"Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon." Authors: "a
compilation of this work....by a number of writers".  Chapman Publishing Co;
Chicago, 1903. p. 44.
 
I. N. FLEISCHNER

     The rapid development of manufacturing on the Pacific coast in recent years
has brought to the front young men of executive ability and firm grasp of
detail.  A man of this progressive type is I. N. Fleischner, of the firm of
Fleischner, Mayer & Co., Portland, the largest manufacturers of and dealers in
dry goods in the Pacific northwest.  Mr. Fleischner is a native Oregonian,
having been born at Albany, July 16, 1859.  His father, Jacob Fleischner, had
settled in Oregon in the early '50s.  Coming from Austria when quite a young
man, he engaged for a time in merchandising in Iowa, but soon joined in the
westward march and crossed the plains to Oregon in an ox-team, which was the
only method of conveyance half a century ago.  At Albany he began business again
and widened his field of operations by moving to Portland in 1860.  At present
his family consists of himself and wife.  Six children were born to this union,
of whom two sons and three daughters are living.
     I. N. Fleischner was educated in the public schools of Portland,
supplementing the high school course by a term at St. Augustine Military
College, Benicia, Cal., from which he was graduated in 1878.  After leaving
school, he entered the firm of which he is now a partner.  Upon the death of his
uncle, Louis Fleischner, he succeeded with his brother to the Fleischner end of
the business.  At that time the firm was composed of I. N. and Max Fleischner,
Solomon Hirsch, Samuel Simon, and Mark A. Mayer.  Mr. Hirsch has since died.
     From the time that he first engaged in business.  Mr. Fleischner has been
actively identified with every movement for the good of the state of Oregon.  He
has served the Manufacturers' Association as vice-president and for two years
was secretary of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, the most influential
commercial body on the northwest coast.  The Commercial Club and other business
and social organizations include him among their members.  In June, 1903, the
city of Heppner, Ore., was partially destroyed by a flood and nearly two hundred
and fifty people were drowned.  A great amount of relief was sent from Portland
to the stricken people, and Mr. Fleischner was honored by the mayor with
appointment as chairman of the relief committee, a position which he filled with
signal ability.  Mr. Fleischner's firm was one of the largest subscribers to the
stock of the Lewis and Clark Fair corporation, which has been formed to hold an
international exposition at Portland in 1905 in honor of the one hundredth
anniversary of the exploration of the Oregon country by the explorers Lewis and
Clark.  Mr. Fleischner is a member of the board of directors of this corporation
and chairman of the committee on press and publicity.
     Mr. Fleischner is an extensive traveler and has made several trips abroad,
taking in Europe, Asia and northern Africa.  He is a close observer, and his
letters and lectures on places he has visited have been greatly appreciated in
Portland.  Mr. Fleischner was married in 1887 to Miss Tessie Goslinsky, of San
Francisco.  Mr. and Mrs. Fleischner have one child.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2006 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
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