Lockley, Fred.  "History of the Columbia River Valley, From The Dalles to the
Sea." Vol. 3.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928.  p. 148.
 
HILLMAN LUEDDEMANN

     One of the leading figures in the coastwise steamship service at Portland
is Hillman Lueddemann, manager at this port for the McCormick Steamship Company,
in which capacity he has proven a man of judgment and executive ability. Born in
Alabama in 1895, he is a son of Frederick A. and Delia (Hillman) Lueddemann. In
1901, when he was about six years old, the family came to Oregon, locating at
The Danes, where the father engaged in general merchandising. He was successful,
remaining there six years, and then went to San Jose, California, where he
became identified with the Growers Bank.
     Hillman Lueddemann received his elementary education in the public schools
and studied journalism extensively. For about two years after leaving school he
was employed on the San Jose Mercury and in 1915 came to Portland, Oregon, where
he worked for his uncles, who were in the real estate and insurance business
under the firm name of Lueddemann & Company. In 1917 Mr. Lueddemann enlisted in
the artillery branch of the United States Army and was sent overseas, where he
served about eighteen months in the World war, taking part in several important
offensives, including Chateau Thiery, Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. After
the Armistice he was sent to Germany with the Army of Occupation, with which he
remained about six months. On receiving his honorable discharge from the
service, Mr. Lueddemann returned to Portland and entered the employ of the
McCormick Steamship Company as dock clerk. Through his faithful and efficient
efforts, he received promotions through the various departments and in 1924 was
made manager at Portland, having full charge of all operating matters pertaining
to the vessels operating out of Portland on the coastwise trade. This is a
responsible position and Mr. Lueddemann has under him one hundred regular
employees, in addition to which a large number of longshoremen are employed from
time to time, sometimes as many as five hundred at once. The 1927 record showed
the handling of over three hundred and fifty boat entries and during that year
the payroll of longshoremen alone amounted to over three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. The company handles both freight and passenger service and is
one of the most important and best known lines entering Portland. Mr. Lueddemann
is president of the Nabesna Steamship Company, which owns the steamship
"Nabesna," of four thousand tons dead weight, and is devoted to freight service,
being owned by Portland people. Mr. Lueddemann's position entails a large amount
of work and close attention, but he has so systematized his labors that he gets
maximum results at a minimum expenditure of effort, being in every respect well
qualified for the position which he is so capably filling.
     In 1919 Mr. Lueddemann was united in marriage to Miss Gertrude Davis, of
San Francisco, and they are the parents of two children÷Jane, aged eight years,
and Hillman, Jr., aged four years. Mr. Lueddemann is a member of the board of
directors and the executive committee of the Rotary Club, belongs to the Wana
Lake Club, the Columbia Country Club, the Multnomah Athletic Club, the Chamber
of Commerce, serving as a member of its foreign trade committee, and in 1927 was
president of the Portland Steamship Operators Association. He supports the
republican party and, though a busy man, gives a due share of his attention to
matters affecting the prosperity and welfare of his city.

 
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