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BIOGRAPHIES
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AKRON
and
SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO
1825 - 1928
Volumes II & III
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago and Akron
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1928
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G. CARL DIETZ.
In 1907 G. Carl Dietz aided in organizing the
Depositors Savings & Trust Company of Akron and through the
intervening period of twenty-one years has been president of
this institution, which is largely the expression of his
thoroughness, system and progressiveness. All the
activities of his life have qualified him for the respect
and honor now accorded him as a leading financier of Ohio.
Industry, reliability and loyalty have ever guided him since
he started out in the business world in a humble capacity -
starting, however, on a road that has led to ultimate
success.
Mr. Dietz is a native son of Akron, his birth
having here occurred Mar. 28, 1875. His parents,
Henry A. and Caroline (Rupp) Dietz, were natives of
Germany but came to the United States in 1865 and the father
was employed in the Akron Rolling Mills. He passed
away in 1882 and is still survived by the mother, who
carefully reared her family of seven children, of whom four
are yet living, the others in addition to G. Carl Dietz
being Mrs. Katherine Leffler, Henry
A., and Mrs. Andrew Schneider.
In his boyhood G. Carl Dietz attended the
Lutheran parochial school and later through intensive study
at night acquired more than an average education. In the
meantime, however, he had begun earning his living as a
clerk in a grocery store, where for a year he devoted an
average of fourteen hours daily to his tasks. Later he
secured a position with the Diamond Match Company, with
which he continued for a year, subsequently securing a
better job as a clerk in the clothing store of the J.
Koch Company of Akron. Three years were given to
that work, after which he made his initial step in the
banking business by becoming teller in the old Peoples Bank
of Akron. His capability and industry gained him
recognition that resulted in various promotions. From
teller he was advanced to the position of assistant cashier
and so continued for ten years, when he became cashier of
the Security Savings Bank, which was later sold to the
Peoples Bank. His service as cashier covered a period
of fifteen years, during which he became well known in
financial circles and found opportunity for an advance step
in 1907, when he became one of the organizers of the
Depositors Savings & Trust Company. He was elected to
the presidency and has continuously filled the position, so
that his policies and directing spirit have been a chief
force in making the institution what it is today - one of
the strongest financial concerns of the city. He is
also the secretary and treasurer of the Burkhardt
Consolidated Company, vice president of the Herberich
Realty Company, and president of the Bankers Guarantee Title
& Trust Company and his opinions carry weight in financial
and business circles, for his sound judgment and enterprise
have been proven in the results which have followed his own
activities.
On the 7th of November, 1902, Mr. Dietz
was married to Miss Ida Burkhardt, a
daughter of William and Margaret Burkhardt, the
former the founder of the Burkhardt Consolidated
Company. She passed away in 1923 and in 1926 Mr.
Dietz wedded Miss Jeanne Chaloner,
of New York city, daughter of Thomas Chaloner.
Mr. Dietz is well known in club circles,
having membership in the Portage Country, Fairlawn Country,
Congress Lake and Akron City clubs. His interest in
civic affairs has been manifest in many tangible ways,
particularly in his service as one of the commissioners
having in charge the building of the Summit county court
house annex. Fraternally he is affiliated with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and hi likewise
belongs to the Akron Liedertafel, the Akron Turners, the
Akron Chamber of Commerce and the Akron Automobile Club.
From an obscure position in the business world he has
steadly worked his way up ward and in his youth, owing to
the early death of his father, he contributed to the support
of his widowed mother and her family. Although his
opportunity of attending school was necessarily limited, he
has ever been an apt student in the school of experience,
learning thoroughly the most vital lessons of life, and in
the conduct of important affairs today demonstrates his
highly developed power as a financier and business man.
Source: Akron and Summit County, Ohio 1825-1928 - Vol.
III - Illustrated - Publ. Chicago & Akron. The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co. - 1928 - Page 724 |
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