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In 1914, Walter Haas married Elise Stern, the daughter of Sigmund Stern, who was a son of David Stern, who was the husband of Fanny Stern (née Strauss), the sister of Levi Strauss [4] [7] (Strauss died unmarried and without children and deeded his company to his nephews, the four surviving sons of David Stern: Jacob, Sigmund, Louis and Abraham ...
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).
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]
Wally Haas: Occupation: Businessman: Known for: former President of the Oakland Athletics: Spouse: Julie Salles: Children: 3: Parent(s) Evelyn Danzig Haas Walter A. Haas Jr. Family: Robert D. Haas (brother) Roy Eisenhardt (brother-in-law) Walter A. Haas (grandfather) Abraham Haas (great-grandfather) Simon Koshland (great-great-grandfather ...
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 ]
Walter Haas may refer to: Walter A. Haas (1889–1979), president and chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. 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 ...
Haas was either a director or trustee at the Levi Strauss Foundation, the Red Tab Foundation, the Joanne and Peter Haas Jr. Fund, the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, the Novato Youth Center Honorary Board, Trustee Emeritus of the San Francisco Foundation (1996-2005), and Vice President of the Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund. [7] [10] [11] [12]
He is president of the Goldman Environmental Foundation which annually awards the $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental activism, [1] [3] is a member of the Haas School of Business Board, and is a trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation. [1]