● 2009: Gail Steele, Supervisor of the Second District of Alameda County, California, presented a Commendation to Mel Wacks, along with Seymour Fromer, Director Emeritus of the Magnes Museum. It concludes: “The Alameda County Board of Supervisors … does commend The Jewish-American Hall of Fame for its forty years of promoting unique and accomplished Jewish Americans and sharing their life history with Alameda County residents, and express great appreciation to its founder and director, Mel Wacks, for making the County of Alameda [home of the Magnes Museum], a better place in which to live ”
