Let's get acquainted by George H. Evans
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Part of The Marsman Magazine
- Title
- Let's get acquainted by George H. Evans
- Language
- English
- Source
- The Marsman Magazine Volume ll (No. 5) November 1937
- Year
- 1937
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- GEORGE H. EV ANS In an organization as large as the Marsman interests, the position of purchasing agent is one of great responsibility. Thousands of pesos must be spend for machinery, equipment, and supplies of all sorts each month, to insure uninterrupted operation at each of the mining projects all over the Philippines and elsewhere. George H. Evans, who capably holds this position, has had wide experience in varied allied lines which fits him unusually well for the job. A native of San Francisco, Mr. Evans had his early education in England. He came to the United States in 1913, and during the next five years went to school in Chicago, Buffalo, and Detroit. His first .job was with a steel mill in Detroit later going into the automobile THE MARSMAN MAGAZINE for November, 1937 business in Memphis, Tenn., where he stayed for some 7 years. He joined the Simonds Saw and Steel Company and the P. B. Yates Machinery Co. as Far Eastern representative in 1925, and made a trip through China, Japan c~md the Philippines in that capacity. Returning to the United States, he travelled through Russia, Poland, Germany,. France, and England for these companies. Mr. Evans came back to Manila in 1928 to join the hardware department of the Pacific Commercial Company. He remained in this capacity until November, 1935, when he joined Marsman and Company as purchasing agent. Mr. Evans is married, and has one son. 21