Laurence E. Myers was the eighth president of the Jewish Community Federation in San Francisco. Myers was born in 1922 and raised in the Jewish community of Scranton, Pennsylvania. In September of 1942 he volunteered to serve at the age of twenty in the US Army during World War II. After he left the army in December of 1945, he moved to New York and worked as a salesman, eventually moving to Chicago to work as a sales supervisor. He eventually became involved in the scaffolding industry, moving to San Francisco in 1952 to run his firm, Waco Scaffolding, which later became known as Laurence Myers and Company. Shortly after, he met and married Eleanor Orwitz in 1953. Throughout his life in the San Francisco Jewish community, he served as president of various organizations: the American Jewish Congress (1972–1975), San Francisco Community Center (1972–1973), Jewish Home for the Aged (1974–1975), Bureau of Jewish Education (1984), Menorah Park (1975), and the Jewish Community Federation (1986–1988). Additionally, he and his wife served as co-chairs of the Council of Jewish Federations’ 1990 General Assembly. In this interview, Myers discusses the American Jewish Congress’ Experience Reserve Bank, his various presidencies, the involvement of DROME Associates in the development of Menorah Park, his responsibilities and the issues he encountered as president of the Jewish Community Federation, and his thoughts on Israel. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting Jewish communities in California.