Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Atherton, Charles H. July 12, 1867 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr orr@hawaii.com October 20, 2009, 3:52 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Corporation Official. Charles H. Atherton, elder son of the late Joseph B. Atherton, has devoted the major share of his business career to the firm of Castle & Cooke, Ltd., of which his father was president for many years. He entered the employ of Castle & Cooke when he left school in 1887. His first position was that of buyer, and in turn he became assistant cashier, assistant treasurer, secretary and treasurer of the corporation, the office he now holds. In addition to his duties with Castle & Cooke, Mr. Atherton is vice- president of the Hawaiian Construction and Draying Co., Ltd., vice-president of the Mutual Telephone Co., Ltd., vice-president of Young Brothers, Ltd., and vice-president of E. O. Hall & Son, Ltd. Representing the Castle & Cooke interests, he is treasurer of Ewa, Kohala and Waialua sugar plantations and of McCabe, Hamilton & Renny Co., Ltd., Oahu Railway & Land Co., Ltd., Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co., Ltd., and other corporations. Educational and philanthropic activities have had Mr. Atherton’s interest and he is a trustee of Central Union Church, president of the Library of Hawaii, and for years he has been a director of the Y.M.C.A. He is a member of the Beretania and Manoa Tennis, Commercial, Pacific, Oahu Country, University and Healani Boat Clubs. Charles H. Atherton was born in Honolulu July 12, 1867, the son of Joseph Ballard and Juliette Montague (Cooke) Atherton. His early education was received at Punahou School and Oakland High School, and he attended Oberlin College in 1884. He married Minnie Merriam of Ohio in 1887 and they have three children, Mrs. George S. Harris, Mrs. John B. Guard and Mrs. James F. Morgan. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/atherton110bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb