Background
Falk, Otto Herbert was born on June 18, 1865 in Milwaukee. Son of Franz and Louise (Wahl) Falk.
Falk, Otto Herbert was born on June 18, 1865 in Milwaukee. Son of Franz and Louise (Wahl) Falk.
Educated German-English Academy, Milwaukee. Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin. Graduate as captain, Allen Military Academy, Chicago, 1884.
Identified with financial interests of Falk family since beginning of active career, now vice president The Falk Company, manufacturers steel castings. Appointed receiver Allis-Chalmers Company, 1912. and president reorganized company, 1913-1932, Chairman of the Board, since 1932. President Allis-Chalmers-Rumely, Limited., Canada.
Director Harnischfeger Corporation, First Wisconsin National Bank, First Wisconsin Trust Company, Wisconsin Telephone Сompany, et cetera
Chairman Board of Governors Marquette U. Commissioned adjunct 4th Battalion, Wisconsin National Guard, March 1886. Colonel and a.-daughter-c. to Governor Rusk, August 1887.
Lieutenant colonel, commanding 4th Infantry, October 1887. Q.-m. general, January 1891.
Adjutant general, December 1893.
Commissioned major and chief q.-m. United States Volumes, Spanish-American War, June 1898. Assigned to 1st Division, 3d Army Corps, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, appointed chief q. m.
3d Army corpus, United States army, October 1898, services Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Honorary discharged from volunteer service, June 20, 1899. Colonel commanding 1st Regiment Infantry, Wisconsin National Guard, June 1899.
Transferred to general staff as chief engineer, 1906. Retired with rank of brigadier general, January 1911.
Was in active duty in riots at Milwaukee, 1886, Ashland, 1893.
Merrill, 1893, Spooner, 1894, Kenosha, 1909. In charge of relief expedition sent to give aid to starving miners in northern Wisconsin and Michigan, winter of 1893. Director Milwaukee Association of Commerce (president 1909-1912) Wisconsin Manufacturers Association Presented with loving cup as “Milwaukee’s foremost citizen,” 1924.
Home: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Married Elizabeth A. Vogel, December 10, 1901. Children: Mistress Elisabeth Eberbach, Otto Herbert.