morgan | 1996 - 1998 During Bill Morgan’s term, the Museum gained recognition for its design by Ralph Appelbaum and Associates, plus many other prestigious awards for its architecture, design and mission. 175 oral testimonies were recorded by Holocaust survivors, liberators and rescuers. The USC Shoah Foundation visited the Museum to film Holocaust Survivor Alice Cahana, z”l as part of the award-winning documentary, The Last Days .

Lorraine and E.D., z” l Wulfe

Roy and Laura Nichol

The Curriculum Trunk program was launched and HMH sponsored the first “The Human Race” walk/run in downtown Houston during E.D. Wulfe’s tenure as Board Chair. Steven Spielberg was awarded the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award at a dinner in the George R. Brown Convention Center. Wulfe also initiated the purchase of the property on Binz for future expansion. E.D. Wulfe, z”l | 1998 - 2000

During Roy W. Nichol’s time as Board Chair, HMH hosted its first intern from the Austrian government sponsored Gedenkdienst program. Voices II , a film of oral testimonies from local Holocaust Survivors, debuted and HMH celebrated its 5th anniversary. Roy W. Nichol | 2000 - 2001

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