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- The City of Detroit, Michigan (1701-1922)
By William Stocking
Gerald Hulett
Various corporate interests feel the stimulus and profit by the cooperation of Gerald Hulett, a native son of Detroit and an enterprising and successful young business man, who is well known in commercial circles of the city as general manager of the Lewis E. Sands Company, a member of the Gerald Hulett Merchandise Brokerage Company and vice president of the Hulett Realty Company. He was born in this city December 18, 1889, a son of Orren S. and Antoinette (Bassett) Hulett, who are natives of Oakland county, Michigan. The father was born at Milford in 1850, while the mother's birth occurred at Novi. In 1880 they took up their residence in Detroit and the father became a traveling salesman for the D.M. Ferry Seed Company, representing that firm on the road for a period of more than thirty-five years. He is now living retired at Novi, in the enjoyment of a well earned rest. The mother is also living. To their union four children were born, namely: John B., whose home is in New York city; Max, a prominent attorney of Detroit; Mrs. Helen Searle, a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio; and Gerald.
The last named attended the graded schools and one of the high schools of this city, after which he entered the Detroit Universty School, from which he was graduated when eighteen years of age. On starting out in business life he became a traveling salesman for the American Seed Company, in whose employ he remained for several years and then worked in a similar capacity for the Isbell Bean Company. He next became identified with the Lewis E. Sands Company, wholesale dealers in beans, opening their present office in Detroit, of which he has since been general manager. He is thus representing one of the largest firms of this character in the country and in addition to their domestic trade they also do an extensive exporting business in this commodity. He thoroughly understands all phases of the business and this practical knowledge, together with his sound judgment and keen insight, has enabled him substantially to increase the sales of the company in this territory. His resourcefulness and initiative spirit led to his organization of the Gerald Hulett Merchandise Brokerage Company, which handles all kinds of staple foodstuffs for household use, and he is also vice president of the Hulett Realty Company and a director of the Lewis E. Sands Company. His business interests are thus extensive and important, showing him to be a man of marked executive ability and enterprise.
On the 7th of December, 1912, Mr. Hulett was united in marriage to Miss Viola Day, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Day, prominent residents of Detroit. Two children have been born of this union: Orren Day, whose birth occurred on the 7rh of October, 1913, and who is attending school; and Rosemary, born October 9, 1917.
During his college days Mr. Hulett gained prominence through his prowess in athletic sports, doing particularly notable work in football. That he is interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of his city is indicated by his membership in the Detroit Board of Commerce and he is also connected with the Old Colony Club, the Detroit Boat Club and the Detroit Automobile Club. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Oriental Blue Lodge, F.&A.M.; to Michigan Sovereign Consistory, A.&A.S.R., in which he has attained the thirty-second degree; and to the Shrine. Mr. Hulett is essentially a member of the class of doers, gifted with initiative and quick resolve. The word Fail has never found a place in his vocabulary. He has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken and his labors have ever been of a character that have contributed to public progress as well as to individual aggrandizement.
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