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Haas was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, the son of Elise (née Stern) and Walter A. Haas. [1] His mother was the daughter of Sigmund Stern (the nephew of Levi Strauss [4] [5] and the son of David Stern); and Rosalie (née Meyer) Stern (the daughter of Harriet Newmark Meyer and Marc Eugene Meyer; [6] and the granddaughter of rabbi Joseph Newmark).
Walter A. Haas Sr. (May 11, 1889 – December 7, 1979), was an American billionaire businessman who was the president and CEO (1928-1955) and chairman (1955-1970) of Levi Strauss & Co. Early life and education
The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund is a private foundation established in 1953 by Evelyn D. Haas and Walter A. Haas Jr. As of 2019, the Fund has awarded nearly $625 million in philanthropic grants. [ 3 ]
Haas was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, [1] one of three children of Walter A. Haas and Elise Stern. [3] Haas was the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, the founder of denim manufacturer Levi Strauss & Co. and great grandson of David Stern. He attended the Deerfield Academy preparatory school in Massachusetts. [3]
Evelyn and her husband Walter founded the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund in 1953. Haas served on the board of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [5] She and her husband helped raise the $95 million needed to build the museum's facility [6] in San Francisco's South of Market (SoMa) area; it opened in 1995.
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Walter A. Haas Jr. (1916–1995), president and chairman of Levi Strauss & Co., son of Walter A. Haas. Walter de Haas or Hanns Günther (1886–1969), German author, translator and editor; Walter H. Haas (1917–2015), founder of Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers; Walter F. Haas (1869–1936), city attorney of Los Angeles, California
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