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In 1866 the chamber was reformed into a Board of Trade. [1] When the economy started to recover after the Civil War, in 1871 the city's business community formed a new Chamber of Commerce which was meant to have a broader base and participation than the Board of Trade. Again, the main issue was the railroads.
Allen was a founding member of Atlanta's influential Commerce Club, which he chaired until his death in 2003. [3] He became president of the city Chamber of Commerce in 1961 and during this same year ran for mayor, defeating the staunch segregationist, Lester Maddox. [2]
A charter member and the 1924 President of the Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce, he served as president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce starting in 1932 and ran for mayor in 1934, but was soundly defeated by James L. Key.
Hartsfield’s defeat prompted Ivan Allen, who was then director of the state Chamber of Commerce and Grace Towns Hamilton, the head of the Urban League, to push for an alliance between Atlanta ...
Capital City Club; Carter Center; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention timeline; Central Atlanta Progress; Charles Martel Society; City of Refuge (Atlanta) Columbian Mutual Life Assurance Society; Consulate General of France, Atlanta; Cooperative Baptist Fellowship; Council of Conservative Citizens
Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens issued a statement mourning Ehmer’s loss. ... and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, according to Georgia Tech. He is survived by his wife, Kara, and children ...
Kansas Chamber of Commerce; Kansas City Board of Trade; L. Lagonda Club Building; ... Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; N. Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce;
Herman J. Russell died on November 15, 2014, at the age of 83, in Atlanta Georgia and was buried at South-View Cemetery. [9] After his death, DNA proved that Russell fathered a daughter out of wedlock, Joycelyn Alston.