Background
Mather, Joseph Ray was born on April 16, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Lawrence Cooper and Gertrude Helen (McElhose) Mather.
Mather, Joseph Ray was born on April 16, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Lawrence Cooper and Gertrude Helen (McElhose) Mather.
Student, Los Angeles City College, 1952. Student, El Camino College, Torrance, California, 1957—1963.
Telemetry technician TRW Systems Company, Redondo Beach, California, 1956—1958. Sales engineer H. Joe Meyer Company, Hollywood, 1958—1960. General manager Meyer Associates, Inc., 1962—1968.
Salesman La Grange Inc., 1960—1962, sales manager, 1968—1973. Director marketing Norman Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, California, 1973—1975. Owner Mather & Associates, Napa, from 1975.
President J.M. International Inc., from 1987. With United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1956.
Member Deputy Sheriff Reserve Los Angeles County, 1963—1964. Commissioner Los Angeles Area Council Boy Scouts America, 1966—1969. Treasurer Granada Hills Homeowners Association, 1975—1978.
Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Southern California Photograph Golf Association, Peace Officers Association (Southern California), National Association Indiana Photograph Manufacturers Representatives, Arizona Professional Photographers Association, West Professional Photographers Association, National Association Manufacturers Representatives, Professional Photographers California, Professional Photographers America, Napa Valley Country Club, Masons.
Married Mary Janis MacMillan, August 15, 1965. Children: Mark Joseph, Seth Allen, David Billings Larson.