Walter A. Haas

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Walter A. Haas, Sr. ( May 11, 1889 - December 7, 1979 ) was an American manager .

Life

Haas was one of four children. His father Abraham Haas immigrated from Bavaria in 1864 and founded Hellman, Haas and Company with his brother in 1871 , which became the food retail chain Smart & Final. Haas' mother Fanny Koshland was the daughter of one of the most successful wool merchants in San Francisco . His siblings were Charles, Ruth (1891) and Eleanor (1900). In 1910, Haas graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BS degree .

In 1914, Haas married Elise Stern, daughter of Sigmund Stern, the nephew of Levi Strauss , who had died unmarried and childless in 1902.

During the First World War , Haas served in the field artillery of the US Army .

When he returned to the United States in 1919, Haas began working for his father-in-law's company. At that time Levi Strauss & Co. was a small wholesaler and manufacturer of work clothes. In 1928 Haas was promoted to President and ran the company until 1955; he then served as chairman until 1970 and continued to take an active part until his death in 1979. The commitment of Haas (together with his business partner and brother-in-law Daniel E. Koshland sr., Father of the biochemist Daniel E. Koshland jr. ) Led the company through the global economic crisis and made Levi's a global brand .

heritage

Haas left three children: Rhoda Haas Goldman, Peter E. Haas and Walter A. Haas, Jr. After a generous donation, the University of California, Berkeley decided in 1989 to name its business school after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abraham Haas: Purveyer of Food Stuffs, Wholesale & Retail, Part 1, Los Angeles. Jewish Museum of the American West, accessed April 21, 2014 (American English).
  2. ↑ Abraham Hass: Pioneer Entrepreneur, Part 2, San Francisco Years. Jewish Museum of the American West, accessed April 21, 2014 (American English).
  3. ^ Haas (Abraham) correspondence, 1885–1886 |. (No longer available online.) In: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. The Bancroft Library, University of California, archived from the original on April 21, 2014 ; accessed on April 21, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.magnes.org
  4. ^ Walter A. Haas - About Haas - Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley. haas.berkeley.edu, accessed March 27, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Nathalie Weinstein: Levis exec Walter A. Haas Jr. recalled for generosity. In: The Jewish News. September 29, 1995. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
  6. ^ Joe Eskenazi: Daniel Koshland, biologist and philanthropist, dies at 87. In: The Jewish News. July 27, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Daniel E. Koshland, Sr. 1892–1979. Butler Koshland Fellowships, accessed March 27, 2013 .
  8. ^ Julian Guthrie : THE HAAS LEGACY / How one family's generosity and commitment to civic life are transforming the Bay Area . In: San Francisco Gate . July 1, 2007, p. 4 ( sfgate.com ).
personal data
SURNAME Haas, Walter A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haas, Walter A. senior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American manager
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1889
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1979