Roy Eisenhardt (born 1939) is a lawyer and former president of the Oakland Athletics and member of the Haas family of San Francisco.
Roy Eisenhardt | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emil Roy Eisenhardt 1939 (age 84–85) |
| Education | Dartmouth College UC Berkeley School of Law |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Former president of the Oakland Athletics |
| Spouse | Betsy Haas |
| Children | 2 |
Biography
editEisenhardt was born to a middle-class, Catholic family[1] and grew up in South Orange, New Jersey,[1] the son of Catheryn T. and Emil Henry Eisenhardt.[2] His father was the director of purchasing at a local university and his mother was a professor of English and Linguistics.[1] His paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Germany.[1] He has one brother and one sister.[1] He attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey and then graduated from Dartmouth College in 1960.[1] After school he served two years in the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa before returning to the United States to attend law school at UC Berkeley School of Law where he graduated in 1965.[1] He then went to Germany to study tax law[1] and upon returning, worked in business law at the firm of Farella, Braun, & Martel in San Francisco and then in 1975, he began teaching at UC Berkeley School of Law.[1] In 1980, he served as president of Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics then owned by his father-in-law, Walter A. Haas Jr. who he had helped to negotiate the purchase of the A's from Charles O. Finley for $12.7 million.[3][4] He served as president from 1981 to 1986.
Personal life
editIn 1965, he married fellow attorney Auban Slay; they divorced in 1976.[1] In 1978, he married Betsy Haas, daughter of businessman Walter A. Haas Jr. and Evelyn Danzig Haas.[1] They have two children: Jesse Eisenhardt and Sarah Eisenhardt.[5][6] Jesse is a cinematographer and director; he is married to attorney Allison Hoover who serves on the board of the San Francisco CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)[7] and with her father-in-law on the board of the Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center Foundation.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Angell, Roger Season Ticket Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion 1988
- ^ San Francisco Gate Obituary: "Catheryn Eisenhardt" July 21, 2013
- ^ Inc Magazine: "For Roy Eisenhardt, Business Is A Ball" by Jay Stuller
- ^ New York Times: "Oakland's Stars in the Front Office" By ANDREW POLLACK October 20, 1988
- ^ Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund: "Evelyn D. Haas - 1917-2010" retrieved October 12, 2014
- ^ Archive.org "Fine arts and family : oral history transcript : the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, philanthropy, writing, and Haas family memories / 1997"
- ^ San Francisco Business Journals: "Allison Eisenhardt - Board Member at San Francisco CASA June 25, 2014
- ^ California Pacific Medical Center: Meet CPMC Foundation's 2014 Board of Trustees retrieved October 12, 2014