Background
Getz, George Fulmer was born on January 4, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George Fulmer and Susan Daniel (Rankin) Getz.
Getz, George Fulmer was born on January 4, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of George Fulmer and Susan Daniel (Rankin) Getz.
President, Eureka Coal & Dock Company, 1935-1945; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Globe Corporation Chairman of the Board, Getz Coal Company, 1939-1948; president, Getz Coal Company, 1948-1953; director, Chicago National League Ball Club, 1940-1972; member Executive Committee, director, A.T. & San Francisco Railway, 1955-1980; member Executive Committee, director, Sante Fe Industries, Inc., 1968-1980. Director Upper Avenue National Bank, Chicago, 1936-1974, Chicago Transit Authority, 1945-1947.
Member United Republican Fund Illinois. Member citizens board University of Chicago, 1956-1971. Board directors Junior Achievement Chicago, 1939-1992, vice president, 1947-1949.
Vice president Metropolitan Junior Achievement, 1942-1944. Member President's Commission White House Fellowships, 1982, 83. Board directors Getz Foundation.
Director emeritus Indiana U. Foundation. President, director Arthur R. Metz Foundation. Honorary trustee Chicago Zoological Society.
Past vice president finance, treasurer National Safety Council. President Geneva Lake Water Safety Committee, Inc., 1949-1954, board directors, 1949-1969, honorary director, 1969-1992. Member Illinois Committee Crusade for Freedom, Inc., 1957, 58.
President, director National History Fire Foundation, Globe Foundation. Board directors Arizona Zoological Society, 1966-1981, 84-88, emeritus, 1988. Trustee emeritus American Graduate School International Management, vice Chairman of the Board, 1976-1978.
Member organizing committee, member Chicago Rotary Foundation, 1936-1945. Member National Republican Finance Committee, 1976-1992. Trustee Grand Center Art Galleries, New York City, 1982-1989 (member emeritus).
Emeritus board directors Scottsdale Memorial Health Foundation, 1984-1988. Member Chicago Association Commerce and Industry (committee member governmental affairs county), Phoenix 40 (emeritus), Chicago Club, Tavern Club, Chicago Yacht Club, Economics Club (Chicago), Los Rancheros Visitadores (Santa Barbara, California), Paradise Valley Country Club (Arizona), Circumnavigators, Valley Field Riding and Polo (Arizona), Balboa Club (Mazatlan, Mexico).
Married Olive Cox Atwater, January 17, 1933 (deceased September 22, 1980). Children: George Fulmer, III (deceased), Bert Atwater.