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GEORGE
H. MAYER
Exceptional
success in the management of the interests consigned to his supervision
proves that Mr. Mayer possesses talent of a high order. His long
retention with and frequent promotions by a company of vast influence
and worldwide enterprises prove that, in entering its service after
having engaged temporarily in other activities, he found a congenial
occupation and one well suited to his ability. The experiences of early
life were not different from those of other youths who, uncertain of
their own preferences in occupative employments, accept any available
opening until they prove their own abilities and ascertain their own
inclinations. It was not long, however, before the desired opportunity
came to him and since that time he has won steadily increasing
recognition in the line of his specialty. At this writing and since
October of 1910 he has acted as manager of the Sacramento branch of the
Standard Oil Company and as special agent for the famous organization he
has won considerable prestige throughout the state.
A graduate of the high school of Reading, Pa., his native city,
Mr. Mayer has supplemented the study of text-books by habits of
thoughtful reading and observation, so that he now possesses a fund of
information and a general knowledge unsurpassed by many university
graduates. Travel throughout his native country and abroad has added to
his mental outlook and broadened his judgment, giving to him a
cosmopolitan culture that renders his presence a distinct acquisition to
the most refined circles of society. For a time during young manhood he
engaged as bookkeeper with a large firm in Reading, but dissatisfied
with the position he left it and took up a more remunerative engagement
as traveling salesman for a large cigar manufacturer. Meanwhile he had
acquired great proficiency in music and his high standing in that art
led to his selection as musical director in one of the most prominent
military colleges of the east, where he remained until 1900, the year of
his first association with the Standard Oil Company.
First as clerk and then as bookkeeper, Mr. Mayer passed two years
in the San Francisco office of the Standard Oil Company. During 1902 he
had the distinction of being chosen the first specialty salesman on the
Pacific coast and as such he continued for two years. In 1904 he was
sent to South America in the interests of the house. Returning to
California in 1905 he was sent immediately to Honolulu for the purpose
of establishing the company's business on the Hawaiian Islands. Several
years were devoted to the interests of the company at that distant point
and it was not until March of 1909 that he had the work so systematized
as to render longer residence unnecessary. Coming again to San
Francisco, he soon was sent to Tacoma, Wash., in the interests of the
company and after several months was transferred to South America for
the purpose of looking after very important interests of the company
which were just developing in that country. Returning to San Francisco
in 1910 he went to San Jose as special agent of the local branch, and
after four months he was transferred to the Sacramento office as manager
of all of Northern California, Southern Oregon and east to the Utah
line. In this responsible position he has made good and his efficiency
is a matter of common knowledge among officials in charge of the western
work of the Standard Oil Company. With all of his business cares he has
found leisure for prominent participation in Masonry and is a member of
the various bodies, including the Knights Templar, Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite, and is a life member of Islam Temple, N. M. S., San
Francisco. Locally he is a member of the Sutter Club, the Chamber of
Commerce, and various other bodies. Politically he has been independent,
voting for the man and the principle rather than for any certain party.
In religion he has been an attendant of the Episcopal Church and a
generous contributor to the philanthropies and missionary movements of
the denomination.
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