Walter J. Haas
{{short description|American businessman}}
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|birth_name = Walter Jerome Haas
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|occupation = Businessman
|known_for = former President of the Oakland Athletics
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|spouse = Julie Salles
|children = 3
|parents = Evelyn Danzig Haas
Walter A. Haas Jr.
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|family = {{Nowrap| Robert D. Haas (brother)
Roy Eisenhardt (brother-in-law)
Walter A. Haas (grandfather)
Abraham Haas (great-grandfather)
Simon Koshland (great-great-grandfather)
Jerome Alan Danzig (uncle)
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Walter J. Haas is an American businessman and former president of the Oakland Athletics (1990–1992) and co-chairman of the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund.
Biography
Haas was born the son of Evelyn (née Danzig) and Walter A. Haas Jr.[http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Philanthropist-arts-patron-Evelyn-Haas-dies-3201555.php San Francisco Gate: "Philanthropist, arts patron Evelyn Haas dies" by Michael Cabanatuan] February 4, 2010 He has two siblings: Robert D. Haas; and Betsy Haas Eisenhardt (married to Roy Eisenhardt).
Personal life
Haas married Julie Salles, a Roman Catholic, in a Unitarian ceremony in Sausalito, California.{{Cite web|first= Susan B.|last= Reiss |author-link= |title= Evelyn Danzig Haas - Fine Arts and Family: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Philanthropy, Writing, and Haas Family Memories - Interviews Conducted by Susan B. Reiss|publisher=Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley|date=1995 |url=https://archive.org/details/fineartsfamilyor00haasrich/page/n119/mode/2up?q=jewish |quote= No. Well Julie is Catholic (p.71) / Because of the two religions, they had a Unitarian minister officiating (p.123)}} They have three children: Simone Haas Zumsteg, Charlotte Haas Prime, and Walter A. Haas III.{{Cite web|first= |last= |author-link= |title= Preben Emanuel Jurvig Age 94, Born December 1, 1915 Denmark, Died April 23, 2010 San Rafael, CA |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date= May 1, 2010 |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=preben-jurvig&pid=142376095 |accessdate=}}{{cite news|last=Cabanatuan|first=Michael|title=Philanthropist, arts patron Evelyn Haas dies|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Philanthropist-arts-patron-Evelyn-Haas-dies-3201555.php|work=SF Gate|date=27 June 2011}}
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Category:American people of German-Jewish descent
Category:Major League Baseball team presidents
Category:Oakland Athletics executives
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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