Word: bacigalupi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Californians. elected Mr. Giannini chairman. Taking a last crack at the Walker management, Mr. Giannini announced that he would serve without compensation in contrast to the former chairman's salary of $100.000. John M. Grant, manager of Transamerica's London office, was made president, replacing James Augustus Bacigalupi, onetime staunch Giannini friend...
...gradually becoming echoes. Yet when a major change in Transamerica's management took place last week, the Founder's spirit was still present and active. Out of the company's presidency went his son, Lawrence Mario Giannini. Into it went one of his oldest and best friends, James Augustus Bacigalupi...
...President Bacigalupi is 48, a lean, lively gentleman whose teeth flash in frequent smiles, whose jet hair and dark eyes proclaim his nationality. Like Giannini he was raised in California. He went to high school in Santa Clara County, wanted to be a druggist. But the parish priest urged him to go to Santa Clara College. For a while he thought of being an actor, then went to Hastings College of the Law (San Francisco) and was given his degree in 1907. Looking for work, he met Amadeo Peter Giannini who offered him a room, rent-free, if he would...
President Bacigalupi's election statement contained a flourish of humility: "My decision to accept is based entirely upon an abiding attachment to our splendid institutions and organizations, conceived and founded by A. P. Giannini, and upon an ardent desire to contribute my best endeavors toward the continued success of our undertakings. . . . I have no delusions regarding my ability to contribute anything of an extraordinary nature...
James Augustus Bacigalupi, onetime (1924-30) president of Bank of Italy, succeeded Lawrence Giannini, son of Amadeo Peter Giannini, as president of Transamerica Corp...