Reflects upon his background, family, and emigration from Germany in 1936. He also discusses his contributions to education, music, and the Jewish community, particularly the Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning, Berkeley's Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, and the San Francisco Jewish Community Museum. He also offers remembrances of Kurt Herbert Adler, San Francisco's long time opera conductor. Volume also includes an interview, "Marketing California Wine and Brandy", conducted in 1984 as part of the Wine Spectator California Winemen Oral History Series and a separate interview with Fromm's wife, Hanna Gruenbaum Fromm.