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Emigration from Sweden, 1905, and childhood in Hilmar Colony, Turlock, CA; UC Berkeley's College of Commerce, 1921-1925; work in credit and installment sales, Commercial Credit Company, 1926-1936; travels to Sweden, and family background; introducing installment credit at Bank of America, 1936-1946; troubleshooting for Transamerica, 1946-1955; Bank of Hawaii presidency, 1955-1961; international banking as Bank of America president, 1963-1970; global economy and the United Nations Development Program, 1971-1975; President's Commission on the Postal Organization,
1967-1968; Task Force on International Development, 1969; board of directors for National Park Foundation, Asia Foundation, and California Academy of Sciences; choosing to fund UC's archeological site at Nemea, Greece.