Memoirs of Robert
Dollar By the Robert Dollar Company in 2 volumes
(1917)
Captain Robert Dollar
(1844—1932) was born in Falkirk, Scotland. The title "Captain" was
honorary and he was called the “Grand Old Man of the Pacific". Both
were bestowed after his entry into the shipping industry. Dollar
became a lumber baron, shipping magnate, philanthropist; he was also
a Freemason.
California Governor
James Rolph, Jr. said at the time of his death, "Robert Dollar has
done more in his lifetime to spread the American flag on the high
seas than any man in this country." He made the cover of Time
magazine on March 19, 1928, with several writings concerning his
business', and was given a long obituary in the May 23, 1932, issue.
[from Wikipedia]
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