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Thomas Dubois Hormel (1930-2019) was a composer, visual artist, environmental activist, and philanthropist. Born in Austin, Minnesota in 1930, Tom lived in California, Hawaii, Idaho, and Florida. A graduate of Occidental College with a BA in Sociology, he studied at Loyola Law School and the University of Southern California School of Architecture.
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Thomas (Tom) D. Hormel is the grandson of George A. Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods. Hormel attended Austin High and the Shattuck Military School in Minnesota. He studied Law at Loyola Law School and Architecture at University of Southern California. Hormel graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a BA in Sociology.
As a visual artist, Hormel has worked in both oil and acrylics, ceramics, photography, digital art, and multi-media. Much of Hormel’s early work reflects a fascination with three-dimensional structure. In the 1950’s and 60’s he produced a great deal of sculptures, mobiles, and collages. Hormel studied painting with the artist Frank Weir, following ...
As a composer, Hormel broke through in 1990 with his ballet, Legend of Bird Mountain. The piece was selected for the Sun Valley Arts Festival by Jacques D’Amboise, director of The New York City Ballet. Jacques’ son, Christopher D’Amboise, lead dancer for the New York City Ballet, choreographed the piece. In 2015, Legend of Bird Mountain was recorde...
Hormel founded the 6th Street Environmental Center in Ketchum, Idaho, and organized the first Globe Scope Idaho conference. He also founded the Eastern African Environmental Network (EAEN) and the Global Environment Project Institute (GEPI) to support environmental education and advocacy. Hormel has been involved as a sponsor, promoter, and educato...
Hormel met and married Simone Mostovoy, a ballerina from Les Ballets de Paris. They had four children. Hormel most recently lived in Florida with his wife, Marisa Ignacio Hormel.
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Jan 12, 2017 · Fort Lauderdale resident Tom Dubois Hormel is the grandson of George A. Hormel, who founded what eventually became Hormel Foods. Tom’s father, Jay C. Hormel, is credited with the inventive thinking that made Hormel a household name, especially for Spam luncheon meat, which Jay introduced in 1937. • Tom, 87, preferred creating music and art ...
Born Thomas Dubois Hormel in 1930, Tom has lived in California, Hawaii, Idaho and now Florida. Graduating from Occidental College with a BA in Sociology, Tom also studied a year of Law at Loyola Law School, and a year of Architecture at USC. Tom speaks fluent French and Spanish with some swear words in three other languages.
Hormel Foods Corporation, commonly known as Hormel Foods or simply Hormel, is an American food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company.
- 1891; 132 years ago (as George A. Hormel & Company)
- George A. Hormel
- 20,000 (2019)
- Austin, Minnesota, U.S.
The Thomas Dubois Hormel Foundation is a private foundation established in 2020 as a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation. The foundation was organized for the purpose of granting funds to charitable causes in the fields of art, music, and nutrition.
Jan 18, 2022 · Dan Wascoe. But as the company’s businesses, brands and fortune have grown for more than 130 years, so has the family’s musical legacy, beginning at the Hormel Historic Home at 208 Fourth Ave. NW and stretching to the community at large. There’s tangible evidence in the stately, two-story home, which was built in 1871 and is open to the ...
