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EDWARD
C. LIPMAN
Edward
C. Lipman, president of The Emporium Capwell Company, was born January 25, 1893, in Berkeley,
California; son of Frederick Lockwood and Edith (Law) Lipman.
He graduated from the University of
California in 1914 with the B.S. degree; Phi Kappa Sigma and Beta Gamma Sigma
fraternities.
Mr. Lipman
joined The Emporium, department store in San Francisco, California, in 1914;
assistant superintendent from 1915 to 1917; general superintendent from 1919 to
1920; divisional merchandise manager from 1920 to 1923; assistant general
merchandise manager from 1924 to 1927; general manager for The H. C. Capwell Company, Oakland, California, from 1927 to 1937;
vice president and managing director of The Emporium from 1937 to 1947. Since
1947 he has been president and director of The Emporium Capwell
Company, San Francisco. From 1918 to 1919 he served with the United States
Naval Reserve Force.
Director of American Retail
Federation; San Francisco Better Business Bureau; San Francisco Retail Dry Goods
Association; San Francisco Shopping News; San Francisco Retailers’ Council; San
Francisco Federated Fund; Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Company; and
Caterpillar Tractor Company.
Mr. Lipman
is consulting professor at School of Business Administration, Stanford
University; Advisory Council for School of Business Administration (University
of California), Executive Development Program (Stanford University), and San
Francisco State College; vice president of California Retailers’ Association;
member of American Arbitration Association, and Retailers’ Credit Association.
Member of The Pacific-Union Club,
Bohemian Club, San Francisco Gold Club (San Francisco); and Claremont Country
Club (Oakland California).
On June 12, 1920, Mr. Lipman married Julia Heaton Austin and they have two
daughters, Kathryn Cossley (Mrs. George Chapin) and
Margaret Edith (Mrs. John Pillsbury).
Offices: 835 Market Street, San Francisco, California.
Transcribed By: Cecelia M. Setty.
Source: “Eminent Californians 1953”,
by Lee E. Johnson & C. W. Taylor. Page 255, C. W. Taylor
Publ., Palo Alto, California, 1953.
© 2014 Cecelia M. Setty.
San Francisco County Biographies