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Walter A. Haas Sr. (May 11, 1889 – December 7, 1979), was an American billionaire businessman who was the president and chairman of Levi Strauss & Co.




Early life and education


Haas was born to a Jewish family, one of four children of Abraham Haas and Fanny Koshland. His father was an immigrant from Bavaria who founded the Hellman, Haas and Company which eventually became the Smart & Final grocery store chain. His mother was the daughter of Simon Koshland, 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, where he was a member of the Order of the Golden Bear.
Haas served in the U.S. Army Field Artillery during World War I.




Career


Upon his return to the United States in 1919, he worked at the Levi Strauss & Company, then a small dry goods wholesaler and maker of work clothing, owned by the family of his wife. In 1928, he became president and was in that position until 1955; thereafter, he was chairman until 1970 and remained active in company affairs until his death in 1979. Haas' tenure and dedication at Levi Strauss – along with that of his business partner and brother-in-law Daniel E. Koshland Sr. – is widely credited with "saving" the company, leading it through the Great Depression, racial integration at its factories, the global popularization of the Levi brand, and the creation of the Levi Strauss Foundation.




Politics and philanthropy


A Republican, he was an alternate delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention. He was president of the San Francisco Jewish Welfare Federation.




Personal life


In 1914, Haas married Elise Stern, who was a daughter of Sigmund Stern, who was a son of David Stern who was the husband of Fanny Stern (nee Fanny Strauss), the sister of Levi Strauss (Strauss had died unmarried and without children and deeded his company to David Stern). Haas had three children: Rhoda Haas Goldman, Peter E. Haas, and Walter A. Haas Jr.
In 1989, the University of California, Berkeley Regents voted to rename the business school the Haas School of Business in his honor, after a large gift from the Haas family.




References


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