Albert F. Gallun
{{Short description|Leather-tanning company president}}
Albert F. Gallun (January 2, 1865 – December 5, 1938) was president of A. F. Gallun & Sons in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the time, the company was one of the four largest leather-tanning operations in the United States.Frontline. [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/business-economy-financial-crisis/two-american-families/photos-milwaukees-industrial-past/ Photos: Milwaukee’s Industrial Past]
Early life
Gallun was born in 1865 and attended the German-English Academy in Milwaukee.[http://www.mocavo.com/History-of-Milwaukee-City-and-County-Volume-3/793107/629 History of Milwaukee, City and County, Volume 3, Page 629 | Document Viewer]
Career
He worked at Trostel & Gallun which had been founded in 1858 by his father, August F. Gallun, and Albert Trostel. When Trostel & Gallun split, August F. Gallun opened A. F. Gallun & Sons. Alfred became president of the company in the 1890s and retired in 1928. He and his brother, Arthur, studied modern methods of tanning leather practiced throughout the world"Milwaukee, Wis.", [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ld4-AQAAMAAJ&dq=albert+gallun+sr&pg=RA1-PA1008 Shoe and Leather Reporter], October 24, 1889, p. 1008. and were recognized as authorities on the industry and the scientific principles involved. They were considered pioneers in the industry in the chrome method of tanning.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19590828&id=YGdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zg8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4839,4097344 The Milwaukee Sentinel – Google News Archive Search] A short time before World War I, they established a research department at Columbia University for the tanning industry which was paid for by A. F. Gallun & Sons and the university.[http://www.mocavo.com/History-of-Milwaukee-City-and-County-Volume-3/793107/633 History of Milwaukee, City and County, Volume 3, Page 633 | Document Viewer] Gallun was also a director of Marshall & Ilsley bank.
Personal life
Gallun was married to Hedwig Mann, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, who died in 1932. They had four children: Elinor,[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/06/04/showhouse-ups-the-ante-for-third-year-straight/ Showhouse Ups The Ante For Third Year Straight – Chicago Tribune] Edwin A., Albert F. Gallun Jr., and Gladys.[https://archive.org/details/historyofmilwauk03bruc History of Milwaukee, City and County, Volume 3]. Chicago: Clarke Publishing, 1922, p. 629.
Gallun helped found the village of Chenequa, Wisconsin."[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19271218&id=_pRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oSEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6743,4145111/ Village Seems to be Assured]" The Milwaukee Journal, December 18, 1927, p.8.
He died at his Milwaukee, Wisconsin residence."[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19420827&id=K6kWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5SIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2937,4556756 Albert Gallun Estate Tax Set at $184,347]", The Milwaukee Journal, August 27, 1942, p. 18.
= Residence =
Gallun's mansion, built in 1914,"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19140425&id=bqwkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3iAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3715,5342526 To Build a Mansion]", The Milwaukee Journal, April 25, 1914, p. 1. is part of the NRHP Kenwood Park-Prospect Hill Historic District.{{cite web|title=Kenwood Park--Prospect Hill Historic District|url=http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregadvancedsearch.do?searchType=natregadvanced&selectedCollections=NPS%20Digital%20Library&referenceNumber=02000185&natregadvancedsearch=Search|website=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=11 July 2014}} It is referred to as the Gallun Mansion and as the Pritzlaff mansion, as it was inherited by his daughter who married hardware store executive John C. Pritzlaff. It was donated to the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, which sold the property."[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19760629&id=rotRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3REEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7065,4570501 Rites Set for Mrs. Pritzlaff]", The Milwaukee Sentinel, June 29, 1976, part 1, p. 11.
References
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External links
- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19381206&id=Um5IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gg0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6585,1046571 Obituary] in The Milwaukee Sentinel
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