Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....West, Raymond S. July 25, 1877 - ************************************************ 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 jessicanorr@gmail.com January 19, 2012, 7:53 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist RAYMOND S. WEST, Corporation Executive. Fondness for travel and adventure led Raymond S. West, treasurer of the Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd., through a considerable part of the United States and Canada, and even into Alaska, before he came to Honolulu in January, 1913. Mr. West’s wanderings began at an early age. Born in New Brunswick, July 25, 1877, the son of Lambert and Julia (Brewster) West, and a descendant of pioneer New England stock, his education was received in the public schools of New Brunswick. Answering the call of the outdoors, his first position was in Yellowstone National Park, where he was stationed when a youth, doing clerical work for the federal park service. He then went to Vancouver, B.C., and entered the employ of The Ames, Holden & Co. of Montreal, Ltd. In 1904 he proceeded to San Francisco and became connected with the Wells-Fargo Nevada National Bank. Two years later he went to the Klondike and spent four years in charge of the Dawson office of the Guggenheim Exploration Co., the largest mining corporation engaged in that region. He staked a claim near Dawson, but it proved worthless. Coming out of Alaska, 1910 found him in Goldfield, Nev., looking over the mining field there. Returning to San Francisco, he joined the Anglo-London, Paris National Bank. Opportunity in far fields still beckoning, Mr. West came to Honolulu in 1913, and began his business career here as accountant with the Hawaiian Pineapple Co. two years later he was appointed treasurer, his present position, and was elected a director of the corporation on Feb. 10, 1925. He is also a former director of the Haiku Fruit & Packing Co., Ltd., and at present is a director of the Lanai Co., Ltd., and he served as a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Oahu Country, Commercial, Outrigger Canoe and Manoa Tennis Clubs, and is an ardent golfer and interested in all forms of sport. Mr. West married Anne G. McNamara of San Francisco in 1917. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/west637bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb