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EDGAR B.
JESSUP
Edgar B.
Jessup, president and general manager of Marchant
Calculators, Inc., was born in Monterey County, California, on March 29, 1892;
the son of Dr. Harry C. and Sarah Jane (Densore)
Jessup. Attended the public schools and Commercial College.
Mr. Jessup was a salesman for the
Monroe Calculating Machine Company at Orange, New Jersey, from 1916 to 1921;
sales agent for Sundstrand Adding Machine Company from 1921 to 1926; then
division sales manager for Underwood Elliott Fisher Company, a successor
associate until 1933; also president and general manager of Marchant
Calculators, Ltd., Toronto, Canada; chairman of the Board of Marchant Research, Inc.; president of Marchant
Inter-American Co.; and director of Soule Steele Company of San Francisco,
California; trustee of the Philatelic Foundation in New York City, president of
American Ordnance Association (S.F. Post); director of Office Equipment
Manufacturers Institute, Washington, D. C.; director of United States Chamber
of Commerce; director of United Employers (Oakland, California); vice president
and director of Oakland Chamber of Commerce; vice president and director of
California Manufacturers Association; governor of Bay Area Council; director of
World Affairs Council; president of Emeryville Industries Association; honorary
member of Sales Executives Association; member of National Association of
Manufacturers; member of California State Chamber of Commerce; member of
Commonwealth Club. Fellow of Royal Philatelic Society of
London (England); Collectors Club of New York. Republican and Mason. Member and vice president of Athens Athletic Club, Oakland; and
member of Metropolitan Club of Oakland.
Mr. Jessup married Mildred Farley on
December 13, 1915. They have three children: Virginia Hawthorne, Marian Densmore and Beverly Sara.
Offices: Marchant
Calculators, Inc., 1475 Powell Street, Oakland 8, California.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Eminent Californians 1953”,
by Lee E. Johnson & C. W. Taylor. Page 225, C. W. Taylor
Publ., Palo Alto, California, 1953.
© 2014 Cecelia M. Setty.
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