Remick, Jerome Hosmer
Born
10/15/1867
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan
Titles and Honors
- Founder, Jerome H. Remick & Co., one of the largest and most successful sheet publishing companies in the world
- President, Detroit Symphony
- Fundraised to create Orchestra Hall
- Board Director of Parke-Davis, Paige Motor Co., Detroit Savings Bank and Union Trust Co.
- President, Detroit Symphony
- Fundraised to create Orchestra Hall
- Board Director of Parke-Davis, Paige Motor Co., Detroit Savings Bank and Union Trust Co.
Education
1887 - Detroit Business University
Occupation
Music publisher and philanthropist
1887 - Joined Whitney-Remick lumber firm
1898 - Bought out Whitney-Warner Publishing Co.
1902 - Cofounded Shapiro-Remick & Co.
1906 - Founded Jerome H. Remick & Co. publishing house
1928 - Sold company, which became Remick Corporation and was eventually taken over by Warner Brothers
1887 - Joined Whitney-Remick lumber firm
1898 - Bought out Whitney-Warner Publishing Co.
1902 - Cofounded Shapiro-Remick & Co.
1906 - Founded Jerome H. Remick & Co. publishing house
1928 - Sold company, which became Remick Corporation and was eventually taken over by Warner Brothers
Father
James Albert Remick
Mother
Mary Amelia Hosmer
Spouse
Adelaide McCreery, m. 6/26/1895, Flint, Michigan
Children
Katherine
Jerome Hosmer Jr.
Jerome Hosmer Jr.
Relations
Royal C. Remick - grandfather
Maurice Shapiro - partner at Shapiro-Remick & Company
Warner Brothers
Maurice Shapiro - partner at Shapiro-Remick & Company
Warner Brothers
Nationality
American
Related Records

Program, Concert
2014.002.144Archive
Tenth Annual Old Timers' Day and Dedication of the Jerome H. Remick Music Shell, at Belle Isle July 13, 1950