Background
Straus, Herbert Nathan was born on November 2, 1881 in New York City. Son of Isidor and Ida (Blun) Straus.
Straus, Herbert Nathan was born on November 2, 1881 in New York City. Son of Isidor and Ida (Blun) Straus.
Graduate Doctor Sach’s Collegiate Institute, 1899. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1903.
Began with R. H. Macy & County, New York City, 1903, secretary-treasurer, since 1919, vice president, since 1922. Director The Louisiana Salle & Koch Company, Toledo, O., Davison-Paxon Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
Served with Food Administration Board and War Trade Board, Washington, District of Columbia, World War I. Delaware to Republican National Convention, 1928. Member of visiting committee of Harvard College.
Married Therese Kuhn, July 15, 1907. Children: Edward Kuhn, Oliver Herbert, John Wendell.