ABSTRACT
American recording industry executive, born in Washington, D.C. He moved in 1904 to Hackensack, New Jersey, where he remained until his death on 22 Feb 1929. He graduated from the George Washington University Law School in 1891, and worked for the Lincoln Bank in Washington to 1896. Then he became secretary of the American Graphophone Co. From 1897 to 1899 he managed branches and stores of Columbia Phonograph Co. in Washington and St. Louis. In 1900 he went to Berlin to establish the Columbia business in Germany and manage the new company there. He was responsible also for the Columbia interests in Russia and Austria-Hungary.
