Background
Hart, James A. was born on June 12, 1900 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. Son of William Archibald and Elizabeth Jane Hart.
Hart, James A. was born on June 12, 1900 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. Son of William Archibald and Elizabeth Jane Hart.
Educated Drake University, 1918. Student Iowa Success Business Training School, 1919.
General hotel training Harper Hotel, Rock Island, Illinois, 1919-1920. Successively with Jefferson Hotel, Peoria, Illinois, Quincy (Illinois) Hotel and Newcomp Hotel. Executive assistant manager, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, 1920-1926, later became president now v.
Chairman of the Board.
Manager director, Saint Clair and Eastgate Hotels, 1926-1932. Manager director Croyden Hotel, 1932.
Executive assistant manager Palmer House, 1933. Resident manager Ambassador Hotels, East and West, 1934-1945.
General manager, 1945-1949, later president, now Chairman of the Board.
General manager The Pump Room. President The Buttery. Vice president Mexican Hotels, Limited., 1945-1952.
Partner The Freehart Corporation, 1945-1952.
President Sherman Products Company, 1951-1959.
Member of the board lay trustees DePaul University. Member Chicago Convention Bureau (director), Greater Chicago Hotel Association (director) Phi Gamma Lambda. Clubs: Executives, Forty, Tavern, Beau Nash, Edgewater Golf.
Married Elizabeth Augusta Doeckel, January 28, 1919.