Daniel E. Koshland, Sr.

Daniel E. Koshland Sr. (18921979) was an American businessman who served as the president and CEO (1955-1958) of Levi Strauss & Co.

Biography Koshland was born to a Jewish family in San Francisco, the son of Marcus Koshland and Corinne Schweitzer. He was the grandson of Simon Koshland, one of the most successful wool merchants in San Francisco who also taught Koshland's father the trade. Koshland graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco and graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Koshland served as CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. from 1955 to 1958. (Eleanor's mother Fanny was Koshland's aunt), daughter of Haas family patriarch Abraham Haas. They had three children: Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (married to Marian Elliot Koshland), Frances "Sissy" Koshland Geballe (married to Theodore H. Geballe), and Phyllis Koshland Friedman. Eleanor would later be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and would devote a good portion of her philanthropy toward people with disabilities.