- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Walter A. Haas
Levi Strauss and Company
1922 - 1957
Fabric & Apparel
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1889
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | University of California at Berkeley |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1889 - 1979 |
| Birthplace | California (CA) |
| Race | White |
| Father | Head, Same Company |
Haas led Levi’s transformation from a family business to a worldwide corporation. Haas introduced a number of innovative employment policies and refused to lay off workers even during the time of the Great Depression – gaining a long-standing reputation for considerate treatment of workers.