Herbert Nootbaar

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Herbert Victor Nootbaar (November 8, 1908 – December 18, 2016) was an American

businessman who donated to various organizations and institutes. He was an Ellis Island Medal of Honor
recipient.

Early life

Herbert Nootbaar was born in

Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 1908, to parents Max and Minnie Nootbaar. His father was a German-born police officer of Dutch heritage.[1] The family moved to California in 1920.[2]

Career

Nootbaar mainly worked in the agricultural sector, buying and selling

animal feeds. In the 1920s, he went to work for Taylor Milling Corporation, a successful feed and grain business in Los Angeles founded by J. Hartley Taylor. He married one of Taylor's two daughters, Dorothy, and moved up the ranks of the company. In the 1940s, Taylor Milling was sold to Ralston Purina (now owned by the Swiss company Nestlé[3]). After J.H. Taylor's death in 1953, Herb and his wife, along with his sister-in-law Mary Barbara Taylor, inherited the family fortune. This allowed him to endow significant gifts to charities and organizations. He was the president of the National Grain & Feed Association. He was also the chairman of the San Gabriel Valley Council, in 1954-1955.[4]

Nootbaar was a member of the World Affairs Council of Orange County.[5] In the late 1990s, as a major donor for the completion of the Hall of Fame building and team offices of the University of Southern California baseball team at the Dedeaux Field, it was named the Herbert V. Nootbaar Baseball Office and Hall of Fame Complex.[2] In 2007, he and his second wife Elinor created the Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion and Ethics at the Pepperdine University School of Law.

Nootbaar was an acquaintance of

Laguna Beach.[7] He died a month later, on December 18.[8]

Personal life

Nootbaar was married twice. On June 4, 1930, Nootbaar married Dorothy Martha Taylor, the daughter of a grain producer for whom he worked.[9] The couple had three children. A year after her death in 1982, he married his long-time employee Elinor W. Barker on January 30, 1983.[10] She died on March 27, 2011, at the age of 87.[11]

Herbert Nootbaar's great-grandson, Lars Nootbaar, is a professional baseball player currently playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and represented Japan in the World Baseball Classic, becoming the first player to represent Japan in the competition despite not having been born in the country. [12]

References

  1. ^ "Happy New Year to a 106 year-old". Charleston Mercury. January 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^
    Orange County Register
    . May 18, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Nootbaar Heads Rotary". Pasadena Independent. June 30, 1966. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Salvage Agencies In County Get 3 Million In Welfare Services". Covina Argus Citizen. November 25, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  5. Pasadena Star News
    . March 7, 1972. p. 4. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  6. ^ "The Crowd: Celebrating 105 years - and more to come". Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "Chairman Spotlight: Herbert Nootbaar" (PDF). USC Associates Circle. Spring 2015. p. 4. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  8. ^ Staff (2016-12-26). "Herbert Nootbaar Obituary". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  9. Wall Street Journal
    . August 31, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  10. ^ "A Laguna Beach Treasure - Mr. Herb Nootbar". St. Joseph Health Mission Hospital. May 8, 2015. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  11. ^ "Elinor Barker Nootbaar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  12. ^ "Nootbaar, Yoshida named to Japan's WBC roster". ESPN.com. 2023-01-26. Retrieved 2023-03-06.