Becker, Gustav Lorenz, 1868-1947.

Gustav Lorenz Becker was born in Winona, Minn. on April 7, 1868. In 1890, he moved to Ogden, Utah where he was placed in charge of the office of his father's brewery. In 1891, he and his brother took control of the Schellhas Brewing Company, changing the name to Becker Brewing & Malting Company. Becker held a number of business positions: including president of Becker Brewing, vice president of the Ogden State Bank, vice president of the Bear River Club Company, vice president of the Lion Coal Company, vice president of the Hotel Bigelow Company, director of the Utah Idaho Railroad Company, director of the Superior Rock Springs Coal Company, director of the Amalgamated Sugar Company, director of the Tintic Standard Mining Company, director of the Rock Springs Coal Company, and director of the Ogden Morning Examiner. Becker also served as a trustee of the United States Brewers Association and the National Brewers' Association. Outside of business, Becker served in a variety of positions in organizations relating to hunting and shooting, including the Ogden Gun Club, the Bear River Club Co., the American Trap Shooting Association, and the Western Trap Shooting Association. He was nationally renowned for his shooting ability and won several tournaments and exhibitions including the "famous Globe Trophy" and the trapshooting handicap championship of America. At age twenty-five, he joined the Utah National Guard and when World War I broke out, he joined the Utah Home Guard. Becker was active with the American Legion and was honored by several patriotic groups. He is one of only a handful to have received the American Legion Medal for Distinguished Service. Becker married Thekla Bohn on August 12, 1892, and had two daughters, Thekla Katharine and Helen. Gustav Lorenz Becker died at the age of seventy-eight on 12 January 1947.