Gehart Leonard Bitter

Background

Bitter, Gehart Leonard was born on July 27, 1921 in Hoisington, Kansas, United States. Son of Fred and Mary C. (Lehning) Bitter.

Education

Student, Golden Gate College, San Francisco, 1942. Bachelor of Laws, Lincoln University, 1950.

Career

Practiced in San Francisco and Burlingame, since 1952. Vice chairman, director Associated Food Stores, Inc. Secretary-treasurer Laurel Wood Market Inc.

Director San Francisco Grocery Company. President San Francisco Grocers Association. Board directors Bay Area Grocers Association, Northern California Growers Association.

Achievements

• Bar: California 1952.

Membership

Chairman board trustees Northern California Food Industry Pensions Fund. Chairman board Northern California Retail Clerks Unions-Employers Vacation Fund. Trustee Northern California Food Pension Supplementary Payment Fund.

Trustee Northern California Retail Clerks Unions and Food Employers Individual Account Trust Fund. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, PTO. Member American Bar Association, California Bar Association. Club: Olympic (San Francisco).

Connections

Married June Eliopouios, July 8, 1945. Children: Grant, Lynne, Keith.

Father:

Fred Bitter

Mother:

Mary C. (Lehning) Bitter

Spouse:

June Eliopouios

child:

Lynne Bitter

child:

Keith Bitter

child:

Grant Bitter