Contact James Hormel:
Ray Mulliner, Vice-President
Equidex
19 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
415-546-7635
FAX 415-834-1273
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Gay & Lesbian Center James C. Hormel |
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Photo: Doug Menuez
James Catherwood Hormel was born on January 1, 1933 in Austin, Minnesota, the third boy after George (Geordie) and Thomas, progeny and heirs to Jay Hormel, son of George C. Hormel, the German immigrant who founded the Hormel Meat Company. From his ten-year marriage to Alice Turner, James C. Hormel is the proud father of four girls --Alison, Anne, Diz (Elizabeth), and Sarah -- and one boy, James Jr. (Jimmy). Resident of San Francisco since 1976, James C. Hormel was for many years with Larry Soule. His current partner is Timothy C. Wu. The former Dean at the University of Chicago Law School, Hormel is also well known for his philanthropy and community involvement. In addition to his $500,000 challenge grant to the Gay and Lesbian Center at San Francisco Public Library, upon completion of which was named for James C. Hormel, the most impressive among his many philanthropies include: $1.5 million to the School of Social Justice, Swathmore College; $500,000 to the Public Service Program, University of Chicago Law School; and $600,000 to an American Civil Liberties Union endowment.  James C. Hormel was nominated as ambassador to Fiji in 1994, an appointment which was ultimately dropped. After an extended and controversial delay including references to his support of the San Francisco Public Library's Gay and Lesbian Center, Mr. Hormel was appointed ambassador to Luxembourg on June 5, 1999 making him the first openly gay United States ambassador.
Photographs taken by Doug Menuez for the San Francisco Examiner Magazine's article on James C. Hormel appearing June 8, 1996, p. 8+. |
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