Bio of ROBERTSON, Alex D. (b.1890), 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 484, 487
ALEX D. ROBERTSON
Exceptional executive ability and organizing genius, together with enterprise
and enthusiasm, have served to place Alex D. Robertson in the front ranks of the
younger Minneapolis business men. At the youthful age of thirty-two he is an
official in three flourishing corporations, handling financial problems that
call for a soundness of judgment and business acumen that usually come only with
ripening years. Born at Grafton, North Dakota, May 6, 1890, Mr. Robertson is the
son of William W. and Mary (Eggleston) Robertson. His grandfather, Alex D.
Robertson, came to America from Scotland when he was a young man. His father,
William W., was born in the United States, and married Mary Eggleston of
Northwood, Iowa. He was for years engaged in the lumber business at Grafton,
North Dakota, and so well did he manage his affairs that, when his health broke
in 1900, he was able to retire from business life, although he was only forty
years old-an age when most men are just beginning to reap the fruits of their
industry. He lives at No. 1812 Fremont avenue South, Minneapolis. Alex D.
Robertson pursued his early education in the grade and high schools of
Minneapolis, following which he took courses at the Michigan Military Academy
and Jacob Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Maryland. He then went to California,
where he attended a business col­lege. Returning to Minneapolis, he spent a year
studying law at the University of Minnesota.
In 1912, after a brief career in the real estate business in Los Angeles,
California, Mr. Robertson organized the Western Motor Supply Company of
Minne­apolis, in which he is the vice president. This concern handles a general
line of automobile accessories and has built up a large clientele. When the vast
possibilities of the states west of Minnesota as a market for Minneapolis
products and firms engaged Mr. Robertson's interests, he formed the General
Service Corporation to distribute exclusive automotive products, which has
become well known throughout the Northwest. In this corporation Mr. Robertson
holds the office of president. The Parker-Robertson Holding Company, constituted
by Mr. C. J. Parker and him­self, is the third of Mr. Robertson's financial
enterprises. Absolute reliability of service, and prompt and skilled attention
to all the wants of the automobile trade is the standard upheld by Mr. Robertson
and his associates, and is one that is greatly appreciated, as the steadily
increasing volume of business well proves.
On October 16, 1911, Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Irene B. O'Neill, and to
them two children were born, William W. and Janet. His second marriage occurred
December 31, 1921, when Miss Louretta Curtin became his wife.
Mr. Robertson has never allied himself with any political party, but prefers to
cast his vote for the candidate he thinks will most ably and conscientiously
serve the public interests. His religious faith is that of the Church of Christ,
Scientist. As a clubman he finds pleasant companionship and recreation at the
Minneapolis Athletic Club, the Aero Club of Minneapolis, and the Minneapolis
Golf Club. Fraternally he is an Elk. A superior administrator and gifted with a
constructive imagination, Mr. Robertson is now enjoying a success that is but a
foretaste of the achievements to which a man of his abilities may aspire.