Walter A. Haas
Walter A. Haas, Sr. (May 11, 1889 – December 7, 1979), son of the founder of Hellman-Haas Grocery (which became Smart & Final), was a former President and Chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. Haas was credited with saving the once struggling company.
[edit] Biography
Haas graduated with a BS degree from the UC Berkeley College of Commerce in 1910.[1] He also earned an honorary degree from Berkeley in 1958. In 1989, the UC Regents voted to rename the business school the Haas School of Business in his honor, after a large gift from the Haas family.[1] Haas had three children: Rhoda Haas Goldman, Peter E. Haas, and Walter A. Haas, Jr..
Haas served in the U.S. Army Field Artillery during World War I. A Republican, he was an alternate delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention. He was Jewish, and served as president of the San Francisco Jewish Welfare Federation.
[edit] References
- Who's Who in America 1964
- ^ a b "About Walter A. Haas". http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/haas/building/WHaas.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
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