Norm Dorn: Public Information Officer (left) with Unidentified Man

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Norm Dorn (left), senior staff writer and editor for the San Francisco State News Bureau, stands with an unidentified man in what appears to be a library or administrative workspace at San Francisco State College. Dorn worked for the News Bureau from 1962 to 1979 and served as editor of its monthly newsletter, Info. Before joining San Francisco State, he was a publicist and film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle and helped establish the San Francisco International Film Festival in the late 1950s.Date:

Identifier
TP-ATA-1414
Context

Norman K.  Dorn. 1962. Public Information Officer. BA (1939) Fresno State University.  During World War II, Dorn served in the Army Air Force. He became a publicist and film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. During the late-1950s, he helped Irving M. Levin establish the San Francisco Film Festival. From 1962 to 1979, Dorn was senior staff writer and editor for the San Francisco State News Bureau and editor of its monthly newsletter Info under Don Scoble. Dorn died on August 14, 1983.

 

Credits: Shep Insel's bio was provided by Meredith Eliassen and the description was developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.

Geographic Coverage
San Francisco, CA
Temporal Coverage
1962-
Type
Still Image
Format
Negative
Source
San Francisco State University Archives
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Public
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311

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