Otto Schubert
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Otto Schubert Jr. was a hotelier under whose management the Adolphus Hotel
in Dallas, Texas
grew to national prominence.
and entered Smith Academy
to become a civil engineer
. Schubert left the academy to join the Adolphus Busch
brewery for a time, and spent four years in the automotive and oil jobbing businesses. He again joined the Busch company in the sales department, working out of their Dallas office from 1919 to 1922, when he was named assistant manager of the Adolphus Hotel
. He worked in every department of the hotel and became manager pro tem in September, 1928. On Christmas Day, 1928 Schubert was appointed permanent manager.
Schubert served as manager until retirement, except for a brief stint in 1937 when he worked in an executive post with the New Yorker Hotel
in New York City
. He returned to his Adolphus Hotel duties at the close of 1937.
He was elected in February 1946 to the board of directors of the Dallas Hotel Company, owners of the Adolphus. That same year, he retired due to ill health. He served as director of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and was a member of several other civic organizations. He was a member of the Holy Trinity Church on Oak Lawn, where his funeral services were held.
After living in the Adolphus Hotel for many years with his wife, Ethel Cotter Schubert, and their two daughters, Claire and Anne, they took a residence at 3734 Inwood in Dallas when the girls attended Hockaday School.
Ethel Cotter's family is best known for Cotter & Company, now the True Value hardware stores. Ethel preceded him in death in 1952.
Adolphus Hotel
The Hotel Adolphus is an upscale hotel and Dallas Landmark in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas which was for several years the tallest building in the state of Texas.- History :...
in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
grew to national prominence.
Career
Schubert was born in St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
and entered Smith Academy
Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School
Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School or "MICDS" is a secular, co-educational, private school for about 1,200 students in grades Junior Kindergarten through 12, separated into three different sections: JK-4th grade , 5th-8th grade , and 9th-12th grade . Its 100 acre campus is located...
to become a civil engineer
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
. Schubert left the academy to join the Adolphus Busch
Adolphus Busch
Colonel Adolphus Busch was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. His great-great-grandson, August Busch IV is now on the board of Anheuser-Busch InBev.-Biography:...
brewery for a time, and spent four years in the automotive and oil jobbing businesses. He again joined the Busch company in the sales department, working out of their Dallas office from 1919 to 1922, when he was named assistant manager of the Adolphus Hotel
Adolphus Hotel
The Hotel Adolphus is an upscale hotel and Dallas Landmark in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas which was for several years the tallest building in the state of Texas.- History :...
. He worked in every department of the hotel and became manager pro tem in September, 1928. On Christmas Day, 1928 Schubert was appointed permanent manager.
Schubert served as manager until retirement, except for a brief stint in 1937 when he worked in an executive post with the New Yorker Hotel
New Yorker Hotel
The New Yorker Hotel, is a hotel located 481 Eighth Avenue in New York City. The 43-story Art Deco hotel opened in 1930.-General:The New Yorker Hotel is a 900 room, mid-priced hotel. It is located in Manhattan's Garment Center, central to Pennsylvania Station, Madison Square Garden, Times Square...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. He returned to his Adolphus Hotel duties at the close of 1937.
He was elected in February 1946 to the board of directors of the Dallas Hotel Company, owners of the Adolphus. That same year, he retired due to ill health. He served as director of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and was a member of several other civic organizations. He was a member of the Holy Trinity Church on Oak Lawn, where his funeral services were held.
After living in the Adolphus Hotel for many years with his wife, Ethel Cotter Schubert, and their two daughters, Claire and Anne, they took a residence at 3734 Inwood in Dallas when the girls attended Hockaday School.
Ethel Cotter's family is best known for Cotter & Company, now the True Value hardware stores. Ethel preceded him in death in 1952.
Sources
- The Dallas Morning News October 19, 1954. Section 3, Page 1+12
- The Dallas Times Herald July 8, 1952. Section 1, Page 2
- The Book of St. Louisans by Albert Nelson Marquis