Muna 1954 Manfred Steinfeld nemumwe wake vakatenga kambani yefenicha yakabhuroka, Shelby Williams, muChicago. Iyo kambani yakashanda indasitiri yehotera neresitorendi. Muna 1965 kambani yakabuda pachena. Yakazotengwa neRCA uye muna 1976 VaSteinfeld vakatengazve kambani iyi. Muna 1983, akatora Shelby Williams veruzhinji zvakare achiva mumwe wemakambani mashoma ekubva pachivande kuenda kuruzhinji kuenda kuruzhinji uyezve veruzhinji zvakare.

Manfred Steinfeld, makumi mapfumbamwe nemashanu, muvambi weShelby Williams Industries, muJudha philanthropist uye Contract Furniture Indasitiri piyona, akafa musi waChikumi 95, 30 muFlorida.

Akazvarwa musi waApril 29, 1924 muJosbach, Germany. Kutenda kuHebrew Immigrant Aid Society yeChicago, VaSteinfeld vakapukunyuka kutambudzwa kweNazi uye vakasvika muChicago vaine makore gumi nemana kuti vagare namainini. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza kubva kuHyde Park High School, akapinda muchiuto.

VaSteinfeld vaipinda chikoro chemauto ehungwaru uko ruzivo rwavo rwechiGerman rwakavaita kuti vave nyanzvi pamauto eGermany. Akanga akabatanidzwa ne82^nd Airborne Division uye akazvisiyanisa separatrooper achitambira Purple Heart uye menduru dzeBronze Star. Aivewo akabatanidzwa mukushandura gwaro rekusazvipira kuGerman apo 21^st Boka remauto eGerman rakazvipira kune 82^nd Airborne musi waMay 2, 1945.

Hondo yapera, akaziva kuti amai vake nehanzvadzi yake, avo vakanga vasara muGermany, vakafa muna 1945 pamusasa wevasungwa. Munun’una wake, Naftali, akanga atumirwa kuPalestine, akafa achirwira kusikwa kwenyika yechiJudha.

VaSteinfeld vakapedza zvidzidzo paRooseveltUniversity muna 1948 vaine dhigirii rebhizimisi. Zvino muna 1954 VaSteinfeld nemumwe wavo vakatenga kambani yefenicha yakaparara muChicago ndokuitumidza kuti Shelby Williams Industries. Iyo kambani yakavaka mukurumbira wayo pakugadzira fenicha yakasangana nezvinodiwa uye marongero evagadziri vanoshandira indasitiri yemahotera neresitorendi.

Sezvo kutengesa kwaikura zvishoma nezvishoma, muna 1962 VaSteinfeld vakawedzera nzvimbo dzekugadzira muMorristown, TN. Makore matatu gare gare kambani yakabuda pachena. Yakazotengwa neRCA uye muna 1976 VaSteinfeld vakatengazve kambani iyi. Muna 1983, akatora Shelby Williams veruzhinji zvakare achiva mumwe wemakambani mashoma ekubva pachivande kuenda kuruzhinji kuenda kuruzhinji uyezve pachena zvakare.

Shelby Williams akaverengerwa nekugadzira yekutanga tubular stacking chair iyo yakava chiyero munzvimbo dzemabiko nenzvimbo dzeveruzhinji pasirese. Iyo kambani yakakura kuburikidza nekutora kwaisanganisira Thonet Industries, iyo kambani yeAustria yakavambwa naMichael Thonet, mugadziri weiyo bentwood fenicha process. Kutorwa kwacho kwaisanganisira makumi mana ezvinyorwa zvekare zveThonet. VaSteinfeld vakawedzera zvimwe zvimedu, vachivaka imwe yezviunganidzwa zvakakura zvepakutanga fenicha yeThonet.

VaSteinfeld vakaumba sangano reContract Manufacturers Association iro rakateya hwaro hweContract Furniture Industry. Makore mashoma gare gare muna 1968 nerutsigiro kubva kuMerchandise Mart, akabatsira kuronga indasitiri yekutanga kutengeserana show. Iyo showa yakazove NEOCON®, iyo National Exposition yeContract Furnishings uye yakanyanya kuratidzwa yezvekutengesa mukati meNorth America.

Muna 1999 apo VaSteinfeld vakatengesa Shelby Williams, vakashuma kuti kambani iyi yaiwana mari pamakore ayo 46 ebhizimisi, yakasvika mamiriyoni zana nemakumi matanhatu nemashanu emadhora mukutengesa uye kuita bhizimisi munyika makumi masere nenomwe.

VaSteinfeld vapihwa ruremekedzo nekuda kwehutungamiriri hwavo, ruzivo rwezvemabhizimisi uye rupo rwavo. Pakati pezvaakamukudza ndezvizvi: Horatio Alger Mubairo weVaAmerica Vanokudzwa muna 1981; American Jewish Committee Humanitarian Award yeGore muna 1986; Holocaust Foundation yeIllinois 8^th Gore negore Humanitarian Award mu1993; iyo Lifetime Achievement Award, inonzi "the Manny," kubva Hospitality Design Magazine muna 1999; uye Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award kubva kuJewish Federation yeChicago muna 2000. Muna 2014 veSteinfelds vakagamuchira National Leadership Award kubva kuUS Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Nomudzimai wake, Fern, masangano akawanda edzidzo, etsika, echitendero, ezvemagariro evanhu uye ezvokurapa akabatsirwa nerupo rwavo. Iye -

Yakapa mari inodarika mazana mashanu emabhezari evadzidzi vanoenda kuYunivhesiti yeTennessee, Knoxville, TN;
Akapiwa 20^th Century Decorative American Arts Gallery paArt Institute yeChicago uye yakatsigirwa neBentwood Furniture Exhibition paArt Institute ine fenicha kubva muunganidzwa wake;
Akagadzira Fifth Floor Gallery paOrchestra Hall, Chicago;
Yakavambwa yePurofesa Chair paWeitzman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel;
Muvambi nemudzimai wake weUnited States Holocaust Museum, Washington DC;
Yakavambwa uye yakapa Manfred Steinfeld Chikoro cheHospitality Management paRoosevelt University yeChicago;
Yakagadzira Danny Cunniff Leukemia Research Laboratory paHadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel mukurangarira muzukuru wake.

Upenyu hunoshamisa hwaVaSteinfeld uye mabasa epauzima uye ehunyanzvi akanyorwa muzvinyorwa, terevhizheni uye vhidhiyo. Muna 1992, Art Institute muChicago yakabudisa bhuku rinonzi Kupokana Nezviyo: Bentwood Fenicha kubva kuKuunganidzwa kwaFern naManfred Steinfeld. Makore mazhinji gare gare, Nhaka Yemaitiro rakabudiswa richirondedzera nhoroondo yeShelby Williams Industries. Akaratidzwa mune documentary paCNN pamusoro pevatungamiri vebhizimisi vakabudirira; iyo PBS TV show, "Profiles of Success;" uye chirongwa cheDiscovery Channel, “Nightmare’s End” pamusoro pokusunungurwa kwemisasa yevasungwa pashure peHondo Yenyika II. The 2000 documentary "Victim & Victor," ivhidhiyo biography yaVaSteinfeld. Bhuku, Hupenyu Hunopedzisa Rwendo rwaManfred Steinfeld, yakabudiswa muna 2013, inorondedzera nyaya yehupenyu hwake hunoshamisa. Achangobva kuratidzwa mubhuku racho Vanakomana naVarwi naBruce Henderson pamusoro pemaJuda akatiza maNazi akarwa nemauto eUS achirwisa Hitler.