Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft. Mayer’s first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. He married Geraldine Fitzpatrick in 1999. Sources: http://www.google.
Oscar G. Mayer, the retired chairman of one of America’s best known hot dog and cold cut producers, Oscar Mayer Foods, has died at the age of 95. Mayer’s first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998 and he married Geraldine Fitzpatrick in 1999. Many American’s will be surprised to learn of the existence of Mayer, let alone recognize him The company used a dwarf, ‘Little Oscar,’ as its spokesman – by comparison, Mayer was a tall, dignified and courtly man, who rarely sought publicity. Sources: http://askville.amazon.com/married-Geraldine-Fitzpatrick-1999/AnswerViewer.do?
Oscar G. Mayer was the general chairman of Madison’s first United Givers campaign in 1950, was a director for Meriter Hospital and the Meriter Foundation, the YMCA, the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance and the Madison Chamber of Commerce. He donated a wing to the Attic Angels retirement apartments. He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, once Madison’s largest private employer. Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62, shortly after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods, and is now a business unit of Kraft Foods. Mayer’s first wife, Rosalie, died in 1998. In 1999, he married Geraldine Fitzpatrick. Sources: http://www.madison.