Honolulu County HI Archives Biographies.....Armitage, George Thomas September 7, 1891 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

Armitage, George Thomas: Executive Secretary, Hawaii Tourist Bureau.

     Born Sept. 7, 1891, Billings, Mont.; son of T. C. and Julia (Whiteside)
Armitage; married Louise Webber, of Great Falls, Mont., at Tacoma, Wash., Dec.
31, 1917; member Sigma Nu National fraternity, Honolulu Rotary, Ad, University,
Oahu Country and Outrigger Canoe clubs.

     Executive secretary for the past decade of the Hawaii Tourist Bureau, which
is charged with the duty of making the Islands known to the rest of the world as
a tourist resort, Mr. Armitage has developed the organization into a model of
community promotion agencies and methods. In this period there has been a
remarkable growth in travel to Hawaii.

     After newspaper work In Great Falls, Mont., 1914-16, Mr. Armitage came to
Hawaii in April, 1916, to join The Honolulu Star Bulletin. He resigned in July,
1917, to enter the army and served for two years as a lieutenant of infantry,
including a tour of duty with the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia.
Honorably discharged in 1919, he returned to The Star-Bulletin but resigned
after a few months to accept the executive secretaryship of the Hawaii Tourist
Bureau. He was educated at the Billings High school (1909), and the University
of Montana, Missoula, Mont. (BA Journalism, 1914).


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