Clatsop County OR Archives Biographies.....Roman, J. E.  March 1879 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 603 - 604
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     J. E. ROMAN, cashier of the Bank of Commerce, at Astoria, was one of the
organizers of this well known institution and has been an important factor in
its growth. This bank was organized in June, 1919, by Norris Stapples,
president; H. R. Hoefler, vice president, and J. E. Roman, cashier. Mr. Stapples
died on the night of the great fire of 1922 and was succeeded in the presidency
by James Bremner, who later retired from active business, whereupon Harry Burke
became the head of the bank, which position he still holds. K. F. Johnson and J.
H. Luukinen are vice presidents; J. E. Roman, cashier; R. N. Salisbury and
Charles Wirkkala, assistant cashiers; and Harry Burke, E. W. McMindes, K. F.
Johnson, J. H. Luukinen, S. W. Lovell, O. A. Owen, J. E. Roman, R. N. Salisbury
and Charles Wirkkala are directors. This is strictly an Astoria owned bank, its
stockholders being loyal business men and farmers of this city and vicinity, and
keeps pace with the growth and development of the community. Its capital and
surplus now amount to one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars and its total
resources are over nine hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. It does both a
commercial and savings bank business and maintains an up-to-date safe deposit
department. The bank building was destroyed in the great fire of 1922, but its
vault and papers were unharmed.

     J. E. Roman was born in Minnesota in March, 1879, and is a son of Erick
Gustave and Johana (Peterson) Roman, both of whom are deceased. His father was
engaged in farming and was successful in his business affairs. J. E. Roman
attended the public schools and took a commercial course in the Minnesota School
of Business, from which he was graduated in 1899. He became a member of the
mercantile firm of Lingren & Roman Brothers, of Minnesota, which is still in
existence. Subsequently Mr. Roman sold his interest in the business and entered
the First State Bank at Eagle Bend, Minnesota, of which he was cashier for six
years. In 1911 he came to Astoria, Oregon, as assistant cashier of the
Scandinavian American Bank, which was consolidated with the Astoria National
Bank in 1919, at which time he became one of the organizers of the Bank of
Commerce, of which he has been cashier and manager since.

     In 1913 Mr. Roman was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Carmichael, of
Astoria. Politically he is a republican and in 1919-20 represented Clatsop
county in the state legislature, serving on several important committees. He is
a past master of the Masonic lodge at Eagle Bend, Minnesota; and a member of
Astoria Chapter, R. A. M.; Astoria Commandery, K. T.; Portland Consistory, A. A.
S. R.; and Al Kader Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; and also belongs to Astoria
Lodge, B. P. O. E.; the Grange; the Astoria Golf and Country Club, of which he
is a charter member and a director; the Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a
past director and is now a member of the agricultural committee, and other local
organizations.

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