Background
Serotta, Elliott Cecil was born on July 1, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Abram J. and Dora (Lewis) Serotta.
Serotta, Elliott Cecil was born on July 1, 1912 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Son of Abram J. and Dora (Lewis) Serotta.
Student Junior College Augusta, Georgia 1929. Bachelor of Science in Commerce magna cum laude, U. Georgia, 1931.
Administrative positions Augusta Arsenal, 1935-1946. Private practice accounting, 1946-1952. Partner firm Bell and Serotta, Certified Public Accountants’s, Augusta, 1952-1955.
Owner accounting firm, Augusta, 1955-1971.
President Serotta, Madlocks & Serotta, Certified Public Accountants’s, 1971. Assistant secretary Stapleton Garment Incorporated., assistant secretary, director Richmond Shippers, Incorporated., Augusta, Benson Manufacturing Company.
Director Kamo Manufacturing Company Incorporated., Marks Realty Company, Sales Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Incorporated. Company-founder, director Southeastern Research Foundation Lecturer on various subjects, 1952.
Lecturer Minority Business Enterprises, 1970.
Moderator, participant radio-television Certified Public Accountants Internal Revenue Service Income Tax Information Programs, 1953-1960. Head adviser Aleph Zadik Aleph, 1934-1952, adviser emeritus, 1952-1971, Southern regional department, 1937-1942. Organizer troop 18 Boy Scouts American, 1940, committeeman, 1940, treasurer, troop committeeman, 1959.
Board of directors Young Men's Hebrew Association Augusta, 1937-1942, 57.
Trustee Maxwell J. and Naomi P. Estroff Foundation, Belle South. Marks Foundation, Libby Fink Foundation, Hannah Simowitz Foundation.
Member American Institute Certified Public Accountants’s (public relations committee 1954-1956), Georgia Society Certified Public Accountants’s (president Augusta chapter 1952-1954, regional vice president board of trustees 1952-1954, trustee at large 1956-1958 chairman public relations committee, 1953-1955, chairman history and archives committee 1959-1964, chairman professional and trade group cooperation committee. Mason (32 degree, chairman public relations committee 1963), Elk. Member B’nai B’rith (president Augusta 1937.
Clubs: Toastmaster (president Augusta 1951), Optimist chairman publicity committee, vice-chairman youth appreciation committee 1963-1964) (Augusta).
Reviewer, Auditing Handbook, 1971.
Married Eve Dorothy Robinson, February 18, 1940. Children: Betty Jayne, Abram Jacob.