Bio of PAGEL, Theodore J. (b.1880), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol III, pg 372-375
THEODORE J. PAGEL
Theodore J. Pagel, inventor and manufacturer, who has built up an excellent
business under the name of the Pagel Rotary Pump Manufacturing Company, was born
at Atwater, Minnesota, September 9, 1880, and is of the third generation of the
family in America. His grandfather came from Germany and settled in the state of
New York. The father, Christian Pagel, was born in Tonawanda, New York, and in
early life was a sawyer, but afterward turned his attention to farming, which he
has practically made his life work. He is still living, his home now being No.
2515 Fourteenth avenue, South, Minneapolis.
In the schools of his native city Theodore J. Pagel began his education, which
he continued in the Archibald Business College and thus qualified for the
onerous and responsible duties of a commercial career. He afterward learned the
machinist's trade and for several years was employed by the Minneapolis Steel &
Machinery Company, during which time he gained valuable experience. Years ago,
however, he began the study of rotary pumps and his mechanical skill and
ingenuity found expression in inventive work until he finally invented a pump
which he deemed a success. In the fall of 1912, therefore, he organized a stock
company for the manufacture of this pump, the name of the organization being the
Pagel Rotary Pump Manufacturing Company. The business was started in 1913, in a
small way, at No. 241 Fourth avenue, South. Steadily the trade grew and in time
necessitated a removal, when the present location was secured at No. 613
Washington avenue, South. This, too, proved inadequate to the demands of the
business, and arrangements were made for still larger quarters, in which they
are now installed at Eighteenth and Central avenues, Northeast. The United
States government has pronounced Mr. Pagel's pump the most efficient rotary pump
in the world. The company is making shipments to many foreign lands and the
business is steadily increasing. Mr. Pagel is not only the inventor of the pump
but has been the executive head in the building up one fine business which the
corporation now enjoys.
Theodore J. Pagel is a republican in his political views, always stanchly
support-ing the party and its principles. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, belonging
to Landmark Lodge, A. F. & A. M., at St. Paul; Minneapolis Consistory, A. A. S.
R.; and Zuhrah Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he belongs to the Minneapolis Athletic
Club, the Kiwanis Club, the Automible Club, the Civic & Commerce Association,
and is a full member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. These are
indicative of his appreciation of the social amenities of life, his interest in
the welfare and progress of the city, and in his chosen work. He stanchly
advocates all measures for the general good and always attempts to use practical
methods in the attainment of high ideals in municipal and public'affairs. In a
business way, too, he has been actuated by the spirit of progress and is a
splendid executive as well as inventor, so that, as com­paratively few inventors
do, he is garnering the fruits of his toil and ingenuity in the substantial
success that is now attending the operations of the Pagel Rotary Pump
Manufacturing Company.