Background
Bremser, George was born on May 26, 1928 in Newark. Son of George and Virginia (Christian) Bremser.
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George Bremser
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Bachelor, Yale University, 1949; postgraduate, U. Miami, 1959; Master of Business Administration, New York University, 1962.
Career
With, McCann-Erickson Inc., New York City, 1952-1961; assistant general manager, McCann-Erickson Inc., Bogota, Columbia, 1955; general manager, McCann-Erickson Inc., Bogota, Columbia, 1955-1957; account supervisor, McCann-Erickson Inc., New York City, 1958; vice president, manager, McCann-Erickson Inc., Miami, Florida, 1959-1961; with, General Foods Corporation, White Plains, New York, 1961-1971; vice president, general manager international division, General Foods Europe, White Plains, New York, 1967; president, General Foods International, White Plains, 1967-1971; group vice president, General Foods Corporation, White Plains, 1970-1971; chairman, president, chief Executive officer, Texstar Corporation, Grand Prairie, Texas, 1971-1981; executive vice president, Shaklee Corporation, San Francisco, 1981-1982; chairman, president, chief Executive officer, Etak Inc., Menlo Park, California, 1983-1988, 96; chairman, Etak Inc., Menlo Park, California, 1989-1996, 97-; chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer, Etak, Inc., Menlo Park, California, 1996-1997; chairman, Etak, Inc., Menlo Park, California, since 1997. Board directors PBI Industries Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Union Church, Bogota, 1956-1957. Democratic county committeeman, Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1962-1963. Member New Canaan (Connecticut) Town Council, 1969-1973.
Founder, past president Citizens Committee for Conservation, New Canaan. Member county Save the Redwoods League, since 1987. Served to Second lieutenant United States Marine Corps 1950-1952, captain Reserve.
Member New Canaan Country Club, Brook Club, Yale Club (New York City), Block Island Club, Casino Club (Nantucket, Massachusetts), Explorers Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Theta Pi.
Connections
Married Marie Sundman, June 21, 1952 (divorced July 1979). Children: Christian Fredrick II, Priscilla Suzanne, Martha Anne, Sarah Elizabeth. Married Nancy Kay Woods, October 27, 1983 (divorced February 1989).
Married Betty Glover Lohse, October 8, 1997.
