San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Bentley, Robert Irving ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 June 9, 2009, 1:59 am Author: W. C. Wolfe, Editor BENTLEY, Robert Irving: Manufacturer and president of the California Packing Corporation, was born in Chicago, Illinois. July 25th, 1864, the son of Robert and Frances Harvey Bentley. He was four years of age when his parents came to California in 1868. He attended the public schools and entered the University of the Pacific. Assisted in the organization of The Alaska Packers' Association, one of the largest exclusive fish producing concerns in the United States. He is vice-president of both the California Packing Corporation and the Alaska Packers' Association. Is a member of the board of directors of the Bank of California; is a member of the Commonwealth, the Commercial, Presidio Golf, and the San Francisco Golf and Countrys clubs, and the San Jose Golf and Country Club of San Jose, president of the San Francisco Opera Association, and in recognition of his services in the advancement of opera in the West, has been knighted by the King of Italy with the Order of the Crown. He married Georgia Dixon, June 10th, 1886. Their home is at the Clift Hotel, San Francisco. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Men of California Western Personalities and their Affiliations With Club Memberships and Civic Associations ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF MEN With Biographs of their Activities Published by WESTERN PRESS REPORTER, INC. San Francisco - Los Angeles Copyright, 1925, by W. C. Wolfe, Managing Editor In Collaboration with Assistants File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sanfrancisco/bios/bentley1315nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb