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GEORGE LATHROP GARY
GARY, GEORGE LAHTROP, Real
Estate, Loans and Insurance, Los
Angeles, Cal., was
born in Du Page County, Ill., Jan. 18, 1867.
His parents were George Perrin Gary and Jeannette H. (Brown) Gary. He married Nettie Le Roy at Lombard, Ill.,
Dec. 20, 1888. The have a son, George Le
Roy Gary.
Mr. Gary
received his preliminary education in the grammar and high schools of Wheaton, Ill.
(1873-85). Upon finishing high school he
went to Chicago College,
Chicago, for
two years.
He began
his business career in 1886 as a clerk in the Auditor’s office of the Santa Fe
Ry. at Chicago
and was advanced from time to time until 1890, when he was made Depmt. Chief of
the Joint Freight Dept., resigning this in 1891 to accept a position as general
bookkeeper for the Chicago & Northern Pacific Ry., which he filled until he
was appointed Traveling Auditor for the Company. He then became Asst. General Auditor and when
he left the road in 1898 was Asst. Comptroller.
In 1898 he
associated with the Am. Steel & Wire Co., which later became a subsidiary
of the U. S. Steel Co. Mr. Gary was with
the company during its transformation period and in 1900 was assigned as
auditor of construction accounts for the Illinois Steel Co. in the coal fields
of Penn. In April, 1901, he was transferred to New York as Asst.
Auditor for the U. S. Steel Corp. and remained there for about four years,
being named in 1905 as Auditor of the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co. In 1907 he was made Asst. Sec. of the Co. in addition to Auditor, and in 1911 was elected
Sec. Within a few months, however, he
decided to enter business for himself on the Pacific
Coast and moved to Los Angeles, July 4, 1911, and on Sept. 8,
incorporated the Associated Invest. Corp. and became its President. He is a member the Chamber of Commerce and
the Los Angeles Reality Board.
Transcribed
By: Michele Y. Larsen on 18 November 2011.
Source: Press Reference
Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 858, International News Service,
New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2011 Michele
Y. Larsen.
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