Los Angeles County
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MAURICE S. HELLMAN
HELLMAN, MAURICE S., Banker, Los Angeles, Cal., was born in that city, September 3, 1864. He is the son of the late Samuel Hellman and Adelaide (Adler) Hellman, his family being identified with the business and financial history of Los Angeles for many years. He married Alice Schwarzschild, at San Francisco, Cal., July 16, 1889, and to them there have been born three children, Melville S., Lucile S. and S. Jack Hellman.
Mr. Hellman was educated in the schools of his native city and graduated from high school, with an exceptional record, in 1880.
Two years after he left school he went into the stationery business with his father, and at the end of three years, when his father decided to give up the business, he, with a partner named Stassforth, bought the business and continued it under the firm name of the Hellman-Stassforth Company (sic) This association existed up to 1894, when Mr. Hellman sold out his interest and went into the bond brokerage business with J. F. Sartori.
One year after this he was elected vice president of the Security Savings Bank, and he gave up all outside business connections to devote himself exclusively to banking. He has remained vice president of the bank down to date and in addition is interested in other banking institutions, holding the vice presidency and directorship of the Title Insurance and Trust Company. In keeping with the history of his family, Mr. Hellman has become one of the leading bankers of Los Angeles and is an important factor in the development of that city.
He takes an active interest in the public affairs of Los Angeles. He is also an ardent booster and belongs to most of the civic clubs and improvement associations.
He is a member of the Concordia Club and the Los Angeles Country Club.
Transcribed 3-24-09
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 220,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2009 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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