Background
Brower, Horace W. was born on August 10, 1900 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William N. and Elsie Ann (Chambers) Brower.
Brower, Horace W. was born on August 10, 1900 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of William N. and Elsie Ann (Chambers) Brower.
Engaged as bookkeeper, Continental Bank, Los Angeles, 1920-1922; successively general bookkeeper, note teller, assistant secretary, assistant cashier and assistant vice president, Bank of Italy (later Bank of America National Trust & Savings Association), 1922-1933; manager mortgage loan department, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, 1933-1935; assistant secretary, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, 1935-1943; vice president, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, 1943-1946; executive vice president, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, 1946-1951; president, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, 1951-1964; chairman, chief Executive officer, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, from 1964; chairman of Executive Committee, Occidental Life Insurance Company of California, from 1965. Former chairman Transamerica Corporation. Former chairman of the executive committee TransamericaFinancial Corporation.
Former member executive committee American Life Convention. Trustee National Foundation. Director, member Better Business Bureau Los Angeles Ltd.
Director California Traffic Safety Foundation, Los Angeles chapter National Safety Council, Junior Achievement. National council United Service Organizations Club. All-Year of Southern California.
Married Margurette Hamell, January 20, 1923.