Roy Eisenhardt
Roy Eisenhardt | |
|---|---|
| President of Oakland Athletics | |
| In office 1980–1986 | |
| Interim President of San Francisco Art Institute | |
| In office 2010–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emil Roy Eisenhardt 1939 (age 86–87) South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Spouse | Betsy Haas |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Dartmouth College UC Berkeley School of Law |
| Occupation | Businessman, lawyer |
Known for | Former president of the Oakland Athletics |
Roy Eisenhardt (born 1939) is an American lawyer and the former president of the Oakland Athletics (A's). He is a member of the Haas family of San Francisco.
Biography
[edit]Emil Roy Eisenhardt was born in 1939 in South Orange, New Jersey.[citation needed] He was from a middle-class, Catholic family and grew up in South Orange, New Jersey,[1] the son of Catheryn Thompson 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.[1]
He graduated in 1960 from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.[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]
Upon returning to the United States, he 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 (until 1986), 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][5]
From 2010 to 2011, Eisenhardt succeeded Christopher Bratton and served as the interim president of the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI).[6][7][8]
Personal life
[edit]In 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.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Angell, Roger Season Ticket Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion 1988
- ^ "Catheryn Eisenhardt Obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. July 15, 2013 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Weir, Tom (August 24, 1980). "Finley sells A's to 3 local executives". Oakland Tribune. p. 29. Retrieved 2026-05-04 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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
- ^ "San Francisco Art Institute Appoints Interim President". Artforum. 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Baker, Kenneth (March 25, 2011). "San Francisco Art Institute". SFGate. Retrieved 2026-05-04.
- ^ "Institute appoints new chief". San Francisco Chronicle. May 20, 2011. p. 50. Retrieved 2026-05-04 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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"
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| National | |
- 1939 births
- Haas family
- American people of German descent
- Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Major League Baseball team presidents
- Oakland Athletics executives
- People from South Orange, New Jersey
- Dartmouth College alumni
- UC Berkeley School of Law alumni
- UC Berkeley School of Law faculty
- Living people
- Newmark family
- Presidents of San Francisco Art Institute